Author's Notes:
First of all, a friendly hello and welcome to everyone that has found my story. This is my very first fanfiction and will probably be the longest story that I'll ever write in my entire life. My plan for the future of this story is to write it to completion and a little beyond, with new chapter releases occurring roughly every two or three weeks. I will try my best to pump out new chapters as soon as I can but that all depends on how busy I get with real life things. I'm honestly really excited to write the remainder of this story as the plot I have set up looks to be really juicy and emotionally heart tugging at the same time. On a more serious note there will be slight humanization/anthropomorphism of Pokémon in this story but will still continue to walk how normal Pokemon should. Evolution in this story is age based(will provide better details when the time is right), with the age of a Pokémon heavily affecting their height and weight. Looking far into the future I plan to include some ever popular lemon in the later chapters along with the occasional sexual reference or innuendo sprinkled throughout the story as well. ;) Alright, with the intro out of the way, please enjoy my story.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Pokémon or it's related franchises.
Additional Info Before Reading:
-Arceus is the god of all Pokémon and they look up to him as such.
Chapter 1: Part 1-The End of Man
Earth...a place where people and Pokémon of all types, shapes and sizes, lived in peace and harmony with one another for a multitude of generations. Humans, which saw Pokémon as a great asset to everyday life, continued to love and care for Pokémon all over the world. Humans loved Pokémon so much so that all of the countries of the world banned together to created a treaty that called for world peace and equality amongst humans and Pokemon alike. It was given the name: Treaty Of Everlasting World Peace or T.O.E.W.P. and was signed by all major governing officials from every country in the world on the year 2150.
The treaty worked just as planned and continued to do its job for 50 whole years, but good things never last forever. A bunch of rumors would start to spread about a small group of large countries violating the treaty, eventually leading to a worldwide investigation. All major leaders of the countries in question were thoroughly interrogated as an extensive search took place within each of the countries' governments. It was unfortunately discovered that the leaders within these countries were funding and even running gruesome and deadly Pokemon fights for the past ten years, consequently resulting in the death of thousands of Pokémon each year. Some places in those countries even killing Pokémon and selling them as a delicacy for human consumption.
The ruling forces over those countries were ordered to step down from their positions of power as they had broken the T.O.E.W.P. They refused and stated that if any other country made an advance on their border or launched any type of bomb at them, they would declare war on the rest of the world. The remaining loyal countries could do nothing but watch as videos of mass Pokémon killings started to surface all over the internet. Protests from the people finally pressured the 'good' government leaders to take action against the corrupt countries. On January 27, 2204 the USA and its allies dropped three Helix bombs on three extremely populated cities in the defying countries, killing a little over 133 million people.
Now these Helix bombs were capable of hundreds of square miles of destruction which is 100 times more powerful than the now dwarfed hydrogen bomb. World War 4 had just begun with the betraying countries retaliating by dropping two dozen helix bombs on all of the other opposing countries with a body count too high to even comprehend. This barrage back and forth would continue for two months, inflicting insane amounts of damage to the entire planet. It would eventually come to a stop with one of the Helix bombs landing in the direct center of Alaska. The bomb caused a hundred million year old pocket of air to open up, releasing an airborne disease, never before seen by humans, into the atmosphere. Quickly spreading like a wildfire, the disease began to dissipate to nearby countries with it claiming the first of its victims. Once inhaled, the disease would immediately start to break down the lung tissue, effectively choking those who were infected. Unconsciousness would occur after five minutes and death after eight. It took the sickness only three days to spread throughout the entire planet, wiping any survivors of the nuclear fallout clean off the face of the earth. The human species had officially gone extinct.
Part 2-The Second Rise of Pokemon
The fallout was way worse than any Pokémon could've ever imagined. It is estimated that 75% of all Pokémon on earth were killed by either the Helix bombs or by the destruction that they left behind. Strangely enough however, the disease that ended the human race had no effect on Pokémon or any other wild animal. That was about the only thing going for the remaining Pokémon as most of the earth's natural landscapes were destroyed, leaving them stripped, radioactive, barren wastelands. Even the effects of global warming, which was previously reversed by humans, began to return with hundreds of billions of dying trees fueling the greenhouse effect. Ocean and surface temperatures reached all times highs which made sustainable life much harder to achieve. Food also soon became a rarity for many Pokémon which led to cannibalism amongst families to grow increasingly popular.
Five years passed with the population continuing to decline to a measly 10% due to radiation poisoning, cannibalism, starvation, and global warming. It started to look as though the Pokémon species as a whole would suffer the same fate as the human race, but an extremely powerful Pokémon saw to it that that wouldn't happen. This Pokémon's name was Arceus. Now Arceus was believed to be the creator of the known universe and to have also shaped the world as we know it today. Using its infinite powers, Arceus reversed the effects of global warming, dissipated the remaining radiation from the Helix bombs, and restored some of the ecosystems that were previously destroyed. Arceus then sent down three wise and legendary Pokémon to govern three different tribes. The Green Tribe, led by a grass type named Celibi, would lead a tribe in central North America. The Blue Tribe, led by a water type named Keldeo, would lead a tribe in Central Europe. And the Red Tribe, led by a fire type named Entei, would lead a tribe in Southern Russia.
As soon as most of the scattered remaining Pokémon were gathered at one of the three tribes, a large census took place. It was then discovered that Fairy type Pokémon had gone completely extinct with Grass, Ice and Bug types being very close to extinction as well. In order to preserve and facilitate a steady growth within the remaining population, the three leaders decided that colonies be established within their respective tribe's land. These colonies started out small but soon grew into thriving communities with homes, farms, schools and even medical centers. As the Pokémon began to explore the world again, they started to notice multiple new berry producing plants that they had never before seen on earth. All of the new berries happened to be edible with most of them having different kinds healing properties and other effects. The Pokémon later concluded that the radiation from the Helix bombs must've caused a mutation to occur in the already existing berry plants, allowing them to produce numerous different types of berries.
As the colonies began to expand, the need for long distance communication arose, but there was a problem. Pokémon didn't have a written language. So the tribe leaders made a group decision that all Pokémon would be required to learn how to read, write and speak the English language. With the help of some old books that survived the bombing, Pokèmon slowly began to get the hang of the language which allowed a mail system to come into fruition. As the population began to recover, the colonies soon evolved into towns, towns into cities, cities into states and states into unique Pokèmon countries. Trade, migration and means of mass travel soon became a thing which led to a wide diversity of Pokémon in most parts of the world. Especially the northeastern part of North America, which is where a Torchic's story was just beginning.
Post Author's Notes:
I hope you all enjoyed what is basically the prologue of the story. Chapter 2 through 5 is also available to read so feel free to check them out if you get the chance. If you liked what you read so far, feel free to give the story follow so that you're notified when a new chapter goes live. Also, please keep an eye on or take a look at my profile as I post frequent updates on the status and release dates of future chapters. Thanks for reading fellow fanfic nerds and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day :)