Darkrai was trapped within enchanted chains in the Distortion world.
He struggled against the chains for the one thousandth time.
"Please release me". Darkrai panted while looking sorrowfuly at his capture.
Giratina.
Giratina sighed again.
"You know I can't do that. Father would banish me here for another 10 000 years".
"But I did nothing wrong. Please release me. I..I need to see her again". Darkrai said crying.
His tears turned into evaporated misery.
"Look I know you love Cresselia and you're not a bad Pokemon so maybe this is just a misunderstanding.
So can you just wait for Father? "
Giratina and Darkrai were good friends because they were both misunderstood and feared because of their fears.
No one knew but Darkrai was able to sneak with in to the Distortion world thanks to his teleportation through shadows.
Some of the legendary Pokemon were starting to think of the two as more than friends but Darkrai only loved Cresselia.
But he would never reveal Giratina's secret of being homosexual. He would let him tell the others when he was ready.
(FLASH)
My son leave us.
As you wish Father.
Giratina gave Darkrai a sorrowful gaze. His Father could be quite harsh now days.
Mesprit thought the entrapment had messed with his consciousness and sanity.
As soon as Giratina went to check up on the rest of the classes Distortion world Arceus's eyes snapped back to Darkrai with a cold glare.
"You will be released if you beg for forgiveness for your crimes".
This shocked Darkrai. The legendaries were like family to Arceus. Humans and other Pokemon he would allow to beg but never the legendaries.
"How can I ask for forgiveness if I do not know what I did wrong"? Darkrai said curiously.
"I said Beg.For your crimes you disrupted the perfect order I was creating by falling in love with the one you were supposed to hate YOU WRETCH!!!
Darkrai was scared. Arceus had been happy and supporting when Cobalion and Virison got together after having a slight attraction to each other.
Now if you fall out of love and never fall in love again. You will be set free and be the Nightmare-causing spirit of evil you were supposed to be!!
"I will never fall out of love. I will love Cresselia with all my heart for all eternity. So go ahead destroy me. My love for her will last. No matter what I will never fall out of love JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID SO!!! Darkrai yelled at the top of his non-existent lungs.
"Fine I won't destroy you. I'll simply send you to another world where your love will die!
"You're not Arceus are you"? Darkrai said aggressively knowing that this being in front of him was a fake.
Arceus's eyes were gold and shone brightly with all the joy and goodness in the world. This Arceus's eyes were blood red and dimmed with all the hatred and darkness in the world.
"Goodbye Darkrai".
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Darkrai landed with a thud in the Everfree forest.
He opened his eyes and gasped.
It wasn't a nightmare which was ironic since he was a living nightmare.
He checked to see if it was still there.
It was a pendant.
It was gold with a diamond lense so it shone like a rainbow when you held it up to the light. Inside was a picture of Cresselia with the engraving "In my heart forever".
It was Darkrai's favourite belonging. He checked in his bag of shadows.
He sighed in relief. All of his belongings were in the bag.
He floated up above the trees and gasped.
The fake Arceus was right he was in another world.
The fake Arceus.
The other legendaries would have to bow down to him.
But he was right about one thing. He couldn't love Cresselia.
He was a living nightmare when she was an angel of dreams.
He was nothing but a monster. A monster of the shadows with no heart and no one to love.
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Princess Luna was in Canterlot when she felt the presence of evil nightmares in Equestria.
She feared it was Nightmare Moon.
This time she wasn't going to be a living nightmare. She was going to destroy this one.
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Darkrai hovered over the Everfree Forest. He had learnt a lot about this new land from a zebra called Zecora.
He had seen into her mind thanks to his powers.
He landed under a random tree in a town called Ponyville.
This was where he was going to stay. He put the pendant back in the bag of shadows.
The last thing he needed was robbers stealing his only reminder of the one he loved.
Cresselia.
Darkrai looked up at the moon and saw it to be blank.
"I better fix that". Darkrai thought to himself.
He made a few black spots on the moon until it formed a picture.
A silhouette of his love.
Everything about her was magical and beautiful.
Her kind nature, her patience, her resilience to help others fall in love and her eyes were amethyst stars.
Everything about her was gone.
Darkrai decided to not believe in love ever again.
"Love is only an excuse for weakness. The moment you fall in love you seal your doom to heartbreak and suffering". Darkai thought.
"Everyone thought I was a monster. All anyone else can think about me is how much of a monster I am. I'm nothing but a bad dream and a shadow to them".
The air around Darkrai turned dark and his wisps of shadows began to flow around like crazy.
All he had ever done was fall in love. A stupid thing to do.
Why why? Why did anyone refuse to see him as anything but a monster? Why was he banished from his love just because he loved her? It didn't matter that they were opposites to them but now..now...
Darkrai was shocked as realisation sank in. He was never going to see his love again.
He hid himself in the shadows and did something he had not done in a millennia. Darkrai cried himself to sleep.