By the time Harry and Nasrin returned to Hogwarts, after all the interrogations and triage and consoling, they had thirteen names to mourn and no appetite for dinner.

The entire castle was subdued, younger students looking on in worry as their upperclassmen processed how their fun trip to Le Fay's Landing had turned into a warzone, glassy-eyed and reserved if not breaking into traumatized tears.

Even Gryffindor Tower was somber when the pair curled up together on a couch, Lion sprawling across their feet and offering quiet comfort to the Second Years sitting against his belly while Hermione, Ron and Neville pulled up seats around to further lock out any disturbances.

Pongo only grunted when Rapunzel, Firebolt and Duchess burrowed into his ruff and Khan chewed lazily on an ear, one foreleg thrown over Eevee so the Normal-type was held close to his heartbeat.

Snow was grooming Ludwig's face, trying to soothe him, tails wrapped around Togetic and Meeko as the pair embraced around a teary-eyed Melody and Firebolt, the Pikachu's tail twitching at every sound.

Robin and Hedwig sat like watchful sentries on Dobby's shoulder, huddled close and turning their heads warily, hooting softly whenever Ariel lifted her head from Harry's shoulder, still frowning hours after the danger had passed.

Humming, Nasrin carefully tucked Mulan between her and Harry, pressing soft circles into thin fur as his hand carded through mussed ringlets, pensive.

She was a steady, thoughtful calm among the hurricane of thoughts that broke through the fading adrenaline, and he leaned in when the rosette dropped her head close, exhausted.

Harry realized then that the half-Gem was using her barely-understood Veela powers to try and ease everyone's trauma, and the act was clearly draining.

"We should head to bed." He suggested, fingers tightening in soft curls.

Dark eyes flashed up at him, uneasy, and the Potter pressed a kiss to her forehead.

"Stay with me?"

A spark of relief, and she nodded, scooping up Mulan as they gently untangled to stand, leaving him to recall the rest of their brood as Ariel shifted on his shoulders, ears alert.

"Night, guys." They echoed quietly, Nasrin passing a hand over Lion's head as the others gave their own farewells.

The teleporter activated with a pulse of light, spinning the pair once, twice-

Chaos.

The Third Year boy's dormitory was in shambles, beds flipped and trunks ransacked and personal items tossed every which way as if someone had been searching violently for a secret and found none.

Mulan whined, ear-sensors thrumming, as the Third Years stumbled back onto the teleporter and into the common room, a touch shell-shocked from another surprise so close to the first.

"Someone broke into the dorm." Harry choked out, green eyes locked with black as Gryffindor Tower was startled into motion.

"He was here."

No one could blame Nasrin for being upset with the Aurors, not even the Aurors.

Jennys had swarmed the dormitory almost immediately after the alarm was raised, promising a quick resolution as they forced the boys out and into the common room, and preceded to take a week investigating with no progress.

Harry knew that the added accusations against Sirius as the Lord of Sevii and the discovery by his internal accountants that Yorrick had illegally bred Sevii Dusknoir, selling a breeding pair to Voldemort himself, only further irritated the half-Gem.

Nasrin was hardwired to protect those she loved, and to be put in a position where she was unable to do so…

Kneeling on the common room floor, Harry's head pillowed on her lap, the rosette silently kept watch as he tried to sleep.

Pongo lounged on one side, Eevee tucked under his chin, and Snow on the other, Ludwig's flame flickering with each sleepy yawn Duchess and Firebolt released from Rapunzel's fluffy embrace as he stayed close to chilly fur, reaching out to pat Khan's head when the Mudbray shook out his mane nervously, Mulan cuddled close to his face and murmuring comfort.

A sniffle had Togetic and Meeko rolling to pull Melody in, nuzzling and licking tears away, as Robin and Hedwig scanned the room from a chairback above Ron, eyes flashing with night-shine when they met Dobby's from where he sat resting against Nasrin's back, Ariel quietly humming and watching and waiting.

