Ok I been waiting so long to reveal this! The reveal on what's hidden on the third floor! and I just realize how far I gotten in this..last time I reached the halloween chapter before restarting with this fic..and I guess since so many of you are liking it it has to be good!
Also I want to thank Mr. Chaos! Thanks to them I have been able to write more and been getting more ideas for this fic! You can thank them for the idea I got for Nicolas Flamel! Hope you all enjoy and please leave a review!
Blue eyes watch the girl leave the room, twinkling madly. He didn't expect the girl to already learn how to Camodol from what he knew James wasn't able to do until third year. He chuckles stroking his beard.
James Potter was a good man, son of Flemont Potter and Euphemia Potter nee Black. They had their son at a very late age, so it was no surprise that he was so spoiled. But he had a kind heart and heard many stories on how Slytherin treated his poor mother for not following for being friends with Flemont, a Gryffindor.
He never liked that friendship but now he was glad that he let it go for it gave him James. It was so easy to get his loyalty. Give him some points back, not let him and his little group of friends get detention for pranks which would and probably should have gotten him expelled..especially after the incident when they were learning Biomerging.
He shakes his head at the thought of four fifteen year olds learning biomerging especially with two that biomerge with Mega Evolutions..Severus was lucky enough that James had a natural affinity for Biomerging or..
But that day he had James Potter's loyalty..he had the eight Gym Leader's loyalty. The Family had so much money and James was happy enough to lend some for the Order of Ho-Oh. Especially after his father died from a Team Neider attack..of course it also unfortunately got him to grow up..he started questioning him..looking at his fiances..didn't help that he was married to Lily.
Now Lily Evans..now that was a trainer that he was worried about. She brillant having passed the Scholarship Exams with high marks. And she also survives..those with Scholarships for Hogwarts never lasted long..he thinks of Miss Granger who was looking like she was going to fail until she made friends with Miss Potter..
But what was worrying was that she didn't follow..she questioned why Slytherins were treated differently..why was Potter getting away with everything..even after the incident in fifth year between her and Severus..she still stood up for Slytherins, even those who were known to be part of Team Neider..
And then she started dating James Potter in Seventh Year..he thinks that's when it started to fall apart..she made sure that James wouldn't give him full control of the Potter's money..she even made James apologize to Severus. When she and James married he thought his plans would have failed..
And then their daughter was born, Aria Lilliana Potter.
Oh he saw the signs, he knows what and who she truly is. She needed to be guided for the future of Galar. It was his luck that Sirius was able to convince the Potters to choose Pettigrew. It was so easy to see that the boy was the traitor..the spy. But it did go his way, getting rid of the Potters. He knew the young child would survive and he made sure that he would be the only person she trusted. He made sure that her Godfather would go to Azkaban and sent her to the Dursleys. He knew that her aunt was still jealous that her sister was able to go to the great Trainer Academy and not her. That her husband hated those who went to any trainer school thinking they were a lazy bunch who didn't know the harshness of going on a true journey. He knew that they would hurt her but it was for the Greater Good.
James needed to be a bully, a shining light for Gryffindor. He needed to think that what he was doing was right and that meant that he could never be wrong. The side effect was that he had a big head, that he thought his pranks were just for fun, never knowing that they could have killed.
Aria needed to be the opposite, downtrodden..untrusting of adults..she needed to not know her status in Galar except that she was the Girl-Who-Lived..she needed to be humble and have no pride for her work. She needed to be a Leader for the Region..but also a follower for him...the side effect was the abuse that she grew up with.
But..of course nothing always goes the way plans are. Young Aria was not only a Potter but she was a Black through her grandmother..he could see it in her hair and eyes. He remembers when Arabella gave him pictures of the young girl in hopes that he would remove her..her hair used to be long and curly, thick shiny hair, he was so glad that the Dursley cut it off. Her eyes showed the madness within her. People said that the eyes were windows to the soul and he very much agreed with that. From his reports Young Aria showed a little bit of rebellion..she kept getting good grades in Stonewall (which wasn't much since the school was the worst in all of the regions..even worse than Pokemon Tech in Kanto), she would run away from home (Oh how hard it was to find her and remove the memory before returning her).
