I see you chose to read my fanfic.  I’ve been brainstorming up some ideas and I’ve finally come up with a story that I actually like.  I haven’t done this before so if you like what you see or  just hate even to look at this then please feel free to talk to me about it by contacting me personally.  To tell the truth, I have actually been working on this story for maybe a few months and I hope that you find it appealing.  I have found in my scouting this website that someone has beaten me to the punch with a twist on the Pokérus and has made it a prominent part of their story.  However, the circumstances that my version runs by are much more complicated (In my opinion).  Pokémon is not owned by me but many of the characters in the story are so if you feel like you must use a character from my story, you have to ask me and cite which one in your story.  My apologies for altering so much of this chapter after publishing this.  I’m kind of a perfectionist so again, I’m sorry for screwing around with this chapter.                                                

~Calik Frelark

Pokémon Unlimited

Prologue

            Arceus looked at the assembled might of his order-keepers in his heavenly domain. Judging by the expressions on most of the gathered legendaries he guessed the Pokémon World needed a lot more reconstructing than he had hoped for.  Had he not sent divine intervention earlier to aid the Pokémon League and world governments in eliminating the threat of Team Eternity?  Even as they spoke, millions of people were undergoing a forced transition into becoming pokémon.  Worse still, thousands of pokémon were being pitted against each other and humans as mankind found itself squabbling over a cure to an all new kind of disease.

            A roar coming from the Creator of Water brought Arceus back to the matter at hand.  Kyogre; the legendary Pokémon of the deep blue appeared especially angry, not only to be brought out of his element but also due to the years of pollution and neglect his oceans received from mankind.  Kyogre could barely keep his voice from reaching near unbearably loud even for the other legendaries.  His roar could not compare to the rage in his words as he spoke.

            “WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE ALWAYS THE ONES TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE HUMANS?  THEY MADE THIS MESS SO IT SHOULD BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT!”

            A few other legendaries nodded in agreement; this wasn’t the first time the legendaries as a whole were called together to reverse the pitiful humans actions.  Of the supporters of Kyogre’s opinion were Rayquaza, who had not forgotten the use of destructive chemicals that wrecked havoc on his ozone layer and killed off many of the flying pokémon in parts of the world, Groudon, who had triggered landslides and earthquakes directed at the miners and construction workers who desecrated his favored domains, and Cresselia now feeling like her purpose was now pointless because for every individual she healed, humans would hurt ten more in a way that required her assistance yet again. 

            Between the start of the 21^st century and the year 2060, humans had seemingly begun a path towards the deep end.  With little resources left on the Earth, Man began to fight over the few remaining resources the world had left.  Wars had broken out and in the year 2061 the criminal minds of the Pokémon World had joined forces under the banner; Team Eternity.  Team Eternity dominated the globe, completely immune to the government, security and law-enforcement.  For the first time in decades, mankind joined together in order to stop Team Eternity’s seemingly invincible reign.  During this time, a group called Quark Mechanical Tech stepped in and built some “Infernal Copycats” as said by Registeel in order to halt the spread of the group.  At first humans seemed to actually have done something right.  The machines appeared to be working effectively until the legendaries realized that as Team Eternity shrank, the number of attacks on the innocents was increasing.  Apparently the machines the legendaries had hoped would solve the problem the humans made were causing more problems to add to the Creators’ woes.  Worried at the mounting deaths of humans and pokémon alike, Arceus had personally contacted several human organizations through a series of cryptic dreams and telepathic messages to their leaders to help end the need for the machines quicker than it was progressing so far.  The groups acted accordingly and as a result, the war began to make a turn for the better.  When the war ended in 2064, with the war machines stored safely away in an underground vault, Arceus had Groudon create a fissure under the vault so large it could almost tear the Hoenn region in half which swallowed up the entire vault and that ended the problems for a while.

Just recently however, the humans had been looking into making themselves stronger than Arceus had intended them to be.  Power-hungry, the humans attempted to make their own version of the Pokérus virus in an attempt to copy its ability enhancing powers on pokémon in 2065.  Unfortunately for them, the experimental virus mutated into an incredibly lethal strain that at first hid its deadly side-effects from the populace.  A few weeks later and thousands began experiencing these deadly effects.  As millions faced the threat of possible infection, another group began work on a vaccine for the virus.  Named Project Metamorphosis, the group had found that people were the only ones susceptible to the virus’s effects and that other creatures such as pokémon were relatively immune to the effects of the virus.  They had already learned that a pokémon with the capacity to alter its genetic code would prove the most suitable for making an antidote.  Eventually, they concluded of all pokémon capable of doing as such; Mew was the best choice, having been the ancestor of pokémon.  Taking what little remained of Mew’s archived DNA they created a test vaccine that when tested proved promising except for one flaw.

The vaccine cured test subjects but it permanently reconfigured them too.  The vaccine’s chemical make-up apparently altered human DNA to more resemble pokémon DNA.   Because the scientists used Mew’s DNA, certain physical and mental qualities seemed to decide what pokémon species a person was reborn as.  Certain physical traits however were occasionally kept during the transition such as eye color, height and the transition did not appear to have any affects on a person’s personality.

