AN: Okay, so this is really weird. It's an AU where the Pokemon characters are in our world. Hollywood exists, and Pokemon do not. :( Sorry. Um...it was inspired by a story called Stucco Hearts, for PJO, and the multiple excellent Hollywood/Fame fics out there. It's a mash-up of both? They're trying to survive being famous, yet this whole thing with soul mates and timers. :)

This is mostly Ikari with Contest as a side, and the other pairings are kinda background.

Ninety percent of songs and people are copied off real people, and ten percent I just make up...so yeah, bear with me? The Prologue is kinda...well, it explains the world your about to delve into! ;)

Timers.

They first emerged around 2031 in Hoenn, when Dr. Sanchez found out that love, and the strings attaching people together, could be harnessed, and it could be forced to show up. Mankind, could literally force these strings into visibility.

They could forcibly find your soulmate.

By 2035, they were so advanced, they adapted with the changing world. They no longer simply found the threads the person was born with, but changed and altered as the person grew, changed, and was shaped by the people around them.

Your soulmate could change, they found out. They also found out, that you could meet your soulmate earlier or later than scheduled, as people changed the world in their everyday lives.

At first, they used it for good. Dr. Sanchez made one mistake though. She didn't patent the little devices that counted down until you found your soulmate. No, she thought that everyone deserved love, and offered anyone to get the little device installed on the inside of their wrist. It was a gift. And it was optional. Through the whirlwind on making it optional, she forgot to make the device her own.

But by 2036, the government had become corrupted. A mass migration happened when the people realized what a horror their beloved country had become. When Kanto, Sinnoh, and Johto realized what was happening, they ignored Hoenn. They lost contact with the now-horrifying country. Sinnoh, Johto, and Kanto all closed its borders.

Hoenn was on it's own, with more than half of the population gone.

But the people of Hoenn were not at all happy with the new taxes and the new laws, and the rich businessmen who had taken over the government. They called themselves, the Inner Circle. It consisted of many. A couple hundred families, all on different levels of wealth. All greedy and power-hungry. The ones who didn't want to overthrow the government, was kicked out when the Inner Circle overthrew the government. They were drained of their money, the Inner Circle families avoiding the horrendous taxes.

The highest of the high in the Inner Circle, the Leader, was voted there, by 'the people', they said. But really, it was only the Inner Circle votes that counted. Nobody else's votes were counted in.

By 2038, the government finally used the Timers for their own purposes. Dr. Sanchez was horrified when she realized what a monster she had created. But it was too late.

They enacted laws that required you to get a Timer as a baby. Everyone had to get one. And when you met your soulmate, you had to marry them within a year, and consummate the marriage as well. You had to reproduce 2 babies, and be together for 10 years as well, before you could file for a divorce. The legal papers were long as they covered every possible loop-hole they could think of. It had to be perfect.

By 2045 whispers of unrest and the spark of rebellion had filled the population.

There was the drama between all the politicians(a.k.a. the rich business men), and the music industry. Of course, the people turned towards music, and it became sacred. The government tried to take it away in 2047, but how do you take away the one thing that earns you the most money?

That angered the people though. One step forward, two back.

2050's were the hardest, with the people getting used to the new laws, while the angry rebels out there fought for their own lives, to have the choice of choosing who to love. The government held a tight grip on the laws.

The taxes were harsh, so even the richest men, not in the Inner Circle, was drained of even the basic needs. The 50's Blues they called it. When no one had enough to eat until they met their soulmate, giving them compensation to marry the person. Resentment and hatred grew, people unwilling working hours and hours, only to have nothing to eat after the taxes went through.

Nobody was safe. Crime and thuggery was common. So the government began building an army of guards, OrderGuards. They patrolled the streets, and kept crime low. They patrolled the borders, to make sure no one escaped. They escorted the rich, either in the Inner Circle, or the music industry, with the addition of modeling, acting...they were the way people expressed things. And the only entertainment around.

Many were arrested during that period of time, Dr. Sanchez fading the background, yet still continuing her research.

By 2060, people were much happier. People learned to get along with the Timer laws, and the staggering taxes, it all seemed to go into routine. But the underlying whisper of rebellion hovered.

No one liked to be controlled. They accepted leadership. But control? That was out of the question. And the government was definitely controlling them, and the people didn't like it. No, they didn't.

And the politicians knew that.

So as the rebellion gained speed, and the population kept up the compliant facade. The government remained nearly blind to the anger underneath all perfectly behaved citizens.

2062 was were our story begins. People have just settled down, and the Utopian atmosphere started closing in.

You lived. You loved. You raised kids. You had fun. You had just enough money to get by with a little joy. Everything was peaceful. No wars. No crimes.

But why were there armed guards everywhere? And why was there murmurs of unrest underneath the paradise? Why was the music that was so loved...so dangerous? Why was love so twisted and controlled?

Something wasn't right.

And our girls are about to figure out just how much there world had to hide. And what the music industry had to do with it.

But first. They had to deal with their Timers. And their soulmates. Or rather, lack of for one of our special singers.

The rebellion was coming. Things were about to change. Could the girls take the change? Both of the sudden fame, their new-found loves, and the turmoil of their beloved region?

AN: Well, this was really short. Oh well. Read on!