Shellder

Shellder (Xalarian)

Venomous Shell Pokemon

Water/Poison

This particular kind of Shellder can be found all over the world. However, they seem to be almost exclusively seen on the tails of Slowbros or the heads of Slowkings everywhere other than Xalanar.

HP: 30

Attack: 40

Defense: 80

SPA: 70

SPD: 40

Speed: 50

BST: 310

Shell Armor - This Pokemon cannot be struck by a critical hit.

Hidden Ability - Poison Point - 30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be poisoned.

There's several Pokedex entries for Slowbro and Slowking about the Shellder on their heads/tails having some sort of vemon, hence the secondary Poison-typing. I always found it strange there isn't an official thing for the type of Shellder they have, so I sorta just made it a regional variant sorta thing. Guess I got lazy here, but whatever, lol.

Learnset so far is Shell Smash, Toxic, Acid Spray, and Bubble Beam.

Tomorrow you'll read about the regional Cloyster this form of Shellder evolves into!

NOTE: This isn’t properly realistic, I tried my best to make them realistic as possible.

Magnemite: The one who inspired it all, Magnemite. Magnemite itself is the largest species of insect, being twice the size of a soccer ball. They were so unrelated to insects that they had their own group - Magnerius. The males constantly form in groups called “Magnetons”, that are up to about 3 Magnemites, and the females are solitary. They use their sharp mandibles to chew through its prey. They also are the only insect that where the male gets pregnant, and lays eggs. They are filled with electricity that is so painful, that its shocks can kill a human or a hungry predator that touches it. They are the most intelligent species of insect, able to solve problems easily. After mating, the male will lay his eggs near a tree, mimicking a seed. After the larvae hatch, they are always curved as a U-shape, with a red-tail end and a blue face, resembling a magnet. They can electrocute any predators but will actively avoid humans. they will feed on aphids, as a way to get rid of pests. After they have fully eaten the aphids, they transform into a spherical pupa. After 5 weeks the fully grown Magnemite emerges.

Tentacool: An uncommon species of squid that inhabit freshwater swamps of Hoenn and Paldea. After mating, the female will give birth to her youngsters. The youngsters called "Tentacool" are very fast, able to move as about twice the speed of a swordfish. After 4 weeks, the fully grown Tentacruel goes hunting mode. They have the ability to light up its red bulbs to lure its prey in, as they are very slow. and thanks to its bulbs, it is nicknamed “The Gem of the Swamps”. They have a highly tough shell, making it easy to defend itself from predators. When threatened, they will cover up its body only exposing its hard shell but will swim away from predators as youngsters as their shell hasn’t hardened enough as youngsters. Only males have a blue snout, while the female has a shorter one. The snout is curled up it when they when Tentacruel aren't hunting.

Cloyster: Cloyster is the largest species of scallop. Being the size of a soccerball as a youngster, and being thrice the size of a soccer ball as an adult. They have a large brain, making it capable of making it do decisions that can let it escape from predators. After mating, the female Cloyster will lay here eggs between rocks. after the eggs hatch, the youngsters, called "Shellder" swim out of the eggs. They are very slow, and their shell hasn’t fully hardened. So instead, they burrow themselves into the ground as a way to ambush prey and to hide from predators. As prey swims above it, unaware that a Shellder is about to eat them below. After the Shellder feels the vibration caused by the prey, the Shellder launches upwards, and uses its mouth to suck the prey in, and also injecting toxins into the prey’s body to paralyze it at the same time. After the prey dies, the Shellder eats the remains, and burrows back into its burrow, and after it’s shell has fully hardened, the Shellder will swim out of its burrow, slowly growing up into an adult Cloyster, along with its huge tusk slowly growing, and after they have fully grown into an adult, the Cloyster will hunt for anything that comes near it, such as Magikarp, Omanyte, and other marine species.

There weren’t any ways to for Electrode to cover his mouth to be a proper Pac Man.

And Shellder just became gums. Yes, this is Caine, and Yes, there will be a variant for Pomni.

I found a shellder on Pokemon Stop, i got an image of it /j

Here is something i did yesterday and today- the one with the grey background is digital^

I don't know how to feel about this. I wasn't trying to rush but it feels very off itself for the very big sendoff into Part 2. Sorry if it sucks, but I'll try much harder in Chapter 13! I have a feeling this is worse than my other series on the wiki, sadly. But hopefully not! Gotta stay confident and not rush! ...which it probably is. Enjoy!

Soft light surrounded the grass and trees in the shadowed forest. For a forest, this one was quite big, especially for one that was between Lylow City and the city right after, Shizeville City, notorious for how quick it is to get from one to the other by forest.

