Harry and Iriana soon found themselves leaving the bright sunshine of Ignis, to the cool coast that led to Unda. Stretching out to one side was the beautiful ocean, with gentle waves breaking on the shore. On their other side was clumps of trees and brushes, nothing like Flamma Forest but still peaceful in its own right.

"I've never been to the sea before all of this, it's really nice." Harry commented, enjoying the nice breeze.

Iriana nodded, "I love the ocean, and the mountains better than the open plains where you can see as far as the eye can see." She laughed, "Even though you can do that with the ocean, there's something special about that."

They walked in silence for a few minutes, just listening to the waves when a Pokémon jumped out from some bushes.

"Maybe one of them will be worthy to be my Trainer." It said, taking a fighting stance. It was a small, blue, dog-like Pokémon. Its legs and torso are colored black, its tail is blue and it has a yellow collar. There were rounded bumps on the backs of its forepaws, and had a black "mask" and red eyes. It stood on the balls of its feet instead of its entire foot.

"That's a Riolu!" Iriana said excitedly. "They're incredible Pokémon, very strong and loyal to their Trainers."

Harry brought out his Pokedex: Riolu, the Emanation Pokémon. When sad or scared, Riolu's aura becomes stronger as a way of signaling its allies.

"I think he wants to battle, he said he was looking for a worthy Trainer."

Riolu looked surprised. "You can understand me human? What is your name and that of your companion?"

"My name is Harry, and this is Iriana. I think she may want to battle you Riolu."

The Fighting-type looked at Iriana. "She has a strong aura, she may be the one. I will battle her."

"He'll fight you, all yours Iriana." Harry said, moving out of the way.

"Come on out Ralts!" Iriana called, throwing the Pokeball. "Let's get this started, use Magical Leaf!"

"Ralts!" The green and red glowing leaves appeared and shot at Riolu, who tried to jump but some of the leaves hit him. Riolu landed heavily and then charged at Ralts, slamming into her with his paw.

"Ralts…"~"Ow, that hurt." Ralts murmured, standing up.

"You can do it Ralts, use Confusion!" Ralts nodded and her hand glowed, levitating Riolu who looked panicked. Ralts raised him higher and then released Riolu, who landed with a thud, out cold.

"Pokeball go!" Iriana threw a Pokeball at the prone Pokémon, encasing it in red light before sucking it in. The ball twitched twice, before falling silent. "We did it Ralts!" Iriana cheered happily, picking up the Pokeball. "Come on out Riolu, let's get you fixed up."

Riolu appeared, still knocked out. Harry and Iriana knelt next to the unconscious Pokémon and gave it some berries and a Potion.

He snapped back awake, "Wow, you are strong. You will make a great Trainer."

After Harry translated, Iriana replied, "I hope to live up to your expectations Riolu, now why don't you and Ralts take a rest? I'll get you checked out at the Pokémon Center." She returned her two Pokémon and stood up with Harry. "That was cool, Riolu are great Pokémon."

"That was a great battle." Harry said, congratulating her. "Let's get going." The two took off again at a faster pace; trying to make up the time they lost. "I hope we make it there today." Harry said, "I want to call some friends and tell them what's happened so far."

Iriana grinned, "We should make it in about an hour…did you hear that?" Iriana had stopped, looking around with a frown. Harry stopped as well, listening.

"Help…please…."

"It's coming from that way." Harry pointed to some bushes off the trail. "I hear a voice calling for help."

"I just hear a Pokémon…" Iriana said a worried look on her face. The two made their way into the bushes and froze at the sight that greeted them. A brown badger-looking Pokémon way laying there in obvious pain with deep burns on it in straight lines. It raised its head when it heard them approach,

"Please…it hurts…." It pleaded, letting its head hit the ground again. Both Harry and Iriana sprang into action, bringing out Burn Heals, Potions, berries, and some bandages.

"Shh…it'll be alright, we'll help you." Iriana said, applying the salves.

