AN: Yay! Finally got this out!

One day this idea popped into my head. Basically, I will write a bunch of one-shots based off of the characters in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. You can request pairings, which I explain better at the end of this chapter.

Warning: this chapter contains spoilers for the post-game of Explorers of Time/ Darkness/ Sky

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of its characters. The only characters in this chapter I own are Aria and Zephyr, who are based off of my Sky team.

Chapter 1. Worth living for (Beachshipping – PMD2)

My ears twitched as I awoke on my comfy straw bed. I groggily opened my eyes was greeted with the joyful darkness of Sharpedo Bluff.

'It must still be early,' I thought to myself. I was still incredibly tired from the day before. Me and my best friend had been sent into little Azurill's nightmare by ex-criminal Drowzee to see what was wrong with him. The poor thing was a locked in a comatose state and wouldn't wake up. He couldn't eat, drink or even move about!

The nightmare itself was... strangely beautiful. Weird mixtures of vibrant purple and pink shades blended together and made up something that was similar to Mystery Dungeon. We still had to do all the basic dungeon stuff, like watching our health and hunger (which seemed to go down twice as fast for some odd reason) and fight Pokemon there. Speaking of, the Pokemon there aren't the kind you would expect to find in a place like that. I was expecting mostly dark-types, maybe some ghost as well. What I got was a bunch of adorable normal and psychic-types, for example, Blissey and some that looked like Guildmaster Wigglytuff! For a place called literally called 'The Nightmare', it wasn't that terrifying. The Pokemon there just made me think that, while it was a nightmare, it still had Azurill's child innocence in it. It's kind of sweet, actually...

Me and Zephyr, my friend, weren't all that bothered by the dungeon. I found it to be a rather calming place. However, the end of the dungeon was what disturbed us. A really pulchritudinous and elegant-looking Pokemon named Cresselia appeared before us and shocked us with her spiteful words. She said that we were the cause of the distortion in space because we travelled to the future when the planet's paralysis was beginning. Those words hurt. Us, primarily me, could be the cause of everybody's demise. What she said next left a scar: the only way to stop the distortion is to erase our existence! Either we do it ourselves or she would do it for us. She actually started attacking us, but thankfully Drowzee showed up and interrupted her was-to-be slaughtering. Think about it though, all of this happened in Azurill's nightmare. We could've been killed inside of his mind. That's really disturbing to think about.

Cresselia's words left a real impact on Zeph, though, and I could see why. We basically had to kill ourselves in order to save the world. Personally I didn't trust what Cresselia had said at first. When we got back to Sharpedo Bluff, we talked about it for a while before I decided to pack in early. I was tired and wanted my bed. Zeph stayed up way after me though, contemplating over the problem. I didn't know if he actually ended up sleeping.

Eventually my eyes had adjusted to the eerie darkness of the room, so I could make out basic shaped very faintly. I glanced over to the left of me and looked Zeph's empty bed. I was expecting to see my partner snoring vociferously like Loudred did back at the Guild, but all I saw was a straw mess, which was a sign that he at least got some sleep.

I paused so my mind could comprehend the situation here. 'We were talking about killing ourselves earlier, now Zeph isn't here.. We also live on the side of a cliff...,' My mind went into full-on panic mode. "Zeph?!," I shouted.

I rushed up the stairs of the bluff to the outside and frantically looked around before spotting the small Pokemon staring at the sea, similar to Dugtrio, minus the crazy dialogue. Thank Arceus he didn't appear to be injured in anyway.

"Zeph?," I asked. I saw him jump slightly before turning to face me.

"Oh, hey Aria. You scared me there," he replied with a false smile. I could tell it was false. He didn't want me to worry about him, even though I was going through the exact same thing.

"You scared me, you idiot! I was worried you'd-." I couldn't finish my sentence. I broke down crying right there and then. I knew that Zeph moved from his spot and sat next to me to comfort me. We always did that whenever one of us was upset.

"Come on, Aria. Do you really think I would leave you to deal with this by yourself?," Zeph asked me, concern in his voice.

I replied back with a meek "no".

"Then don't worry. We're both involved in this mess and we're gonna get through it together!." He suddenly enveloped me in a hug. I felt heat crawl to my face as I wiped away my tears. I swear the the Pokemon I met at the beach on that fateful day isn't the same one I'm embracing at the moment. This Zeph is courageous enough to stand up to Primal Dialga, a Pokemon who had lost all control in himself and descended into insanity. The Zeph I met back then was afraid of getting his Relic Fragment from those Team Skull goons.

He has grown so much ever since Team Stormlight was formed, and it's the result of our close friendship. Our bond has never broken after all the things we've had to go through. Escaping the future, finding the Hidden Land, defeating Dusknoir and his henchmen, saying goodbye to Grovyle, stopping the planet's paralysis, me dying and now the distortion in space. We've been through think and thin and I'm glad that we've strayed away from each other. We both needed somebody when we first met on the beach that day. Zeph needed a friend to be there for him and give him courage and hope. I needed somebody to help me. I didn't know what to do then, I had lost nearly all of my memories and Zeph was the one helped me deal with that.

"Okay, Zeph.," I started to say once he let go of me. "We'll find another way out of this.," I could see something sparkling out of the corner of my eye. Sunlight shone inbetween the vast mountains in the distance, lighting up the sky in all directions.

"The sunrise is beautiful.," I heard Zeph say.

"Yep, and so is our future."

AN: Squeeeeeee!~ My OTP feels!

Sorry if this chapter was a bit dark. I was intending for this to be more light-hearted but I must have gotten carried away. I just thought that this scene was perfect for some Beachshippy-ness. I'll try and do some more cheerful chapters next time!

Speaking of, I do have the pairings for the next chapters planned out, but please request any pairings you would like to see a drabble of. If I can make something of them, I'll try my best. Just some things I should get of the way first:

- Yaoi and yuri pairings are accepted

- No lemons

- I will take pairings from all (release outside of Japan) Mystery Dungeon games into consideration (the Rescue Team series, the Explorers series and Gates to Infinity. None of the Adventure Squad games)

- Please request pairings from the same games. I don't want to see Gengar x Hydreigon or whatever

- If possible, give a shipping name, otherwise it will just be (Pokemon) x (Pokemon)