Pisces White
Phoinex was in bed having another of his pokemon dreams. He was, again, in a battling stadium, his typhlosion out battling against a golem.
"Typhlosion! Flame Wheel!" He called to it. The golem was too heavy so it didn't dodge the firey attack in time. "Woooh! Good job, Curo!" (A/n: God! That happy commonness is getting on my nerves!)
"Mhhh…" Grumbled his opponent. "Return, Golem!" he held out a pokeball, and the pokemon returned. Then just as he was about to release his next pokemon, everything started to dissolve, and next thing he knew he was startldly sitting up in his bed.
"Phoinex! I'm tired of having to wake you up 4 times a week!" Scolded his best friend Julian.
"Huh? What?"
"Uh! You're impossible!"
"Anything is possible if you try?" He said with a weak smile. Julian returned it with a sour frown, and Phoinex got dressed, grabbed his pokeball belt from the nightstand, put it on, and orbed into the great hall where he grabbed a piece of toast before running outside for his care of grass and bug pokemon class.
It was November now, and this class was always held in the green houses during the cold months so that the pokemon wouldn't get sick. Selena, Zoe, and the rest of the class, was lined up against green house 3's wall. Phoinex stood next to Selena and she muttered to him, "Did you remember to switch your pokemon?"
"Crap it! No, I forgot!"
"Well you'd better do it now, Professor Sprout will be coming in just a few more minutes!"
"Right, right."
"Go!" And as she shoved him, he orbed to the nearest computer (which is against the left wall in the entrance hall).
"Oh-Hurry up! Come on!" He urged to the computer as he deposited four of his poke balls, one by one. He looked through his storage system and selected the four pokemon he wanted. "Syther, Tangela, Beedrill, and Sunkern" he muttered under his breath. Soon enough the pokeballs were all on his belt and he had orbed next to Selena just as Professor Sprout was opening the door into the green house.
"Ah. Mr. Halliwell. About time you joined us. Where have you been?" She snapped.
"In the great hall, eating. Lost track of time, sorry. Went to bed a bit late last night from doing all that homework."
"Yes, alright. That's reasonable." She looked like she was having second thoughts as she let the class in. Phoinex, Julian, Selena, and Zoe took a patch of grass in the back. (A/n: I've got it that in this class, there are square patches of grass instead of tables. They're divided up by concrete paths. Each one is about 6 feet wide and 5 feet long.) Professor Sprout took her place at the front of the class. "Today we'll be working on collecting sap for our pokemon in the cold months. Sap can really keep them warm and prevent sickness."
"Phoinex suddenly noticed one of his pokeballs wasn't on his belt. He must have not fastened it right on his belt when he was hurrying to get to class. He raised his hand and then Professor Sprout said, "Umm.. yes, Mr. Halliwell?"
"Sorry to interrupt, professor but one of my pokeballs fell. Can I go get it?"
"Yes, yes, but hurry up or I'll minorly suspend you." He got up and went out the door. Instantly he was his pokeball under a large oak tree. He ran over to it and picked it up before tripping over one of the branches and dropping the pokeball. This opened it releasing his tangela. The odd thing was that tangela started running into Ilex Forest.
"Uhh! Tangle! Come back!" He got up and started chasing after it. Within a few minutes, they were in a clearing and what Phoinex saw made his gasp. It was an escaped thief he had heard about in the daily prophet last month. Sirius Black. A great murderer and pokemon thief. (A/n: I know that Sirius pronounced "serious", but in this series, I'd like it if you pronounced it sci-ri-es. 'Course you can keep saying serious, but I think that sounds odd.)
"This your tangela, boy?"
"Y-yes, sir."
"You've raised it well."
"Umm… thank you. Are you Sirius Black?"
"Yes. What about it?"
"They say you're a murderer and a better pokemon thief then team pocket."
"None of that's true. Team rocket's top force did all that murder and thieving. I was just trying to find out what they were doing so they blamed it on me and got me locked up" Oddly, Phoinex believed him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I escaped and found out that team rocket was going to strike here next. So I came to get vengeance."
"Oh." Phoinex felt oddly calm and friendly. "I can help you go under cover."
"How?"
"I can give you a secret identity, but not now because I have to get back to class."
"When can I see you again?"
"Ummm… tonight in the volcanic area."
"Alright, I didn't catch your name. What is it?"
"Phoinex Halliwell."
"Phoinex… yes, alright." Phoinex puzzled at the way he looked at the sound of his name. He raised a pokeball and returned tangela to it before orbing back to green house 3.
"What took you so long, Mr. Halliwell?"
"What? Oh! Sorry, couldn't find the pokeball."
"Yes, well, Ms. Night will show you what to do."
"Ok, your pokemon have to make a hole in the tree. What we're doing is." She was cut off because the bell signaling lunch suddenly rang.
"Class dismissed!" Yelled Professor Sprout. As the class filled out Phoinex pulled Selena, Zoe, and Julian into the forest to speak more privately to them.
"I met Sirius Black in the forest. I found the pokeball as soon as I walked out; only tangela got out and led me to him. That's why it took me so long."
"Sirius Black? The convict?" Said Zoe.
"Yes, Sirius Black. But he didn't commit all those crimes he was accused of, it was team rocket."
"Well, why was he in the forest?" Julian asked.
"He heard team rocket was here, so he's here to get revenge. I've offered to give him a secret identity."
"You did what?" Yelled Selena.
"Look, I believe him so I offered to help, but to that I'll need you guy's help."
"What do we need to do?" Selena said.
"We need to get Lockhart fired."
