Warning: mentions of blood and death in this chapter. As I said before in this Harry Potter/Pokemon fic the Pokemon universe it is in the manga..so Pokemon die!


Aria shivers as she walks down towards the Greenhouses crossing the vegetable patch with her fellow Slyterins, the damp chill of October has arrived, covering the grounds and into the castle. Madam Poppy Joy and Lyn, the nurses of the school, were kept busy by the sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Both Piers, Ginny and Aria have been bullied by their friends to drink up the Pepperup Potion ( Ron had gushed about how it was made with Blazing Stars, Borage, chickweed and peppermint boiled into a paste with a fire type's flame), all three looking pale for the last few weeks. The steam pouring from under Ginny's vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head has been set on fire and gave them a few laughs.

Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, the Woopers, Shellos, and Palpitoads having a grand old time. Nearing the greenhouses, they saw the Ravenclaws were already there, waiting for Professor Sprout. Slytherin had just joined in on them when Professor Sprout came striding into view across the lawn, her arms were full of bandages.

"I guess she was fixing the Alpha Trevenant," Piers said as they looked over to where Hermione was ignoring them, talking to Lisa Turpin and Padma Patil. Aria ignores the twinge to her stomach as she looks towards a huge slender brown tree where a shadowy black body is visible through gaps in the bark and a single red eye glowed through a hole near the top. Wavy horn-like branches on either side of his head, both dotted with small, green leaves and a smaller branch on his forehead. Its two arms with gnarled branches similar to the horns were now in slings.

"I guess some idiot tried to catch him again?" Aria asked with a deadpan look. Alpha or as some other Regions call them King Size Pokemon. Larger than normal Pokemon many want them for their increased combat capabilities. They were pretty rare and it was especially rare for one to stay put like the Alpha Trevenant does..for some reason it just like acting like a tree..some say it was trying to find a final resting place but it couldn't fade into a regular tree because people kept bothering it in hopes of catching it.

"Yeah, Lockhart tried to catch him," Theo said before snickering, having heard her, "He got thrown into the lake. It was hilarious!" Aria couldn't help but snort as well but looks over to Professor Sprout, a tiny woman (not as tiny as Professor Flitwick) who was wearing a patchy straw hat over her flyaway hair, an large amount of earth on her clothes and lab coat and her fingernails would have made Aunt Petunia faint.

"Greenhouse Three today, chaps!" Professor Sprout shouted, smiling as the students began to murmur in interest. They had only worked in Greenhouse One before- Greenhouse Three house the Pokemon that help in Herbology and some while interesting were a bit dangerous. Professor Sprout typed in the password for the lock and opened the door, Arai catching a whiff of damp earth and fertilizer mingling with the heavy perfume of some sort coming from the red and white rocks that were laying around the floor.

Sliding inside they all crowded around, making sure not to step on the red and white rocks. Professor Sprout trestle bench in the center of the greenhouse, smiling at them. She smiles at them, "We'll be repotting Shuckles today. Now, who can tell me the properties of Shuckle?"

To nobody's surprise, Hermione's hand was first into the air and didn;t even wait to be called on, "Shuckle, a rock and bug type Pokemon. Instead of actively hunting and foraging for food like other Pokemon, it collects Berries and stores them in their shell. The berries inside are liquefied and fermented while they decompose by Shuckle's digestive juices, which it then consumes. The Berry Juice of Shuckle is a powerful restorative," Aria couldn't help but roll her eyes as Hermione sounded like she had not only swallow the Pokedex but the whole page of Bulbapedia, "It is used to return a Pokemon's Hp by 20 but also is use for many other medical items,"

"Excellent. Ten points to Ravenclaw,"Professor Sprout said before nodding her head to Aria who had her hand up, "Do you wish to add anything Miss. Potter?"

"The Berry Juice of a Shuckle were also use by sorcerers and sorceress as a means to return people who had been cursed..it kept many people alive during an Afanc Plague many years ago,"

Professor Sprout nods her head, "Very true Miss. Potter takes ten points to Slytherin. Now the Berry Juice of a Shuckle is an essential part of most healing items, as Miss. Granger told us, but it is also, however, dangerous. Who can tell me why?"

