The Darkrai Trainer
Chapter 1
The Report
This chapter will be half-story, half pokedex, so don't worry, It'll change! But this will be a three chapter story... A small thing I am doing for now...
It was a beautiful day in wonderful Alamos town, Sinnoh. Bright clear sky with not a cloud in sight. A day kids should be out playing but it seems that school had other thoughts about this.
Go down the street from the garden, make a left on Day Drive and walk a few blocks. You'll find yourself at Miss Clarence trainer's class for the teenaged.
"OKAY CLASS!" Miss Clarence shouted to her students making them all jump slightly. "We are going to start a new project today!" The students began murmuring among themselves unsure of what to think. But Miss Clarence knew how to make them read and weep.
"We are making a scientific pokedex entry for each legendary!" She called to her students causing a chorus of groans to erupt from the class. The teacher smirk at this, she always loved hearing the groans of her class. They were so adorable sometimes.
"Okay! Here is the list of legendaries you can choose from. But one person can have each legendary! Choose wisely." She shouted after another chorus of groans escaped the class. But Miss Clarence noticed that one of her students. A girl named Alicia, the daughter of the infamous Alice.
She seemed bright at happy about this. Not understanding why the young teacher walked over to her and placed a hand on her desk. "Would you like to choose first Alicia?" She asked her curious of her answer. Alicia's bright blue eyes brightened and she nodded. "Yes! I would like Darkrai!"
A chorus of shocked voices rose from the class as students began whispering to eachother. Miss Clarence looked at her with raised eyebrows but nodded. "Okay..." She murmured gently before writing down Alicia's name next to Darkrai.
Strange girl at the most, she was always the odd ball in her class. Always off somewhere in dreamland, staring out the window absent minded or humming to herself out of now where. She was a kind girl, but she was very strange.
So soon after the rest of the class finished picking, she dismissed them. There were a few murmurs of thanks as many happy looking students left for the weekend.
Miss Clarence sat down at her desk thinking about that strange girl. "It couldn't be a-" She muttered cutting herself off at the thought. No it couldn't.
With a final sigh she got up and left for home.
(That Monday)
The students passed in the reports and then sat down at their desks.
The day went by with it's normal moaning and groaning. But she was happy to see the end of the to come. She sent all of her students home leaving her to grade the reports.
Intentionally she picked up Alica's first and began to read...
Name: Darkrai
Scientific name: Darkcarnus (Dark type) Nighteate (Nightmare maker)
Height: 5"3-5"7 Ft.
Weight: 125 LBS
Lifespan: 125-1200 years (Depending on gender and eviroment. The most recorded was a darkrai from Hearthome that had lived for 1,755 years)
Body type: Floating Monster Type
Special Ability: Bad dreams
Special Move: Dark Void
Type: Dark type
Classification: Nightmare Pokemon
Male and Female Differences:
Male: Males are more bulky and have a small middle. This is due to no need for carrying middle is more used for a food store, the dreams it eats it'll digest later.
Female: Females are slimmer and have gentle sloping bodies. Their waists are more rounded for bearing offspring. Other than that they look like males.
Basic Information and Habits:
Darkrai are mostly depicted as evil. In truth they mean no harm to those around them. Their special ability, bad dreams, cause the nightmares humans (and pokemon) fear the most. They, in general, are gentle creatures that are more scared of humans than humans are of them.
Darkrai seemed more drawn to people who are having nightmare, or hadn't had nightmares in their life. This seems like the type of behavior that is similar to a venomoth to a light. This does cause problems to both humans and pokemon because of the darkrai's ability. The more nightmares there are, the longer the darkrai stays.
So in order to drive a darkrai away, people bring in their natural enemies such as Cresselia (have been known to eat offspring), gallades and gardevoirs (disliking their dark energy), and gengar.
They are solitary creatures that rarely meet (mostly to mate and take over territory). But it has been known for a few darkrai (2-4) to live in a single group. One account of this has been recorded.
Teenage Darkrai wander for the first part of their lives and this is a time where most do not survive or are captured.
Darkrai have been known to learn the human language but only if they had lived with humans since birth. Wild darkrai only learn how to speak human if their mother's knew how to speak human. So this is very rare.
Trainers are advised to take extreme caution when tracking and battling. THEY WILL USE NIGHTMARE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
Breeding Habits:
Male:
Darkrai males are known as "Darkons".
