Me: Dawn, if you would please, disclaimer!

Dawn: Sure! Honou does not own Pokemon. Ah… well, I would sort of be afraid what he would do with me if he did… -sweat drops-

Me: Ehehehe… yeaaaaaah… -w-

Paul: You're a pedophile…

Me: Shhhhh, Paul, just shhhhh~! Anyways, we're finally starting Silver Bonds! Surprised it's not Silver Sorrow? That's good! XD I thought about it a lot, and I really didn't like the whole Dawn dying and coming back plot. Not with what I have in store for this story in particular. But trust me, I have ideas which will hopefully make this story even BETTER than Silver Sorrow was! :DD Regardless, I'm going for more of a light-hearted shippy approach for this story so expect lots of fluff! XDXDXD

This takes 1 year after Silver Tears… for reasons I won't explain right now… Also, if you're wondering why the ages are inconsistent, I changed their ages in the first chapter of Silver Tears Remastered XDXDXD I decided that Paul and Dawn being in love as 12/11 year olds, they seemed a bit too young for my taste, so I ramped up their age a bit! Alright, enough rambling, enjoy!

Silver Bonds

Chapter 1: Separation Anxiety

Fourteen year old Paul was in his tent, unable to get any sleep knowing what tomorrow was. It was a big day tomorrow, and Paul wanted to make sure that everything worked out perfectly. He looks at the beautiful, blue haired girl sleeping next to him peacefully by his side. The purple haired boy looks down at the blue haired girl as he strokes her soft, silky blue hair gently… He really did love her, and he wanted to make tomorrow extra special for her!

"Tomorrow is a big day…" Paul says to himself quietly as he strokes Dawn's hair tenderly and fondly. "I'd better get some sleep… It's getting a bit late…" He muses to himself as he lies down next to her and closes his eyes to get some rest.

The very next day, Paul groans as he's greeting and woken up by a familiar, troublesome voice. "Hey, wake up, sleepyhead! Everyone is up now except for you!" The voice rings. Paul looks up and sees a twelve year old blue haired girl looking him in the eyes with an adorable pout on her face with her arms crossed. The purple haired boy smirks a bit, before turning around and covering his face with his pillow, deciding to tease the girl a bit.

"Five more minutes, troublesome…" The purple haired boy says bluntly and comically. The blue haired girl gawks at this and tugs at his sheets, trying her best to get him out of the bed while having a vein mark popped on the back of her head.

"No! No more minutes! You're getting up now!" Dawn exclaims sternly, demanding that he gets up. The blue haired girl then sees her efforts are in vain as Paul simply lets out a sleepy, annoyed grunt and goes back to sleep with this face buried in his pillow, and looks at her Piplup in a bit of a deadpan manner. "Piplup, you know what to do." She says comically. The Penguin Pokemon puffs its chest and complies, firing a light stream of bubbles at his face. The purple haired preteen scowls as the bubbles pop in front of his face and causes his eyes to shoot wide open. He was completely startled by the bubble beam, which had caused him to jump up into a sitting position, scratching the back of his head irritably as he grumbles sleepily.

"Why do you need me to wake up now of all times, troublesome?!" Paul snorts as he yawns a bit, still half-asleep. The blue haired girl simply puffs her cheeks and pouts while crossing her arms sternly at him, a slight red in her cheeks, but at the same time, something else was on her mind.

'Don't tell me you forgot what day today is…?' Dawn thinks in her head a bit sadly, a bit hurt at the thought. She keeps these thoughts to herself and then looks Paul in the eye to eye-level, bending down with her hands to her hips in a stern manner. "We have to pack up and get moving after breakfast! I have a big contest today and I don't want to be late! Don't tell me you forgot!" The blue haired girl says matter-of-factly. The purple haired boy smirks at this and pokes at her cheeks teasingly, deciding to poke some more fun at the blue haired girl and get some more reactions out of her.

"Maybe I did forget? Maybe I didn't? Who knows…?" Paul smirks while teasing the blue haired girl playfully, poking her in the cheeks and then flicking her on the forehead in a teasing gesture. "Hm, what if I don't want to get up? What will you do then, hm?!" He says with a smirk as he looks ready to cover himself in his sheets again to go back to sleep. At this point, the blue haired girl was fuming completely, flailing her arms at him and wanting to strangle the purple haired trainer.

"Arg! You jerk! Knock it off! I don't have time to play games with you!" She exclaims. She then gives him an adorable puppy dog pout with tears forming at her eyes, crossing her arms as she looks away from him. "I hate you…" She adds. Paul smirks at this, deciding that he had enough fun teasing the blue haired girl, satisfied with her reactions. He always enjoyed seeing her get mad at him for teasing her. Her reactions were truly satisfying and adorable. And now, he wanted to see her blush, and he knew just how he was going to do it.