It was the first day of the camping trip as the class walked through the forest. Some students didn’t come, ditching the trip instead, but most of the class were here.

It was a vast change in setting, this time with lots of Pokemon peacefully living inside the forest, minding their own business. Most consisted of bug and flying type Pokemon, but there were some uncommon types like fairy or fire.

“Now remember, this is supposed to help you get ready for the trainer’s test by the end of the year!” Gus reminded, aloud. It was rare for Gus to act serious, considering his track record of being serious and goofy. The group came to a sudden halt. “Paul! Gus!” Professor Lazeli called out. The two mentioned threw the Pokeballs in the air, setting free their Pokemon.

A Trumbeak, Buizel, and Shinx all appeared in the group now. “Now everyone, watch closely how quickly they get ready for camp!”

Trumbeak used Fury Attack at a tree, striking it quickly over and over, while Paul caught whatever fell into a small basket he had on his back as he collected any berries that missed at a rapid pace.

On the other side, Gus shoulder bashed a different tree, Shinx running off ahead to get berries, and Buizel throwing any stick or berries onto Gus’ basket.

“Stop!” Ordered the teacher. Paul and Gus paused in their actions, Professor Lazeli following up on his order. “Now,” he started. “What did they do?” The professor awaited for a student to raise their hand. “Jason!”

The student put his hand down. “They got materials quickly!”

“Good. Now, while setting up camp like this is fast and efficient, it is also dangerous.”

Professor Lazeli grew serious. “If you do this without being experienced, what will happen?”

The same student, Jason, put his hand up in the air once more. Not a single other raised an arm high. “If that’s the case, then we’ll have three students give an answer at random. Paul, Gus, please go ahead.”

The same older duo nodded simultaneously, their Pokemon running off to the group of students. Trumbeak landed on a girl’s beret, a scream eliciting for the poor bird to hear. Buizel, on the other hand, used a light water gun on Samantha, and Shinx ran up to Ryan.

“And it seems that they are finished!” the professor mentioned. “Let’s start it off in order of which Pokemon went to who. Patricia! Why is it dangerous to prep camp fast?!”

“Me?!” The beret wearer exclaimed. “Uh, I don’t know! I just want this Pokemon off me!”

“We’ll get back to you later. How about you, Samantha?”

“Because we can get into a fight?” Samantha spoke so softly with her answer as Professor Lazeli was taken aback by it. “Well, you are right, Samantha! Good job!”

The professor applauded gleefully, clapping his hands while the Pokemon went back to their trainers. “You’ll be doing what Paul and Gus just did in groups of three! It will only happen at sunset though, each day! In the meantime before sunset, you go on by yourselves with the assignment in hand!”

Professor Lazeli pointed a finger right in front of the group. “You’re first assignment, catch yourselves a Pokemon! You have until sunset!”

Paul and Gus approached the students, giving each and every one of them a piece of paper with a number on it. “Your partner is who you share numbers with!” Paul explained. “Now let’s get a move on!” shouted Gus. The group scrambled, the clustered students moving around, finding their partners as it shrank. Small groups left the circle quickly on their search for Pokemon in this forest, one by one, right after another, until only three students were left; Ryan, Kyle, and Samantha.

“Oh,” said Kyle. “Oh…” Ryan grumbled. After that event, there was still tension when Samantha was around the boys. “Let’s go catch ourselves some Pokemon!” Kyle said nervously. “I bet we can find some new members for our teams with what we catch!” He ran off ahead, Eevee tracing his steps. Hopefully Samantha would get along with them in this assignment. “Oh, you’re on!” Ryan shouted back, excitedly. “Let’s do this, Froakie!”

Differently from the other two, Samantha sat down under a tree instead of run. Pop! Shellder, out of its Pokeball, went up to the girl. It had been a long while since the Pokemon was let out, but it still stayed by Samantha, even after the event. “You still like me as your trainer…?” Samantha asked. She was stupefied by this act. “After I’ve done all this, yet…” The girl looked at the Pokeball again. Smashed and cracked, many pieces having chipped away.

She began to well up in tears, hugging the shelled Pokemon. “I don’t deserve you…” Shellder, clueless, stayed still as it looked at Samantha with its derpy expression. However, there was a feeling that they were being watched. Shellder had to be in high-alert.

* * *

Kyle and Eevee were ahead of Ryan and Froakie now, finding a pond. "Looks like Ryan's a bit slow! Let's catch ourself a Pokemon, Eevee!" "Eevee!"

* * *

"Hey, Kyle!" Ryan yelled. "I finally caught-" He abruptly stopped midway through his sentence. "Where did you go?" Ryan turned his head from side to side. "Samantha's gone too?!"

