Chapter 1: Dreams

Harry's aunt and uncle had always mocked his dream of being a Pokémon Master. They told him that Pokémon were not real, that he was living in a fantasy world. Yet who could blame poor Harry for retreating into his imagination? His parents were dead, his cousin was a bully, and his cruel aunt and uncle never let him buy Pokémon trading cards. He didn't have any friends at school, because all his classmates wanted to do was play the Pokémon card game. He liked to watch their games, but he was never allowed to join in.

Once Harry met a girl on the playground who liked to pretend she was Squirtle, and he played with her for a while. He would pretend that he was Clefairy and they would have imaginary Pokémon battles. Their game ended when Harry realized this girl actually believed that she was Squirtle. She was taken away to a mental institution and Harry never saw her again.

Harry did have Pokémon Blue Version, and his party was made up entirely of level-100 Clefairy. He had caught almost all of the Pokémon, but could not manage to get the ones that were only available in Red Version. Dudley had Red Version and Yellow Version, but he refused to trade any of his Pokémon, so Harry would never be able to catch them all. Harry was not even allowed to beat Dudley in Pokémon battles, his cousin was such a sore loser than Harry had to let him win every time.

So Harry spent most his time alone in the cupboard under the stairs, catching more Clefairy and training them all to be level 100. He feared that he would live like that forever, never experiencing the thrill of victory or the warmth of true friendship. However, on his eleventh birthday, Harry received a letter that would change his life forever. He had been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Pokémon Training.

When he realized what that letter meant, he peed his pants. Pokémon were real, his aunt and uncle had been wrong. He would be able to train real Pokémon and make real friends. Apparently he was also a wizard and he would be able to escape from his aunt and uncle's house. The most important thing was that he would have his very own Clefairy, and he would nickname it Sparkles.

James had always wanted to be a wizard. He had been born into a rich family, so he had grown up believing he could have anything he wanted. The only thing he lacked was a pair of loving parents. His mother and father never cared for him, never bothered to teach him the difference between fantasy and reality or right and wrong.

When he was old enough to think for himself, he ran away from home in hopes of going on a magical journey. Instead, he got involved with the criminal organization known as Team Rocket. He became an expert at stealing, lying, and cross-dressing. His criminal adventures helped him find himself, he realized that he had a special place in the universe. The world was full of heroes and sidekicks and tertiary characters, but his purpose in life was to be a villain. He decided that he did not simply want to be a wizard, but the greatest dark wizard in the world.

For the first time in his life, James had a destiny. He was no longer that spoiled and lonely child that had run away from his poor excuse for a family. He had a real family in Team Rocket. His partners Jessie and Meowth were like siblings to him, and his boss was like a father. Actually, he had a crush on Jessie so it wouldn't be right to say she was like a sister, and Meowth was a talking cat so he was more like an intelligent pet than a brother, and his boss didn't seem to like him much so he wasn't a very good father, but they were still a better family than he had back at home.

Jessie and Meowth were misfits, just like James. Jessie's obnoxious red hair made her an outcast. Though Meowth was one of the only Pokémon who was smart enough to actually speak instead of just repeating his own name, his speech impediment made him a laughing stock and prevented his genius from being recognized. Because he spent most of his childhood alone, James was extremely socially awkward. Most people in Team Rocket thought he was weird, and the fact that he would sometimes wear women's underwear under his clothes did not improve their opinion of him.

But it didn't matter what anyone else thought, because James had Jessie and Meowth. They went on missions together and got blown up together and got yelled at by their boss together. No one respected them as they were, but they could not be discouraged. They knew that one day they would be honored as the greatest villains of all time. All they needed was a mission that would allow them to prove themselves.

One day, James's boss gave him a very difficult assignment. He didn't actually think that James and his two friends could pull it off, he was sending them on the mission to get rid of them. However, when James learned where he was to be sent, he was ecstatic. His job was to infiltrate Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Pokémon Training. He would finally get to be a wizard.