Tales of Elysium Chapter One

Tales of Elysium Chapter One is the first chapter of the first volume, and is the first chapter of the series.

Summary
"500 years ago... There was a land where only chaos dwelt."

The chapter begins with an explanation of how the land is delved into chaos. A Slowpoke crawls through the landscape, only to fall into water. He becomes shocked by a skull, but as he swims up, he finds himself in a boneyard.

Meanwhile, overhead, a Rayquaza fights against a Deoxys. The Rayquaza vaporizes the Deoxys' arm, and blasts the Deoxys into a pile of rock. However the Deoxys strikes back with a whip. Rayquaza whips Deoxys back, and summons a Draco Meteor.

The Slowpoke attempts to escape the battle, and ends up going through a blue light into a paradise land. He finds a floating book, and finds Elysium.

Trivia

 * In the main series Pokemon game Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the player can battle a Deoxys with a Rayquaza in the Delta Episode section of the postgame. This cements Rayquaza's rivalry with Deoxys and thus is probably the main inspiration for this battle.
 * The Rayquaza in the battle is Shiny. This can be seen from its colour scheme, being black and yellow instead of the normal green and red. In the core series games, a Pokemon has a 1/4096 chance of being Shiny.
 * Due to the fact that a Slowking (the evolution of Slowpoke) named Salon appears in Elysium later on in the comic, it is possible that this Slowpoke is in fact Salon. This is only a theory, however.