001 - Welcome to Boringville, Population: Me

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A/N - Hi. My name's Flame. Nice to meet you. I'm the author of this cool little fanfic, and I feel like some clarification is needed before we dive headfirst into this.

First up, as the description suggests, yes, this will take place in the real world. Real world locations will be utilized throughout this fanfic, including cities, both large and small, natural landforms, such as lakes and mountains, as well as actual stores and businesses, like McDonalds and YouTube.

Secondly, I'm still pretty new to this whole fanfiction thing, so I'd like to apologize in advance if the story is a bit sloppy at first. I'm still getting used to this whole writing thing. If I make any mistakes throughout the story, please let me know, and I'll make sure to correct them in future edits!

As for how I'm writing the story, I'm mostly winging it! I'm not creating any set plans ahead of time, besides the general routes that will be taken as well as the characters that'll be traveling along our protagonist. If you have something you'd like to see in the story, I'm open to suggestions. Who knows, if I like a request enough, I may very much add it in! You'll receive credit, of course.

Moving on to the thing that everyone seems to love on Wattpad, romance. Will there be any? Honestly, I don't know yet. We may get all lovey dovey up here, but that's to be decided in the future.

Second to last, I'll be responding to as many reviews/comments as I possibly can! Do feel free to share your thoughts and feedback, I'd love to hear what you all think!

With all that out of the way, I'd like to make it 100% clear that I am not affiliated with the Pokémon Company in any way, shape, or form. My work is not endorsed by The Pokémon Company, and I do not claim any ownership of the assets used in this story. Please support the official material, it's pretty cool.

Last but not least, enjoy the show!

You know, growing up in poverty has taught me a few things in life.

First off, it's not what everyone expects it to be like. My family doesn't live in a run down shack in the middle of nowhere. Thank god for that, I don't think I'd be able to manage if we did.

We do live in a tiny, one story house in West Virginia's worst rated city, however, so I'm not sure if that's any better or not. At least the neighbors are nice, sometimes.

It also teaches you to never walk alone at night. Good way to get jumped. Never know what could be lurking around in the shadows. Better safe than sorry, I guess. Sometimes, however, it's unavoidable. In that case, better hope that the Creation Trio is on your side that day.

You're taught to work for everything you want. No freebies here, we don't have that luxury. Or any, for that matter. If you want something, you sure as hell better hope that someone's willing to hire you to work for it, because as much as I wish it did, money doesn't fall from trees.

And last, but certainly least, you ever have a dream before? A dream of glory? A dream to become something great? Yeah, you can crumple that up, spit on it a few times, and launch it out the window, because you'll never be anything.

Dreams require money. Money that we just don't have. If you want to become something without anything, you're going to need to be really smart, really dumb, or very lucky.

Luckily for me, I'm all of that.

January 3, 2024 - Martinsburg, WV

Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Home of the Apollo Civic Theatre... the... uh... Queen Street Gallery... and me! Beautiful old me! Haha...

...we don't have much here. We never have. The only notable things we have here are our very own Pokemon Center and one of the highest crime rates in all of West Virginia.

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