NOTE: Chapter 2?!? YOU MEAN THE LAME-NESS CONTINUES? hahz.. just kiddin' ;) Yes, the lame-ness goes on and on.. I've already started on Book 2, when Ash goes to Hogwarts! So there is much much much much more lame-ness to come. I'm even building ideas for Book 3.. in which Frodo gets mixed up into the lame-ness.. goodness! Does it ever end? =D

Chapter 2

Ron and Hermione's Arrival, Plus an Unexpected New Member for Team Rocket

Harry ended up staying with Ash that night. Ash got out his sleeping bag and layed it out for Harry, but they didn't do much sleeping. Harry was so eager to learn about Pokemon, that he kept Ash up for hours asking him questions. Ash didn't mind though, Pokemon was his passion and he could have gone on about it forever.

When Harry felt that he had learned enough for one night, he said good night to Ash. But Ash wasn't finished, he in turn was eager to learn to about Hogwarts.

So for a couple more hours Harry told Ash all about the magical school, with it's ghosts and talking paintings, the moving staircases and the four different dormatories.

"Gryffindor is the best of course," Harry said with a grin, "that's what I am."

Then Harry told Ash about Voldemort, his parents, and the lightening bolt scar. Ash was most impressed.



Next thing the two knew, the sun was beginning to rise. They were exhausted, so they quickly went to sleep, hoping to get as many hours of precious slumber as they could before Misty came by in the morning.

They ended sleeping much longer than they had expected to, because Misty was several hours late.

"Sorry I'm late!" She said as she burst into Ash's bedroom. Harry was still curled up on the floor in the sleeping bag, and Ash was sprawled out on his bed, snoring loudly.

"Get up, you two!" She yelled, "It's nearly 1:30 in the afternoon!"

Harry sprang up from the floor, "1:30?!"

Ash moaned and rolled over, squinting his eyes in the light, "What's the big idea? Let me sleep..."

"Piii.." Pika yawned as he sat up.

"Come on, lazy bones! We should be on the beach right now waiting for Harry's friends! They'll be here ANY minute!"

"How do you know?" Ash said sleepily as he let out a yawn. He looked over at his alarm clock, then collapsed backwards, flopping a pillow over his face.

"Well I don't," Misty admitted, "but I'm guessing that if they're going to come at all, it will be soon."

"Why are you so late anyway, Mist?"

"Because Togepi here," She said as she put Togepi down on the ground by a groggy Pikachu, "decided to get lost in the super market. It took me hours to find him!"

"Oh yeah," Harry said as he looked at Togepi, "Ash told me about this creature." He began to poke it cautiously with his finger. Togepi giggled.

Nearly 20 minutes later, Misty was still pulling on Ash's arms, trying to pull him out of bed. He finally got up and wandered downstairs.

"How about some breakfast, Harry?"

"Sounds delightful." Harry said. He hadn't eaten since he left Hogwarts the day before.

"We don't have time for breakfast!" Misty shouted, "Brock is waiting on us, you know!"

"So he can wait a little longer," Ash stuck out his tongue as he pulled a box of cereal from the cupboard.

"Do you have toast, Ash?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, the bread's in the second drawer to the left of the sink, and the toaster is sitting on the counter."

"Right, thanks."

"YOU GUYS!!" Misty yelled, "What if Harry's friends land on the beach and nobody's around? What if they get lost, or scared, or run into team rocket?!"

"Oh man, I'm out of milk!" Ash cried as he shifted the items of his fridge around.

"Hmm," Harry noticed some orange juice, "Ever had cereal with OJ? It's rather good."

"Great idea!"

"HELLOOO? AM I INVISABLE?"

"What were you saying, Misty?" Ash asked casually.

"Oh forget it! I'm going to head over to Brock's gym and train Staryu for awhile. You guys can stay here and when you're good and ready, come get me and we'll all head over to the beach."

"You're going to the gym?" Ash spit his cereal across the table, "I'll be ready in five minutes!" Then he raced out of the room and back upstairs to his bedroom.

"This sounds important." Harry said. He shoved his toast into his mouth whole, and then racd up the stairs after Ash.

A few minutes later, Ash, Pikachu, Harry, Hedwig, Misty and Togepi set off on their way to the gym. The Pallet Town Gym had just been built, and while there was no leader or oppertunity to win a badge, it did have excersise equipment for trainers to help their pokemon stay fit.

"Shouldn't we head down to the beach?" Misty asked.

"You worry too much, Mist!" Ash said, then he commanded his Pikachu to hop onto the tredmill. Pikachu did so, and then ran happily along as the belt slipped beneath his feet.

"Atta'boy, Pikachu!"

Misty turned to Harry, "Are you going to excersise Hedwig?" she asked.

"I don't think Hedwig knows how to use a tredmill," Harry said, "perhaps I'll just let him fly around outside for a bit."

"I wouldn't if I were you," Ash said.

"Why not?"

"We don't have owls around here; somebody might want to steal him."

"Good point," Harry noted.

Brock suddenly burst into the small gym.

"They're here! Your friends are here, Harry!"

"Really? Hermione and Ron are here?"

"Yeah! I was waiting on the beach and I can see three kids on broom sticks coming close."

"Alright!" Ash jumped up, "Let's go!"

As they all headed out of the gym, Harry glanced at Hedwig.

