Jirachi flew fast through the night sky, her eyes darted from side to side. Her pink companion, Mew, was doing the same. Both of them were looking for something though they were not sure what it was. All the Legendary Pokemon had been ordered by Arceus, The Creator, to look over the infinite worlds and dimensions for something. Only problem was he didn't explain. He only said 'When you find the Golden Radiance, bring it here'. It had already been two years and there was still no sign of this 'Golden Radiance'. Jirachi, Mew and Celebi had teamed up to look for it through the vast number of universes. They had traveled through worlds inhabited by digital monsters, fairy tales and more. Jirachi didn't think she could keep going like this. Hopefully, they would find it in this world.
"Do you see anything?" Mew asked her as she flew beside her.
Jirachi shook her head. "Nothing out of the normal. And you?"
Mew shook her head as well. "No." She sighed, exhausted. "I think it's time we stepped it up a bit."
Jirachi nodded. "Great idea."
Closing her eyes, Jirachi opened the flap in her belly to reveal her one 'True Eye' to have a more in depth look. Mew's eyes glowed blue as she activated her Aura Sight. Looking around, Jirachi could see nothing but pollution, violence and crude behavior. She sighed sadly. This was taking too long and she was tired. When was the last time she slept? Oh, that's right. Before they were issued their mission. She sighed again. 'At this rate, we are never gonna find this 'Golden Radiance'.
With a swirl of green light, Celebi materialized in front of them. Before they could say anything to their fellow legendary, he said, "Follow me."
Letting go of their concentration, Jirachi opened her eyes while Mew's eyes stopped glowing. They shared a confused look but followed Celebi towards a dead forest. When they past the first rotten tree, Jirachi and Mew slowed down a little, their eyes wide. What was once a dead forest was now a green and luscious forest filled with wild life. A forest that rivaled that of their world, one not touched by man nor pollution. How could this forest be hidden from the rest of the world?
"Hurry! We don't have much time!" Celebi bellowed as he flew faster.
They quickly got over their shock and followed Celebi until they got to a pair of silver gates.
"What are we doing here Celebi?" Mew asked him as they floated above the gate.
Celebi shook his head. "You will see. Now hide."
Not even hesitating, they did as Celebi said. They hid in the graveyard behind some gravestones. Though not without difficulty. There seemed to be some kind of force field trying to throw them out the moment they flew inside the resting place.
They hid at the most appropriate of moments because, the second the were behind the tombstone, a man in his early sixties holding a bundle came running faster than he should towards the silver gates. They could see him clearly now as he opened the gates and stepped inside the graveyard. He had black hair peppered with white and gray and emerald green eyes. He wore a simple pair of black pants, a white shirt, and leather boots. He walked slowly through an old beaten path, his eyes not leaving the little bundle in his arms.
"Wha-" Jirachi started.
"Keep quiet and look." Celebi interrupted as he pointed at the man. The man stopped in front of a joint grave and, to Mew's and Jirachi's shock, conjured a bouquet of lily's.
"How did he do that?" Mew asked as she got over her shock.
"Magic." Celebi responded, his eyes never leaving the stick waving figures outside of the graveyard.
"Magic? But I thought Father destroyed it. Didn't he say it was useless?"
"He was wrong." Celebi answered, "Magic is one of the most useful things I have seen in my lifetime. When Father tried to destroy it, it disappeared. With it's disappearance from our world, it ended flowing through the multiverse. There are many worlds with the energy because of that. A fracture of it ended up here. With it's arrival, it was absorbed into the planet. It has been here for so long, the world being so saturated with it, that people have been born with the ability to use the energy. They are almost like the Aura users and Psychics back home."
Mew and Jirachi were shocked. They had been there when their Father, Arceus, had first created magic. It had flowed so beautifully, so graceful in the orb it was kept in. Only for it to be 'destroyed' when He deemed it not battle worthy. He had not seen its worth, its potential. What a mistake he had made.
Mew said. "If it disappeared when he tried to destroy it, why didn't Father search for it afterwards?"
Celebi shook his head. "Father saw it as a nascence. Why bother search for it when he had better things to do? After all, it was only good for parlor tricks, or so he said."
Mew and Jirachi had a lot to think about when they got back to the Hall of Legends. They were snapped away from their thoughts as they felt the force field, the one trying to expel them from the holy ground, collapse, their eyes instantly on the robed men as they ran towards the other man. They talked for some time before one of the robed men slowly raised his stick, the tip glowing a sickly green.
