Flippy: short chapter for a beginning chapter but I didn't want to make it two big..so if you like this I hope you all enjoy! Also if you see some things from BBC Merlin..I'm mixing a bunch of merlin stories to make the background and history.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter nor Pokemon or BBC Merlin
In a land that some would say that used to hold myth..and magic..a destiny could be a great gift..but also a terrible burden if done alone..
A young girl shivers in the cold..her green eyes were open to a crack behind broken glasses. She trudges onward, even as the snow rains down harsly on her...her hands rub against her arms to try and stay warm..but what little heat she had was slowly fading away.
While many Pokemon such as Sneasel, Snorunt, Snover were dancing around in the snow of Watchtower Ruins of the Wild Area..this small child trips and falls onto the snow covered grass..
Her eyesight grows foggy as she curls in the snow..fingers blue along with her lip..just before she black out she hears a flaps of wings..
Maybe a Pokemon sees me as prey..hopefully I'll be dead before it eats me," was the last thought before she passes out.
"No young child, man or woman..no matter how great can know their destiny. She can not glimpse her part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone she must live and learn and so it will be for this young trainer who has power running through her veins.
A girl that will in time become a part of an age old legend.
Her name, Aria Lillaina Potter.
Green eyes flicker open as she feels warmth across her body..she slowly sits up but a hand on her shoulder stops her for a second before she was put in a sitting position.
"Be easy child..you are very sore after I healed you," green eyes flick up and she sees a blurry face..it..was very white.."
She hears a snort, "Don't worry..I fixed your glasses.." she feels her glasses bing place into her hands. She carefully blinks as she puts the glasses on..for some reason it works better than it used to..
Looking around she saw that she was laying in some bed in some sort of tower..all the cracks were blocked by wooden boards..small candles kept the dark room lit..she turned around and jumps a bit at the old woman staring at her. She had purred white hair and the bluest eyes she has ever seen..Aria was confused by the clothes she was wearing...red robes..
"So child..tell me..why did I find you so close to my home..freezing to death..?" she raises a white eyebrow, her blue eyes staring at her.
"Why should I tell you?" she snarks with distrust in her eyes..but for some reason..something inside told her she could trust this woman. "I don't even know you..not even your name,"
The old woman laughs as if she had told a joke, "Well my dear..I am Lyn the Great!" she does a weird motion with her hands..
"I think your delusional,"
Lyn laughs and shakes her head before going to the table that was in the corner and brought over a bowl. Aria looks down to see warm soup..she then looks up to the old woman.
"Don't worry I haven't poisoned it.." she grumbles and Aria gently spoons the soup before eating it..her body shivers as the warmth goes down her spine.
They ate quietly for a bit..Aria looked up at her.. "I..I'm not going back," she states and Lyn looks up at her.
"And what do you mean by that? Are you in trouble?"
Aria looks down at the soup, "I..I live with my Aunt and Uncle..they..don't really like me for some reason,"
And ain't that the truth..from what Aria knows is that her parents died when she was 1 years old..how is really unknown since she doesn't really believe what her realitives say anytime she had asked them, and she learned to stop after so many times her aunt and uncle would glare at her..and other things..she clutches at her arm but blinks when she sees bandages wrapped around her arms.
"Ah yes.." Lyn nods her head, "you were not only beginning to get frostbite..but you had a bunch of wounds..I have dress them so they wouldn't get infected.." she then eyes her, "I'm..guessing this aunt and uncle are the reasons for your wounds,"
Aria looks to the boarded up cracks..not wanting to look weak to this old woman, "it..wasn't always bad..I mean..they got mad at me for doing better than their son..or the one time.." she became quite because she wasn't supposed to speak of her..abilities..
Lyn stares at her but then she looks up when she hears a mew and sighs, "Balthazar..you know not to go up there!" Aria looks up to where he was yelling to see a feline Pokemon with purple fur with speckled yellow rosettes. The two pair of yellow whiskers twitched as green eyes sparkled in amusement.
