Tonks got them to Volencia Island at about nine o' clock the next morning. They woke up when the bolt gave a jolt and they crashed into the dock. The crash, however, didn't do any damage to the boat.
Tonks had treated Harry and Hermione as if they had first class tickets on an airplane. She fed them a delicious meal and made sure they were warm and comfortable when they went to bed.
They also had a decent conversation with the young woman. They learned that she was a traveling merchant. She sold fine jewelry to stores and other people. She was going to the Orange Islands because a lot of people took vacations there and they would want souvenirs.
"Why didn't you go during the summer time when everyone was on vacation?" Hermione had asked.
"Because," Tonks had answered. "I was over in the Hoenn Region selling gold chains."
Harry thought she had a great business because the jewelry she sold was the most beautiful he'd ever seen. Although the products weren't real they were just as beautiful and even the riches people would wear them.
Harry sat up rubbing his eyes as they took in the morning sun. He looked around and saw they had landed, more like crashed, on a beautiful island that looked perfect to take a vacation.
Harry saw many trees that had papaya fruit growing on them. Harry could smell the fresh air and hear the seagulls that were flying around a beach that couldn't be seen from the dock.
Harry, Umbreon, and Hermione climbed out of the boat and turned to face Tonks who was preparing the engine for another ride.
"Thanks a lot." said Harry. "You were a lot of help."
"Glad to help out a great trainer." she said winking at him. "I hope you guys enjoy your stay. See ya!"
The engine roared and Tonks sped off and out of the distance. As he watched Tonks drive, Harry wondered how they survived the trip.
"Come on," said Hermione. "Let's go find that hotel then we can hit the beach."
Harry led the way around the island as they searched for the local hotel. The island wasn't that big so there was only one hotel.
They came into a clearing where a crash landing must have happened. In front of them was a wreckage of what looked like a blimp. The blimp was dirty and the metal was dented and bent into all shapes. Then there was the wreckage itself.
The blimp was broken in half and it looked as if the covering was torn like someone ripped it off trying to use it as a parachute.
"I'd investigate," said Hermione looking at the wreckage. "But I'm on vacation."
Hermione walked passed Harry and continued forward. Harry looked down at the wreckage and hoped that whoever was riding on the blimp was okay.
Harry and Umbreon followed Hermione as they continued their search for the hotel.
They had been walking for ten minutes when they spotted a building that looked like a cabin with a sign in the center of it. The sign had the letters P and C. Harry knew they stood for the Pokemon Center.
"I wonder if there are any Nurse Joys on the Orange Islands?" said Hermione.
"Let's go inside and get directions." said Harry.
They went inside of the Pokemon Center and saw that it looked like the centers back home. The walls and floor was made of wood. But the trainers were still inside exchanging information and trading Pokemon.
Hermione looked up ahead and saw a familiar woman with pink hair. She was wearing a white dress with a green apron in front of it. She was talking to a boy with a red hat. He had a Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Some thing's never change." said Hermione.
Harry looked ahead to where Hermione was looking. He spotted the Pikachu he was so familiar with. It was sitting on the shoulder of a boy with a red hat and a green backpack.
"Ash?" said Harry.
The boy turned around and his curious face turned to one of delight at the sight of Harry.
"Harry!" he exclaimed.
Ash ran over to Harry and gave him a tight embrace as if he hadn't seen Harry in years. He let go and knelt down to pet Umbreon.
"Hiya, Umbreon." said Ash petting Umbreon on top of the head. "How are you?"
"Breon." said Umbreon happily. It then looked up at Pikachu. "Breon Umbreon?"
Pikachu jumped down from Ash's shoulder and gave Umbreon a hug. Umbreon nuzzled against Pikachu happily.
"Pika. Pikachu." said Pikachu.
"What are you doing here?" asked Ash standing up.
"I'm here on vacation." said Harry. "Hermione has tickets here for a hotel stay. We have a room for three days and two nights. What are you doing here?"
"I'm here on a errand for Professor Oak." said Ash. "He sent me to pick up a Pokeball."
"A Pokeball?" he asked.
Harry didn't understand why Professor Oak would send Ash so far just to retrieve a Pokeball when the Professor could have had the ball transported to him.