Things were going to plan and then Lyn Dragoon had messed everything up! She found the young girl in the Wild Area of Surrey. Found out of the abuse and reported it..by the time he found out the Dursleys were already in jail (he was still trying to get them out but Minister Rose and Champion Fudge wouldn't listen). Now the girl knows of her status as a soon to be Countess and worse she was in Slytherin!
If he had his way Slytherin would be gone..those in those house are the ones that were in the ways of his plans..he would had rid of the Old Religion Holidays of Ysbryda's Night, Drechaul's Day and Dathnos..he would had replaced it with Halloween and Longest Night but the Council always stopped him.
They don't understand..that those Holidays are what is powering the Gods..he feels the fire in his veins, the fire and lust for power. He shakes his head, he knew why those who worship the Old Religion wants to keep at it but for the Greater Good it must be destroyed and for that he must have Aria under his control.
"Now..can someone te-tell me..the d-difer..ence..bet-ween..special att-acks and.. -attacks," Professor Quirrell stutters. Everyone was trying to focus on what he was saying. Aria yawns as Professor Quirrel points to Blaise who answers.
"Still having nightmares?" Leon whispers from beside her and she nods.
When she came back to the Gryffindor Dorms the others were woken up by the yells of Percy who had noticed Aria being missing. Ron had kicked his brother in the shin before dragging her up into the boys dorms while Leon went to get Lyn before Aria's Aura lashed out during her panic.
After Lyn helped her calm down she gave Percy the riot act for yelling at an abused child. And after that she went up to see why Aria was out of the Dorms. When she heard what Aria learned from the Great Dragon (while Leon and Ron's eyes widened at the fact that she once again talked to him) she rolled her eyes.
"Of course that Bloody Dragon doesn't give you the answers.." at Aria's look of confusion she explained, "I knew the useless reptile during my youth when I began my true training..I need his help to protect this prat," he eyes soften, "But sometimes he wouldn't get me the straight answer, especially if it was about my destiny.." but then she chuckles, "But that also means he likes you since he did answer some..now we just need to look through the list of Strike Out names.."
Of course that laughter died down when she learned what she saw, "That blasted Dumbledore! He knows how bad the Distortion Mirror is! You could have been stuck there in its trance! Anyone who sees it would only focus on it and what it showed!" when the others looked at her Lyn shrugs her shoulders, "Giratina's desire to be in the real world is very strong so the pull of the mirror is the same,"
But the dreams were the worst part Aria thinks. She kept seeing her parents die by a sickly green and purple light. She shudders before Professor Quirrel calls her up, "Miss...Potter...can..y-you have...y-your No-noibat..present..a ph-physical..at-attack?"
Aria blinks but nods her head and quietly stands up. Hedwig looks up from her shoulder and flies up a bit. They watched as Professor Quirrel pressed a few buttons and an overly large blue balloon, looking like an Axew.
This way of training was called Super Training. Created by a boy named Clemont in Kalos. It doesn't increase the level of the Pokemon but focuses on their stats by using large giant balloon bots shaped like Pokemon.
Hedwig flies off her shoulder and she opens her mouth wide and a dark aura surrounds her fangs. The Axew Balloon Bot flinches when Hedwig bites into its arm but it swipes down its other arm to hit the Noibat. Hedwig quickly lets go and drops towards the ground to dodge the swipe before flapping her wings and flies back into the air before she hits the ground. Spreading her wings he charges at the Axew-Balloon. Right before she hits it, her wings begin to glow white and she cuts right into the face. Air sprits out as the Axew-Balloon deflates and Aria holds out her arm for Hedwig to land on.
