Hey everyone,
So some of you may remember that I used to have this one story that started with Harry and Sirius getting together through some adult action that could have made the Fanfiction authorities take down the story and that later started to slowly but surely include Pokémon into it, yet which I deleted because it was going nowhere.
Well, I still have the story on my computer, yet I don't feel like returning it. Instead of that will I bring out this preview, which will mark the beginning of a new Harry Potter-Pokémon crossover, yet this time it will start with Harry having Pokémon as a team instead of him just bonding with them from time to time.
Have fun,

Venquine1990

Preview #5
Journey Before School

31st of July 1991
Somewhere in England
Harry Potter's POV

"Zangoose, use Detect." I shout in anger as the huge mongoose like creature with white fur that has spots of red crossing over it, some on his left ear, some covering his forearms and one bit covering his chest like a cross swaps his long arms with huge grey colored claws to the sides as he summons a huge green colored dome.
And this is just in time as a whole horde of owls – barn, snow, regal and other kinds of owls – all try to reach me, the beasts all having a strange kind of envelopes in their claws and all of them making sounds of distress and annoyance at the fact that I am keeping them from delivering these crazy letters as they have been all week.
"Seriously, who are these people to be so bloody determined to get me a letter send by an animal? Why can't they just use the X-transciever? Ugh, Manectric use Discharge." And a huge blue colored dog with a yellow mane around its head that is shaped like a crown, yellow fur around its front paws and back flanks yells.
As it does do the manes on its body turn electrical before bolts of thunder get released from its form and the owls screech loudly as they flee from the dog-like beast and I sigh before muttering: "This is so not worth, but I guess I should just follow those bloody birds and find out where they are coming from. Heh, so much for training."

And with that do I pull out two duo-colored balls that grow in size as I press the round white button at the front and say: "Manectric, Zangoose, return." And the two beasts change into similar shapes of white light before the lights move into one ball each respectively and after this do I grab a new one and sigh as I say:
"Come on out, Skarmory." And a bird that looks to be made out of nothing but blades and plates of steel with red steel covering one side of his wings, rings of greyish black metal around his neck and his tail and paws being made of the same greyish black metal appears from the opening of the ball I throw as I say this.
The bird spreads its wings as it screams its name and I pull a foldable saddle from my backpack and say: "We're going for a ride, old friend. So do me a favor and keep your eyes on those owls." The bird nods at me and once I have saddled him up and taken seat upon the saddle does Skarmory spread his wings and take off.

At Hogwarts
2 hours later
Minerva's POV

"I just cannot believe those blasted Muggles. Why do they think they can keep Mr. Potter from where he rightfully belongs? Didn't they read the letter Albus left with Mr. Potter at all? What is their problem?" Goes through my mind as I come back from visiting a very intelligent yet socially awkward new Muggleborn witch.
Yet as I do, do I again a whole flock of owls with letters fly back to my position, angering me as it further proves the stubbornness of the two people I personally consider the worst Muggles I have ever met, yet then I get shocked as someone riding some kind of bird is actually following the flock of birds and is also heading this way.

"Could it be – Mr. Potter? Did he escape his Muggle Relatives and decide to join us after all?" Goes through my mind and I hurriedly summon a House Elf and tell it to call on the Headmaster as well as my fellow Heads of House before hurrying over to the Owlery where I can see that the owls are heading for some rest.
Once there, I am shocked to see that they all still have their letters and this just makes me leave the owlery confused once more as I wonder why none of them stopped to give Mr. Potter his letter on the way here, but when I see the bird he flies on, do I get another shock as well feel like I just slightly uncovered this new mystery.
The bird is huge, rises slightly above Mr. Potter himself and is made completely made off metal, all parts of its body, from its head to its claws and tail, having dangerously sharp edges. Yet Potter seems completely calm around the beast and even undoes a saddle from its back before pulling a small ball from his pocket.

