Chapter 5
The next morning, while Harry woke up on time, Ash once again didn’t. There was also Ron, who slept later than Ash. They went down to the Great Hall together and ate quickly before they had to leave for Transfiguration, which was given by professor McGonagall. Harry tried to get them both to move quicker, but they were still five minutes late. When they went inside, the rest of the class was already there, and on the desk was a graceful Eevee surrounded by its evolutions and a shiny eevee. Ron made a comment about how they were lucky that the professor hadn’t arrived yet. Suddenly the Eevee jumped and transformed mid air into Professor McGonagall.
“Wow.” Ron started. “That was amazing, professor.”
“Thank you mister Weasley. May I ask how it is possible that your sister was able to come on time but you three are late?” She asked sternly.
“Sorry, professor, that is my fault. I wasn’t able to get them to wake up on time or make them move faster, so we would be on time.” Harry said.
“Mister Potter, you are not responsible for them. Please if they don’t learn to wake up on time themselves, you do not need to wake them up, and make yourself late. And finally, mister Ketchum, why is your Pikachu outside of its pokeball?”
“Sorry, professor, but he doesn’t like it. I never kept him in his pokeball.” Ash answered truthfully.
“Okay, make sure he doesn’t attack any students, or you will get detention. Now please find your seat. I work with assigned seating and I’m disappointed that most of you are not where you should be. You have five minutes to get to the appointed seats.”
Harry, after five minutes of struggling to find his seat, was placed next to Draco Malfoy, the blond git. Ron was seated next to a fuzzy haired girl, called Hermione Granger. Ash was seated next to Gary, much to the disappointment of them both. Ginny and Luna were together in front of the desk, probably because they were the youngest in the entire school.
This lesson was mostly theory, but they got the promise that they would start magic the next week. After Lunch they had Charms with professor Flitwick. The professor was small, and had a few goblin attributes. A togetic could be seen fluttering around the class. Once again they sat beside the person that they also sat beside in Transfiguration, to much dismay of the students that sat beside someone they didn’t like *AKA Ash and Gary, Harry and Draco*.
On Tuesday morning, Harry let the two boys sleep and went to the greenhouses with Neville, Dean and Seamus. Professor Sprout had a Tsareena beside her while she explained the greenhouse and what kinds of plants they would learn about in their first years. In the afternoon they had Defence Against the Dark Arts from professor Lupin, who was accompanied by a midday Lycanroc. The professor said that they would start with a theory about the different kinds of magic and the laws that came with it. They would then go over the defensive spells against certain hybrids, as the ministry calls them. Before Harry could leave, he was asked if he could wait a bit after the Myths and Legends class on Thursday afternoon. Harry thought it could not be a concindent that the professor had the same last name as one of his godfathers.
Wednesday morning, Ash was able to wake up in time without any help. It could be because the morning lesson was the Catching Lesson of Madam Hooch. She had a Swellow with her and explained that while they would not be catching pokemon at this point, she would show the different habitats that were around Hogwarts. They started at the lake and were told that closer to the beach were the pokemon that were easy to catch, like a Magikarp, while further in the lake were pokemon that were stronger and a lot harder to catch, like Quaxly.
The next habitat was a magma lake, because they didn’t think a volcano was a good idea to keep with students. Here you could catch fire pokemon and rock types. Next they went to the forest, and were told that you could find different types, but they were still separated by type and there were certain places in the forest that held specific pokemon, which you could see on the tree trunks.
Next they walked up a small mountain that could be used to catch higher flying pokemon. Sometimes one of the other type pokemon would also come here, but that was not always certain. They also walked up to a plain that sometimes held small rare pokemon like the elusive Eevee. Most girls in the class immediately started looking for the brown fox pokemon, until the teacher decided to call them back. There were also three types of caves surrounding the mountain. One led to an underground lake, one was completely frozen and held quite a few ice types. The last one was just a normal cave. When the class was finished, they were told they had flying class next week, and that they needed to decide if they wanted to first fly on a flying pokemon or a broom.
After lunch, they didn’t have any classes, so Ron asked Harry if he wanted to play chess. The chess pieces looked normal, but as soon as Ron gave a command, they began to move. Ash, who decided to watch, was fascinated by the pokemon that were in place of the normal chess pieces. The king was a Raichu, while the queen was a Pikachu. After Harry was defeated, Ron wanted to play against Ash, but he told him that he would prefer an actual pokemon battle instead of chess.