"Why didn't Professor Oak just have the Pokeball transported to him?" asked Hermione.
"I asked the same thing." answered Ash. "Professor Oak said that the Pokeball couldn't be transported. I'm supposed to retrieve the Pokeball from someone named Professor Ivy."
"Then you might want directions to Professor Ivy's laboratory." said Nurse Joy who had been listening in to their conversation. "You'll need to follow the road until you see a white building."
"Thanks, Nurse Joy." said Ash. He turned to Harry. "You want to come along?"
"Sure." answered Harry.
Harry was very interested in the Pokeball Ash had mention He also wanted to hang out with his friend before they had to part ways again.
Harry called his mother to let them know they arrived safely then they said bye to Nurse Joy and headed out for Professor Ivy's laboratory. It took them ten minutes to get to arrive and when they knocked on the front door, no one answered.
"Professor Ivy?" said Ash as they entered through the front door.
The anteroom was empty and the laboratory seemed quiet.
"Anyone home?" called Hermione. There was no response. "Maybe she went out shopping."
Pikachu stepped further into the room looking around. It cried out as it was suddenly hit with a door on the floor. Three girls head poked out from under the trap door.
"Can we help you?" they asked in a unison.
"We're looking for Professor Ivy." said Ash. "I was sent here by Professor Oak."
"Okay." said the first girl. "We'll take you to her."
The three girls led Harry. Ash, and Hermione out back where there was a shortcut to the beach. They looked around and saw that the area they were in was deserted, but down the beach people was tanning and playing in the water.
"Professor!" called the first girl.
"Someone's here…" said the second girl.
"…to see you!" finished the third girl.
Harry looked at the ocean confused. Was Professor Ivy a person? There didn't seemed to be anyone there.
Suddenly a woman came out of the water along with a Poliwrath and a vicious Gyrados. It roared powerfully startling Harry and the others.
The woman turned around and petted the Gyrados and it nuzzled against her affectionately. Gyrados didn't seem so scary after that.
"Look at that." said Ash. "I wish I could train my Charizard the same way she trained that Gyrados."
Hermione suddenly screamed as Gyrados came rushing towards the shore. The woman was riding on top of it as if she was riding on a surf board.
The Gyrados stopped as the woman jumped from the Pokemon. She was wearing a blue bathing suit. One of the girls through a white lab coat and the woman caught it. She landed on the ground and put the lab coat on.
"Hello." said the woman. "I'm Professor Ivy. How can I be of assistance?"
"Hi." said Ash. "I'm Ash Ketchem. I was sent by Professor Oak to come collect a Pokeball."
"I know the Pokeball you're talking about." said Ivy. "Follow me into the laboratory and I'll take you to it."
Professor Ivy led the way into the laboratory, but instead of entering the main room, they took an elevator and went into the basement.
The basement was large with lots of computers and other machinery. They walked over to a machine that held a Pokeball, but it wasn't like the ordinary Pokeballs. It wasn't even like the Pokeball Voldemort had used to capture Mewtwo.
The ball was gold at the top where it should have been red. Harry looked closer at it and he could see the letters G and S carved onto the ball.
"GS?" said Harry reading the letters aloud.
"That's right." said Professor Ivy. "That's why we call it the GS ball."
"The GS ball." said Harry in wonder.
"Professor," said Ash. "Professor Oak says this ball can't be transported. Is that true?" he asked.
"Yes." said Professor Ivy. "Care for a demonstration?"
Professor Ivy pushed a red button that was located below the Pokeball. Light surrounded the ball. They could hear a sound that sounded like electricity as the ball tried to transport from here to Professor Oak.
Ivy pressed the button and the transportation stopped and the ball was still in its original position.
"What's in it?" asked Hermione.
"Don't know." said Ivy. "We couldn't open it. We've tried everything."
Ivy pushed another button and the shield that was covering the ball opened. She picked it up and looked at it as if it was going to open by staring at it.
She then sighed and held out the ball to Ash.
"Here," she said. "Take good care of it. I'm sure Professor Oak can figure out its contents."
Ash took the ball in his hand and examined it.
