~Chapter 0: Prelude~

Every story starts somewhere; this story is no different. This tale is a long one, a tale from before the new world was born. We could start the story now, but first we must learn of its origins. After all, do you open a book up to the middle and start reading from there? No, you start from the very beginning.

Our tale starts in Origin Village, shortly after the creation of the world through the divine being Arceus. However, one thing many forget, the Pokemon were not created first in this world. The humans were, in fact, created before the pokemon. Here we will learn humanity's tale. It all started in a grassy valley, at the start of the world. This place is known as Origin Valley, and within it lays Origin Village, the only known human village.

Hanging above Origin Village is Yggdrassil, the tree of life. Yggdrassil is the tree from which all creatures draw their lifeforce from. It is a gargantuan tree, taking up a large portion of the sky even from great distances. Due to its size and the fact that it is mostly hollow; Yggdrassil has become the habitat for many creatures.

Contrary to what you may at first think, humans do not inhabit Yggdrassil. Yggdrassil's guardian, Xerneas, cast humanity out after they proved to be quite chaotic and destructive. Xerneas had intended for humanity to be wiped out by the monsters which inhabit Origin Valley, but Yveltal helped them settle the valley. Xerneas at first questioned his brother, but when he heard why Yveltal had saved the humans the questioning had stopped.

Now a few decades after the creation of the world, humans have settled down somewhat and created Origin Village. Of course, life here is anything but easy, constant attacks from the feral pokemon and other monsters created by Giritina to spread chaos, helping keep the natural balance. Even though life isn't easy in this village, it is where this grand tale begins. It starts with Origin Village, and a young boy named Yin.

-Origin Village, 34AC (After Creation)-

"Hey, Yin, come over here real quick!" A man asked a younger boy. The boy was short but still somewhat muscular. His hair was short and brown while his eyes were a bright sky blue. He wore armor made from leather and wielded a sword, which was at his side in its scabbard. This young boy is Yin.

"What do you need, Ulok?" Yin asked the man, who was taller and more muscular than Yin. He also wore simpler clothes than Yin, clearly those of a worker and not a warrior. After hearing Yin responding to his request, Ulok turned towards Yin.

"It would seem another one of those darn creatures are trying to attack us again. Would you kindly take care of the problem for me Yin? The other 3 warriors are out hunting.," Ulok said. In response, Yin climbed the wall that surrounded the village. Sure enough, a Hippowdon was out there, one of the more threatening pokemon around in the area. Their power to use the land around them to their advantage made them get past the walls with ease. However, in a head on combat situation, their earth powers weren't their most deadly asset. Their mostly deadly asset in combat were their enormous jaws. Large and powerful enough to kill any human who dared fight it without a strategy. Luckily for Yin, the young boy knew exactly how to handle a Hippowdown.

Yin looked back to Ulok, nodding in response to his request. Yin then drew his sword and put in a sort of valley in the wall. He dug his sword into it a bit, then hopped over the wall. Thanks to the valley on the wall, which they called a sword path, he was able to safely descend the somewhat large wall. When he finally landed on the ground he looked right at the Hippowdown. It looked right back at him; both of them were waiting for the other to make the first move. Yin knew it was just a matter of time before the Hippowdown lost its patience and charged forward.

Over the past couple of years, Yin had fought many Hippowdon that tried to attack the city. Of course, at first, the battles were quite scary for him, being somewhat inexperienced. However, he quickly learned how a Hippowdon's mind really worked, and was soon able to predict how a confrontation would go before it even started. If it was a female, the Hippowdon would usually keep its distance and use some of its earth based attacks. However, males, like the one currently in front of Yin, charged forward and used their body to attack the foe.

Yin used the time of the stare-down to draw something else out of his sword's scabbard. It was an extended hilt, which also had something to anchor the sword into the ground. When he saw the Hippowdon finally start to charge he waited until he was sure it was not going to be able to stop itself in time; then Yin acted quickly. He dug his sword into the ground, getting as low to the ground as he could. Thanks to how the anchor was designed the sword still stuck out, and the Hippowdon was unable to stop in time. Its eyes widened before attempting to stop itself. However, it was to late, it slammed into the blade, impaling itself on it. Yin had also aimed the blade a bit so it struck the heart. Within seconds, the Hippowdon stopped moving, going limp.

Yin took his sword out of the ground and quickly moved as to not be crushed by the Hippowdon. He smiled in victory and sheathed his sword and extended hilt. He then turned around and started to walk towards the village. As he walked, he began to think of his plans that he had for a couple days from now. He had big and ambitious plans, daring to do something that no human in the past 20 years of being away from Yggdrassil dared to do. Yin was going to leave Origin Valley.

No previous human had such courage to do so. After all, it was perfectly clear that they were the only humans in the world; Xerneas had said it himself. However, this just fueled Yin's desire to leave. He wanted to leave to be the first to leave. He wanted to go down in humanity's history as the first human to leave and explore the unknown beyond the mountains. The fact that he would be the first was enough to make Yin become dedicated. However, he also had another reason for leaving the valley. Yin wanted to get away from the painful memories that had been created when he was 12. That fateful day was the day he took up the sword.

The village was having yet another normal day. Some of the people were tending to the farms; while the children were at play. The hunters were all out hunting, which left the village slightly vulnerable. However, one warrior had stayed behind to defend the village. Kirn, Yin's father, he was a strong and proud warrior. Confident that he alone could easily defend this village.

All of a sudden, a loud roar was heard. This roar was far different than from any of the roars made by the local monsters or pokemon. It sounded stronger, more destructive than the other roars they would hear. Soon, flames rained down on one of the houses. Everyone gasped in horror then look skywards. There, in the sky, was a blue dragon with red wings. A Salamence was attacking the village.

When it landed a weak wind flew out from under it knocking the people who were near its landing sit down. Kirn drew his blade and moved towards the Salamence. When they made eye contact, Kirn gave the dragon a challenging look that said "Leave before you regret coming here." The salamence did what was its form a chuckle. Then just like that, in a flash it was gone. Right after it went away Kirn screamed out in pain as the Salamence suddenly attacked him, leaving a large gash along his chest. Aerial Ace.

Yin shook his head, clearing himself of the memory. Never did he wanted to see again what happened next. Which was one more hidden reason, even to himself, that he was leaving. He didn't want to be the one to blame if such a disaster fell upon the village again.

-END OF CHAPTER-

Author's Notes: So, I hope you liked this first chapter. Although, it may have been a bit short, but I will make the chapters longer in chapters from now. It's just that, well, this is of course, just a prelude to the actual story. I plan for the other chapters to be longer.

Please review and give me feedback! I can't get better without knowing if I'm not doing well!