Woody's Pokémon Journeys
The Backstory of Your Life – Part 1!
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This and part 2 of "The Backstory of Your Life!" reveals Daruka's childhood and adulthood. Due to the absences of my 5 pervious fanfics, this episode is taking place after "When Lexie Met Octillery!".)
(It was a warm Spring day in Paldea and Faith was cleaning her bedroom. She likes to be formal when cleaning so she wore a strapless maid's dressand black dress shoes.)
Faith: Ah, Spring at last. Time to ditch those Winter clothes and make room for shirts, shorts, and skirts.
(Pinky came out of Faith's closet, wearing a matching dress.)
Pinky: Gee, Brain. I never knew Spring Cleaning took a lot of elbow grease.
Brain: Well, after all, the season of Spring is to make room for new things and ditch the old ones.
(Faith sees a box labeled "Faith's Childhood Stuff". She immediately grabbed the box.)
Faith: [gasps] Are these… my childhood DVDs?
Brain: What is this? [picks up the DVDs] Baby Van Gogh? Baby Newton? Baby Mozart?
Pinky: I recognize these DVDs. These are Faith's Baby Einstein DVDs.
Brain: Say that again?
Pinky: Baby Einstein is recognized on TV.
Faith: Here's one of my favorite DVDs, World Animals.
Brain: Why would a turtle need a diving mask and a snorkel?
Pinky: It's part of the wonders of a child-like mind. Narf!
Brain: [sees a Team Rocket-themed book] Hey, what's this? [reads the book]: "The Diary of Daruka Miller'?
Pinky: Oh, a diary!
Brain: Pinky, are you insane?!
Pinky: Nope. You're the genius and I'm insane.
Brain: Not like that, Pinky. Reading other people's diaries is a crime.
Pinky: I didn't know that.
Faith: Neither did I.
Brain: The important thing is that we can't read Daruka's diary. It probably has bad language, some blood and gore, and a dark childhood.
Faith: Who cares? I better read it.
(Faith opens up Daruka's diary.)
Faith: [reading] "Date: October 30th, 2009.
Dear diary,
I have turned 5 years old today. To celebrate my 5th birthday, Mom gave me a Poochyena, whom I named him as Ed. Unfortunately, Ed died at the age of 7 after evolving into a Mightyena. Because of his death, I am in a never-ending depression. I still remember my faithful Mightyena like it was yesterday, only from 7 years ago in 2016. Speaking of which, this is my diary and if you ever read this, you'll be in a world of deadly pain and sorrow. You wonder how I became evil? This book will answer all the age-old questions."
(Faith looks at Daruka's diary.)
(Song: The Challenge of Life)
"Rise if you're prepared for the challenge
(Rise to the challenge)
Rise if you're a champion at heart
(Rise to the challenge)
Take my hand, we'll train as one
And triumph together
(Rise to the challenge)
Nothing's gonna stand in our way
Stronger and stronger we'll
Rise to the challenge of
Life
Pokémon!"
(End of The Challenge of Life)
(The scene changes to show Woody's Pikachu, Oinkologne (Male), Pawmot (Male), Koraidon, Appletun, Armarouge, Clodsire, and Skeledirge, with Woody alongside Faith and Meowscarada, Salamence, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Lapras, and Vulpix (Alolan Form). Geoff and Houndoom, alongside Finizen, Veluza, Capsakid, Bramblin, Miraidon, Flamigo, Litleo, Foongus, Tandermaus, Fuecoco, Oricorio (Pa'u Style), Nymble, Grafaiai, Smeargle, Bellossom, Skunktank, Cetoddle, Swirlix, Slurpuff, Musharna, Banscream, Iron Bundle, Calyrex, Spectrier, Jynx, Gourgeist (Average Size), Polteageist, Misdreavus (Aevian Form), Zapdos (Galarian Form), Horsea, Seel, Jellicent, Snorunt, Snowlow, Glimmet, Munchlax: {Delta Form}, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, Okidogi, Ogerpon, and Noibat and Snowrong also appear alongside Woody and Faith, with Bullwinkle and his Quaxwell, Oinkologne (Male), Greavard, and Rabsca appearing alongside the trio, and as for Hazel, her Kingler and Blastoise appeared with Dot, her Jigglypuff, and her Tinkatink.)
