Darkrai and Cresselia

Several things happened after Ash and Tomo received their fifth badge from Fantina. Tomo captured a wild Skuntank. Then Barry and the gang ran into Team Rocket again and they were sent flying. Barry then left the gang to do some training on Iron Island. 
Today the gang arrived in Canalave City, the location of the sixth gym. The Canalave Gym was constructed out of iron and steel, so it resembled a factory. 
"Hello!" Ash called out, but didn't receive a answer.
"Is no one here?" Dawn asked.
Before her question could be answered, a loud scream came from inside the gym.
"What on earth?" Ash exclaimed.
Just then a man came out of the gym and he looked very tired; he even had dark circles under his eyes.
"Oh hi there." The man said once he saw the gang.
"Hi there." Ash said. "Um, were you screaming just now?"
"Oh you heard that?" The man asked. "I'm sorry about that but I was having a nightmare and it was really horrible. To tell you the truth I haven't been sleeping well because of these nightmares."
"Oh okay." Ash said. "Um is the gym leader here by chance? My brother and I wish to battle him for a badge."
"Oh I'm sorry kid but I'm afraid the gym leader isn't here." The man said. "You see, he's training on Iron Island and he won't be back for a few days."
Ash and Tomo couldn't believe they had to wait again for another gym battle. Suddenly the man started nodding off to sleep and he ended up screaming because of a nightmare.
"Oh sorry about that, come back another time." The man said and he went back inside the gym.
"That man was acting weird." Tomo said.
"Yes especially since he said he hadn't slept for a while." Dawn agreed.
"Something's weird." Ash replied. 
The gang walked through the city, but nobody was around and all the shops were closed.
"According to the guidebook, it's always busy around here in Canalave City." Brock said.
"Well it certainly isn't busy here. Something's not right." Dawn said.
"Hmm." Brock said, thoughtfully. "Let's go see Officer Jenny. I'm sure she can tell us what's going on."
Brock was right.
"Every year a Darkrai visits Canalave City and gives everybody nightmares." Officer Jenny explained.
"Well that's a big nightmare to have." Ash said.
He remembered what Darkrai was like. 
"A Cresselia, who lives on Fullmoon Island near Canalave City appears at the same time as Darkrai and it would use it's powers to dispose of all the nightmares."
"But Darkrai appeared earlier than expected and we haven't seen Cresselia at all. So everyone kept getting nightmares for the last few days and they haven't been able to sleep." Officer Jenny said.
"That explains the man who just came out of the gym and why the town is completely empty." Ash said.
"Isn't there anything that can be done about this?" Dawn asked.
"Well truth be told everyone, including myself, obtained these Lunar Wings that are supposed to dispel nightmares because they come from Cresselia, but they don't seem to be working." Officer Jenny said.
"Do you have the Lunar Wing now?" Ash asked.
She showed them a light yellow and green feather.
"Mind giving that to me." Officer Jenny handed him the Lunar Wing.
He took one look at it and then faced Officer Jenny.
"This is a Pidgey feather that has been painted to resemble a Lunar Wing." Ash informed her.
Officer Jenny wasn't happy upon hearing that. She paid money for her fake Lunar Wing.
"It's arresting time!" She shouted, running out of the police station.
"Let's follow Officer Jenny said." Brock said. The others agreed. 
In the park of Canalave City, Team Rocket who were disguised as merchant sellers, were selling fake Lunar Wings to people. Meowth gave out his last one to a man, but Jessie promised the remaining customers they would get some more. Jessie and Meowth went into the tent. In the tent James was making fake Lunar Wings by painting some Pidgey feathers. 
"Hurry up James, we need more fake Lunar Wings." Jessie said. 
"I could hurry up if you two were helping me. I've only got two hands you know." James complained.
"I have to say, this machine of ours has done really good." Meowth said. 
In the tent was a strange looking machine; Team Rocket created it to make everyone in the city have nightmares.
"Yes it has, but we haven't had a good night's sleep ourselves since we created it." Jessie said.
It was true because the machine caused Jessie, James and Meowth to get nightmares too. 
"Never mind." Meowth said. "After we sell all our fake Lunar Wings to all the people in this city we'll stop the machine and leave."
"You'll be leaving alright." A voice said. "You'll be heading to jail."
The voice belonged to Officer Jenny. She heard everything Team Rocket said and was ready to arrest them. Jessie, James and Meowth removed their disguises and revealed themselves.
"Why am I not surprised Team Rocket is behind this." Dawn stated.
"Because they're the type of people who like to take money from people unfairly." Brock answered.
Team Rocket was angered that their plan had been foiled again.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt." Ash ordered. 
Not only was Team Rocket sent blasting off, but the nightmare inducing machine was destroyed.
Officer Jenny was grateful for the gang helping her solve the mystery of the nightmares and getting rid of Team Rocket's machine. She invited the gang over for dinner and to let them stay the night at her place. The gang instantly accepted. 
That night...
Everyone was sleeping soundly but then Ash began to have a very scary nightmare. He dreamed that he and Pikachu got dragged into the ground and they went down a very long, dark hole. Then at the end of the hole there was a big, shadowy figure that Ash recognized right away.
