C H A P T E R

One

The Tri-Pokemon Battling Tournament

A tall boy with dark brown hair and eyes with short bangs through a poke ball high into the air. Out of it came a Typhlosion.

"Typhlosion! Flame Wheel!" It all suddenly vanished, as the boy was being shaken awake by his best friend, Julian, a blondish brown wavy haired boy with light brown eyes. His face was dotted with very few freckles on his face. Just an inch shorter then Phoinex.

"Phoinex! Phoinex! Wake up! We're gonna be late to class!" Phoinex suddenly awoke in his four-poster bed in the 3rd year Arcanine dormitory at Hogwarts. Quick as a flash Phoinex got dressed and ran for the door.

"Uh! Phoinex! Don't forget your poke balls again!" Phoinex turned around, his backpack hanging over one shoulder.

"Belt!" He yelled, and from the nightstand by his bed the belt with his 6 shiny poke balls orbed to him. He put the belt on, pounced Julian, and they orbed in front of their pokemon biology class.

"Must you always do that?" Julian mumbled as Phoinex got up.

"Only when I'm in a hurry." Came the reply with a grin. A bell rang from somewhere and the class door opened. There were 5 tables, (6 with the teachers desk) each with 4 tables. Phoinex and Julian took their usual seats at the table in the back with their friends Selena and Zoe. Selena was a girl with eerie green eyes and short black hair with one braid to the back, where as Zoe had nice curly red hair that was usually free with eyes of pale blue.

The teacher was pointing out the insides of a Growlithe, but Phoinex wasn't paying any attention. He was looking out the window longing to battle, recalling his dream. He was a great trainer in a fierce battle for the cup of the pokemon master tournament.

"Mr. Halliwell! Pay attention!"

"Sorry Professor Vector…."

"Should we send you to suspension? Again."

"No! Please! Not that!" At Hogwarts suspension meant that 3 of your pokemon team would be taken away.

"Then pay attention!" And she went back to explaining a Growlithe's fire pouches. He did pay attention, but only for a few minutes. Then his attention was back on his dream. He was suddenly startled as a bell rang from somewhere signaling the end of class. Phoinex quickly gathered his things, without hearing the homework assignment, and ran out of class for his next one was advanced battling, his favorite class. In the halls he stopped Selena, Zoe, and Julian, and told them to teleport or shimmer to class. Selena and Zoe teleported, Julian shimmered (A/n: being part demon, which is odd since he's a whitelighters friend), and Phoinex orbed. They all re-appeared on a grassy field with large pokeball shapes imprinted with crushed up chalk, used for battles. There was only one teacher's for this, Professor Oak. (A/n: A kind of Dumbledore figure, the headmaster of the school. Of course not as old!) He watched, or "supervised" the battles and assigned partners once a month. Julian and Phoinex had been partners the last month and Selena and Zoe had also been partners.

"Katy Bell and Zoe Ketchum!" Came his cheerful and loud voice. "Julian Montgomery and Ron Weatherby!" And on and on until he reached the last ones on the list, "Selena Night and Phoinex Halliwell!" Phoinex's stomach gave a leap of joy. He had always wanted to test his skills against Selena but the rules of the school didn't allow them until their 5th year. (A/n: I know, I know. I hate how happy and common this is but that's just how thinks are, ok?!)

The group of students scattered, found their partners, and went onto one of the pokemon battlefields. (Poke Help (P/h): The pokeball shaped things for those of you that have never seen a pokemon battle in your life.) Selena found Phoinex, and silently they walked over to a battlefield near the edge of Ilex Forest. (A/n: a.k.a The Forbidden Forest in Harry Potter language.) Phoinex went to one side and Selena the other. She took a pokeball (P/h: again, for those of you that have never seen, a pokeball is red on top and white on bottom and opens like a…a…an oyster. But it's round like a ball hence the name "pokeball.") from the belt around her waist and threw it up into the air.

"Go! Pidgeot!" She called. Out of the pokeball came the bird like pokemon. (A/n: Not gonna describe it cause I can't tell you everything!) Phoinex thought quickly and decided to use his Azumarill.

"Go Azy!" He called, for that was its nickname. "Water gun!" A powerful squirt of water came out from its mouth and would've hit the Pidgeot, if not for Selena making it use quick attack.

"Pidgeot! Peck it!" The pokemon dived at its opponent, but Phoinex had taught his pokemon to think for themselves sometimes, so as the Pidgeot neared, picking up speed every second, Azy jumped and Pidgeot hit the ground. Then Azy fired a fierce water gun at the Pidgeot wearing it down. He then used his pound attack and crushed the bird to its last bit of energy.

