Broken Paths - An Amourshipping Fanfiction

Hey guys, my name's stellarwalker and I was recommended to this community from fanfiction.net. I was hoping I could get some feedback on my fanfiction. Anything would help, thanks so much in advance! Just a heads up, this is rated K+ and I am currently working on uploading new chapters on ff.net. So, here is the link if you're interested, https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12315063/1/Broken-Paths and here is the text of the first chapter thanks!

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It was a cold day in Miare City. Autumn has wrapped the center region of Kalos around its delicate arms again. Falling leaves showered the city in a palette of colors - brown, yellow and orange - any color you could imagine, Miare had it. There was a distinct smell of freshly baked Miare galettes mixed with the crisp autumn breeze that manifested itself into calming the once busy, city life. It made me feel nostalgic. Nostalgia with pain, pain I don't want to remember.

My name is Serena Yvonne. Well, not really, I suppose it is appropriate if you were to address me by detective. Recently I graduated from the Kalos police academy at the top of my class. For such reason I was deployed in the MCPD, Miare City Police Department due to the increasing crime rates for the past month and a half now.

Miare City once was a safe place - a tourist attraction that was well known across the globe. It was the pride and joy of Kalos; likewise, people were always buzzing about their business and having fun. I recall people used to gather at Prism Tower every night for a light show. Flashing, glowing lights that consisted of colors that can warm the heart of anyone who happened to gaze upon them. It really was amazing; Although Miare City was a city of gathering, it was also known as the most romantic.

I have a very...perturbed relationship with love. Love to me is filled with vibrant colors - almost like the colors of Autumn actually. Understanding the meaning of love though, I don't think I will truly grasp. I made many mistakes in the past, mistakes that I don't think I will ever forgive myself for committing.

When I was 17 I had a life-changing journey around the Kalos region. I was accompanied by the Miare city gym leader, Citron, and his little sister Eureka. She was the sweetest little girl you would ever meet. Although they were great people, there was somebody else I traveled with, but for the longest time I had problems remembering who that person was. The only thing I remember was that he was a boy - but not a regular one. He was always by my side and encouraged me to achieve my goals, regardless of how difficult they were.

Of course, I wanted to earn the title of Kalos Queen. The road was long and tough and I managed to win by a small margin against Elle - the original Kalos Queen - the only one who stood in my way.

I know what you are thinking, how could I possibly think of aiming so high in the first place? I tell you, my mom forced me into becoming a Sihorn racer from my childhood, but it was something that I couldn't see myself doing. For a long time though, I thought I was going to become one in the end; but it changed when I met him in the summer camp that day.

The boy of my dreams. He gave me a feeling that I would never forget. Enjoyment...love. I loved him with all my heart because of who he was. He possessed qualities none other had. He was different.

Ten years have passed and I only remember what he looked like - beautiful brown eyes, raven black hair, and he always had the burning passion to become the best Pokémon trainer. Even with such large aspirations though, he always thought of others before himself, a selfless being.

I never had the chance to say goodbye to him that summer - nor did I tell him how I felt at the end of our journey together. These are a few of the many regrets I carry. Regretting has become another part of me inside, an embodiment of my mind. Oh...I wish I could have said more to him...I wish I could tell him how I really feel.

I don't know how to feel anymore. It's been ten years and I'm now 27. I wonder how he's doing. Why can't I remember his name - no, was he really that important to me? The feeling...I haven't felt it since we chose to go our separate ways.

I felt like I never understood the true meaning of love, and remembering my journey fills me with feelings I abhor, yet adore. When I became Kalos Queen, I did not feel actual love - joy. I felt something different, something not tangible. Becoming Queen brew the indecisiveness in me.

Becoming Kalos Queen was a title I looked up to, I wanted to perform, but if I had a chance to go back to the past, I would tread my path differently. I remember throwing my friends in the dust of the Badlands. And before I realized, it became something I regretted, yet again. I was a terrible friend to them.

I remember how I changed as a person, the fame and fortune overcame me; but he treated me like I was still the good old Serena. I remember my endless months of training with him. Always encouraging me to never give up until it's over; these are words I will never forget.

The day I decided to travel to the Houen region to attend contests in the airport, he held my hand as if he wanted me to tell him something. The truth. I - I wanted to tell him the truth so many times, but every one of my attempts ended in failure, just like I am now.

"What are you hiding from me Serena? You can tell me anything...please."

No, I never told him anything. I was a weakling inside; my life full of regrets and past decisions I had control of. If time travel was possible I would go back and tell him the truth, tell him how I really felt ever since I met him in the summer camp in Masara Town. I - I love him.

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