This tome tells the tale of temptation,
power, and the price paid in destruction.
The region of Kalos has always been home
to mystical forces and energies
with stories dating back thousands of
years.
As one of these ancient energies began
poisoning the ground, the lands, and the
skies, it began to corrupt the desires of those
near enough to its energy.
They became self-serving, greedy, and
desired nothing more than to possess an
unknown force
that they could not locate.
It was not before long the residents of
four regions surrounding Kalos began
hearing a calling deep in their guts
to defend their regions in search for an
unknown relic: a relic with forces to grant the whims
of those who possess it, or so they
believed.
These regions mobilized their forces in
almost gang-like fashion bound for
Kalos. Bobby Bewear, head of the Aides of Aether,
a white-collar crime family from the
Alola region.
Henry "Puppets" Hydreigon, a criminally
insane puppeteer and his Pawns of Plasma.
The seductively sinister Penny Persian,
proprietor of a large-scale important
export business run by the Rooks of
Rocket.
Finally, Hecc H. Honchkrow, an old-school
gangster and no-nonsense tough guy,
leader of the Grunts of Galactic.
Bound for Kalos, specifically the Cyllage caves,
as the forces grew closer the energy
strengthened its siren's call.
It was deep within these caves that not
only would the relic be uncovered, but
the state of all four of these regions
would become unbound.
The ancient energy began promising the
highest ranking officials that it could
supply them with all the wealth and
bounty needed to accomplish their goals
as they saw fit. Blinded by the possibility of glory and
riches, these regions became embroiled in
a conflict deep within these caves in
search of this unknown treasure
simply referred to by the energy as the
"relic".
Little was known about this relic other
than that it was an item of myth
once crafted by Arceus but lost
somewhere amongst the regions many eras ago.
The energy's strength increased as the
forces drew closer to its source.
Morale began to weaken, so the energy
encouraged the rank and file to play
games with one another.
So the barracks brought in traveling
carnival employees to host various
popular games from their respective
regions, notably Stones and Cups, Tiny or Heavy,
Minior Marbles and Mystery 'Mon.
Despite all these relaxation breaks,
morale still grew weak until a member of
the Pawns of Plasma stumbled upon an old
glass bottle.
The remaining factions proposed a
tournament with the strongest of
fighters claiming the right to open the
bottle on behalf of their leadership.
Despite objection to their discovery, the
Pawns of Plasma were once again
victorious, if one could refer to the
beginning of the catastrophic
convergence they were about to unleash a victory.
Opening the bottle unleashed an ancient
entity known as Hoopa,
an energy that Arceus had sealed away
inside a magical bottle long ago.
Hoopa immediately started playing
childish and destructive games with the
factions, mirroring those they had once played for
relaxation.
Hoopa destroyed their respective
regions by crudely destroying and
replacing their cherished historical
landmarks.
Kanto's Pokemon Tower was placed amongst
the Castelia City Skyscrapers.
Dragonspiral Tower was placed atop
Spear Pillar.
Snowpoint Temple was placed upon the
Altar of the Sunne and Moone.
The Hokulani Observatory was placed
amongst the Kanto Safari Zone.
Hoopa proposed he would only undo the
damage if he could see
war and chaos.
Rather than be puppets to this evil
energy, the teams
secretly began forging weapons. A new
bottle was to be crafted to confine
Hoopa's ancient energy within.
The teams spent many long nights using
candlelight to read books on seals and
incantations in celebi's magical library.
Finally, a plan was forged.
Despite being exiled from Arceus's
celestial palace,
Manaphy returned once more with each of
the faction's blueprints for a new
confinement bottle in hand.
She consulted the Smeargles who had
helped to forge Arceus's plate long ago
and they began to forge these four
divine bottles. Arceus saw Manaphy's
attempts to earn her redemption and
undo these disturbances and blessed each
bottle with a seal strong enough to
confine Hoopa within.
With all four bottles completed, Manaphy
descended the stairs at the Hall of
Origin, only to stumble while
encountering Phione
and dropped three of the bottles, shattering
them to pieces. The remaining bottle
crafted by the Aides of Aether
was used to seal Hoopa away, with the
help of Manaphy's bravery.
With the conflict averted and life
returning to normal, the Aides of Aether
were celebrated not only for the ability
to seal away the destructive energy
but also for the use of their wartime
spoils to repair damage done to the
region.
with Hoopa's new confinement within
the Aether bottle nice and secure,
the bottle was given to Arceus for safe
keeping to prevent another escaped attempt.
Many people still tell their young ones
that when you hear that little voice
inside of your head
encouraging you to do a bad deed, it is
Hoopa trying to sneak out of its bottle.
 
