Chapter 4 up!

And to answer Wanna Be Alchemist's question, most Pokémon in the Lostlorn squad are around Level forty.

As always, I don't own Pokémon or FMA. I do, however, own about a box full of Zorua and another box of Archen.

I now hate this forest. I swear, it's impossible to navigate with the trees being everywhere. I think I've been wandering around for about ten minutes, and I still can't find anyone.

Wait, is that...?

The cabin. At least I know I'm not in some far-off place. Now, what to do-if I wander some more, I'll get lost again. I sighed, annoyed. Leaf seemed to navigate the forest, no problem. Maybe there was a map in the cabin?

I opened the door, greeted with the hallway, like last time. There were two doors side-by-side in the center, one of them marked "Storage," the other "Bathroom."

Storage might have a map, so I pushed open the door, and was greeted by darkness. I felt along the walls for a light switch, but I ended up tripping on something random the Chimeras must have left on the floor, grabbing what I think was a shelf to stop my fall.

I steadied myself, feeling something on the shelf while doing so. It was thick and felt like a book. I grabbed it, hoping it was a map, and decided that this place was too annoying and dark.

As it turns out, it was a book, not a map. It looked fairly new, with a picture of some weird white thing on the cover, with The Incident, Explained as the title. Didn't Lepto say something about this book?

Since I had nothing better to do that wouldn't result in me getting lost, I walked outside and flipped open the cover.

'This book is in a way, a time capsule. Hopefully, our future offspring will be able to flip the pages, learning what life was like-' I flipped past the introduction, already bored.

'Chapter One-Reshiram' There was a picture of the white thing next to the chapter introduction, which I figured was Reshiram.

'Reshiram was previously worshipped as a god, together with Zekrom. It is estimated to be ten feet in height-' Reshiram was a god, deity, etc. I get the point, skipping several pages, but remaining on the same chapter.

'Humans can challenge Reshiram if they have the Light Stone. However, only certain unspecified requirements must be met, and if the human challenging it lacks a pure heart, they will be incinerated. This fact alone is responsible for the so-called "Incident."'

'Chapter 2: "The Incident"

The "Incident," as most call it, is the sole reason that all Pokémon acquired anthropomorphic qualities. What happened was that Reshiram was summoned by a person going by the name of Black, urged on by N. Reshiram appeared before Black, however, Black was not completely pure of heart, and Reshiram incinerated him. A second before, Black sent out his Pokémon to fight it. They, in a quest for revenge, started relentlessly attacking Reshiram, which made it go mad with rage, killing all of Black's Pokémon in a single move. N, desperate, sent out Zekrom. Reshiram and Zekrom used to be one deity, and for Reshiram to fight Zekrom was madness in its eyes. Zekrom attacked with Giga Impact and Reshiram dodged, using Giga Impact's "recharge" time to escape.

In its madness at being attacked by what it believed to be its brother, Reshiram went insane, flying to Sinnoh. By then, several resistance efforts had appeared, most notably Johto's Kimono Girls and several Unova gym leaders, Elite Four included. Reshiram managed to defeat them all, killing all the Kimono Girls, injuring several Gym Leaders, and giving several members of the Elite Four second degree burns.

Reshiram, enraged even further by this resistance, managed to travel to Sinnoh in a matter of minutes using its tail as a rocket of sorts. It attacked the first thing that caught its eye, which was Mount Coronet. This attack enraged Palkia, due to the fact that Spear Pillar had a slight cave-in due to its attack. It appeared, roaring a challenge in midair to Reshiram.

The battle that ensued was very intense. Palkia managed to get enough hits in to stop Reshiram's rampage, hopefully preventing it from attacking other legendaries in a mindless rage.

However, Palkia lost so much power in the battle that it had to transfer its remaining power into the Lustrous Orb to stay alive. The few seconds used to transfer its power and consciousness into the Orb disoriented the space-time continuum, which is the reason no permanent damage to the continuum was sustained, but changed the continuum so much to the extent that all Pokémon acquired human qualities. The warping also caused moves to do more physical harm to the recipient than what normally would have happened. Fury Swipes drew blood, Pokémon that used Flamethrower affectionately now risked killing their Trainer, etc.

Chapter 3: Effects of "The Incident"

The direct effects of the warping of the continuum did not directly affect the regions; however, it indirectly affected the people. Team Plasma had previously devised a device capable of hacking into PCs and releasing all the trainers' Pokémon, which they swiftly put to use. Most Pokémon abandoned their trainers, especially those that were "HM slaves," Pokémon captured for the sole purpose of providing transportation.

The Pokémon daycares had to shut down; battling might kill the Pokémon if one with healing capabilities was not nearby. Pokémon with violent tendencies such as Salamence had to be sedated to prevent massacres. Very early on, humans usually were usually pro- or anti- morph. At first, most were pro- morph. However, in Johto and Kanto, massacres began to appear in the form of a small Clan of Gyarados.

