This story takes place in the Future of the Pokemon World. In it, the parasitic virus Poke'RUS suddenly became extremely detrimental to the Pokemon it infected. In fact, most pokemon on the planet died from this sudden change. The "survivors" weren't much better off. Their minds would become permanently damaged, causing them to act like wild animals, certainly not anywhere close to as intelligent as they had been. On top of that, it was also quite common for them to become aggressive.

Its incredibly fast spread is often attributed to Poke'RUS's traits before the sudden change. For starters, once a pokemon is infected with Poke'RUS it can never be truly cured, as Poke'RUS can also be described as a parasitic lifeform. Another is that it has a very long window during which it can spread, and very minimal amount of contact required to spread the virus. Finally, it was already capable of infecting any pokemon, no matter the species. Given all of this, it was unsurprising its spread was extremely quick.

In an attempt to save pokemon, and potentially find a cure, an island was created as a sanctuary. Many pokemon were brought to the island, ones that had been infected with Poke'RUS before the change, ones that seemed to be 'clean', and a few of the ones who had contracted the current strain. It quickly became apparent, however, that a cure was not going to be found soon enough. The spread was too fast, and the damage had already been done. After this discovery, the island's purpose quickly switched to a hurried preservation attempt. This required quite a bit of terraforming, and caused a lot of development on the island, making sure that all forms of envorionment were available to every species.

However, eventually it was accomplished so that every terrain and environment is located somewhere on it. There is even a section of the ocean around the island that has been protected to include aquatic Pokemon. The Pokemon, themselves, are primarily kept wild and are free to roam around the entirety of the island. Though, stronger pokemon species have been 'sectioned off' into areas farther away from the island's single port to try and provent any...damages.

This was the new norm that the Pokemon World fell into, and the island sanctuary became the only place in the world where most species of pokemon could be found.

"League Island" is the island that was initially created as the sanctuary and research island when the Poke'RUS plauge started, and it is where the Modern Pokemon League takes place. It was after the many pokemon species began actually living on the island, and were allowed to roam free, that the island's purpose changed again.

It not only became a sanctuary and preservation for the many pokemon species. But, it became a new form of The Pokemon League. This new form functions differently than older variations of the contest. It is not a tournament set-up. Instead, in a strange parody of the old Pokemon Journies, contestants are put in a sort of Survival-of-the-Fittest scenario. They are supposed to travel/wander around the island, collecting pokemon and challenging eachother as they do so. Certain areas are off-limits until a trainer and their team meet certain requirements (specifically in strength and skill). This progresses until someone reaches the last area and has beaten every other challenger.

We arrived at the island's port today. They lead us to a cafeteria where we all sat down and waited. The food they gave us there was questionable, some stale bread and some suspicious looking chili. The only thing that looked guaranteed was the cheese...So I loaded my chili with the stuff, probably made me look like a nut. But, at least I got a full meal. Some kid lost his appitite, passing me his chili after we got a 'speech from last year's Champion.

I think he was trying to scare us. He even brought his Umbreon. It was chained up, snarling, and poison was dripping through the holes in the muzzle. Its eyes were the worst though. They were...wild. At least the ghosts back home didn't look at me as if I was food.

I'm pretty sure I'll see those eyes in my nightmares tonight. I can't blame the girl in the front for crying. She's one of the younger ones here.

After the speech we were sent to bed in the dormatories. They are very much how I imagine prison rooms to be like. I can tell many of the other kids are scared. If the champion's umbreon didn't rattle them enough, the eyeless zubats that kept flying by the windows certainly did. That, and the...disturbing sounding murkrow before bed I think would seal the deal.

A lot Some of the kids are now gone, about twenty of them left in the night when the ship returned to the mainland.

We were woken up by a lady with a very loud chatot. I even heard it waking some other kid down the hall. I wonder if it was the same kid who gave me his chili. We were shuffled onto another ferry. The driver looked like he was fom the time of Arceus. There was an abra chained to the front of the cabin, and it telepathically played a message for us. At first, I thought it was possibly a ghost.

The message was another welome message- this time from Professor Pine! It was a lot more friendly than the Champion's. We later actually met her after we got our pokemon.

The ferry dumped us at our first Pokemon Center. Here we got our first pokemon! The girl who cried yesterday got a freaking eevee. I wonder how much her parents (or whoever) paid for that. Though, it's not ike I can complain much. I got a Joltik. Uncle must've given them something nice. But, I'm even more excited about what happened later! I caught my first Pokemon! It was even my first battle. It looks like a combination of a Zubat and Woobat. The pokedex calls it a Zwoobat, so I'm pretty sure I'm right.

