Copied from a thread I made on another forum, where I'm working on a Platinum hack.
Originally Posted by Supreme Dirt
Umm... perhaps you can read the story thus far. I`ll be polishing it up quite a bit tonight, but...
Also, [OTHER] which is mentioned IS the love interest.
Also, I'll be updating it tonight, but [OTHER] becomes Pearl and [PLAYER] becomes Diem. Also, we'll shorten it to 100 years after the War, because the war lasted
50 years. Not alot made it through. So it's taken nearly 100 years to come close to restoring what used to exist.
Anyways, current version of the storyline, prone to many changes tonight:
THE LEGEND
There is a legend of a time long ago, when the land was still in its youth.
There is a legend of a time of war, of famine, of terrible weapons and utter destruction, lasting nearly 50 years, a seemingly unending war between those who had once been merely organized criminals and the remaining scattered Pokemon trainers and rangers.
It is said that a being of true evil, not a human, perhaps not even a Pokemon, was the source of the war, bringing a curse to the land.
All was thought to be lost.
Two young Pokemon trainers rose up, natives of the Kanada region, and set to strike down the source of the evil, the bringer of doom. When all hope was lost, one of them sacrificed themself, allowing the other to call upon the power of a two-faced orb to seal the shadows away.
The world recovered. Hope returned. The Pokemon Suicune began to heal the waters of the world, and still continues doing so to this day. Palkia, god of space, emerged from the other plane on which he resides, and restored the Spear Pillar, which had been destroyed in the war. Many other Pokemon we know only in the legends aided in the regeneration of the world, as did mundane Pokemon.
It has been nearly 200 years, and all seems to be quiet.
Yet something stirs, restless in its sleep, waiting for the chance, the opportunity, to once again plunge the world into darkness...
Here begins our story...
First, what is your name?
<Activate name script>
And if you had to pick a random guy's name?
<Activate rival name script>
PROLOGUE: BEWARE OF SWIPLE
<Go to Toron Town>
This is assuming that you are playing as a male character.
<Living room type area, fairly primitive style, few signs of modern luxuries. What appears to be a gun rack on the right side of the room.>
[PLAYER]'s Mom: [PLAYER], your friend, [OTHER] is here. You were going hunting, I assume?
<Enter [PLAYER], a young man of about 16-18. No more damn 10-year-olds.>
[PLAYER]: Yes. Hopefully we catch something large. Maybe a Piloswine!
<[PLAYER] heading towards gun rack>
[PLAYER]'s Mom: Alright, but be careful. And watch out for Mamoswines! They can be brutal if they think you're threatening their newborns, Swiple or something they're called.
<[PLAYER] turns around.>
[PLAYER]: ...
[PLAYER]'s Mom: What is it?
[PLAYER]: They're called Swinub, Mom.
[PLAYER]'s Mom: Yes, whatever. Well, go on, [OTHER] is waiting.
{[PLAYER] received Hunting Rifle!
Hunting Rifle was placed in the Key Items pocket.}
<[PLAYER] can now exit the house or go up to their room. Outside, there are several houses, but Torontown is fairly small. There is no Professor's lab. The Kanada region has been cut off from the rest of the world for many decades, and there is much unease about the silence. Last that was heard, scientists in the Orre region had rediscovered a technology from before the Great War that seemed to have once been used to increase the power of Pokemon, at the cost of their capacity for compassion. In the Kanto region, the revival of the long-dead criminal enterprise known as Team Rocket had caused many problems for the authorities. Contact had not yet been reestablished with Johto, Hoenn was a mess as Team Aqua and Magma were still fighting, even after several centuries. Sinnoh had finally become stable enough for Team Galactic to resume its search for new power sources, and had managed to restore some electrical power, which had not been widely used since before the War. Kanada was pretty much the same way it always was, laid back, watching events unfold, and catching the occasional hockey game.>
<[PLAYER] can leave to the East or the North. North, there are Rock Smash boulders in the way. East, [OTHER] is waiting. In one of the houses in town, a person will give you a Pokeball. In another, you will receive a Potion.>
[OTHER]: [PLAYER]! It took you long enough!
