Okay, here we are again. The beginning is similar to the original, but the differences will become apparent quickly. Let's get to it!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my own characters.

Chapter 1

Welcome to the world. It's a very unusual place.

Stephanie let out a soft, frustrated sigh. She had woken up earlier than she wanted to, again. She was still feeling the excitement from the start of her journey in Hoenn even though a week had already passed. The anxiety of having to stay the night in Petalburg woods didn't help, either.

She opened one of her eyes and slightly tilted he head upward. There was no light shining into the tent. The sun hadn't even risen yet. She could still get a little more rest. She settled back in.

Unfortunately, her small movements were enough to catch the attention of her tent's other occupant.

Oh no, she thought to herself. Maybe if I ignore her, she won't bother me.

But it was not to be. Stephanie felt her face being licked. She had to give in.

"Alright, Kuro! You win!"

She bolted upright and pulled Kuro, her Eevee, into a hug.

"And good morning to you, too!"

She released Kuro and took a glance at her watch. 4:50 AM it read. Not too far off from sunrise. She could definitely start moving. Besides, her guards would probably appreciate the early break.

She quickly dressed herself in a tank top and shorts. That had become her regular attire since arriving in the region. This kind of intense summer heat was not something she was accustomed to in Unova, and she had to dress down to cope with it. That was not a problem for her, though. She kept herself fit and enjoyed showing that off.

"Shall we check on the others?" she said to Kuro once she was finished.

Stephanie poked her head outside the tent to greet the other two members of her team. An Emolga planted itself on her face.

"Happy to see me, are you, Arrow?" She said as she pulled him off. Arrow gave a delighted chirp in response.

"Wait," Stephanie felt a sense of panic as she looked around. "Where's Lynx?"

"Emol!" Arrow scurried around to the right side of the tent as Stephanie followed him.

She found Lynx leaning against the tent, sound asleep.

"Purr. Espurr," Lynx muttered.

While she may have been enjoying her slumber, her master was not pleased.

"Sleeping on the job," Stephanie said. "And here of all places."

She moved to wake Lynx up, but before she could…

"Vee!"

Kuro had decided to do it herself, and Tackled the sleeping Espurr, much to Stephanie's dismay.

Not pleased about being disturbed, Lynx knocked Kuro back with a blast of psychic energy. She unsheathed her claws while Kuro prepared a Shadow Ball.

"Oh, not good," Stephanie muttered. "Arrow!"

"Emol!"

Arrow jumped in between Kuro and Lynx, holding up his arms like a boxing referee. After a few seconds, the two backed down. With obvious reluctance.

Listen, you two, Stephanie said to them telepathically. She wanted to minimize the noise. She couldn't sense any strong Pokemon nearby, but it was still early enough in the morning that nocturnal Dark-types could still be active. That was attention she didn't need right now.

It's been three months. Neither of you are going anywhere, so learn to live together already!

That was it. There wasn't much else she could say at this point. Kuro and Lynx's rivalry had never been pleasant, but now it was just tedious.

Lynx was supposed to be Stephanie's first Pokemon. Her parents had gone on a month-long vacation to Kalos just after she obtained her trainer's license. They told her they would bring back a surprise for her, which she knew would be a Pokemon. However, her impatience got the better of her, and she made the short trip from Nimbasa City to Castelia Park, where she captured Kuro two weeks before her parents returned home with Lynx.

Being Stephanie's first Pokemon seemed to fill Kuro with a sense of arrogance, and he and Lynx regarded each other as competition for Stephanie's affection rather than teammates. Stephanie had tried every remedy she could think of. She thought she could ingrained the team concept in them after she caught Arrow. That didn't work. She used both as her walking Pokemon. That didn't work. She used them in double battles since she arrived in the region. They kept attacking each other, causing her much embarrassment.

Still, she was determined to make things work between them. They couldn't stay mad at each other forever, right?

This must be what a love triangle feels like. Great plot device for a novel, but a pain to live through.

"Now that we've got that behind us," she said. "Let's get moving."

She retrieved her backpack from the tent, took a Poke Ball from it and tossed the ball at the tent. The Poke Ball captured the tent – along with all its contents – just like it would a Pokemon. It was a convenient trick Stephanie had learned right before she left for Hoenn. It allowed her to save space in her backpack for other things and lightened her carrying load considerably.

"Arrow, I think you've earned yourself a rest," she said, and recalled Arrow into his Poke Ball. "Alright, let's get moving."

"Vee?"

"Purr?"

Kuro and Lynx seemed surprised they both were left out.

"I'm going to make this work with you two," Stephanie told them. "That's going to happen even if it kills me. Now let's move it before it gets too hot."

"I can't go on."

It took only a few hours before the heat got to Stephanie. She dropped her backpack and collapsed against the tree. She needed a break.

"Eevee?"

"I'm fine Kuro, really. I just need to rest for a bit."