"That's a Liepard," Aria couldn't help but state the obvious and Lyn nods her head.
"Yes my Liepard..Balthazar..who knows not to climb up that high!" she grumbles before she gets a ladder..Aria was confused on why Lyn wouldn't just use a Pokeball..
"The old tom doesn't like it..anytime I try to take it out he will zap me," she answers when Aria asks this question..Lyn carefully grabs the Liepard and puts him close to her chest before beginning to climb down..and then the ladder tipped over and Lyn begins to fall.
Aria eyes widen and she couldn't help but feel the power that she usually holds back glow..unknowingly that her eyes had burned gold..time seem to slow around her before she looks around trying to find something when she sees the larger bed in the corner..it slowly moves from its original position to underneath Lyn..time resumes and Lyn falls on top of the bed..the bed broken but other than that nobody was hurt.
"Not for long," Aria thought as she hid under covers..Lyn got up, her blues eyes staring with awe at the small child in her house.
"What..what did you just do?" she gasps as she pulls the covers off the girl. "Tell me!"
Aria looks around and shakes her head, "I..I have no idea what..happen…I don't.."
Lyn shakes her head, "I know what it was..I just want to know where you learn to do it.." Aria was shocked to see no disgust or anger in the old woman's eyes..just awe in disbelief.. "Someone using the Old Religion..I haven't seen anyone other than me do so.." she eyes Aria which makes her blink.
"Old Religion?" Aria asks with wonder and Lyn nods her head. She raises a hand and a sort of blue glow erupts from the hand..
"This is aura..nowadays those who used aura to either strengthen their bodies..to see without opening their eyes..to even use Aura Sphere a pokemon move that Lucario is known to use..but those of the Old Religion...they can do many things..things that Channelers, Psychics can do as well..they use to call this sorcery..or magic..
Aria blinks at this.. "Magic..actual magic.." that word was never use at her relatives place..one time her cousin tried to play a game with wizards in it..it was the only time she ever see him get in trouble.
"Yes magic..even though it has almost died out..one of the kings during the time went on a purge because his wife died..he wanted an heir but his wife could not get pregnant so he asked one of the high Priestess for help..but there are rules to that type..a life for a life..for new life to be born old life had to be taken..for his son to be born his wife died..anger about his wife death he banned anything about aura and started the purge..its why aura guardians can't do much since there is hardly anything about it..I think the closet one who could be close was Sir Araron of Rota.."
Aria could see sadness in her eyes, "Is..is it ban now?"
Lyn shakes her head, "Oh no..but as I say people who have this gift are few..so many think its a myth and fairy tale.." she smiles and looks to her as if telling her a joke, "So..I guess no one taught you.."
Aria shakes her head, "I never study magic or been taught.." she looks to her hands, "I..I was born like this.."
"I would say that is impossible..but sometimes the impossible happens...is this why you won't go back?"
Aria nods her head, "I had accidents when I couldn't hold it in..like one time my aunt tried to put a sweater that use to belong to my cousin but it suddenly caught on fire..or the time I found myself on the roof of my school..it got worst after the letters started showing up.."
Lyn blinks at this, "Letters?"
Aria nods at this but giggles when Balthzar just crawls on top of her legs and flops, "They started arriving and I know they belong to me because it had my cupboard..I mean room.." but by the way Lyn eyes shone in anger she noticed the slip of tongue, "And no matter how many times my uncle took them and rip them apart they keep coming..just awhile ago the whole house was filled with them..my uncle went crazy and said pack up we were leaving..I" Aria looks down at this, "I was scared what he was going to do so when we got outside..I ran.." she then looks outside to where it was snowing, "I just didn't expect snow in the middle of summer!"
"This is the Wild Area..the weather here is crazy because of how many different Pokemon live here..and most of them know weather moves like Hail, Rain Dance and Sunny Day..but seriously what was Albus thinking..sending that many letters at once?"
