L E E W A Y STRETCH
"Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! My name is Ǫ̶̧͇̠̲̞̺̟̈́̅̓̊̈́̀̇ͯ̚͟͠ͅͅå͋̎͢͏̬̺̳̻̫̪̝̩̤̙̺̮̥̗̺k̛͛̈̍ͫ́̐͒̀ͦ͏̷̗̼͚̯͎̪̥̦̬͍̲!͗̉ͪͮͦ́ͨͪ́ͭͫ̓̔̃̊̆̐̈́͡҉̵͚͚̮̩̼̭̲̯̥̙͍̩͘͡ͅ ̧͖̞͇͖̝̟̠͍̜̝̦̗̠͍̳ͫ̑ͬ̐͂͂͂ͣͯͣ̂̾̆͘ͅͅP̵̨͙̹̞̼͍̝̗̩͉͖̤̘̺̱̾ͥ͗̉̂͆͗͛͆ͣ̅͒̋̿̇͆̓́͝e̴͗͌͊́͒̈́ͦͪ͘͏̢͙̲̫̠̦ ̱̣͉̫̯̠͇̖̞̓̍̍̋ͩ̒̓͑͒̐͘͡p̶̢̬̬͇̺̝̩͉̠̣̾͆̓͂́̂̂͒͝lͧͨ͗͆̔̓̉̃͏̝̺̪̲̰̗̹̪̫̲̕͡ͅͅȇ̡̠͖͎̥̟͍͛̔̎ͥ͌̋ͦͯ̏̃̎͒̅͟͢͡ ̵̑ͫ͗̀̾͑̃ͤ̋̀̚҉̡̗͚̜̞̬͍̗c̷̸̟̞͇̺̝̗͔̼͕̥̑ͧͨͪ̋̆̅͆͒̃͑ͮ̕͟a̲̲̗̞̭͇̯̮̙͍̤̹̥̣̔ͮ͆̃͆̂͊̽̂̑̋ͦͥ̏̚̕l͋̏̀͛͒̌ͫͤ̈̓͐́͂͛̊͡͏̳̦̥͉̦̪̮͉̪͍͉̠̀͝l͕͓̲̝̞̠̳̟͍̪͎͍ͦ̿ͫͪ̀͝ͅļ̩̼̙̰̬ͫ̃̑ͯ̀l̷̢̻͕͕̳̲̟̞͇̱̲̦̍͑ͩ̇͌͂ͩͦͨ̅́̅̔̓̕͜͟ͅͅ ̡̱̥͓̻͓̲͓͈̟̙̫̙̫͓̱̙̻͈̒ͪ̀͛̀ͬ͊́̄̃͛̍ͬ͛͢m̶̫͕̭͕̝̬͖̭̱̠̼̭̺̼͑ͭ̑̍̂ͦ̐ͮ̈ͥ͐̈̂̋ͩ̓͛̕e̷̷̛̩̙̝̲̞͋̀̌̿̊͊ͨͫ́̕ ͚̫̙͎͔̳͔̱̼̟̤̺͉͕͙̝̇̇ͨͥ̃ͥ̈͒͐͘̕͘͟ͅͅt̡̞̙̙̙̠̰̹ͤͬ̒̒ͮ̂͗̈̀͊̃͆̚h̷̸̴͕͈̝̙͈͎̭̮͓͉̹ͣ͌̍́̈͒̑̀͡ě͍̰͓̼̟̬͉̳̰͇͖͔̗͊ͯ̀̚͘ ̴͑́̐ͪͣ̈́̿͏͓̬̲̖̝̪͕̥͕͎͖̱͈͎͖͖͉̲͢P̵̧̛͕̟̠̣̭̌̍͛͌̊̋͐̎ͩͧ̍̌̏͐̕͞ơ̴̭̼͎̦̩͎̰̼̤̝͈̻̅̽ͬ́̉̍̆̀̚͞͡ͅͅķ̻̻͖̳̬̺̜̙ͣ͛̍̐̏ͮ͢ͅk̷̘̩̩̩̠̻̘͎͉̖ͭ̈͋̆͊̈́ͪ̍̇͠ͅm̶̶̷̩͕͈̭͚̠͔̹̱̼̘͇̼̟̫̦̫͖̲ͧ̒̊̍̂̃̑ͦ͂͘ọ̷̢̡̥͈̠̘̗̜̰͚͆̿ͣ̈́̉̏ͮ̅ͬ̽̇̕̕n̸̨̡͖͇͎̮ͨ͐̔͑̈̈́͑̎̎́͛́̃ ̼̞̩̘̲̣͙̘̝̼͍̣͙̳̠̦̭ͦ͆͛̕͡ͅP̢̛̫͚̣̘̞̻̗̹͖͙ͦ̾͌ͪ̓ͫͮ͂̓ͧ̍ͯ́̿͒̀͟͢r̴̰̯͙̼̰̳̘̺̊̈ͪ͐̉̂͗ͫ̇ͪ͘͡o̡̬̩͉͇̙̣̫̺̬̰͖̍̾ͨ̃ͤ̒̂̔ͦ͗̈́̑ͣ̎͑̃̂̅̕f̴ͤ̑͗̃̈͌́͆̅͛̿̇̎̒̆͏̸̱̩̪̬͍͕̥̤̻͚͓̣̩͚͖̱͇͠͝! This