It wasn't long until everyone woke up screaming. Dawn, Tomo, Brock and Officer Jenny had the same nightmare Ash was experiencing. 
"Why are we having nightmares?" Dawn asked. "We destroyed Team Rocket's machine."
"It's Darkrai this time." Ash responded. "I saw it's shadow in my nightmare."
"If you're right, then we need to head to Fullmoon Island and find Cresselia." Officer Jenny said.
She had a police boat at the harbor and set off for Fullmoon Island with the gang right away.
What they didn't know was Team Rocket was following them in their Magikarp submarine.
"Fullmoon Island ahead." James said.
"Rumored to be the home of Cresselia." Meowth said.
"If we get our hands on Cresselia and give it to the boss, we'll get a big raise." Jessie said.
"What about the real Darkrai?" Meowth asked. "Will we get that one as well."
"Yes, the boss would like that." Jessie answered.
"Let's just hope it doesn't give anyone at headquarters nightmares." James said.
"If it does, that Cresselia will deal with it." Jessie said.
By now Officer Jenny had driven the boat through a cave that led to the entrance of Fullmoon Island. Everyone got off the boat and started to look for Cresselia. Officer Jenny explained that whenever Darkrai appeared, Cresselia would appear in a shrine on top of Fullmoon Island. Suddenly they saw a glow coming from some rocks. Ash went over to it and found a real Lunar Wing. 
"Looks like Cresselia dropped this feather not that long ago." Brock said, admiring the feather.
Brock showed the feather to Growlithe and he sniffed it to find Cresselia's scent. Dawn sent out her Swinub to help find Cresselia's scent too. Growlithe and Swinub ran up some hills until they came to a big rock shaped like a crescent moon. 
"There it is. Cresselia's shrine." Officer Jenny said.
At that moment what looked like the northern lights appeared in the sky and then a beautiful yellow, pink and blue Pokemon appeared. It was Cresselia.
"What a beautiful Pokemon." Dawn said.
She looked at Cresselia on her Pokedex.
"Cresselia, the Lunar Pokemon. Shiny particles are released from it's wings like a veil. It is said to represent the crescent moon."
Team Rocket also saw Cresselia and tried to capture it. Meowth pressed a button on a remote and a net came out of the submarine. The net flew up towards Cresselia and trapped it.
"What just happened?!" Officer Jenny shouted.
She ran over to the net to help Cresselia and the gang followed her. Before they could even get to Cresselia though, Team Rocket appeared with their submarine which now had some metal legs.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, sorry, but you won't be getting anywhere near our catch." Jessie laughed.
"It's you three again!" Officer Jenny shouted. "Release Cresselia now!"
"No can do I'm afraid." James said.
Meowth pressed another button on the remote and more nets came out of the sub, trapping Officer Jenny and the gang. Growlithe and Swinub weren't trapped in the net though. Team Rocket then proceeded to laugh.
"This is our chance to take Cresselia with us." Team Rocket declared.
Growlithe and Swinub weren't going to allow that to happen and got ready to fight.
Growlithe released a stream of fire from his mouth and Swinub produced a big ball of mud. The submarine didn't receive a scratch though.
"Don't even try it, you two." Meowth said. "Our submarine is a lot stronger than it was in the past. Your attacks are useless against it."
Growlithe and Swinub weren't giving up yet and they attacked the submarine's mechanical legs and arms with Flame Wheel and Take Down. But it still didn't stop the submarine. Meowth made the arms move to whack Growlithe and Swinub out of the way.
"Don't do anymore Growlithe, Swinub!" Tomo shouted. "You two are no match for that machine!"
"Yes, please stop!" Dawn also shouted.
Suddenly Swinub glowed and evolved into a Piloswine. Team Rocket was now in trouble because Piloswine was much stronger than Swinub.
Piloswine rammed into the submarine with Take Down and this time it was sent flying along with Team Rocket.
Officer Jenny and the gang then freed themselves from the nets. Afterwards Dawn ran over to Piloswine and hugged him.
"You were wonderful, Piloswine. Thank you." She said.
Officer Jenny and Ash freed Cresselia. It was grateful for their efforts.
"Cresselia, please release the people of Canalave City from Darkrai's nightmares." Officer Jenny said.
Cresselia started to fly away.
"Where's Cresselia going?" Dawn asked.
"It must be heading to Canalave City to look for Darkrai." Brock answered.
"We need to get back to Canalave City immediately." Officer Jenny said.
She and the gang returned to the boat and made their way back to the city.
Cresselia flew to Canalave City's park and released a bright light. A Darkrai then emerged from the shadows to face it. Officer Jenny and the gang then arrived on the scene.
"Look, it's Darkrai." Tomo said.
Dawn looked it up on the Pokedex.
"Darkrai, the Pitch-Black Pokemon. It can lull people to sleep and make them dream. It is active during nights of the new moon."
"So I was right. Darkrai was the source of the nightmares." Ash said.
"But why did it come now?" Officer Jenny asked out loud.