"Good job, girl," she scratches Hedwig underneath her chin and Hedwig cries out before she crawls onto her shoulder. Aria couldn't help the giggle as the Noibat nibbles on her ear.
"A-as...you..c-can see...the..No-Noibat us-used ..Bit-ite and..Win-ing Attack..two Physi-physical Attacks.." Prof. Quirrel then looks at the time, "N-now be-before we en-end class to-today..I want you..all..to write a..200 wo-word e-essay about..a..phy-physical attack your...P-pokemon has.."
Everyone groans at this but places their textbooks in their bags, "A 200 word essay?" Ron groans as they head out of the Battling 101 Colosseum, "Mothra only knows Tackle as a Physical and Ripley.." he takes out his Rotom Phone and scans Ripley's Pokeball, "Thank Dechraul..she knows Aqua Jet...I can do the essay about that attack…Oh look out here comes Hermione,"
Aria sighs, Hermione had taken a different view of things. She was torn between horror at the fact that Aria snuck out and disappointment that not even the Great Dragon could tell her much about Nicolas Flamel.
"I found out!" Hermione cries out, almost falling and dropping the many books in her arms.
"You found out about Nicolas Flamel?" Leon asks with hope as he and Piers help her up. Sadly Hermione shakes her head.
"No! But I found out what Ari did to get out of the Dungeon Cave," Aria blinks at the use of her nickname but looks at Hermione curisoluey. "She was using Camodol!"
"Excuse you?" Ron says and Hermione glares at him.
"It literally means in our language that she Shadow Walk, it's a ability that many of those with the Potter Bloodline is able to do..they can become shadows, invisible to all..it even said that they can do it to others..almost like how Ghost Type Pokemon can do"
Aria blinks at that and looks at her hand. To her amazement just by thinking shadows form onto her hand making it almost see through. Gasping in shock she shakes her hand which luckily turns it back before anyone else can see it.
"That will come in handy," Piers mutters and Aria couldn't help but nod.
"Yeah handy..but only it could help us find out the real name of Nicolas Flamel.."
Once term started up again, they had to focus more on classwork and homework. Aria even had less time skimming through books and the web since she had Royal Raid practice and Flint was pushing them harder than ever. Bletchley says he was trying to one up his lover who was making his team practice in the rain that had replaced the snow...Flint made him eat mud for that.
When they walk down the corridor, Aria frowns when she hears Draco's obnoxious laugh. Turning the corner she glares at Draco who was laughing and pointing at Neville who had climbed up onto one the stands of the suit of armor. Draco's Pawniard was slashing its blades' together which were glowing a deep brown as levitating stones surround Neville. The crowd that surrounded them was laughing, some even falling over.
At that moment Raihan came charging forward, throwing out Torkoal's Pokeball, "Ember on that Pawniard!" The fire turtle puffs out a cloud of black smoke before it releases the balls of small flames onto the Steel Type.
"Hey! You stupid Puff! How dare you.." he stills as Piers walks over and grabs him by the arm while Raihan, Leon and Ron go and help Neville down, "Listen Malfoy! If you keep acting like this I will write a letter to your mother!"
"What will that do? When my father hears about this.."
"Oh you forget dear cousin," Piers snarl out, "Because now that my Da is free, he is the next Gym Leader..not your father..and as Heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Black I can write to a Lady of the family about how her son is bring shame to the name of Black," Aria watches as Draco's face pales at this, "And your father can't do any bloody thing! He's not the Head of his House no matter how much he says he is..he's not a Gym Leader or part of the Council..he's lucky enough to be on the Board of Governors even though I think he shouldn't even have that for what he did during the war!"
"My father was forced into the war," Aria blinks as Draco sounded like a record player, "It was proven and he was cleared of all charges by the Council!"
Ron snorts, "And who knows how much money was paid to get those charges cleared Malfoy," he smiles more when Draco tries to charge at him but Piers holds him back.