Harry stroked its head while feeding it some berries. When done, he brought out his Pokedex: Linoone, the Rushing Pokémon. Linoone is the evolved form of Zigzagoon. It can run at speeds over 60 miles per hour but does not handle curves well.

"Don't worry Linoone; we'll get you to the Pokémon Center."

"Thank you human…you are much kinder than the last ones I met."

"Humans did this to you?" Harry asked shocked, Iriana looking up horrified as well. They had both thought it was an accident or Linoone got into a fight with a Fire-type.

"Yes…strange humans wearing grey with red….they attacked me with these strange vines that glowed an angry color, neither red nor yellow. It felt like….I was being burned and electrocuted at the same time. I managed to get away before they could catch me…" Linoone explained, closing its eyes.

After Harry translated, Iriana's eyes were burning with an angry light, just like Harry's own.

"How could any human do this to a Pokémon?" She demanded, a couple tears escaping.

"I don't know, but those monsters better hope I don't get a hold of them." Harry said, standing up. "Absol, we need your help!" He threw the Disaster Pokémon's ball.

"What is it Harry?" She asked worriedly, seeing the look on the two human's faces. Silently, Harry gestured to Linoone. Absol's eyes widened, "What happened to it?"

"Some humans attacked it with a whip we think that can burn and electrocute at the same time. Could you carry Linoone? We need to get to the Pokémon Center in Unda fast." Absol nodded and kneeled down, making it easier for Harry and Iriana to lift Linoone onto her back. When done, they took off at the fastest pace they could, without causing harm to the Pokémon.

"Nurse Joy!" Harry yelled, barging in and startling some other Trainers and Pokémon. They backed away from the Pokémon behind him, and their eyes widened when they saw Absol's burden.

"What is…oh my." Joy trailed off, seeing the injured Pokémon. "Bring Linoone into the back. Chansey, I need your help." Absol took Linoone into the operating room and left, the door shutting behind her. The operating light came on.

"Hey man, what happened to that Pokémon?" A Trainer asked Harry, who had sat down with Iriana.

"We were walking along the coast and heard something from the bushes." Harry said leaving out only he could hear Linoone calling for help. "We found Linoone in bad shape and healed as best we could. Then we came straight here as fast as possible."

"How'd it get that injured though? Some sort of Fire-type attack?" Another Trainer asked. Iriana shook her head.

"From what we could see, the injuries were in too straight of lines to be a regular Fire-type attack. It looked more like a vine or whip that was super heated did that…and only a human could make something like that." One of the older Trainers snarled,

"Man, humans like that make me sick! You kids did the right thing, good job." The other Trainers nodded with him.

"Yeah..." Harry trailed off, a far-off look in his eyes. He snapped back and turned to Iriana. "I need to make some calls, I'll be right back." After she nodded, Harry walked to the other side of the Center where the video phones were. He figured he'd call Oak first, then Giovanni. After dialing the number, Harry was pleasantly surprised when they both answered the call.

"Harry! How are you lad? Everything going alright?" Oak asked with a grin.

"Let the boy speak Samuel." Giovanni smirked at his friend. He turned back to Harry, just noticing the look on his face. "Harry? What's happened?" As quickly and detailed as he could, Harry first told the two about the Linoone and its injuries, and then told them about the thugs he and Iriana battled in Ignis. The two men's eyes were dark with anger.

"That's just terrible! We need to find out who these people are, and what was used on that poor Pokémon." Oak said determinedly.

"I'll get my men on it right away, I promise." Giovanni said. "I'll tear them from the ground up. Team Rocket may steal Pokémon, but we treat them right."

Harry nodded grimly, and then let a lighter smile appear on his face, "On a happier note, I've already got my first Badge, and met a new friend. We decided to travel together." Both men smiled.

"That's great Harry, and it's always more fun to travel with friends. How is the Egg?" The Professor asked.

"No changes yet, but it is getting warmer, last I checked anyway."

Giovanni nodded, "That could mean that it's very close to hatching, maybe even today. Well, we have some work to do and you have another Gym Leader to beat. Good luck Harry. Oh, Harry before I forget, Jesse, James, and Meowth are in the region now, so you may see them."