"/b kids?" He said with a worried expression. Hedwig cocked his head to the side in a confused manner.

As they approached the beach, there were indeed three Hogwarts children on the beach. Standing beside his very good friends Hermione and Ron, was the very LAST person Harry wanted to see. Draco Malfoy.

"What is HE doing here?" Harry groaned.

Misty was puzzled, "Aren't they your friends?"

"Two of them are.. but that one with the slick hair, see him? That's Draco Malfoy, my enemy."

"Oh, you told me about him last night!" Ash said as he remembered the horrible stories.

"He's the one that always gets you in trouble, right? And even tried to kill you?"

Harry sighed, "That's him."

"What IS he doing here!" Ash said almost as disgusted as Harry.

"Harry! Harry, there you are!" A freckled faced, redheaded boy yelled from the shore.

"So good to see you!" A girl with long, puffy brown hair said. The three students quickly ran up the beach to the rest of the gang.

"Ron, Hermione!"

"We're so sorry about Draco," the girl, Hermione, said.

"He said that if we didn't bring him, he'd tell on us!" Ron cried.

"Shut up, you two! I can still go back and tattle!" Draco sneered.

"And get /i in trouble too?"

"Nobody asked you Herwhiney," he hissed, "so Potter, what exactly is this charming little place you've stumbled upon?"

"None of your business, Malfoy."

"Why don't you go back to Hogwarts?" Ron said angerly, "and keep your mouth shut about this place."

"I /i do that," Malfoy said with a slick grin, "but it'd be much more fun to stay."

He slipped passed Harry and walked up to Ash.

"Good afternoon, native, so sorry you had to deal with this little pest Potter here.."

"Don't even try it, Draco," Ash glared, "I know all about you."

"Is that so?" Draco grit his teeth and turned around, giving Harry a look to kill.

Suddenly, without warning, Jessie and James (and their Meowth of course) appeared out of no where.

"Prepare for trouble!" Jessie yelled as she jumped into the middle of the group.

"Make that double!" James added as he sprang to her side.

"To protect the world for devistation!"

"To unite all people's within our nation!"

"To denounce the evil's of truth a love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"JESSIE!"

"JAMES!"

"Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meeeeeeowth! That's right!" The cat said finally jumping in beside them.

Ash, Misty, and Brock simply rolled their eyes and sighed; they'd seen the routine a million times. Ash, Harry and Hermione, on the other hand, had never seen anything so rediculous, that they immediatly burst out into streams of giggles and smirks.

Jessie's face turned beat red; you could actually see the anger boiling up inside her face.

"YOU'RE LAUGHING? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF US!"

"Afraid of what?" Ron laughed, "Two people who come up with lame ryhmes and have a talking cat?"

"Oooo, spooky," Hermione joked.

"I ain't no cat!" Meowth said defensivly, "I'm a Mewoth!"

"Well, whatever you are, you're the least bit frightening."

"Who asked you anyway?!" Jessie yelled, "HAND OVER THAT PIKACHU, ASH!"

"Get a life, Team Rocket! Pikachu is mine and you'll never have him!"

Draco, meanwhile, had been watching the entire time with facination. Team Rocket intrigued him.

"I like your style," He said aloud, "what is this 'Pikachu' that you're after?"

Jessie and James both pointed the yellow creature sitting on Ash's shoulder.

Draco pulled out his wand and cast a spell. In an instant, Pikachu vanished from the shoulder, and appeared again in Jessie's arms.

"There you go," He said.

"Oh no you don't!" Hermione cast the same spell, making Pikachu vanish from Jessie's arms and appear again on Ash's shoulder.

"Don't you dare reverse my spells!" Draco grumbled.

"Pikachu deserves to be with his rightful owner!"

"I'm sick of you goody goods!" Draco shouted. He turned to Team Rocket, "But I've decided that I like you, and I'm going to join your little team."

Jessie and James stared at each other for a moment, then they suddenly jumped into a hudle with Meowth and began a muffled series of whispers. They would occasionaly glance up at Draco, and then stick their heads back in and whisper some more. Finally, they all stood up and faced Draco.

"Draco, we accept you as our team mate!" They said.

He grinned, "Great. Call me Malfoy."

"Oooh, it sounds so evil," James giggled.

"Figures, doesn't it?" Harry spat on the ground.

"I'm still confused," Hermione said, "What is Team Rocket? Who /i all these people? And most importantly, /i are we?"

Harry was about to open his mouth and explain, but Malfoy suddenly started shouting.

"WHAT?" He screamed, "I'm not going to say THAT!"

Everyone blinked twice and stared at him.

He blushed, "Oh, alright, alright.." he muttered, "Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

James threw a ball to the ground which ecploded into a puff of smoke, and when the smoke cleared, Team Rocket was gone.

"Good Riddance!" Misty yelled. Togepi wiggled in her arms, "Toga!"

"What've you got there?" Ron asked, "A baby dragon?"

Hermione looked it over, "I've never seen a dragon like THAT before.."

"Actually, this is a Togepi," Misty explained, then she sighed in a frustrated way, "Do we really have to explain this all again?"

"What's pokemon?" Hermione and Ron said together.

"Come on," Harry laughed, "we'll explain everything over lunch."

And they all headed up to Ash's house. Brock followed silently, he seemed to be keeping his eye on Hermione...