Chapter 9.
Severus Snape awakes with a shock, he hears a demanding knock on his door. "What is it now?" He grumbles while he is getting out of the chair by the fireplace. The knocking persists. "Yes... Yes... I am coming." He snaps at the sound.
He opens the door. "Minerva?" he sounds surprised and irritated.
"I am sorry about disturbing you, Severus, but it seems like more humans and Pokemon came to are dimension."
Snape sighs. "Did anybody already see them?" he asks.
"Hagrid is with them and Madam Hooch is getting our other guests. I have a bad feeling about these muggles, Severus." The older witch looks worried.
While Prof. McGonagall was talking Snape straightens his shirt and closes it al the way to the top button. Now he is busy with the black coat he always wears under his robes. Swiftly his fingers work to close all the buttons. While putting on his robes Eos wakes. "Pika?" he looks at her and nods. She takes a run over the bed and… lands with a graceful move on Snape's Shoulder. "Chu." She says while giving her a little lick. Snape sighs but he doesn't say anything.
"Minerva," he says with a nod of his head. "Lead the way." The elderly lady smiles and takes the lead. They go up the stairs, through the hallways in the direction of the doors, There Brock, Ash and Misty are already waiting. Ash' Pikachu is there too, of course. "Albus went to join Hagrid." Madam Hooch tells them, "Filch and madam Pomfrey are there too." Minerva nods.
"I wonder who are here also." Ash mentions.
"With our luck it will be… " Brock starts.
"Look at that," they hear a familiar male voice. "The twerps."
"And their Pikachu…" says a female voice.
"Team Rocket." With a sigh Brock finishes his sentence.
"Prepare for Trouble."
"Make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jesse,"
"James."
"Team Rocket Blasts of at the Speed of Light."
"Surrender now or prepare to Fight."
"That's right!"
"What are you doing here." Ash snaps.
"Well," Jesse says. "Wherever Pikachu goes, we go."
"And now, hand him over!" James adds.
"No… NEVER!!!" Ash is yelling now.
"You can't have Pikachu!" Misty tells them.
"Pika!!!" Ash' Pikachu sounds angry.
Meowth looks closer at the group of people who are with "the twerps". "Ehmmm… Jesse… James." He says.
"Shut up, Meowth!" Jesse snaps.
"Yeah, we are busy." James says, but he does look take the time to look at whatever Meowth is seeing.
"Jesse! James!" Meowth says a little bit more forceful. "Look! this is important." The catlike Pokemon points. With open mouths the Team looks at the tall, dark man. The people they saw up to now were strange, to say the least, but this man, despite a Pikachu on his shoulder, looked scary.
"There are still people impressed by my appearance." Snape muses, he take a step closer and says: "You still didn't answer that first question." His voice sounds icy. "What are you doing here?"
"Right… ehmmm… Jesse?" James starts nervously.
"Well, I am not sure about that myself, but when we woke up we saw 'the twerps' and their Pokemon with lots of other children over there by the lake." Jesse points in the general direction of the lake.
"And why didn't you just come to us?" Albus asks this question.
"Well…" Jesse starts, she looks to James for some help.
"Yes???" Snape's voice sounds threatening. "Answer the Headmaster… NOW!!!"
Jesse, James and Meowth take a step backwards.
"W…w…we just wan...an...wanted Pi…Pi…Pikachu." James stammers.
"Yes," says Ash angrily. "MY Pikachu."
Snape arches his right eyebrow. "So, you are thieves!" His want appears in his hand and he aims it at the threesome. As if Snape had given her a command Eos starts to form lightning bolts.
"Severus." The older wizard next to him interrupts. "That is not the solution!"
"You are lucky that our Headmaster is a good man, because if it would have been up to me…" he glares at Team Rocket and keeps the threat hanging like that.
"Wow," Snape hears Misty comment. "Is't he great!" He pretends not to have heard that, but the smiling faces of the other professors tell him that she really did say what he tried not to hear her say.
"Misty!!!" Ash hisses.
Prof. Dumbledore puts his hand on Snape's arm and nods friendly. Then the old man turns to face Jesse, James and Meowth, "Follow me!" he says in a soft voice. "Severus, Minerva… would you two also join us." Then he turns to Hagrid. "Please, return our young guests back to the Gryffindor tower." And then with a friendly smile Ash, Brock and Misty: "You just go back to bed and get a good rest. We will take care of this."
Team Rocket can't do anything but follow the elderly man and woman, because the tall, dark-haired man, without a sense of humor or patience, is walking behind them.
"Is it just me," Jesse says. "Or does that man really looks like the evil wizard of a fairytale?"