"Thanks and good luck to you two too. Bye." Harry said, ending the call. Harry stepped out of the booth and walked back to Iriana, who was talking to Nurse Joy.

"Ah, there you are Harry!" Joy said happily. "The good news is, is that Linoone will make a full recovery and be released back into the wild in a couple of days. My sister in Ignis also called, telling me about you. So would you like to see Linoone?" Harry nodded, grinning.

"Yeah, we both do. Would you also look over our Pokémon?" Joy nodded and took their Pokeballs and led the two into the recovery ward.

Linoone looked up, its eyes bright. Nurse Joy worked a miracle with the Normal-type. "Hello humans. I wanted to thank you for what you've done for me."

"You're welcome Linoone. We wanted to see you before we leave to battle the Gym Leader." Harry said happily.

"I wish you both luck and hope to see you again in the future." Linoone said, laying back down for a nap. Harry and Iriana quietly left and headed back outside, breathing in the fresh ocean air.

"Since we've got some time to kill, let's explore Unda. I also need to resupply, we used almost all our berries and Potions today."

"Alright, let's meet at the shopping center in about an hour." The girl nodded and walked off. Harry was walking, enjoying the sites of the docks and all the boats, not to mention the Water-types about, when he heard a loud crack from behind him and felt his back pack wiggling. Stopping, he sat down, removing his pack in the process. Carefully, he lifted the Egg, which now sported a few cracks, out of the back-pack. It wiggled a few more times, before a furry nose poked through a hole in the Egg.

Harry helped the baby get out of the shell and observed the Pokémon that came out. A small, fox-like Pokémon that had a white pelt with ice-blue highlights, turquoise, pupil-less eyes and six dark blue tails came out of the Egg. It also had what looked like dark blue bangs across its forehead as well as locks. It had a cream underbelly, and dark blue feet. Harry brought out the Pokedex: Vulpix, a Fox Pokémon. Its six tails are extremely beautiful. As it evolves, it grows even more tails. Gently, he picked up the baby.

"Aren't you just beautiful?" He cooed, holding Vulpix like he would a human baby and tickling its belly, causing the newborn to giggle. Harry noticed it was a girl.

"Pops!" She cooed happily.

"Yes that's right, I'll be your Pops." Harry said with a smile, using one arm to put his back-pack back on. "Let's go see Nurse Joy to make sure everything is alright. And then we'll go pick up some things you may want." The walk back was spent playing with Vulpix, letting her nibble on Harry's fingers and tickling her. Harry, grinning happily walked into the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy was standing off to the side, speaking with a kind looking woman wearing a dress in shades of soft blue and green, with sky blue hair done in a loose pony tail.

"Nurse Joy? I don't mean to interrupt, but my Vulpix just hatched and I wanted to make sure she is alright." Harry said politely, walking up. Both women looked at Harry, and cooed at the newborn.

"What a beautiful Vulpix! You said she just hatched?" Joy asked, gently taking the Fire-type.

"Yes ma'am."

"What unusual coloring." The blue-wearing lady said with a soft voice. She turned sea blue eyes onto Harry. "Forgive me, I haven't introduced myself. I am Aqua, Gym Leader of Unda."

"Hello, I'm Harry. I and my friend Iriana were hoping to battle you later, but for now I need to get Vulpix some supplies and anything else she may need." While the two watched Joy play with and check Vulpix, Aqua asked,

"Why are you on your Journey if I might ask? To be Pokémon Masters?" Harry blinked, turning his eyes away from his new Pokémon to look at the waiting Leader.

"Why does everyone always ask me that?" Harry laughed, "Iriana and me just want to see what the world has to offer and be strong for our Pokémon. Though Iriana also wants to try for a Dragon Mastery later on."

Aqua blinked at the answer, liking the teen's innocence she smiled, "Interesting. Would you mind if I went with you to shop for Vulpix? That way we can find your friend and battle later on."

