Author's Note: So this is sort of a remaster of my first ever Pokémon story, The Days of Sun. It is a one-shot collection and is unrelated to my Cybersun project. People wanted to see this switched to third person so that is what I'm doing as well as fixing up some of the grammar, but everything else like the capitalized Pokémon names, the scene changes and the weird dialogue will remain the same, for to pretend that I didn't write like that is to hide how much I have come along as a writer.

And no, I did not mispell new in the title. It'll make sense come chapter 4.

A New Day Dawns

The sun began rising behind Mount Lanakila as the champion watched as the Silvally collapsed in front of their Primarina, too beaten down to continue.

"Close, but no luck unfortunately," Sun said to the man in front of him. He pulled a hand up to his face, but Sun could see a small smile peeking out from behind it.

"Almost had you. The training is paying off," Gladion admitted. Sun quickly healed Primarina and returned her to her Poké Ball after throwing her a Poké Bean. Gladion was healing Silvally as he walked up to him.

"So how long you staying for this time?" he asked him. Gladion turned his head to look at him.

"A couple of weeks. Then I'm heading back to Johto. Need to take on Jasmine and Pryce yet," he admitted.

"So do you mind coming to a festival in Iki Town for a while then?"

"Sorry, I don't do festivals." He returned Silvally to it's Poké Ball.

"You won't need to do any dancing or interacting, but I think you might want to see Lillie undergo her Grand Trial." That got Gladion's attention.

"Grand Trial? Lillie's a Pokémon trainer?" he asked Sun. Sun nodded his head.

"Yeah, she's undergoing her Grand Trial to earn herself a Z-Ring. She's still not overly keen on battling, but she's getting there. Me and Hau have been accompanying her since we've done it already. She had gotten the Normal Trial done when I got the call that I had a challenger," Sun told him. Gladion cocked his eyebrow in response.

"Hau's accompanying her? You I can understand, but Hau? Did she bribe him with malasadas or something?" he asks, causing Sun to chuckle.

"Probably. You'll see when we get there," he told him, walking down the stairs to where the entrance to the League was. Hearing footsteps behind him, Sun knew he was interested in going to the Grand Trial.

"So, Gladion. While we are on our way to the festival, can you tell me about how your journey through Johto has gone so far?" he ask as he called up Charizard from the Ride Pager. He saw the blonde boy nod curtly as the Flame Pokémon landed in front of him. After they both climbed aboard Charizard and took off, Sun heard Gladion start talking. "So it started once I hit New Bark Town..."

Half an hour later, on the Mahalo Trail...

"...So she threw a tantrum because you beat her and refused to give you the Gym badge until after she stopped crying? Wow," Sun said to Gladion.

"She probably wasn't expecting Silvally to take out her Miltank in one hit," he admitted. Sun shook his head.

"Here we are. Iki Town. It looks like they are almost about to start," Sun observed. "You sure you don't want to-" He turned to say to the person next to him, but he's already disappeared into the brush. He sighed and shrug, and began making his way into Iki Town, where Hau was waiting for Sun.

"Hey Sun! I thought you'd never make it!" Hau called. Sun smiled and walked up to him, exchanging a high five with him.

"Wouldn't miss this for the world. Where is the lady of the hour?" Sun asked, scanning the people around the stage. There didn't seem to be any sign of her anywhere.

"She's on her way here, she just went to fetch Kukui since he's lost track of time again," Hau explains. Sun sighed and covered his face with his hand.

"He's probably researching moves again. Crazy man wants me to bring Necrozma to him so he can research Light That Burns The Sky for some reason," he told Hau, who laughed in response. Before he can say anything else in response, a large man took the stage.

"Today, we are here to see a trial goer attempt the Grand Trial of Melemele Island! As the Kahuna of Melemele Island, I, Hala, will be facing off against the challenger, Lillie, of the Aether Paradise!" Hala calls out to the crowd as they erupt in cheers. Sun began scanning the crowd again, worried that something may have happened to Lillie. To his relief, he spotted her next to Kukui and Burnet. She seems nervous, but then again, he wasn't surprised. This is her Grand Trial. He watched as she walks up onto the platform to take the stage, ignoring Hau tapping him on the shoulder to tell him that she is there. She looked around and quickly spotted Sun and Hau, and starts smiling as Hau frantically waves at her and Sun smiled at her.

Somewhere in the brush, he knew Gladion's smiling too.

"This will be a two on two battle! The winner will be determined by who is able to knock out all of their opponent's Pokémon first. The Kahuna cannot switch their Pokémon out, but the challenger is permitted to switch their Pokémon!" Kukui called out.

"...I can do this. I have my Pokémon and I have my friends with me. I can do this!" Lillie said to herself.

"Ho! I have been expecting you. Allow me to properly greet the young adventurer embarking on their island challenge. I am Hala, the kahuna of Melemele Island," Hala announced to Lillie.

