I don't own Harry Potter, that belongs to the lovely J.K Rowling. I don't own Pokemon, for it is own by Game Freak, and created by Mr. Satoshi Tajiri.
This has been in my head for weeks. This is fanfiction, so that means it isn't cannon. Things happen, that the authors realize too late shouldn't be put down.
In this first installment there are no pairings. I am going to be writing two sequels, one that pairs Ash/Misty and Sage/Hermione, while the other will have Ash/Gary, and Sage/Steven. You will see hints between Sage/Hermione and Sage/Steven throughout these last two chapters.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Sage yawned as he sat on the Hogwarts Express. Last night, Snape had tested him so thoroughly, that his brain was now mush. He and Sterling had made a beeline for an empty compartment, and claimed it as their own two hours before the train would leave the station.
"Who are you?" A snide voice asked from the doorway. Sage looked up from brushing his Eevee's fur. A blond preteen stood there, his silver eyes glaring.
"Sage Ketchum, home schooled transfer student." Sage said, frowning. "You are?"
"Half-blood." Sneered the blond. Sage stiffened, glaring back.
"You shouldn't pick a fight with someone you don't know." The boy growled as Sterling stood up, snarling.
"Oh, and what are you and your mutt going to do about it."
"Use Swift, Sterling!" The boy stumbled back into his friends as stars shot out at him. "Sterling, according to Professor Snape, is rare here, as we come from the Hidden Lands. I won't have you disrespecting any of the creatures from there!" Sage snarled, stalking forward. "I've seen meaner, grosser men who have tried and failed at overpowering me." Clapping interrupted anything else Sage would have said.
"Well said, Sage!" The green eyed boy paled as he looked to the left.
"What the heck are you doing here?" Steven Stone grinned at the disgruntled Coordinator.
"Is that anyway to treat your new Professor." Sage winced, "and I was sent because there is a rift in between our worlds at the school you're going to."
"Your boss sent you to investigate where there is no Mega Pokemon? I highly doubt that. How did you find out about this world?"
"A tablet." Steven's grin widened.
"And how did you learn that I was here?"
"I ran into a boy with a Pikachu in Sinnoh." Sage groaned, covering his face. "We're friends, Sage. I just want to make sure you're okay."
"You're a stalker." Sage turned, slamming the compartment door shut. Sterling tilted his head in question. "I don't like it. Not one bit. However, if there are Pokemon coming through, I'll be able to use those empty Pokeballs at the bottle of my bag after all. I'm relying on you to protect me from that pervert."
"Vee!" The Eevee agreed. Soon, the train came to a stop, and Sage was forced to ride with the first years across the lake.
In the rain.
Steven was waiting at the door with a stern looking woman. Upon seeing Sage, he pounced on the preteen, asking question after question.
"Get! Off! Of! Me!" Sage yelled, pushing the man away. "Leave me alone, Stone!"
"Ahem." The woman cleared her throat, glaring at the two. "Professor Stone, if you will return to the Great Hall?" The woman then went on to explain the school rules and dorms. She went to lead them into the hall, when she noticed Sterling. "Pets are not allowed into the Great Hall."
"Sterling isn't a pet." Sage spluttered, glaring. "He is my partner, and best friend. If I'm going to be eating, he better be allowed to eat as well! If you have something against him, when you let OWLS into the room, then I'll just skip the feast." The woman sighed, shaking her head.
"Headstrong, like your parents." The woman muttered, leading them into the hall. "When I call your name, you will step forward and be sorted. Bishop, Jane." Sage zoned out until his name was called. "And now, our transfer student, Ketchum, Sage." The Coordinator took his seat with a sigh.
'Interesting. Very interesting. Plenty of courage, a great mind as well, and a thirst to prove yourself. But where to put you?' Sage rolled his eyes, unseen by the student body. His hands played with Sterling as the hat sorted through his memories. "Better be Gryffindor!" Sage winced, glancing at Snape, who nodded tightly to the table he was to sit at. The two had developed a connection, so to have him acknowledge it was okay to be in Gryffindor had the child relaxing.
"Welcome to Gryffindor, young man!" A ghost said, startling Sage.
"Acreus, but Andy would pee his pants." The boy said in awe. "May I ask your name?"
"Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, at your service!" The ghost said cheerfully. "Is that an Eevee? Why, there hasn't been Pokemon in the Outer Lands in years!"
"Yes sir, I was home schooled in the Hidden Lands." Sage pulled Sterling closer to him when the older students gave him a look that he didn't like.
"It is colored strangely, though. Is there something the matter with it?" Sage glared at the redheaded boy who said that.
"There is nothing wrong with Sterling! He's a Shiny Pokemon! They are supposed to be a different color from normal! It is as genetic as your red hair!" Sage clutched his partner tighter. "No touchy." He growled at a girl reaching out to pet Sterling. She yanked away, giving him a guilty look. The boy shook his head, curling around his partner.
It wasn't a moment too soon when they were released for the night.
Four months later, Sage stormed up to Steven.
"What Pokemon do you have with you?"
"None that you can beat." Sage grumbled unhappily, turning to leave. "Sage?"
"I'm mad at everyone here! I want to go home! I want to see my friends, and my Pokemon, and my family! I-I-" Sage trailed off, breaking into tears. "I can't sleep, I don't like the food, and I'm bored! The kids are mean, and are blaming me for the attacks because I'm a Parcel or something mouth." Steven pulled the sobbing boy into a hug. "I want Mama and Ash."
"Shh." Steven soothed, shooting snickering students a glare. "It's okay, Sage. It's nearly Christmas. That means you can go home for a while. Everything is okay. Shh." Sage pushed the man away from him once he was calmed down enough. "Better? Never thought a trainer could get homesick."