The teleporter activated, and Ginny blinked when faced with seventeen pairs of eyes in the dark.

"Well, there's no sneaking up on you two." She whispered as Hermione and Luna joined her, also wearing red robes over their pajamas.

"What are you doing up?" Nasrin asked as Harry sat up, blinking slowly as their Pokemon shifted closer to press a nose or paw or hand against him.

"I asked the same thing when I got fifty text messages asking me if I was awake." Hermione commiserated.

"We're awake because we know that you two are upset about something and refuse to talk about it." Ginny explained. "So we're going to go to…What was it you suggested, Luna?"

"We go to the kitchens, eat some cheesecake, and discuss our issues. Hermione's Dorothy, I'm Rose, Ginny's Sophia, and you two get to be Blanche because you're the sluttiest!"

The pair shared a glance, considering, before giving in.

"Okay, fine." Harry conceded.

"Whatever you say, Rose."

"How do we get down to the kitchen?" Hermione wondered, frowning. "I'm in no mood to get caught by Filch."

"I have it all figured out." Ginny claimed, whipping out her Pokedex. "You see, I've been spending this whole semester gathering data about our dear Argus Filch. His habits, his traits, his little quirks. I'm using all that to create an algorithm that should allow me to plot the most likely course he'll take-"

"Or we could use the Marauder's App." Nasrin cut in.

"And Ludwig." Harry added, motioning to said Litwick with one hand.

Ginny stared at her Pokedex for a moment in dawning realization, deflating.

"I…I'm going to need extra cheesecake."

Luna wrapped an arm around her fellow Second Year as Harry and Nasrin went about recalling most of their brood, chuckling.

Honestly, their friends…

"Thank you." Harry told the Wigglytuff passing him a slice of cheesecake as Nasrin settled Mulan on her lap, offering a bite for the Riolu to try.

"Alright, I vote we do this more often."

"And not tell Ron, since he'd hog all the cheesecake." Ginny added.

"Yes, but it isn't all fun and cheesecake." Luna stated, nodding sagely as Ariel enjoyed a fresh strawberry a Clefairy offered. "It's time to begin the second half. The dishing of secrets. I shall start."

The half-Veela dramatically cleared her throat, earning a quirk of a smile from Nasrin.

"I've been hiding who I really am."

With a nod, she pulled her blonde hair off to reveal it was a wig…covering the same, real hair underneath.

"My real name is Luna Lovegood."

"…We know, Luna." Hermione replied.

"Yes, because I just told you! Please, friends, I know this is all confusing, but I kept this secret for a reason!"

"Well, whoever you are, be it Luna or Luna, we all love you." Nasrin assured, earning a quick hug from the Second Year.

"Now that we've finally established that Luna is…Luna, we can move onto the next pressing issue." Ginny decided, attention turning to Hermione. "What in Merlin's name is up with you this year? Are you psychic? Attempting to be a Pokemagnus? A robot whose programming keeps glitching?"

"Alright, I suppose you all deserve the truth…" The bushy-haired girl admitted. "…I'm H3RM10N3, an advanced android from the future."

Harry and Ginny gave sour looks as Hermione and Luna dissolved into giggles, Nasrin trying to shove her own down with a bite of cheesecake as Mulan slapped both paws over her muzzle.

"You two have been hanging out too much." He muttered, a flicker of amusement growing.

Once regaining control, Hermione turned serious, quieting the light-hearted atmosphere.

"Okay, the real truth. You know that I went with Luna and her father to Kalos last summer."

"Right, that's where Luna got Luna Junior." Ginny agreed.

"Right. Don't…Don't even ask me how we found it, but Mister Lovegood managed to lead us to the Pokemon Village. It's a sanctuary for Pokemon, where they can gather without fear of threat from more violent Pokemon. Only trainers with pure hearts are able to enter, or so the story goes. I'm honestly not sure what to believe…"

Hermione paused, a faraway stare on her face.