Hermione's hand went up faster, almost hitting Lisa Turpin's glasses as it shot up in the air, "Because wild Shuckles sleep around 23 hours a day but when they are bother the move Sleep Talk as a defense mechanism "

"Precisely, take another ten points to Ravenclaw," Professor McGongall said and Hermione smirks at Aria, "Now, the Shuckles hear are still very young, recently hatched," she waves her hands towards the red and white rocks, "So you have to be extremely careful not only for them but to yourself," Professor Sprout explained as she rolled up her lab coat sleeves before kneeling down and grabbing one of the red and white rocks. But Aria couldn't help the gasps of surprise. Coming out the white rim holes were yellow limbs which wave madly around. The one with two beady black eyes seems to thrash its head, opening its mouth wide as purple gunk seem to escape its mouth. Professor Sprout dodges it, ignoring how it hit the wall and made it hiss before grabbing a large plant pot from the side and plunged the squiggly Shuckle into it, burying him in the dark, damp compost until only his head was visible. Blinking its beady black eyes, yawning before plunging his head back into its shell. Professor Sprout dusted off her hands, turning her gaze back to them

"As our Shuckles are only hatchlings, there Sleep Talk won't hurt too much..most of them know only Wrap and Withdraw..except for that one he knew Toxic..so if you need help don't be scared to call for it, there is a large supply of pots here..and e cares of the Tangelas..they're growing out more vines.." she gave a sharp slap to a blue vine that had been inching sneakily over her shoulder.

Aria, Piers and Hermione gather round together and begin filling their pots with dragon-type compost. It was hard to talk when they were trying not to get hit by the thrashing limbs of baby Shuckles. Professor Sprout had made it look easy but it wasn't. Not only did they seem to not like being picked up but they seem to not want to be put in dirt. Aria spent ten whole minutes trying to squash one that kept biting at her fingers.


By the end of the class, Aria, like everyone, was sweaty, aching and covered in earth, but unlike her they all had smiles on their faces, running out of the Greenhouse Three and into the rain. Tomorrow was Ysbrydra's Night. While they won't be doing the Catching Trial this year, which was only for First years (which meant Bella, Collin, and Luna were doing it).

Raihan, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Leon were going to stay at Hogwarts for the celebration at the town below the castle. Piers and Aria on the other hand were going back home to the Pokemon HQ Lab, Lyn taking them. With there being no need to stay for the Catching Trial like last year, the two can go home and stay away from the festivities, to allow them to properly mourn Lily and James Potter.

As they squelched into the corridor and out of the rain, the three second years came across something that made Aria's stomach churn with anger. Luna was crowded around by some older Ravenclaws that Aria only saw in passing. All of them laughed as they held her bag away, the small first year. There were shredded books around her bare feet and looking up Aria could see that her shoes were thrown up and were hanging from one of the rafters.

Eyes glowing gold Aria, stomps forward, ignoring Hermione's call to come back, "Godzilla! Rock Throw!" the Larvitar gives out a roar as he emerges from the Pokeball. A glowing orb forms above him until it turns into a rock which he throws at the leader, a girl with curly, reddish blonde hair. She gives out a small yelp dropping the bag when the rock hits her hand.

Hissing in pain she turns glaring at Aria with her brown eyes, "What are you doing Potter?!"

"Hmmm let me think" Aria places a finger on her chin while Piers go to help Luna pick her books while Hermione surprisingly stand behind them, looking unease about this situation, "Well I thought I was stopping what I thought was a group of third year Ravenclaws destroying Luna's possession but it seems instead I found a pack of Mighyena's being arses instead,"

The girl seemed to puff up at that, "This is between us and Loony, Potter," she growls out in anger which makes Aria grit her teeth.

"Oh really? Well it does concern me since Luna is my friend," Aria said, eyes glowing gold, hand gripping the stone wall with her hand. Godzilla who was scratching at his stomach begins to growl as the girl laugh.

"Friend? Who wants to be friends with Loony," she sneers at the girl, "She's so weird..talking about Nargles or some weird Crumple-Horned Snorkack or whatever she mutters about. Her weird bottleneck, cork necklace.." the girl scoffs, crossing her arms, "Trying to get us to read her stupid father's magazines..She is not a Ravenclaw..she doesn't belong in our great House. We don't want her,"

"We don't want you,"

"When will you get it in your head that you will never be part of our family!"