Woody: [reading the title] "The Backstory of Your Life: Part 1!"
Narrator: During a day full of Spring Cleaning, our heroes found Daruka's diary, despite the fact that reading peoples' diaries is illegal and wrong. However, Faith was bound with curiosity to find out how Daruka became evil.
(Faith turns the page.)
Faith: Let's see what this is about.
[Faith clears throat]
Faith: [reading] "Date: January 1st, 2011.
Dear diary, today is New Year's Day 2011 and I'm excited to see what 2011 has in store for me. By October 30th, I'll turn 7 years old. Speaking of the month of October, I befriended a Zorua and caught him as my first partner."
Faith: Zorua? What Zorua?
(Faith sees a picture of a young Daruka with her Zorua.)
Faith: [resumes reading] "My mom, Drew, Faith, and I made root beer floats for the New Year and I gotta say, Sharon knows how to make a tasty root beer float."
Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but how do you suppose we find out Daruka's secrets.
Brain: By reading her diary entries, of course! Daruka always has a specific date for everything good happening to her. They'relike news articles, but in a diary.
Pinky: Naaarrrfff.
Brain: Exactly. Now we better find out what made Daruka to become evil.
(Brain turns a few pages and finds an article from October 2011.)
Brain: [reads] "Date: October 29th, 2011.
Dear diary, it is almost Halloween and I'm so excited to spend my birthday and Halloween Night with Faith and her brother Drew. For some reason, Faith is always scared of this one particular Halloween song. It had to do with candy corn. I'm going to be dressed up as a vampire for Halloween since Faith and I think vampires are cool and wickedly awesome."
Brain: And here are the lyrics to the candy corn song.
Pinky: Aren't you going to sing the lyrics, Brain?
Brain: I wait until Halloween to sing Halloween-themed songs. That way, they'd feel spooky when you sing 'em.
Faith: I do that, too!
Brain: Really?
Faith: Of course. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, the others being Valentine's Day, Easter, and Christmas.
Brain: That's cool.
(Faith turns to the next page. A picture shows Daruka and Faith holding their hands as they walk to their outdoor pool. Faith wore a blue one-piece swimsuit with a skirt under the leg-holes while Daruka wore a red and white-striped one-piece swim dress with a navy blue anchor on the front.)
Faith: This must be a picture of us when Daruka and I were just kids.
Pinky: You two looked cute together in those swimsuits.
Faith: Why, thank you, Pinky. I prefer skirts under swimsuits, mostly because I'm uncomfortable with my body.
Brain: Maybe that explains why your period.
Faith: [slightly blushes] Brain!
Brain: [chuckles] Just kidding, Miss Faith.
Faith: This must be the first clue on why Daruka hates me. [reads] "Date: October 30th, 2014.
Dear diary, today is my 10th birthday and turning 10 means I start my Pokémon journey! Hooray for me! Anyways, Professor Birch gave me a starter Pokémon from the Torren region, a Delta Charmander, as well as a Pokédex. It took me a year to complete my Hoennian journey and as of October 30th, 2015, I got all the badges in Hoenn. Here's the team I caught during my journey: Delta Charizard, Sharpedo, Honchkrow, Delta Roserade, Sableye, and Delta Lanturn."
Woody: Who knew Daruka was so interested in Dark and Ghost-type Pokémon?
Faith: Wait, there's more! [reading] "After my Hoennian journey, I got to work on studying Pokémon and their types and how they're weak against types, such as Rock and Ground-type Pokémon weak against Ice and Water-types. While my Charizard and I were watching TV, I noticed that an ad for joining Team Rocket was available. Realizing Team rocket was a menace to society, I avoided them at all costs, but that was about to change my life… forever."