"Sure, I'm terrible at shopping anyway, wouldn't know the first thing to get her." Joy came back, a giggling Vulpix in her arms.

"Everything checked out alright, she's perfectly healthy. Make sure you get her some formula for Fire-types when you shop, and anything soft she can chew and play with would be good to get as well."

"Thank you Nurse Joy. Let's go cub." Harry said, smiling at Vulpix. He and Aqua walked out of the Center and began heading to the store. Along the way, the two talked about trivial things while the two entertained the baby.

Arriving at the store Aqua led the way to the newborn section.

"Let's see, you'll need plenty of formula, some rags incase she spits up, and some toys…" This went on for about fifteen minutes, the Gym Leader having a blast picking out things for Vulpix, who was chewing on a gummy toy Harry had picked up. "That should do it, let's pay for everything." Aqua said, coming back with some blankets with fire print.

At the counter they ran into Iriana who was packing up their new supplies.

"Hey Harry!" She waved, and then noticed the two new arrivals. "Who's this? And the Egg hatched? And I wasn't there?" She mock-groaned. Harry laughed.

"Yeah, the Egg hatched. This is Vulpix, isn't she just a cutie?" At Vulpix's questioning yip, he explained, "This is Iriana, your Aunt."

"Aunt Iriana!" Vulpix cooed, holding out her paws to be picked up.

"Hello, you are just the cutest thing!" Iriana playfully tickled the baby's ears. She looked up at the lady, "Hello, I'm Iriana, I'm traveling with Harry."

"I'm Aqua, Gym Leader of Unda. I've heard some about you from Harry." She turned back to Harry who had finished paying for everything. "Let's get to the Gym; I believe I owe you a battle Harry."

The emerald eyed teen grinned, "Yeah, let's get going!" The trio left, Vulpix on Harry's shoulders and nipping on his ears. The Unda Gym looked like a large pool with floating stone islands scattered about.

As everyone took their places, Vulpix asked, "Pops, can I battle?"

Harry looked at the Fire-type, "Are you sure?" Vulpix gave a determined nod and Harry grinned, "Then yes you can." Vulpix gave a happy yip and jumped to the nearest platform.

"You're letting Vulpix battle?" Aqua asked surprised as she prepared to send her own Pokémon out.

"I have faith in her, she'll do just fine."

Iriana laughed, "This'll be good. Let's go Riolu!"

"Ri!" The Fighting-type called out, taking a stance. He glanced over at Vulpix and the two nodded. Aqua smiled.

"Very well. Come on out Marill and Milotic!" The first to come out was a small blue mammalian Pokémon. It had a nearly spherical shape with a white underside (belly) and round ears with red ear insides. It also had a wiry black tail with a blue "bubble" on the end of it. Harry's Pokedex said: Marill, the Water Mouse Pokémon. Its sensitive ears can detect distant sounds and the round part of its tail can expand and contract, assisting Marill in the water.

The second Pokémon reminded Harry of a sea serpent. Its sinuous body is mostly cream in coloration, with red eyes and three black dots down its neck. The top of its head is long, with a point at the end, and long, thin red 'eyebrows' extending from above its eyes and thicker, also red-colored hair-like fins draping from the sides of the head. Its lower tail is covered with blue and pink scales, with striations of black, and four large scales, blue with red spots in the middle, overlap at the tip of the tail to look like a fan. All in all it was a very beautiful Pokémon. Harry brought out his Pokedex: Milotic, the Tender Pokémon. Milotic is able to soften human anger and hatred by emitting soothing frequencies from its body.

"This will be a two on two battle. First side to have their Pokémon knocked out loses. Ready….begin!" The referee said.

"Vulpix, use Will-o-Wisp, and then Quick-Attack!" Harry ordered. Vulpix let out strange blue flames that hit Marill straight on, causing a Burn Status, though it managed to dodge the other's Quick-Attack.

"Riolu, use Force-Palm!" The Fighting-type charged straight for Milotic.

"Milotic use Twister!" Aqua called.

