Many years ago, in a region called Orre, humans went beyond the laws of nature to force Pokemon to become beings of pure shadow, transforming them into wicked creatures willing to harm fellow Pokemon and humans alike by shutting their hearts...
Today, the mysterious man known as N reflects on his own memories of these forbidden experiments, comparing the Pokemon who suffered then to the Gardevoir that travels by the side of our hero in the present, who willingly submit herself to the life of a Shadow Pokemon hybrid for his sake...