Author Notes: Wow ok, now normally I don't put these here in the beginning of chapters an author's note, but with everything that happened in chapter one I must address it.
Thank you all for the support, and I must say it was quite unexpected, as I didn't really expect to see 24 PMs soon after I posted the first chapter. The reviews and the actual views were also much better than I expected them to be. What I'm trying to say is a big thank you.
Now I should also address the rest of the OC submissions I haven't responded to yet. If you see in the story summary that the OC submissions are closed, and I haven't responded to that character, it means your character has been rejected, I just means I didn't have the time to respond.
So the total accepted OC count was 8 and there were multiple reasons I accepted these characters. The two common themes running through the characters I accepted were "light hearted - non sob stories" or "The character had an opinion on the Road of Fate law". Basically I accepted characters that I thought fit into the world.
Anyway enough of my rambling, onto the story, please enjoy.
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Tyler was sitting in the back seat of his parent's car. He looked up at the dark cloudy sky with deep intent. He watched the many trees pass by on the long drive towards his fate. His hands were sweaty, and his heart pounded. This time around he wore a professional looking suit as he was going to meet his assigned wife for the very first time. Just thinking about meeting her was so nerve wracking. Was she going to be kind to him, would they even get along, and could he spend the rest of his life with person at the end of this drive.
Tyler thought about last night and his small, tiny, absolutely short relationship he had with Mia. He remembered the dread in her eyes, and the absolute amount of disappointment in her expression when he had received his notice. Thinking back on the event only made him feel worse. Tyler knew he'd never forget the words Mia gave him right after receiving his notice.
When he was about to repeat those burning words his father spoke up. They had finally arrived at his assigned wife's house. When the turned the corner, they noticed she didn't live in a house, it was more of a mansion. The mansion was a good three stories tall and was well stretched from one end to the other. The mansion was made out of a fine red brick the complimented the golden stained windows on the upper floors. Surrounding the mansion was a thick line of red oaks and tall spruce trees. In the front of the mansion were a few rose gardens with a beautiful mossy stone fence.
They drove up to the thick barred steel gate. On the side of the gate there was a simple intercom. Tyler's father rolled down the window of the car, and pressed the button. A very rough and tough voice came out of the intercom, Tyler's father explained why they were there, and once the conversation was over the gate opened up automatically.
They drove into the massive driveway and parked their car near the front door of the house. They saw the front door open up and standing there was a butler who was clearly well paid and well off from working at this house.
"Well hello, Mister and Miss Wing, welcome to the Sky residence. My name is Urara, and I will be your guide in the lovely home that your son's assigned wife lives in," Urara said.
Tyler got a closer look at Urara, the man was clearly quite old with a large bald spot on the top of his head and thin running white hair. His suit looked much more professional than the one he wore, and he seemed to be quite gentle, with his actions.
Urara led them through the halls, but Tyler took notice at all the dying plants on the windows. There were dates and charts beside the flower pots of the plants. The ones that had turned brown and died had a red ribbon tied to them, and the ones that were still alive, if you could call that living had a green ribbon tied to them.
After following Urara down a maze of hallways he brought everyone to the main dinning hall. The dinning hall had a massive red oak table and a large crystal chandelier hanging above. In the back led to the kitchen, but more importantly he saw two upperclass citizens standing on the other side of the dinning hall. There was a large male ursarang, he wore a deep black suit and had fine cut jewelry on his hands. Standing right beside him was a beautiful female Arcanine, she wore an equally extravagant dress with much of the same finely cut jewelry.
Then Tyler's eyes landed on the young maiden standing right between them. She was a small growlithe pokemorph. She had her soft orange hair tied up into a neat ponytail, poking out the top of her head were her small growlithe ears, but a good amount of them were covered up by her hair. As for her body type she was completely flat in the chest area unlike Mia who had quite the bust, but due to her baggy clothes it wasn't too obvious. She wore a clean white shirt underneath her puffy black top. Her white skirt fell down her knees and she wore a pair of black flats.
Tyler followed his parents shyly, he watched as his parents loved interacting with this girl's parents. They seemed to having a grand time together, but because of his own nerves he couldn't quite make out what they were talking about. He watched his parents and this girl's parents leave the room, and now he was all alone with his assigned wife for the first time.
Tyler held the back of his head and extended his hand in a nervous smile. "Hello there. My name is Tyler Wing, uh... how about you?".
The young growlithe pokemorph placed her hands together and gentle said, "Tony Sky,".
