As a note before beginning this chapter, this idea came to me after a long dry spell of creativity. With all my other stories, I've kind of hit a creative roadblock, and honestly I do see that happening in the future again, due to school and various other factors, not to mention this outbreak. As such, take this as a sort of coming back story, I may eventually go back and rewrite some of my other stories on here if I feel like it, but for now, I'm sticking with this. With that said, please enjoy the story.

Prologue: Beginnings

Somewhere on the outskirts of the Alaria region, night time…

"Come on Krystal, it went this way!" a voice yelled at his comrade. The two operatives, wearing full body suits with helmets, ran through a field, chasing after a shiny Meloetta. The Meloetta was running away from the two individuals who were occasionally throwing Pokeballs at it.

"It's useless to run!" Krystal yelled. The two then grabbed Pokeballs from their belts and threw them, releasing the pokemon in them. From them appeared a Honchkrow and a Luxio, who both immediately started to run after the Meloetta. Upon seeing this, Meloetta sped up before she began to concentrate on something. Before she could use what she was preparing, the Honchcrow dived at it and hit it, knocking it to the ground.

"Nice Job Honchkrow!" the first voice said as he got out another Pokeball. Before he could throw it, Meloetta used Grass Knot which made the trainer and caused the one wielding the Pokeball to trip. It then used Thunderbolt which hit the Honchkrow, knocking it out of the sky.

"Wind!" Krystal exclaimed as she ran up to her partner. Krystal's Luxio then dashed forward as it's fangs gleamed red. Meloetta, thinking quickly, used Protect to generate a barrier around itself just as the Luxio used Fire Fang. It then used Psychic and launched the Luxio towards Krystal, knocking them both down. Just as it started to run again, a Sawsbuck immediately pinned it to the ground.

"I see the target gave you two a bit of trouble." a gruff voice said as he helped Wind up.

"Apologies Wolf, this one is a lot of trouble." Wind said as Krystal recalled Luxio and stood up. Wolf simply sighed as he looked at the pinned Meloetta and walked towards it.

"You've been a little weasley one haven't you? I must admit, I'm impressed you've managed to evade us for so long." Wolf told Meloetta as he touched her hair. Meloetta glared at him, which caused Sawsbuck to put a little more force on her, getting a little smile out of Wolf. "Let her go, I want to chase this thing a little more." Wolf told Sawsbuck. His Sawsbuck compiled and lifted it's foot off the Meloetta, much to the shock of his compatriots and the Meloetta.

"Wolf, if I may be so kind to ask, and no offense to you, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!?" Krystal yelled at her superior officer. Meloetta, seeing an opportunity, proceeded to run away.

"Our commander said it would be fine if we didn't catch it at the moment, after all, we are going to be in the region for a while anyway." Wolf said as Meloetta ran away. He then proceeded to take out a small device before it projected a map with a small blip on it. "Besides, I tagged it, so we'll know where it is for the moment." Wolf said devilishly. Krystal glared at Wolf for a moment before Wind put a hand on his shoulder.

"We were all there for that and we knew that, but what is it with you and the thrill of the hunt? We've been at this for 4 hours and the only reason we haven't stopped now is because of you." Wind told Wolf.

"Oh trust me, I have a feeling I'm going to regret it." Wolf said as he ran forward.

"... I'm going to get after him if he regrets it." Krystal said as she walked after Wolf. Wind simply sighed and followed his two partners after the Meloetta.

3 hours later…

"Are we close?" Wind asked in an absolutely exhausted voice.

"Yes, the radar shows that it's up ahead… boy am I regretting my earlier decision." Wolf said, a bit of exhaustion in his voice.

"I'm giving you this one so long as we catch it." Krystal said, panting from the long hunt they had been on. As the three approached the Meloetta, who looked to be sleeping.

"Ok, would you like to do the honours?" Wind asked Wolf kindly. Wolf simply nodded and gave a toothy brin and was about to throw the pokeball when Krystal stopped him. As he gave her a stern look, Krystal slowly walked up to the Meloetta and gave it a closer look. After about a minute, Wind slowly backed away as Krystal slowly started to choke the Meloetta.

"Is everyth-" was all Wolf could get out before being hit in the face with a doll of a Meloetta. Wolf was then tackled to the ground by Krystal who proceeded to put her hands around his throat.

"YOU SAID IT WOULD BE OK WOLF! AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE! 7 FUCKING HOURS FOR NOTHING!" Krystal said at the top of her lungs, anger completely taken over her. Wind simply sighed at this interaction before walking over and grabbing the doll.

"Ok, you two have fun. I'll see if it's still in the area." Wind said innocently, getting out a pokeball and calling out his Stoutland.

"Wait… Wind, help me." Wolf said as he tried to keep Krystal from strangling him.

"Have fun you two." Wind said in a cheery voice as Stoutland sniffed the doll and they walked away. Unknown to all of them, Meloetta was hiding behind a nearby tree, holding her mouth so not to make any noise. She had noticed the tracker in her hair a while ago and had used Substitute to make a replacement for herself. The move had left her exhausted however, so she placed the tracker on the Substitute and prayed to Arceus her plan would work as she rested. Thankfully it did, but she didn't know how long the distraction would last. Meloetta, winced as she moved, the exhaustion getting to her even though she had rested for a bit.

"Got to rest… been running for so long…" Meloetta thought to herself. As she looked around for a good place to hide, she noticed a small cave in a nearby hill. Without even thinking, she slowly made her way to the cave, making sure to cover her tracks. Once inside, she looked around and saw that this looked like a Trainer had set up camp here. "...Beggars can't be choosers… might as well hide." Meloetta thought with a sour tone. Looking around, she used Telekinesis to grab some soft materials and made a makeshift bed for herself before hiding it behind some vases and carefully getting in it. As she laid down and stared at the ceiling, the last 7 hours of running finally started to settle in before she fell asleep, unknowing of the events about to unfold.