Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, they belong to Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo, GAME FREAK, The Pokemon Company International. I do own the original ideas & characters for: "Emerald: The Legend of Hoenn".
Emerald: The Legend of Hoenn: A Retelling
Prologue:
In the beginning, man and Pokemon lived together as one. They were from two different worlds but they were able to co-exist and live together in peace and harmony. Pokemon would help humans and in turn humans would aid Pokemon as well. As time went on, however, the hearts of humans began to grow cold and dark. Greed and power fed them and they began to grow blind to what truly matter in their lives. As the hearts of humans evolved this way, so did their fears of what they could not understand. One of these things was the powers that Pokemon possessed. It was at times that humans attacked Pokemon, took them under slavery, and tortured them without remorse. Some humans saw Pokemon as tools for war and used the power of Pokemon to attack their fellow man.
Those who saw and heard the cries of the enslaved, distressed Pokemon where the gods of nature themselves; known today as Legendary Pokemon. Hearing and seeing their fellow Pokemon in pain, the Legendaries would rain judgment upon mankind which would caused horrid wars between the two worlds.
The Legendaries knew that something had to be done. Connections that were once severed needed to be rebuilt. It was then that the Legendaries began the undaunting task to find humans whose hearts were still pure and held love for their Pokemon neighbors. When these humans were found, the Legendaries appointed them as their Chosen and gave them the task to peacefully reconnect the ties of the two worlds that were once broken. If these humans' lives were threatened, the Legendaries blessed them a share of their own powers to protect themselves and to protect Pokemon.
One of these Chosens was that of Emerald: the Chosen One to Rayquaza and known by some as Guardian of the Sky. She was a kind hearted and compassionate Chosen who was said to be able to resolve any conflict that she witnessed. Some say it was because she was that of Rayquaza; whose power was enough to calm the warring Groudon and Kyogre. Others say it was the very aura of her gentle and patient heart that showed humans the truth and to in turn convert to live in peace with Pokemon.
When word spread of Emerald and the other Chosens across the land, kingdoms grew in fear of their superiority being challenged and the fear of their own power being taken away. The kingdoms declared war upon the Chosen Ones and vowed that they would destroy both Pokemon and human life that stood in their way. Many whom were Chosen were captured and killed.
Eventually, a massive war broke between the world of human and Pokemon that raged for days and days. Nobody was winning. Countless lives were being lost. Emerald intervened within the cross fires to make the war stop. A horrifying sound escaped from the Chosen's mouth as she was pelted by both man and Pokemon attacks; forcing the two sides to stop to the cry. Emerald turned to look at both sides and smiled as blood stained in her feather robes and pooled around her on the ground. She wept tears of joy to see the conflict had stopped; if not for a moment. With her final breath, she unleashed a massive pulse of her very own aura that spread across the land. The aura was said to have felt like a deep, unconditional love. After she fell, Rayquaza descended from the smoke-filled sky and took the lifeless form of Emerald in his arms. Tears fell from the emerald dragon's eyes as he took his Chosen, who he had come to see as his own daughter, and flew away with her.
After that fateful day, the kingdoms of human changed. Laws and orders were proclaimed that there was to be peace between them and Pokemon. Pokemon came to live with humans once again while the Legendaries and the stories of Chosens quietly slipped away into the pages of myth.
Legend has it that Rayquaza fled away into a distant land where a massive tower was built in his honor by an ancient people and that peaked high into the clouds. This place today is been known as Sky Pillar in the southern region of Hoenn. At the very top of the tower rests a shrine, where a green sphere rests upon its pedestal. Some know it as the Jade Orb, others as the Verdant Orb, and others still consider it the Emerald Orb. Whatever name it is called by, legend holds that it is the final resting vessel of Emerald's soul, but no scientific data can prove this.
From special permission by the native tribes of the Hoenn region, the Emerald Orb has become an important artifact of study. Its current location rests it in the hands of archaeologists and anthropologists as they convine in Sootopolis City to discuss more about Hoenn's ancient past and of a new discovery that involves the Legendaries that controlled the weather. This is where our story begins...