In fear James looks around, judging by the smirk on the man's face, James can tell that he heard Jesse's remark. "Shhhh…" James cautions. "He can hear you." With shocked faces Jesse and Meowth look over their shoulders too. Yes, he heard her. The do miss the amused glance of Albus and Minerva. "It is good for Severus that he still strikes some fear into someone's heart." Albus thinks with a smile.
These guests are also brought to the Headmaster's office, but the conversation is not the same. No hot chocolate milk and candy are offered. "Sit down." Prof. Dumbledore says, his voice sounds soft, but it still is demanding respect.
Jesse, James and Meowth sit down, Prof. McGonagall and Prof. Dumbledore also sit down. Snape doesn't, he stays standing, that way he towers over a scared Team Rocket.
"I presume you understand that you are no longer in Jotho?" The Head of Hogwarts starts, he looks at the muggles and Pokemon who are sitting across from him. They just nod. "Good, then I guess I can also count on the fact that you want to return to Jotho like our other guests?"
"Yes." I the soft answer of the three.
Albus nods. "When you will keep our rules, we can take care of that. Our rules are very easy." He pauses a moment for effect. "You won't steal… not from us… and not from our guests. Is that clear?" Again the members of Team Rocket nod. "You will also keep the rules our students need to keep to. This includes the bedtimes and the mealtimes." at the word: 'mealtimes' the faces of the Team brighten a little. "When you break any of our rules, I will seriously consider any of the ideas our Potions Master can think up for you." The gray wizard nods at the still standing Snape. Team Rocket look at the tall wizard, swallow hard and then Jesse says softly: "That sounds like a very good deal."
"Good." The headmaster says. "Minerva, could you find some suitable places to sleep for these guests? Maybe somewhere you and Severus can keep an eye on them?"
"Follow me." Prof. McGonagall says to Team Rocket, carefully they follow the professor, out of the corner of their eyes they look at Prof. Snape. He growls at them, this makes their exit of the office even quicker.
"Severus!" Albus in a quasi accusing way, his eyes sparkle behind his glasses. "I do think it is time to go to sleep now, what do you think, Severus?"
"I must agree, I really would like to return to my dungeons now." Snape replies, Eos yawns loudly.
"I think that Eos has a point. Good night, Severus."
"Good night, Albus."
Severus Snape awakes with a shock, he hears a demanding knock on his door. "What is it now?" He grumbles while he is getting out of the chair by the fireplace. The knocking persists. "Yes... Yes... I am coming." He snaps at the sound.
He opens the door. "Minerva?" he sounds surprised and irritated.
"I am sorry about disturbing you, Severus, but it seems like more humans and Pokemon came to are dimension."
Snape sighs. "Did anybody already see them?" he asks.
"Hagrid is with them and Madam Hooch is getting our other guests. I have a bad feeling about these muggles, Severus." The older witch looks worried.
While Prof. McGonagall was talking Snape straightens his shirt and closes it al the way to the top button. Now he is busy with the black coat he always wears under his robes. Swiftly his fingers work to close all the buttons. While putting on his robes Eos wakes. "Pika?" he looks at her and nods. She takes a run over the bed and… lands with a graceful move on Snape's Shoulder. "Chu." She says while giving her a little lick. Snape sighs but he doesn't say anything.
"Minerva," he says with a nod of his head. "Lead the way." The elderly lady smiles and takes the lead. They go up the stairs, through the hallways in the direction of the doors, There Brock, Ash and Misty are already waiting. Ash' Pikachu is there too, of course. "Albus went to join Hagrid." Madam Hooch tells them, "Filch and madam Pomfrey are there too." Minerva nods.
"I wonder who are here also." Ash mentions.
"With our luck it will be… " Brock starts.
"Look at that," they hear a familiar male voice. "The twerps."
"And their Pikachu…" says a female voice.
"Team Rocket." With a sigh Brock finishes his sentence.
"Prepare for Trouble."
"Make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jesse,"
"James."
"Team Rocket Blasts of at the Speed of Light."
"Surrender now or prepare to Fight."
"That's right!"
"What are you doing here." Ash snaps.
"Well," Jesse says. "Wherever Pikachu goes, we go."
"And now, hand him over!" James adds.
"No… NEVER!!!" Ash is yelling now.
"You can't have Pikachu!" Misty tells them.
"Pika!!!" Ash' Pikachu sounds angry.
Meowth looks closer at the group of people who are with "the twerps". "Ehmmm… Jesse… James." He says.
"Shut up, Meowth!" Jesse snaps.
