Welcome back, everybody. It's finally time for the true first chapter of this story. Enjoy!
Author's Note: One of my original ideas with the prologue was to have a scene involving Lysandre from Pokémon X/Y. I later scrapped it because I couldn't really justify it in-story.
Disclaimer: If I owned anything from Nintendo, do you honestly think that I'd be here right now?
Cassie had long dreamed of this day. After getting every Gym Badge in the Hoenn Region and tearing through Victory Road, she'd finally get to face five of the most lauded celebrities (and powerful trainers) in the region. Every step she took toward the Pokemon League building made her heart race faster and faster. Yet, this anxiety only had the effect of making her even more determined to take down the Elite Four and become Hoenn's newest champion. When she got in the building, however, she immediately noticed that something was...off. For one thing, neither Nurse Joy nor the Pokemon Mart Clerk were at their respective stands. Instead, they were at the lounge area of the lobby, sitting in front of the flat screen TV. Upon closer inspection, Cassie noticed that they seemed to not only gone pale, but the had this look on their faces...to Cassie, it looked like they were utterly terrified. Cassie finally decided to speak up.
"Um...hey there, guys. W-what's up?" Cassie managed to stammer out despite being shaken herself at this point.
Neither the clerk, nor Joy turned around...in fact, they didn't even seem to hear her. At this point, her anxiety had turned into curiosity, so she decided to see what they were watching.
"...continuing coverage of this developing story, here's Gabby Mitchell with the latest. Gabs?"
"I'm reporting live from The Field Inter Regional Correctional Facility and Mental Hospital here with one of the few survivors of the attack, Capt. Victoria Watters. Capt. Watters, this escape has to have been a big threat to not only the prison's credibility, but the safety of the world at large. What went wrong, in your opinion?"
Cassie found herself falling into the same horrified stupor as the clerk and nurse. Escape? From The Field? How was that even possible? She'd seen documentaries about that place; of how it housed some of the worlds most vicious, cold-blooded criminals and psychopaths known to man- and Pokemon- kind. She knew one thing for sure: if a major crime boss got out, the entire world could be in danger. Regardless of these thoughts, she kept watching.
"...Yes, it was a Hydreigon." Capt. Watters went on, clearly showing hints of distress beneath her stony "corrections officer" exterior. "None of us even know how it got on the premises in the first place. After all, none of the officers that I know have one, and the prison has a machine running through it that's specifically designed to ensure that any poke ball on the premises is, for lack of a better term, dead. No Pokemon can get out of its ball while the machine is working."
"There are reports from several sources that indicate that there was a...disruption to your Pokemon just about ten minutes prior to the escape. Can you tell us about that?"
"While I'd like to discuss that, due to the sensitivity of this issue, I can't."
"Fine. Can you at least tell us at this time who escaped?"
"I don't know the identity of the two people on the Hydreigon's left or right head, but I do know the one that was on the creature's center head. His name is Ghetsis Harmonia."
"OK, so Ghetsis Harmonia...Wait, isn't that the man who tried to take over the world-not once, but twice-with Team Plasma?"
"The very same. In fact, before this morning, he was in a cell in our Mental Ward Wing. He was about to undergo his monthly meeting with his psychotherapist when he broke out."
"So, there you have it, folks. We'll put a picture of the known suspect on your screen. Be sure to be on the lookout for him. This has been Gabby Mitchell with continuing coverage of this breaking event. Back to you, Mike."
Cassie finally turned away at that moment. Deep down, she knew that something in her couldn't stand the thought of a madman running rampant throughout the regions. Unfortunately, there appeared to be nothing she could do to get this guy off the streets, or so she thought...
Well, that about does it for this chapter. We'll get a little more in-depth with Cassie next time as well as some time with a very familiar face...