"Really now?" Paul says with a smirk. "Well, I love you!" He says as he wraps his arms around her from behind, kissing her tenderly on the cheeks. The blue haired girl feels a deep, crimson blush appear on her cheeks. She then pushes him away in denial while still pouting.

"Sh-Shut up! I-I'm still mad at you for teasing me!" Dawn exclaims adorably while in denial, sticking her tongue out at him childishly. She was blushing furiously in the cheeks as she sticks her tongue out at him. "Breakfast! Now that you're up, I'm getting breakfast!" She exclaims, scurrying out of the tent and in an attempt to hide the deep, crimson blush on her cheeks. Paul chuckles at this and gets up, joining the blue haired girl.

As Paul gets out of the tent, Dawn is seen sitting around the table with Ash as Brock sets up the table. The purple haired Pokemon trainer groans a bit and snorts, still not completely used to the relaxed, happy-go-lucky atmosphere of Ash and his friends. It didn't bother him too much, however. Dawn was all that he needed, after all.

As Ash and his friends gather around at the table, having breakfast, Ash is seen talking comically with his mouth full, expressing how much he was looking forward to seeing Dawn win her next contest. Brock then comically reprimands Ash and lightly hits him on the head, telling him not to eat with his mouth full. Paul just snorts at this and rolls his eyes at this scene.

"How pathetic…" Paul snorts at Ash. He then looks towards Dawn, who is seen with a bright, cheerful smile on her face, laughing at Ash as he's scolded by Brock. Seeing the blue haired girl's bright and cheery smile motivates him to really do his best today. The purple haired boy then sits down and tries to think, contemplating his plans in his head. Dawn had a contest today… As much as he didn't want to, he was going to have to miss it… Hopefully he could make it up to her later. What kind of balloons would she like? Pink? But then her hair is blue… What if she didn't like pink and just wore pink? Maybe she grew out of pink in the one year they were together? The purple haired teenager continues to ponder these thought until his thoughts are interrupted as Dawn waves her hand in front of Paul's face, looking at him while a bit concerned.

"Paul? Are you alright? Earth to Paul!" Dawn says while pouting a bit. She then tips her head to one side with an eyebrow raised. "What's wrong? You spaced out there for a second." The purple haired trainer shakes his head and tenderly kisses Dawn on the forehead.

"It's nothing, troublesome…" The purple haired trainer says as he takes a seat next to her. "Today is a busy day. We should hurry…" He says as he prepares to dig in. Dawn raises an eyebrow at this, wondering what was on Paul's mind. But then the blue haired girl gets a scheming look on her face as she decides to get back at Paul for this morning as she playfully snatches away his utensils. Paul scowls as the blue haired girl snatches them away and looks her in the eye irritably.

"Troublesome, what do you think you're-" He then pauses and grows a bit red in the cheeks as Dawn grins widely and holds a spoonful of his food to his mouth. "Say aaaaaaah!" She says playfully. Paul smirks at this, knowing what game the blue haired girl was playing and decides to play along. He opens his mouth, letting the blue haired girl feed him. Dawn giggles at this playfully and smiles at Paul as she feeds him. However, she is then caught off-guard as he suddenly and unexpectedly pulls her closer to him and kisses her on the lips, sharing some of the food with her as well.

"Mmmmmmm!" Dawn exclaims in a muffled voice with her eyes widened at this. She flails her arms and lets out small, muffled squeals in protest as a deep, crimson blush appears on her cheeks. She did not expect this at all. Brock chuckles at this while Ash comically covers his eyes, still not used to it when the couple made out like that.

"Get a room you two!" Ash says to them comically. Paul simply smirks at the spiky haired trainer and picks up the blue haired girl bridal style. The blue haired girl lets out a small, adorable squeak as she's picked up by the purple haired trainer, causing her even more embarrassment as the look on her face reddens deeper from this very thought.

"Hm, maybe we will~!" Paul says with a smirk. Dawn is completely red in the face with how close she was to him, her body pressed against his well-toned chest. Finally, she struggles and scurries out of purple haired boy's arms before scurrying to her tent.

"I-I have to get ready for my contest!" Dawn says while still completely red in the cheeks, trying to think not so hard about that moment they had shared. Paul chuckles at this as he looks back to his meal to continue eating. He then realized that the joke was on him because Dawn still had his utensils. The blue haired girl looks back at him playfully and sticks out her tongue out at him in an adorable pout while the purple haired trainer has a vein mark popped on the back of his head.

