This is a story that's been floating around in my head for a while. I've been meaning to write it down since then. So I wrote it down, but before I could upload it my fanfic profile imploded on me. Now that it's fixed, I can now publish what you see before you. Anyway, reviews are appreciated. Especially ones that tell me stuff I can fix.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokémon. That means I don't own names of pokémon, names of pokémon regions, names of pokémon items, or names of anything else pokémon. That stuff was created by Game Freak and is owned by Nintendo.
"Mommy! Mommy! Read us a story, mommy!" two young twins, a boy and a girl, chanted as their mom was trying to put them to sleep.
"What story do you want me to read?" she asked as she sat at the side of the girl's bed.
"I don't know. You always pick the best stories, why don't you pick it?" the girl said.
"Yeah! Read us something exciting!" shouted the boy as he bounded over to his sister's bed.
"Okay, let me think…" their mom said. She thought for a while and then said quietly, "I think you two are ready for this story." She looked solemnly at her children and said, "This story is true. Unlike almost every other story you've heard, this story really happened."
Then, she began to recite from memory:
"Once there was a great empire. The empire's capital city, located in Central Mountains, controlled almost everything."
"Mom, don't we live in the Central Mountains?" asked the girl.
"Yes, but our region is the opposite side of the Central Mountains then where this region was. If you were to go halfway around the world, you would get to the empire's capital city. Now, these people wanted people and pokémon to live together peacefully."
"Like us and our herd of mareep!" exclaimed the boy.
"That's right. They were able to do this and many other things because of people who had special powers granted to them by legendary pokémon. These powers varied based on the legendary pokémon that give that person power."
"People thought this empire could not be destroyed, so powerful these people were. However, a man trusted by the people chosen by pokémon stole powers from the legendary pokémon Darkrai…"
"How?" asked the two children almost simultaneously.
Their mom shook her head. "No one knows. But when he stole powers from Darkrai, Darkrai became either his ally or his slave. We'll never know, because this man who stole powers tried to overthrow the empire. While no one suspected him, he used his powers of darkness and nightmares to generally corrupt the great pokémon Arceus."
"The person granted powers by Arceus, the leader of the empire, found out what was happening. He tried to get Arceus to repel the darkness, but it could not be done. Arceus was under the darkness' control."
"The man who controlled the darkness and the man who controlled the empire met and fought. But with Arceus under the influence of the darkness, the leader could not win. The man who controlled the darkness ordered Arceus to destroy his enemies, but the leader of the empire used the last of his power to try and stop Arceus' attack."
"The leader could not completely stop the attack. Instead, it destroyed most of the empire's governmental city, included the man who controlled the darkness. Also, pokémon became extremely aggressive all across the Central Mountains, including our region of Galaxia."
"Except for a few areas, like our village of Stratusville where most pokémon remained unaggressive, Galaxian people were almost all killed. Only some people, who were usually quite smart and strong, were able to survive. Over time, however, advancements in technology that could be used to repel or kill pokémon and the pokémon's slow descent back to somewhat peaceful helped make Galaxia safe to live in."
The children's mom looked at them. "That is the true story of Galaxia. Now we have weapons that keep us safe, so most pokémon won't attack you. But if you two ever leave here, know you most be careful. Do you understand?"
"Yes mom," the children chanted together.
"Alright then. I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just trying to warn you. Goodnight, Nate. Goodnight, Rachel."