And then my eyes widen as Potter says: "Thanks for that, my friend. We'll train later, now take some rest." And the ball actually opens halfway up, a light escaping from the opening and engulfing the bird before it changes the beast into a source of light that actually returns to the ball before the ball closes itself off again.
This shocks me as I have never seen magic that can change something alive and made of metal into a form of light nor the magic that seems to be part of the ball in Mr. Potter's hand and then Mr. Potter himself looks around, his eyes distrustful yet curious as he seems to observe the grounds and forest before he says:
"Heh, at least this looks like good training ground. But why would there be a castle this far away from society? And who lives here that thinks they can annoy me with all those letters anyway? Not to mention, if they live this far away, how do they even know I exist? I don't think I've ever seen someone living here visit contests."

And this alone shocks me and makes me again silently curse the Dursleys for their ignorance and then Mr. Potter spots me and to my shock does his distrust vanish from his face as it turns into a kind and polite smile as he waves at me and asks: "Hello there. Could you help me? There are a few questions I have about this place."
And while I am astonished at how quickly his emotions changed before my eyes, do I then shake my head to gather my resolve and thoughts and move down the stairs leading to the owlery and see Mr. Potter looking up at the small tower, his head tilting in confusion as he seems to notice all of the owls resting in the windows.
I then reach the boy and say: "Welcome to Hogwarts, Mr. Potter. You and your guardians sure have caused us quite the amount of trouble." Yet this seems to be the wrong thing to say as the confusion vanishes from the boy's face, yet so do the polite kindness and with a cold tone to his voice that reminds me of his bird, does he ask:
"How exactly do you know my name? And what do you mean, my relatives? I haven't seen the Dursleys in almost a year now." This shocks me and I ask: "You – you ran away?" And the answer I get is a slap on the forehead and the question: "Ran away? Of course not. Don't you know about Pokémon journeys?"

Yet just the term is completely new to me and I mutter: "N-no. I – I have never heard of such a thing. What – what is a – a Pokémon?" And the boy mutters: "Great Arceus, who are these people?" And while this makes me feel highly affronted, does the boy not take just back his ball, but add another five in both his hands.
He then throws them and my eyes widen at what I see coming from the lights that escape each of the six balls. One of them again turns into the huge metal bird I saw Mr. Potter ride on as he came here, yet the other five shock me into instinctively drawing my wand, as I can only wonder with awe what on earth they could be.

Two of the beings look like foxes, yet one of them more so than the other. The first true fox like creature reaches Mr. Potter's lower leg and has a gorgeous snowy color with several tails sticking out of her rear and gorgeous bluish colored eyes. The creature squeals out, sits down and starts scratching its ear with its rear leg.
The other fox like being is orange-red colored and has a main around its neck that is yellow colored as well as a large plume of fur for a tail that is actually shaped like a flame. It also has long, thin pointy ears and its mane and head shape make its mouth look invisible until it speaks, letting out a different kind of sound.
The third looks like the combination of a dog and a lion as its face and form looks like that of a dog, yet it has the mane of a lion on its head, only this mane looks made of metal and sticks out like a crown. There are similar looking tufts of mane above the beast's hind legs and smaller tufts cover its front paws as well.

The fourth shocks me as it actually looks like a blue colored sea lion with a white muzzle and a pinkish red nose, yet what shocks me of the being is how it has a sea-blue colored ruff around its neck, one that doesn't look as if Mr. Potter put it on him, but rather as if the little water animal had it from the day he was born.
I then look at the last of the six and this one really makes me want to start casting curses as it's a mongoose like beast with white fur covering most of its body, bar one of its ears where red fur actually splits down to its left eye, making the fur look like a scar. More fur like this covers the beasts' front and front paws.
Yet it is these paws – as well as the vicious glare on its face – is what makes me raise my wand just a bit higher as its claws are huge and look razor sharp, even sharper than the axe Hagrid often uses to chop down old trees or cutting spells used by House Elves when preparing meals, yet then something happens that relieves me.