"Burden..should had drowned you,"

"You little freak!"

"What..because she's different?" Aria growls, gripping the stone tighter in her hand, "Because she doesn't act the way you want her to? Because she doesn't mold into being the perfect Ravenclaw that is in our eyes?" she growls, golden eyes slowly turning red which made Piers and Hermione gasp.

"But alas..those humans haven't treated you right?" Shendu's words from last year echo through her head, "Oh I care because you are so much greater than them!They should be bowing to you, licking the floor you walk on! But instead they hurt you…hit you…made you weak…"

Aria growls, teeth slowly becoming fangs as she fumes angrily when that was drowned out by a high pitched mew from somewhere near their ankles. Looking down, red eyes slowly turning back to green they see the skeletal tan and purple Delcatty who was used by the Security Guard, Argus Filch, as a sort of deputy on his endless battle against the students.

"We need to get out of here," Hermione whispers quickly, "I heard Filch isn't in a good mood- he's got the flu and some third years had a battle in dungeon five and got mud all over the ceiling..we have to go before he sees us dripping mud all over the place.

Aria nods but keeps glaring at the older Ravenclaws as Piers and Hermione grab her by the arms, pulling her away. They were so focused on the hissing Mrs. Norris that no one noticed the gashes that she left in the stone wall, Luna and Godzilla following them just as Filch came by following whatever connection he had with his Pokemon, shouting at them to come back and face their punishment.

They sped down the corridor and down the stair tower to Lyn's office where not only Lyn was waiting, but Ron, Neville, Raihan, Leon and Ginny. Turning to see Piers and Hermione dragging Aria inside, Lyn comes over, "What happen?"

"I..I don't know.." Hermione whispers as she and Piers help Aria into a chair, the green eyes girl gripping her hair and taking deep beats, "Aria saw Edgecomb picking on Luna.."

"You mean bullying," Piers said, blue eyes gazing at her coldly and she nodded. Ginny gasps and goes to Luna seeing her bare feet and the book that she was holding in her arms missing a few pages.

"Yes..and Aria just started to get mad..her eyes were golden at first..before…they started turning red,"

I..I just felt so angry.." Aria mutters gripping her hair, "I..I could hear what my relatives always told me..that I wasn't part of the family,,how because I was different to them..I could never fit in…" she looks up taking a deep breath as Godzilla crawls onto her lap, "And then I started hearing what Shendu told me at the end of the year..I..I wanted to make them hurt Lyn…I have the power to do so…does that make me a monster?"

"No…don't ever think that," Lyn said placing a hand on her shoulder, "You are human Aria..it is natural to feel this way..the only reason you are feeling like this..is because you don't feel in control of these emotions," Aria looks up at Lyn who smiles at her, "All your life you were told to act a certain way and now you are finding out without fear that emotions can't be controlled,"

Aria looks up in confusion, "But..uh.." she hugs Godzilla close to her, "Isn't that what I've been doing? Controlling them?"

"No..you been ignoring them..and now you need to learn how to be aware of them and understand them instead trying to avoid feeling,"

Aria looks to the others, Ron shrugging and Leon giving a kind smile, "Can I go back to ignoring them? I seem to have done a pretty good job before. Because I feel insane.."

"Your not going mad," Aria turns to Luna who was wiggling her toes, "Your just as sane as I am,"

Aria giggles, "Thanks Luna.."

Lyn smiles, "Well..now that you are all here..I guess we can start on the lesson now," she turns to Aria, Piers and Hermione,"Why don't you three get changed while I set things up?" The three nodded, grabbing the spare clothes from the dresser and did a quick wash.


When they came back rain was still lashing the windows, and Aria saw that the others had released their Pokemon. Neville with Trevor the Larion, Dahlia the Sentret, Smith the Applin, Leon with Charmeleon beside him, Formatis sitting on his hat, and Honedge keeping guard, Ron had Mothra the Butterfree flying around, Ripley the Wimpod hiding in his jacket and Billy the Sewaddle trying to get Rick the Sizzlipede to stop attacking Ron. Ginny had Venipede crawling on her back as Luna softly pets her Galarian Ponyta. Who was glaring at Raihan's Trapinch while Torkoal was yawning by Raihan's feet Goomy on the back of his shell.

