Spike has always loved Pokémon. He collected all sorts of Pokémon stuff as a kid. Now as a ten year old, he heads to see Professor Cottonwood, who is the Acaria Region's expert on Pokémon. In exchange for getting a Pokémon, Spike has agreed to help the professor with her research. Her research is the strange ruins that are scattered across the region, and if they have any ties to the earthquakes that have been plaguing Acaria. Along with the earthquakes, there are of course the multiple Cults looking for Legendary Pokémon, but nobody knows what they plan to do with the Legendary that each cult is looking for.