"Professor Ivy," said Hermione. "I'm sure you didn't spend all of your time working with this Pokeball. Can you show us what else you do around the island?" she asked.
"I'll be happy to." said Ivy. "Let's go out to see the other Pokemon while the girls prepare their dinner."
Ivy led the way outside and into a forest like area. There were many different kinds of Pokemon. The first thing Harry noticed was that the Pokemon were a different color from the ones back home.
They seemed darker in color.
"Why are all of these Pokemon different?" asked Harry as they walked on.
"It makes sense when you think about it." answered Ivy. When Harry didn't come up with an answer, she said, "This tropical climate is different from the one you're used to back home." she explained. "So naturally the Pokemon here would be of different color."
Harry thought about it. What Ivy said made sense. He would probably be of a darker coloring if he lived on the island.
"Dinner time!" said the girls in a unison.
Harry turned around and saw all three of them pushing a cart that held bowls of Pokemon food. Harry remembered he had just done the same thing yesterday for the Pokemon in Viridian Forest.
"Do you make your own Pokemon food?" asked Hermione as she watched the three girls place food bowls on the ground. Pokemon gathered around to eat.
"Yes." said Ivy. "We make sure that all of the Pokemon get the right amount of nutrients."
Umbreon walked over to one of the food bowls and sniff the food. It then began to munch down on the food. Pikachu joined it.
"Your Pokemon sure does enjoy our food." said the first girl watching the Pokemon.
The second girl then looked up and frowned. She was looking at a Butterfree who was hanging onto a tree and looking sad.
"What's the matter with that Butterfree?" asked Ash.
"That Butterfree hasn't eaten in three days." answered Professor Ivy. She then turned to the other girls. "Did you put all of the nutrients into the food?"
"Uh-huh." answered the third girl. "We put in all of the said ingredients, but it still won't eat."
Harry frowned as he thought about what the Butterfree in the Viridian Forest ate. Lily had shown Harry how to prepare their food plenty of times. He could prepare it for this Butterfree. But what did it need?
"Don't be afraid to taste the Pokemon food." Lily had always told him. "Flavor is a factor and if you don't know what the food taste like, you won't know what to add."
Harry grabbed a piece of Pokemon food out of the bowl causing the others to stare at him. He placed the food in his mouth and chewed it searching for the missing ingredient. Or ingredients more like.
Harry knew exactly what was missing. It had no flavor at all. Nutrients was important, but if it had no flavor, who would want to eat it?
"I know just what this needs." said Harry. "I'll need an orange, some sugar, and a cup of sprinkles." he said.
The girls looked at one another before leaving to go get the said ingredients. They returned ten minutes with the ingredients and Harry got to mixing them together in a bowl.
"What are you doing?" asked Ash.
"My mother taught me that nutrients are important to a Pokemon, but they won't eat the food if it doesn't have the right flavor."
"I never thought of that." said Professor Ivy as she watch Harry mix the ingredients together as they became powder.
"The Butterfree back home love this mixture." said Harry. "I'm hoping that that Butterfree will enjoy it as well. There." he said when he was done mixing.
Harry took a handful of powder and sprinkled it onto the Butterfree's food. That got the Butterfree's attention. It looked around and flew right over to the dish. It then began to eat the food hungrily.
Everyone was impressed with Harry.
"That's amazing." said Ash. "I bet you were studying and training hard when you got back to Viridian City."
"Of course," answered Harry. "If I want to be a great trainer I have to study and train a lot."
"To thank you for your help," said Ivy. "How about you come to our house for dinner?"
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Professor Ivy's house was a disaster. There were clothes, dishes, boxes, and garbage all over the place. The house was so dirty that Harry was surprise the health inspector didn't come and close it down.
"Sorry about the mess." said Ivy. "We got so caught up in our research that we stopped cleaning."
"This place looks like a hurricane hit it." said Ash aloud causing him to get a hard jab from Hermione.
"Maybe we should do some cleaning before we cook." said Hermione as Ash rubbed his ribs.
"I suppose we can." said Ivy.
Harry, Ash, Hermione, Ivy, Umbreon, Pikachu, and the three girls spent a few hours cleaning. By the time they got the house in a half way decent state, they were starving. Too hungry to cook, so Ivy had ordered take out.
