Hey, what is up guys? This is flower1815 bringing a new story. This instalment is the first of the series, takes place in the Kanto region and this story will be about Heather's experience in the Pokémon world. Now in this story, there will be the other characters from total drama but the focus is Heather and it is not a competition for the million dollars, they live in the Pokémon world. Now you may be asking, why Heather of all characters? Because Heather is my favourite character, and no, it is not because we have the same name; it is just that after world tour she became so interesting to me. In the first season, I thought she was a bitch, in the second, one she was ok but the third one is where she became awesome, especially because of her relationship with Alejandro, and yes, he will be in this story too. However, if you would like to do the same story with a different character go ahead, I would love to see your interpretation of the character in the Pokémon world. I will try my best to right this story but I am sorry if there is too many errors, English is not my first language but I am fluent I just do not know how to right very well. So yeah, I hope you enjoy!

I never thought I would go this far in my journey, heck I did not even think I would go on a journey at all. Nevertheless, here I am on my way to victory road thanks to my mother, my Pokémon and my amazing skills in battle. I remember those early days of my journey and looking back now, I can see how much I have changed. I guess I should start from the beginning.

My name is Heather, I am 16 years old and I live in Pallet town with my mother. Where is my father you might be asking? He is gone, I never met my father and mom does not like to talk about him, all that she ever tells me is that he is a gym leader, but from which region? Which city? What type of Pokémon does he use? She never tells me. I have long raven black hair, coal eyes, pale white skin and I am tall. I study in the trainer school here in Pallet, though there are not many people there, it is a class with at least 20 people, and it just so happens that one of these people is the professor's grandson Gary Oak. Let me tell he is annoying, he brags about how he is related to professor Oak and how he will become the greatest champion that has ever existed.

I on the other hand, am a bit different from the others in the class. I am not really interested in Pokémon, they are fascinating creatures sure, but I am more worried about getting a good education for my future rather than go on a journey all by yourself to become the very best. Because of this, I do not have any friends in this town, thus I do not get out much and I ended up being all alone, it does not bother me too much but I would like to have someone who understands to talk to me.

My mother was concerned about my lonely nature so she decided, BEHIND my back to sign me up to get a starter Pokémon from the lab and go on a journey. It was 15:05 when I returned home from school and my mother was sitting at the table.

"Hey mom, I am back from school."

"Hi Heather, how was school? Did you make any friends?"

"School was fine, but no, I did not make any friends."

Mom sighed in exasperation, as if she was holding something back from me.

"Heather sit down please, there is something I would like to talk about."

I sat down in front of her, wondering what was this all about. She began:

"Heather I am worried about you. You do not get out much, with the exception of school and you do not even try to make friends with anyone in this town. You don't even care about Pokémon."

"Mom I am fine by myself, I don't need friends and I much rather have a good future than go travelling, catching a bunch of creatures and training them for battle to become something that is clearly out of my reach."

"How can you say that? No one deserves to be all by themselves and you talk about Pokémon as if they are just things you use to get whatever it is you want."

"Well, they are."

"You are wrong! Pokémon are not tools for battle, they are you partners, allies and your friends!"

Something I forgot to mention about my mother is that: She used to be a Pokémon trainer, she defeated only seven out of the eight gym leaders in kanto, and afterwards she met my father, started dating him and began working at the Pokémon centre as a nurse. She still has her Pokémon from her old trainer days and I used to play with them as a child, but she only uses them in case of an emergency.

"You see Heather, is this way of thinking that makes me worried about you. I understand that you want a better future for yourself; it would not bother too much if it were not for the fact that you don't even give Pokémon a chance, you just assume there is something better and maybe you're right, life isn't all about Pokémon. (Sigh) Which is the reason why I signed you up to get your starter Pokémon tomorrow and start your journey."

I stared in shock at my mother. Did I hear her right? It can't be, she would not do something like this without asking me first, would she?

"What?"

"You heard me right Heather. You will begin your journey tomorrow morning."

"Y-you can't be serious! What the heck mom, how could you do this to me?"

"Watch your language Heather, you are over reacting. This Pokémon journey will be great for you, think about it: You get to travel all by yourself, meet new people, visit places and you get the chance to bond with your Pokémon. Now doesn't that sound fun to you?"