There was a light blush on her face, she walked up to Tyler and reached up. Both of her hands lay flat on his bright red cheeks. She had a look of curiosity, but what Tyler noticed is that her hands were very soft. She let go of his face and looked at the palms of her hand intently.
"How fascinating! Young males are a lot slimier than I'd imagine," Tony said.
"I think that might be because I'm a little sweaty," Tyler blushed.
"I guess that logically make sense, as my dad's face isn't nearly as slimy as yours is. I must record this in my notebook, but it could also be because of your age, that could be affecting this strange oily substance leaking out of your pours," Tony said.
Tyler stood still and watched as Tony examined his body. She was very curious poking him in places that his parents haven't touched in years. She stayed clear above the waste, but it didn't make it any less weird.
"I have determined your body is too weak for sexual reproduction. The magazines my Mother has tells me that you aren't close to the ideal body shape for reproduction. You don't exactly have the strong defined muscles that males on the internet have, I guess it must be genetic. This is great information as you are the only male that I've met other than my Father," Tony said.
"Oh really?" Tyler said awkwardly. Tyler's mind ran with a few thoughts about his assigned wife. "This girls is completely weird!"
After their short meeting both Tyler and Tony's parents came back into the room. Tony's parents gave Tyler a polite greeting. The two of them looked worried but at the same time showed a great amount of care for their daughter.
"Tyler, as part of the Road of Fate law, we will have Tony live with you. She has grown up in this house that my wife and I have built. We'd like her to finally see the world, and just how beautiful it can be. Please take care of our daughter," Mr Sky said.
Tyler bowed in respect, but was surprised with the fact that Tony would be moving in with him. He knew that it was part of the law to move in with your assigned wife or husband, but never in a million years would he'd be the host home.
"Mr Sky, I'll do my best," Tyler said.
"That's all I could ever ask for," Mr Sky said.
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Mia sat at her table for lunch, she was surrounded by her friends, despite that she couldn't take her mind off of what happened the night before. She was nervous and scared at the same time. The boy she loved, and the boy she confessed to on the same night, got his notice. She knew that he was already meeting her today, and it broke her heart.
"Mia, you look upset what's wrong?" Billy asked.
"Oh... the guy I like got his notice last night. He got it during our first and last date," Mia said.
"No way that really happens! Mia, I'm sorry," Jade said.
"Don't be sorry, I just told him we should never see each other again. I can't bare to face him now that he's taken," Mia said.
"Geez, isn't that a little bit harsh?" Billy said.
"I can't believe you guys thought I was serious, but he did get his notice that night. We just said to each other we should be friends, and nothing more," Mia said.
"Well I guess that makes the most sense," Billy said.
"Ya, but I still kinda feel bad for you," Jade said.
"Guys, can we stop talking about my failed relationship, lunch is about to finish," Mia said.
Mia had finished her lunch and headed to her next class. She calmly sat in her seat and placed her head against her hand. She let out a loud sigh and noticed that someone was walking up to her. It was a person she had talked with many times in the past, as this person was a close friend with Tyler. This boy was normally quite reserved and shy, but he could talk sort of normally with her.
This boy's name was Robbie Orre. He was a lanky mightyena pokemorph. His hair was a rich grey colour with black streaks and he had faded peach skin. Even more so his hair was long for a guy reaching down to rest upon his shoulders. The mightyena ears poking out of the top of his head were unusually pale for a mightyena, but his blood red eyes distracted from the fact. For clothing Robbie really covered up, he wore a pale coloured sweater and some sweatpants.
"Tyler isn't here, so I'm talking with you," Robbie said.
"So did you hear? Tyler got his notice," Mia said.
"Ya he texted me at just how nervous he was. Apparently we're going to get to meet his assigned wife today. She's coming to this class later," Robbie said.
"Great how can this day get any worse?" Mia sadly said.
"I don't know, you could get your notice with me," Robbie joked.
"You idiot, I'm not even sixteen yet," Mia said.
Everyone sat down in their respective seats. The first thing that Mia noticed is that Tyler walked through the class door and sat down in his usual seat. They both looked at each other, blushed, then instantly looked back down. Mia's eyes darted towards Tyler's left hand and noticed the ministry ring that assigned couples had to wear. The kids in the class who would usually bully Tyler saw his ring and left him alone.
Now Tyler was one of the few students who had a double desk to himself. Everyone's eyes darted towards the classroom door, and saw a student they had never seen before. She was a growlithe pokemorph, the same one Tyler had met earlier in the day, and just like before Mia noticed the ministry ring on her left hand. She walked in between the desks until she settled at Tyler's desk sitting right beside him, and everyone could instantly tell that she was his assigned wife.