[PLAYER]: Sorry, had to deal with my Mom's knowledge of Pokemon. We have to watch out for Swiple today, she says.
[OTHER]: (Laughter of some sort. I suppose 'kekekekeke' will have to suffice) Swiple! Yes, I'll watch out for them! Well, let's get going. We've got to get a pile of swines before the day is through!
[PLAYER]: ... That was terrible, just terrible.
{[OTHER] joined the party!}
<Player can now continue east, where he discover 3 Pokeballs lying on the ground. One seems to be emitting a dark aura. One seems to emit copious amounts of heat. And the third seems to be refreshingly cool. There is a group of Swinub nearby>
[OTHER]: Three Pokeballs? I guess we can each take one?
[PLAYER]: Yes. People shouldn't leave such commodities out in the open.
<3 Mamoswine rush the player!>
[OTHER]: Agh! 3 of them!
[PLAYER]: Quick! Take a Pokeball!
<The player is given the choice of Floravore, [WATER-TYPE] and Farnace.>
{Mamoswine (Lv 4) is charging!}
<After defeating the Mamoswine, you find that although [OTHER] defeated one Mamoswine, the other has maimed her. Seeing that you have defeated one however, it flees. Yet a Piloswine, being young and easily angered, sees its two KO'd elders and charges you. You grab a potion that [OTHER] dropped, heal your Pokemon, and prepare for the fight.
{Piloswine (Lv3) appeared!}
<The Piloswine flees. The two KO'd Mamoswines flee as well, having recovered. [PLAYER] restores his Pokemon with the one remaining Potion. Suddenly, one Swinub, having been unintentionally left behind, charges you.>
[PLAYER]: Oh, what the hell! Leave us be!
{Swinub (Level 1) Appears!}
<After defeating the wild Pokemon, the first thing [PLAYER] notices is a dark figure, dragging [OTHER] away! At the same time, he hears the town bell, rung only in case of disaster. Another person walks up behind him, and [PLAYER] is knocked unconscious.>
<[PLAYER] awakes. There are several Swinub next to him, as well as a Piloswine nearby. Seeing him awake, they bolt, surprisingly quickly for Ground types. There is silence, pure, dead silence. [PLAYER] looks around, calling out.>
[PLAYER]: [OTHER]! [OTHER]!
<[PLAYER] cannot continue east, for there are many Mamoswines. He can go west, and return to Toron Town, or so he believes.
CHAPTER 1: THE DARK IS RISING
<The smoke is the first thing that catches the eye. The bridge is blown apart. The burnt shells of houses surround him. His own house has been burnt to the ground, naught remaining but scorched wood, twisted furniture, and a single skeleton.>
[PLAYER]: What... What happened here?
???: The shadows have returned.
<A man of about 22 is standing behind [PLAYER]. He is looking at the wreckage of one of the buildings, the one where neither a potion or a pokeball was received earlier in the game.>
[PLAYER]: The shadows? Who are you?
???: I am [RIVAL]. I was sent from Johto to try and stop this from happening. It appears I was too late.
[PLAYER]: Johto? We havn't heard from the other regions in decades!
???: That is because a darkness has descended upon them. The Johto region was one of the hardest hit in the war. There were very few of us left. What remained banded together in what was once Ecruteak City. We have dwelled there ever since, determined to prevent a Great War from ever breaking out again.
[PLAYER]: What of the rest of the world?
???: As I said, a darkness has descended upon the world. There is a smaller evil, human in origin, that was created in the Orre region. That evil, and a far greater one, have worked together to destabilize time and space in the world.
[PLAYER]: Do you mean... Shadow Pokemon?
???: No. Shadow Pokemon are not evil.