Lyn stands in front of them, Hooty the Noctowl on her shoulder, "Good, now release all your Pokemon. The art of learning about Aura is best to do it beside your Pokemon. And its a good way to bond with them,"

Aria, Piers and Hermione quickly release their Pokemon, Godzilla yawning as he walks over to stand beside her leg. Nimbus crawls onto her shoulder while Dobby lands on her head and Hedwig flies around her. Hermione picks up Buneary dodging the ears that tried to hit her in the face, Crookshanks the Alolan Meowth rolling his eyes while he helps Siren the Horsea into a bucket filled with water. Piers had Linoone running around in circles at his feet, almost running over his Stunky and Scraggy, while Inkay floated around giggling.

"This is going to be so exciting.." Hermione squeals, "And such an honor..the ancient and noble House of Dragoon is known for their mastery of Aura..and I'm..I'm not from a family who knows about it,"

Ginny blinks and looks to Hermione, "Are you alright Hermione? You sound like you have a cold!"

"Oh, great Drechaul," Aria thought she might died laughing. Leave it to Ginny and the best part of it was that she was being sincere. Hermione blushed while Lyn chuckled.

"Now last year I told you all Sorcerers and Sorceress are those who use aura to power up their abilities, most commonly those who are Psychics: those who use the power of the mind, Channelers: those who use the power of the soul and Chi Wizards: those who use the power of the body. Now before we begin with teaching you the art of Aura..we need to figure out what you may be good at.." Lyn looks to Luna who raises her hand, "Yes dear?"

"My mummy was teaching me to be a Chi Wizard.." she then pulls out a dried lizard from her jacket pocket, which makes Hermione scrunch up her face in disgust, "It's why I always carry this. I never go home without it,"

"And that is good! You never know when an attack will happen," Lyn nods her head at the first year, "Now luckily I have known most of you, besides Luna and Ginny here, for a whole year so I already know where your aura is leaning towards in the art of magic..the power you were all born with, Hermione," the young girl looks up, "Your aura is of the mind, you may even one day be better than Sabrina of Kanto one day,"

She then turns to Leon, Raihan, Neville, Ron, "You four's aura have…more elemental purpose..like those of Koga the Poison Master, Sidney the Master of Shadows and Wikstrom the Master of Steel ... Each in tune with elemental properties..Leon," she looks to the Young Shacklebolt, "Master of fire, it burns bright in you." she then turns to Ron, "Ron, master of lightning,"

"I think we all know that's not all I'm the master of..with my potion skills and a little poetry," Ron smirks but then coughs when Raihan hits him in the stomach.

"More like mouth of lightning.." Raihan jokes making Ron glare at him but he stills when Lyn turns to him, "Raihan, master of ice,"

Raihan blinks at that, "Uh..Lyn are you sure you got that right? I'm a dragon type user..dragon types are weak to ice types!" He turns to Aria who snickers.

"Oh but didn't you tell me you wanted to be the master of the weather moves as well Rai? Hail is a weather move," she snorts as Raihan grumbles at her before Lyn turns to Neville who gulps a bit, "Solid as rock, Master of Earth is Neville," she then chuckles looking at the four boys, "Of course after training and learning on how to use your Drechaul-given gifts and in that way they truly become not just gifts but treasure.."

She then turns to Piers and Aria blinks and frowns when she sees a sad smile forming on her mentor's lips, "And Piers..as a Seer you have potential in the Aura of the soul just as Aria..A Channler who can use spirits and the darkness itself.."

She then turns to all of them, even Luna and Ginny, "Aura is a gift from Dechraul..aura is our guide and hopefully I will teach you how to read the signals that Aura may be giving you…" she then smirks at them before waving her staff as the course set that Aria used last year raised from the floor, "Now..let's see how well you lot do,"


For the next hour..it was really painful to watch. Aria and Lyn wince as all her friends were thrown off the course..the only one who really did well was Luna who has already been trained in the physical part of Aura for being a Chi Wizard.