"And how do we do that?" Zoe implied. So, Phoinex explained his plan to them. He knew Professor Lockhart, their pokemon defense teacher, had violated lot's of things numerous times and now it was time to reveal it. They went to lunch and their potions class as usual before meeting at a secluded table in the Arcanine common room.
"Guys, I can't today. Oliver's starting Pidgeitch training." Julian told them. (A/n: Pidgeitch…XD. Real odd name. Anyway, "Pidgeitch" it's like Quidditch, only instead of brooms they ride on pidgeots. Everything else is the same.)
"Alright. We'll see you later then." Phoinex said as Julian shimmered onto the Pidgeitch field. Then the plan was put into action. Selena and Zoe teleported into Lockhart's and started setting up small cameras is places where they couldn't be seen, while Phoinex orbed into Oak's lab and started setting up his computer to show what the cameras saw.
When everything was done Phoinex orbed to the volcanic area and Selena teleported to the volcanic area. Whereas, Zoe teleported to her dormitory to get her "beauty kit" before teleporting to the volcanic area. Sirius was sitting on a coal-black rock.
"Your hair," She said disappointingly, when she saw him, "We need to dye it a whole new color."
"But I like my blonde hair!"
"Don't worry! It's not permanent! You'll have to dye it once a month and you can take it off when we clear your name."
"Clear my name?"
"Isn't that what we're going to do?" She glanced at Phoinex.
"Yes, we're going to clear his name." He replied.
"Somebody take his to the water area and wash him up first."
"I'll do it." Volunteered Phoinex. He walked over to Sirius and put a hand to orb him to the water area. The water area was like a pool in the shape and size of a lake. A very large lake...
Sirius stood at the edge looking unsure, so Phoinex pushed him in with a playful smile. Sirius put on a scolding look but it wore off quickly as he swam around, to take off all the dirt and grime on him. When Phoinex orbed them back, Sirius was instantly covered in towels and dried off. In a corner, Zoe was preparing the hair dyeing liquid. Sirius looked at it unsurely.
"What color is that?"
"Trust me. It's light brown."
"Oh. Ummm… ok." They could see he really didn't want to in his eyes. Zoe started putting the liquid in his hair while Selena and Phoinex sat in front of him asking questions to make his new identity.
"Ok, so far we've gotten you a new name." Phoinex started.
"Pisces White. Pisces so that it's not the exact opposite of dog, and White to not be too different." Selena added. On and on they asked questions and ended up with the alias as Sirius Black as Zoe finished dyeing his hair.
"All done. Now, your face. Hmm… I'm not sure on what to do about that. I guess we'll start contacts to change your eye color." Sirius' eyes were dark blue until Zoe changed them to a light brown with fake contact lenses. As she did this, Selena stared at his clothes. He was wearing a torn yellow shirt and torn dark blue jeans that were stained green on the knees with faded beige shoes.
"We need to get Sirius some clothes." She muttered to Phoinex. Sirius overheard as Zoe was putting tinted oval shaped glasses.
"I have clothes. In my house."
"Tell us the address and we'll go get you some." Offered Selena.
"Number 5, Winchester Lane, Oxford."
"Oxford… That's a bit far off, but I think we can manage it." Phoinex said before orbing onto a quiet little street while Selena teleported there. The streets yards were obviously well tended. Selena counted off to the fifth house and walked over. Phoinex followed and Selena teleported into the house, leaving Phoinex outside to keep guard. She dug in the closet and took out as much clothes as she could carry with 2 pairs of shoes. Back outside she went and together she and Phoinex went back to the volcanic area. They realized the glasses did make Sirius look a lot more different.
"We got some clothes, but there's still the matter on how were gonna clear Sirius' name." Selena started.
"We'll just have to catch team rocket in the act." Said Phoinex.
"Well, as much as I'd like to discuss how we're going to catch an evil organization, we have to be in the great hall! The candidates for the tri-pokemon tournament are gonna be announced!" Interrupted Zoe.
"Oh, right. Sirius, for now hide in the forest, there'll be a job opening tomorrow, but there wont be interviews until the day after." Said Phoinex, before the typhlosion trio teleported or orbed outside the great hall. From there they ran in and sat in their usual seats. Professor Vector was carrying the poke box over to Professor Oak at the center of the table. He opened the top part and he and the teachers started separating the slips into years. Slowly they were read. First the first years:
"The Star Spangles! Katy Bell! Alicia Tomson! And George Lefay!" And on for a few minutes, "The Sedra Squad! Patricia Halliwell! Jack Kane! And Alex Night!" Selena's brother and Phoinex's sister had been picked, as you can see. Then the 2nd years:
"The Magic Fighters! Adele Corrigan! Daniel McCain! And Charles Mantanay! The Rydon Rangers! Sean Mathews! Peru Combs! And Sean Mathews! " And on for minutes until finally the 3rd years, what Selena, Phoinex, and Zoe had been waiting for.
"The Ferilagator Fighters! Leon Finster! Lizzie Jacobs! Julian Turner! The Pidgeot Packers! Loreli Gilmore! Colby Bright! And Jane Isis!" Two more minutes of names passed, "The Marowak Musketeers! Mickey Lang! Cory Hunter! And Dean McKnight! The Typhlosion Trio! Phoinex Halliwell! Selena Night! And Zoe Ketchum!" Then all the other years passed ending in an announcement from Oak. Now, battles will be starting in 2 weeks and as an opening ceremony there will be a talent contest! The winners will get one pokeball of their choice each. Of course, you'll be entering in your groups. The sign up sheet will be in the library. Now, bed." The hall cleared out, and up to the dormitory Phoinex would've gone happily if not for the burden of Sirius. It was hard for him to sleep, but eventually he accomplished it, too tired to even dream.