My Joltik certainly wasn't keen on being caught. I'm pretty certain it hated me at first. But, after I caught him in the Pokeball given to me, he seems a lot more chill. Though, he also seems like he's half asleep. I don't know if Zwoobat really cared about getting caught or not. But, it is also is a little sleepier than when I caught it. I sent it out during the day and it hung around, so it must be fine. I also sent it out against some kid's munchlax.

I lost...
I hope my Zwoobat is okay. I need to make sure we train so that we're stronger when we fight the next kid.

We found a Pokemon Center suspiciously close to the one we started in. There was a line outside of poor saps who'd had their pokemon injured by Beedrill. (I asked)
After a making a quick stop to gather supplies, and have our pokemon checked, we met a new kid. I don't remember seeing him at the lecture. But, there were a lot of people. He introduced himself as Vince and joined Cable, the kid with the munchlax, and the kid who traded for the flabebe when we went into the forest.

The trees were unimaginably tall. In some parts, they were also too thick to walk. I'm thankful for the old paths and gametrails in the area.

The flabebe's trainer spotted the exit. We immidiately started heading that direction. Fearow could be seen in the canopy of the giant forest as we hurried to leave. I am glad they didn't see us. I think a flock would've killed us. Cable walked right into a spinerak web, disturbing several other bugs in the area, though.

A caterpie, weedle, and something that was in-between. We called it a weedlepie. They attacked us after they were startled. The new kid, Vince, finally released a pokemon. 'Doomsday' who turned out to be a Houndour. I'm a bit confused about how this kid got one, they're rare. Maybe he's related to the eevee girl.

I sent out Zwoobat, which scared the bugs. Most of them started targeting her as soon as I did. I was scared for a moment, but it allowed Houndour to burn them. it got poisoned by the weedle though...

Cable caught the Spinerak that 'assulted him'. Percy, the kid that traded for the flabebe, caught the caterpie. I let Zwoobat eat the weedle and the weedlepie after they died. She looked quite pleased with the meal. Cable wandered off a tad, and he found someone's pokeball. The design on it looks a bit like a zubat. Maybe someone got screwed on their starter.

Shortly after, we heard a fight that sounded pretty intense. We rushed over, following the sound, and gound the end of a battle and possibly one of the trainers. A zibstrika had wandered out of one of the High-Level zones and found a kid with a squirtle.
It had killed the squirtle... We fled, and were lucky it didn't spot us.

I can't get it out of my head. I don't know if I'll sleep well tonight. I'm too nervous. The other kid is probably dead. What did we get ourselves into?
At least Zwoobat is keeping watch tonight.

We found a girl today who lost her friend. Cable and Percy offered to help. I was worried it was the boy with the squirtle until she said that his starter was an Ekans.

We wandered the forest for some time. She followed us. I wish she didn't. At least we found her friend after a fight with a Beedrill. We stumbled upon it mid fight. Two other trainers were already fighting it. A Koffing and a Spearow. Even then...It took awhile to..kill it.
Even with Vinny's help, the Spearow had to be widthdrawn after awhile. But, luckily, the rest of us could pick up the slack. The scariest part, though, was when it thought that I had attacked it. It didn't see Joltik. At least that meant that Joltik wasn't hurt.

We found the kid who owned the zubat ball as we headed to the Pokemon Center. The dork said that he had 'just dropped it'.
How? What? You need that thing to survive here! How did this kid just 'lose it'? How was he ALIVE?! That kind of luck should've been given to that kid with the squirtle...

We finally made it to the Pokemon Center around dusk. I settled in prety quickly, but Vinny challenged someone to a battle. They had a ponyta. He pushed his houndour but eventually lost. Afterwards, something odd happened. The Nurse accused him of doing...something. I didn't quite catch it. He claimed that it was for alergies. But...it looked like a dart to me.
Something didn't seem right about that.

I let Zwoobat out again. She seems to like it.
It also helps me sleep better.

We found two paths after leaving the Pokemon Center. One lead towads the mountains, and the other lead towards the shore. We headed towards the shore after a vote. We were pretty certain the Pokemon at the Beach would be easier to deal with. A lot of the mountain areas are restricted, anyway. We traveled for awhile and got to a camp, passing people who traveled off the path. I wonder why. It wasn't like we saw that many pokemon.