world is inhabited by creatures called P͜͠͏̺̳̭̭̻̖̗͎̰̦̝̯̮̜́ò̴͙̳͖̪̪͓͎̻̗͠ͅk̨̢̛̜̺̦̥̤͕̟͔̼͍̺̺̜̝͉͎̩͕͟͞á̸͈̣̬̠̤̦̪̬̥̣̱͞y̰̠̰̹̮͉̟̯̟̩̝̘̣̪̯̮̬̪͘͞m̡͍̦̪̯̹̺̲e̸̴͉̩̤̝̬̣̬͜͝ŗ̷͍̻̝̻͔͚͎̟̲̣͈̥̲́́̕r̙̗̝̺̺̮̭͕̪̪̯̕͠͠͡͝ń̨̧͙͍̜͇͇̣̯̫̙̟̳̖̜z̴̖͉̠̘̯͉̜͔͘ͅ! For some people, Pokémon are pets. Other use them for fights. Myself… I study Pokémon as a profession. First, what is your name?
There are stories about a the past, tales full of joy and eagerness, be it that of whomever told them, or that coming from the excited bunches that would listen to them time after time. And while they all vary on their reliability and how far away from reality they can be, they all seem to share one thing in common; most of the things they mention seem to remain nowadays.
Right! So your name is b̢̨̞̻̲̜̫̤̣͍̝̣͔̫͚̬͎̝̟͆ͬ͗͆̓͆̓̆́ͫ̕͟͝ͅŗ̸̅͒͑͆͏̸̛̙͕͙̦̬͍͍̺̥̟̯̮̩̞̰ͅr̛̟̬̙̯̔̊ͩ͗̓ͣ̑̎͡r̸̩̲̝̖̞̭̹̯̫̖͉̮̖̝̼̟̜̍̊ͣͤ͋ͪ̆̇ͨͬ̐ͨͪ̓g̨̠͉̫̱̝̻̱̖̝̤̖̯̠̫̪̞̭̰̖͐̅͒̅͋͆ͨ̉̋͂̌̾̚͠z̧̢ͤ̓͑ͧͮ̓ͧ͐ͦ̊̂̾̓́̾͡͏̙̤̩͙͖̦̯̺̗͇̰͚͉̹̙͞ͅl̸̳̩̰̙͑ͪ̅͊̉͆̎ͫ̾̂̎́̉̓̃͒̚̕͡͡k͗̽̔ͥ̄̋͛ͨ̿̓̇̈̌͂ͪ͏̛̩͎̦̠̻͘͞͝s̜̪̰̰̫͖͚̤̰̬̩͕̗͍̀̊ͭͬ̒ͫ̓̏̓̅̀͂ͫͭ̈́̀̀͘͞͞ͅͅͅą̶̡̠̻̗̜̰̤͇͔̫̹̭̲̪̯̑ͨ̓ͤ̆̊͒̇͘͢ͅv̦̖̹̦̤̬̹̘̠̖̤̑̋ͤ̈́̾͊̓̒̈ͤ̔͂͋͒͒̿ͬͥ͘͠ͅȃ̛͋̃̽̎̒̃͏̸̢̺̠̺̣̹̝̫̫͇̱!
