Hi everyone. Welcome to my new project. I've had this in mind for a while to have a continuum set separately from the anime. This world of Pokemon is big and my favorite thing about it is how it always keeps adding more and more things that make the series incredible and honestly Gen 6 has done wonders for the series to make it feel new again.

The story below won't have a single anime character and will take place in a new region that I have personally created. I hope every one of you enjoys this story. I know I still have Aurora Sapphirus going on at the same time as this fic but I would like to try balancing the two and possibly finishing one of them this year. In the mean time I hope all of you enjoy this fic and everything I have to offer you.

-Mew in a Chair

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The Brightest Skies are the Darkest

By Mew in a Chair

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Chapter 1

The Meeting of Partners – The one called Sayo

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"Cher!" A small pink Pokemon felt herself falling as it slipped off of the branch she was holding onto, making a loud thud as she crashed against the grass below her. A few leaves ripped themselves loose from the branch as it shook and fell on top of her. The Pokemon had a small pink ball attached to her head by a small green stem, a Cherubi. She rolled over and looked sadly at what she had been trying to obtain in the tree.

On the highest part of the trunk was a spot of clear sweet smelling liquid, stuck to the tree, shining golden in the light as a small drop of it dripped from the spot and fell onto Cherubi's face. The Pokemon's small tongue darted out of its mouth and licked the substance, smiling at the sweet taste of the honey. The Cherry Pokemon looked up at the splotch of Honey.

Next to it was another Pokemon, similar to a piece of golden piece of honeycomb with a red mark on its head and bee-like wings. On each of its notches of its body was a small face, each of which was glaring at the intruder who tried to pilfer its golden treasure.

"Combee!" The Tiny Bee Pokemon scowled as it buzzed down to Cherubi. She gasped and turned, bouncing away quickly and sadly before looking back at the tree and sighing.

Cherubi had a problem. She loved Honey, simple as that. However as of recently she didn't have a way to get any without possibly getting injured. Usually the forest that she lived in was all for sharing its bountiful golden load with its residents but recently the Combee had stopped their generosity, leaving Cherubi to munch on berries, which just didn't taste the same as her usual favorite snack.

The Cherry Pokemon stopped in front of a bush, filled with red berries and bit one off of one of the tiny sticks it called branches, munching on it with another sigh. Everything had been going great so far for it. She lived in the forest eating and making friends with some of the other smaller, weaker Pokemon, which was a life she was perfectly content living, but lately the atmosphere of the forest had changed. Pokemon were hiding a lot more and not being as active or kind as they usually were.

Cherubi scowled as she knew why the issue was persisting. It was the bug types. She had never liked the usually creepy crawly Pokemon, being weak to them and all but there was one group of bug types in the forest that she never could stand. The Spinarak. Those pesky green spiders always leaving their strings everywhere in the forest and causing some of the more aggressive Pokemon to trip and go on mini rampages.

There was one Spinarak in particular that Cherubi was ok with. He actually had a problem where he couldn't produce the same strong silk that his fellow String Spitters could, which made him not only less liable, but actually very shy. He kept away from his pack normally since he always felt that he couldn't keep up with them, which honestly was why Cherubi liked him. She considered herself sort of a lone wolf, actually being the only one of her kind in the entire forest, so hanging out with other Pokemon that were usually on their own appealed to it.

Cherubi finished her snack, making sure to leave several Berries for other Pokemon to have to themselves. She bounced off along the path to the deeper parts of the forest. Usually she stuck to the more outward parts of her home where the trees weren't very dense and so she could get to the sun easily. The little ball on her head stored sunlight that she could convert to energy. She used it feed herself in case it ever came to a lack of food.

Deeper into the forest was a grotto, with a small abandoned stone well. She bounced along, avoiding some of the thicker tree trunk roots and arrived at a small clearing that housed her favorite watering hole. She hopped up past one of the broken stones from the well and took a sip from the water, swishing it around and looking through the canopy at the dim light trying to leak through the thick leafy roof of the forest.

Suddenly a small slash of water coated Cherubi's face. She shook herself and looked at the cause of the splash in the normally serene pool of water. To her shock, it wasn't a Pokemon, but a human, face buried in the clear liquid, taking a long drink.

Cherubi had seen about one or two humans in her life. They very rarely seemed to venture through this particular forest. There wasn't really much to see besides occasional wild Pokemon that could be found in nearly every other habitat that a human would venture through. This was the first time however that she had been within two feet of one.