"I can't even begin to describe exactly what I saw and felt there. There are so many legends about that place, and before I visited, I might have waved them off as just that. Myth. But some of the things I saw…"

She leaned in, silently coaxing the others to mimic her.

"We went there only to observe. None of us even considered catching any Pokemon there. Mister Lovegood wanted to investigate a cave where the Legendary Pokemon Mewtwo had been spotted."

"All sorts of Legendary Pokemon are said to visit the Village." Luna agreed, bouncing in place. "People have spotted Ho-Oh flying overhead, and claim that Xerneas will occasionally walk amongst the trees."

"I don't know about any of them, but I do know one Legendary Pokemon did dwell there." Hermione continued. "And she took a liking to me. I was so startled when she first appeared. You would think that she'd have been the quiet and cautious one, but she was so playful and brave. I was so in awe I didn't even realize she'd managed to get into my bag and pull out a Poke Ball…"

"What was it?" Ginny asked, all snark gone in her wonder.

Grabbing a plain Ball, Hermione tossed it up with practiced ease.

"Come on out."

A flash of red light, and Ariel jerked upright in surprise as a Celebi floated over the table, looking around with bright delight at them all.

"A Celebi…" Harry whispered, holding out a hand.

Celebi whizzed over on gossamer wings, inspecting his fingers and saying hello to Ariel before turning to play with Nasrin's ringlets, bopping Mulan's nose before fussing over Ginny and dancing around a laughing Luna before settling into Hermione's arms.

"Amazing."

"She's the reason I've been acting so strangely." The bushy-haired Third Year explained. "Well, her Ability, actually."

"Her Ability?" Ginny parroted.

"Celebi has an amazing Ability."

Hermione paused, as if deciding on her next words.

"What do you know about the Celebi legend?"

"Not much." Harry and Nasrin admitted.

"Can I tell? Can I?" Luna asked, hand raised.

Permission granted, the half-Veela leaned in close and motioned for the lights to be lowered and candles be lit.

"Celebi are said to be time travelers who appear in times of great peace to bless humans who show kind, pure hearts. They appear bathed in moonlight and draped with morning dew, fluttering about glades and enchanted clearings, welcoming the lucky few that spot them. For the Celebi, time is not linear, and they are able to move about it however they wish, appearing and disappearing throughout all of history, following a logic only they themselves understand."

The candles were snuffed out and the lights flicked back on.

"In other words, they're like me!"

…

"So, what amazing Ability does Celebi have?" Ginny asked Hermione, deadpan.

"I was getting to that!" Luna huffed. "You asked for the legend, and I gave it to you! Now I can give you the facts. Hermione's Celebi's Ability helps explain where the legend came from. Why they only appear to people with good hearts, how they seem to pop up throughout history but never stay for long, and why they only appear in times of peace. Hermione's Celebi has the Time Turner Ability."

"The time what?" Harry asked, confused.

"Time Turner." Hermione repeated. "I named it myself. No other Pokemon has ever had it before, at least no documented one."

Celebi cooed, rubbing against the girl's cheek.

"Time Turner is amazing." Luna continued. "It allows Celebi and anyone touching her to travel back up to one hour in time. It's all mental, of course. That way, you avoid paradox bodies and such, and the limit on distance means you can't accidentally kill your own grandfather, but still, quite handy."

"So, when you zone out…" Nasrin began, realization dawning.

"That's me arriving back in my body. I live out an hour and, if something bad happened or I want to change something, Celebi and I mentally travel back up to an hour and redo it."

"So that's why you've known which routes to take in school, or where lost items are?" Ginny clarified.

"Correct. We do it, and then I go back to the beginning."

"That is so cool!" The Weasley gushed. "Oh, we could have so much fun with this!"

