The Latias Chronicles

Part I: Resistance

Chapter 1: Prologue

Thousands of years ago on an uncharted planet, an asteroid fell and crashed into that planet. From that asteroid, an enigmatic being emerged, a being with extraordinary powers. With these powers, the being created everything that exists in the world. From the land, to the sea, to the sky, everything on the planet was created from this being. Even though there were wonderful landscapes spreading across the world, there was one important thing that was missing: living creatures. And so the being created living organisms which evolved into various unique and intelligent species, and eventually humans came to walk on the earth. Over the years, humans and other fantastic creatures made their own civilizations and lived together, and they worshipped the being that created them like a god. They saw it as their master, and so they called it Master Core. Master Core was their leader, and they all lived in peace and harmony under its rule, and the world was name Nintentia.

However, all that began to change hundreds of years later when many people began to cross over to other regions and began to create their own ways of living. Master Core didn't like this one bit and began to enforce even harsher rules in Nintentia, forcing people to live in certain parts of the world, forbidding them from going out of their boundaries, raising taxes which caused many to go into debt, and forming an army led by several generals who either chose to serve it or were enslaved by it to ensure that everyone would stay in line. Anyone who went against Master Core's rules would face devastating consequences, from being taken away from their home, never to be seen again, having their loved ones be murdered right before their eyes or having their hometown being completely destroyed. Because of these strict and harsh rules, everyone in Nintentia lived out of fear and no one dared to go against Master Core, knowing very well about the hellish repercussions that would come to them if they did.

That is, until one day, one man decided to step up and expressed his hidden hatred towards the tyrannical being. This man was seen as the bravest in all of Nintentia, as he was the one who was brave enough to stand up against Master Core and its army. The man wanted Nintentia to be restored to what it once was, and he and other people who wanted to rebel against Master Core formed a resistance force in order to fight against its oppression and to help those in need. The resistance force spent years training themselves to fight in an abandoned underground base, and they even trained their children, preparing them for when the time would come for them to enter the world of war and oppression.

A few years later, a great war broke out between Master Core's army and the resistance force. Unfortunately, after a long and bloody battle, the man and the rest of his resistance army were killed and many other lives were lost and more towns and cities were taken off the map. However, even though it was a huge victory for Master Core and its army, there was still hope for Nintentia as the children of the resistance army stepped up. They wanted to keep the resistance alive in order to finish the job that the first army had started, and thus the Smash Resistance Force was born. More and more people joined the resistance and it eventually divided into many different divisions over all of Nintentia. For several more years, the Smash Resistance Force fought against Master Core and its army in an even bigger war with many victories and defeats on both sides, and they have also been searching for someone with an extraordinary power that could help them win in the war. This power was known as the Power Surge, and legends say that only a select few creatures in the world could inherit that power.

"Come on, Latias! We're almost there!"

A boy ran along a dirt path in a grassy land where the sun was beginning to set. The boy looked to be about in his teens, and he had red eyes and long blue hair.

"Come on, Latias! We have to get home before it gets dark!"

"I'm coming, Latios!" A female voice called out, and a girl quickly caught up to him. The girl looked just like the boy, except she was a bit shorter and she had amber eyes and long red hair. "Why are you so worried about us getting home so fast?"

"Because it's getting late. Mom doesn't want us out after sunset, because that's when they come."

"They?"

"The Silhouettes." The boy whispered under his breath, but the girl could hear him. "Come on, Latias! The sun's about to set!"

The boy continued to run down the path, but the girl just stayed there for a moment. It's not that she didn't want to go home, but it was what her brother was saying about the Silhouettes. Her parents had never let her go outside after dark, yet alone look outside, as they told her that it was when the Silhouettes come out. But who or what exactly are the Silhouettes? She remembered that her mother had once told her that the Silhouettes were unearthly beings that roam around Nintentia at night, and if they ever caught anyone even stepping outside their home, they would just attack them with no mercy. There was no telling exactly when and where they would come out, there were some nights where they did, and other nights where they didn't. It was all a matter of chance.

"Latias? Latias, come on! Hurry!" Latios's voice called out, and Latias nodded and quickly ran to catch up with her brother. "What are you doing back there?"

"Sorry, Latios. It's just that...why do you keep talking about the Silhouettes? What exactly are they?"

Latios looked at his confused sister, and then sighed. "I'll tell you about them later. Let's just hurry up and get home."

The sun was almost done setting by the time the two siblings returned home. It was a fairly small village in the middle of a grassland, with many small cottages spreading across the green meadow. This village was one of the many in the Cleargrass region, where farms and crops were abundant and the people and creatures who lived here relied on those crops as it was pretty much their entire economy.

"Come on, Latias! We're almost home. Mom and Dad are waiting for us."

"Okay." Latias began to follow her brother towards their home, but then she stopped when she heard a strange sound. At first she figured that it was just the wind or something, but that noise sounded rather...unnatural. When Latias saw her brother about to make his way to their house, she quickly snuck away to find out where that noise could have came from. She snuck around the back of a building and down a dark alleyway. There was then another eerie noise, and this time it was even louder and it gave Latias chills in the darkening night. She peeked around the corner of the building and gasped silently at what she saw. Standing in the dark was a strange creature, and it wasn't like anything she had ever seen before. This creature's body was completely black, and it had white claws and it looked like part of its body was stuck in the ground. Latias tried to run away, but before she could turn around, the creature spotted her and glared at her with its glowing red eyes. It then let out an eerie screech, causing her to scream and run as it began to chase after her. She ran pretty fast, but the creature was much faster as it slashed at her with its white hot claws, causing her to fall to the ground and hold onto her side as an intense burning sensation spread across her abdomen.

"Latias, what are you doing?!" Before the creature could attack Latias again, it was suddenly blasted by a beam of energy, and Latios came and quickly picked her up and began to run. "Latias, are you okay?!"

"Wh...What was that thing?" Latias asked weakly.

"That was a Silhouette that just attacked you! We have to hurry up and get home now!" Latios began to run as fast as he could with his injured sister in his arms, but before he could reach their house, a whole horde of Silhouettes suddenly appeared right in front of them. He tried to blast them away with a psychic attack, but when he defeated some of them, more appeared in their place and they began to inch closer to them. Latios knew what he had to do, and it was to keep his sister safe, so he quickly threw her out of harm's way with her surrounded in a psychic barrier.

Latias got up and was shocked to see that her brother was surrounded by the Silhouettes. "Latios, no!"

The Silhouettes then began to attack Latios, slashing him repeatedly with their white hot claws. "Run, Latias!" he shouted over their eerie screeching.

"B-But, I don't want to go without you!"

"D-Don't worry about me! Just go! Go somewhere safe!"

Latias was reluctant, but it was a serious life or death situation, so she nodded and ran as fast as she could away from Latios. She was about to head home when there was a sudden explosion from somewhere causing her to be thrown back and hit the stone ground hard. Her vision became incredibly blury and her ears were ringing. She tried to get up, but she found herself too weak to even move. Out of her blurred vision, Latias could barely see everything around her begin to go up in flames and many of the Silhouettes began to head towards her slowly. Knowing that there was nothing she could do, she closed her eyes and waited for her to suffer the same fate as her brother.

Suddenly, Latias heard someone shout, and a blurry figure flashed through and began to attack all of the Silhouettes. She could hear shouting and eerie screeches filling the air as her hearing began to get more clear, but her vision was starting to fade. "Guys, come quick! There's someone over here!" A young male voice shouted, and the last thing Latias saw before blacking out was a hand reaching right for her.