"I'm giving you one warning..next time I will write to Aunt Narcissa about how you are acting here," with that he Pushes Draco away before he goes to help Aria and Hermione pick up Neville's books. Draco just stands there with a slight pink face before he unwrinkles his Trainer Jacket and struts through the gather crowd, Pawniard following him while keeping an eye on the crowd.
"Piers snapped," Raihan grins and Piers shrugs his shoulders.
"Mess with me and I don't care..but mess with my friends and family.." he looks at Neville who was sniffling, "You ok.."
"You should go to Professor Sprout!" Hermione urges looking at her friend with concern in her amber eyes, "Report him!"
Neville shakes his head, "I don't want any trouble..you guys are going to get in trouble if he reports you for battling in the corridors,"
"Who cares!" Raihan says, "Malfoy is used to walking all over people because he thought his father would be a Gym Leader..now that he isn't going to be one because of Sirius now so he's trying to keep his standing as a bully!" he then grimaces, "Now I'm actually worried about how he is going to treat his Pokemon,"
Ron nods his head in agreement, "Yeah and it's no reason to lie down in front of him to make it easier," he then yelps when Hermione slaps him on the back of his head.
"There's no reason to tell me I'm not brave enough..the Great Dragon already did by not putting me in Gryffindor..and my relatives say the same thing," Neville choked out but Aria grabbed his hand.
"But you are brave Neville..you went and came to find me and Hermione when there was a rampaging Garbodor on the loose..when you learned that Dumbledore is trying to control my life you stayed by my side..you are loyal and that is the true meaning of Hufflepuff..and I think we have enough brave dunderheads with us,"
"Hey!" Leon and Ron cry out in annoyance but the hint of smiles on their face shows that they weren't that upset with her.
"You are worth twelve of Malfoy," Aria continues, "He doesn't have real friends just those two bodyguards and Pansy who wants to be Lady Malfoy..you..you are my friend Neville," Neville sniffles and nods his head before he picks up a Trainer Card.
"Great..I lost my place..I've been using this card to save my place in my book.." Neville then gasps, his eyes widening, "I found him!" he looks up at the others who stare at him, "I found Flamel! Listen to this: Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Leader of Cipher Grindelwald in 1945 and finding twelve species of Dragon Type Pokemon in Galar with his partner Nicolas Flamel!"
"I knew I read the name somewhere!" Aria whispers looking at the crowd that was staring at them curiously, "I read it on the train coming here,"
At that moment Leon gasps and jumps to his feet. He hadn't looked so excited since they were able to actually battle with their Pokemon. He turns to Raihan, "We need to find Sonia,"
Raihan blinks in confusion before slapping his face, "Oh Bloody Emrys..we are so stupid!" Aria just gave him a mystified look before she yelps as Leon grabs her wrist and begins to lead her down the corridor.
"Leon! Stop, you're going to get lost, you idiot!"
With Raihan leading the way they headed to the library, Madam Pince stares at them with distrust but they ignore it. "There she is," Raihan whispers.
At a table was a girl with long orange hair in a ponytail. Aria recognized her as the girl who shook Hermione's hand when she was Sorted into Ravenclaw by the gray heart pins in her hair. She was wearing the Lavender Trainer Jacket of Ravenclaw over a black t-shirt and dark blue jeans. There was a number two stitched in her shoulder showing that she was a second year.
Laying on her lap was a Yamper. Aria couldn't help but awe at the cute Puppy Pokemon. The yellow bolt-shaped tail was wagging happily on its rear which had a heart-shaped pattern on it. The Yamper looks up and barks happily, leaping off the girl's lap and runs towards Leon.
"Hello Yamper!" Leon smiles as he kneels down and rubs Yamper's face, "Who's a good boy! Who's a good boy?" Yamper barks and crawls onto Leon and sniffs at his pockets. Leon laughs and pulls out a Poffin (which Neville had bought for all of them for Dathnos) and Yamper happily munches on it.
"Hey, Leon! You keep giving Yamper treats and he won't even be able to move!" the girl scolds but Aria could see the smile on her face, "It's about time you come visit me!"
