It's the world of Pokémon! A place with wondrous creatures who can do amazing things! Fairy, water, fire, grass, ice, steel, electric, and many others! All of which fight, side-by-side with their trainers!
Usually, a trainer is allowed to leave home and travel the world, at the age of 10, with a "starter" Pokémon, usually one that is given to them by their parents, or by a Pokémon professor.
But, in our story, it's a bit different.
Darren Gathicus had wanted nothing more than to travel the world at age 10.
But his parents said no.
They wanted him to finish school.
Wanted him to grow up and get a "real job" with steady pay. To settle down in one place.
So, he did.
For 6 years.
But, after waiting for too long, he decided to bring it up with his parents again.
This time, he won't take no for an answer.
I am insufficient. Well, that's not my name obviously, but that's what my family has decided I am.
I'm Julie. I'm 14, about to be 15 years old. I have a twin sister, Jamie. Jamie is an angel. Perfect at everything, and can do no wrong. At least in my family's eyes. And I? I am not perfect. I am a disappointment. Though they've never said that to me outright, I know that's what they truly think.
The apparent "last straw" was when Jamie fucked up and I took the fall for it. Now, I'm on my way to live with some of my more distant relatives back in Italy. They're supposed to "put me back in my place."
So now I get to go live with 3 Italian Capo's.
Sounds like fun right?
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What happens when Julie gets sent away? And what happens when her relatives receives a girl they had been brought to believe was a troublesome, borderline delinquent teenager, but is actually just a confused, dissociative little girl with a messed up idea of what family really means.
And what happens when Julie comes to realise that the people she was living with, weren't all who they said they were?