By the way, I think this season will only have five chapters, despite what I said about six...sorry!
-Season 8: The Final Objectives-
Opening: We Will Carry On
Chapter 48: Up and Over
Lyra stands behind the Pokemon Center, her pokeballs in capsules.
"Come on out, Bayleef and Venomoth!" Lyra sent out her grass type and bug type. Venomoth hovered down on Bayleef's leaf. "Okay, it's time for our final contest! We are heading for the final ribbon!" Lyra cheered.
"Is that so? So is my team!" A familiar voice came from behind her. In a moment, Jim appeared. "It's our final contest too!"
"Jim! You have four ribbons?" Lyra inquired.
"You know it!" Jim answered, taking out his ribbon case and showing his four ribbons in a line. As he clamped it shut, two pokemon rushed up two his sides. One was purple-pink and the other was red and orange.
"Hey! You have an Espeon and Flareon!"
"Yep. Caught them a while back so I could use them for my final contest! Which, by the way, will be this one!" Jim explained.
Lyra and Jim glared at each other.
"See ya, we need to get training! See ya!" Jim said as he walked away with his pokemon.
Lyra stood, thinking.
"Okay, we have to come up with an amazing combination, because I'm sure Jim will! So, Bayleef, use Petal Dance..."
Later, Lyra filed into the contest hall, her dress in her hand.
She rushed over to the counter and handed Nurse Joy her Contest Pass and her Ribbon Case.
"Sorry I'm late! Please tell me I'm not too late!" Lyra sputtered to the Nurse.
"No, you are just in time! Perfect." Nurse Joy inserts her Ribbon Case and Pass into the system and signs her up for the contest. "There!" She hands her her stuff back and Lyra smiles heading backstage into a dressing room.
In the room, she throws on her dress and ties on her choker.
"Okay...this is the last contest...this WILL be the last contest...we can't waste time and go all the way to the west to go to a contest..." Lyra breathed and whispered to herself.
In a few minutes, Jillian stood in the middle of the stage. Bushes of flowers lined the outside of the stage until it reached the point where the walkway was present.
"Ah! Greetings residents of Duskfall Town!" She announced brightly. "Today, we bring you the final contest in the NorthEastern Division. Our contestants are all psyched up because they know this could be their final opportunity, so they don't want to miss it! Without further ado, let's get things started!"
Jim was the first up, to Lyra's shock. He traveled to the stage in his usual black tuxedo with no hat on, his blue hair out.
"Okay, let's go, Flareon and Espeon!" Jim sent his two pokeballs into the air. They released waves of flame that concealed the pokemon. They rose out of them and diminished the flames. "Flareon, let's start this up! Use Will-o-Wisp!" Flareon formed a blue ball of fire at its mouth and shot it into the air. It split off into seven. "Espeon, use Psychic!"
Espeon started controlling the wisps of fire and turning them in circles. Espeon then brought them closer. "Now, Light Screen!" Espeon shot a ball of light energy at the fire and it axpanded around it and formed a screen around them. "Finally, Flareon, Espeon! Use Flamethrower and Swift!" Flareon breathed a flame of fire and Espeon shot thin stars towards the screen. They exploded on it and the evaporation of all five moves exploded and created sparkles all over the area. Jim bowed.
"That was amazing!" Mr. Contesta cheered.
"Marvelous!" Mr. Sukizo said.
"Very nice and accurate display of moves!" Nurse Joy commented.
"And Jim has a very nice ratio of good compliments!" Jillian announces.
28 people later, Lyra walks slowly down the entryway.
"And now, Lyra Soulstice!" Lyra opens her eyes and draws her pokeballs.
"Come on out, Bayleef and Venomoth!" Lyra sent her pokemon in a rain of spinning leaves that Venomoth diminished with its wings. "All right, Veno use Silver Wind!" Venomoth blew a wispy wind across the field. "Bayleef, use Petal Dance!" Bayleef released pink petals throughout the wind. They were carried along. Venomoth use Psychic and started to control the wind and petals that moved throughout the field. They finally stopped in midair and started spelling something out. In a minute, the petals were dancing and spelling, "Lyra," in midair. "Bayleef, Vine Whip!" Bayleef lashed its vines out and smacked the petals, causing them to break and rain down on Bayleef and Venomoth.
"That was a nice expression of how you can use your pokemon's moves!"
"Marvelous!"
"I liked how Venomoth was able to specify what it was writing and expressing its emotion for the trainer!"
"And now we wait to see who moves on!" Jillian announced.
Backstage, Lyra was waiting tensely with the other twenty-nine Coordinators.
"We have our results!" Jillian declared.
Jim glanced at Lyra from across the room. He mouthed, "Our contest!" and Lyra smirked.
The ones moving on were shown on the screen. Jim was the first one, along with Lyra coming in 5th!
Lyra cheered. "Yes!" She said, collapsing onto the couch at the back of the room.
Jim walked up to her, Flareon at his side. "Well, see you in the finals...My two champs will school you!" Jim said as he left the room for his first match against a girl that followed him.
Later, Jim was finishing his match against her.
"Flareon, Smog!" Flareon jumped into the air and released a green gas that shrouded her Girafarig and Skiploom where they stood. "Espeon, Swift! Flareon, Flamethrower!" The two pokemon, Flareon in the air and Espeon in front of the smoke, released the air attacks that exploded on the two pokemon in the smoke. They lost their last points and Jim was declared the winner.
Lyra was the last match, so she had to wait awhile. But, when it finally reached her turn, she stepped silently onto the stage and drew her Pokeballs.
