Prologue

"Where the hell am I?"

Two humans, a male and female, stood in a white abyss. The former had spoken on pure instinct, looking around wildly, while his companion did the same. Finally, their wild search came to an end when they looked at each other, mirroring a confused expression. The female shrugged and the male sighed, admitting defeat.

A minute ago, he had been sitting on his bed, idly playing around on his cell phone. He hadn't had a thought on his mind, except for how inexplicably, undeniably bored he was. Likewise, the young lady beside him had been sitting on her bed, re-reading the latest book in her favorite series. A million thoughts had crossed her mind as she skimmed each page, but none more so than the thought of how inexplicably, undeniably bored she was. Both remembered their last, simultaneous action: throwing their respective items aside and wishing, hoping, praying that something, anything, would happen.

And just as suddenly, here they were.

Desperate for an answer and something other than just white to look at, the male turned to gaze upon the female beside him. She appeared to be just as confused as he was, and, on closer inspection, he remembered that he had seen her somewhere before. He spoke, an eyebrow furrowing underneath the rounded glasses he was forced to wear. "Wait a minute. You're that kid from my algebra class, aren't you?"

The year older woman squinted at him, studying him further. After a moment, she spoke hesitantly. "You're that kid who sits at the front and tries to put tacks in the teacher's chair."

Of course, she only remembered that about him.

"Your name was…"

That just made him feel worse. She didn't even know his name? He replied cooly to her. "Just call me Spark. That's what everyone else calls me. You're Rae, correct?" The girl mumbled something and nodded, confirming his guess. He didn't know much about her or had really talked to her much outside the classroom. She wasn't a bad person to be around though, and always brought up things that seemed to make him think about life. "So, you know those riddles you like to solve in class? Wanna answer this one? Where are we?" She did seem to like riddles, after all.

Rae shrugged in response, however, knocking his hopes out the window. She offered him a small, troubled smile instead. "I have no idea where we are, or why we're here. I would say that we're dead, but… I believe if that were the case, we wouldn't be talking to each other right now. We'd likely be in separate voids."

"That's correct, madam."

Both humans jumped as a colossal voice, neither male nor female, speared through their consciences. The void around them seemed to glow, and a giant, regal… llama appeared before them. The llama was huge, around three times as big as a normal llama might be. It had pure white fur running down it's body, with black skin surrounding its face and showing around its chest and backside. Its hooves were dipped in gold, and to compliment them, a huge, golden ring surrounded its torso. Green eyes flashed at them, suggesting their superiority over them. And most of all, they found that this llama was also recognizable.

Trying to calm his heart so he didn't immediately go into cardiac arrest, Spark spluttered out words, "I-I'm sorry. I'm dreaming. Yeah. Must be dreaming. The legendary Arceus is not standing in front of me right now."

"Really? Because I think I'm having the same dream." Rae's voice, though not as frightened as his, met his right ear.

A slightly irritated voice met them both, "I assure you that I am quite real, and that this is not a petty dream. Open your eyes, both of you."

Spark hadn't even realized that his eyes were closed. He opened them slowly to once again stare at Arceus. Beside him, Rae did the same, ever so carefully.

Arceus cleared his throat, speaking again, though his mouth never moved. "Now that I have your attention… Welcome, peasants, to my realm. I am Arceus-"

"We know," replied both Rae and Spark in unison.

"... And I will be your guide for the evening." The Creator finished irritably. "You both have been chosen by a special audience to partake in an incredible, state-of-the-art adventure. You will face fearsome enemies, overcome dangerous obstacles, make friends, and make enemies. You will both make and break bonds, and-"

Rae chose to cut God off this time, "Now just wait a second. What audience are you talking about? What adventure-"

A large bolt of lightning struck suddenly across the void. Rae and Spark both quailed under it, shrinking back and against each other. Rae's words died with the clap of thunder that followed, and she meekly finished with a, "sorry I asked."

Arceus growled, his anger imminent. "Fine, be that way. I never get to do my speech. Damned humans, I'm not sure why I even created your horrid species. You were brought here because we were bored. All of us were bored. And I decided, 'Hey, why not drag two trainers from a completely different universe and force them into a completely real universe that they based a children's game off of? Wouldn't that be fun?' And now, here you are. You both will partake on your own Pokemon journey, and you will both LIKE it."

