Ch1: The start of a grand Adventure!

AN: CH 1 is probably going to be the shortest chapter, as I am not too fond of Bashing the Dursleys (Dudley and Petunia actually appear Again in a later book!), and this story is very obviously inspired by the Harry Potter: Pokemon Master series, but has quite a few more places/stories added to it for various reasons. That being said, I still highly recommend that you check out the HP:PM series, as it by far the best HPxPokemon Crossover on the site (At least in my humble opinion). LS out!

Within the little town of Surrey, a family that lived in a small house near the center of surrey had just begun to wake up, and move about, aside from one small boy. This boy was harry potter, who, despite not knowing of it, was the boy who lived, son of the woman who fought, and the man that sacrificed, which made him far more extraordinary than he could ever know. He simply chose to stare at the ceiling, his eyes blank and tired, and lie there on his bed. Harry slept inside of a cupboard that was nestled underneath the stairs of the house. His bed was no comfort, as the mattress was rather thin and the blankets happened to be threadbare, as he was not given much aside from the old, worn, and thin blankets that the Dursleys no longer used. Harry shivered a bit, before sitting up to start his day, only to hear a loud crash from outside of the cupboard. He sat up immediately, and pulled on his glasses, before peeking out the grate of the door that lead inside of his cupboard. His eyes widened with shock when he noticed a large dog-like creature sitting outside of the cupboard. It was a regal looking creature that had pale cream-colored fur, a fluffy mane, and what looked like stones poking out of its fur. It was a pokemon, and it was one that he had never seen before. He gently pulled the door to the cupboard open, and let out a gasp as he began looking around the room. The dursleys were all cowering somewhere in a different room, the barking of another pokemon obviously terrifying them. Harry crept towards the cream-colored pokemon, and reached out his hand to touch its fur, shaking slightly as he did so. He jumped in fright when the pokemon turned towards him, its large blue eyes seeming to pierce his soul as he stared into them. Harry shuddered a bit, until the pokemon moved towards him, and placed its head underneath his hand, causing a look of surprise to cross his face. He looked up, a look of surprise on his face when he saw a giant of a man walk into the hall, a dark red and white pokemon following him. The man gave a friendly wave, before recalling both of the pokemon. "There ya are!" the man said cheerily, " Allo 'Arry! I haven't seen yeh since yeh were a baby!" Harry simply sat there staring at the giant of a man, his eyes wide with shock. "Erm, I-I'm sorry..?" he said weakly, "Wh… who are you exactly?" The man seemed to slap himself with shock at something. "Blimey! I forgot ter introduce myself!" He cried, before grinning at harry again. "The Name's Rubeus Hagrid, but yer can call me Hagrid!" Harry seemed to perk up a bit as he heard footsteps coming from the other room. A few moments later, Vernon and Petunia had exited from the other room, and Harry flinched at the sight of them. Vernon was obviously furious with Hagrid, his face a blotchy red and purple from anger, while Petunia was pale, and looked ready to faint from fear. Hagrid turned to face them as Vernon strode forward, and pointed a finger in the Giant mans face. "Now you listen here! That boy is going Nowhere." He snarled, glaring at Hagrid. "He doesn't need to be associated with abnormal freaks like YOU and those freaks that were his parents!" Hagrid simply stared back at Vernon, a deadpan look on his face… though his eyes were filled with rage. "It feels right ter give him a choice, Dursley." he said calmly, before turning back to harry, and handing him a letter. "Here, Harry. I think yeh have a right ter know about yer family, and who they were." The letter was labeled to be from Hogwarts School of Battle. Harry stared at it for a few moments before looking up at hagrid with a confused expression before the giant nodded and motioned for him to open it up. Harry gently peeled off the seal, before it revealed the letter enclosed within.

Dear Mr. potter,

We are pleased to let you know that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Battle. Enclosed you will find a list detailing the items that you are required to have as a first year student. Term Begins on September 1st, and we must receive a reply from you no later than August 29th. We hope to hear from you soon

Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress.

Harry took the letter and put it aside, before pulling out the item list for the upcoming year.

First year's require:

1 set of the standard Trainers uniform (White with black trim)

1 set of the beginner Pokégauntlet Uniform. (Black with white trim)

1 pair of standard running shoes (White or Black)

1 standard potion making set (Year 1)

3 Standard Pokéballs (Note: Students are not allowed to have custom balls, or any of the higher grade of pokeballs. Premieré balls are also forbidden for this reason.)

1 Pokénav, with the year 1 book and instructional programs

These programs include:

a copy of "Pokémon Tracking: Year 1" By Palendia Caché

a copy of "Sweet Treats and Good Eats: Beginners Edition" By Cremé Poffi

a copy of "The art of Pokéball crafting: Year 1" By Kurt Premier

a copy of "Pokémon grooming: Caring for your friend!" by Leilani Gorumi

a copy of "Crafting Cures: Year 1" by Maxi Revivieré

A copy of "Battle tactics: Year 1" By Rori Batting

A copy of "Pokétography: the art of capturing the fantastic" By Trip Reily

1 communication device (C-Gear, Pokégear, X-transceiver, or Pokétch)

1 standard cap of any type, shape, and color

As a general rule, all first year students may not try out to play for their house PokéGauntlet team, and may only have a single Pokémon for their first year.

