Lea dreamed of leaving her home in Petalburg and going on an adventure. She wanted to see everything the world had to offer, overcome the hardest trials Hoenn could throw at her, and stand at the top among friends, rivals, and peers. She wanted a team of Pokemon that could stand against all of that, and she's wanted that for years. She wanted to go on a journey. Her dream has been on hold for two years. Lea has worked her ass off to help her sister keep their departed Mother's bakery afloat, and the store was starting to feel like a prison cell, from which there was no escape. Her best friend was getting ready to leave home on her own journey, and despite being happy for her, the coming shared birthday felt like a nightmare made real, of a dream being lost for good. Lea's sister decided to give her the best birthday present she could, and fired her, effective immediately. Pokemon Journey fic set in Hoenn following an Original character, if that wasn't already abundantly obvious. Story loosely inspired by I Will Touch the Sky Story has been posted to FFN as well, and I am currently in the process of posting to Archive of our own. Current updates are once a week, hopefully toward the beginning of the week. (Current arc is subject to weird scheduling due to word inflation) Consider joining the discord - Here, Have a Cookie Discord