Aria gasps, "Albus..as in Albus Dumbledore? The headmaster to Hogwarts? Why would he want to send me letters! I'm not important!"
Aria knew all about Hogwarts..her old teacher at her school said it was the best Trainer Academy in all of Galar..that the children of Gym Leaders, Coordinators, and Champions..that those who passed an extremely hard test could get a scholarship from the school..so Aria was confused on why they were sending her letters..wasn't she just a daughter to a pair of drunks who got themselves killed?
"Not important?" Lyn on the other hand was aghast at her statement, "My dear girl you are the last Potter..The Ancient and Nobel House of Potter! Once you are of age you will hold the rank of Countess since your family were Gym Leaders.."
"W-What…" Aria's eyes were wide with disbelief and Lyn sighs as she sits down on the edge of the bed.
"My dear girl..do you know anything about your family...your parents?"
"My parents were drunks who died in a car crash! They weren't gym leaders!"
"Dear Dechraul...she'll be fine..she's with family..he says.." Lyn mutters angrily before she turns to Aria.
"My dear..whatever your relatives told you..it was a lie..your parents were named James and Lily Potter..the Potters had control over the eighth Gym for many years,"
Aria blinks with surprise..there were many gym leaders in Galar but only the strongest were the top eight who get to be shown for the Albion Pokemon League on tv..so to learn that her parents were the eight..which were the strongest of all Gym Leaders.."
"They were also the main fighters in the War of Blood.."
Aria couldn't help but gasps...The War of Blood was the most recent war in Galar..at least that what she knew about it.
"Yes..the Leader of Team Neidr, known as Voldemort was trying to..honestly he was a mad man..who just wanted power..and he got followers who wanted power as well..he got them to believe that the new trainers who are the first in their family to become trainers wanted to erase everything about their traditions...those trainers who come from other Regions are trying to invade their lands..its nonsense really but people believe him..your parents thought against him three times..the only people to ever survive when they battle.."
Lyn then sighs, "After they gave birth to you..they went into hiding..Voldemort and Team Neider wanted to kill you..to make you an example that if anyone ever stood in his way..that it didn't matter if you were pure..that he will kill you...on Ysbryda's Night he came to your hiding place..your parents made their final stands..he defeated them and was about to come after you..when Lily Potter..who was slowly dying..took a knife and stabbed him taking his life along with hers.."she then points at her scar..Aria always wonder where she got the scar..it was long and went across her face and jagged a bit..like a bolt of lightning…
"That's how you got your scar..but after his death..the war was won..you became the Girl-Who-Lived while your parents are known as the Saviors…"
Aria looks down at this..but jumps when there was a clicking noise on the broken window..a Pidgey flies inside and a letter was dropped into her lap. She blinks at it before Lyn nods her head.
"Well go on!"
Nodding her head, Aria opens the letter.
Hogwarts Academy for Young Trainers
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Rhyfelwrd, First Class, Grand Trainer, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Regions)
Dear Miss Potter,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts Academy for Young Trainers. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary book and equipment. Term begins on September 1..we await your owl by no later than July 31.
Your sincerely Minerva McGonagall (Deputy Headmistress)
Aria takes a deep breath before placing the letter down, "There's no way my relatives are going to let me go.."
"I thought you said you weren't going to go back?" Lyn asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah but I don't have a trainer license..my aunt said I would never go on a journey..and its only a matter of time they call the Jennies to come find me..it will be bad for their image to have a runaway.."
Lyn stands up, "Well that won't be any problems.." Aria blinks at her in confusion, "You can stay with me..I'll talk to your relatives…"
"But..but why?" Aria was confused about why this woman cared but she just turns to her with golden eyes.
"Us witches of the Old Religion have to stick together.."
Aria slowly smiles before giggling when Balthazar starts nuzzling her face.