Jirachi and Mew gasped. The green light, the magic the robed man was charging, felt of death.
"What is this?" Jirachi asked, suddenly feeling queasy.
"Death Magic." Celebi responded, "Magic can do a lot of things, both wonderful and horrible. This is just one of them."
"We have to help him!" Jirachi said panicky.
Celebi only shook his head. "We can't do anything but let their fate unfold"
Jirachi turned to Mew. "What about you? Are you just going to let him die?"
Mew looked at the scene sadly. "I wish I could help, but Celebi is right. We cannot interfere, not in this situation."
Jirachi sighed as she looked at the man. A sudden thought struck her. "Why are we here?"
"Yeah." Mew said, turning to the green fairy. "Why are we here Celebi?"
"Because I believe have found our Golden Radiance." He responded, his eyes never leaving the talking men.
"Really? What is it?" Jirachi asked excitedly. If they found it, that meant they could finally go home! She could feel the excitement rushing through her body at the thought.
"Him." Celebi said, pointing at the man trying to shield the bundle from the robed men.
"Him?!" Mew asked, panicking. "Then we have to help him!"
Jirachi gave her a hard stare. Really? Only now did she want to help?
"Only his soul." Celebi clarified, "That is why we cannot interfere. He must perish."
Mew and Jirachi looked at him with horrified expressions.
"How are you okay with this? You don't seem bothered by any of this" Jirachi said.
Celebi gave them both a hard stare. "Since I was first created, I have witnessed terrible things. Death, abuse, murder. Compared to some of the things I have witnessed, this is nothing more than a scuffle."
After that statement they could not look at the green fairy in the eye.
"Pay attention. When I say, take the robed men down." Celebi said as he tensed.
Paying close attention to the robed men, they were horrified when one of them shot the green beam of death at the green eyed man. The beam hit the man and he fell to the floor, dead. The same robed man pointed the stick towards the baby and shot the same green light.
Jirachi almost had a heart attack. Mew looked sick as well.
A golden shield appeared in front of the bundle, stopping the green magic in its track and flung it back. The man looked horrified as he was hit with his own green magic.
"Take them out!" Celebi ordered as he flew from behind the tombstone.
Jirachi and Mew followed his lead without hesitation and attacked the other three men.
"What the blood-" One man started only to be hit over the head by a long metallic tail courtesy of Mew. Celebi took care of another with a quick Swift attack while Jirachi threw the last wizard an Energy Ball straight in the face.
With that done, Jirachi floated close to the fallen body of the green eyed man. She closed her eyes and opened her one 'True Eye'. What she saw surprised her. Now she knew what Arceus meant by Golden Radiance. The soul of the fallen man was a brilliant golden color, the same color as the shield that had protected the bundle. Just as it was golden, it seemed to radiate a pureness not seen in many people. Using her powers as a Legendary Pokemon, Jirachi 'grabbed' a hold of the soul and stored it in her 'True Eye'. With that done, she turned her attention to the squirming bundle in the limp arms of the man. What she saw shocked her.
"Ash?" She said in shock.
"Where?" Mew asked.
"Here!" She said as she pointed at the baby. Mew floated close and saw the baby's face.
It was Ash Ketchum. Down to the unruly black hair, big amber eyes and the lightning bolt birthmarks on his cheeks. The birthmarks looked like scars though, really fresh too. Mew quickly used Heal Pulse to close the bleeding wounds.
"We have to go" Celebi said as he floated in the sky.
"What is Ash doing here?" Mew asked him.
"That is not Ash Ketchum." He stated as he opened up a portal to the Hall of Origin. He turned to them and beckoned them towards the portal. "That is Ashton Potter, Ash Ketchum's counterpart. Now, we must go. It is of the utmost urgency we go to the Hall of Origin. I'm sure Arceus will wan't to see our find."
"Are we just going to abandon him here?!" Jirachi asked concerned.
"Little Ashton will be alright. No harm will come to him. Now, into the portal!" Celebi urged her. "I do not know about the both of you, but I am exhausted."
Jirachi sighed as she looked at the baby's sleeping face. With one last look, she flew through the portal. Mew used Heal Pulse on the robed men before she and Celebi went through the portal.
A/N Arceus has a reason why he banished magic to the Harry Potter world. When it was first created, like many things, it was in its beginning stages. It could only do the simplest of things. It hadn't grown or evolved to do what the people in the Harry Potter world are able to do. Arceus never saw its potential growth, its power, and banished it because it would not aid them in battle but hinder them instead.