Shiti, also known as "that shitty region next to Unova", among other names, all of which evoke unpleasant imagery of sprawling ghettos and trailer parks galore. Though the Shiti region did have its problems, for the most part, it was much like any other region. However, these things don't come into play until later.

This story starts when a young girl was walking, or rather, running, home from school.

Dani, a Preschooler at the time, ran into the alley behind the Pokémon daycare as it was a shortcut to her house. She knew she wasn't supposed to take the alley, but it was pouring buckets outside and she wanted nothing more than to get inside and change out of her soaking wet clothes.

"I'm not stopping for anything 'til I'm out of this rain!"

The instant that she said those words, she spotted a shivering black and blue mass huddled in the grass. It looked so completely out of place that it caught the child off guard, and as Dani did a double take, she tripped over an exposed tree root and fell flat on her face in a puddle of mud.

"AARGH!" Dani shrieked in frustration, pushing herself up to her knees. She was mere feet away from the thing that had caught her complete attention a moment earlier. She could see that it was a Pokémon, that much she could tell. She let out a gasp as the creature raised its head and sniffed the air cautiously.

"Dani! You okay?" another small girl ran towards the now muddied preschooler. She slowed to a stop as she approached her friend and saw what she was staring at.

"Aurora," Dani said in an excited half-whisper, "that's a Deino!"

"But we don't have any Pokéballs," Aurora replied glumly.

"We don't need one," Dani said as she reached her hand out to the trembling creature. "Come here little one," she cooed, letting the Deino sniff her hand before gently stroking its fur.

Aurora gazed sadly at the fence that divided the alley from the daycare. Both girls knew that there were trainers and breeders who abandoned unwanted Pokémon on a regular basis. The hatchling Deino couldn't have been more than a few hours old and had most likely been cruelly dumped due to having been hatched a runt.

"Gotcha!" Dani said as she lifted the unusually small Pokémon and held it out in front of her. "I caught a Deino! Though it is just a baby, one day I'll have a Hydreigon!" she squealed.

The Deino cocked its head and made an inquisitive grumble.

"Pfft, you want that no good little squirt?" an older boy said, chucking a Pokéball at the girls' feet. "Take it. That Deino has zero potential to be a good battler," he sneered.

Dani's face turned beet red in anger. "You're gonna regret that when this Deino grows into a big strong Hydreigon, you—you—jerk waffle!" she shouted. The boy, however, simply ignored her and walked away.

"Ignore that big stupid jerk! I mean it when I say you'll be a Hydreigon one day!" Dani held the baby dragon close to her chest. "Hydra. I'll call you Hydra and we'll be partners 'til the end," she said softly.