Thursday morning they had Magical Theory. In this class they learned about different ways that they could use their magic and how their core was aligned. For some it was clear as day that they had a Light Core, meaning they were more inclined to use charms and transfiguration as easy as breathing. Some had a Dark Core and were more inclined to use healing and warding. Then there were those that had so-called Grey Cores, the ones in the middle. The book mentioned some magic that they excelled in, but also made the comment that these cores were a mystery to the greater population. Finally they also learned that each Core was also aligned to pokemon type. People with an Electric core would have an easier time to train and connect with electric types than others.
In the afternoon they had Myths and Legends from professor Black. In this first lesson they would be discussing the origin of the world. To be fair, the legends surrounding it were quite confusing. One legend said that Arceus was the one to create it all, while another said that Mew was actually the creator. Professor Black was able to keep the class on topic, because some of the other myths originated from the Arceus origin, while others originated from the Mew origin. Professor Black also told them that they could not know for certain which one was the true one, unless one of those two Mythical Pokemon decided to make it known to the world.
Harry stood up nervously when the class was over. Ron had just reminded him that professor Lupin had asked him to stay behind this class. He slowly walked up to the professor, but before he could say anything he was engulfed in a hug.
“Oh, pup, I’m so sorry for not being in your life.” the professor whispered in his ear. A few of Harry’s classmates were still in the room, and looked worried, before they quickly left. They stood that way for a while, before Harry suddenly felt a hand on his head. Turning as much as he could, with the professor hugging him, he saw professor Lupin with a small tear in his eyes.
“Hey love, let our cub go, please. The other students saw this and already are on their way to let Minnie know.” Lupin said to the other professor. Professor Black did let him go, but he had tears in his eyes doing so.
“Minnie knew this would happen as soon as he was close enough for me to do that. It was the reason why neither of us was allowed to visit him to take him shopping.” Professor Black said. “Moony asked you to stay behind after my class because we needed to explain a few things. We are your parents best friends. And we know we were supposed to take you in when they died, but sadly we were already working here. Dumbels had made a rule that no teacher can have a warden or child. The problem was that all people in your parents' will were either teachers or incapacitated or just not cleared to have a child by the authorities. We tried to take you for the summer months, but even that was not allowed.”
“We hope you will forgive us.” Professor Lupin said. “We also hope that you would let us visit this summer so we can maybe start to teach a bit about Black family magic. As the heir you need to know it, and well the only other people who can teach you are not really that trustworthy, we prefer to do it ourselves as the Lords. Sadly we can’t teach you anything about the Potter Family Magic, but we are looking into it. There must be someone still with that knowledge.”
At this point, Harry was shocked to say the least, especially when the door opened and instead of Professor McGonagall, it was Luna who came inside.
“I know who can teach Harry all about the Potter Family Magic.” she said in her dreamy voice.
“You know someone, miss Lovegood?” Professor Black asked, suprised.
“Of course. My mother.” she said, with a dreamy look.
“Your mother? I didn’t know she was a Potter.” Professor Lupin said.
“Well, she is a descandent of them, but she originally isn’t anymore if you go technical.” Luna said, suddenly quit serious. “It is a well kept secret, that some families have ties to others, that no one can know. The Potter Familie was once the Peverell Familie, a family of Death and Destruction. Giratina, the lord of the Distortion world has always favored them. If a chosen has risen, it is mostly those of the Peverell Familie. My mother told me the story of the three Brothers that got His approval for the first time. Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus were able to pass the test He made for his first chosen. Sinds that test He decided that the whole family was his. And now, with Harry being the final direct descendant, he is waiting for the right moment.”
While Luna was telling this, a blissful present came behind her. Neither Harry or the professors were able to tell who it was, but as soon as the door opened, it was gone.
“Sirius Orion Black, what did I just hear? Did you grab a student without any reasons?” professor McGonagall asked while walking inside the classroom.
“Well, that is my cue to leave. See you all later. I will send a message to my mom that she will meet with you. I hope there is pudding tonight, yesterday it was gone before I could grab some.” Luna said while skipping out of the room.
While professor Black was trying to explain to professor McGonagall, professor Lupin subtly took Harry out of the room. For the rest of the night, neither Black and McGonagall were seen again. The next morning, professor Black looked fearful to the deputy headmaster, like she threatened to take away his Zoroark. Harry didn’t give much attention to it, because he needed to get on time for Potions and Medicine, which was in the dungeons. This lesson was given by the surly professor Snape and his Seviper. As soon as they came inside, he personally led them all to their seats, without even saying a word.
Harry once again was set next to Draco Malfoy, while Ash was set next to Gary again.