"Mil!" The Water-type's tail glowed and it began waving it around, causing a tornado to appear on the water. Riolu couldn't dodge it in time and was swept up.

"Riolu, try to ride the twister!" Iriana yelled encouragingly. Riolu closed his eyes and began concentrating, angling his body to ride the wind. By doing this, he also gained a lot of speed. "Now get out of there and hit Milotic!" The Pokémon exited the attack at a high velocity straight at the Milotic, knocking them both out. "Riolu return! You did fantastic." Iriana said to the Pokeball.

"Milotic return! Marill it's all up to you, use Water Gun!" The Water-type stood up and began launching powerful streams of water.

"Vulpix dodge and use Confuse Ray!" Harry yelled. The Fire-type agilely dodged the other Pokémon attack and shot a strange ray from its eyes at Marill. The attack hit and Marill began walking around in circles.

"Marill! Use Water Gun again on Vulpix!" Aqua tried to order, but Marill just began hitting itself. That combined with its burns knocked it out.

"The winners are Harry and Iriana!" The referee said.

"We did it!" The two chorused, Harry leaping out onto the platform to pick up an ecstatic Vulpix.

"How did I do Pops?" She asked eyes wide as she was twirled around.

"You did fantastic." Harry said happily, hugging her close.

"You all did fantastic." Aqua said, joining Harry on the platform. Iriana jumped on next, a tired but happy Riolu in her arms. "Even against odds with a newborn and a Fire-type at that, you two beat my Pokémon. I am proud to present you the Water Badge." She handed them the dew drop badge, laughing when the two began cheering. "Ventus is next, but that's a day's walk from here. Good luck you two and be sure to say good-bye to that Linoone you brought in." Aqua began giggling when the two gave her a surprised look, "Joy told me about what you did, a lot of Trainers heard about it. You two are heroes here." Right before the two left, she gave Harry a kiss on the forehead, causing him to blush, "I hope we meet again."

After the two got their Pokémon treated and said goodbye to Linoone and Joy, the duo left Unda. Soon the ocean view changed to a more hilly terrain with a constant breeze blowing, matching Ventus' name. They stopped by a river to relax when further down they saw a bunch of blue octopus-like Pokémon with large red eyes on top of their shells wrapping their tentacles around a poor fisherman.

"Eevee come on out, use Quick-Attack on those Pokémon!"

"Ralts, use Confusion, throw them back into the water."

In no time at all, all the Water-type Pokémon were back into the river and swimming away.

"Thank you kindly kids. Caught one on a line and then was attacked by all of them." The fisherman said gratefully. He reached into his pack and brought out a collapsible fishing rod and gave it to Iriana. "Don't have much, but if you ever want a Water-type, that'll give you a good one. Bye kids!" He said, racing off to a new fishing spot.

"That…was a little weird." Harry said, returning Eevee and sitting back down.

"Yeah. Well since he gave it to us, let's see how good it is." Iriana said, casting a line and sitting down, Ralts right beside her. Ten minutes later the line tugged. The midnight-haired girl stood up excited and began reeling it in. Out of the water and onto the bank came a pale pink-purple, medium-sized fish. Its notable characteristics include large, heavy scales. Its fins were primarily white; it also had two stiff, three-peaked fins on its back and stomach which are both white as well. As the Pokémon flopped around, Harry's Pokedex said: Magikarp, the Fish Pokémon. Magikarp can live in the dirtiest of water. It jumps very well and can evolve into Gyarados.

"That's weird; the picture shows the Magikarp a different color." Harry noted putting the Pokedex away.

"Maybe it's a shiny Pokémon like your Vulpix. I'll catch it, it's cute." Iriana said. "Ralts, use Magical Leaf."

"Ralts!" She called, firing the attack at the prone Fish Pokémon, knocking it out in one shot. Iriana threw the Pokeball, catching it immediately. "Sweet, two Pokémon in one day."

Harry laughed, "At this rate, you'll catch them all!" He looked up at the sky, seeing it start to change colors with the setting sun. "Let's camp here for tonight; we'll start again after breakfast tomorrow."