Before her question could be answered, two Hyper Beam attacks came out of nowhere and hit Darkrai and Cresselia.
"Where did that come from?!" Dawn shouted.
The source was two Aerodactyl.
"Where did these Aerodactyl come from?" Officer Jenny questioned.
"They're mine." A voice said.
The voice originated from a middle-aged man in a jungle themed outfit.
"I know you. You're Lex Oswald, aren't you." Officer Jenny said.
"Indeed I am." Lex nodded. "I'm honored that you know me, Officer Jenny."
"This guy's a poacher who goes around catching rare Pokemon in the wild." She informed them about Lex.
"I thank you for bringing Cresselia here, Officer Jenny." Lex said. "Now I have the opportunity to catch Darkrai and Cresselia at the same time. It's also thanks to those moronic Team Rocket members that Darkrai showed itself. The electronic magnesium from their nightmare inducing machine caused Darkrai to appear earlier than it normally does."
"That does make sense." Brock whispered to the others.
"Now if you guys don't mind, I have a Darkrai and Cresselia to catch."
"Not gonna happen!" Ash shouted.
Before Ash could even grab a Poke Ball, his Cranidos and Shieldon popped out of their Poke Balls.
"Cranidos and Shieldon, do you two want to battle the Aerodactyl?" Ash asked.
The two rock type Pokemon did.
"Okay you two, get ready." Lex found it funny that the Cranidos and Shieldon wanted to battle his Aerodactyl, considering how small they were.
He agreed to it nonetheless.
"Aerodactyl, fire your Hyper Beam at those two small rock type Pokemon." He said.
The two Aerodactyl fired Hyper Beam at Cranidos and Shieldon, but they tunneled underground with Dig.
"Cranidos, Shieldon use Ice Beam." Ash said.
Cranidos and Shieldon released two beams of ice at the Aerodactyl, but they dodged the attacks. 
Cranidos and Shieldon fired Ice Beam once again, but for the second time they missed.
"Aerodactyl, use Giga Impact." Lex said.
The two Aerodactyl charged towards Cranidos and Shieldon, then tackled them.
"Oh no Cranidos, Shieldon!" Ash shouted.
Cranidos and Shieldon were badly injured by that attack.
"Ash, you better return Cranidos and Shieldon and let another Pokemon take on the Aerodactyl." Brock advised. "Cranidos and Shieldon can't take another attack like that."
Ash knew he was right and took out their Poke Balls to return them.
Before he got the chance though, the two fossil Pokemon started to glow. Cranidos evolved into Rampardos while Shieldon turned into a big dinosaur-like Pokemon with a big head resembling a castle wall, spikes over it's head and ridges and plates all over it's body.
"Wow." Brock said. "Not only did Cranidos evolve into Rampardos, but Shieldon evolved into Bastiodon."
Dawn looked Bastiodon up on the Pokedex.
"Bastiodon, the Shield Pokemon and the evolved form of Shieldon. Any frontal attack is repulsed. It is a docile Pokemon that feeds on grass and berries."
"Let's see what you're made of Rampardos, Bastiodon." Ash said. 
The two fossil Pokemon roared in response.
"Okay then. Bastiodon, Flash Cannon. Rampardos, Dragon Pulse." Rampardos and Bastiodon fired their attacks and this time they hit the Aerodactyl. 
Lex wasn't happy after seeing that.
"Giga Impact." He ordered.
"Counter with Iron Head Rampardos, Bastiodon." Ash said.
Rampardos and Bastiodon charged towards the two Aerodactyl, colliding with them.
"Don't give up yet Rampardos, Bastiodon!" Ash shouted. "Use Ice Beam."
Rampardos and Bastiodon didn't give up and both fired Ice Beam. This time the Aerodactyl were frozen solid in blocks of ice. 
Lex couldn't believe what had happened and tried to run away, but Pikachu stopped him in his tracks with Thunderbolt.
"Lex Oswald, you're under arrest." Officer Jenny said as she placed handcuffs on his wrists.
The two Aerodactyl were returned to their Poke Balls.
"I'll figure out what to do with them later." She said.
Ash and Brock rushed over to Darkrai and Cresselia to see if they were alright and they were. At that moment, Darkrai and Cresselia were flying around in a circle together.
"Are they going to battle?" Tomo asked.
"I don't know, I haven't seen this kind of behavior from them before." Officer Jenny answered.
Cresselia shined a light down on Ash while Darkrai landed on his shadow.
"What are they doing with Ash?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know, but let's see what happens next." Officer Jenny said.
At first Ash remained silent and still while looking at the Lunar Duo. But then he suddenly removed two Dusk Balls from his pocket and tossed them at Darkrai and Cresselia. The Lunar Duo were caught instantly.
"Ash, what have you done?" Dawn asked.
"Cresselia and Darkrai wanted me to catch them. That was the reason they surrounded me." He explained.
Officer Jenny and the others couldn't believe it, but quickly accepted it.
"I trust you'll take care of Darkrai and Cresselia, Ash?" Officer Jenny asked.
"Of course." He nodded.
So with the surprising capture of Darkrai and Cresselia, Canalave City could get some much needed sleep.