As class progressed, Mia watched as Tyler was calmly interacting with his assigned wife. Despite the fact they probably met today, it seemed as if they were already quite comfortable with each other. The teacher soon told everyone to get into groups of three, and Mia headed over to be partners with Tyler. Robbie would've partnered up with Tyler like usual, but with his assigned wife there, he felt as if he'd be a burden.
"Oh, hey Mia. I... I didn't really expect to see you partnering up with me," Tyler blushed.
"So you're Mia. Tyler told me about you in the drive here, he's right you're very pretty. Oh by the way my name is Tony," Tony said.
"Tony? Isn't that a guy's name?" Mia questioned.
"My real name is really long, so I just go by Tony. I hope we can be friends," Tony smiled.
Tyler for the most part kept his head buried in his book work. He could hear Tony and Mia talking about multiple things, about recent clothing trends. He could hear how passionate Tony got when the subject of biology specifically in the field of how different pokemorph species breed and procreate.
"Mia, don't you find it absolutely fascinating how any pokemorph can reproduce with any other pokemorph? Isn't it so intriguing, how a blastoise can breed with a blaziken with no problems. You'd expect two completely different types incapable of breeding together, but they actually have zero problems!" Tony excitedly said.
"Sure I guess," Mia said.
"Thinking about it, it would make sense that anyone in this room could reproduce with anyone. Except for Tyler though," Tony said.
Tyler's head shot up from his book, he stared at Tony with a bright blush. "Wha... what do you mean by that!".
"You're far too small to reproduce," Tony said.
There was a small chuckle that made it around the classroom as people awkwardly stared at Tyler. Tyler soon explained to Mia that it wasn't what it seemed, and the rest of the work period was quite awkward. Once the day was done, Tyler said his goodbyes to Robbie and Mia, and headed home with his assigned wife.
On the walk home Tony was completely calm and quiet showing no sign of nervousness. The only thought that shook Tyler to his core was the fact that he was going to spend the rest of his life with this woman. He barely knew her, other than she really liked science, something that he wasn't too well versed in. When they arrived home Tyler's parents did a generic introduction and tour of the house. Once the tour was finished both Tyler and Tony waited up in Tyler's room for dinner.
Tyler sat on the floor awkwardly across from Tony who had same expression on the walk home. She seemed calm and completely void of distress despite being stuck with him for the rest of her life.
"Tony, you don't seem to be worried about this whole situation. Aren't you aware that you'll be stuck with me for the rest of your life?" Tyler asked.
"Is that really a problem? You don't seem that bad," Tony said.
"But didn't you love someone before you got your notice?" Tyler asked.
"You mean my parents?" Tony responded.
"No not like that. I mean't more like were you in love with someone before you got your notice?" Tyler asked.
"Ah that. I actually don't know what it's like to be in love. I haven't felt it before, my mother explained it to me like it was being in pain, how there was always a hole in your chest that could only be filled by that one person. I've never felt that," Tony said.
Tyler smiled at Tony's explanation and completely thought back to that night with Mia. "Your mother is a smart person. I know exactly what that feels like, in fact I'm kind of feeling it right now,".
Tyler looked up at the roof of his room for a bit, but his head shot downwards when he felt a hand press up against the middle of his chest. It was Tony, but she had her hand pressed up against him. She was feeling around the middle of his chest carefully examining it.
"Are you sure there's a hole in your chest? It doesn't really feel like there's one, maybe the hole is internal, below the skin. Either way I still don't understand what it means to be in love, but it might be interesting to find out," Tony said.
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Author Notes: Well there you guys go chapter two, finished and complete. Tell me your thoughts on how the story is progressing, I'd also love to see what you guys would like to see in the future.
Anyway I have to give credit to where credit is due, and that's saying the new OCs that were introduced into the fic.
Tony Sky - Created by "DarkWingedLancelot"
That may come as a surprise to some people if they know the shaky history he and I have, but yes his character fit so well with the environment that I want for the fic that I had to add her in.
Robbie Orre - Created by "W. R. Winters"
Robbie was a great character in both appearance, personality and origin, and he was clearly well put together. I'm very glad to make him an addition into the fic.
Ok now this is very important to all of you who have sent in an OC, with that OC being accepted. I will be taking charge of their development as a character. And if you try to tell me how your character should be developed it will go ignored by myself and my beta. This is just to keep consistency within the story.
Anyway see you guys in the next chapter.