They sat at the table munching noisily on the Chinese food that they had ordered. This wasn't the hotel, but Harry was having a great time.
They spent the night in Ivy's house where they watched television, played cards, and talked about the GS ball. They went to bed a little after midnight, but Harry was having difficulty sleeping.
Harry got out of bed to go get him a glass of water hoping that the drink would help him sleep. He had walked passed Ivy's room and noticed that the door was open, but she wasn't inside. He went by the three girls' room and saw that they weren't there either.
He got his glass of water and decided to check outside for the four missing people. He found them lurking in the bushes. They seemed to be studying a group of Pokemon spraying their stun spore. Harry approached Ivy and the girls.
"Oh, Harry," said Professor Ivy. "I thought you'd be sleeping."
"I was wondering where you went." answered Harry. He glanced at the group of grass Pokemon. They were Vileplume. "What's going on?" he asked.
"We're studying the Vileplume." answered Professor Ivy. "At night, Vileplume come out and spray their stun spore to stop other Pokemon from entering their territory."
Harry looked back at the Vileplume with interest.
"Oh, no." said one of the girls. "That Raticate are is approaching the stun spore."
Harry looked ahead and saw a Raticate walk onto the field. It was unaware of the dangerous pollen in the air. That was until it started choking.
Before Harry could react, Professor Ivy rushed over to the Raticate. She fell to her knees as she put her arms around the rat. She started choking and Harry knew that the stun spore was infecting her.
Harry pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket covering his mouth and nose. He ran out into the opening where the stun spore lingered, but he was protected by the handkerchief.
Harry grabbed Professor Ivy and helped her and the Raticate to the other side of the clearing away from the stun spore. Once they were away from the stun spore, Harry removed the handkerchief.
"Professor Ivy," said Harry with concern. "Are you alright?"
Professor Ivy was breathing heavily as her body began to stop co-operating. The Raticate was in the same condition. It was struggling to breathe and move.
"Save the Raticate," she saved weakly. "Contact the Pokemon Center immediately."
"Okay." said the girls nervously.
Harry watched as the girls ran in the direction of the Pokemon Center. Harry waited with Ivy and the Raticate.
Harry didn't know how long he waited. Five minutes? Ten minutes? Forever? But the girls eventually came back. A worried Nurse Joy running behind them. A group of Chansey was with her.
The Chansey were rolling two gurneys forward. Two Chansey placed the Raticate on one of the gurneys while Harry and Joy placed Ivy on the other.
Chansey and Joy pushed the gurneys back to the Pokemon Center where they were rushed to the ER room. Harry went back to Ivy's house to get Ash and Hermione. When they had returned, the stun spore had run its course.
Professor Ivy was lying in the bed obviously weak from the after effects. Raticate slept in the bed next to Ivy's.
Ash and Hermione stood away from the beds with Harry. Their eyes were drooping as they struggled to stay awake. Ash had his hand up his shirt. Pikachu and Umbreon were on the floor asleep.
"I'm glad you woke us up for this." Ash said tiredly.
"I'm fine." said Professor Ivy. "Sorry if I worried you."
"Just promise us you won't run out into a field of stun spore again." said one of the girls.
"I won't." said Professor Ivy. "I promise."
"You said this last time." said another girl.
"This time I'll keep this promise."
"You said that last time too." said the last girl.
The next morning, Harry and the others said good bye to Professor Ivy. Harry and Hermione walked with Ash to the exit of the Island where Ash would be returning to Pallet Town.
Harry wished that he could spend more time with Ash, but he knew Professor Oak was waiting for that GS ball.
"How are you getting home anyway?" asked Hermione.
"I'm not sure." answered Ash. "I got here by blimp, but it was destroyed when it crashed on this island."
"Wait," said Harry stopping in his tracks and turning to face Ash. "You mean you were on that blimp?"
"Yeah. Team Rocket had attacked me and tried to get Pikachu. I had to work with the Pokemon in order to land on this island safely."
They continued walking. Harry was impressed that Ash was able to think so quickly in his predicament. They came to another clearing not too far from the dock.