"You know what sounds fun to me? Staying at home, study for future tests and not go to a Pokémon journey."

"Well you don't have a choice, I already signed you up to get a starter and as your mother I know what is best for you. Now go to your room and think about which starter you will pick for your journey."

She said handing me a list with pictures and information about the starters. I frowned and went up the stairs; once I've reached my room i slammed the door in anger huffed, dropping my bag beside the bed. I lay down looking at the ceiling thinking about ways I could escape this nightmare caused by none other than my own mother, little to no avail. I gave up, and once i was calm enough i looked at the list my mother handed to me; I mean if I have to be forced to go on a journey and travel for days maybe even months, at least I can pick which Pokémon I can start with.

There is Bulbasaur, a grass/poison type, which then evolves into Ivysaur and then to Venosaur. Even though it is the only one of the starters that begin with two types, I do not really like grass type Pokémon, they have too many weaknesses and I did not like the way Bulbasaur looked or his evolutions, so I can take this one out of the list.

Next there was Squirtle, a water type Pokémon, which evolves into Warturtle and then into Blastoise. Their design is pretty cool and water types do not have many weaknesses, so I might considerate it.

Finally the last starter, Charmander the fire type Pokémon, which evolves into Charmeleon and then to Charizard. Now this one really peaked my interest, because when it evolves into its final form, not only does it look like a dragon, which I secretly adore, it also gains the flying type, though it does make it four times weak to rock types, but then again why would I send a fire type against a rock type?

Sometime has passed since I came to my room, however I was interrupted from my thoughts by a knock on the door; I looked up and saw my mother with a plate of pizza standing by the door.

"Heather? I thought you were hungry so I brought you some pizza."

I motioned her over and took the pizza as I continued to stare at the list.

"So have you decided which one are you choosing tomorrow?"

"Well I have already taken Bulbasaur out off the list, but I am torn between Squirtle and Charmander."

"Since you are a rookie trainer, I think you should go with Squirtle, because they are very easy to train and they have the most advantage against the gyms. I should know that because I trained one."

"Why Squirtle?"

"Well… I actually wanted to get a Bulbasaur, but when I got there Squirtle was the only Pokémon left, I eventually learned to love Squirtle and we became friends since then."

So Squirtle is the best choice for beginners, it would seem that I have chosen which one I am picking tomorrow.

"I have decided."

I told her simply.

"Really? Which one then?"

"That's a secret."

"*sigh* I know you are still mad at me for doing this behind your back but I know it will be good for you."

"What do you know? You never bother to ask me what I want so how would you know?"

"Look I know I won't win the mother of the year award, but just give Pokémon training a try." She paused deep in thought "I have an idea! Why don't we strike a deal?"

Now this got me intrigued, mother was never the type of person to make deals.

"I am listening."

"You go on your journey tomorrow, if you do the one thing I wasn't able to accomplish on my journey, which is beating all the 8 gym leaders and you still don't like Pokémon or think it was a waste of time. You can come back home and I will even pay for you to get on that fashion university you have been wanting to enter."

"Piece of cake."

"But if you did enjoy the experience of going on a journey with your Pokémon and your friends, then you will have to do something for me."

"What? Going in this stupid journey isn't good enough for you?"

"You aren't exactly going out of your own free will."

"Well, what do you want?"

"That's a secret."

I became silent as I thought over the deal. This seemed too easy to be true, all I would have to do is train my Pokémon until they are powerful enough to take any gym leader down and not only would I accomplish something my mother wasn't able to but as a bonus, I would get a free ticket to the fashion university I wanted to go. There is no way that I can lose; once my mind is made up, it hardly ever changes.

"It's a deal."

"Very well." She smiled at me and looked at the clock on my bedside table reading ten PM. "Look at the time it's getting late, good night honey go to bed early, I want you ready first thing in the morning so you can get your starter."

"Good night mom."

With that, she turned off the lights and left. I laid down on my bed and pulled the covers over me, closed my eyes and tried to sleep, but could not help but feel a bit excited about tomorrow as I drift into unconsciousness.