Iriana nodded and returned Ralts. While she was gathering firewood, Harry had started dinner for the two of them as well as making food for all the Pokémon. Ten minutes later had everyone chowing down.

"Wow Harry, this is really good!" Iriana complimented, eating her soup. She laughed when Harry blushed.

"Miss Iriana is right. This food is delicious!" Ralts said happily.

"Indeed Harry." Riolu said from beside Ralts. Vulpix was happily drinking her formula made by Harry and nodded, unable to talk.

"Good." Was all that Magikarp said, the newest Pokémon would only say a word or so at a time. Absol finished off her food and snuggled down beside her Trainer,

"Best food I've had in years, cub." By now, Harry was a bright neon red from blushing so hard, causing them all to laugh.

After dinner, the two cleaned up, returned their Pokémon, put out the fire and crawled into their sleeping bags. Iriana though, was woken a few hours later by horrified screaming. Quickly looking around, her lavender eyes landed on a thrashing Harry, eyes wildly moving under his eyelids.

"Harry…Harry!" She tried to shake him awake. "It's just a nightmare, wake up!"

The emerald eyed teen snapped awake and up, nearly hitting the other. He glanced around, eyes wide and slightly glazed, before landing on Iriana. By the light of the moon, she could see him blush in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry I woke you…"

Iriana waved him off, concerned. "Forget that. That must have been one hell of a nightmare, wanna talk about it?"

"Not really….and it's no worse than the other ones…" Harry mumbled, putting on his glasses.

"You've had nightmares like this before?" She asked surprised.

"Yeah, nothing seems to help, at least everything I've tried." Iriana thought for a minute while Harry gathered his bearings.

"Have you tried meditating? And sorting your memories? I do it and they help keep my mind calm."

"At this point I'm ready to try anything to get them to stop and have a full night's sleep."

"Okay, listen to me. Sit Indian-style, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths." Harry followed her instructions, calming his racing heart in the process. Iriana continued in a soft, quiet tone, "Now, I want to empty your mind of all thoughts because you're going to tidy things up, so to speak. I want you to separate your memories, place them in different areas however you want. Put them somewhere safe, where no one can find them but you. Protect them if you want to, however you want."

Under her soft tones, Harry did as instructed. He first emptied his mind, making it look like an endless black abyss. He thought the idea of hiding and protecting them was a great idea, so he started to categorize his memories into sections, placing the memories themselves into trunks, like his school one. Everything from before Hogwarts was one area, Hogwarts years in another. His friends from his original reality went into a third, and everything from this new one went into a fourth, and everything involving Voldemort went into the last section. He hid the trunks in different sections, and then thought of how to hide and protect them. Remembering that there were different Pokémon and elements, he decided on that. The first area was Fire, the trunk hiding in a volcano with fireballs raining down on intruders. The second was Water; Harry hid the trunk in the ocean with waves and whirlpools protecting it. The third was Earth, the trunk in the middle of a mountain with a labyrinth of caves leading to dead ends and traps. The next one was Air, with twisters and high-speed winds protecting the trunk, which was flying around. The last trunk was sitting in the middle of a barren field with a shield of electricity around it, lightning striking every second all over the place. Putting the finishing touches on it, he put Pokémon of those five types he's met so far in each area to protect it, so far he has Arcanine, Magmar, Charmeleon and Magcargo in Fire, Milotic and Marill in Water, and last Luxio in Lightning. As he met more Pokémon he would add them as protection.

Satisfied with how it was so far, Harry turned his attention back to the real world.

"Good, now I want you to slowly come back to reality, don't try to jar yourself." He heard Iriana say. She smiled when Harry opened his eyes, inner peace shining through them. "Great job Harry, I see it in your eyes it was a success. Now, I want you to meditate every night from now on, before bed, sort your new memories of the day into whatever you chose. You can add stuff later if you like. Believe me, this will help."

"Thanks a million Iriana, I feel better already. Let's get some sleep."