Welcome everyone for the Season Premiere of HGSS: Johto Saga! These past 7 seasons have been momentous, and we will miss them. But, now bigger and better things are coming forth with this! HGSS: Johto Saga, Season 8! Here we go! Another new format :) By the way, if you guys don't like the middle format, and if I don't like it either, I'll stop it.

-Season 8: The Final Objectives-

Season Premiere

Opening: We Will Carry On

Chapter 46: In Darkness

The two halves of the landscape were very different from each other. Almost two different halves of the world, but it was all one ecosystem. One side was mountainous hilltops, slated cliffsides and riverstreams that sliced through the mountain's sides and ran through down to Cherrygrove.

On the other side, a lush green prairie sat, flowers in bloom, the sounds of the river echoing throughout the land, Pidgey flying in all directions. Lyra and Ethan stood between these to landscapes.

"There," Lyra said, pointing to an opening in the mountain, "is Dark Cave." Ethan turned his attention to the large crevice opening that slid into the mountain.

The duo hurried toward the opening. Ethan waltzed in first, followed by Lyra. After reaching a few yards inside, absolutely no light was penetrating and they were sucked into complete blackness.

"Wow, really, really dark..." Lyra mumbled.

"Typhlosion!" Ethan tossed his ball up into the air and released Typhlosion in front of them. It's fire grew ablaze and illuminated the large area. What they saw wasn't what they expected.

Zubat and Golbat flew in a tizzy over their heads, screeching and flapping their wings abruptly. Some were battering and ramming into each other. As they exited the cave, the flew left and up into the sky.

"That was wonderful...I've always wanted to be pooped on by a Zubat..." Lyra said metaphorically. Typhlosion walked as a quadruped in front of them, keeping its flame high. The red glow shined off of the rock walls, making it easier to see. Suddenly, Ethan stepped in water. The noise echoed throughout the large mountain cave. They stood still for a minute.

After standing idle for more than five minutes, they heard a rumbling.

"Eh, what's that?" Ethan cupped his ears.

Typhlosion perked and stood up on two legs. It's flame got larger with some anger.

But, the noise stopped, as well as the shaking of the earth.

"What...Happened? Was it a tremor?" Ethan asked. With no answer, he looked over and saw Lyra's eyes glazed over. She started walking forward, leaving him behind. "Hrm, Lyra! Where are you going?"

Ethan pursued her as she started walking down the cave way. Typhlosion sprinted to catch up so she was in light, but suddenly, she disappeared.

Ethan stopped, gazing around for her. Suddenly, he was tapped and whirred around, staring into Lyra's eyes. She was laughing her head off.

"HAHAHHAHAHA! You are so gullible, Ethan!" Ethan raised a brow at her.

"You're going to get paid back for this...Karma hurts..." Ethan said as he walked away.

"Oh really? That scares me so much..."

Typhlosion glanced back at Ethan. Ethan winked at it. After a few minutes, suddenly, it grew dark when Typhlosion's fire died down.

Lyra stopped in her tracks. "Nice try, Ethan. You just told Typhlosion to..." Lyra noticed no sounds were in front of her. Nothing was moving. Nothing. "Um...Ethan! Have Typhlosion..." Lyra started running forward. "ETHAN?"

Suddenly, she was yanked to the side. "Lyra, the exit's over here..." Ethan's voice fell over her as she was pulled through an opening in the wall.

On the other side, they were greeted by yet another long tunnel, but with torches on the walls lit.

"I thought you said...' Lyra started.

"I got you back. Anyway, this tunnel has torches that could be lit, so Ty's gonna light them as we go," Ethan explained.

Lyra nodded and they moved on.

Every now and then, water would drip from the roof, signaling that it had rained sometime before that day.

Further down, Lyra spotted the exit and dashed for it. Ethan recalled Typhlosion and followed her.

Outside, the bright daylight refreshed them from before. Ethan checked his PokeGear and found that it was three hours later.

"What? How is that possible? We were in there for twenty minutes!"

"Don't you know?" A woman's voice called. "Dark Cave makes people disoriented and time falls out of whack." A woman with blue hair tied in a high ponytail commented as they walked out. She was wearing a black and purple suit-type with a cape. "Hey, my name's Clair."

"Hi Clair. My name's Ethan. This is Lyra," Ethan introduced the two travelers.

"Well, it looks like you two are quite the adventurers. And dare devils. I believe you may be interested in a PokeRinger contest in Duskfall town?" Clair inquired.

"Oh! Those are cool!" Lyra input.

Ethan nodded. "That sounds great! When is it? Oh...and where is Duskfall Town? It isn't on the map we have..."

"It's between here and Blackthorn. Just a couple of hours from here. I can escort you there, as I was just about to leave from practicing. It's tomorrow, so we should head over there!" Clair explained as she beamed.

Ethan and Lyra nodded. Clair started to walking away. The duo highfived. As Ethan was pulling away, Lyra locked her fingers around his, but realized what she was doing and pulled away.

"Er, sorry..." Lyra said awkwardly.

"S'alright..." Ethan walked away towards Clair. Lyra blushed and kept going as well.

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There you have it! Maybe not the best premiere, but it will get better as the season goes on! Stay tuned!