"Okay, come on Bayleef and Marill!" Lyra sent out her grass-type and water-type.
The boy on the other side drew his pokeballs and sent out a Farfetch'd and a Geodude.
"Really?" Lyra thought to herself. "Marill, use Brine!" Marill spit the cannon of water at Geodude.
"Geodude, jump!" Geodude stood on its hands and propelled itself into the air. "Now, Stone Edge!" Geodude formed stones around its body and shot them down at Marill and Bayleef.
"Bayleef, use Reflect!" Bayleef put up a purple screen in front of them. The stones knocked hard against it, but it withstood. "Marill, Brine!"
"Far, use Air Slash!" The Farfetch'd created a ball of wind that was thrown and hacked through the Brine before it reached Geodude.
As Geodude dropped, Bayleef lashed its whips out and smacked it across the field. His points fell.
"Gah! Geodude, use Sandstorm!"
"Don't let him! Marill, Rollout!" Marill formed a ball and rolled towards his opponents. It rammed into Far, which threw it into Geodude. Geodude fired a ball of sand in the air that expanded and formed nothing.
Marill rolled back, then curved around and came again.
"Far, use Hidden Power!" Far formed spheres around the stick it held and fired them at Marill. Marill was hit, but it just skidded back.
"Bayleef..." As Lyra started, Bayleef shimmered and grew larger in a white light. From the crowd, Ethan smiled.
Bayleef grew large and was soon a Meganium. "Whoa! Bayleef evolved! Yes! Okay, Meganium use Seed Bomb! Marill, Brine!" Marill shot a funnel of water while Meganium spit large white seeds around the funnel. They exploded on the opponents, ending the battle.
The points depleted, and Jillian announced Lyra the winner.
Backstage, Lyra hugged her large Meganium.
The next rounds of matches ended in Jim and Lyra both moving on to the finals.
"And here we are already! The final match that will decide the winner of their fifth ribbon, and the champ of the Duskfall Contest!"
Jim dashed out on stage and sent out Espeon and Flareon. The two shimmered out in stars. Lyra sent out Meganium and Togetic who exploded out of confetti.
"Espeon, let's go! Swift!" Espeon waves its tail and sends dozens of stars for the opponents.
"Togetic, Safeguard!" Togetic shrouded the team in a green veil, protecting it from the attack.
"Flareon, go forward and use Flamethrower!" Flareon dashed and breathed fire that smashed against the Safeguard. As Flareon got closer the fire got hotter and harder for Togetic to hold. Soon, the fire broke through and doused both pokemon.
"Meganium, Seed Bomb!" Meganium threw the fire away and spit bombs at Flareon's feet. They exploded and sent Flareon flying. Both trainers points went donw. "Togetic, go, Metronome!" Togetic waved its hands and in a minute, it formed a ball of energy on its head and fired rings at the opponents. Dark Pulse.
"Espeon, use Psychic!" Espeon tried to take control of the Dark Pulse, but Psychic had no effect. It slammed into Espeon and sent it skidding. Flareon landed and breathed in. "Smog!" Flareon exploded a gas out onto the arena.
"Agh, Togetic, use Metronome!" To Lyra's shock, Togetic actually used Flash and illuminated the area, diminishing the smoke. Flareon was uncovered coming towards them.
"Quick, Flamethrower!" Flareon burst, releasing a large flame.
"Togetic, Steel Wing! Meganium, Petal Dance!" Meganium released petals that flittered around Togetic's wings, which were now glowing. Togetic went into the fire, but came out with fire-spread wings. It zipped passed Flareon, who was now being bombarded with Seed Bomb, and went for Espeon.
"Espeon, use Swift!" Espeon released stars from its tail and smashed into Togetic. Togetic skidded. Lyra points went down to half, and Jim's were down to one quarter. "Espeon, Psychic!"
"Togetic, Metronome!" Togetic wagged its hands and it threw itself forward, throwing an icy punch at Espeon, freezing it. Jim's points depleted. "Meganium, Vine Whip!" Meganium lashed its heavy vines out and smacked Flareon across the face throwing it into Espeon all the way on the other side of the field, throwing Jim's points all the way away.
"And Lyra is the winner!" Jillian shouted.
Jim fell to his knees. "Ahhhh..." He recalled his Pokemon and cheered for them.
In the center of the stage, Jillian presented Lyra with her fifth and final ribbon.
"Lyra! You are now in competition for the Grand Festival!" Jillian shouted cheerfully. Lyra cheered and held up her ribbon.
Later, outside, Ethan, Lyra and Jim stood by each other. Jim had Flareon at his side.
"Well, guys, I guess I may be seeing you at the Grand Festival. Now, I have to go to the Southwest for the next-to-last contest. Be seein' ya!" Jim waved as he put his hat on and Flareon followed him in the direction of Dark Cave.
"Well, I guess we head to Blackthorn for your challenge, Ethan!" Lyra turned and said to Ethan.
"I guess. Congrats on the final ribbon!"
Lyra looked down at her Ribbon Case and admired the five ribbons sitting securely in place.
Ethan walked away towards the Pokemon Center, as it was getting late.
Lyra hurried up and caught up.
"Hey, Ethan. When we head to Azalea Town, there's a pokemon in Daycare I wanted to get back..."
"Oh hey! I wanted to get Scyther out, too! We'll stop in Violet City when we head back and get those sent to us from your grandfather!" Ethan answered.
"Okay!" Lyra replied.
