A/N: AND back to Fluff! ^-^
Eggs
Chapter Ten: Reunions
When he had parted ways with each of his traveling companions, Harry had honestly never thought he would see any of them again. Even some of the human ones hadn't tried keeping in touch. He was fine with that, he knew he could come off as distant to people (Too focused on the Pokemon and not on the People, too ready to help someone or ignore stigmas. It's probably why he only really gets along with people who are essentially married to their work, why working with Mischief, Pokemon whose entire Type has a bad reputation of being troublemakers and scare-tactic-junkies, got him odd stares. It was like Second Year at times, people saw Ghost-Type and thought 'creepy', 'weird', 'scary', and 'cold'. Humans were ridiculous sometimes, honestly.).
Harry had made peace, wished each companion a long, happy life, and kept what few pictures or gifts he had of them. He had a scrapbook filled with absent friends and little bits and odd ends from his travels in his bottom dresser drawer. He occasionally got an email or Pokemon-delivered letter from one of them, but he was content with that. His babies took up a lot of his attention, and running his little business accumulated quite the bit of paperwork despite having little to no customers (Although Volkner had mentioned a vague interest in getting a Pokemon he didn't have yet, as long as it was an Electric-Type, so Harry was looking into that for him. The man didn't want to have the responsibility of a newborn, but wanted a young one so Harry would keep an eye out.)
Still, stepping into his backyard to find a flock of sleepy-eyed Unfezants had been a surprise, especially when he discovered that their leader was the very same Pokemon who he had traveled with for so long.
"Hannah!" He greeted, happily surprised as the beautiful, fully-evolved Pokemon leaped towards him with a flutter of wings, singing out a sweet little whistle as she nuzzled her head under his chin. "Look at you! I remember when you were just a little Pidove with a hurt wing after that Purrloin caught you. You've gotten so strong!" Beaming brightly, Harry knelt down so they were eye-to-eye. "Not that I'm not ecstatic to see you, sweetheart, but what brought you out to this end of the world? It couldn't have been an easy flight from Unova."
"Un," the Proud Pokemon crooned affectionately, gold eyes bright and pleased as she glanced over her shoulder. "Un, Unfezant," she called and, with the flutter of wings, a large male flew towards them, the pink wattle adorning his head bright with health and power.
"Un," he crooned back, voice far deeper than Hannah's sweet tone. "Unfezant." He eyed Harry critically, tossing his wattle a bit in a territorial way, before chirping once and blinking his narrow blue eyes slowly. Harry got the rather amusing feeling that the male had just said something along the lines of 'you will do. For now.' or something similar.
"It's nice to meet you, too," he laughed, amused, before looking between Hannah and the male. "Is this your mate?" Hannah crooned and bobbed her head, and Harry smiled at the male again. "Well, in that case, may I give you a name? Something that will fit you properly, of course," he added; the male Pokemon thought it over, and only gave a begrudging nod when Hannah nudged him with her wing and whistled softly. "Hmm," Harry mused, taking in the Proud Pokemon's attitude and bearing, before grinning. "Zacharias." Unfezant eyed him thoughtfully, before crooning in acceptance and ruffling his feathers. Harry got the feeling that it was the best he was going to get.
He was exactly like his namesake.
"Did you just want me to meet your Mate and check in, then, Hannah?" the Wizard asked, smiling as Mischief floated through the cottage wall, eyes bright and sly as she glided silently towards a few distracted Tranquills. His friend shook her head and crooned at him once, firmly, before fluttering back into the midst of her group. Harry vaguely recalled that a group of Unfezant's were called a Bouquet for some reason, but couldn't remember. One of the Aides at the Unova Lab had been discussing the names for groups of different Pokemon with another Aide when he'd been helping the Professor move some files...
A screech rang out, making him and almost every bird-Pokemon jump, and the Tranquills Mischief had been stalking squealed and threw themselves into the air, feathers falling from the rough take off as Mischief rolled around in the air cackling and inhaling their fear. Harry could only chuckle and shake his head while Zacharias fluffed his feathers and shook his wattle threateningly, the pink, fleshy tendrils making whip-like noises as he did.
"Don't mind her," Harry soothed him. "It's all in good fun, and, besides, she won't do it again now that you're on the look-out." Zacharias glared at him disapprovingly, and made a 'hmph' noise of dismissal before stalking away. Harry could only shake his head fondly at that.
Exactly like his namesake.
A tug on his shirt had the kneeling Wizard turning, to find his three little ones standing behind him with bright eyes. Lily yipped softly in confusion, ears pinned uncertainly as Jamie and Al both peered around him with huge eyes at the strange Pokemon.
"Don't worry, guys," Harry consoled, shifting so he was sitting on the ground, chuckling as they all immediately scrambled into his lap, Al climbing up onto his shoulder, Jamie taking his knee, and Lily cuddling right in the middle to lean against his stomach. "An old friend brought her family to visit, is all. Hannah and her Bouquet flew all the way from Unova," he told them, smiling at the awed looks his oldest gave and the confused/happy look his youngest had. She was a little too young to understand things like long-distance and traveling a lot, but Harry had plan on taking the three of them into town one of these days, make a field-trip out of it.
Ooh, and there is that new boutique in Canalave City was having its Grand Opening in a few months, and he was sure he could swing an invitation to it...
He's brought out of his thoughts on future trips and holidays when Hannah fluttered back towards them, something clasped delicately in her talons.
"Un," she crooned sweetly, carefully setting the item down and smiling gently at the three babies who were staring at her and making curious noises. Harry's attention, however, was locked on the object sitting there in front of him. Slowly, he reached forward and picked it up, staring at it.
It was the size of his palm, and a soft, stormy gray. A paler gray marking that looked like a heart curved up from the bottom and, near the top, was a small black mark in the center of another heart-shaped mark.
"Is this your Egg?" He breathed, staring in wonder at the small treasure; Hannah crooned and gave him a firm, affectionate look. "You... Want me to take care of it for you?" Again, Hannah crooned, nodding her head firmly, and Harry could only smile, touched, as he brought the Egg to his chest, cradling the heart-shaped marking against his own heart.
"I will love them and cherish them, always," he told hi friend softly, honestly, and knew it was true.
After all, Hannah had all but named him Godfather with this, and if he'd ever had one regret about the Wizarding World, it was not being able to be there for Teddy.
He would do things properly this time.
He swore it.
A/N: Kudos to CosmosQueen (With a head-nod to Mim) who wanted a Pokemon Reunion for Harry! And a bit of Mischief from Mischief for Mim and everyone else, too! And a head-nod at the lovely Mim again with the mention of future journey's/Vacation time! ^-^
SHOUT OUT TO Ken Rin for my first Review that was in another language! Gracias mi amigo/amiga!
Okay, to answer some questions:
There will not be any more Harry Potter Characters in this fic. Harry will be naming the Pokemon after people, animals, and things from the Wizarding World and his use of Magic will be minimal. Note that he actually barely ever used Magic in Canon, despite his power in it, and that, as he was raised in the Muggle ways Magic was never his first answer to things.
Yes, he will meet Ash & Co eventually, no worries.
Chapters may or may not get longer, this is just a drabble fic of fluff that I didn't know I needed until I started, lolz.
Harry/Volkner won't be a pairing, more because I picture Harry more as Asexual in this fic than anything, and he's not interested in dating (He has babies to watch, and besides, Volkner probably thinks that dating is 'too boring' or something lolz).
Also, Single-Parent-Harry is Bae XD
Shout Out to the readers, because I've already gotten to 13,500 Hits on this fic WHOOT!