Pokémon: Adventures in Equestria
Volume I: How It All Began
Prologue
In the amazing and magical region of Equestria, people and Pokémon live together in peace and harmony. Music rings throughout the land, strengthening the bonds of friendship and love. From the frozen North of the Crystal Mountains to the mountains of Appleloosa of the South, it's a most wondrous land where anything could happen. Ruled by the Champions of the regional Pokémon League, the fair and just Princesses Celestia and Luna, life couldn't be better.
But, hidden somewhere in all of this joy and happiness, there's a darkness that is growing rapidly and slowly making itself known to the world. An evil that will soon envelope the peaceful land in hatred and disharmony. A secret organization with a dark magic long forgotten that will not stop until the land is under their control. They call themselves Team Strife, and though their true intentions are unknown, they do steal Pokémon and other resources for their nefarious deeds. But what scares people is not just their evil acts, but how they could just simply disappear from the public eye and from the law without leaving much of a trace. Everyone was hoping that they will be stopped before the worst may come.
However, there is a way to stop them. Sensing the impending darkness, and hearing rumors and reports that possibly lead to Team Strife, Celestia and Luna researched everything that they could find and eventually discovered a legend prophesied by the wizard from olden times, Star Swirl the Bearded.
When eight pure hearts, friends despite their differences,
Become one with each other and their Pokémon,
They will unleash the power of the rainbow,
One that is greater than the moon and sun.
And when all of these hearts
Each pledge true love to another soul,
And have the same love returned,
The song that is in their hearts
Will vanquish the evil that has been churned.
That very same legend then showed a picture of eight human beings, each surrounded by one of eight colorful geodes: violet, blue, orange, yellow, pink, white, red, and green. All of them were placed around in a circle, with the violet at the center, and then the others circling around.
The two princesses were surprised, for those are the Geodes of the mysterious Everfree Forest. And those geodes contain special and powerful magic that only will reveal their power if they were worn by ones worthy and pure of heart to wield them, and if they share a strong bond with their Pokémon and with each other.
It had also been said by Star Swirl that if two people had some form of contact with one of the Everfree Geodes, the Chosen One and another of good heart or a lost soul, they will remain bonded for all of time as soulmates, either romantic or sharing a friendship that couldn’t be easily broken, no matter the trials that they will face.
The Royal Princesses had kept the Everfree Geodes safe for several years, as it was the royal family’s duty to protect all mystical artifacts and objects that have been given to them from generation to generation. It were some hesitation among the two princesses to bring them out into the open after centuries of being in their family’s protection, but it seems that it was time to find the ones that were mentioned in the legend. They didn’t say exactly when the ones chosen will soon come to fight against the evilness of Team Strife, but when the slow climbing rate of their crimes, it felt like they could be needed within a few short years.
So one cold wintery day, they did just that. Celestia took half of the magical geodes while Luna took the other four. And in disguise, and with their most powerful and trusted Pokémon, they set out throughout Equestria to find the Chosen Eight. The fate of their homeland and all that they love will soon be in their hands, and possibly even those who will be their soulmates.