"Shall we begin? The final trial here on Melemele Island will be a Pokémon battle against me, the kahuna! Lillie! You have chose to walk this path despite your reservations about it! Regardless of the outcome of this match, that is a huge step for you. Now show me you and your team's full power!"

"Mankey, let's go!" Hala roared, releasing the Pig Monkey Pokémon who yelled in response.

"Comfey, come on out!" Lillie called, sending out the Posy Picker Pokémon who did an elegant spin.

"Mankey, use Focus Energy!" Hala ordered.

"Comfey, Calm Mind!" Lillie ordered. Both Pokémon stayed still as Comfey started clearing his mind while Mankey started focussing his mind.

"Set ups? Huh," Hau noted while Sun looked on. Seemed like Lillie had taken the advice he'd given her on board.

"Mankey! Use Poison Jab!" Hala ordered, causing him to dart forward and smash into Comfey sending him flying backwards. Comfey was able to get back up, but looked hurt.

"Critical hit. Not good." Sun observed. Lillie had a brief look of worry on her face, but it quickly disappeared and a look of determination appeared in it's place.

"Comfey, use Dazzling Gleam!" she ordered, causing Comfey to glow brightly as he formed a rainbow sphere around his body and crashed into Mankey, earning a howl from the Pig Monkey as he was sent flying backwards from the blow. Sun smiled.

"Poison Jab again!"

"Comfey, use Draining Kiss!" Lillie called out. Comfey darted forward and blew a kiss at Mankey, who let out an agonized growl before slumping to the ground. Comfey did another spin, looking much healthier now.

"Triage..." Hau whispered to himself. Sun's smile grew wider. She had gotten better.

"Mankey is unable to battle! The winner is Comfey!" Kukui called out. Comfey floated over to Lillie and hugged the girl as the two celebrated knocking out Hala's first Pokémon.

"Nice work. But I'm not beaten that easily. Let's try this instead. Hariyama, let's go!" Hala yelled, sending out the Arm Thrust Pokémon.

"Comfey, take a break. You've earned it," Lillie told the Pokémon as she returned it. She pulled another Poké Ball out.

"Ribombee, come on out!" Lillie threw the Poké Ball out, allowing the Bee Fly out to battle.

"Hariyama, Fake Out!" Hala called. The Pokémon's hands began to glow orange as he moved towards Ribombee, before clapping them together to release a shockwave of energy, knocking him back and stopping him from moving.

"That's not good," Sun mused.

"Ribombee, use Reflect!" Lillie ordered, causing the little Pokémon to produce a rainbow coloured barrier in front of him.

"Hariyama, perform a Brick Break." Hariyama flew at Ribombee and delivered a blow that broke through the barrier and struck the Bee Fly Pokémon, knocking him backwards.

"Now, follow up with Fire Punch!" Hala yelled. Without a moment's hesitation, Hariyama covered his fist in fire and struck Ribombee before he could react, sending him flying past Lillie.

"Ribombee!" Lillie called. The Bee Fly Pokémon managed to stagger up and take flight again, evidently hurting from the blows.

"Ribombee can't take much more... She needs to end this now!" Sun muttered to himself. Noting Lillie's worried look, he called out to her "Hey! You still got this, so keep going!". She looks to where me and Hau are standing. Hau's grinning and waving at her to encourage her. Sun nodded at her. She understood.

"I got this. I got this! Hala, this is my-" Lillie begins to shout but stops at the sight of Hala's Z-Ring.

"Hariyama, let's finish this! Channel Brick Break...Into All Out Pummeling!" Hala roars, striking all of the poses for the Fighting Type Z-Move. Sun closed his eyes, not wanting to see the merciless assault on Ribombee. He could hear the impacts as the multiple blows slammed into him...

"Wait, why does that sound so weak?" Sun asked, opening his eyes. He saw Hariyama standing after delivering the final blow. And Ribombee...

Was still going. It looked severely drained, but it was still up.

"I was worried you wasn't going to get that up in time. Good work with Protect, Ribombee!" Lillie tells the Fairy, who does a loop in response.

"Impressive work, Lillie! You have gotten strong indeed," Hala comments.

"I had good teachers. Now, let's go! Ribombee, Dazzling Gleam!" Lillie commands. Ribombee charged at the Hariyama as a rainbow coloured sphere formed around him.

"Hariyama! End this with Fire Punch!" Hala orders. Covering his fist with fire once again, Hariyama charged at the Ribombee. The two Pokémon collided in the middle of the stage, causing a blast to erupt from where they were. The crowd couldn't see anything through the smoke.

"Ribombee!"

"Hariyama!"

The smoke began to clear. As it did, they saw that both Ribombee and Hariyama were on the ground. Neither one looked like it was going to move.

"Ribombee and Hariyama are both unable to battle! The result is a draw! Lillie is the victor!" Kukui called out. Ignoring him, she ran onto the stage to check on Ribombee.

