Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. Pokemon is owned by those guys in Gamefreak… or something like that… I dunno…

Well, now… This is certainly a blast from the past! I never thought I would be remastering the Silver Saga completely, but low and behold, here we are… and it's gonna be great~!

Paul: I'm… not excited about this at all…

Me: Oh Paulie, I know that's your way of saying you are excited~! You don't need to be in denial or anything~! XD

Paul: Hmph…

Anyways, enjoy! Also, at the end of each chapter, I'll go through my thought process about how I go about writing each chapter! Let me know if you want me to keep doing this or not. Anyways, without further adu, let's begin!

Silver Tears Remastered: Chapter 1: The Battle

Locked in combat, 15 year old Ash Ketchum was in the middle of a Pokemon battle with his rival, Paul, an 13 year old trainer. Watching their battle was a navy blue haired 11 year old female coordinator named Dawn, and a 17 year old breeder named Brock. Both trainers were on their last Pokemon, Ash's Pikachu and Paul's Torterra.

"Pikachu, use Iron Tail now!" Ash says, making the first move. As Ash gives this command, Pikachu rushes toward Torterra at blinding speed with his tail glowing in a bright white light, looking to strike the massive Continent Pokemon.

Paul responded calmly as usual, "Torterra, counter with Hyper Beam now!" Torterra responded by unleashing a huge blast of pale, yellow energy at Pikachu.

"Pikachu, dodge it quick" Ash commanded. Pikachu jumped and started spinning in mid-air. It then struck Torterra with its tail for a powerful blow.

"Nice hit, Pikachu, great job!" Ash cheers. Paul sneers at this and snorts.

"This battle isn't over just yet… Torterra shake it off!" Paul orders fiercely. The giant, continent Pokemon shook off the blow as if it were nothing. "Now, Leaf Storm!" Paul commanded. A powerful storm of sharp leaves slashed at Pikachu.

"Hang in there, Pikachu!" Ash says as Pikachu is struck by the powerful attack. The small electric mouse was shaken by the attack, but still had some fight in himself. "Great! Now, Volt Tackle" Pikachu nods its head and starts charging at Torterra, surrounding itself with an electric aura. As the battle is going on, Dawn is watching from the sidelines, but her eyes weren't on the battle, her eyes were on Paul.

'Paul really is a strong battler after all, but Ash should be alright, right…?' She thinks in her head. She then fidgets around a bit nervously while a bit red in the cheeks. 'I-I already said I would be going for it today, but how am I going to go about telling him…? I don't know if I'm ready just yet…' Dawn thinks in her head, silently finding her resolve. Meanwhile, the battle continues and Pikachu was charging straight towards Torterra with his Volt Tackle.

"Pika pika pika pika pika…" Pikachu says as it begins building speed for the powerful Volt Tackle, getting close to Torterra for the vicious attack. Paul didn't seem concerned however.

"An electric-type move against my ground-type Torterra won't do anything for you. You really aren't that bright, aren't you?" Paul taunts coldly and in a calculated manner. "Torterra, use Earthquake." As he says this, Torterra unleashed a savage quake, shattering the ground underneath it as it stomps the ground with its powerful hind legs. However, Ash was ready.

"Believe it or not, I'm not that stupid." Ash smirked. "Pikachu, jump and use Iron Tail!" Pikachu jumped, and the speed from Volt Tackle and the power from Iron Tail made it a powerful hit.

"Pika, PIKA!" Pikachu cried as the vicious combination attack slams Torterra hard. The Continent Pokemon reels back from the hit, shaken by the vicious attack.

"Torterra, Hyper Beam" Paul calls out. As the attack made impact, Torterra charges a golden beam of energy in its mouth and fires as it's sent reeling from the earlier Iron Tail.

Pikachu, being too close after Iron Tail, was vulnerable after its attack and was hit by the powerful blast sent flying from the blast and landing on the floor hard, but slowly getting up from the attack. After the exchange of attacks, both Pokemon are shown to be facing each other, breathing heavily from the intense battle. However in the end, both Pokemon end up collapsing and the fierce battle had ended in a tie with both Pokemon fainted.

"Tch, what a waste of time…" Paul grunted, about the walk away from the scene as he returns his Torterra. However, before he could go off, he's cut off. It was Dawn, who stood up just as the battle had ended.

"P-Paul, wait!" Dawn says, still trying to find her resolve, but wound up reacting, knowing that they wouldn't be able to meet up for a while. "I-I know this is a bit sudden, but I have something that I need to-" Before Dawn could finish her train of thought; Paul interrupts her while staring at her in a puzzled manner.

"Who are you again…?" He asks bluntly and nonchalantly. Dawn seemed a bit hurt that Paul didn't remember who she was, but stayed strong, not discouraged by this as she continues.

"We've met multiple times before, you jerk! My name's Dawn! She exclaims matter-of-factly with a vein mark popped on the back of her head irritably, trying her best to hide the hurt in her voice. She then sighs and looks the other way, a bit red in the cheeks as she fidgets around nervously, fiddling with her skirt while still thinking about the best possible way to go through with this. "A-Anyways, I-I just wanted to let you know th-that I…that I… l-like you… A-And… I-I was just wondering… if maybe… you would feel the same way…" She mumbles quietly, her voice growing gradually smaller and quieter. Paul just snorts at this and turns the other way with his hands in his pockets.