"TROUBLESOME!" He exclaims as he chases after her. Dawn simply laughs cheerfully as she runs from the purple haired trainer comically. Ash and Brock simply sweat drop at the scene. They then look at each other and they couldn't help but just laugh a little. Things had certainly been livelier with Paul around that was for sure.

Moments later, after breakfast was finished and camp was packed up, the group was finally ready to make their leave. As Dawn and the group fully packs up all their things, she looks back at Paul and smiles brightly.

"We're all ready to depart!" Dawn says cheerfully. "Are you coming, Paul?" The purple haired trainer looks at his watch. It was already time for him to leave.

"Actually, I'm sorry, Dawn, but I have something important to take care of." Paul says to the blue haired girl. "You guys can go on ahead without me. I'll catch up when I'm finished." Dawn's heart sinks a bit as Paul says this and she frowns a bit.

"Wh-Where are you going…?" Dawn asks in a small, hurt voice while looking the other way, a bit hurt at the thought of Paul missing out on an important day for her. "A-Are you going to train your Pokemon or something…?" However, the blue haired girl is instantly reassured as Paul holds Dawn by the shoulder and stares her deeply in the eyes, looking dead serious at her.

"Dawn, you know that I would NEVER choose miss out on a contest of yours for training… I promised I would NEVER do anything to hurt you ever again and that stays true now more than ever… I hurt you once before, and I will NEVER hurt you again!" Paul says seriously and sternly, but in a gentle manner that made Dawn want to believe in him. He would never call her by her real name unless he was completely serious, after all. He then pauses a bit, paranoid and thinking of the possibility that some random perverted fool would try and make a move on his girl while he was gone. Dawn was very beautiful and attractive after all. His blood boiled at this very thought, and he decides to take extra precautions just in case.

"You're going to have to trust me on this, alright?" Paul says, needing the blue haired girl's absolute trust with what he had planned. "And know that this means so much more to me personally than training… I have some personal business with Reiji to attend to. I should be back by the time your contest ends. If I'm not back by then, wait for me at the Pokemon Center… I'll definitely be sure to come back for you by the end of the day." Dawn smiles at this and nods her head. She could trust him. The blue haired girl rests her head on Paul's chest, holding his hand.

"I trust you, Paul…" She says softly while closing her eyes, her head rested on his chest. "Come back soon, alright?!" Paul smirks kindly at this and nods his head. To reassure Dawn that he would be back, he decides to hand Dawn his most powerful and treasured Pokemon, Torterra as an extra precaution. Paul nods his head at her and kisses her tenderly on the cheeks.

"I'll be back for him, alright?" Paul says gently. "And know this, while I won't be there to watch you in person, I'll definitely be watching your contest on television and cheering you on! So do your best and make me proud!" Dawn has a small smile on her face and nods her head, tucking Torterra's Pokeball someplace safe. The blue haired girl then kisses Paul tenderly on the lips before the two of they go their separate ways. As Paul heads the opposite way, Reiji calls on Paul's Poketch.

"Hey there, Paul!" Reiji says brightly and cheerfully. "Are you sure you're fine with leaving your girl like that?" He asks. Paul closes his eyes and smiles.

"I wouldn't leave like this if I knew she wouldn't be alright. I know that she's strong enough to take care of herself. Plus, she has Torterra who will protect her should anything go wrong. She'll be just fine!" He says reassuringly and calmly. He then stretches a bit before making his way over to the place they had promised to meet up. "Alright then, it's time to get to work!"

Back with Dawn, the contest was underway just getting underway. "Next up is Dawn from Twinleaf Town!" Marian said. Dawn clutches Ambipom's ball tightly while biting her lip. It just didn't feel the same without Paul around.

'Paul, I hope you're watching…' Dawn thinks in her head, now changed into her pink contest dress and her silky blue hair was now tied into a high ponytail. She then looks forward, determined to try her best for Paul's sake.

"Ambipom, Spotlight!" Dawn shouted. "Start off with Swift!" As she says this, the Long-tail Pokemon emerged and it shoots a twister of beautiful stars towards the air. Dawn smiles at how beautiful she made the display, and decides to go for the finishing touch. "Now finish with Double hit!" Ambipom replied by swiftly striking the stars with its tail. This resulted in a beautiful display of fireworks. As Ambipom headed down, it landed on one of its arms expertly. The crowd and the judges loved Dawn's performance and applauded. Dawn smiled, satisfied with her performance. She then looks up at the crowd, seeing that Paul wasn't there, even if she knew he was with her in spirit. The blue haired girl closes her eyes and heads off the stage… Separation anxiety was starting to get to her…

Dawn managed to make it to the final round, though Paul wasn't there for any of it. This made Dawn lose focus on most of the battles, but she managed to pull through, knowing that he was out there somewhere watching her. She was in the middle of a contest battle with her rival, and childhood friend, Kenny.