It was a girl, with long purple hair which glistened in the dim light of the sun. It had a few sticks and leaves caught in it, hinting that she had been caught in the foliage of the forest a few times. Her arms were bruised in a few spots, also giving Cherubi the impression that she had tripped a multitude of times. She was dressed in a white halter with a purple vest overtop of it. Her legs were coated in skid marks and bruises similar to her arms. The skin of her body was peach colored and didn't look too out of the ordinary. She finally lifted her head out of the water and gasped for air, simultaneously while swallowing the fluids she had drank. Her eyes were the same shade of purple in her hair.

"Oh man…thank Arceus I found a spring to drink from," The girl said as she stumbled back on her rear end, falling all the way down and letting her arms and legs spread out in the grass. She shut her eyes and sucked in air before dispelling it in a deep breath, her chest rising up and down as she did so "Ah…but…I don't know where I am now…"

Cherubi hopped over to the girl, curiosity overwhelming her. The human didn't seem armed. In fact, she didn't seem to have anything on her except the clothes on her back. She remembered them usually carrying large packs on their backs full of supplies, likely to help keep them alive since humans couldn't just use attacks or moves like Pokemon could to assist them in their daily endeavors.

"Cher…Cherubi! Cher!" She chirped as she approached the girl's face, standing over it. The girl turned her head and noticed the Cherry Pokemon, giving it a warm smile.

"Why hello there…" She said as she sat up, taking Cherubi aback a bit. She forgot how big humans were compared to her "You're um…Cherubi I assume? That's the name you just said so…"

The small pink Pokemon's eyes rolled at the BRILLIANT deduction of the human. Nonetheless, she didn't seem particularly dangerous so she nodded and looked up at her.

"Well glad to meet you! My name's Sayo. I'm um…I hope I didn't interrupt your drink or anything I haven't had anything to eat or drink in a while…I've gotten a bit lost is all" The girl introduced with a blush and a sheepish grin, scratching the back of her head.

Cherubi looked confused at her. She didn't seem like a Pokemon Trainer, what with the lack of Pokeballs and a knapsack. Every Pokemon knew that they could possibly be captured and used to battle for sport. Most enjoyed it honestly since they could become stronger and a lot of humans were very understanding and willing to work along with them. Word of Pokemon trainers always spread through grapevines of the billions of Pokemon that existed on earth. The thought of going on adventures honestly did appeal to Cherubi, since she had always just done her thing around the forest and wandered aimlessly.

"Um…Hey you wouldn't happen to know the way to town would you? I'm kind of in a hurry and need to get going…" Sayo said as she tried to stand, but suddenly fell back down onto one of her knees. Cherubi gasped and looked at the human, seeing her violet locks fall over her face as she clutched her ankle "Agh…Damnit…Don't mind it…It's not that bad I just tripped earlier is all…"

Cherubi had an idea. She couldn't just leave the human here but she was incapable of human speech.

"Cher!" She motioned as she moved the ball attached to her head. She bounced away as Sayo leaned back onto the well, clutching her ankle.

It had been a pretty unfortunate day. She had been on the move and had gotten lost in the forest. Cherubi's assumption was right about her. Sayo was not a Pokemon Trainer. She was just a wanderer as she liked to call herself at the moment who was on her way to town to find a place to stay for a while. Coming up on the forest, she had found herself out of snacks and thirsty, and on top of it all, getting her foot snagged on a random string of silk and tripping over a tree root. Now the only Pokemon that had approached her had bounced off to who knew where.

She sighed and closed her eyes as she sat against the stones, the cold rocks digging slightly into her vest as she rested, still clutching her one ankle with both hands as she waited.

"Bi! Cheru!" Sayo's eyes quickly opened and she turned her head. Cherubi had come back, and behind her was a Spinarak, a rather shy looking one judging by his slower pace and unwillingness to look ahead. Cherubi happily bounced up to Sayo and motioned with her stem at Sayo's ankle. Spinarak walked up and looked at it before slowly spitting out a small string of silk onto her leg, wrapping it slowly in a flimsy but serviceable brace.

"You came back to help me?" She said, surprised, looking at the Spinarak, looking away sheepishly before the human patted it on the head nicely, smiling warmly at it as the pain in her ankle was eased slightly by the makeshift cast. Sayo stood up, stumbling a bit but was able to at least keep her balance.

Cherubi looked happily at the human and turned to Spinarak, nodding as they both looked up at Sayo.