Albus, Severus, Pomona and Filius all come running my way, Pomona from her Green Houses and the other three from the direction of the castle itself, yet then the mongoose creature sees them and to my shock does he spread his arms and causes for an entire dome of green magic to surround the six of them with white lines crossing through.
Everyone looks at the dome in shock and the glare that the beast sends the four of them is answered by one send his way by Severus, yet while the two seem to get stuck in an angry glare competition, does Albus ask: "Minerva, what is going on here? Did you pick up Mr. Potter after explaining things to Mss. Granger?"
Yet before I can explain things, does Mr. Potter himself ask: "Seriously, how do any of you people know my name? I don't recall ever seeing either of you at any of my contests, so what is going on here?" And while this shocks the others, do I get interrupted again as I want to chastise him, yet instead Severus says:

"As arrogant as his father, I knew it." Yet Potter seems not amused or impressed and says: "Oh, so you knew my father growing up. Lucky you." And his dry statement seems to shock the man before he turns to the mongoose and says: "It's okay, Zangoose. They seem willing to keep their distance." And the beast nods.
It lowers its arms and with that does the dome seem to fade as well, which shocks me as I can't spot even a single fungi for magic and neither have I ever heard of a beast that can cast wandless magic, but then I remember what Mr. Potter said and think: "Could Pokémon be beings that have a form of magic of its own or something?"
And while part of me feels curious about these strange beasts, does Pomona then seem to calm the situation down a little as she says: "Your pets look quite incredible, dear boy. And those two foxes look just too cute." And the white fox happily yelps at her, does the other one tilt its head to the side with a smile on its face.

At the same time does it seem as if the woman's kind interest is what is needed to calm Mr. Potter down as he smiles at her and says: "Thank you, ma'am, but they are not my pets. They are called Pokémon. This little one here on my left is an Alolan Vulpix and this one sitting at my right leg is known as Flareon.
My electric friend here is known as Manectric. My clawed buddy is known as Zangoose. The – Popplio, where are you?" The boy asks in shock and then suddenly I hear Filius scream before he starts laughing and we all turn to him, our eyes widening as we see the sea lion pushing him into the air through help of a water bubble.
The bubble is balancing on the sea lion's nose and he bobs his entire body, causing for the bubble to bob with him and to push Filius back into the air every time the creature moves up, yet while we all look shocked, do I notice Mr. Potter shaking his head as he looks at it all with his right hand covering the right side of his face.

"Popplio, enough. Let the man down now." He says and while the little creature makes a sad sound, does he then still his bobbing, causing for Filius to remain afloat atop the bubble before, to my astonishment, the sea lion manages to put the bubble down onto the grassy ground with Filius on top without popping the bubble.
Filius slides off the bubble and then the little sea being makes me really like it as it pushes its bubble to the smaller teacher with a caring, happy smile on its face and Filius asks: "You are giving me your bubble? How kind of you. Thank you – ehm, Popllio, right Mr. Potter?" And while he sighs in annoyance, does he still nod.
Popplio then hops back to the group and Harry sends him a playful glare before he says: "My playful little friend here, as you know by now, is Popplio and finally, this here is my loyal flying buddy, Skarmory." And the huge bird sends a much sterner glance at the sea lion before showing off by spreading its wings and screaming.

This makes all of us cringe and Mr. Potter shouts: "Skarmory, enough. You're being a hypocrite. You know better than that." And the beast quickly pulls his wings in and moves his head to actually hide under one of his wings, making Harry smile as he says: "Don't mind him, he feels like he should be most popular of my Pokémon.
Comes with him being my most used partner in contests, I guess.""Contest, there is that word again. What does he mean with that?" Goes through my mind, yet then Mr. Potter smiles at us all and says: "So, now you know who I and my partners are. So, now it's your turn. Who are you all, how do you know me and where are we?"
The others all look shocked and then Mr. Potter really confuses me and asks: "And, last but not least, if you had wanted to contact me as badly as those mad birds over there made me believe –." He then pulls something out of the back pocket of his pants and asks: "Why not just try and contact me over the x-transciever?"
And he shows us a watch that actually looks quite advanced, but then his eyes widen and he asks: "Hey wait a minute, when did my x-transciever break?" And only then do I notice that the screen is nothing but a flat surface of white and black colored mist before Filius says: "Sorry Mr. Potter, but technology doesn't work with magic."

