This story takes place about 5-10 years after the conclusion of Generation 4 in Sinnoh.
After the industrialization of the world began to intensify, the legendary birds fled the land and settled on a continent protected for the most part by natural elements. Of course, the trainers followed the birds in hopes of capturing them and with them brought the technology of their homelands. In some of these places, inner turmoil in the land was already reaching a peak and the added technology was starting to swing things unfairly in one direction. Fearing an upset in the natural progression of history in these continents, the five Champions got together in the Hall of Champions at the Kanto Indigo Plateau and together with the backing of the Elite Four Members from each region as well as the Global Police Representatives set forth a series of rules to keep the continent safe from outsiders. They enacted, much to the overall dismay of the people, the PCP3.
The Pokemon Continental Preservation Peace Pact [PCP3 for short] is a treaty aimed at protecting continents with civilizations that are not fully developed. Pokemon League Laws strictly prohibit any sort of contact with such continents and the reason for this is because this sort of contact with higher civilizations often greatly influences the path of the history for underdeveloped continents. All trainers with a trainer's license are required to adhere to this treaty unless there is a clear and precise danger to a person's life. This treaty is one of the most important sets of rules in the Pokemon League, and regulates how trainers must act in emergency situations if they find themselves in such situations. If such advanced technology is used and the champions become aware of it, the persons responsible will be immediately detained, their trainer licenses removed and punished to the extreme end of the law. Anyone defying these regulations forfeits their right to a trial and will be given the maximum penalty for their crime. In the most severe of cases, the offenders will be shot. Survivors will be shot again. The League made it clear with this announcement that they would not be merciful. No exceptions.
There was initial chaos and uproar after the PCP3 was first enacted but it was soon forgotten and life went on as normal. People adjusted and got over the shock. Legendary Pokemon became Legendary. Time fixed itself and the problems on the underdeveloped continents settled down to the sorts of problems you'd expect to see. It fell once more into the lull.
As technology continues to advance, the high speed ferries of old are beginning to be entirely replaced with Airships, with one major dock per region, to provide faster transportation between the regions. In the beginning it was dangerous, crashes, injuries, deaths; it was only for the strong of heart. Now a days, everyone takes airships to go from one place to the other. This day was no different. A group of people at the Airship Harbor in Vermillion got on the most famous of airships, the Albatross IV, bound for Olivine City. Everything was perfectly fine until a near collision with some dimwitted Lass on a Dragonite set them off course. The group entered in a storm cloud and anyone with any sort of idea on the effects of weather on planes would know that a direct lightning bolt strike to the right is very very bad. They managed to land somewhat safely but when the smoke cleared and the startled trainers crawled out from their mangled seats, they were grateful for their lives. However, with no power to any of the ships workings, it was obvious just how bad the damage had been. One flick of technology later, they would realize they were stranded in a place where their PokeNavs couldn't tell them a thing about the surrounding terrian. There was no signal from their PokeGears,
They looked around at each other, hearing the comotion around the mangled plane begin to pick up in volume, there was rumblings as though something was trying to get inside the cabin.
Someone, or some thing, was outside.