"Thank you so much Cherubi! And you too Spinarak!" She said before looking around the grotto "Um I hope it isn't too much trouble but…Do you two think you can show me the way out of here? I need to get to any nearby town just so I can rest up…I've been on the move for the past few days and I'm exhausted…"

Cherubi looked a bit confused. This human had been moving on her own without any Pokemon? That sounded rather dangerous. What if she had gotten attacked or something? Nonetheless, she motioned to Spinarak and bounced in a direction she knew led out of the forest, near the edge. There was a problem however. Cherubi knew that Vespiquen's hive was past that section and the path was likely coated in string from the Spinarak Clan.

Sayo followed the two Pokemon slowly and steadily, making sure to not put too much strain on her ankle as she moved but also making sure she could move at a pace that wasn't at the speed of molasses. Spinarak kept moving forward, ahead of the two, but Cherubi kept curiously looking back at the injured human she had encountered.

"Cher! Cheru!" She said, trying to communicate the direction to Sayo, but to no avail. She shook her head and continued following the Bug and Grass types as they approached a clearing in the forest. Cherubi gasped as she was the first to bound ahead, breaking through a bush to see a horrifying sight.

First of all, there were tons of Bug type Pokemon. More than she had ever seen in one spot before, and she visited the hive a lot. There was at least forty Spinarak crawling all over the clearing, on the trees and in the bushes, as well as on the ground. Silk was being spun from their mouths as the once grassy plain was slowly converted to white with all the string. Spinarak and Sayo hobbled through and gasped as they noticed in the middle of the clearing something else was occurring.

The sunlight was much brighter in this area of the forest, with the lack of trees covering the sky, allowing for much easier vision of the large lump in the center of the incredible web. It was a hoard of Combee, like the one from before but they were trapped. A group of about 30 of them were clustered together, tightly bound by the threads. They all looked in terror at their captors, who continued to spin string around the area.

"Oh my…What's going on here!?" Sayo gasped as she knelt in the bush, being careful so as not to put too much pressure on her injured ankle. Cherubi looked worried as Spinarak looked at its friends and back at Cherubi and Sayo.

"Spina…" It shuddered "Spina! Rak! Spinarak!"

Cherubi gasped and looked worriedly at the Combee. Sayo didn't realize it but what Spinarak had relayed to Cherubi was a plan that his clan had been working on for a while. Recently, the Combee and Spinarak had been fighting amongst each other for control of the forest, which explained the lack of honey being spread amongst the inhabitants. The fighting had simply just left the Combee unable to produce as much of their sweet snack and now it seemed as if the Spinarak were ready to strike them down.

"Oh no…There has to be something we can do right? Can't you cut the strings or something?" Sayo asks, looking at Cherubi. She shuddered thinking of what would happen if they were caught.

"Spina!" the String Spit Pokemon gasps as it points with one of its legs through a crack in the string. The three of them look out of it and gasp. Above the cocoon in the middle were two more Pokemon, both seemingly larger versions of the two types of bug Pokemon.

The first was a very large and imposing bee Pokemon with one head and a honeycomb for a body, with two skinny arms and red eyes. She hissed at her opponent, a much larger spider Pokemon with a blood red body and black markings. Its legs were long and possessed purple and yellow stripes across them. It was hanging above the cocoon on a single thread from one of the trees.

The Bee, a Vespiquen, struck first. She lifted her body and suddenly a volley of poisonous needles launched from the combs that made up the base of her. The evolved Spinarak, Ariados, was quick, suddenly snapping the string it hung from and effortlessly dodging the initial blow. The Spinarak stopped crawling and all fired a barrage of strings from the spots they were perched on at Vespiquen. The Combee all shrieked in terror as hell on earth fired down.

"Oh no!" Sayo gasped as the white threads coated Vespiquen, locking her in place. Ariados suddenly leapt up, a dark energy surrounding one of its legs, a Sucker Punch attack. The leg moved closer and closer to the now in capitated queen bee. The reaction was instantaneous. A claw suddenly ripped the threads to shreds as Vespiquen burst free, cutting against Ariados's strike with a Slash attack.

Ariados was knocked to the ground, rolling before catching itself on a tree. Its rear end lifted and suddenly a volley of vicious poison needles of its own. Vespiquen dove past them and hissed as it reared its claw back for another strike at the larger spider. The Spinarak around Ariados fled in terror as Vespiquen made a swipe at Ariados, quickly being dodged as it dove off of the tree. Vespiquen's attack did end up striking the branch it had been latched onto, severing it and sending it sailing to the ground with a crash.

"We have to do something! Cherubi…Do you know like um…um…Razor Leaf or something?" Sayo suggested "We have to cut those Combee free!"