Males are solitary creatures that don't usually go outside their territory and instead of searching for a mate they wait for one. When they are approached by a female (who is almost in estrus) he first starts by giving her "gifts". These include colorful objects such as stones, berries, and flowers (not romantic all the time). If the female accepts these gifts she will stay until she goes into estrus.
The male, sensing her in estrus, will corner the female and attempt to get her to ovulate. In trying to get the female to ovulate the male will start by rubbing his "collar" against the females. When the female relaxes he will stick a claw into her vagina and poke at a small spot (next to the opening) causing the female to tighten. This causes the oviduct to release an egg (or two or three) down the fallopian tube.
That is when she then assumes mating position (bending over a tree or stump and allowing ("doggy-style"). The male will then mate with the female. After releasing his sperm into the female his penis will form spikes, this is to ensure successful impregnation. This means he will not pull out until spikes have gone. When he pulls out, the females screams, scientist are mostly sure this is from both pleasure but maybe from having their entrances scratched (and torn in some cases).
After mating the male will chase the female off of his territory.
Trainer tips-
Before mating allow your male to see and sense the female (in heat) to become aroused. When breeding a female and male together make sure it's in an enclosed space (such as a barn or a room in your home, if your willing to clean up the mess after words) so they are able to lean on something.
Then after mating quickly remove the female and take her to a safe room to hide from the male until he calms down.
Mating between a Cresselia and a Darkrai is next to impossible. Though such mating are successful, but the Cresselia have been known to eat offspring if male is not around. Trainers are advise to take offspring if they do mate such pokemon together.
Female:
"Females are known as Darkans."
Their breeding season is between August and October.
Females travel from their territory to find a male to mate with. A female in heat will exhibit signs such as...
1. A dark aura growing from their body
2. They roam more than usual
3. When their trainer touches their collar they will stiffen.
4. They will swish their hips back and forth as if showing off.
Just as the process described above she will become pregnant and give birth in a few weeks. Before she does she will want to find a nest and settle down. When she is close to birthing (a few days before) she will start "hoarding" items such as blankets (If available), moss, feathers, and bracken (for protection). Trainer are advised to keep a close eye on them and make sure that this hoarding behavior doesn't involve stealing such items from other pokemon (or humans.)
After finding a suitable spot the Darkan will make her nest and will not move from the spot until four days after birthing. This is when they go out and search for food (in the wild). But trainers are recommended to bring food to their nursing Darkans every few days (not to cause stomach aches for they don't each much), the food also helps make the dreams they produce to become more nutritious.
Other than that allow her to become comfortable and follow her instincts. Most of the time she will know what to do.
Offspring information:
Darkans (female darkrai) can bear up to three eggs. But most will not survive due to their natural predators (Cresselia, Gallades and gardevoirs, gengars, and humans).
When the eggs hatch the female with allow the small creatures to "suckle" from her dreams. This is their first meal and they'll keep doing this until five months. After that the mother will "wean" them from her own dreams and she then will start wandering farther and farther from the nest.
The young will grow rapidly with in the first few months of life and then slow down as they get older. Here is a list of normal growth patterns-
Month 1- 2"2 to 2"5 Ft
Month 2- 3"5- 3"7
month 3- 3"8- 3"9
month 4- 4"2-4"4
month 5- 4"5- 4"7
Month six and up- 4"8-5"8
When the offspring turn a year the mothers leaves them to mate again, though they stay in her territory until they are three. After this they will leave and explore the world. This is where most die or get captured by trainers.
Ages of Maturity:
0-5 Hatchlings
6-12 "Child"
12-20 Teenage
20-700 Adult
700-? Elder
Diet:
They feed on mostly nightmares. Preferences from Humans to Pokemon varies among each darkrai. They also have been known to eat little solids (berries, pokefood, human foods).
A special little pouch in their stomachs allows them to store food. So they do not need to feed often. Be sure you do not feed young often, they will get sick and might die if you do so. They do not know when to stop eating.
The Teacher paused after reading this. How can Alicia know all about this? She thought shocked before reading over the paper again. So well written yet...
She wondered if maybe... Luna knew much more than she put down on the paper. But how? The teacher frowned at this and sat back in her chair before sighing heavily. She'll just have to ask her tomorrow and find out her sources.
The end of this part.
BTW... If you don't know what kind of story this is going to be... Take a guess!