“Welcome to Potions and Medicine. In this class you will learn to create potions and poison for human consuption. Starting in second year you will be able to produce medicine that pokemon can use to heal themselves. Eventually you will be able to learn how to create your own recipes for either of the branches that we will discuss.” the professor said. “Mister Potter, can you tell me the difference between monkswood and wolfsbane?”
“I don’t know for sure but I believe one is a plant and the other one is a leaf?” Harry said unsure. When he said, he heard Draco scoff, like he said something wrong.
“Hmm, well you are almost correct. They are actually the same plant, also known as Aconite. Please open your book on page 237, and start reading. If I hear something out of anyone, I will feed you to my seviper.”
For the rest of the class, everyone was silently reading, trying to absorb a lot of theory about how to cut a certain plant the correct way, and why any other way was wrong.
In the afternoon, the first years had a free hour, to get them settled. Harry decided to go exploring with Hedwig. She hadn’t left her pokeball once the entire time he was at school. As soon as he arrived at the courtyard where the first years were allowed, he let her out of it.
“Hey girl, sorry for not letting you out of the pokeball before now, I just couldn’t find the time.” Harry told his rowlett. Looking arround the courtyard, he saw that there were more first years that took out their pokemon. A boy with emerald green hair was playing with his ralts. Beside him sat a friend of Ash, if Harry was correct. He thought her name was May, with her torchic in her lap. There were a few more, but no one really looked interesting enough. Suddenly the girl with her Axew jumped down from a tree, right in front of Harry.
“Hi, I see you looking to all those people, why don’t you go up to them?” she asked him.
“I don’t know if they even want to talk to me, I’m not really that good in social interactions.” Harry told her uncertain.
“Well, let me help you then. I already know a few of them, because they all come to me. Apparently Axew is the only dragon starter. No one else has a dragon type. Come on then.” she said while dragging Harry towards May and the boy with emerald hair. “Wally, May, I found someone that looks lost.”
“I’m not lost.” Harry said, insulted, pulling his hand out of her grip.
“Well, I didn’t say you were, I said you looked lost.” she said.
“Iris, be nice. If you want to help him, you can, but you can not just grab a random person, and drag him away.” May said.
“Yeah, especially when it is someone who clearly needs a bit more food inside of him before he is subjected to your dragon like strength.” Wally said.
“Oh, but he is not random. Can’t you guys feel it, I just clearly feel the dragon in him.”
“You know I can’t feel the dragon types. I can only feel the water types, which is annoying enough, there are a lot of them.” May said, sighing.
“Yeah, I feel the dragon type, but still we don’t know which side he is on. Maybe he is from the other side.” Wally said, in a whisper like voice.
“Uh, what are you talking about?” Harry asked them.
“Well, what do you know about Chosen Children?” Iris asked.
“Well, only that they are chosen by Legendary Pokemon, but nothing more.” Harry answered almost truthfully.
“Well, a Chosen Child, is indeed just that. But it is a bit more complicater. Most of the Legendary Pokemon decide at the same time. They are seen as the knight of the Legendary Pokemon and possess a few different abilities, which can’t be seen or found before you access them. The only way for other people to know for certain you are Chosen, is when the Legendary comes before you, in times of need. Because while you, as the Chosen, are their knight, they are yours. There is a rumour that in our year, there are a lot of Chosen Children present.” Iris said.
“Really, how do you know?” Harry asked, fearful that she knew something about him. He didn’t share with anybody that he has a chance of being the Chosen of Giratina, for safety purpose.
“Well, I’m the Chosen of Kyurem, the Ice Dragon of Absence.” Iris said proudly.
“Weirdly enough, I’m the Chosen of Rayquaza, Lord of the Sky.” Wally said defeated.
“And I’m the Chosen of Kyorge, Lord of the Sea. Iris, being the Chosen of a Dragon Legendary, together with Wally, are able to feel for the other Chosen Dragon Children. They are both certain that you are one of them.” May said kindly.
“But if you are certain, that means that your Legendary has visited you before.” Harry asked in wonder.
“They have indeed. Kyurem came to me when I was almost freezing to death once. If you are unaware of your connection, you will not be protected against their power, so Kyurem, who made that snowstorm, came to me to protect me.” Iris said.
“I was once very sick, and while I was healing, my family moved around a lot, so I was left with my aunt and uncle. Sadly I left without permission to see if I could train a pokemon. While I was catching my ralts, Rayquaza was the one to help me.” Wally said.
“And I was once almost drowning trying to safe the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy. Kyorge was the one to safe us both. I was actually traveling with Ash at that time. Still amazing that he didn’t notice I could suddenly breath under water. Same with my little brother, Max, he is to young to come to Hogwarts, but he was Chosen by Manaphy.” May said.