-> ''" ...I killed and controlled life by my own agency. I bring nothing but destruction. Were I to have a mate, even a child, neither of them would last very long by my hands. I am a cursed being doomed to desire but not receive. What I did to Mew was as such. My desire was not returned, at least not in the way I hoped it would. That, my friend, is my human side..."''

The story begins three centuries in the future with bad news: [[CrapsackWorld the Pokémon world is on the brink of a world war.]] Ho-oh calls for a conference for the Legendaries on this issue, and give first-hand accounts about the world falling apart. For fear of becoming as the common man, he instructs everyone to get over rivalries and make friendships with one another.

Skip ahead two months to when the rumored war comes to pass, and the future looks grim. That is until the [[ApocalypseHow world is suddenly destroyed,]] leaving the Legendaries alive but devastated, unsure what to do about their [[MyGreatestFailure failures]].

But that is when [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun the story really begins]].

''Forsaken'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' FanFic written by {{Tropers/lilpurplebird}}, revolving around the [[SliceOfLife lives of the Legendaries]] as they attempt to recover and fix up the world. They go through their own personal trials of life, and then are put to the test by an outside force that has chosen the dead world for its own evil purposes, doing so through Mew and Mewtwo.

Have we mentioned this is a [[{{Shipping}} romance]]?

The story is currently on-going, and can be read both [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5842142/1/Forsaken here]], and [[http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?477884-Forsaken here]].