"Wait, did you just say – magic?" Mr. Potter asks shocked and we all look at him astonished as he asks: "You don't mean the magic that gives Pokémon their types and special attacks now, do you guys?" We all shake our heads and then Pomona says: "This is actually the first time any of us have ever seen a Pokémon."
The boy looks shocked and then he sighs and says: "But – but it doesn't make sense. My Pokéballs are made of the same technology as my x-transciever, so why didn't they break?" And Albus answers: "I can only assume that their ability to capture and shrink your Pokémon is recognized as magic by the wards of Hogwarts."
Here Mr. Potter turns to me and says: "There is that name again. Didn't you use it when you approached me earlier?" I nod and he asks: "So what is Hogwarts? That castle over there?" And Albus smiles and says: "Yes, indeed, Mr. Potter. And it is much more than that. It is a school; a school for witches and wizards."
"Ehm, excuse me?" Harry asks shocked and he says: "I mean, I can wrap my mind around the idea that magic is real – I mean, my buddies are magical in and all of themselves – but witches and wizards? Sorry to ask, but doesn't that sound a little – I don't know – medieval? Can't you call yourselves magicians or something?"

And while I can't help but give the boy a point for his logic, does Severus then sneer at the boy and say: "Like I said before, as arrogant as his father. Not even back to this world for even a day and already he is trying to change everything we have ever known." Yet Mr. Potter again responds calmly and says:
"Yeah ,no. I never ordered you to change anything. I was just giving my opinion, is all." This makes Severus glare at him and say: "You should learn to respect your betters." Yet to which Mr. Potter shocks him as he suddenly thrusts one of his arms with one of the balls in hand at the man and with a raised eyebrow says:
"You think you're my better? Fine, prove it." And while everyone looks shocked does Severus glare and ask: "Prove it? And how do you suppose I do that, Potter? Do you want me to use you as practice dummy for my spells, perhaps?" And instantly all of us want to object, yet Potter beats us to the punch as he says:
"Are you crazy? Of course not. I'm a teenager, but I'm not suicidal, you know. I meant, battle me. Your Pokémon against mine. If you can beat my team, you can call yourself my better. If not, you have to change better to elder." Yet then Albus moves to stand between the two competitive men and calmly tells them:

"There will be no need or chance for that. You are the only one here with Pokémon on him, Mr. Potter, yet Severus is the only one currently in possession of a wand. Therefore there will be no chance of either of you proving yourself better than the other.""You actually think Potter can best me at anything, Headmaster?"
Severus asks, the honing tone of his voice clear as crystal for all of us to hear and Harry seems to take offense to this as he calmly puts his ball away and then unbuttons the top button of his shirt before pulling out a string necklace that has a single pendant hanging from it and as Potter grasps it, do I instantly sense it.
A strange sense of magic suddenly seems to emit from both the boy before us as well as the lion-dog like creature, who – like the Zangoose and the Skarmory – have been growling and glaring at Severus since his first statement and then suddenly says: "Manectric, let's show this unbeliever the true power of trainer and Pokémon."