"Ribombee, are you okay?" Lillie asked the Bee Fly as she knelt by him. He got to his feet and took off to fly in front of Lillie's face, before hugging her and letting out a short "Bee!" to show he was okay.

"That's great news! You take a nice long rest," Lillie told him, returning him to his Poké Ball. She stood up as Hala approached her, returning his Hariyama.

"...Hmmph! The results come as no surprise to me. What a fine Trainer...and what fine Pokémon, too!" Hala announced. He pulled a Z-Power Ring out of his pocket.

"Accept this Z-Power Ring with the Fightinium Z-Crystal! It allows Trainers to share their power with their partner Pokémon!"

"Th-thank you Hala!" Lillie stammered out. Hala smiled at her.

"Observe, Lillie. If you wish to use the Fighting-type Z-Power, move your arm like this... then bend your hips like this and pose!" Hala said as he performed the Fighting type dance.

"Now then, Lillie! With this victory... you have cleared all of the trials of Melemele Island, the first of Alola's islands! Congratulations on your victory!" Hala told her as the crowd started cheering. Sun and Hau made their way through the crowd to where Lillie was stepping down from the stage.

"Lillie, that was amazing! You've done better than me, I couldn't beat gramps on my first go!" Hau rushed out as he went to glomp Lillie. Lillie moved out the way, causing Hau to crash into the ground.

"Smooth, Hau. Real smooth," Sun said as he went to high five Lillie. She returns it with a smile. "Nice work there. You held up well against Hala and earned yourself a Z-Ring. Everyone's gonna be proud of you," he told her.

"Thanks, but Ribombee still got hurt..." Lillie trailed off.

"Remember what I told you, they can take a lot more punishment than you might think. He's still able to fly, so he should be okay," he reassured her. She looked at me with uncertainty as Hau got back to his feet.

"Yeah, he still flew around, so he's fine! Come on, let's go get some celebratory malasadas!" Hau said, trying to pull Sun and Lillie along.

"Actually, I need to borrow Lillie for a bit. Go on without us," Sun told him. He pouted but went off anyway.

"What's wrong?" she asked. He just gestured to her to follow him and walked towards the Mahalo Trail. They walked up to where Sun last saw the boy, only to find he's not there.

"Where is he?" he muttered to himself. He could see Lillie's not far behind, so he need to get him out here now. He threw a Poké Ball into the air, letting out a purple Pokémon.

"Poipole, can you look for him in there?" Sun asked, striking his pose before gesturing to the brush. The Ultra Beast spun around and flew into the brush.

"What's going on, Sun?" Lillie asked him

"You'll see," he said as they heard rustling in the brush

Followed by "Will you quit jabbing me? I'm going, I'm going!" as a blond haired boy tumbles out the brush in front of them, Poipole flying out laughing afterwards. Sun held out a hand to help him up as Lillie just stared at him in surprise.

"Your Ultra Beast is very persistent," Gladion grumbled before getting glomped by Lillie.

"Erk! Uh... Hey Lillie."

"Gladion! Did you see it? Did you see my Grand Trial?"

"Yeah, I was watching. Congratulations on earning a Z-Ring," Gladion tells her earnestly. Sun smiled at the siblings reuniting.

"When did you get back?" Lillie now asks, releasing Gladion from her hug.

"Just this morning. Went to challenge Sun and then he dragged me here," Gladion says, giving Sun a pointed look.

"You brought him here to see me do my Grand Trial?" she asks. He nodded. Before Sun could turn away to go towards the stairs so he coulf head after Hau, Lillie leaps and glomped him as well.

"Wha? Oh, erm, it's not a problem?" he said, wanting Lillie to let go as Gladion is now looking at him with a smirk. It reminded Sun of a Pancham who's about to do something mischievous.

"Can we get going? Hau's gonna eat all the Malasadas if we don't," Sun pleaded. Lillie finally lets go and walks on ahead as Sun looked at Gladion, who promptly covers his face with his hand.

"...Trust you to make her happy without even realising it," Gladion mutters. Choosing to ignore the remark so as to not ruin Lillie's celebration ahead of us, Sun returned Poipole to it's Poké Ball.

"You coming along with us?" he asked. The boy shrugs and starts walking after Lillie. Sun looked up at the sky above him to see a spark of electricity darting past far in the sky.

Evidentally, the battle had pleased Tapu Koko. Hopefully that was a sign of good things to come.

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Character Ages:

Sun: 13

Hau: 14

Lillie: 14

Gladion: 15

Author's Note: So the ages are here to demonstrate how long it has been since the end of Ultra Sun and Moon in the story and because while writing this, I was paranoid about the characters being too young for romantic stuff (I had a month's experience writing fanfic when I first started this, so I didn't know that romance was fine for teens). In this chapter, it's been a year since the events of USUM.

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