Once upon a time, the kind citizens of the Pokemon world would go about doing the typical things a typical citizen of the Pokemon world would do. They'd wake up, get dressed, eat lunch and attend their regular jobs, or they'd study in a regular school. Ocassionally, they'd engage in a regular Pokemon battle, maybe even two of them. Those wealthy and/or lucky enough would travel around entire continents just to fight the imprissoned wildlife of others, or they'd spend their days collecting ribbons with only as much value as the bearer would give them.
Ocassionally, one of them would single-handedly take down an entire group of terrorists. And the good ol' professors with funny tree names would send children to the outside to do their job - often with better results than their years of intense research.
Was it the best society? Certainly not. But you learn to appreciate it once it all goes downhill.
This is my grandson. He's been your rival since you were a baby. …Erm, what is his name again?
It was June, I think. The recent trend of Mega-Evolution had taken the world by storm, and most people were only concerned with getting as many Mega-Stones and Key Stones as they could. Most never goteither, some got at least one of the two, and the minority with both wouldn't hesitate to brag whenever they had the chance too.
Soon, the more celebrated Gym Leaders got a hold of those, too. On came the Elite Four and Champions, waving their shiny bracelets and stones like accessories - rarely would they use them, but damn it if they weren't the prettiest thing ever -. And yet, they weren't ready when it happened.
Then again, nobody was.
That's right! I remember now! His name is a̸͖͇̘̳͈͙̮̯͉͙̻̤̲͛ͣ̑͂̏ͣ͌͌̓̿f̵̨̦̭̰̲̣̳̞̱͑͗̃͌͗̒͗̈́ͯ͑̑̒̄̃̚f̢͑ͦ̉̂̈ͮͩ̈ͤ͠͏̷̭̺̺͙͜f͓̟̝̟̣̣͈̗̟̙͍̺ͥ͛ͭ̂̈́̒̍ͯ͂ͬ̊ͭ̍ͫ͋̐ͨͭ́͜ğ̷̵̱͈͎̲ͮͣ͆͗͐̄̃ͣ̉̋ͩ̏ͪ̎̍ͩͪ̚͝a͓͉̣͔ͫͦ̊̾̋͐̾ͫͫ́̌͌̽͜͞k̴̢̫̭̮̗̗͉͚͉͉̱ͫͣ͒̅ͣͦ͑ͮ̔̔̔͗͢͝n̫͓̞̼̗̲̝͉̝̦̙͈̲̮̭͓ͤ̅ͩ̽̍͐ͣ̓̓̉ͣ̔ͭ̍ͫ͟͢ͅͅͅk̴̪͇̥̱͈̣̘͕͖͓̭̫͖̤̪̇ͭͧ̀͐̽ͪ̏̃̅ͮ̓ͣ̔̆̎͛̚͜a͊̒͂ͣ͋ͩ̈́͗̄̎ͦ̀̽͛́͊̔̐̆͟҉̡҉̭͓̗̟͇̣͍͎̱̩͕̤̮̺̹̫̩f̧̛̲̤̠͍͕̜̪̔ͣ͆̿ͯ̾̏̐̌͌̎͗͑̓̏ͧ̕͝͡ͅv̷̗̪͉̹̼͎͍̖͉̩̣̘̾̂͒͛̐͘͟ͅͅͅk̙̭̟̗̺̝̫̳̝̞̮̪̝̺͐̀͛̑ͧ͘͟ͅj̶̶̢̤̟͉̦̝̻̻͎̥̬̜̮̪̖̝̦̹̃̃̅̑̅̓̀̚͢ͅą̈́͋̾͛ͮ͐̇͌ͣͭ̿ͭ́҉̷̜̟̦͔̩̝̺̞͞g̶̵͇̜̩̼̦̾͆̾̋ͧͬ͗́ͩͣ͒͐̚͘͜͜!
No one can say for sure who did it. It may have been none of them, or maybe it was all of them at once. But we can at least agree on the outcome.
The grounds would shake violently, the seas would consume entire cities, the land would shatter, and everything would move in every which way that you could imagine. A lot of people died, and a lot of Pokemon were never again seen. Cities banished, mountains collapsed, and continents crashed against one another. It is said that at least two Pokemon had influence on how the resulting mesh of all previously known regions came to be, but numerous sightings of numerous legendary Pokemon - and the fact that most eye witnesses have perished by this point - make it hard to figure out what happened.