"Fro…"

"Don't worry, bud," Ryan pat the frog's head. I think they're both fine, so let's head back to camp. It looks like sunset is about to happen soon."

Ryan stood up, dusting himself off the leaves given to him by the Pokemon he caught. 'Please be there." Ryan's steps were fast and hurried, the boy making his trek back to camp.

As Ryan neared the camp, he recognized someone under the tree. Samantha sat quietly, a PokeBall in her hand, the other petting Shellder.

'Huh?' Ryan had to run his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Lol and behold, Samantha was being kind to Shellder. Could she be different now? Ryan didn't was curious, yet at the same time, he couldn't believe it. Maybe he should talk to Samantha, person-to-person, later.

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Stepping right into camp, Ryan then noticed the time. The sky was pitch black, only theoon and stars shining. It was night already on his return! Where was Kyle and Eevee? Ryan searched the whole camp frantically. It wasn't like Ryan to get this worried, nor was it like Kyle to not come back in time. Did something happen?

"Professor Lazeli?" Ryan overheard. The person was Jason. "Oh! What is it, Jason?" The professor asked.

"Everyone is back, but Kyle."

"...What?"

"I know! We don't know where he is!"

"Oh this is bad! Don't do anything! Everyone will stay put and Gus will be in charge while we find Kyle! Make sure no one leaves camp!"

"Okay!"

Ryan stayed still, nerved. Kyle isn't back in camp and Professor Lazeli was going to search for him. And to top it all off, no one can leave to help search for him. 'What are you doing, Kyle?' Ryan thought, hearing Professor Lazeli's footsteps fade deeper into the forest.

At a wall near an alleyway, Kyle leaned against it. He was catching his breath from the whole ordeal. Unfavorably, Kyle had lost track of where everyone went. ‘This isn’t good…’ he thought, panting. ‘I need to catch up to them!’

And so the tired boy began once more. A hand grabbed his wrist, stopping Kyle’s journey forward. “Huh?!” Kyle shouted in surprise. The person who held his wrist was another boy. He was around the same age as Paul, but had more of that punk look, aside from his blonde hair. The teen didn’t have glasses either compared to Paul.

The encounter was weird as Kyle stared at the teen awkwardly. “Don’t worry, kid!” said the teen. “I’m gonna help you!”

“Huh?!” Kyle repeated. This guy’s way of speech flowed awkwardly. Before he could do anything, Kyle was lifted up by the blonde teen and onto the older boy’s shoulders. “Wait, wha-AAH!” Kyle’s words were interrupted by the teen’s sprint. Just who was this guy and why was he doing whatever he did?

Kyle only focused on not falling off of the running teen. ‘How did I get to this…?’ thought Kyle.

Suddenly, the teen abruptly stopped. What happened? Kyle opened his eyes to see why the blonde boy paused. The teen lifted Kyle off his shoulders while the boy watched the scene. It was pure chaos.

Ryan was shouting his head off at the girl, who retaliated back at him the same way. Eevee was shaking right beside the girl and Froakie was prepared for battle. And then the Shellder. It was away from the area of conflict with a puddle in front of it that soaked its Pokeball.

Kyle didn’t know what to do, watching the teen run off, yelling at the kids. He was trying to break up the drama to no avail. The effort was just white noise to the two.

The scene felt like a blur. A buzzing was heard now, the yelling from the three inaudible now. The teen could hear everything fine, but that was how the moment became for the three others.

Eevee was saying something by the look of it. She was tearily looking up at Ryan in an effort to put this to peace, only to be ignored. Despite the language barrier and inaudibility, everyone could tell what the Pokemon meant and Ryan wasn’t specifically having it. He yelled again, the teen intercepting and dragging him away.

Froakie began to charge up an attack as soon as it happened. But his target was the girl!

“Stop!” Kyle shouted, running to the middle between Froakie, and the girl and Eevee. He had his arms stretched, tears flooding down his face. “If it needs me, then here! I’ll give Eevee to her if that makes everyone happy!”

The boy’s offer was said, his voice shaky. He had an angry, yet sad look, unable to hold back the waterworks. It didn’t take too long before he broke down, crying sadly. “I-If t-that’s a-all-l-l-l it t-t-t-takes f-for n-no o-one to-o g-g-get h-hurt, I-I-I’m f-fine with t-that…”

Luckily, Froakie backed off a bit, surprised as the teen came back with a group of people. Some of them were recognizable. There was Paul, Ryan’s family… and even Kyle’s parents. And then two people separated the two kids who were left, finally putting the Pokemon back in their Pokeballs. Except Shellder who tapped on the button itself, despite the Pokeball being poorly damaged.