"Piplup, use Bubblebeam!" Dawn shouted.

"Prinplup, dodge and use Drill Peck!" Kenny ordered.

Prinplup managed to pull off an impressive dodge, making Dawn's points go slightly down. Prinplup then spun around, ready to attack.

"Piplup, use Whirlpool!" Dawn ordered.

Piplup nodded, and held a large whirlpool over its head. Before Prinplup could reach it, it was hit hard by the whirlpool, making Kenny's points go down a considerable amount.

"Time up!" Marian said enthusiastically. "The winner is-" The blue haired girl has her hands together, praying that she would emerge victorious.

'Please be me…' Dawn think in her head hopefully. Her face then lights up with a smile on her face as she appears on the screen.

"-Dawn from Twinleaf Town!" Marian said in the same cheerful voice.

Dawn smiled cheerfully. 'Yes! I won!' She then looked at Paul's supposed seat, but it was still empty. Dawn cheerfulness quickly turned to anxiety once more. 'Though, it's not the same if Paul's not here in person…' Kenny grins as he goes up to congratulate the blue haired girl.

"Grats, Dee-dee, you were awesome!" Kenny said cheerily. The blue haired girl decides not to let Paul's absence bother her too much and pouts at Kenny. He said he would be back for her, after all! She knew she could trust him.

"D-A-W-N!" Dawn says to her rival and childhood friend, putting emphasis on each letter to get it through his thick skull. She then smiles at Kenny and shakes his hand. "Thank you! You've gotten a lot better yourself!" She says, before heading up to the stage to claim her next ribbon.

At the end of the contest, Dawn meets up with Ash and Brock, dressed back into her regular clothes. Ash grins widely as he goes up to Dawn to give her a high-five.

"You were great, Dawn!" Ash says with a wide grin. "Paul just called and said he saw everything through TV! He's really proud of you!" This lighten Dawn's mood considerably and a smile appears on her face as she returns Ash's high five. He had been watching her after all!

"I tried really hard since he couldn't make it, after all!" Dawn says with a bright, cheerful smile on her face. She then smiles and turns to Brock. "Speaking of Paul, I guess we should wait for him at the Pokemon Center, right? Hopefully he'll be done soon!" She says while smiling brightly and cheerfully. Ash and Brock smile at this, seeing that Dawn was being strong, even without Paul here, and the three head off to the Pokemon Center. Little did they know, a cloaked figure watches from afar, his arms crossed and a foreboding smile on his face.

"I've finally found you…" The figure says while breathing a sigh of relief, watching her from afar. "Dawn…"

To be continued

BADOOSH~! And there we go! The first chapter of Silver Bonds! A lot has changed, I know. I thought the whole Paul ditching out on Dawn's contest for no reason other than training was a really poor plot point. And really, it was just there to get her separated, captured by J, and then poisoned and then she nearly dies.

But then I thought, with this remake: Ash and Brock are there, Dawn has Paul's Torterra… She's completely protected… How is Hunter J or ANYONE going to get to her, much less, poison her and potentially kill her? Not only that, but Paul specifically told her: NOT TO LEAVE THE POKEMON CENTER! What is she going to do? Be stupid and leave the Pokemon Center anyways when Paul told her not to? Nah, she isn't that stupid… I mean I guess Hunter J could go to the Pokemon Center, but even then the plot is still pretty weak and I did not like it. So, I decided to rework the whole plot… and after much thinking, I think I finally got something really special going here! XD

Anyways, hm, I wonder what Paul could be up to, amiright?! He's plotting something, that's for sure… hehe…

Paul: But it's so obvious that it's-

Me: SHHHHHH, Paul… just SHHHHHH! You never know, you might be spoiling it for someone who doesn't know what it could be. I don't want to ruin the surprise after all! :3

Paul: Fine, whatever…

Anyways, hope you enjoyed that! If you did enjoy that, be sure to leave a nice, friendly comment for me down in the comment section below for me, will ya? Also be sure to like and subscribe too if you haven't alre- Oh wait… ahaha… wrong thing! That's for YouTube! XD Anyways, Review, constructive criticism, no flames… There we go! XD

~Honou