Harry looked ahead and was shocked that a brand new blimp was standing where a old damage one had been. Did someone repair it?
"Welcome." said a female pilot. "Are you interested in taking a blimp ride? We fly around the island for three hours."
"The blimp has a buffet where you can eat as much as you want." said a male pilot. "And its free of charge."
"Can we go?" asked Hermione. "I always wanted to fly in a blimp. And there's a free all you can eat buffet."
Harry wanted to go on the blimp, but the Pokeball around his neck was quivering as if warning him not to do it.
Harry was about to say no, but the pilots were already pushing them onto the blimp. They entered a room that held three chairs and they went to sit in them. Pikachu and Umbreon sat on the floor next to them.
The door to the blimp closed and the female pilot talked into a microphone.
"Prepare for take off." said the female.
The blimp rose into the air and began to fly away from the island. Harry looked around. There were no other passengers and there were no signs of a buffet table. Harry was certain that something was wrong now.
"Where's the buffet?" asked Hermione. "We're hungry."
"You're hungry, are you?" said the female whose voice now sounded familiar.
A pilot that was a bit taller than Pikachu held a remote in his hands. Harry spotted this and made to tackle the attendant, but before he could reach him a cage fell down on them causing Harry to crash into the bars.
Harry had a splitting headache.
He moved back away from the bars and glared at the three people in their pilot and attendant uniforms. He knew who they were now.
The threesome laughed. They threw off the uniforms and were now dressed in a familiar white uniform with the letter R written in the middle of their shirt. It was Team Rocket.
"What are you guys doing here?" Harry asked angrily. "Still after Pikachu, I bet."
"Look how well he knows us." said Jessie. "How long has it been? A year?"
James walked closer to the cage and examined Harry.
"I'd say it's been a year." he said. "Look how much he's grown."
Meowth growled angrily and began to scratch James in his face. "Who cares how big he is?" it said as it scratched James smooth skin. "We have Pokemon to steal."
Meowth landed on the ground as James rubbed his sore face.
"Alright." said Meowth. "Hand over your Pikachu."
"I don't think so." said Ash standing up and walking over to the bars. "Pikachu, thunderbolt!"
"Pika!" said Pikachu jumping up and clutching the cell bars. "Pika…" said Pikachu as electricity sparked from its cheeks.
"Wait, Ash," said Hermione. "If you use Pikachu's thunderbolt it'll blow this blimp up."
Pikachu let go of the bars and landed on the ground. It looked angry.
"Umbreon, use your shadow ball." said Harry.
"Um." said Umbreon. It opened its mouth, but before it could build up an energy ball a light emitted from the Pokeball around Harry's neck.
Mew came out on its own and was floating around the cave. It then went between the bars and came to a stop in front of Team Rocket. It stared at them and they stared back.
Mew suddenly covered its mouth and let out a giggle.
"James, what is this Pokemon?" asked Jessie as she stared at the Pokemon.
"I believe it's a Mew." answered James.
Mew suddenly had a fit of the giggles as it watched Team Rocket. Jessie's eyes lit up as she watched the Pokemon.
"What a cutie!" she said. "It just the cutest Pokemon I've ever seen. Change of plans," she said to her team mates. "We're taking this Pokemon instead."
"Good idea," said Meowth. "We'll rise to the top if we capture a legendary Pokemon like Mew."
"In this case, I know which Pokemon to use." said Jessie as she grabbed a Pokeball. "Lickitung, go!" she said throwing the Pokeball.
"Licky." said a large, pink Pokemon with a long tongue hanging out of its mouth.
"Lickitung, get that Mew." Jessie told it.
Lickitung stuck out its long tongue. It flicked it out towards Mew trying to lick it, but Mew moved out of the way and laughed. It tried again, but the Pokemon dodged the attack and floated in front of James.
"Get it, Lickitung!" said Jessie.
Lickitung flung its tongue at Mew, but Mew dodged out of the way and went into the cage. James was hit in the face and was suddenly paralyzed. Harry figured that was the side affect of the tongue.
"We have to get rid of these clowns." said Hermione.
"Mew." it said to Harry. "Mew Mew Mew."