[Dramatic music sting plays]
Faith: Better see what happens next.
(Sea Mauville – Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire OST)
Daruka: "Today is my 15th birthday as of October 30th, 2019 and I wanted my Halloween-themed party to be perfect. As soon as my Ghost-themed team and I were having a blast at our party, something ticked me off. It turned out that instead of a chocolate and orange filling cake, Mom made me a candy corn cake made with Brach's candy corn. Unlike my sister Faith, I hate candy corn so I chocked Sharon's Slurpuff until it begged for mercy. I tried not to choke Slurpuff but everyone knows that candy corn is considered to be the worst Halloween candy of all time. After my cake was ruined, I decided to plot my revenge."
[Faith gasps in horror]
Woody: We better tell Daruka about this.
(The scene changes to show Daruka's room in her Team Rocket hideout.)
Faith: Daruka! What do you have to say for yourself?
Daruka: Faith! How did you get here?
Faith: We heard everything. We even noticed you like Ghost-type Pokémon. Is that true?
Daruka: As part Ghost-type, I am fond of Ghost-types, mainly because of their ghostly behaviors.
Faith: And is it true that you raised a Delta Charmander to evolve into a Charmeleon?
Daruka: If you'd like, you can meet him. [sends out her Delta Charizard]: Say hello to my little partner!
[Poké Ball opens up]
Charizard: [Delta Form] Raaawwwwwrrr!
Faith: Is that what the skeleton of a Charizard looks like? [pulls out her Rotom Phone]
[Faith's Rotom Phone chimes]
Faith's Rotom Phone: "Charizard, Delta Form. The Skeleton Pokémon. A Ghost and Dragon type. The flame at the tip of Charizard's tail glows when it sees a strong foe. Its breath makes this Pokémon look like it was swallowed up by magma, but it usually doesn't hurt anyone."
Charmander: Char?
Faith: Yes, Charmander. That's what the skeleton of a dead Charizard looks like.
Charizard: [Delta Form] Raw?
Charmander: [greeting Daruka's Charizard] Char, char!
Charizard: Rawr!
(Delta Charizard pats Charmander's head.)
Mordecai: I'm confused. Daruka, why did you hate Faith?
Daruka: [turn to the page] Let me explain. [clears throat]: You see, it was October 20th, 2019. My Charizard and I were hanging out in your bedroom.
(Flashback…)
Teenager Faith: So Daruka, what do you want to do today?
Teenager Daruka: I don't know, whatever you want to do.
Faith: I got an idea! Let's go tick off those Houndoom at Route 101.
Daruka: This'll be funnier than reading. [puts her book on the table]: Let's go!
Sharon: You girls going out?
Faith: [puts on her coat] We'll be back soon, Mom.
Sharon: Okay, sweetie.
(Later, at Route 101…)
Daruka: Instead of making these Houndoom angry, why don't we steal them?
Faith: But that's illegal.
Daruka: Not as long as we don't get caught.
(Daruka takes out a cage and kidnaps the trio of wild Houndoom.)
Daruka: How do you like them Applins?
(One of the male Houndoom tried to scratched Daruka, but the Eevee avoided the attacks.)
Daruka: Nah, nah! [blows a raspberry]
Faith: DARUKA, ARE YOU INSANE?!
Daruka: I'm not insane, I'm an Eevee. [laughs]
Faith: MOM! MOM! MOM!
(Daruka was shocked. The scene transfers to show Daruka in herself and Faith's bedroom, revealing she's grounded.)
Daruka: Great! Grounded for stealing Pokémon? What's next, you get arrested for underaged drinking?
Professor Birch: I don't know what to do with Daruka, Mrs. Miller. She keeps cursing, stealing Pokémon, and worse: keeps Pokémon in cages.
