Pokemon Shadowgale

Beginning:
It is the first day of 8th grade in Pokemon School. Every new 8th grader gets a pokemon, whether it is rattata or a hoothoot. Unfortunately, Mrs. Kelly runs out of starters so she directs you to the pokemon research lab to get a pokemon. She tells you of a secret underground passage that leads underground to the lab so that you don't run into any pokemon. Once you arrive at the lab, you choose one of three pokemon: Agwam, Searkit, or Plansith, and receive a pokedex. On your way back to your hometown however, you find that the underground passage is filled with people called Team Glyph. You see your childhood friend Ian there next to a weird looking pokemon. There are two orbs next to him. They both dissolve. A red one flows into your rival and a blue one flows into you. You then black out.
You wake up back in your house with your rival. Your rival tells you what happened after you fainted: The pokemon that was next to him, named septimon, made the orbs flow into each of you. Then, the leader of "Team Glyph", Maximus, walked up to you two. He told Ian that the red orb was the orb of Dordrion and the blue orb was the orb of Mymoron. For some reason, the creator pokemon made the orbs flow into Ian and you. Maximus then left, muttering something about "Finding a mortal Host". After telling you this, Ian tells you to meet him at the school again so they can talk to their teacher about it. Your teacher tells you the legend of Septimon, Mymoron, and Dordrion. A long time ago, Septimon, the creator pokemon, created Mymoron and Dordrion to balance out the power of Good and Evil. Dordrion was the shadow pokemon and Mymoron was the light pokemon. Soon, Mymoron and Dordrion began to fight because of their differences and were soon banished by Septimon into two orbs. Legend has it that they would be trapped until they found mortal hosts with enough potential to become stronger so that they would be able to fight again. Your teacher tells you that she thinks that the spirit of Dordrion is inside your rival and the Spirit of Mymoron is inside you. You rival then wonders why Septimon would want the two legendary pokemon to leave their orbs, and then battles you to test his strength. He then leaves, promising that he will fulfill Septimon's wishes. Your teacher gives you the pokegear and the running shoes, and then tells you about the 8 gym leaders of Monai. They are each old and wise sages who have researched many different pokemon. Because Mymoron is a light type and your first goal is to figure out what this all means, you decide to go and challenge the first gym leader, the light type gym. As you begin your travels, you begin to hear about Team Glyph again, and everything seems to come together, but even as you realize more, people begin to change, and when the final plan is clear, it seems as if nobody will be able to stop the impending storm of the shadowgale.

50 years have passed since Branden and May tamed Raquaza. Team Magma was finally defeated. In a region not to far away from Hoenn called Monai, they continue to thrive under the radar. They have been plotting revenge against Hoenn, but to do so, they need a power only spoken of in legend...

You have just turned 13 years old. You have never been very interested in pokemon. Your father is a pokemon researcher and your mother is the champion of Monai. You don't see your mother much, and recently, she has been very busy with pokemon league business. The last time you spoke to her, she even sounded different... Like something was bothering her. Your father is a pokemon researcher. On your birthday, your father decides to give you your first pokemon, telling you only to train it and respect it. he then gets an emergency call from the lab and has to leave. He tells you to meet him there so you can receive your pokemon. When you arrive, you find that the lab has been taken over by people dressed in red. They take your father and leave. But not all of them. Some of them stay and occupy the town for some reason. Because your town is very small and many of your teenage friends have left, you are chosen by your village to go and find out what has happened and why the pokemon researcher was taken. Because the last thing your dad told you to do was take a pokemon, you choose one and set off to the next town, where an old sage lives.

Instead of gyms, there are 6 wise sages that live throughout Monai. Defeating them is one way to receive a badges. You can also find badges in ruins or underwater. In my game, instead of gyms, there will be dojos where the sages train. The Elite Four will be able to be challenged in any order. Also, you will still defeat gyms and the Elite four, but for different reasons. The main team that will be the antagonists is Team Magma Reborn. They are under the lead of Maximus.