"No, we could not." Hermione cut in firmly, hugging Celebi close. "She's not a toy. In the beginning, I used the Time Turner Ability to check out which classes I wanted to take, or avoid arguments with Ron-"

"Which is a very practical use for that power." Ginny assured as Nasrin and Harry remembered their friend's strange behavior that first day of Battle Class.

"-But nowadays, I only use it when a situation is dire. Celebi chose me as her trainer, and I refuse to abuse her wonderful gift."

Harry and Nasrin nodded in agreement.

"It's alright, Hermione, we get it."

"Ludwig's Invisibility Ability is amazing, and yeah, there are times where we'll use it to do things like this."

"But we don't spend every day just abusing it."

"Wouldn't be right."

Ariel glanced up from another strawberry, smiling, as Mulan nodded around a mouthful of cheesecake.

"Fine!" Ginny huffed, slouching. "We'll not have fun at all and respect our Pokemon!"

Celebi giggled, floating over to kiss her forehead.

"…You're lucky you're so cute."

"Yes, I am lucky." Luna agreed. "Not sure why you brought that up…Do you think there's a Mirror Universe where we're all evil and my name is Celestia, and I have a goatee-o-evil that I stroke when doing evil things?"

"I prefer the one where the Mane Six become Alicorns and work to achieve immortality for all ponykind." Nasrin replied, grinning at Harry's eye-roll.

"And we lost them." Ginny muttered. "Alright, so how much of history have you changed?"

"Not too much, and it isn't changing history. More like altering destiny."

"Blah, blah, blah! Spill!"

"Okay, so we told you about Hagrid showing off Steelbeak, right?"

"He hurt Draco, didn't he?" Harry surmised, remembering their suspicions at the moment while their classmates had been dazzled by Hagrid's demonstration.

"Feather right through the leg." Hermione admitted. "Draco was screaming that he'd have Steelbeak put down for hurting him, Nazz was threatening to have him put down, and Hagrid looked so worried…"

The far-off gaze returned before she shook it away, trembling minutely.

"Sorry. That's the downside of Celebi's Ability. I've lived a few extra lifetimes, and keeping everything straight really messes with me. Anyway, the next major time I used Celebi was when the Dusknoir attacked."

"And you thought it was Lucius Malfoy." Nasrin deduced, Mulan growling at his name.

"I saw them enter The Three Black Flutes as we left, but only saw Minister Fudge when that…whoever it was, gave his speech. I figured it was Mister Malfoy and wanted to catch him in the act…But I was wrong, and I can only go back once. Can't use the Ability to relive an hour I've already been through twice."

"I wonder what all of that was about, anyway." Ginny mused. "Fred claims that he heard the guy was wearing a Team Nocturne cloak. Was it a copycat or something?"

"No." Harry and Nasrin answered. "No, he was the real deal."

The pair shared a look, knowing this was the right decision.

Sirius might disagree, but Ron, Neville and Hermione had helped them get the Master Ball, Neville had been instrumental in stopping the Voldemort-possessed Cho Chang, and while they never had the chance to act in such dire circumstances, Ginny and Luna had stood by them through dark times.

Hermione had already trusted them to keep Celebi a secret, knowing Lucius Malfoy would do everything in his power to take the little Legendary for his own, and that solidified their friendship once more.

And so Harry and Nasrin took turns explaining everything, from their first meeting with Sirius and what happened that Halloween twelve years ago to Sirius' time in Sevii and with the Sons, the Great Hogwarts Robbery and Professor McGonagall's involvement, and the secret meeting between Remus and Professor Snape.

"So the guy at Le Fay's Landing, you think he's the same man that led Voldemort to your parents?" Ginny clarified, brow furrowed.

"One and the same."

"We don't know what brought him out of hiding, but we're sure that it was him."

"Tonks is sure that the Dusknoir he used were the same ones that Voldemort purchased from the Warden of Sevii."

"Or bred from them, at least. Maybe he's been waiting for them to get strong enough before attacking."