Kuro seemed satisfied with her answer and scurried away. Stephanie's gaze followed Kuro's path. She saw him and Lynx exploring around another tree nearby.

That's good. They're not fighting…yet.

She checked her map. It looked like she was almost out of the woods. She could afford an extended rest. She didn't want to spend another night there, not in a place where Bug-type Pokemon were common and Dark-types could also be present.

She started to doze off, but was jostled awake a few minutes later. Kuro and Lynx were on opposite sides of her, and they both looked worried. She saw why when she looked up.

A Murkrow had landed close to where they had been roaming.

Stephanie felt uneasy. This was what she had hoped to avoid. She did her best to stay still, not wanting to catch its attention. She then noticed something glittering in the sunlight in the Murkrow's beak.

It's got something. I can't see what it is from here, though.

Her first instinct was to let it go. Arrow was her only Pokemon that could handle the Murkrow, and he was probably fast asleep inside his Poke Ball. He'd be in no condition to fight. Waiting for it to leave was the sensible thing to do.

However, something was pulling her the other way. She felt an overwhelming curiosity for whatever it was the Murkrow possessed. It seemed to be…calling to her.

She gave in.

Lynx, Stephanie shot a telepathic message to her Espurr. Wait for the right moment, then sneak up on it and attack it with Covet. Then bring the item to me.

Lynx slowly crept toward the Murkrow, which wasn't giving her much attention. It turned its back to her.

Now, Stephanie commanded. Go for it!

Lynx sprang into action. She sprinted towards the Murkrow and slammed into it before it could react. The object it had been holding shot up into the air and came down on Lynx's waiting paw.

The Restraint Pokemon happily skipped back to its trainer.

As Lynx approached Stephanie, she got a better look at what the Murkrow had been carrying: an oval shaped locket with an "S" inscribed on it.

"Good girl," she commended Lynx as the Espurr handed over the locket.

Stephanie recoiled when she touched it.

"Huh? What the…"

It felt…evil.

That was a strange way to describe it, but Stephanie could sense something sinister about the locket. It made her uncomfortable.

The Murkrow can keep it, she said to herself. She stood up and prepared to toss the locket away, but…

Where'd it go?

Something suddenly slammed into her from above and knocked her on her on the ground. She saw what it was when she got back on her feet. The Murkrow had dived bombed her, and was circling back for another run. It let out a loud, angry squawk.

It just wants the locket back. Well, it can have it.

She chucked the locket to the side, or at least she tried to. She felt a tightness near her hand. The locket's chain had wrapped around her wrist.

She struggled to get it off, but it seemed to resist her efforts as if it had a life of its own.

Stephanie ducked just in time to avoid another dive bomb attempt from the Murkrow. Instead of attacking again right away, it started to glow.

Great. It knows Sky Attack. I can't outrun it. I'll have to teleport.

She closed her eyes and tried to focus on another part of the woods.

Nothing happened. The stress was too much for her. She couldn't concentrate.

She heard another squawk from the Murkrow and braced herself for the impact.

It never came.

Instead, Stephanie heard some type of collision, followed by a pained cry from the Murkrow and then a crash.

Ron was angry. Very angry. His fight with Harry was the only thing occupying his mind as he stormed out of the tent and into the rain.

Enough about that, he thought. Time to go home.

He closed his eyes and concentrated on the Burrow. He would know his family was OK once he Apparated.

Nothing happened.

This was strange. He had his destination in mind and was certainly determined to get there. He couldn't be out of range.

Then he realized it was no longer raining. He opened his eyes, and…

Not only was there no rain, it was daytime and significantly warmer. And he was in a forested. How had he gotten here?

He turned around to find his answer.

A large black hole was floating in midair. A thin golden ring outlined it.

"It must have been right outside the tent,"

He had obviously walked through the ring without realizing it and ended up here, wherever "here" was.

A shuttering sound snapped his focus. He looked to his left and saw a camera strapped to a nearby tree. This must have been in Muggle territory, but that did not matter to him right now. He had to get back.

That seemed easy enough. He simply had to walk into the ring again, and he'd be right back at the campsite.

But before he could take a step, a large black bird emerged from the void. Ron had never seen anything like it. The feathers on top its head were arranged like a witch's hat and its tail feathers looked like the end of a broom.

What really caught Ron's eye was that the bird was carrying Salazar Slytherin's locket in its beak.

Ron carefully drew his wand so not to startle the bird. He just had to stun it and take the Horcrux back. Easy enough. He took aim at the bird.

"Stupefy!"

He fired a stunning spell and landed a direct hit.

The bird was unaffected.

Ron could only stare in disbelief. That must have been a fluke; he'd try again.

Before he could, however, the bird took off and flew by him.

"Hey!" he shouted. "Get back here!"

He ran after it. He tried more stunners, but kept getting the same result. The bird squawked back at him, almost tauntingly. His heart sank when the bird flew above the trees. He had lost it.