Harry simply stared, wide-eyed at the paper, shock coloring his features. He glanced up at hagrid, worry slowly starting to seep into his expression. "... Erm, Sir?" he said weakly, "... Even if I did agree to attend here… how could I afford it?" Hagrid smiled at Harry faintly, before there was a burst of white light as the Pokémon from before re-appeared in front of him, before immediately proceeding to nuzzle him. Harry could've sworn that he heard a faint voice say that he "Smelled like a nice person" for the briefest moment. Hagrid chuckled a bit, before mussing the fur of the pokemon a bit. "Seems ta me Fang's taken a liking to yeh!" He said Cheerfully, "Yeh don't need to worry 'bout paying for yer school things. Yeh didn't think that yer parents left yeh with nothing, did yeh?" Harry noticed that Vernon had overcome his fear somehow, and was glaring at him with a ferocity that harry had never even seen before. "If you leave with him, don't come back." he said, his voice one of deadly calm, and causing Harry to shiver as Vernon stalked off and away from him. Harry looked up at Hagrid again, who simply looked sad at this point, but gave a 'What can you do?' kind of shrug when he saw the look Harry was giving him. "Do yeh want ter do this? We can provide you with a home until someone else would like to take yeh in?" Harry looked over at the Dursleys, a sad look on his face. Petunia looked sad as well, but her face was tinged with understanding, quite unlike Vernon, who seemed to be looking at Harry as though he were an inhuman creature. Harry turned to hagrid, before agreeing to leave with him. The giant man seemed to be ecstatic about this, as did the pokémon, as it seemed to trot off over to hagrid, barking happily. Harry smiled quietly, before hagrid walked over to take his hand in his own. Harry grabbed it, and walked out of the door, and off into a new adventure with his friend. It was certainly the start of a Grand adventure, one that would change harry's life forever. Hagrid had gently guided him forward and down the street, and had happily begun talking to Harry about the Region. Their first stop would be at Meridian City to pick up his school supplies, as well as for hagrid to do some business with the local bank there, then it would be straight to hogwarts with the two of them! Term started in less than 5 days, so they would also be staying at a local inn. Harry noticed that they were going to be taking a train to Meridian City, as it was quite the distance away from the city, being almost a 2-Day Drive compared to the single-day train ride that they were doing just to reach the city. Hagrid explained that they would be going to the local stores within Meridian City to obtain his gear for school. "Erm, Hagrid?" asked harry, a nervous look on his face as the giant man turned to him. "What exactly does Hogwarts… teach?" Hagrid smiled at harry before he spoke. "Hogwarts teaches yeh skills yer gonna need regardless of what yeh plan ter go into, 'long as it's Pokémon-related I suppose." said Hagrid cheerfully, "They'll teach yeh how ter take care of yer Pokémon — Grooming, how to properly cook for 'em, and how to craft potions fer them. They'll also teach yeh how to participate as a Pokémon coordinator, and participate in small tournaments, though that won't be till at least yer third year. They'll also teach yeh about Pokéball crafting and Pokémon battling, which are probably yer most important classes, aside from potions ya' know. Finally, they'll teach yeh how to run the Pokémon Gauntlet, PokéGauntlet fer short. Jus' Think of it as a souped-up version of the Johtonian's Pokéathlon." Harry looked confusedly at Hagrid, so he let out a sigh before continuing. "Tha PokéGauntlet Is a bit like an overly large obstacle course that yeh have to run through, and each team has at least 8 players: Tha Chasers, (there's four of them), Tha Keeper, tha trappers (two of them),and tha Seeker. The job of tha Chasers are ter collect points by travelling through the course and battling ta other teams Chasers, and collecting pennant flags. The job of ta Keeper is ter defend the Goalroom, which is where yer team's flag is. Typically, tha keeper has a bulky or strong Pokémon to help them defend it. Tha trappers are responsible fer setting up various traps for the opposing team ter deal with. Tha Seeker's job is ter take tha opposing team's flag. Usually yeh would have a Pokémon that is agile and powerful ter make yer job easier, otherwise yeh would run into plenty of issues fer your run. If I'm not mistaken, yer dad was actually a Seeker!" Harry looked startled at this. "He ran the gauntlet? For which house?!" he gasped, eliciting laughter from Hagrid at his enthusiasm. "Calm down 'Arry! If yeh really wanna know, he ran the PokéGauntlet fer Gryffindor. I would be shocked if yeh didn't make the team, regardless of yer house. It's practically in yer blood!" Harry had an excited smile on his face. "What's Hogwarts like!?" Hagrid smiled fondly at harry before speaking again. "I would say tha 'Ogwarts is tha best school fer teaching kids about Pokémon, but I would be wrong. It certainly is the best one fer tha Zodia Region though, and Kids love it there. Tha school is separated into four houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each of them has a reputation though, and each one has a specific trait that they prefer their students ter have. Gryffindor likes to have students with a strong sense of justice and bravery, Slytherin likes Cunning and Ambition, Ravenclaw likes Curiosity and Intelligence, while Hufflepuff likes Kindness and a bit o' justice as well!" Harry listened to hagrid ramble on about various things in the Zodia Region, before eventually nodding off once again, as it had finally reached nightfall...