[PLAYER]: Then what...?
???: Not even we know. Yet whatever it was destroyed this town.
[PLAYER]: [OTHER]! Have you seen-
???: Yes. They took her away. Where, I do not know.
[PLAYER]: What now, though...?
???: We need to recover the badges.
[PLAYER]: What?
???: Badges, once upon a time, enabled Pokemon trainers to have their Pokemon perform certain feats with their moves. Through the move Cut, they could remove troublesome plant life from their way. With Surf, oceans could be crossed. They could travel at will with Fly. Using Strength, massive boulders could be shifted. Flash would light up even the darkest of caves. Defogging areas could be done as well. Areas could be cleared of debris, and even the mightiest of waterfalls climbed. It's even told that one could dive to the depths of the sea.
[PLAYER]: But how does a badge allow all of this?
???: Noone quite knows. Yet here is one of the moves, Rock Smash. And here is the first badge, the one that this town once guarded. [PLAYER], last living person in Toron Town, I hereby confer on you the Smog Badge.
{[PLAYER] received the Smog Badge!
[PLAYER] can now use Rock Smash to destroy small boulders!
Traded Pokemon Level 10 and below will now obey without question!
[PLAYER] received HM08 Rock Smash!
The HM08 was placed in the TM Pocket}
???: Also, here is a Pokedex and 5 Pokeballs. Who knows, they may come in handy.
{[PLAYER] received a Pokedex!
[PLAYER] received 5 Pokeballs!
The Pokeballs were placed in the Pokeball pocket.}
???: Be sure that you do not allow anyone to see the badge. Foul things have been put into motion, and I fear even now we may be too late to stop them. Head north, to Vancou Village. There, you must search for the truth, and the locations of the hidden badges.
<A (ivan's version of Pidgeot) flies over to ???, and he flies off.)
<[PLAYER] can now head east, to find a wild Pokemon with which to Rock Smash (We raise the catch rate of Swinub to 255) unless they caught the Level 1 Swinub from before, which they can now teach Rock Smash to>
FROM HERE ON I AM NO LONGER WORKING OFF OF MY WRITTEN STORYLINE FROM DARK/BLACKSYRUP VERSION, AS I DIDN'T HAVE IT WITH ME
<to the East, in the wild, most commonly found is Swinub. There is the occasional under-leveled Piloswine, and Delibird and (very rarely) a Frosflam appear as well.to the North, there is no real change, except that instead of Piloswine, our version of Kricketot/Caterpie/etc appears. To the north, it is Route 401, and it is a fairly open Route, with a few trainers in the way, but mostly wild encounters. There are a few overworld pokemon, much like the ones on route 400, except that these will attack [PLAYER]. these Pokemon should not differ from the wild Pokemon found in the route except in special circumstances. At the end, a cutscene occurs, just before reaching Vancou Village. IT IS HAILING ON THIS ROUTE>
Grunt 1: Security check. Empty your pockets and bag, and you won't be hurt.
<[PLAYER] backs off.>
Grunt 2: I'm sorry, but you'll need to empty your pockets and your bag before we let you pass.
[PLAYER]: I'm sorry, I can't.
Grunt 1: And why might that be?
<beeping sound>
Grunt 2: What is this? The badge radar is going off!
<Encounter music>
Grunt 2: You'll be handing that badge over now.
<Mystery Grunt wants to battle!>
...
Grunt 2: This guy seems to be rather tough.
Grunt 1: I hope you liked living!
<Mystery Grunt wants to battle!>
...
<an Admin looking person appears>
Admin: What's going on here?
[PLAYER]: It appears I have something your Grunts here wanted.
Grunt 1: He has a badge!
Admin: I see. <turns to face [PLAYER]> It appears that it is time for you to die. Give me the weapon!
Grunt 2: But sir, it hasn't had its power fully-
Admin: The weapon! Now!
Grunt 2: Yes sir.
