Let's begin!
Gavin's POV
As the flash of light faded, I found myself at the shore of a vast lake, which was glowing white. At first I thought it was an after-effect of the teleportation, but it soon became clear that it did that naturally.
I also was pleased to see that we landed next to the lake instead of in it.
A wave of energy emanated across the clearing, and I felt my health recover. That one attack by the agent stereotype had really left a number on me. It was pretty clear I needed to level up a bit.
Were levels a thing now? I honestly had no idea.
I noticed the others getting up. Mia seemed a little shaky, and Brianna was still laying on the floor. Panicked, I ran over to her, and she promptly Tail Whipped me in the face.
"Ack, what was that for!?", I cried.
Brianna replied, "Sorry about that, dear brother of mine. If you were concerned about me, I'll let you know I'm just fine. Somebody thank this medic."
"You're welcome!", Miss Melody called.
Brianna stood back up on her four legs, stretching. "Next time I see that Umbreon, I'm going to give her a piece of my mind. Thankfully her little column attack didn't have time to hit me."
I sighed in relief.
"Now...", continued Brianna, "Where are we?"
Everyone glanced at Vernon and Hoopa.
Hoopa said, "Hoopa was aiming for Mystic Oasis. Seeing as this isn't it, where did Vernon try to go?"
Vernon replied, "I don't know, I just wished to get out of there!"
Hoopa opened up a portal, reached in, grabbed a massive rubber mallet, and smacked Vernon on the head with it.
"Ouch! What was that for!?", exclaimed Vernon.
Hoopa shouted, "There's only one realm people go to if they use a random teleport! Now the Dark Three and the U.S. government will know exactly where to find us!"
"Can't we just teleport again?", asked Peter, clutching his console like it was a life preserver.
Hoopa shook his head, replying, "Portals are finicky. Hoopa can only do a mass teleport like that every few hours. It's completely random; anywhere between six hours to a whole month. Since Hoopa just had a short cooldown..."
"The next one's going to be longer.", finished Vernon, "Which is bad."
"It's your fault for not thinking of a precise location, you know! Hoopa should whack you again!", cried Hoopa.
Vernon winced. "Let's not. I need my brain cells to get us out of here."
Hoopa sighed in exasperation and tossed the mallet back into the ring.
"Well, there's at least some good news.", I stated, "They also have to deal with the cooldown, right? They better not have any plot armor that allows them to ignore that."
"The Dark Three? Yes, even they have to follow the rules.", replied Miss Melody, "However, I have no idea if the agent has the same constraints. He uses technology to teleport, and multiple dimensions have figured out how to use technology to teleport nearly infinite times. I don't know if your world has that tech yet, but I wouldn't recommend assuming it doesn't."
"Shouldn't we clear out of here, then?", asked Lulu. "In case they decide to follow us?"
"It is very unlikely they'll teleport in this particular location.", replied Hoopa, "It is more likely they'll appear in the castle."
"The...castle?", asked Nicholas.
Hoopa pointed above the lake.
Across the lake loomed a large forested hill, on top of which was a massive, dark castle with thirteen towers. Strange flashes of light could be seen inside and around the castle, illuminating the nighttime sky around it.
"Whoa!", everyone exclaimed.
Miss Melody glanced at the lake, and smiled slightly. "I have an idea, kids. But first I'll explain where we are."
She gave a dramatic gesture to the building behind her. "For some unknown reason, every teleporter, magical or technological, eventually connects to here. Every dimension has connected here at some point, past, present, or future. However, this realm has almost no reason to be a 'nexus' dimension. That is a mystery we Guardians have been trying to solve for eons."
Kai sighed. "Very interesting and all, but can you hurry up and tell us what this place is, and your plan?!"
Miss Melody replied, "I'm getting to that, if you remain quiet. Anyways, this realm has the unusual name Pigbumps School of Wizcraft and Witchery."
Mia squealed. "Oh my gosh it's a magic school! I've always wanted to go to a magic school! Are they accepting students?"
Miss Melody replied, "Well...this isn't exactly a normal magic school..."
"Is there even such a thing?", asked Randa, a boy turned Klink. The two gears acted like they were one person, and he ended up speaking out of two mouths. It was very disorienting.
Hoopa stated, "What Mew means to say is that this magic school is so crazy and ridiculous that it defies belief."
"Ummm...what?", asked Simon.
"The only way we can really describe it is by showing you. And I know just how we'll do it.", replied Miss Melody, smiling conspiratorily. (-o-)
Mia's POV
"How is this a good idea?", asked Brianna, "These disguises aren't fooling anybody."
All of us were crammed onto a small wooden boat, wearing black wizard robes and hats. Hoopa had "borrowed" them from somewhere, and now we were about to sail to a magic school. A REAL magic school. I was so excited! I'd always wanted to see a real one, even if it was a "crazy and ridiculous" one.