The void flashed again, and the two already shocked humans were further surprised by two twin eggs falling into their laps. They were around the size of an ostrich egg, each decorated with a brown exterior and a jagged, white stripe in the middle. Both eggs were warm to the touch, and they could both feel something move, just slightly, from its interior.

Arceus resumed his explanation, a bit less harshly. "These are twin eggs that I have just created. Their species will not be revealed to you until they hatch, much like you are used to as you play your games. These will be your starter Pokemon. Once you get into the world, you're free to do as you please. Just don't kill anyone. If you do, I'll be forced to take measures. And now, enjoy these games you boring humans seem to pass the time with, while I get things set up."

All at once, card games of every kind, board games, a selection of snacks ranging from donuts to chex mix, and even a television with numerous game systems fell at the feet of the even further lost humans. Neither dared to breathe until the void once more had swallowed the Creator, and they had been left in silence. Spark spoke very hesitantly, fingering his egg gently, and summing up the thoughts of everyone left in the void.

"What the hell just happened?"

After an hour of getting his ass kicked by a card playing female, and another of getting his revenge by kicking her ass at video games, Spark found himself once again staring up at Arceus. Rae stood next to him, clutching her egg firmly to her chest. She had immediately fallen in love with it, like a mother hen. Spark liked his egg, sure, and knew to be careful with it, but he wasn't very… motherly, to begin with.

The Creator bowed to them both. "The stage is set, and you're ready to begin. Both of you, step into the circle behind me."

A shining blue circle appeared on the floor behind the large llama. It looked strangely like an ancient rune, he noticed, but Spark didn't question it. He slowly walked forward and took a position to the left. Rae hesitantly followed him to the right. Both stood side by side as the Creator turned to appraise them. Arceus walked forward regally, rearing onto his hind legs. A sudden thought occurred to Spark, and he opened his mouth to yell it out, but he was too late.

Arceus brought his front hooves down on the circle.

The circle exploded. Light raced to meet the top of the void, Spark's half the regular blue. The roaring of electricity, fire, and water all rushed to meet his ears, and he was forced to shield his eyes from the massive glow of light that surrounded every side of him.

Then above all, Rae's scream reached his ears.

He forced his body to turn in her direction, and was shocked by what he saw. The rushing sounds were the same and the same amazed expression in her eyes. However, the light surrounding her resembled a startling, bloody red. A wall of yellow rose from the middle of the circle to cut the two sides off. Arceus before them yelled something, looking quite shocked himself, and that's when Spark confirmed that something was very wrong.

The sounds of rushing elements faded into an eerie, high pitched wail, and whiteness collapsed around him.

Then, all of the sudden, the sounds stopped.

And he was thrown into darkness.

Arceus blinked as the circle and the two humans disappeared. "Well… The light show went as planned, anyway. Now, if I could just figure out how they ended up on opposite sides of the world… Oh well."

The Creator of the Universe stepped back, tossing the problem aside for the moment. He pivoted lightly and sat on his hindquarters, and a cup of tea popped into existence in front of his feet. He lifted it carefully with a hoof and sipped at it, relaxing.

The two humans could fend for themselves for a while.

However, just to be sure, a large holographic image of the world below stretched across the white void Arceus sat in. He observed his creations this way, when he didn't want to go down and make a personal visit. Quickly, he searched for the creatures he had just sent down, and spotted both within seconds. A broad grin spread across the Creator's face.

This was going to be interesting.

"Welcome to the show."

AN: Hello hello hello!

It's certainly been a while. Thanks to all of my followers who still check me out every so often.

Yes, this is a new story I have started, and this project is going to be extremely huge. So huge, in fact, that I actually think there's going to be over 50 chapters in this one, something I've never accomplished with any of my stories before (even though I haven't uploaded them fully on here). I have the first whole part of this story planned out, but not written yet. Therefore, updates are going to be rather slow, and I have no set schedule. College life and work like to get in the way of my writing time, unfortunately.

However!

I figured I would at least give you the prologue, and something to look forward to. Sorry to leave you with simply a small teaser, but hopefully this will get you at least a bit interested in what's to come! (I'm also really sorry for the terrible, non-edited version I gave you, this will be updated when I am finally able to begin uploading the rest of the story .)

I hope you enjoy this part of it, and I will be back with you all, hopefully, soon! Let me know in a review what you may like to see in this story in the future, and whether or not you're interested in it! Leave a follow as well if you're interested, as, again, I'm not sure at this time what my update schedule will be.

Thanks everyone! Ciao for now!

- EA