Ron did the only thing he could think of: he kept running. There wasn't much of a chance, but maybe he could track down the bird if it landed on the ground.

But he began to lose hope after several minutes of nothing. He had to stop to catch his breath.

Ron felt powerless. He had no way to find the bird now. And if he couldn't find the bird, he couldn't find the Horcrux, which meant they had no chance of defeating…he couldn't even bring himself to think the name.

"Vee!"

A high-pitched voice broke him out of his thoughts. He felt something tug at his pants leg. He looked down to see a brown dog…or cat…or fox…thing.

"Vee! Eevee!" it cried. Was it trying to get his attention? It seemed desperate about something.

"Er, sorry," he said. "I don't have time for…"

He was cut off by a loud squawk.

"Vee!"

It was all Ron had to go on.

"Lead the way," he said to the dog-cat-fox-whatever.

"Eevee!"

It sprinted away with Ron in pursuit.

The strange animal led him to a clearing a short distance away. He arrived just in time to see the bird dive at a girl, who just happened to be carrying the Horcrux.

The bird's attack missed, and once it elevated itself again, it started glowing.

Ron tried to think quickly. Magic hadn't worked earlier, so he needed something else. He scanned the area and saw a medium sized rock next to a backpack he assumed belonged to the girl

It clicked immediately. That would work.

Ron cast a non-verbal Levitation Spell on the rock, lifting it off the ground.

And right into the bird's path as it began its dive.

There was no time to avoid it. The bird hit the rock, spun out of control and crashed onto the ground and did not get up.

"Vee!" the foxlike creature cried almost delightedly and ran over to the girl.

"Huh? W-What happened?"

The girl must have had her eyes closed. She turned around to notice Ron.

"What's going on," she asked. "Where's the Murkrow?"

"Murkrow?" Ron said, confused. "You mean this thing?"

He pointed at the unconscious bird.

"Yeah," she said. "How'd you do that? And that?"

Ron had left the rock floating in the air. He wasn't sure how to answer.

"Are you a psychic?" the girl asked.

"No, I'm a wizard." Ron answered before he could stop himself. He was caught off guard by the question.

"Wizard? So you did that with magic? And the stick is your wand?"

"Er, yeah."

She didn't seem bothered or surprised, much to Ron's bewilderment.

"That's so cool! You're almost like a Delphox."

Ron didn't know what to say as he had no idea what a "Delphox" was. He decided to turn the conversation to the reason he was there in the first place.

"Hey, about that locket…"

"Is it yours? Here, you can have it."

She tossed it over to him.

"Great. Now it comes off."

"Thanks a lot," Ron said.

"Thank you for bailing me out, uh…sorry. We haven't properly introduced ourselves. I'm Stephanie Glass."

"Ron Weasley."

"Thanks so much Ron," Stephanie said. "I don't know what I would have done if you weren't here to bail me out."

"Where is 'here,' exactly?" Ron asked.

"We're in Petalburg Woods," Stephanie answered. She was clearly confused.

"Where?"

"Petalburg Woods," Stephanie repeated, but saw Ron still didn't understand. "You're in Petalburg Woods, north of Petalburg City and south of Rustboro City in the Hoenn region. Does that help?"

"No, it doesn't."

Ron was still confused. Stephanie sighed and walked over to him. She placed her hand on his forehead.

"I'll make this easy," she said. "Just think everything I need to know."

Ron did as told, thinking of everything he had been through the last few years with Harry and Hermione over the years.

Stephanie took her hand off him after a few minutes.

"Whoa," she said. "That's some heavy stuff. I can see why you'd have a hard time explaining that."

Before Ron could say anything, a familiar voice cut him off.

"Ron?"

It was Harry.

"How about that," Stephanie said. "Looks like we have a reunion incoming."

And the first chapter is in the books. Hope you liked it.

Poor Ron never really got to do much in the books, at least compared to what Harry and Hermione accomplished, so he gets an early moment of glory here.

Those who read the original version probably noticed a big difference in the rewrite. The HP characters can now use magic in Pokeworld. I realized taking away their powers would have limited their role, and that's a bad idea when the spotlight is supposed to be on them half the time.

Just so there's no confusion, I'm not going to put a limit on the number of moves the Pokemon can know at a time because it doesn't make sense outside of the games. However, that doesn't mean I'm going to be pulling off ex machina moments left and right like you would see in the Pokemon anime (so you won't be seeing Stephanie's Emolga using powerful moves like Hyper Beam or Giga Impact this early on).

Finally, since there's usually a story behind a name, here are a few notes about the nicknames I chose for the Pokemon.

Lynx - Ancient European and North American cultures associated the lynx with psychic abilities.

Arrow - as in the arrow flying squirrel species.

I'll let you figure Kuro out on your own, if you don't already know. It could be a hint, or maybe it's not...

See you next time!