Sharon: We gotta do something with Daruka. If she keeps up this bad behavior, nobody would like her.
Professor Birch: Sharon, go talk to Daruka.
(Sharon walks up to Daruka.)
Sharon: Daruka?
(Seaweed – SpongeBob OST)
Drew: Yes, Mom?
Sharon: Drew, I need to talk to Daruka? Do you mind, son?
Drew: Sure, Mom. I heard you loud and clear.
Sharon: [to Daruka] Daruka, I think it's best if… [inhales deeply] We sent you to a lab in Kanto.
(Dramatic music sting plays)
Daruka: W-What?
Sharon: Look, you're a pretty bad Pokémon and I think it's time if you moved on. You know, get a lob as a lab experiment.
(Daruka was put in a cage and sentenced via airplane to Cinnabar Labs, a laboratory located at Cinnabar Island in Kanto. Later on, two lab scientists saw Daruka.)
Daruka: [with her clothes off] Who the hell are you guys?!
Alphonse: I'm Alphonse and this is my assistant, Julian.
Julian: We're only going to electrocute you. Magneton, go!
[Poké Ball opens up]
Magneton: Magneton!
Daruka: Surely, you can't be serious.
Julian: No, I'm serious. Magneton, Thunderbolt!
Magneton: [Thunderbolt attack] MMMAAAAGGG!
[Electricity crackling]
Daruka: [falls asleep] Must… escape… Cinnabar Labs.
Alphonse: You're gonna be just fine, Miss Daruka. Just fine, indeed.
("Who's that Pokémon?" segment)
Daruka and Faith: Who's that Pokémon?!
(A silhouette shows a picture of a dog-like Pokémon.)
…
(Moments later, the silhouette disappears, revealing the Pokémon to be a Jolteon.)
Daruka and Faith: It's… Jolteon!
Jolteon: Jolteon!
(End of "Who's that Pokémon?" segment)
(Daruka wakes up. She wore a white lab coat with a red Poké Ball on the left side of the coat, a black dress shirt, a white shirt under her lab coat, and a purple neck-tie.)
Julian: You'll be working as our new lab partner.
Daruka: Do I look like a fucking idiot to you?!
Julian: Language, missy!
Daruka: Sorry.
Julian: That's all right. I'd like you to meet our two genetically altered partners: Pinky Paulson and Brain LaMarche.
(Daruka was seen looking at a cage with two white lab mice – a tall, idiotic mouse named Pinky and a short, but smart mouse named Brain.)
Pinky: [in a British accent] Hello there. Narf!
Daruka: What does he say "Narf"?
Julian: We don't know. It must be a catchphrase or something.
Daruka: Oh, I see.
Brain: Greetings, and who might you be?
Daruka: My name is Daruka Flare Miller, but you may call me Daruka if you'd like.
Brain: My name is Brain LaMarche and this is my assistant, Pinky.
(Silph Co. – Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen OST)
Daruka: What do you guys want?
Brain: I've heard that in 3 weeks, you, Daruka, will be fused into a new and improved Pokémon.
Daruka: Wait, that's a thing?
Brain: It's called Pokéfusion, an experiment that can cause two Pokémon to genetically change into a new creature.
Pinky: I wonder what would happen if a Tandermaus was fused into us, Brain.
Brain: Then Team Rocket would have some way of selling them in the Black Poké Mart.
Daruka: You guys are pretty funny. No wonder Mom and Faith are huge fans of your shows.
Brain: Wait, Pokéfusion? I think our answers into ruling the world are here! Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but a fusion consisting of a Pikachu and an Eevee? That wouldn't be a good idea.
Brain: No, Pinky. Daruka's going to be a test subject in Pokéfusion.
Pinky: Oh, goodie!
Brain: We don't know how her behavior will affect her after the fusion but I hope it's a good fusion.
Pinky: I hope so, too.
