Pokemon + Magic: Warriors of Virtue
Disclaimer: Do not own Pokemon or Harry Potter just messing around with the different worlds for my own entertainment. I also do not own any other similar thing that appears in this story (Mainly a small digimon reference and some Naruto references). Also credit needs to go to SECUREZONEICON and his two stories of Harry Potter and pokemon and Hogwarts along with Harry Potter and Pokemon, Friends, and Voldemort if you haven't checked them out make sure you do! For inspiration.
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Chapter 4: Wilderness Survival
Andy was up bright and early the next morning he quickly got dressed and rushed downstairs. When he entered the kitchen his father, mother and uncle were all waiting for him. They were all dressed in outdoor wear.
"Good morning!" his "uncle" got up and gave him a massive hug that squeezed the air out of Andy.
"Good morning Uncle Rorick," gasped Andy as he was put back down, "so what are we doing today?"
Rorick had a twinkle in his eyes, "Well your father has told me that you are going to be spending a lot of time outdoors in the coming years, so I figured why not give you a crash course in wilderness survival today so you will be prepared, and so you can have some skills to practice out there."
"Really?" Andy was super excited he knew basic of getting around outside but when it came to actually surviving outside he didn't know a thing.
"Of course welcome to Roricks Wilderness Survival Class," smiled Rorick, "first thing I believe your mom and dad have a gift for you."
Andy looked at his parents quizzically.
Eli went to a nearby closet and pulled out a hiking pack. It wasn't huge but it was big enough so Andy would be able to carry the necessities but not end up getting caught up in things as he was wandering the woods. It was made of buckskin so it was sturdy and dependable.
"Wow!" Andy walked over and grabbed the bag as he felt it in his hands, he wasn't a big fan of hunting but he understood the importance of it so the fact it was made of buck skin didn't bother him all that bad.
"Yep first lessons," Rorick knelt down beside his small adopted nephew, "always pack light and make sure things are dependable. This will not only stay strong when caught up in branches but it is also waterproof."
"Cool, it feels like there are things inside of it," Andy lifted the bag up and down.
"Well why don't you open it and find out," winked Ami.
Andy smiled as he opened the backpack, sure enough there was a standard survival kit in there, a 50' length of nylon rope, some glow sticks, flint and steel, a compass, a blanket, a first aid kit along with some other minor things. There were a couple things in there that were not for a basic kit, there was an arm protector for a bow string along with a bag full of replacement tips and feathers.
"Why are their bow things in here?" Andy picked up the arm guard holding it up for his parents and uncle.
"That would be my present for you," Rorick smirked as he reached behind his back and pulled out a handmade re-curve bow along with some arrows, "you're going to need some way to defend yourself in the woods and since you took such a shine to the bow I thought I would give you one of your own."
Andy took the bow with wonder in his eyes, he loved archery ever since his uncle taught him the basics he has read many books about it and has been practicing anytime he could.
"Your mom has been a darling and installed a charm on it that makes it smaller so you can take it to school," smiled Eli, "by the way if you didn't notice your backpack is also installed with a charm that makes it never get heavier then you can handle and it also has endless storage space."
Andy looked at the items in wonderment, "Thank you everyone so much!"
He gave each of them hug. When he finished his hug he noticed something on the bag that he didn't earlier it was six pockets on the shoulder straps three on each strap.
"Hey what are these for?" asked Andy as he looked at the pockets.
"You will have to wait and find out about that when you get to school," smiled Eli, "for now shall we go do our wilderness survival training."
"Heck yea!" Andy jumped up in the air. He quickly put the stuff back in his bag and put it over his shoulders ready to go and learn.
The family decided that they were just going to do the training inside the forest that was near the house, which Eli and Ami happened to own.
"Alright first thing first is always to be able to tell direction," Rorick stated as the group stepped into the forest, "that is what you have the compass for so let's start by learning the basics of that."
Andy nodded as he reached into his bag and pulled out the compass. The next thirty or so minutes Rorick went over the different ways to read the compass and how to find true north with it along with how other features that the compass had. After the basics Rorick pulled out a map and made Andy go through an orienteering course that he had set up for today. Andy only got lost once before he made it through the full course.
"Excellent Andy, but what if we don't have a compass or your compass isn't working," Rorick took the compass out of his hand to make a point.
"Like if I am near a heavy deposit of Iron," commented Andy remembering what he has read.
"Correct, so what are some things that you can use to tell directions?" Rorick smiled.
"The best one is the sun as long as it is not cloudy, knowing that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west give you that ability to be able to tell directions from it," Andy pointed at the sun to demonstrate, he then pointed which way north would be.
"Very good, okay now let's say it is cloudy how then?" continued Rorick.
Andy walked over to a nearby tree and knelt down pointing at a green patch of moss on the tree, "Not nearly as easy but also usable is looking at plants and where they grow, like this moss it doesn't like having a lot of sun so it usually grows on the north side of the trees to avoid direct sunlight, or flowers will face the sun so they can get more sunlight."
"Good job, alright so those are the basics of orientation and telling directions," Rorick gave the compass back to him.
The trio continued going through the basics of wilderness survival, how to make shelter when you don't have a tent. Different styles of shelter whether it be a tarp and rope or maybe some wood and a tree along with using nature's own creations for your shelter whether it be a tree roots or a cave.
After learning shelter it was time for tracking water and food, Rorick told Andy all about the different ways to track water through the woods. Animal tracks, plant growth and some other not so well known ways. Then he taught him how to find berries and roots he could eat, they took some time so Andy could practice bow fishing which he was remarkably good at for someone his age.
"I rather hunt fish then something like a deer," Andy pulled out another large fish with an arrow through it.
After food and water it was about noon so Rorick taught Andy how to cook his food in the wild where they cooked the roots and berries along with the fish to have a tasty stew. After lunch break the more extreme things were being taught.
First up was mountaineering how to free climb safely how to attach safety lines. Rorick taught Andy how to make rope courses for future climbs, along with climbing he was taught about repelling. During the time they were learning to climb and repel they found a small cave where they practiced some basics on caving.
The final lesson that Rorick gave them was a canoeing lesson which ended them back at the house.
"There we go we have the basics of exploring the outdoors and surviving," Rorick smiled, "now I wish I could stay for some follow up but I have to go meet a customer about a large hunt they want to do."
"Okay Uncle Rorick thank you for everything you taught me," Andy gave his honorary uncle a hug.
"Make sure you have a lot of interesting adventures outdoors for me," Rorick wished Andy a good bye.
"Take care buddy," Eli gave his friend a big hug.
"No problem bud, make sure you take good care of your son and lovely wife now you here," Rorick returned the hug.
"Will do," Eli broke away from the hug smiling at his friend.
"Good night Rorick," Ami also gave the big man a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Good night sweets," Rorick returned that hug as well.
The rest of the night was spent with the family in the study. Andy and Eli were playing some wizards chess which Andy was really good at and usually beat Eli. Ami spent the night reading one of her books.
After a while it was time for Andy to go to bed, tomorrow would be their visit to Diagon Alley. Once again he was out as his head hit the pillow.
A/N
Alright this was one of my favorite chapters. I wanted Andy to be well versed in outdoor survival since he is going to be spending a lot of time in them tracking and capturing all kinds of wild Pokemon.
I also used this chapter to show a little more of Rorick and his knowledge in the outdoors.
Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! R&R
