Sorry for the last movie chapter issue. It just got me frustrated that it was deleted...Okay, enjoy this chapter!

HGSS: Johto Saga

Season 5, Opening: This Dream

Chapter 27

Lighthouse Terror

Light burst into the lighthouse as Ethan turned the wheel and opened the door. Inside, a flight of stairs awaited them, curling around and iron and stone pillar the stretched into the ceiling.

"Well, we'd better start our trek..." Ethan started.

"NOT SO FAST!" An boy's voice slammed their ears. Suddenly, he appeared from behind the stairs. "You aren't going anywhere!" He shrieked, glaring at them. He had a pair of hiker's boots on, along with a yellow jacket over a bumblebee colored shirt. His jeans were black and came down and tucked inside of his boots.

"Huh? Who are you?" Brandon replied.

"My name is Oliver, but what's it to ya? You aren't getting past here without a battle!" He bellowed, reaching for a pokeball.

"How sudden. Well, we won't back down!" Ethan said, reaching for his own pokeball.

Lights illuminated the area. Oliver tossed his ball and a large steel pokemon with three heads appeared. Ethan analyzed it with his pokedex and found it as a Magneton.

"I'm from Sinnoh, and we're tough...You aren't winning easily!" Oliver sneered.

Ethan nodded and sent out Quilava. "But Quilava will leave you shaking in your boots, literally! Quilava, use Flamethrower!" Quilava breathed the pounding funnel of fire. Magneton threw itself up and dodged.

"Magneton, use Mirror Shot!" Magneton released three white beams from each of its eyes. They hit directly in front of Quilava, creating a cloud of smoke. "Now, Flash!" Magneton glowed bright and Quilava was blinded. "Final attack, Charge Beam!" Magneton charged electricity in the middle of its body and released it on Quilava, fainting it.

"Whoa, Quilava return. So, one more right? Get out there Aipom!" Aipom hopped off of his shoulders.

"Magneton, return. Come on out, Gible!" Oliver sent out a small teal colored pokemon. It had the resemblance of shark, in a way. "Gible, let's show 'em our brute strength and tactics. Use Sandstorm!" Gible span on its foot and released a large funnel of sand that whipped around Aipom. "Now, Fire Fang!"

Gible stopped and opened its mouth wide. Fire spread around its fangs and it lobbed forward, slamming into Aipom through the sand. "Finally, finish it with Sand Tomb!"

"Aipom, quick, use Double Team!" Aipom split into three, but the sandstorm released funnels of sand into all of them and fainted the real Aipom.

"Aipom, return..." Ethan recalled his monkey. "You're tough..." Ethan gritted.

"Told ya. You aren't really worth calling my rival, but we'll meet again, I'm sure of it..." Oliver declared. He dashed out past them.

"Well, that was awkward in a way..." Brandon called.

A few minutes later, everyone had come back to the lighthouse after Ethan had healed his fainted pokemon.

"Now we can begin our ascent!" May claimed. They began climbing the stairs.

As the climbed, the walls started to look different, altering from floor to floor. One would be a stone wall, but then the next brick with vines growing across it.

"Strange. On the outside, its all stone..." Lyra observed.

"I wonder..." Ethan started.

Brandon stepped forward and the step fell downwards.

"WAHHHH!" Everyone started to be sucked down into a black hole beneath the steps. After a moment, they open their eyes and they're still standing on the steps. "What the-?" Brandon stammered.

May glanced around. She saw something move through the shadow beneath one of the windows.

"What's that?" She shrieked. Suddenly, the stairs shifted to the side and they dropped to a concrete floor. Looking above, a bright light shone down, streaks of orange glinting throughout it.

"What's going on?" Lyra bellowed.

May reached for a pokeball quickly and sent out a small pink cat. "Skitty, use Foresight!" Skitty's eyes glowed red and two beams shot into the light. Suddenly, everything around them turned normal again. Two Gengar were revealed laying against the wall. "There!"

"Ah, so I see our two trouble makers!" Brandon declared. "Come on out Sceptile! Use Seed Bomb!" His large green gecko was sent out and it spit three large bombs at the two pokemon. They exploded and both Gengar lay, fainted.

Later, Lyra finished healing them a bit.

"So, do you promise not to cause trouble to anyone anymore?" She spoke gently, but sternly.

The Gengar nodded and the disappeared once more.

"Well, I suppose we can continue, uninterrupted..." May said calmly as she recalled her Skitty.

"I think we're almost to the top. We've climbed 7 floors now, and lighthouses we've seen usually have about 8 to 9 floors..." Brandon stated to May.

They four of them continued climbing the tower. Soon, they reached a floor with a panoramic view of Olivine City and the ocean. A woman was standing with an Ampharos in the center of the room, patting it on the head.

"Hm? Who are you?" She whispered as she stood up.

"My name's Ethan, that's Lyra, and May and Brandon. We were here just checking out the lighthouse...Um, who are you?"

"My name's Jasmine. I operate this lighthouse most of the time with my Amphy. But she's not feeling real good, and there are no lights without her...Um, I hate to ask you of this, but could you people help me? I hear there is a medicinal expert in Cianwood, just on the other side of this ocean...Um, if you could, please get the SecretPotion I ordered. I can't leave Amphy all alone..." She explained.

"Sure...we'll do it!" Lyra shouted. Ethan and the other two agreed, putting up their thumbs.

"Thank you so much...well, I need to get back to taking care of Amphy..." She said, glancing down at the pokemon.

The quads depart the lighthouse.

"Well, that was sort of a wasted trip, but now we can help Jasmine with her sick pokemon..." Ethan said as the sun began to set on the horizon.

"We need to leave as soon as we can...Hm..." Brandon glanced over at a dock, where a ship was warming up to leave. He skittered across the shipyard and talked to a man in front of the dock. "Guys," he said as he returned, "I got some tickets to Cianwood...The ship leaves in...right now!" He grabs all of their arms and hurries them onto the ship.

"Whoa..." Ethan lurches forward as the gate closes right behind him as he steps onto the ship. "And now we're on our way...we weren't in Olivine very long...poor shame..." He spoke to himself.