"What a waste of time… And what makes you think I would like you back? You're just a troublesome little girl who knows nothing…" Paul retorts coldly. Dawn has her eyes shadowed as Paul says these harsh, cruel words to her, her reaction to this rejection not clear. "Now if you excuse me, you and your little group have held me back enough already… I'm busy and I have places to be." He says as he walks off the other way. Ash narrows his eyes and steps up, yelling at Paul.

"Hey! What was that about, you jerk! You didn't have to be so harsh!" Ash exclaims. "Are you listening to me, I'm talking to yo-" He begins, but is cut off as a hand is placed on his shoulder. It was Dawn's, and she still had her eyes shadowed, but then she looks up while having a bright smile on her face.

"Relax, silly, you don't have to get all mad at him! I'm fine! No need to worry!" Dawn says brightly and cheerfully. She then turns the other way while still smiling brightly. "Ah, man, I was rejected just like that… Somehow I knew it was going to end… like that…" Dawn's voice started to be shaky at the end, and the blue haired girl's fists were clenched and shaking. Ash could've sworn for a brief second there, he saw something rolling down Dawn's cheeks. Dawn then wipes her eyes and turns back around while still smiling.

"Let's go set up camp…" Dawn says with a smile. "It's getting a bit late…" Ash and Brock look at each other, knowing that Dawn was anything but alright from that harsh rejection, but the both of them nod their heads and follow after the blue haired girl.

Later that night

Moments later, the three of them had finished setting up camp. Brock finished making dinner and Ash was setting up the table, looking eager to eat. Dawn, however… looked as if she was still thinking about the day's events.

"Dawn, dinner is ready!" Brock says, putting a hand on her shoulder gently. "It's your favorite, eat up!" He says as he gently encourages her. Dawn turns around and holds her hand out dismissively while still smiling brightly.

"Hmmm, it's tempting, but I think I'll pass. I'm not that hungry anyways. You guys enjoy, alright? I'm going to sleep a bit early!" Dawn says cheerfully as she heads to her tent. Ash looks at Brock worriedly, knowing just how much Dawn was really hurting deep down inside.

"Brock… I don't like seeing Dawn like this…" Ash says softly as he takes a spoonful of food in his mouth. "I know that she's just trying to tough it out, but it hurts seeing her like this… It's all that jerk, Paul's fault…" He says softly, showing deep concern for the blue haired girl. Brock smiles and comforts Ash.

"I know it's painful, but heartbreaks like these will pass on eventually, and I hope maybe Dawn will get over it eventually." Brock says reassuringly. "Dawn is a strong girl, I'm sure she'll be fine!" Ash looks at Dawn's tent with deep concern, and then tips his hat so that he was covering his eyes.

"I sure hope so, Brock…" Ash says softly. "I sure hope so…"

Back with Dawn, the poor blue haired girl had plopped herself in her sleeping bag, and in that one instant, she let everything that she had kept bottled up inside all out in one emotional instant. All that feigned cheerfulness she had tried so hard to keep up took a direct 180 in an instant. She clung to her pillow, sobbing into it, her tears unable to stop. Silver tears struck down from her face as she continued to cry her eyes out.

"…It hurts… It hurts so much…" Dawn sobs quietly, burying her face in her pillow. "I knew that he wouldn't return his feelings for me… He's a talented trainer, while me…? I haven't even won a major Contest yet! I knew I was out of his league right from the start, and yet… it just hurts so much… I had some confidence that maybe, just maybe I would've had a chance, but I was just flat out rejected… He can't even remember my name… Why did I think I would ever have a chance with him…?" She then pauses a bit as she looks at the ribbon her mother had gave her before she had left on her journey. Tears were still formed at the edge of her eyes, but the crying had ceased for a bit.

"… Maybe Paul is right about me…" She mutters to herself, clenching her mother's ribbon tightly in her hands. "Maybe I'm just some troublesome girl who knows nothing…" She then closes her eyes, burying her face in her pillow before drifting off, and her constant sobbing lulling her to sleep.

To be continued

And, that's that! A short chapter, I know, but the content in the first chapter of the original Silver Tears didn't have much to it as well, so we have ourselves a bit of a short chapter. XD

There were a few key things I decided to change in this first chapter. Namely, how Dawn handles the rejection. I felt that in the original Silver Tears, Dawn just suddenly growing depressed at the rejection wasn't in her character at all. I hope that this is a more accurate interpretation of how she would handle with the rejection. I also polished the battle in the beginning a bit more because… Why not…? XD

I'm trying to stray away from Dawn being a complete Damsel in Distress in these remakes. And you'll definitely see that in later chapters I have planned. So stay tuned and don't change that channel! XPP

Anyways, no random rambling with character for this chapter… I know, you guys find my ramblings amusing, but hey, maybe next chapter! As always, review, give me some constructive criticism, and don't leave any nasty flames… My name means 'Fire Dragon' after all so, heh… I eat flames for breakfast…

~Honou