"Yeah, we are busy." James says, but he does look take the time to look at whatever Meowth is seeing.
"Jesse! James!" Meowth says a little bit more forceful. "Look! this is important." The catlike Pokemon points. With open mouths the Team looks at the tall, dark man. The people they saw up to now were strange, to say the least, but this man, despite a Pikachu on his shoulder, looked scary.
"There are still people impressed by my appearance." Snape muses, he take a step closer and says: "You still didn't answer that first question." His voice sounds icy. "What are you doing here?"
"Right… ehmmm… Jesse?" James starts nervously.
"Well, I am not sure about that myself, but when we woke up we saw 'the twerps' and their Pokemon with lots of other children over there by the lake." Jesse points in the general direction of the lake.
"And why didn't you just come to us?" Albus asks this question.
"Well…" Jesse starts, she looks to James for some help.
"Yes???" Snape's voice sounds threatening. "Answer the Headmaster… NOW!!!"
Jesse, James and Meowth take a step backwards.
"W…w…we just wan...an...wanted Pi…Pi…Pikachu." James stammers.
"Yes," says Ash angrily. "MY Pikachu."
Snape arches his right eyebrow. "So, you are thieves!" His want appears in his hand and he aims it at the threesome. As if Snape had given her a command Eos starts to form lightning bolts.
"Severus." The older wizard next to him interrupts. "That is not the solution!"
"You are lucky that our Headmaster is a good man, because if it would have been up to me…" he glares at Team Rocket and keeps the threat hanging like that.
"Wow," Snape hears Misty comment. "Is't he great!" He pretends not to have heard that, but the smiling faces of the other professors tell him that she really did say what he tried not to hear her say.
"Misty!!!" Ash hisses.
Prof. Dumbledore puts his hand on Snape's arm and nods friendly. Then the old man turns to face Jesse, James and Meowth, "Follow me!" he says in a soft voice. "Severus, Minerva… would you two also join us." Then he turns to Hagrid. "Please, return our young guests back to the Gryffindor tower." And then with a friendly smile Ash, Brock and Misty: "You just go back to bed and get a good rest. We will take care of this."
Team Rocket can't do anything but follow the elderly man and woman, because the tall, dark-haired man, without a sense of humor or patience, is walking behind them.
"Is it just me," Jesse says. "Or does that man really looks like the evil wizard of a fairytale?"
In fear James looks around, judging by the smirk on the man's face, James can tell that he heard Jesse's remark. "Shhhh…" James cautions. "He can hear you." With shocked faces Jesse and Meowth look over their shoulders too. Yes, he heard her. The do miss the amused glance of Albus and Minerva. "It is good for Severus that he still strikes some fear into someone's heart." Albus thinks with a smile.
These guests are also brought to the Headmaster's office, but the conversation is not the same. No hot chocolate milk and candy are offered. "Sit down." Prof. Dumbledore says, his voice sounds soft, but it still is demanding respect.
Jesse, James and Meowth sit down, Prof. McGonagall and Prof. Dumbledore also sit down. Snape doesn't, he stays standing, that way he towers over a scared Team Rocket.
"I presume you understand that you are no longer in Jotho?" The Head of Hogwarts starts, he looks at the muggles and Pokemon who are sitting across from him. They just nod. "Good, then I guess I can also count on the fact that you want to return to Jotho like our other guests?"
"Yes." I the soft answer of the three.
Albus nods. "When you will keep our rules, we can take care of that. Our rules are very easy." He pauses a moment for effect. "You won't steal… not from us… and not from our guests. Is that clear?" Again the members of Team Rocket nod. "You will also keep the rules our students need to keep to. This includes the bedtimes and the mealtimes." at the word: 'mealtimes' the faces of the Team brighten a little. "When you break any of our rules, I will seriously consider any of the ideas our Potions Master can think up for you." The gray wizard nods at the still standing Snape. Team Rocket look at the tall wizard, swallow hard and then Jesse says softly: "That sounds like a very good deal."
"Good." The headmaster says. "Minerva, could you find some suitable places to sleep for these guests? Maybe somewhere you and Severus can keep an eye on them?"
"Follow me." Prof. McGonagall says to Team Rocket, carefully they follow the professor, out of the corner of their eyes they look at Prof. Snape. He growls at them, this makes their exit of the office even quicker.
"Severus!" Albus in a quasi accusing way, his eyes sparkle behind his glasses. "I do think it is time to go to sleep now, what do you think, Severus?"
"I must agree, I really would like to return to my dungeons now." Snape replies, Eos yawns loudly.
"I think that Eos has a point. Good night, Severus."
"Good night, Albus."