It was estimated several hundred died as a result. However, it was noticed that their targets usually were fishermen or people that liked fishing for sport. Questioning revealed that they attacked those whom had previously insulted them when they were Magikarp. Later, similar attacks occurred, this time with Dustox in Hoenn. These attacks greatly strengthened the anti-morph group, to the point when it was decided that morphs and humans would have their own respective territories.

Chapter 4: Regions and Morph reception

It is noted that most regions have different feelings for the morphs. Unova is relatively peaceful, with few conflicts appearing, but those that occur are generally offensive on the human's part. The morph's territory extends from Opelucid City (Conflicts never happen in that area due to a recent landslide) to Route Five (occupying the left portion of the map), which was replaced by Lostlorn Forest due to a combination of humans moving into Lostlorn and environmentalists transplanting Lostlorn's trees onto Route Five to prevent them getting cut down. The morphs generally listen to the command of Dialga, who has orchestrated the morphs into squads, each occupying a different place. It is believed that Mesprit followed Dialga to Unova, with the other Lake Guardians opting to stay in Sinnoh.

Johto, on the other hand, is more violent, with the morphs offensively attacking almost all portions of the map. Currently, the morphs occupy all the land, save for a small, square shaped portion of everything in between Dark Cave and Rout morphs listen to several of legendaries, however, they are uncoordinated, which leads to one issuing an order and only a third of the morphs following it. Morphs generally are loyal to only one Legendary, usually the one that shares their typing. It is known that the Legendaries residing and giving orders in Johto are Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Groudon.

Kanto is more human-populated, with almost all areas dominated by humans. There are several spots where morphs are situated, but they are relatively few in number and small. However, due to the fact that almost all of these areas are home to a Legendary, they are not attacked frequently. The Seafoam Islands, Power Plant, Mount Silver and Cerulean Cave are all small sections that morphs populate. Due to their remoteness, none of them have gotten much aggression from humans except for the Power Plant. However, morph-friendly humans are allowed in the Power Plant, which is ruled by Zapdos, so energy needs are met without aggression.

Hoenn, due to its many water routes, creates natural boundaries between morphs and humans, as well as making attacks difficult. Due to this, it is peaceful and nonaggressive, but there is a water guard stationed in case of an oceanic based attack. Morph territory is any island isolated by water.

Sinnoh does not currently have territories solely populated by either humans or morphs. Currently, they are fairly acceptive of morphs; however, there is a sort of political battle going on about whether morphs should be killed or accepted into society. The Legendaries in Sinnoh usually do not partake in the political war, but they will provide evidence in their favor if asked to. Currently, Azelf and Uxie guard Palkia's Lustrous Orb in Spear Pillar.

Chapter 5: Team Plasma

Team Plasma, the organization formed with the intent of releasing Pokémon from their trainers, managed to succeed in their plan. Immediately, most Pokémon abandoned their trainers, with the exception usually being the trainer's starter Pokémon. However, this would have never been achieved without Plasma's scientists. They managed to devise a hacking device capable of breaking into a trainer's PC and releasing all their Pokémon. Directly after the fight with Palkia, they released this device's powers, instantly releasing every trainer's Pokémon.' I put the book down, bored. The book did tell me a few things, at least;

-The Chimeras are called Pokémon

-They were not previously Chimeras

-Which was caused by some deity going bezerk.

~Line Break~

N pulled out a map from his backpack, closely followed by a black pen. The map was slightly outdated and battered, since he picked it up several years ago, but he'd marked it until it was very confusing to read, let alone navigate from it, and his writing on it was up to date. An oval circle marking Opelucid city to Route Five (which had an arrow from Lostlorn Forest pointing to it) represented the morph's territory, with the rest belonging to the humans.

He circled Black city, writing "Ghetsis Base" next to it.

"Any idea on which direction we'll be attacking from?" Zekrom asked, leaning over N's shoulder.

"The landslide in between Village Bridge and Opelucid gets rid of attacking from the north, Zekrom," Zoro muttered.

"So we attack from the south. It doesn't interfere with morph territory, but they don't mind me trespassing in the first place. There's Hydreigon, but if Zoro attacks with Focus Blast enough, it should be easy to beat. Zekrom can focus on the other mystery Pokémon," N said, tracing a path from Castelia to Black City with his finger.

"Should we kill his Pokémon?" Zoro inquired.

"Knock them out, but don't kill them," N said after a long pause, "we'll let the morphs pass judgment."

The ideas the games give me for this is ridiculous. The incinerating of the impure hearts is something N tells you before challenging Reshiram; the hacked mass-releasing is done by the scientists in N's castle, a guy tells you Reshiram and Zekrom used to be one, and there are some ideas that I'm going to implant later.

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