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!!''Forsaken'' provides examples of:
%%* AdamAndEvePlot
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Legion wanting a world of demons suggests he wants to be the ruler of it.]]
* AllMenArePerverts: It’s hard to tell if Deoxys is even this trope, or just enjoys messing with everyone’s heads.
* AmicablyDivorced: Darkrai and Cresselia, though more like "amicably separated".
%%* ApocalypseHow: Class 4
* AsTheGoodBookSays: A few characters quote passages from the Bible throughout the story (directly or indirectly), in which one doubles as a TitleDrop.
** [[spoiler: Arceus and Amber]] actually quote from Literature/TheBookOfMormon.
** Some of the accompanying lyrics in the beginning of chapters are scripture verses.
* ATasteOfTheLash: A ''crystalline'' lash at that. Poor Manaphy [[spoiler: and Mewtwo]].
* TheAtoner: A few characters fall under this category, though it’s Mewtwo [[spoiler: and Mew]] who expresses it the most.
* AttemptedRape: Both Mew and Mewtwo experience this. see also NearRapeExperience
* BerserkButton:
** Mewtwo ''really'' doesn't like it when Mew is in harm's way or being threatened in any way, shape, or form.
** Heavily implied this happened to Latios in the past when his sister got badly hurt.
%%* BigBad: Legion
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Ho-oh and Kyogre froze and burned Jediah and his followers after he got TakenForGranite by Azelf.]] Averted with Lugia, who got lost.
* BigOMG: Lugia gives a big one when he sees a dead body.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: Happens to Mewtwo and Mew whenever a crystal is destroyed due to blood connections.]]
%%* BloodLust: Legion all the way.
* BodyMotifs: The eyes get a lot of attention before the numerous scars start appearing.
%%* BreakTheCutie: Good ''Lord''.
* BreakThemByTalking: The method Legion uses the most when [[EvilGloating gloating]].
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter fourteen. Chapter eighteen may also count.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The vial containing the remnants of Clarity Lake.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler: The water had to be transferred mouth-to-mouth to keep from spilling.]]
* CliffHanger: A cruel one is in [[spoiler: chapter seventeen]].
* ClimbingClimax: [[spoiler: The climb of the Tree of Beginning.]]
%%* CloudCuckoolander: Entei may be this.
%%* ConvenientMiscarriage: with traumatic results.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Goes hand-in-hand with KissOfLife in a spiritual sense. [[spoiler: It's not until Mew drowns that it becomes mostly averted.]]
%%* DarkFic
%%* DemonicPossession
* DespairEventHorizon: The Fanfic. However, it's [[spoiler: Mew]] who has it worse off.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Usually between Suicune and her brothers, though other females have smacked around other males for [[AllMenArePerverts being perverts]] or for saying something out-of-line; this is often done for comedic reasons. [[SubvertedTrope Not so when it comes to a possessed Mew smacking around Celebi and Mewtwo.]]
* DownerBeginning: The world is destroyed at the start of the story -- can't get more downer than that.
* TheDragon: Jediah, something he’s proud of, though he may be ThePawn if Shaymin was serious about it.
%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:More like forced to.]]
%%* EroticDream
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Legion shows subtle shades of a sense of sick, albeit sexual humor.
* EvilLaugh: Always Legion, bordering on LaughingMad at times. Made creepier as it's done through Mew.
* EveryScarHasAStory: [[spoiler:Mew has a faint one from her C-section.]]
* EyeScream:
** Rayquaza ends up losing an eye fighting off meteors. He gets better.
** Deoxys remarks offhandedly that he once [[SelfHarm gouged out his own eyes]] [[BrainBleach for witnessing human sex]]. Given his [[AllMenArePerverts character]], this was PlayedForLaughs.
* FaithHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Happens to Mew prior to the story.]] Implied this happens or has happened to a lot of the Legendaries.
* FlippingTheBird: Usually done between Deoxys and Rayquaza; also because the author didn’t want to write explicit swears despite the M-rating.
* FlowerMotif: [[spoiler: The revived Tree of Beginning's crystalline heart is in the shape of a water lily.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Nastily done with Deoxys after getting his hands cut off.
* {{Gorn}}: It got more prominent as the story progressed.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Zigzagged for the most part. For example, it is played straight during [[spoiler: the C-section]], until it was subverted with [[spoiler: the deaths of the scientists.]]
* GrowingUpSucks
%%* GuardianAngel: [[spoiler:Amber]]
* HandOnWomb: [[spoiler: Mew does this after being impregnated. This was used in an early chapter to foreshadow the ForegoneConclusion.]]
%%* HellishPupils
* HeroicBSOD: Happens a couple of times with Mewtwo, but most notably [[spoiler: after seeing Mew's memories and how ''she'' got the BSOD herself.]]
* ImmortalImmaturity: Most of the Legendaries, much to the chagrin of the others.
%%* InnocenceLost
* IntimateHealing: [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Mewtwo does]] [[ShoutOut this]] with a starved Mew, which eventually leads to a [[SacredFirstKiss kiss]]. She doesn't take it well.
%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Done by Legion to show Mewtwo what happened to Mew couple of years prior to the story.]]
%%* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She got better, though.]]%%Who?
%%* KubrickStare
* LecherousLicking: Legion again. For the most part.
* LongingLook: Both Scyther and Ho-oh have pointed this out to Mewtwo in a couple of occasions.
* LoveEpiphany: Mewtwo had one of these, revealed in a flashback. [[spoiler: Mew had feelings for a long time, but she fully accepted it once she was "[[OnlyMostlyDead dead]]".]]
* {{Lust}}: Mewtwo struggles with this a lot.
%%* ManChild: It's not Entei's fault. Even Mew had her reasons for her immaturity.%%ZCE
* ManipulativeBastard: Where do we begin with Legion?
* MeaningfulName:
** Mew's real name reflects both her personality and desires.
** [[spoiler: Darkrai and Cresselia's son is named {{Adam|AndOrEve}}.]]
%%* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate
* MindRape: Implied Legion did this to Mewtwo as “punishment”.
%%* NayTheist: Giratina
* NearRapeExperience: Mewtwo just wanted to be loved.
* NeckSnap: Happens with a psychic blow to the head described as a loud pop. It's when the neck is set back into place that it snaps. And it's bloody. [[spoiler:It was also how "Sir" died.]]
%%* NobodyPoops: Later averted
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Legion delivers this to Celebi early on for [[ForTheEvulz no reason other than to know the feeling of physically beating someone up.]]
* OuijaBoard: It gets messy. Deoxys should have listened.
%%* OurZombiesAreDifferent
%%* PottyFailure: Poor Entei.
%%* PrayerIsALastResort
* PrecisionFStrike:
--> "''Falling my ''''' ass''''', we're not doing shit about it!''"
-->'''[[spoiler: Legion]]''': "Fuck me. ''Hard.''"
%%* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Maybe.]]
* Really700YearsOld: Many if not all of the Legendaries are thousands of years old despite their mortality.
* ScarsAreForever: Mew has deep scars on her wrists, face, [[spoiler:neck and throat]] from Legion's impact.
* SeductionProofMarriage: An inversion. [[spoiler:Even though they are mates, Legion in Mew's body attempts multiple times to seduce Mewtwo by rubbing it in that he's physically attracted to her. Yet despite numerous close calls, he always finds a way to fight back.]]
* ShoutOut: The aforementioned IntimateHealing came from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.
** The shoulder angel and devil seemed to have been inspired by [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kronk's shoulder entities.]]
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons A blink-and-you'll-miss-it where Mew burns a bra in her hand.]]
** The lashing scene was pretty much taken from [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist The Passion]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic of the Christ]].
** [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry LIAR!]]
** Upon crashing through a wall, Lugia asks if he [[WesternAnimation/{{Robots}} missed the butt-kicking.]]
%%* SlasherSmile
* SneezeOfDoom: Keep Entei away from freshly-purified waters when he’s got a cold.
* SpitTrailKiss: [[AuthorAppeal There’s quite a few.]]
%%* ThousandYardStare
%%* TitleDrop
* UnhandThemVillain: Mewtwo to Legion a good few times. He refuses at first, but then later complies [[spoiler: by slicing Mew's throat open and having her body drop off the cliff.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Mewtwo’s tested Legion’s patience far too many times...
* WhamEpisode: The end of [[SeventhEpisodeTwist chapter seven]].
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey
* WindowLove: A variation where Mew [[spoiler: in the Spirit World]] can't touch Mewtwo, but he can reach through the mirror without issue.
* YankTheDogsChain: Too many to name, or else you'd be here all day.
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