Daruka: [notices an evil-looking chemical] What's that?
Julian: We've did some research on the R Substance. Apparently, it can turn people and Pokémon evil, but be warned: this stuff is very dangerous and life-threatening.
Daruka: I'll do my best to protect it, Julian.
Julian: [chuckles] Glad to hear. Come, Magneton, let us resume our research.
Magneton: Magneton.
Daruka: [voice-over] But something very unfortunate happened to me on November 15th, 2019, the date of my experiment.
Julian: Professor Oak, we're ready to test Daruka.
Professor Oak: There's just one problem: we don't have an Eeveelution to test Daruka on. All I found was this Mimikyu.
Mimikyu: Mimi?
Julian: [sighs] This Mimikyu will have to do.
Mimikyu: Mimikyu?
Julian: Oh, don't worry. The fusion will be over as soon as you know it.
(As soon as Julian placed the wild Mimikyu in the fusion machine with Daruka in the left side with her clothes off and Mimikyu in the right chamber, the doors automatically closed.)
Daruka: What's happening?! What's going on?!
[Machine powers on]
Professor Oak: Oh, no! The R Substance!
(The bottle of R Substance lands in the Fusion Generator 2024. The cork from the bottle pops open, causing the liquid to pour out. Apparently, the R Substance was too powerful for Daruka to handle, causing her body to change. Her breasts, legs, and vagina became Mimikyu-themed while Daruka's Eevee tail transformed into a wood version of her tail. There were two eyes forming from her fur, much to her embarrassment. Her Eevee ears stayed the same but as for her body, it transformed into the body of a Mimikyu. Daruka was no longer an Eevee – she was… an Eeveekyu!)
Daruka: [laughing evilly]
Professor Oak: Oh my Arceus! Julian, what have you done?! The R Substance is an illegal product across Kanto. You're turned Daruka into a bastard. Not just an ordinary bastard, an Eeveekyu with a psychopathic brain and a desire for world domination. How did your experiment screw up?
Julian: Sorry, sir. The Brain forced me to use the R Substance.
Pinky: What? It was Brain's idea, not mine.
Professor Oak: It's not your fault, Pinky. [shouts]: IT'S BRAIN'S FAULT THAT HIS DAMN CHEMICALS TURNED DARUKA INTO A PSYCHOPATH!
(Daruka, still naked, steps out of the Fusion Generator 2024.)
Daruka: [in a demon-like voice] You thought you could get away from me, professor? Well, I got away with it if it hasn't been for those meddling lab mice!
Brain: [shocked] What have I done? I've created a monster.
Pinky: Looks more like an Eevee-themed Mimikyu to me.
Brain: Pinky, you do realize that Daruka's evil now, don't you?
Pinky: Nope, not a clue.
(Brain sees Daruka reading Pokéboy magazines.)
Brain: Are those… magazines with naked people?
Daruka: Well, I do like porm.
Pinky: [closes his eyes] MY EYES ARE BLEEDING!
Brain: Put those magazines away right now, Miss Daruka.
Daruka: Or what?
Brain: Or I'll kill you!
(Daruka puts the magazines away.)
Brain: [smiles] That's better.
Narrator: This has been an interesting backstory so far. Daruka left Hoenn and became a lab experiment in Cinnabar Labs; Pinky and Brain are Daruka's assistants; and Daruka turned into an Eeveekyu? What will happen in part 2, you may ask? Well, you'll have to see what part 2 of this backstory holds.
(To Be Continued…)
THE END!
Another fan-made episode complete!
(February 14th, 2024): Great news, everybody! My mom's going to get me anew smartphone for my 20th birthday next month. I just can't wait to see my new smartphone, but in the meantime, I'll have to think of my fan-made stories through YouTube comments. Here's part 2 of "The Backstory Of Your Life: Part 2" featuring Daruka's edgy adulthood and determination to rule Hoenn.
I'll see you guys next time!