The camp looked like a few had settled and others had just joined for safety. It's becoming quickly apparent that Lone-Poochena won't survive. Not on this island at any rate. All of us challenged various trainers, and won! Though, Vinny was debatable. His Houndour almost killed a bellsprout.

Not like I have room to judge. Joltik almost killed some kid's wingull and a zubat. He got some treats. He seems to really like Razz Berries.
I let Zwoobat out again tonight to kep watch. You can never be too safe.

I...don't know where to start. Things are...complicated.

I guess where to start would be last night. Zwoobat woke me up, and something HUGE flew over and landed in the forest. I woke up Percy, Vinny, and Cable to come with me to investigate it and- and-
It was Reshiram.

I am...conflicted.

There was this green haired kid we ran into. He lead us to Reshiram. It was even bigger up 'close'. There was an old man there as well. He gave us new Pokedexes. They looked fairly old, though. The new ones don't have Reshiram in them. He also did something to our pokeballs. Zwoobat is now more active, like before I caught her. I'm scared to let Joltik out now. What if he's as aggressive as when I got him? or more?

The old man said something about Data Limiters. I think he was trying to explain why our pokemon were acting differently, and..for awhile he sounded sensible. Like he wanted the best for people. Then he said 'good' when I told him about the camp after he said something about burning the area.
He was okay with killing the campers.
The other Kids.

He also said that Vinny was related to a Team, but coupldn't pinpoint which one. Vinny didn't deny it, and admitted to tracking pokemon. That must've been what the dart really was. This explains a lot about Vinny's behavior, actually.

The old man then told us we should leave. We noticed that Reshiram had finished charging its Dragon Fire. Cable and Percy, it turned out, had already fled. Vinny and I started panicking and Reshiram unleased its flames right into the sky It then began to fall like meteors and incerating anything they touched. That was when Vinny and I finally managed to flee the forest. We ran straight for the other campers, yelling and screaming for them to wake up and run. They did, and we all fled to the beach, where we knew it would be safe. We got to the shore around dawn. Many of the kids checked with everyone to make sure they were okay. Some looked like they were going to accuse Vinny of the fire. That was, until Reshiram crested over the trees. Everyone started talking after that hapened.

I was exhausted. I sat on a rock and tried to make sense of what just happened. I must've fallen asleep because I don't know when all of the talking stopped. I just know that if Percy, Cable, and Vinny hadn't seen it too, I would think it was just a dream.
ps. Thank you Zwoobat for waking me up.

We didn't sleep long, even as exhausted as we were. Vinny and Cable investigated the shore. Percy took to fiddling with his pokegear or some reason. I couldn't get my mind off last night. Especially the pokeballs. I cant get my mind off how Joltik probably would hurt me if I let him out... I want to, I hope he wouldn't. But, I'm just so scared... Percy eventually approached me. He told me in a hushed voice to check my registered pokemon. He looked extremely concerned, nervously looking at the other trainers who were grabbing their stuff and leaving. It made me worried. So I did.

There were none. Not Zwoobat, not Joltik. None. Percy confirmed his had the same problem. Vinny and Cable came back. Cable proudly boasted he had caught a water type. Both of us hurriedly informed them of the registered Pokemon. Vinny left to make a call.
I believe whatever the old man did is the cause.

Gasps and startled noises from the others drew our attention towards the sky. One of the Fearow Policemen landed. The man got off the muzzled Fearow and began asking everyone questions. They were looking for us. A quick glance at Cable and Percy showed they were thinking the same thing. We can't go with them. I am sure they they'd take and kill our pokemon then send us home.
Not Happening.
We counted our lucky stars that we hadn't told the other campers our names as we snuck away. That would at least hide us for awhile. But, now what do we do?

I decided to go look for a Water-Type like Cable. If we're going to be on our own...we need as much help as we can get. I found a Finneon, which Percy was completely enamoured with for some reason. I let him catch it for pointing out a Buizel a little farther away. I caught him. His coat is lighter than the 'standard'. But, I don't think it's bright enough to be a Shiny.

We're now fugitives on the island. Exhausted, confused and scared. But, I weirdly, I can't help but think everything will be okay.
But first, some more rest on the beach.

To be Continued?

The game that this is all from ended some time ago. But, I love the caracter a ton, and the world she's from. So, I might end up writing up my own little story with this as the starting point.