The east coast of Hoenn swears it was the Super Ancient Pokemon who let loose on Earth with the entirety of their strength. southern Unova claims the Deep Black and Vast White Dragons are the culprits to the case. Folks at the north of Sinnoh could swear on the life of their champion that they saw the Pokemon of Time and Space flying around while wrecking havoc as they pleased.
And yet, society had to rebuild itself while also worrying about finding a culprit to the matter. A lot of towns and cities were left practically unrecognizable, and a settlement resulting intact is something practically unheard of. Caves collapsed, and a lot of roads would no longer serve their purpose of connecting places in a logical manner.
But grim as it may all be, both man and 'mon have managed to rise back from the ashes, slowly, yet steadily. It's been a long ride, but towns - and part of some cities - have been rebuilt in whichever way it was possible for those who survived, and a few roads can at least inform you of where each place is now. Ever thought of Ilex Forest leading to Veilstone City? Crazy stuff, man. Honestly.
There's a lot of work to be done for this new Pokemon World to even resemble its former incarnation. In the meantime, the same question lingers in various heads: whodunnit? Just which legendary Pokemon had a fit of anger in the first place? Are we even responsible for it?
b̢̨̞̻̲̜̫̤̣͍̝̣͔̫͚̬͎̝̟͆ͬ͗͆̓͆̓̆́ͫ̕͟͝ͅŗ̸̅͒͑͆͏̸̛̙͕͙̦̬͍͍̺̥̟̯̮̩̞̰ͅr̛̟̬̙̯̔̊ͩ͗̓ͣ̑̎͡r̸̩̲̝̖̞̭̹̯̫̖͉̮̖̝̼̟̜̍̊ͣͤ͋ͪ̆̇ͨͬ̐ͨͪ̓g̨̠͉̫̱̝̻̱̖̝̤̖̯̠̫̪̞̭̰̖͐̅͒̅͋͆ͨ̉̋͂̌̾̚͠z̧̢ͤ̓͑ͧͮ̓ͧ͐ͦ̊̂̾̓́̾͡͏̙̤̩͙͖̦̯̺̗͇̰͚͉̹̙͞ͅl̸̳̩̰̙͑ͪ̅͊̉͆̎ͫ̾̂̎́̉̓̃͒̚̕͡͡k͗̽̔ͥ̄̋͛ͨ̿̓̇̈̌͂ͪ͏̛̩͎̦̠̻͘͞͝s̜̪̰̰̫͖͚̤̰̬̩͕̗͍̀̊ͭͬ̒ͫ̓̏̓̅̀͂ͫͭ̈́̀̀͘͞͞ͅͅͅą̶̡̠̻̗̜̰̤͇͔̫̹̭̲̪̯̑ͨ̓ͤ̆̊͒̇͘͢ͅv̦̖̹̦̤̬̹̘̠̖̤̑̋ͤ̈́̾͊̓̒̈ͤ̔͂͋͒͒̿ͬͥ͘͠ͅȃ̛͋̃̽̎̒̃͏̸̢̺̠̺̣̹̝̫̫͇̱! Your very own Pokémon legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokémon awaits! L̴̸̢̻͇͇̗͖̺̺̫̰̩̘͈̹̘̰̝͉ͭ͂͑ͦ̊̓͗̏̋̄͌̅̈̌̎ė̸̸̻͈̙̼̝̺̳̻̗̣̬͕̳ͮͣ͊͌͂͑͂ͦ̋͝t̾̂̋̄͊̈̌̍ͪ̌ͩ͊ͪ͑ͤ̚҉̴̢̛̠̼̤̪̩̳̫̮͇̺̗͙̜̫̀'̢͕͚̭̹̰̱͎͕̦̖̪͇͐͑̽ͯ̀̑̏̊́̈́̕̕͞͠s͋̈́͊̊͆̎͊͏̢̭͚̳̰̻ ͉̮͙͈͔̹̗̘̖ͦ́ͮ̓͂ͥ̄̄͆̿ͭ̂ͪ̚͘͝ǵ̵̦̟̫̣̲̣̫͚̗̟̐̊ͪ̑̋ͩ͑̿̀̋́̿͐̂̚͢ͅo̸̶ͤ̾̏̔̄́ͦ̌ͪ͏̷͔̬̖̫̫̩!