Paul looked at both Eevee and Shellder’s Pokeballs as he pondered to himself. ‘Was this choice right from the teacher? Was it my fault since I had the eggs?’ Paul was more devastated with Shellder’s Pokeball, heavily troubled on what to do after such an event. The blonde teen put a hand on Paul's back. "Don't worry, it wasn't your fault, bud," he said, reassuringly. "I hope so," Paul responded, not looking at his friend. "Only time would tell if it was right."

It was afternoon in Lylow Town, the school day over. Many students walked out of the school to meet up with their parents, hang out with each other, or go home. Some of the older students stayed to help the school.

Kyle and Ryan were walking home together. It was the first time the two would walk home as well as Kyle and Eevee’s first time walking together. Well, it wasn’t really walking as Kyle just held Eevee like he did when she was just an egg.

“How are you and Eevee getting along?” Ryan asked with a smile. “Eevee’s not really running away now, but she still won’t really act around me,” Kyle responded glumly.

“Well it’s your second day with her so don’t worry about it!” Ryan put a hand on Kyle’s back. “Y-yeah…” Kyle was caught off guard by that. It didn’t really make him feel better, sadly. Something else was on his mind. He went deep into thought, his head looking at the ground. Every sound was muffled as he pondered.

“Oh hey! I didn’t know that you gave Eevee a collar today!”

Kyle snapped back from his thinking. “What was that?” He asked. “I wasn’t paying attention.”

“I just said that I didn’t know you gave Eevee a collar. It looks nice!”

“Uh, yeah…”

Kyle forgot that he had given Eevee a collar. It was a pink collar with a fairy type symbol on it. His parents gave it to him last night after questioning what his Pokemon was and they expected Eevee to evolve into a Sylveon.

“Eev-v-v-v-v-v-v-vee!” Eevee scrambled in Kyle’s grasp. “Vee! Vee!” “Ah!” Kyle screamed, struggling with the panicking Eevee. “What is it?!”

“I’ll look around,” said Ryan. “You can calm Eevee down in the meantime.”

“Sure- Uh…” Kyle realized why Eevee was so fearful now. “What is it?” asked Ryan, still looking around. Then he saw it.

The girl was at a table outside a cafe. Her bitter manner didn’t change from earlier today. There wasn’t even a single thing from the cafe on her table as well. Just a Pokeball, presumably holding Shellder. The horrifying bit, however, was what the girl was doing. She smashed the Pokeball repeatedly against the table, each one more violent than the last. Then the girl threw the Pokeball at a wall as it bounced off and fell to the ground.

Shellder came out from the Pokeball, still in confusion over what happened. “I HATE YOU!” The girl screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran off crying. Shellder was about to follow, but then it saw the Pokeball on the ground. It was cracked, lots of pieces having chipped away before the Pokemon was released.

“Shell…” Shellder began to tear up. It stopped itself from beginning the floodworks, licking its eyes and grabbing the Pokeball with its tongue as it went after the girl.

“That’s messed up of her!” Ryan shouted. “I’m so mad!” He clenched his fist, turning towards Kyle. “I think my home is nearby, so sorry about that… But let’s have fun, tomorrow!”

That goodbye felt forced. Kyle watched Ryan and Froakie run off, worried. “Eevee…” Eevee was sad about the event. “It’s okay, Eev-EE?!” Eevee interrupted Kyle, hopping out of his arms and running after Shellder Wait. Didn’t Ryan run the same direction as Shellder? This was bad. “Wait!” Kyle shouted. He had to do something before this turned worse.

* * *

“...Hm?”

And here we go, the longest chapter yet so far! I'm unsure of how ell this is since it feels more wonky compared to the last 4, but I hope you enjoy!

Kyle stood in front of the entrance once again, like yesterday. This time, he had a Pokeball in hand… and Ryan had come along. Kyle looked at his Pokeball and then at Froakie. “Do you ever put Froakie in a Pokeball, Ryan?” asked Kyle. “Nope!” That was a rather fast answer. “I like to let Froakie out and nothing bad happens! Besides, Froakie likes it too!”

Kyle nodded, seeing the Froakie nod in confirmation. “W-well, maybe…” he contemplated. “Let’s go to class first. I don’t want Eevee to run away again.”

“Oh yeah! That happened!”

Ryan laughed, remembering the event yesterday, Kyle slipping out a small smile while they walked to class. Inside the classroom was no one yet again, including Paul and the girl.