<the Grunt moves and gives a Pokeball to the Admin>
Admin: Prepare yourself.
<Mystery Man wants to battle! (Uses Rayquaza lvl 10)>
...
Admin: What is this? Defeated?
Grunt 2: Sir, I tried to tell you, the Shadow Lock has not been completed yet! It causes the Pokemon that holds it to disobey-
Admin: Nonsense. Rayquaza is merely a weak Pokemon. <turns to [PLAYER]> You survive this time, but next time, you will not be so lucky. Farfetch'd, Fly! <flies off>
Grunt 1: Abra, Teleport!
Grunt 2: Abra...? What? You have an Abra?
<they teleport.>
[PLAYER]: Rayquaza? Shadow Lock? Who were they?
<[PLAYER] seems to notice something on the ground>
[PLAYER]: What is this...?
{[PLAYER] received the Strange Veil!
The Strange Veil was placed in the Key Items Pocket.}
[PLAYER]: How odd... I will ask ??? about it.
<The player can now head north, to Vancou Village
CHAPTER 2: SOMETHING IN THE SHADOWS
<[PLAYER] reaches Vancou Village. There is an old style Pokemon Centre (read: the style we're familiar with) at the top right, and two houses. It hardly qualifies as a village. Inside one of the buildings is a library. In the other, just some random people. In the house, they speak of some odd people who were conducting experiments in the woods to the east. In the library...>
<[PLAYER] enters the library>
[PLAYER]: ??? said to search for the truth... But the truth of what?
<There is a bookshelf in the back, blocked by a pile of bricks. The player can reada "For Construction" sign, and has to Rock Smash RBY style. They can then "use" the far right section of the bookshelf, which causes a stairway to appear. OMFG CLICHE! RUN!>
<They then enter an underground room with a pedestal with a book on it. They must read the book.>
<book read>
<epic STORYLINE music>
There is a legend...
There is a legend of a time long ago, when the land was still in its youth.
There is a legend of a time of war, of famine, of terrible weapons and utter destruction, lasting nearly 50 years, a seemingly unending war between those who had once been merely organized criminals and the remaining scattered Pokemon trainers and rangers.
It is said that a being of true evil, not a human, perhaps not even a Pokemon, was the source of the war, bringing a curse to the land.
All was thought to be lost.
Two young Pokemon trainers rose up, natives of the Kanada region, and set to strike down the source of the evil, the bringer of doom. When all hope was lost, one of them sacrificed themself, allowing the other to call upon the power of a two-faced orb to seal the shadows away.
The world recovered. Hope returned.
XXXXXX This part needs work XXXXXXX
Yet in the Johto region, there were those who feared that the war would reoccur. They knew of a terrible Pokemon, created accidentally by 2 men, whose intentions were in fact pure, when they put Pokemon through a process called Purification, to restore them to their original states. However, the evil released from them would not go away. This evil migrated north to the Kanada Region, where it eventually formed into a horrifying abomination, a truely evil Pokemon. This Pokemon had an ability unlike any other, and could influence people to do its bidding. It was the cause of the Great War.
There was a group of petty thieves and criminals, TEAM X, who sought power. Unknowingly, they came under the influence of the evil being. They built terrible weapons using the power released through evolution, and forced the Pokemon Arceus, through the Red Chain, to do their bidding.
Thoroughly corrupted by the Red Chain, which had mixed with evil power to become the first of the Shadow Locks, it destroyed without a thought. Then, purely by chance, it encountered the heroes of legend. Recognizing them as the Bearers of the Badges, instead of killing them, it captured them instead. Though it is unknown what happened after this, it is assumed that one of them sacrificed themselves to defeat the Shadows, as only one returned. However, she died soon after, for reasons unknown, and the world soon recovered.
To this day, noone knows who, or what, the shadows are.
To be kept in mind, the male character is Diem, and the female is Pearl. As well, we have an interesting plot line twist for the end.