Arceus once again looked at his messengers; he knew he had get all of the legendaries to agree with his plan in order for the human race to survive.  Knowing how some of them were, however, made convincing them as such would be difficult.

“This latest incident… only gives us more reason to intervene in the human race’s most dire moment.  By assimilating into our world, they will not only have the power they wanted in the first place, they will also lack one crucial thing that all naturally-born pokémon have; the control over that power and the respect for us and our realms of power.  They need to be taught to respect the other pokémon even when many of whom could not respect others of their own species.  They also may fall back upon their destructive habits in order to keep themselves from going into a panic.  We must stop their endless fighting!  Though they may have illegitimately become like us, it is still our duty to guide each and every one of them in order to prevent more of their senseless wars.  It is something I cannot permit as the Creator of this world.”

The other legendaries slowly nodded; once again, their leader had displayed that as a rule, the humans were a key factor in the Pokémon World regardless of how corrupt they may have become.  Although many had grown tired of the human’s mistakes and errors, they realized if anytime at all, this was in fact the perfect time to teach them to respect the Creators and the world as a whole.

Just then, Mew spoke up in a timid voice, “So what would have happened if the humans had succeeded in making that human-enhancing virus?”

The rest of the legendaries looked briefly at Mew, who obviously was wondering how close if at all the legendaries had come to an even worse scenario.  The legendaries then turned to Arceus to hear his response.  Of all legendaries, only Arceus had enough knowledge of everything he created to even guess a possible alternate outcome.  Arceus had a very solemn tone as he spoke.

“If they had succeeded, then they would have created even more violence and bloodshed than they are now.  If they managed to enhance their abilities beyond the limitations placed by me; then they may have found a very grave loophole in my Binding Laws.  Conflicts would once again consume the world and had they done so, we might not have been able to stop them.”

The legendaries let out a gasp and began to wonder just what the humans could have been capable of if they had pulled off creating a human version of the Pokérus.  Arceus spoke again to reassure them they had nothing to worry about.

“Relax… all of you.  We came very close to that scenario, I won’t lie to you, but the humans have most likely given up on all attempts to continue that project.  They will most likely be concerning themselves more on this new threat at hand.  I am positive that we will have nothing to worry about in the upcoming years.”

Even as he spoke these words, Arceus realized that he had just lied to all of them. Of the assembled legendaries, only Dialga and Celebi noticed the lie but remained quiet in pondering the reason for Arceus’s decision to keep the rest of them in the dark.  Through their control over time, they found that some humans had indeed not given up as Arceus said.  Back on the Pokémon World, an event was about to take place during which the fates of the Creators would hinge upon.  The Human Pokérus Project had ended… but its sister project was just about complete.          

The Binding Laws

1. All creations of the Pokémon World must adhere to the rules of any Creator’s domain that they reside in or by (Ex.  If the pokémon or human rely on the ocean, then they are subjects of Kyogre and must obey his own personal set of rules.).

2. A Creator must also respect its subjects’ opinion on a decision but only if the decision is not one that pertains to the safety or wellbeing of its domain, other subjects, and itself.  If the decision does pertain to such, then it is up to the Creator to choose how to deal with the dissenter.

3. No creation may alter its power without the permission and blessing of the domain’s Creator it resides in.  If it does, then the Creator may deal with the creation based on the circumstances of its power gain but may not kill it if the power increase was by the First One’s order or by another Creator.

4. No creation that has the protection of the First One may abuse this privilege to neglect the domains of any Creator.  Neglect can be considered contaminating, damaging, or destroying parts of the domain as well as killing or purposefully injuring another subject of the Creator.  If such an event happens, the protection that was bestowed upon the creation is removed and is to be personally dealt with by the damaged domain’s Creator.

5. Dialga and Celebi’s realm of time cannot be altered by any pokémon or human unless with the permission of Dialga.  If any such creation does, then it is Dialga’s choice on how to punish the lawbreaker.

6. Space cannot be warped or altered without Palkia’s permission.  Like Dialga, it is up to Palkia on how to punish the lawbreaker.

7. No creation may intentionally harm any Creator.  If such an event happens, then any other Creator that were to feel threatened by the lawbreaker may step in to eliminate the deviant.

8. Creatures with an alternate origin may be given a chance to join the legendaries if their power equals that of a Creator.  If the creature is not respectful or is antagonistic toward the legendaries then it is up to the First One on whether or not he wishes to eliminate the creature.

9. Realms that are not normally available to anyone existing on the Pokémon World are off limits to all creations (Such as Giratina’s Negative World).

10. Any unintentional damage caused by war among creations is out of the jurisdiction for the Creators.  If severe enough, only the First One can intervene in the war in order to stop the destruction being caused.

11. Rivalry between Creators is allowed.  However, if a rivalry is turned into a war against the other and endangers the lives of their subjects unnecessarily, then another Creator of greater strength is given the right to quell the violence between the rivals.

12. Humankind is to be trusted with living in harmony with pokémon.  If a human defies these laws knowingly and willingly however, they will be met with swift opposition and be dealt with as an antagonist to the legendaries’ power and authority.