"Me thinks..this will take awhile.." Aria mutters as she scratches Nimbus as Ron and Raihan began to fight each other for knocking into each other, Ginny rolling her eyes at the sight as she leaps onto the posts, wobbling slightly but having a determined look in her red eyes as she jumps for the other.

"True..but they all have potential..it may be a long time before they find it..but they have it.." Lyn smiles as Balathazar comes over and she takes the thing that the Liepard held in his mouth, "Here..I want to give you something," Aria blinks gently taking the object, her eyes widening as she uncovers it to reveal the book, "Now while I was slightly older than you when I got this book..I was passed the basics that you are now..so I have a feeling it will be more use to you now..just like it was for me.."

Aria looks down at the brown leather bound book, decorated with golden locks. Opening it, her green eyes widen as Dobby squeaks in amazement from on top of her head, "This..this is a book of magic…" She looks up to her mentor who smiles at her, "You..you really think I'm ready to learn on my own.."

"While there is still much I have to teach you," Lyn smiles, "You are very much on your way to becoming a great Witch Aria.." she grunts when Aria wraps her arms around her.

"I promise I will study every word," she smiles as Lyn nods her head wrapping her arms around her, mentor and apprentice hugging.

And then Aria heard it.

"Rip..tear..I hunger for so long…"

It was the same voice, the same cold, voice she had heard a month ago, she looks or to Piers who had stumbled and fallen onto one of the training mats. Both listening with all their might, the Pokemon around them freezing, all growling with fear.

"Ari.." but both her and Piers waved their hands urgently for them to be quiet..Lyn's eyes were widened..watching Aria.

"Aura…I need aura..kill..time to kill!"

"Its going to kill someone.." Aria whispers and at that moment Piers runs out of the room and up the tower. With a bewildered face, Aria runs after him, ignoring the sound of the ignoring the babble echoing out of the Great Hall as she runs past the doors.

It was at the scream that made Aria's stomach lurched as she and the other eight followed them along with their Pokemon. Running up the next flight of steps to the second floor, they turned to the deserted corridor, where Pies stops, staring at Bella who was trembling on the floor, clutching her Duskull, Noir who was hissing at the sight before them.

And Aria couldn't blame them…hanging by her tail from the torch bracket, was Mrs. Norris…blood dripping from the wound on her stomach. Hermione throws up at the sight, seeing the internals and guts that were poking out..the glaze eyes of death that was shown in her once bright black eyes..blood mixing with the large puddle of water on the floor. Aria gulps at the sight and looks around before seeing something shining on the wall..

"Oh by Dechraul," Lyn mutters as they read the words.

THE TOMB OF CIPHER HAS BEEN OPEN. ENEMIES OF OUR GOD, BEWARE.

"Cipher.." Aria whispers, "Why is it always Cipher…" she edged nearer, and Aria slipped on the water, tripping over something. Looking up, her eyes widen at the sight of Mr. Filch. She quickly stands up as Dobby floats over and hisses at the body which was now pale with blue veins showing..staring at her with clouded eyes.


At that moment, Dumbledore, followed by McGonagall and Snape having heard Bella scream. McGonagall gasps, hand going to her mouth before she walks over to Bella and wrapping her arms around the first year Gryffindor. Her anger over her not wearing the Hogwarts Jacket being pushed aside to help Bella.

Dumbledore stares sadly at Mrs. Norris, detaching her from the torch bracket and setting her beside her trainer; closing her eyes. If it wasn't for the gaping wound in the Delcatty's stomach Aria would have thought she was sleeping.

"Died..protecting her trainer," Dumbledore said softly.

"But protecting him from what.." Snape whispers, staring at the glistening words that had to been written in Mrs. Norris' blood, "The Tomb of Cipher? Isn't that just a fairy tale? A legend?"

"Some say legends are tall tales to help us make sense of things too great or too terrifying to believe," Lyn whispers before she kneels down next to Filch's and begins examine him..Aria could hear her whispering spells under her breath and she curses, "All his aura..gone..he's alive..but petrified.."