Cherubi looked at Sayo with a look of utter terror. Was she suicidal? Getting between two of the strongest Pokemon in the forest while they were in the midst of combat was a recipe to get them injured or worse yet, killed.

Ariados suddenly vanished in a quick motion. A blur of red travelling along the threads as Vespiquen looked quickly around trying to pin down the location of her opponent, but was unable to react quick enough as Ariados reappeared behind her and stabbed her wings with one of its legs. The queen fell into the cocoon with a crash, being cushioned lightly by her fellow Combee before slowly getting up. Ariados vanished again, slamming into her for a second time and knocking her off the pile to the ground.

Cherubi began to look worried. Vespiquen was incredibly strong when she was in the air but now she was at Ariados's mercy. Spinarak shuddered and looked at Cherubi. The pink Cherry Pokemon gulped and jumped up. Sayo gasped as a set of multicolored leaves fired out of the stem as she fell onto the bed of strings, ripping through them like razors. The leaves sliced right past Ariados and Vespiquen's face and through the strings binding the Combee Cocoon. Almost 80 Pokemon stared at the direction of where the attack had come from. Cherubi gulped as Sayo and Spinarak stepped out of hiding.

"Um…Hey…I don't know whats going on but these two look really concerned…About everything going on here…Why are you all fighting can't we all just get along and share the forest?" Sayo said, trying to be a mediator. Spinarak cringed a little as Ariados turned its attention towards her, immediately firing a volley of poison needles from its backside.

"Yikes!" Sayo yelled as she ducked to the side, putting a large amount of strain on the cast. She gasped and bit her lip as she tumbled to the webbed ground. The Spinarak all looking a little shocked at their leader's aggression as Cherubi bounced over to Sayo. The Combee all angrily began to flap their wings harder, whipping up a strong wind, tearing the web to shreds almost instantaneously. The Spinarak all fell from the tree and glared at the Combee, whose eyes were beginning to glow red.

Cherubi's friendly Spinarak ducked behind the bush, crawling over to the fallen human and Cherry. Vespiquen glared at Ariados, clearly annoyed that it attacked an innocent bystander, and made a vicious slash with her claw at it. The spider leapt away as Sayo cringed, grabbing her ankle as she pulled herself to a sitting position "Come on…" She grunted "This is pointless…we need to keep moving…"

Spinarak and Cherubi nodded as they ducked down, walking along the edge of the clearing as both of the bugs traded blows. The Combee and Spinarak clashing with gusts of wind and shots of poison against one another. Stray shots occasionally glanced by them, barely grazing Sayo's larger body. Cherubi took cover behind her legs, unwilling to take the effective hits.

"Just a little more…" Sayo said nervously as they approached the oppiste end of the clearing, which had become a miniature warzone as the fighting continued.

Right as they reached the edge, Sayo felt a shot graze by her. Some of the Poison Sting attacks from Ariados had sniped her leg. She gasped and shrieked in pain and grabbed onto a tree trunk for support. Cherubi gasped as she nudged Sayo's good leg. The purple haired girl shook her head, trying to get the haze out of her mind as she stumbled forward, leaving the clearing behind. Spinarak looked sadly at the fighting as he followed them.

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Sayo stumbled out of the forest, cringing as she fell onto her stomach, having nearly lost all feeling in her leg. She looked up, her vision blurring as she noticed something in front of her. The forest had opened up onto the edge of a hilltop. Over the edge was a small town, with a road going through it. She felt herself fading from the shots she had taken in the leg.

"Great…just my luck…I can't even move…" She moaned as she looked behind her, watching Cherubi and Spinarak crawl out to greet her. They looked sadly at her damaged leg. Spinarak crawled over to the fallen girl's leg and grasped at one of the needles with its maw, and yanked it loose

"YOWCH!" Sayo shrieked as the needle popped loose. Spinarak moved and grabbed a second one and pulled it out. Cherubi frowned and bounced over to a bush, scanning it. She knew the forest pretty well and knew that Pecha Berries grew around the outer areas. Her eyes widened as she saw one hanging low on a bush and picked it off with her mouth.

"Ow…ow…ow…" The purple haired girl cried as Spinarak spun more string around Sayo's leg, putting it fully in a cast of white thread. She pulled herself up and sat on her rear, stretching her leg out as Cherubi bounced over to her, the berry still in her mouth. She looked up at Sayo and spit the berry out at her feet.