"Sorry Sonia," Leon rubs the back of his neck, but at that moment Aria couldn't handle it anymore.
To the others' surprise she squeals loudly and lunges for Yamper. Hugging the squishy body close to her she rubs her face against the soft fur cooing at Yamper. The puppy Pokemon blinks before barking happily and licking at her face making her squeal and giggle.
"I think that's the best reaction I have seen out of her," she hears Ron mutter to Raihan before he yelps when Hermione slaps at his arm.
"So?" Sonia smiles at the first year who was playing with her Starter, "What can I help you First Years?"
"Sonia..can you tell us about Nicolas Flamel?" Leon winces when Sonia glares at him and he weakly chuckles.
"Oh now you want to hear about what I say?" Sonia places her hands on her hips looking down at Leon.
"Please Sonia," Hermione asked, stepping forward, "This is really important!"
Sonia blinks but smiles gently, "Alright..but you and Raihan better listen this time, Leon," she glares at the two who nod their heads.
"So..how do you know each other?" Neville asked as they sat at the table, Aria looks up from cuddling with Yamper.
"Sonia lives in the next town over and there is a clear path without long grass between it. She's the closes kid in our age and Raihan couldn't always come visit so I always played with her," Leon explains, "She's the granddaughter of Prof. Magnolia and wants to become a Professor on the history and legends of the Regions.."
"Why thank you Leon," Sonia smiles at him as she came back with an enormous old book, "Now, you all want to know about Nicolas Flamel?" at their nods she opens it and flickering frantically through the pages she smiles before showing the page.
Looking down they see a man who looked like a king, floating next to him was Floette holding a black flower and in the man's hands was a cup.
"Nicolas Flamel is the alias of the King AZ," Sonia whispers dramatically making the others beside Aria gasp.
"The what?" said Aria.
Sonia blinks but she begins to read the book; "A terribly long time ago before time officially had a name. There was a man and a Pokemon. He loved that Pokemon very much. But at the time a war began and the man's beloved Pokemon was forced to take part in the war. Several years passed and he was given a tiny box.
The man wanting to bring back the Pokemon, no matter what it took..searched for the Legendary Pokemon, Xerneas"
"Xerneas?" Aria whispers, feeling pain in her heart. She clutches Hedwig's and Nimbus' Pokeballs. The thought of losing her Pokemon..force into a war..she wouldn't know what to do..
"Xerneas is known as the Life Pokemon," Hermione explains, "It has the power to share eternal life but if it expends too much life energy it transforms into a tree and sleeps for 1000 years..its one of Kalos' main Legendaries.."
Aria nods her head at this and Sonia continues; The man went on a journey with his other Pokemon who were in rage at the loss of their friend. When they found Xerneas, the man begged for it to bring his dear Pokemon back but alas it could not. In rage he ordered his Pokemon to battle Xerneas. For three days and three nights the two battled until finally the man was able to cut off a piece of Xerneas' horn. Xerneas and the man stared down at each other before Xerneas bowed and left.
The man takes Xerneas gift..and makes a cup out of it. A golden chalice with the horn wrapped around it..and with it he brought his Pokemon back to life..but the man had suffered too much. His rage still had not subsided..he could not forgive the world that had hurt the Pokemon he loved..soon he turned the gift into a weapon..by placing the blood of his army into the chalice he made them immortal,"
"Immortal?" Ron whispers in fear.
"It means they can never die," Hermione asks, thinking he was asking what it meant.
"I know what it means!"
"The man became a bringer of destruction that ended the war..the Pokemon that was given life must have known for as the saying goes..for new life to bring forward..old life must be taken..for there must be balance. When he brought the Pokemon back..the man had killed the one to kill his beloved Pokemon...knowing that lives were taken..so many lives were taken because of it. The resurrected Pokemon left the man.."