Harry knew what Mew wanted. For some reason, the Pokemon had to borrow his Poke-Power before it could battle. Maybe it was too young to harness its own power?
Harry held out its hand and Mew grasped on to it. Mew was covered in a blue light while Harry was covered in a red light as Harry gave Mew his Poke-Power. The exchange left him exhausted.
Harry fell to the ground unable to stand up any longer.
"Harry!" said Hermione rushing over to him and kneeling besides him. "Are you alright?" she asked as she helped him sit up.
"I'm fine." answered Harry.
Harry turned his attention to Mew, who stood before Team Rocket.
"Get it, Lickitung!" said Jessie.
Likitung extended its long tongue toward Mew. Mew wrapped a vine whip around its tongue and lifted it off the ground and threw it into the wall. It broke through and was out of sight.
The blimp began to descend and sway dangerously.
"Abandon ship!" said James.
Jessie, James, and Meowth quickly put on a parachute pack. They opened the door and jumped out of sight.
"Hey," said Hermione. "What about us!?"
"I don't think they care about us." said Ash.
Mew flew over to Harry and grasped its hand. Harry was covered in a blue light and Mew was covered in a red light as Mew returned Harry's Poke-Power. Harry felt revitalized and he stood up. He placed Mew back inside of its Pokeball.
Harry stood up. He used his vine whip to pull the opened door close.
"We've got to get out of here." he said. "Umbreon, use iron tail."
"Umbre." said Umbreon on as its tail lit up. "On!" it said as it flicked its tail forward.
Umbreon's tail made contact with the bars and the cage broke apart sending metal flying everywhere.
Hermione went over to the door and looked out of the window.
"We're over the ocean." she told them. "We'll have to figure out how to land this thing safely."
"We'll have to jump." said Harry.
"Are you crazy!?" exclaimed Ash. "We're too high up."
"Just trust me." said Harry. "Pikachu, you hang on tight to Ash."
"Pika." said Pikachu. It jumped on Ash's shoulder. It hung on tightly.
"Umbreon, you hold on to me."
Umbreon jumped onto Harry's back and wrapped its front paws around Harry's neck. It wrapped its hind legs around Harry's waist.
"And I'll hang on to you two." finished Harry as he wrapped one arm around Hermione's waist and the other around Ash's arm.
He walked over to the door and kicked it open. They were sucked into the sky and as they fell Ash, Hermione, Pikachu, and Umbreon screamed for their lives.
Harry reached down and tapped into his Poke-Power. He felt a burst of energy and soon they weren't falling, but floating in mid-air.
The effort of flying plus holding everyone up was exhausting. He needed to find some place to land before all of his energy was depleted.
Harry began to fly in a random direction hoping to find an island they could crash on.
"Awesome," said Ash as he looked at the scenery below. "I didn't know you could fly."
"Pika Pika."
"A girl can get use to this type of luxury." said Hermione. "My own personal jet."
"You guys…are too…heavy…" rasped Harry.
Ash looked over at Harry and noticed that he looked fatigue. If Harry lost conscious they would fall into the ocean and drown. They had to keep Harry awake, but more importantly they had to get to an island.
"How far do you think an island is?" Ash asked Harry.
"…I don't know." answered Harry.
He felt himself descend closer to the ocean. No matter how hard he fought he couldn't go any higher.
"Harry," said Hermione. "You've got to stay awake." she said sternly. "Otherwise you're going to drop us into the ocean."
Harry shook himself mentally. He forced himself to rise higher into the air. He didn't know how much longer he could last, but he speeded up his search for an island.
Ten minutes later he was tired again and this time he wasn't able to pull up anymore energy. He was about to collapse.
"Look," said Hermione. "I see an island. Harry," she said bringing Harry back to reality. "You have to head toward the island."
Harry, through a hazy conscious, turned towards the island. When they reached it, Harry let go of Ash and Hermione and collapsed on the ground.
Author's Note: Hmm. Not many reviews for chapter two. Here's chapter three. Hope you like it. I'll try to post on Mondays and Wednesdays if I'm not busy with homework. Bonus chapter if I have 20 reviews by Thursday.