Escapes

Sam's first day as a Pokémon trainer would begin tomorrow, whether his parents liked it or not. He was now 18 and no longer needed parental consent to begin his own adventure; actually, he didn't need parental consent for anything, anymore: he was a legal adult now. This simple number was Sam's ticket to freedom, and he was ready for a one-way trip. Ever since he could remember, he'd been pushed to live as his mother saw fit. He figured 18 years of dealing with her bullshit was quite enough trauma and mommy issues.

Sam's father was more than willing to help him start his own life; he didn't even really care that Sam was gay. Sam's dad was always of the mentality that a legal adult should be free to do as he saw fit, so getting him to help cover his escape was easy enough—his father would later lie and say that Sam must've left from school after he dropped him off. After gather his bare essentials, and his best friend, Pax, Sam was ready to set off.

"Alright, dad… I guess this is it…"

"Yep." There wasn't really much to say now.

"I guess I'm off to the post-office to send in my official application. After that I just have to head to Salem to pick up all my state-issued crap then I can head to Keizer to start the Gym circuit," Sam recited, trying desperately to show his father that he did, in fact, know what he was doing.

"I'm surprised you were able to plan this far ahead! Don't fuck it up!" They both chuckled for a bit, and a silence followed. It wasn't really awkward silence, it was more knowing—words didn't really need to be said right now. They both knew that this had to happen, and they both just wanted Sam's happiness to come out of this. The only real problem was that his mother would rather have him going door to door preaching about the Tao Trio.

No more faking.

"I'll leave her a note… I'm sorry you'll have to deal with her crazy ass…" His father laughed.

"It's nothing new! Don't worry about it." His face became more serious after a long pause. "Be careful, son. I love you."

"I love you too. Bye…"

With that, Sam and his little Solosis set off.

AN: This is a story I've decided to start to pass the time. I always thought life would be way cooler if it was a Pokémon adventure. I'm planning the story as I go and am hoping for it to be a success.

The story will allude to some real-life events (both world and personal) and will also allude to real-life people (any real names used with explicit consent)

I hope you have as much fun reading this as I am writing it. No one really knows where this is going, and I think that's exciting as hell.

-regards, Sam M.