Sonia looks up at them, "Three years ago Lysander the Leader of Team Flare found the Cup of Life but hooked it up with Yveltal; the Destruction Pokemon to drain the life of all of those who aren't a part of Team Flare..and Pokemon for while he thought that they were magnificent beings they were condemned to be used by humans and for the greater good, are best annihilated," Sonia sneers and the others clutched their Pokeballs tightly. Aria shivers at the thought of a world without Hedwig and Nimbus..and Pokemon..she didn't like that..
"But thanks to a Young trainer who caught Yveltal they were able to stop Lysander..and it was said that they hid the Cup somewhere," Sonia then looks up when someone calls her name she stands up, Yamper scampering after her, "I got to go! Hope I was able to answer your questions!"
"The Cup of Life," Piers whispers, his face pale.."That's what is being guarded on the third floor.."
"No wonder so many people died when Gringotts was trying to be robbed..if it was said to make an army immortal..they want it to be protected.."
"But why not destroy it?" Neville asks, "If its that dangerous.."
Hermione takes the book and looks at it, "Because it can't be destroyed..its magic is eternal, unbound by time or place.." she reads quickly, "The Cup seems to hop between history..mostly in Kalos and Galar..warlords and kings have used it to power their armarmiesy while those use it to save loved ones..no wonder a Sorcerer or Sorceress is after this.."
"Well I guess it's a good thing that Dodrio is guarding it.." Raihan says leaning backwards in his chair but he catches the look on Aria's face, "What's wrong…"
"We know that Dumbledore wants me to stop whoever is going after it..that means whatever is guarding the cup has to be easy enough for a First Year to get through.." the others pale at that, "And with Hagrid's Pokemon being one of them..the other Professors must be in on it too.."
"That means if the Sorcerer/Sorceress is Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape or Professor Quirrel..that means they may even already know what is guarding the Cup!" Ron said in alarm, "It could be gone by next Tuesday!"
"And we can't tell the other teachers," Hermione whines running her hands through her bushy hair, fighting the urge to grab it. All her life teachers were her friends, they had wanted her to succeed but here at Hogwarts because an old man who wanted to test her friend for some stupid reason, a reason that could kill her they can't go to any adult other than Lyn, "Because not only is Dumbledore is the Headmaster, he is also the defeater of Grindlewald..no one would ever believe seven first years that the Headmaster would not want to protect an artifact that keeps an army from dying or bringing someone back from the dead..they won't believe that he wants a eleven year old to protect an artifact that he should be protecting.."
"What do we do?" Neville asks with fear in his eyes.
"Right now we tell Lyn," Aria said as she stood up. Leon follows while picking up the book, "We tell her what is hidden on the third floor, this is more important than falling under Dumbledor's radar...we got to find out what else is guarding the Cup besides Fluffy..and how well it is working..because against someone who knows how to turn a Pokemon into a Shadow Pokemon..has no problem killing someone or baby Pokemon..I doubt it would work.." and with that she charges out of the library, Leon running after her.
"I wonder what it's like having a nice quiet life," Ron whispers to the other four.
"I think Aria is wondering that too," Piers said.
Ok..I actally started crying when writing about AZ..gosh X and Y had the much sadden storyline..I cried when he got his Pokemon back..I cried at that scene! but yep! Nicolas Flamel is the AZ King and his machine is the Cup of Life..now I know it legends it was called the Holy Grail but in BCC Merlin it was called the Cup of Life and I'm going with that. In all my other tries I had it be a horn of Xerneas but then decided since I'm adding some stuff from BCC Merlin I would use the Cup of Life to replace the Sorcerer's/ Philosopher's stone. And it's much more dangerous now..now instead of trying to stay under Dumbldore's radar they now have to make sure that the Cup is protected. Anyway I hope you all enjoy also because of the Pokemon direct I decied to change Jame's Deer Pokemon into a Stantler (If only I waited until I saw that..and I decied to change the title of Chairman to Minster) (I'm so sorry for Quirrel's stutter!) so please leave a review!