"Is this for me?" Sayo asked as she took it, looking at it with wide eyes before taking a nibble of the berry. She chewed it slowly before swallowing, and then tossing the remainder into her mouth, swallowing the remainder of the pink berry "Thank you so much…But now there's basically a war going on in your home…You both risked your lives to get me through there"

She smiled warmly at the two Pokemon. Spinarak scratched his head with one of his upper legs, nodding happily, glad he was able to be of assistance for once. Cherubi nodded and looked down at the town. There was no way Sayo was going to be able to get down there with her leg in such bad shape. The Pecha Berry would take effect quickly and hopefully soon return the feeling to it, but the sprain still remained.

"So what are you two gonna do?" Sayo said, noting the sun over the horizon beginning to set, tinting the entire sky with an orange and red glow, giving it the illusion of a blistering wildfire "It's probably really dangerous in there…Why don't you stay with me for a bit? Just…um…you know…I want some company…"

Her eyes filled with tears, suddenly leaking out as Sayo began to cry

"I'm so lonely!" She sobbed "You two were the first Pokemon or people to pay me any mind in days!"

Cherubi sat up against Sayo and nuzzled her waist, looking cheerfully up at the girl. She patted the pink cherry as Spinarak suddenly spit out a small amount of silk, making almost a pillow as it somewhat falls apart. Sayo takes the pile of string and puts it behind her head and looked at the two Pokemon.

"Ah…I just…I want to help them…Maybe in the morning when my leg feels better I can go down to town…" She muttered as Spinarak wordlessly skittered off into the bushes, choosing to be by himself for a while after witnessing his friends mindlessly attacking other residents of his home. Cherubi watched and nodded at him, understanding why he was unwilling to stick around currently before nudging Sayo slightly. She looked down at the Cherry Pokemon and noticed something had slipped from her pants pocket.

Cherubi noticed the small object as Sayo reached for it. It was a dusty ball. She had seen objects that had looked similar to it few times before but never really got a good look at one up close. It was a shrunken Pokeball. Sayo played with it in her fingers.

"My dad gave this to me a long time ago" She said, her voice filled with a somber tone as she wiped her face. She looked down at the grass type that had accompanied her since the grotto and held it up to her face "Look! It's a Pokeball! He told me that I was to use it to catch my very own friend one day…And become a great Pokemon trainer…before he vanished…"

Cherubi looked at the ball. Then back to Sayo. Was this human trying to become a Pokemon Trainer? Was that why she had come out here all by herself with no supplies? The recklessness of this girl astounded the Cherry Pokemon as she looked at the ball. She thought back to her routine. Every day there was just eating and prancing but was this it? Was Sayo coming to her a sign that it was time for a change?

"Cheru…Cherubi!" The grass type chirped at Sayo happily. The purple haired girl brushed the lock out of her eyes, allowing the branches and leaves to loosen from the ropes of hair and fall to the ground.

"Are you…Are you trying to tell me something?" She asked. Cherubi looked at the ball and shook before bouncing up happily "Do you want to come with me? Is that it!? Are you asking to become my Pokemon?!"

Cherubi nodded happily. She liked Sayo. She really did. She seemed like a well-meaning girl. Besides, she had said it herself. She was lonely. Cherubi didn't like seeing people or Pokemon upset so she figured why not. If she came with Sayo she could make lots of people happier on her very own adventure. The thought sounded too good to pass up.

Sayo fiddled with the ball between her pointer finger and thumb and pressed the button on the front, enlarging the ball to about the size of a baseball. She held it up to Cherubi's face as the dust washed off of it. Cherubi noticed the ball was pink with a yellow seal on it.

"It's a Heal Ball" Sayo explained "My dad gave it to me because it apparently makes the Pokemon it catches feel better when they go inside…So that way my partner would always be the most well rested. Since you know…The first Pokemon is always the most important one…Just by the virtue of being your first!"

Cherubi nodded and nudged its head against the Pokeball. Sayo gasped as it opened and red energy shot out, consuming Cherubi's body as it was converted to the same red energy. The ball sucked it back in quickly, before shutting and rocking in Sayo's outstretched hand. She watched it roll for several seconds before dropping it on the ground, waiting for the sign that the capture was complete.

With a small click, the ball locked shut. It was done. Cherubi was now owned by a human. And Sayo, was for all intents and purposes, the proud owner of her first Pokemon.

She was a Pokemon Trainer.

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Sayo: Oh no…they're still fighting…Cherubi we have to stop them before more Pokemon get hurt!

Cherubi: Cheru…Cherubi!

Sayo: Whats that? This might be over food? Honey you say? Where did your Spinarak friend go by the way? He has to be ok right? Watch out! They're attacking us now!

Next Time:

Chapter 2

The Sweet Treasure of the Forest! Sayo's Journey Begins!