"Or maybe news finally reached him about Voldemort still being around." Hermione suggested. "Professor Dumbledore did his best to cover it up, and I know none of us said a word about the Master's Ball or what really happened in the Chamber, but maybe somebody else found out and passed that info along to that Nocturne agent."

"So…" Luna drew out, glancing around. "Am I the only one that thinks Scabbers is the traitor?"

Ariel snapped her head around, tense, as Nasrin went very still, mind racing.

"Huh?" Ginny prompted, confused.

"Scabbers. Ron's Raticate. He's the traitor in his Pokemagnus form. No one else has realized this? The Nocturne agent Harry's godfather battled used the same form as Mister Pettigrew's, a Raticate. Scabbers suddenly appeared one day shortly after the war ended-"

"By Merlin." Ginny whispered, eyes widening. "That's right! Scabbers did just show up! Mum and dad just assumed it was a trained one whose partner had died…"

"That doesn't mean-" Hermione protested.

"He's been under the watchful eye of the Weasley's." Nasrin continued, numb. "Until Ron started leaving his Ball behind this year."

"Why the Weasley's, though?" Harry wondered, before the answer came to him. "Unless he assumed that no one would be looking for him at the house of a family who was utterly opposed to Voldemort's rule."

"And it explains his disobedience." Nasrin added, Mulan thrumming with tension.

"Face it, Scabbers is the man that betrayed your parents to Voldemort, Harry." Luna concluded.

"Are you all forgetting that Scabbers is in a Poke Ball up in Ron's trunk?" Hermione asked, before wilting. "And there was an attack in the dorm right around the time that Nocturne agent staged his attack…"

"He staged the dorm room so the Aurors would come in and lock it down." Harry reasoned.

"That way, he could move about freely without anyone realizing that Scabbers was missing."

"Alright, let's take a look here at the inventory the Aurors did on your dorm, Harry." Ginny decided, whipping out her Pokedex.

"Are you hacking into the Auror's mainframe?" Hermione squeaked out.

"Of course not. I had hacked it days ago."

The Weasley gave them a sly smile.

"What? I was bored."

"And that's what you do when you're bored?" Hermione retorted.

"Well, yeah. I got tired of taking control of Professor Dumbledore's computer and changing the wallpaper. Okay, let's take a look…Nope, nope, nope, I don't want to know why they went into so much detail and Dean's underwear, nope, nope, nope. No Scabbers."

"He's the traitor, then." Harry and Nasrin voiced, firm.

"Okay, so Scabbers is most likely the Nocturne agent." Hermione conceded, scowling. "And…Ew! Ron let a grown man sit in his lap!"

"Yeah, that's disturbing." They agreed.

"What do we do with this information, though?" Luna wondered. "I vote we gather the Z Warriors and train really hard before we take on the Nocturne Agent. Of course, most likely he'll join us to defeat Frieza…"

"We could pull a Fairy Tail and defeat him with the Power of Friendship." Nasrin noted. "And dragons."

"That works!"

"And we lost them again." Ginny muttered. "We can't tell Ron. He'll flip out, or deny it, or do something stupid."

"We'll try and find a way to let Neville know, but if we can't figure out a good time to do so, he'll just have to remain in the dark, too." Harry agreed.

"But we're going to tell Sirius and Tonks." Nasrin decided.

"And Professor McGonagall." Hermione advised. "She's our Head of House, so she can keep an eye out in case 'Scabbers' tries to sneak back in."

"That's a good point." They agreed.

"Alright, so we let only the people that already know the real story in on this."

"And when they tell us not to do anything and let them handle it?" Ginny asked.

"We nod our heads politely and then help anyway." The pair answered immediately.

"Like we always do." Hermione complained, recalling Celebi. "Come on, we need to get to bed before we're missed."

"Kio-Ken Times Ten!" Luna shouted, blinking at the stares she received. "I'm sorry, did I miss something?"