1.Ash's Story (Part 3: Hoenn)

Chapter 50

Alice and I enter the Sky Pillar, and we find Zinnia and Aster inside already. "So you came for me. Thanks for that."

She claps and says, "That's really good, Ash, Alice. I really feel it, right here. Mm-hmm... Since you have been good children, I think I'll give you something I've been keeping."

Then she looks up and we notice the wall paintings. "The Wall Paintings?"

"Look... The paintings that cover the walls of this tower... See, these are the history of humanity, of Pokémon, and of nature itself. They're the tales that have been passed down by my ancestors, the Draconids, for thousands of years. And now...I will pass that history and lore on to you." Zinnia says as she starts the story.

"Thousands of years ago, in the primal age long lost, the world was overflowing with natural energy. Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre fought over that energy in endless, furious clashes. In the face of Primal Groudon and Kyogre's great power, people could do nothing. The only choice was to watch as disaster upon disaster swept over them. It was in such a time that a great many meteoroids poured from the darkness of space, from a place higher even than the heavens. And the meteoroids fell in their multitude upon a waterfall that had long been home to a tribe of Dragon-type-Pokémon users..."

Then she decides to stop and says, "...OK! That's it! That's the end of the first chapter of my tale. I'll tell you the next part of the story on the next floor. Look forward to it!"

So we climb up the stairs and try not to fall through the floor. Once we arrive at the second floor, Zinnia says, "Oh! Here you are! Let me continue. It's finally time for chapter two. Here we go!"

"I wonder how many chapters are there..." Alice mutters, and I also have the same question.

"At last, right? Hah! I know you're thrilled. The meteors shone with a rainbow brilliance as if some great life was held within. That was when, as if drawn by the brilliance, a Pokémon that shone in a blazing emerald hue descended from the heavens... That Pokémon was none other than Rayquaza. Rayquaza's power overwhelmed that of the two Primal Pokémon, and peace returned to the world. The people of Hoenn revered Rayquaza as a true savior. A thousand years after this time, the meteoroids once again fell. A huge meteoroid, far greater than any before, struck the planet, boring deep into the ocean and leaving behind it a crater larger than any other. The land born of this event later became known as Sootopolis."

I think I've heard about this from Wallace before, and Zinnia says, "And that is it! Chapter two is over! But we've only just left the starting line. There's a long way yet—don't fall behind now!"

"This is just the starting line?" Alice asks.

"I don't know." We continue to climb the stairs, and we are now on the third floor.

"Now, our tale reaches the best part. Sootopolis was born from a great meteoroid strike. The great meteoroid was the first of many disasters to befall humanity. When it punched into the planet, the land cracked beneath it, and a great welling of natural energy poured from beneath Hoenn. Thirsting for that energy, Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon once again woke. The people had a wish—a memory from a thousand years before... They wished that the Legendary Pokémon clad in emerald light would appear again. The huge Meteorite that lay at the heart of Sootopolis gave off a boundless brilliance. In its brilliance, it resembled a vast and powerful Key Stone. And once again, Rayquaza descended from whence it came in the heavens. The people fell to their knees before Rayquaza and made a wish for salvation. As they did, a great change came over the Legendary Pokémon. It was enveloped in blinding light. As the light receded, they beheld a Rayquaza beyond all knowledge— a sublime figure, incandescent with overwhelming life force."