"Trust me, it'll work.", said Vernon, "No one will care, so long as we look like students."
"I'm starting to see how this school could be crazy.", Brianna grumbled.
Vernon and Miss Melody conjured up a set of oars, and began rowing. I looked around eagerly, hoping to see the giant squid that undoubtedly lived here. But the water was perfectly calm and empty.
Kipper and Arcanine didn't seem to mind their hats, and they looked absolutely adorable in them. I snuggled up next to them, glad to feel warm again. I now knew why Water-types were strong against Fire-types, and did not like it.
As the boat drifted closer and closer to shore, my excitement continued to grow. I felt my inner fire blazing with it, which was a nice change from it being doused in water. I couldn't wait to see if I could learn magic!
Soon, we docked at the beach, and we all climbed off the boat. I noticed there was c a long stone road in front of us, which wound around and around the hill, very slowly making its way to the top.
"That's going to take forever to walk.", complained Peter.
Vernon replied, "Not if we run. I'll use my infinite energy to help you run the whole way! Let's go!" (-o-)
An Absurdly Long and Horrible Time Later...
"Whew!", I said, my legs burning from the constant running. We had finally reached the top of the hill, a huge pair of doors in front of us.
Sitting in front of the door was a butler, his face forming a ridiculously large smile, as if he'd had plastic surgery to make it that way. He waved at us, seemingly oblivious to the fact that most of us did not appear to be human.
"Welcome to Pigbumps School of Wizcraft and Witchery!", he declared, "Your bags have already been lost somewhere! Dinner is about to be served in the Great Hall."
"Hello, Mr. Grins.", said Vernon unenthusiastically, "Could you open the door please?"
"With pleasure!", he replied, and snapped his fingers. The door shattered into pieces.
I had not expected that. Neither had anybody else, except for the three adults. The three of them started walking (or floating, in Hoopa's case, Vernon would've been doing if too if he wasn't in human form) through the doorway, and the rest of us followed.
We quickly found ourselves in the great hall. All the tables were huge and organized in a circle, with a humongous fat warty pig in the center. There were a bunch of teenagers here, all wearing wizard robes and hats. Many of said people weren't human, either.
Now I could see why no one would care that we looked like Pokemon.
We found ourselves a seat, as food magically appeared on the table. There was huge amounts of everything you could imagine, and I could feel my mouth watering. The students started eating, and we quickly followed suit.
I found a turkey leg and started gnawing on it, astonished by how good it tasted now. Probably was my carnivorous instincts coming through. I noticed similar reactions across my classmates.
As we ate, I noticed a ghost put a very fancy new baseball cap next to the pig. The pig grunted, "Let me eat at least a quarter of the food first!", and promptly lifted up one of the tables and dumped all the food into its mouth.
Well, that explained why it was so fat.
Surprisingly, none of the students complained at all. Judging by their resigned expressions, this was a common occurrence. The pig slammed the table back down, belched loudly, and picked up the hat.
"Hi there runts. It's me Pigbumps. This here is the Sorting Cap. It will organize all you kids to your tables and respective houses for the rest of the school year.", grunted the pig, "Ghosts, cue the dramatic banner drops!"
A red-and-gold banner with a cranky looking lion fell from the ceiling and crashed into a table of vases, shattering all of them.
"The first house is Grouchindor!", he declared, "Home of the valorous, bold, and cranky! Occasionally egotistical!"
A silver-and-green banner with a two-headed snake smashed into a pile of pots, knocking them over and revealing a hastily concealed message that looked like it had been scrawled in blood: There's weasels in the walls.
"The second house is Slimerin! Home of the clever, sneaky, and slimy! Occasionally known for acts of villainy!", the pig shouted.
A yellow-and-black banner with an exhausted badger fell and clonked Vernon in the head.
"The third house is Huffandpuff! Home of the good, hard-working, and exercise freaks! Occasionally known for actually winning something!", yelled the pig.
A silver-and-blue banner with an eagle (which was wearing glasses and a bow tie) fell out of the floor and crashed on the ceiling.
"Lastly, we have Knowitclaw! Home of the genius, socially awkward, and nerds! Occasionally known to be stupid!", declared the pig.
He jumped up into the air, and landed on a floating throne. "Prepare to be sorted completely inaccurately! Which house will you go to? Let's find out!" (-o-)
AN: Hope you enjoyed this look at the new realm! Which house will your OC go to? Let me know in the reviews! If you don't review before the next chapter, I will sort them at my own discretion, so act fast! See you next time, and happy Pokemon hunting! And graduating from nonsensical Harry Potter ripoffs!