Kyle took a deep breath, looking at his Pokeball nervously, and then at Ryan. Finally, he focused on the wall and threw the capsule at it. A pop cracked out of the Pokeball, as it opened for the Pokemon to at last be released for the first time.

The brown, fox-like Pokemon appeared on the ground. Turning around to look behind it, the Eevee saw Kyle holding its Pokeball, as well as Ryan and Froakie. “Eevee!” The Eevee turn tailed the other way again and ran off once more. However, it ran straight into the stand, knocking itself out.

“Uh,” Kyle began nervously, walking to the still Pokemon. “Are you okay?” He stroked the Eevee’s head shakily, in an effort to somewhat soothe the pain.

“...Eevee?” The Eevee looked at the boy. Confused yet still scared, the Pokemon calmed down a bit from the petting.

“Eevee…” The Eevee flicked its tail, standing up before moving its head away from Kyle’s hand. Kyle sighed as he saw the Eevee flick its, or her to be more exact, tail more. She stayed agitated, turning her head to glance at other areas occasionally with that same heart patterned tail swishing irritably.

“This isn’t working…” Kyle said defeatedly, withdrawing the Pokeball. “Eevee!” The Eevee yapped at Kyle in a battle stance, although she still shook. “Huh?” Kyle was confused, looking back at Ryan. “I don’t know what it means! Is this normal?!”

“I don’t know either!” Ryan replied back. “But it looks ready to fight though! Froakie, let’s do-”

Click

The door opened as Paul stepped inside. Just who they needed. “Paul!” Kyle shouted. “We need help!” The room was about to go into a fight when Paul looked around. Ryan and Froakie were ready, Kyle had come up to Paul, and the Eevee was in a high-alerted state.

Then, he stepped into the middle, between them and left an oran berry on the floor. “Just walk away,” said Paul, keeping an eye on the Eevee as he walked Ryan away. Kyle turned to follow but Paul stopped him with a “Stay.”

“This is your Pokemon. I’m just here to help out,” Paul finished. He walked Ryan and Froakie out of the classroom, leaving only Kyle and the Eevee inside. “Why did you do that?!” asked Ryan.

“Just watch.” And with that, Ryan reluctantly obliged, peaking through the window.

Inside, the Eevee had begun eating the oran berry as Kyle sat and watched, not knowing what to do. The berry was soon finished as Eevee looked around once more, seeing only Kyle in the room. “Eevee…” The Eevee backed away once more, getting another sigh from Kyle. It was going to take a long time for them to get along.

Meanwhile, with Ryan, Paul opened the door again and went inside, urging him to come as well. “We’re going to ignore the Eevee now,” said Paul. Ryan nodded, following the assistant into class again.

Now they had to wait again for the school day to start. Paul read a book while Ryan laid his head down in boredom and to resist the temptation to watch Kyle’s growth with the Eevee. Froakie had to also stay in his Pokeball, which was with Paul.

After a disturbingly long silence, the door opened again. It was the girl from yesterday. She still seemed bitter about the Pokemon she got. Actually, what happened to that Shellder after yesterday? Paul went to the desk the girl was at, leaving a Pokeball on it before resuming back to his book.

The girl looked up to see the Pokeball she dreaded, switching her attention to Kyle’s Eevee afterwards. “I should have gotten that…” she muttered. “But I got this…” The girl stared at the Pokeball angrily, glaring at the Eevee too right after.

Suddenly, the girl got up and stepped closer towards the pair. She pulled her arm behind her, hand in a fist and…

Paul grabbed the girl’s wrist, walking to her desk before taking the Pokeball again from the table as he began to step away from the classroom.

“I should have gotten that Eevee…” the girl repeated, as she was walked out, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists as she did so. “It’s not fair…” she grumbled. “It’s not fair, it’s not fair, it’s not fair, it’s not fair…”

“I should have gotten that! Not a Shellder!” the girl shouted. Already, tears were flowing down her cheeks. Her voice startled the Eevee as she quickly shoved her hand inside Paul’s pocket to retrieve the Pokeball. She harshly threw the ball right at Kyle and Eevee, releasing Shellder in the process.

Paul held the girl’s wrist more firmly as she raged out of the classroom. Screams could be heard alongside loud sobs until they were out of reach. Only the Shellder was left behind, confused in a room with a startled Eevee and two kids he didn’t meet. Kyle had nothing to say, still in a state of shock. Surprisingly enough, Ryan also didn’t know what to do.

I really want one but need to know what dungeon to grind in till I get it. Desperately need a ranged Ice- Type, and Glalie isn't really cutting it with Freeze- Dry and Frost Breath.

Honorable mention: Slowbro’s shellder

I havent made an art post for a whole month! heres a shellder for today