"Woohoo! Great job Azy!" Congratulated Phoinex. (A/n: Yes, I know of this too, it's far too happy, but thingy are this way also. Sorry! I mean, what do you expect him to do? Please tell me in your reviews!) Selena held out a pokeball at Pidgeot and said, "Return, Pidgeot." With a look of worry on her face. (A/n: Complain about this, Selena, and our non-whitelighter thingy, the you know what I just didn't wanna say in for the whole world to see, will die! Or I'll make you look bad in the next chapters…) She through another pokeball, this time at the ground, and out came an Elekid.

"Thundershock! Now!" Bolts of electricity shot out from the Elekid's horns and went straight at Azumarill. (A/n: Ack! Another common and too happy thingy!)

"Azy! Faint attack!" Azumarill became temporarily invisible, but was still hit by a small bolt, and out of nowhere hit Elekid to the ground. (A/n: if you know pokemon, then you know that the small bolt can be really effective. Hmm… Too many author's notes? Nah…) Elekid quickly got up, located Azumarill, and took another shot. Azumarill tried to escape, but most of the attack his him leaving him out of energy. Selena's worry frown turned into a smirk of triumph. Phoinex returned Azumarill to its pokeball and through another to the ground. Out of it came his Sudowoodo.

"Imita! Flail!" Imita then started throwing rocks rapidly at Elekid. (A/n: I'm not sure what flail is exactly, but that's what I think it is. And the name 'Imita' comes from the word imitation.)

"Elekid, thunder wave!" A kind of magnetic blast came from the pokemon, stopping the rocks.

"Imita, strength!" Sudowoodo took a large chunk out of the ground, and before Elekid had time to think, she was under a boulder dizzy from the shock.

"Mhhh…" Grumbled Selena. "Return, Elekid!" Just as she was about to send out her next pokemon the bell rang, meaning it was time for lunch.

"Return, Imita." Disappointedly said Phoinex. As he did, Selena teleported to their usual seats at the Arcanine table in the great hall, followed by Julian, Phoinex, and finally Zoe. In the middle of lunch, Professor Oak stood up from his seat at the teacher's table and instantly everyone went quiet knowing he was about to give an announcement.

"Students of Hogwarts, I'm happy to say that the Tri-Pokemon Battling Tournament is coming to Hogwarts this year! As you may or may not know, in this tournament you battle other challengers from your year. In the end there are 35 winners, 5 from each year that go on to battle against the 70 delicates from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. 2 winners from each year will be given the 3 evolution stones of their choice." (P/h: Pokemon evolve, as in change into stronger more powerful forms. Certain pokemon need a special kind of stone to evolve.) The hall filled with the sudden murmur of anxious students. "Settle down now, settle down. This year, however, you must be in groups of three, each with a different name to compete. A poke ball box will be in the entrance hall, where on a slip of parchment you'll enter the name of your group and team members." Selena's heart filled with excitement. She, Phoinex, and Zoe had been a trio since they had each gotten a Cyndaquill. Back then they were TCT, the Cyndaquill trio, then TQT, the Quilava trio, and finally TTT, The Typhlosion Trio. They pranced around the school by that name, and everybody knew. If you were a first year, you'd know a week into the school year.

"Ok, we don't even need to talk about this, right?" Said Zoe, when Oak had finished talking.

"Yup! We're entering as The Typhlosion Trio!" Joyously said Selena. Phoinex took out a piece of parchment, quill, and inkbottle and started writing their entry slip.

"Phoinex, the brains and leader." Said Julian with a sly grin.

"Selena, the funny one." Said Selena.

"And Zoe, the beauty." Said Zoe with a smile of pride. When they were done eating, (Julian found another team, the troublesome three) they went to their next 2 classes (pokemon abilities and advanced pokemon caring). After that they walked into the entrance hall where they found that ,just as oak had said, there was a poke ball shaped box in the middle awaiting all entries. A group of 1st and 2nd years was gathered around, including Phoinex's younger sister, a curly brown haired 2nd year, Patricia Halliwell. Her hair was as usual, held back in a ponytail. She was a few inches shorter then Phoinex with soft creamy skin. Selena's younger brother was also there. A short 1st year with hair a brown no one had ever seen. Like the mane of a lion with hazel. He had happy lime green eyes and pale-brown skin. They made way for the Typhlosion trio and watched as Phoinex dropped the slip of parchment into the poke box. (A/n: It just seems like a proper name for it…) A wave of whispers broke out of the small 1st and 2nd year crowd that they tried to ignore. Zoe couldn't help but smile proudly that she was in the competition. Selena grabbed the back of her collar and dragged her off to the common room with a look of embarrassment for Zoe. (A/n: Like this!: -.- Anime style.) At a table in the common room, Selena gave Phoinex the homework he hadn't hear in pokemon biology. He finished soon and then helped Zoe with her pokemon ability homework and finally grooming his pokemon. He, Zoe, and Selena always groomed their Typhlosions together and sometimes even each other's, so Phoinex started with his Azumarill while the others finished up. Today they did each other's and Phoinex got Zoe's. While he groomed it though he couldn't help but stare out the window into the sunset and think about the tournament he would soon be battling in.