If the title wasn't enough to give you guys a warning, then this chapter should clue you in that something really bad is happening.

Disclaimer: All Pokémon featured in this fic belong to Satoshi Taijiri and Game Freak. The main character is still my OC.
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"It's the Guardians of Johto! Run for your lives!" I heard one of the Dusclops shout. And everyone followed suit, except for Dusknoir. (Forgive me for misspelling Dusclops for the past couple of chapters-I know for a fact that Pokémon fans and Grammar Nazis are a horrible combination on the Internet.)

"Cowards! Don't run from these fools!" Dusknoir shouted, but he soon realized that he couldn't fight the Guardians by himself, so he disappeared into the shadows of the Castle.

The Guardians Ho-Oh and Lugia landed near us. I admit, I was somewhat intimidated by their size, and I had the strangest feeling that they weren't here to save us, but for something else.

"Stand aside, little ones," said Lugia. "We must find our servants and save them from the Evil One." (Remember this name. It's important.)

"Wait, do you mean Dusknoir?" Pollitoed asked Lugia.

"No, there is something much more dangerous out there, who has taken the Three Beasts hostage." said Ho-Oh.

"We could help." I said to the Guardians.

"No, we have already endangered too many during our battle with the Evil One." said Lugia.

"Look Guardians, we've gotten involved in this battle five days ago, so we're helping, whether you two like it or not." I heard Togepi say with that stubborn attitude of hers (which, might I add, is one of the things I love about her). (This hasn't been said enough: Togepi. Is. Awesome. (At least in this series))

"Fine, but don't say we didn't warn you." said Ho-Oh.

Ho-Oh and Lugia used Sacred Fire and Aeroblast, respectively, to last holes in the castle wall big enough for them to fit in there (which were enormous holes), and the search for the Beasts. (Again; HOW DID THE CASTLE NOT COLLAPSE AFTER THAT?) We searched for a while, and none of the Dusclops wanted anything to do with the Guardians of Johto, and basically ran for their afterlives.

It wasn't long before we were able to find any sign of the beasts, but what we found wasn't good. A Vileplume (So the Gloom earlier were working for Dusknoir after all. The Vileplume must be their leader) had three giant, cat-like creatures held up in giant test-tubes.

One of the tubes contained a lion-like creature with a red face mask with smoke-shaped fur on its back. One contained a large, yellow beast that resembled a tiger. The beast had stripes shaped like lightning bolts, had a tail that sparked, and had a silver mask. The last tube held a blue leopard with a large, purple tuft on its head, followed by a large mass of purple fur on its back.

Just by looking at these guys, I knew that we had found the Three Legendary Beasts of Johto.
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"So, now you know my true motives." I heard the evil voice of Dusknoir say. I turned around to see that he had showed up with a large squadron of Dusclops.

"What do you want the Legendary Beasts for?" Chikorita asked.

"They are three pieces of the puzzle I need to solve in order to create the Ultimate Pokémon." Dusknoir said.

"What?" I asked.

Dusknoir floated over to the beasts, pressed a large red button (no surprise there), and within seconds, the Three Beasts stepped out of their glass prisons, and stared at us menacingly.

"Entei, Raikou, Suicune! What are you doing?" Ho-Oh asked what I assumed were the names of the beasts. It finally occurred to me that these Meowth actually mentioned these three earlier; if they're as powerful as I was led to believe, this may be a problem.

"We serve only the all-powerful Dusknoir." The beasts said in unison. Yeah, we've got a problem.

"What have you done with them, Ghost from Another World?" Ho-Oh said to Dusknoir.

"You're former servants were, at one point, the three most powerful Pokémon in the region, until they were imprisoned in a tower for hundreds of years. I was kind enough to free them, and they gave me their power." Dusknoir said as he began what I suspected was one of his rants about ultimate power. (You suspect well.) "As you already know, I am disgusted by the lack of power most Pokémon these days possess. So, I've devised a plan to sap the energy of every Legendary Pokémon in Johto, and use it to create the Ultimate Pokémon, which will send off powerful evolutionary waves, forcing Pokémon to evolve, whether they like it or not."

"What good will all of that do?" Heracross asked.

"It will allow me to create an army of unstoppable warriors that not even Arceus himself will be able to defeat."

The Dusclops soon surrounded all of us, trapping us in that lab with a psychotic criminal mastermind, as well as three terrifying beasts. Lugia and Ho-Oh charged their attacks, threatening to wipe out the Ghost Hoard, but they didn't cower, or retaliate in any way. In fact, they didn't seem at all intimidated by the presence of the Guardians of Johto at all. Then, it finally dawned on me.

"IT'S A TRAP" I shouted, but it was too late. The beasts had already sent waves of agonizingly painful attacks at us. While the rest of us were writhing in pain, Dusknoir had already attached devices on the back of the Guardians' necks.

I noticed that Lugia's eyes soon started to glow an eerie shade of purple, while Ho-Oh's eyes turned completely red. I was no longer looking at the Legendary Guardians of the Johto Region. No; I was staring into the eyes of two, blood-thirsty demons.

"Dark Lugia, Evil Ho-Oh (Seriously?), send these so-called 'detectives' to the Ghost Realm," Dusknoir ordered his new minions, but then turned to Togepi. "Say hello to your brother for me when you cross to the other side."

That did it. Togepi instantly shot up and shot out a Shadow Ball at Lugia, causing a surprisingly significant blow to the Psychic/Flying-Type Guardian. This opportunity gave me the chance to get back up and shoot a Thunderbolt at Ho-Oh. The commotion was enough to give the rest of the group enough energy to get back up and fight the enemy. Feraligatr had gotten in a fight with Entei, and was able to knock the guy unconscious, as well as distract the other beasts long enough for the rest of us to escape, all while Dusknoir kept shouting "Get them! Get them you incompetent fools! Don't let them escape!" at his minions.

We once again tried to escape the castle, this time with perfect succession. The strangest thing was that, although Dusknoir had a large army of ghosts (plus Tyranitar and Noctowl); he had no minions of any kind chasing after us. I soon realized that once again I made the mistake of underestimating my enemy, and found that Lugia and Ho-Oh were waiting for me and my friends. But, even in their evil forms, something about them seemed a little strange.

"RUN, PIKACHU!" Lugia shouted at me. I then realized that, despite Dusknoir's evil devices, Lugia was fighting the dark forces controlling him. "RUN TO ILEX FOREST! THERE IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND CELEBI!" Both Guardians then collapsed from exhaustion. I gestured for us to move on, and we headed in the direction of what Lugia described as Ilex Forest.
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And with that, "The Dusk of Time" finally kicks its story into overdrive. By the way, if I somehow made Lugia look more badass than Ho-Oh, keep in mind that I've had SoulSilver Version for almost three years now, and I didn't get ahold of HeartGold until around the same time I got Black2 and White2.

Of course, now that we've come this far, this means that some questions will be answered, while also bringing up a helluva lot more.

Remember to review, and I'll see you guys later.