And as if that is a part of an incantation do swirling beams of light come off of the pendant and the lion-like dog throws his head onto his back and as he does, do I see it; a bit of armor made of the same colors as his mane and fur and which is hidden under his muzzle, yet is now showing and which holds a similar looking stone.
Both stones then suddenly show off a symbol made of light and while I wonder what this rainbow colored S that is hollow on the inside and is made of two lines with several lines in the middle could mean, does Mr. Potter shout: "MANECTRIC, GO! SHOW THEM YOUR TRUE POWER AND FORM! MEGA-EVOLVE!"
And while I can't help but wonder if this Mega-evolution could be like an advanced form of transfiguration and, unwillingly, reminds me of James, does the beast indeed get engulfed by a ball of rainbow colored light and the S of before but then the size of Manectric comes out of the ball alongside the Manectric itself.
And instantly I see the power of this Mega-Evolutions as the beast looks much stronger and a lot more menacing, his mane now covering from front to back, the bits of mane that were covering his hind legs now blue again, yet much more spiked and his actual mane now existing out of three huge and thick looking spikes alongside his ears.

The beast growls like an animalistic dog and actually shocks Severus before Mr. Potter calmly states: "One can only have certain Pokémon – like Manectric – Mega-evolve when they are in truly close connection with their Pokémon by heart. Only if there is a true bond of trust, hope and belief, can Mega-Evolution transpire.
So yes, when it comes to training and raising for Pokémon and how to take care of them and bring out their innermost power, I do believe I have earned the term of being your better, whether you have Pokémon of your own or not. You are probably my better in whatever it is that you do, but in this aspect – I trump you."

And just the fact that this boy can sound proud and humble at the same time amazes me before he takes a deep breath and as he does and waves a hand over his pendant, does light again emit from Manectric before he actually turns back to his former form and then Mr. Potter lets his eyes raze over the grounds before he asks:
"So let me see if I get this straight. This castle and this grounds are like a meeting place for magicians to come together and they get invited here by owls because things as technological as x-transcievers don't work alongside the magic of wards and you have been trying to call me here the entire week. Did I get that right?"
And Albus says: "Almost entirely, Mr. Potter –." Yet then Mr. Potter interrupts him with a hand and says: "Sorry, but I still have one question. How do you – any of you – know who I am? You didn't know I was on journey, so how do you know me?" And I happily step forward as I draw his attention and answer:

"What Headmaster Dumbledore was about to tell you is that this is not a meeting place; it is a school that teaches magic and your parents, Lily and James, both came here to learn. We taught them and grew close to them and we were often there when you were born." The boy nods and asks: "So why not after they died?"
And here I glare at my old friend as I say: "The headmaster here believed it would be better if you were kept away from our world until you were ready, thus he made sure none of us could remember where you were brought. We knew who you grew up with, yet your address were covered by a Confundus charm."
This makes Mr. Potter send a raised eyebrow at the Headmaster and he asks: "Why?" To which Filius answers: "I'm not sure if your relatives ever told you this, Mr. Potter, but your parents – Lily and James – they were murdered. Yet while they died at the hands of a madman, did you manage to survive the attack and take out the man.
That made you famous in our world and the Headmaster did not want to take the chance of that fame going to your head before you could learn how to handle it." To this Harry hums and says: "No wonder my aunt insisted I became a Coordinator as well as a trainer." Yet this confuses us all and the boy answers:

"A Coordinator is someone who performs in several acts with their Pokémon in order to – through help of 2 different forms of show – impress both the crowds and the judge and if they manage to do so for several rounds, including a finale, they earn a ribbon. Five ribbons allows a Coordinator to take part in the Grand Festival."
He then again reaches into his backpack and pulls out a small square box, which he opens before showing us the inside, which is made of a cushion holding onto three small ribbons that are tied in a perfect tie with a small bit of a golden medal in the heart of the tie. Mr. Potter then closes the box again and says:
"I've been competing in several contests for the last year now and have been working my hardest to get the last two ribbons. I guess Aunt Petunia wanted this for me so I could get used to being in the spotlight." We all nod and Mr. Potter then looks at his Pokémon and says: "I mostly use Vulpix, Flareon and Skarmory for contests."
And instantly I can see why he would do that, but then Filius asks: "Didn't you just call that Vulpix under a different name, Mr. Potter?" At this Harry smiles and says: "She is known as an Alolan Vulpix. That is because she is an Ice type whereas regular Vulpix are actually Fire types. They originate from the Alola region."
He then looks down and says: "I never really understood how my little buddy could be an Alolan form when outside of the Alola region, yet it has always helped me in contests, plus she feels comfortable in their own skin, so I never really investigated it." At this we all nod and then Albus steps a little closer and kindly asks:

"So what do you say, Mr. Potter. Are you willing to go on where your parents left off? Are you willing to return to our world and learn magic?" To this Harry looks at his team one by one and then asks: "Can I use these grounds from my training?" And while feeling like we came full-circle, do I happily speak up and say: "It's a deal."
And while Severus is still glaring at Mr. Potter, obviously still cross with the fact that the boy showed him up in being his better in something, do the rest of us all happily move over to him, Filius going to Popplio and starting to throw him the bubble, Pomona happily cuddling with the Flareon and Vulpix and me and Albus saying

"Welcome to Hogwarts, Harry Potter."

Wow, that was long!
Yet because I have now decided that these previews are going to become stories of their own, did I feel like really setting the stage for at least this one and because of that did I want to start with some solid conversation between Harry and the teachers, something I always felt to be a little lacking back in PS Canon chapter 04.
Now I will set the stage for this story a little more and let you know a few more things. 1. I know of what I want Hogwarts and its students to do as they see Harry grow alongside his Pokémon. 2. The Tri-Wizard Tournament will be the epilogue of this story, yet it will be changed into a Pokémon Trainer/Coordinator competition.
3. There will be continued competition between Harry and Severus, yet this will be constantly started by Snape, who will not be willing to accept that Harry can be both proud and humble and thus wants to draw out his pride in such a way he can prove Harry to be nothing but a proud attention seeker, yet he will fail.
Now whatever happens between this event and the epilogue – how Pettigrew gets discovered, whether Ron and Hermione become Harry's friends or not, whether or not the antagonists will be Harry Potter canon, Pokémon canon or I will create a non-canon antagonist; I do not have any idea on any of these matters.
At least, not yet,

Venquine1990

Further Story Parts:

Harry gets full control and responsibility over the grounds alongside Hagrid for his training as well as access to a large field near the office of his Head of House

(Chosen House yet to be determined)

Harry's training as a Pokémon trainer/coordinator inspires other Muggleborns and Half-Bloods to owl home and ask for the delivery of their Pokémon as well.

Several courtyards get reserved for Pokémon training and then get divided between Coordination training and Gym training

Quidditch fanatics like Oliver Wood go against the Pokémon training as they believe that trainers and coordinators just want to overthrow Quidditch as best sport (which it really isn't).

Snape continues being a bully to Harry, yet denies that he himself is the bully and tries to make Harry out as an arrogant show-off.

Hogwarts – on recommendation of a majority of the staff, the students and the Board of Governors – changes its name to Hogwarts School of Enchantments and Magical Beings.

The Tri-Wizard Tournament becomes a Pokémon Trainer/Coordinator competition. The Winner: NOT Harry!

Harry does believe that the Magical World is a little behind the facts and lives in a bit of a medieval-Victorian lifestyle and time-setting, yet embraces how much the magic they can teach him can make him a better trainer/coordinator as well as what the teachers know of his parents – bar Snape, of course.

People like Umbridge, when hearing of the Pokémon's existence, try to get them banned and even executed, yet cease these attempts when they hear that they need to contact Muggle authorities to see this done.

As Hogwarts grows to accept Pokémon, the use of electronics also becomes more and more compliable with the magic of the wards – though this will take until sometime around third/fourth year if it happens.

PS. Okay, so I got a few plans, but they are more of the general kind than really substantial to the years themselves. Oh well, I'll just see where this goes. If you like this story most and want to see it happen around Christmas, vote my new poll.