Aria takes a shuddering breath at that…shivering in fear at the sight..but then her eyes locked onto Dumbledore's who was staring at her, "My dear..where were you before this..I don't think anyone has seen you in awhile,"

"Pika!" "Noi!" "Dree!" "Lar!" If looks could kill Dumbledore would be dead as her team glares at the Headmaster. They weren't the only one as smoke billows out of Charmeleon's nostrils and Honedge looks like he wanted to cut off the Headmaster's head.

"Really Albus," Lyn looks up sharply, "I hope you don't think Aria has something to do with this! She and her friends were with me in my quarters, helping me with some potions since you hired Lockhart. Me and Poppy are having a bit of trouble because of all the accidents he's been causing," she glares at the headmaster along with Ron, Raihan and Neville while Leon and Piers go over to Aria, placing their hands on her shoulder.

Dumbledore stares at Lyn, and Aria was happy to see a bit of annoyance in his blue eyes before he turns back to Aria, "Is there anything you wish to tell us Aria?"

"Other than the fact that I'm deeply upset that you think me capable of hurting a Pokemon," Aria growls, "While I may think Mr. Filch was a nasty man for his habit of threatening to hang students by their toes and even whipping them..I would never hurt someone like that" she nods her head to the man, "Nor would I ever kill a Pokemon.."

"She's right Albus," Aria blinks when the Head of Gryffindor comes to her defence, "I seen her in my classes, Miss. Potter absolutely loves Pokemon..to think that she would do something as horrible as this," she waves her hand at Mrs. Norris, "Its…its ludicrous,"

Snape sneers but nods his head, "Potter and her friends must have simply been at the wrong place at the wrong time.." Aria turns to her head of House and nods her head in thanks.

Dumbledore nods his head, "Innocent until proven guilty," Aria frowns at him but she watches as the Headmaster turns his gaze back to Filch, "Lucky enough Professor Sprout recently has hatchlings of Shuckles..their berry juice will be needed for the potion to revive Mr. Filch..Severus I hope when the time comes,"

"Of course Headmaster," Snape nodded his head.

"Why don't you all go down to the Great Hall..and try not to mention this. While I know it's a foolish hope to keep this secret I do not wish to scare the students while they eat. Lady Dragoon will escort you," Dumbledore waves his hand to dismiss them and Lyn gently places her hands on Bella's shoulder (who was whispering about how there was so much blood) gently leading her out of the corridor with the others following after returning their Pokemon, except Dobby who hissed at Aria while clinging to her head. Going as quickly as they could without running.

"His aura was taken.." Hermione whispers, before looking at Lyn, "Do you know anything that could do that?"

"Many things..the guards of Azkaban are ones…there are many creatures of Aura who do the same..but this.." Lyn furrows her eyes, "Filch looked like he was poisoned first..the way his body was reminded me of an Afanc's poison.."

"I would say it was a Kiang-Shi..but when they drain someone's aura their victim turned into their vampiric minions…" Luna mutters while Ginny looks at her with a tilted head and Hermione with a confused look on her face, "And they don't have clouded eyes or skin that pale after their aura is suck,"

"Should I say something about the voice I heard?"

Ron shakes his head without hesitation at Aria, "No. Hearing voices when no one else can hear isn't a good sign..especially one that says its going to kill someone.."

"You believe me, right?" Aria asked fear in her voice while Dobby began to glare at Ron from the top of her head.

"Of course I do!" Ron says quickly with a nod of his head, "Especially since Piers can hear it too!"

"It..it was the same voice I..I heard in my vision.." Piers said shakily, Raihan grabbing his shoulder.. "This is so bloody weird,"

"It is.."Leon looks worried at Aria, "The Tomb of Cipher..what does Cipher have to do with this..what does it mean,"

"It sort of rings a bell.." Ron said with a shrug, "I think Bill told me a story once.." Neville nods his head in agreement at that mentioning that his Great Uncle Algie might have mentioned something.

"Whatever it is.." Aria whispers, "Dumbledore thinks I have something to do with it.." her shoulders slump, "And I thought I got him off my back after last year…"


Hi all! I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Yes Luna is our Uncle in this fic..and I love Luna..girl is amazing..

Also I want to thank Dr. Linda Martin from Lucifer..her therapy gives me ideas on how to write what good things to say.

Anyway I hope you all enjoy please leave a review!