First story! Please leave a review, follow, anything! Sorry for the short intro, chapters will be much longer after this chap. Thanks!

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"I`m telling you, Natalia, this will be a great experience!" My mother screams up the stairs.

"I`m coming, mother!" I scream back.

I sit on the rotating chair in my room, suddenly unwilling to stop. It's been two years, yet I still don't like going anywhere. I remember seemingly short weeks holed up in my room, mother bringing me food, but understanding. I lost everyone who cared, it seemed. I dropped out of school, and my empty promises turned into absolutely none at all with my friends. Well, except Julia. She texts me sometimes, and I respond (more empty promises, better excuses). She withheld her Pokémon journey, just so we could start at the same time, like talked about when we were children.

I already have a packed bag, courtesy of Johanna. Items packed, clothes folded, I know I will be leaving in half an hour, maximum. Even some pokéballs, and potions. I go down the stairs, and my mother smiles, comes over, and gives me a hug.

"Have you told Julia to meet you at the lab?" Johanna asks.

"I called her last night, mother." I respond quickly.

"Are you excited? Have you already decided which pokémon you want? Oh, and don't forget to call me everyday!" My mother says.

"Yes, mother, I am excited, and I will call you every day. " I reply, slightly sarcastic.

I feel regret every time I use sarcasm with her, my only real supportive figure in my life, but she is fine with it, at least she has never told me to stop. I have decided on the pokémon I want. In fact, I did that 9 years ago. When I as 5, and I first found out what the three Kanto starters are, I had made my decision. Julia doesn't have a preference with pokémon, just ones with great personalities, apparently.

"I`m going to go now, and so just take care of Glameow, okay?"

Johanna frequently forgets to feed Glameow, sometimes to the point where it hunts Rattata all day in the yard, but only when she is worried, which I know she will be. I am leaving on a pokémon journey, after all!