While Arceus was imprisoned for millennia, he could do nothing but watch as the world he created tore itself apart.

Humans began to treat Pokémon as tools instead of living beings. They created Poké Balls to imprison them. Some tried to harness their powers to rule the world - or to destroy it.

So when an arrogant fool had dared to challenge him and challenge him, he had decided to call all of his legendaries to the Hall of Legends for a meeting about what to do to protect his Pokémon, where Mew suggested that he move them to another world. But Arceus also saw good in humanity, so Cresselia suggested transforming humans who were worthy in the Old World, those who were kind, selfless, and respected Pokémon as equals, into Pokémon.

The new world Arceus selected was Equus, for he hoped that its friendly inhabitants would be accepting of the new arrivals. And so he allowed all of his dear children to rest, for when they awakened, a whole new world would be their home...

Unfortunately, not all went well. As Arceus watched over the Equus, he saw lives that had been ruined, families that had been separated, and chaos caused by the natives’ inability to understand Pokémon - but he also saw beings who were literally worlds apart forming new bonds, making compromises, and learning to work together.

These are but a few of those tales...

Author's Note

I was worried that a reason why this story wasn’t getting much attention was because it didn’t make sense on its own, so I added this to explain the premise.