"Shut up!" Sage blushed, turning away. A girl with bushy brown hair, Hermione if he remembered right, was being picked on by her dorm mates just a few feet away. "Hey!"
"Twenty points from Gryffindor!" The three girls went to protest. "Each!" The girls glared at Hermione and left. "Are you okay?" The girl burst into tears, and Sage moved over.
"Hermione, right?" The coordinator held up Sterling. "This is Sterling, he's a good secret keeper if you want to talk." A weak smile was the reply.
"Thank you, Sage."
"Sage, Sage, look at this!" Hermione called, a few days later, right before they were to leave Hogwarts.
"Hermione?" He caught the girl when she tripped on some ice. She held a small shaking form in her hands. Sage could see red, and a yellow-white. Hermione moved her hands, and the boy gasped.
"Mienfoo!" That was when the boy noticed it was hurt with ice. "Here, spray this on it's wound." Hermione did as told, and the Pokemon slowly stopped shaking. Harry took out a Pokeball, handing it to Hermione. "Go ahead. It doesn't seem to want to leave you anyways." The girl took the ball, holding it in uncertainty. Mienfoo touched the button, and was sucked in.
"Congratulations, Miss Granger. I'm afraid that Sage and I must be on our way now, however." Steven said from behind the crouched preteens. He was a bit tense, and glaring slightly at Hermione, but kept his tone even. Sage pouted, hugging Hermione, before leaving with Steven. "Here is the Port-key we are to-"
"I've got my own. See you in two weeks!" Sage excitedly pulled out his port-key. "Paroxysm!" He landed right outside his house. Sage ran up to the door, knocking.
"Sage, baby!" Delia laughed, hugging the boy.
"Mama, I'm home." The boy said in a wobbly voice as he buried his head in the woman's chest. "I missed you." The woman chuckled wetly, leading him inside. The moment they turned on the living room lights, all Sage's friends, Pokemon, and family jumped out yelling 'Surprise!'
"Ash!"
"Hey, little brother." After Ash gave him a hug, Gary gave his own, followed by Professor Oak, then Misty, May, Brock, Andy, and Max. His Pokemon clamored for his attention after that. That night, Sage fell asleep in the middle of a pile of his Pokemon.
"Mom, did you see it?" Ash whispered as they cleaned up around the small boy.
"When he looked like he'd cry?"
"I don't like him at that school."
"I don't either, but Professor Snape said that not training his magic could kill him." Ash deflated.
"He's taking a whole team when he goes back."
"You heard him, Pokemon from all over the world are showing up."
"Then he's taking two more other than Sterling!" Pikachu spoke up in agreement.
"I'm going for a walk!" Sage yelled, running out with Sterling. After a while, he came to a stop near a stream. Distressed Pokemon talk caught his attention as he turned to a small alcove of rocks near the water. Hesitating, the boy hurried over, pulling out his first aid. "Hello? I have medicine?"
"Vee! Eevee! Eve?" Sterling called, helping his trainer. Two Pokemon that Sage only knew that were from Unova, walked out.
"Is there another of you that needs help?" They shared looks before nodding. They lead the two into the cave, where a Pokemon similar to them lay, sick. Sage knelt, pulling out medicine after medicine. After a few moments of the medicine taking effect, the light green Pokemon opened it's eyes.
"Pansage!" He cried happily, his friends joining in with cries of 'Pansear' from the red, and the blue's 'Panpour.' Sage smiled, standing.
"I've got to go home now. You guys be careful, okay?" Sage said, frowning when they stopped him. "What? What is it?" The trio jumped onto him, making the boy laugh. "Okay, okay, I'll take you with me!" Sage pulled out his Pokedex.
"Unable to provide information." The mechanical voice said, making the Coordinator frown.
"Strange, I only have a few regions not listed in this. Come on, let's go see the professor." Sage said, pulling out three Pokeballs. The Pokemon easily went in for him.
"Panpour, Pansage, and Pansear are from Unova." Professor Oak said, once Sage showed him the Pokemon. "If you'll give me your Pokedex, I'll update it." Once updated, Sage tried again.
"Panpour, the Spray Pokemon. The water stored inside the tuft on its head is full of nutrients. It waters plants with it using its tail. Pansage, the Grass Monkey Pokemon. It's good at finding berries and gathers them from all over. It's kind enough to share them with friends. Pansear, the High Temp Pokemon. When it is angered, the temperature of its head tuft reaches 600° F. It uses its tuft to roast berries."
"And they are all Shiny Pokemon, as well." Professor Oak said, snickering. "You really do deserve the name Shiny Sage."
"Not you as well, Professor!" Sage whined, but was smiling. "Looks like I have three new friends that I'm taking back to Hogwarts."
"When do you leave?"
"Monday afternoon. Mama bought me tickets to Sinnoh to participate in the Wallace Cup."
"I hope you have fun."
Sage begrudgingly clapped for Ash's newest travelling companion as she took the Ribbon. Dawn was nice enough, but Sage had really wanted that Ribbon.
"Kyaa! It's Shiny Sage!" A girl screamed as he walked out of the stadium. The boy paled, stepping behind his brother.
"Fangirls." He whimpered.
"Sorry ladies, Sage and I have prior engagements." Ash and his brother looked around the girls to see Steven. Sage's eye twitched.
"Stalker!"
"Stop that. We have to go, before they send someone after us. Well, after you. Your classes start tomorrow!"
"Fine. Ash, I'll be home again soon. I'll not be returning to that place after this year."
"I understand. Be careful."
"Paroxysm." Sage said, disappearing from behind his brother. Steven shook his head as the girls looked around in confusion and disappointment.
"Stay away from my brother, Steven." Ash warned the man as he turned to leave.
"I am just a friend."
The man disappeared around the next corner.
