Summary: Betrayed by those he considered family, Harry is ripped from his life and the world he grew up in alongside two others only to end up in a world filled with fantastical creatures with magic-like abilities. Pairings: HP/DO & DD/LL. Features Redeemed!Dudley, Seer!Luna, Non-Angsting!Harry

Disclaimer: All HP characters are the property of JKR, the WB, and respective publishing companies. All portions of the Pokémon universe/worlds/characters are the property of The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and GAME FREAK Inc. This story is nothing more than a simple FanFiction that I have written for my own enjoyment. I have made no money from this or any of the other stories I have posted on this or other sites.

Warnings: Mild to moderate violence, character death, character bashing (all Weasleys & Hermione), alternate universe (i.e. kiss canon goodbye), OCC behaviors and personalities, author created vocabulary, and who knows what else.

AN1: The credit for the Story Prompt/Challenge used to create this one-shot goes to the Guru of Challenges; Challenge King since he was the one that inspired this plot bunny and helped revive my Pokémon-hybrid muse.

Original prompt:

The first idea is that Harry goes thru the veil after the war after learning that he has
been manipulated and betrayed by people he has considered close friends and family.
He takes the Deathly Hallows with him and they merge together into a ghost type
Pokémon after he ends up in Pallet Town and de-aged to his ten year old self.

The changes I made to the original prompt after my muse took the idea and ran with it were roughly:

1) I'd actually prefer not to send him alone for once but it won't be one of the usual
suspects. Possible companions were originally going to be Luna & Dudley. And each of
them will have to pay a price to pass safely through the Veil of Death.

2) I'd just need some other powerful magical object that could transform into another
Pokémon for his companion (or companions if I send more than one). Though, if there
are three of them sent through, I could instead have each Hallow turn into a ghost or
psychic Pokémon so they each get a companion and prevent the usual trappings of an
immortal or godlike MoD!Harry.

3) Harry will retain his parseltongue ability but will morph into a PokéTongue ability and
when he speaks to Pokémon, people will hear him speaking PokéTongue

AN2: This story is self-beta'd; so there may be occasional grammatical or spelling errors that crop up every now and then and for those I apologize in advance.

An Epic Adventure
Prologue: Betrayal

October 31, 2000
Department of Mysteries, Ministry of Magic
London, England

Bloodshot emerald eyes glared through broken lenses as Harry James Potter was dragged towards the Veil of Death in the Department of Mysteries by a pair of red headed wizards. Harry would have been cussing and cursing up a storm if not for the fact that he'd been gagged shortly after he'd been captured earlier that morning. He was unceremoniously dropped directly beside the Veil just a few minutes later and Harry twisted sideways in an attempt to knock Ronald Weasley (one of his former friends) through the stone arch but failed when George Weasley pulled Ron away from the Veil at the last second.

Harry's heart near broke when his new position let him see the blindfolded form of Luna Lovegood being hauled through the room by Charlie Weasley next. The petit blonde looked fairly banged up from the vicious if short battle that had taken place when the Weasleys had stormed Grimmauld Place with a dozen aurors just after sunrise that morning. As soon as Luna was dumped beside Harry, he was given a view of a bloody and bruised Dudley Dursley being cruelly levitated upside-down by Percy Weasley. His still overweight and, oddly enough, reformed cousin was soon dropped beside Harry and Luna and Harry couldn't help but mentally wince when his head bounced off the stone floor once.

The final person in the procession was William 'Bill' Weasley transporting Neville Longbottom's dead body. Harry felt heartsick the moment his eyes fell on Neville's corpse. The valiant Gryffindor had been cut down by Molly Weasley during the earlier battle when he'd thrown himself in front of her Killing Curse in order to protect Luna. Harry had, in turn, killed Molly with a Blasting Curse to the chest to avenge the fallen Gryffindor. Kreacher had then killed Arthur Weasley when the man tried to kill Harry to avenge his wife before the crotchety elf was cut down by Bill.

"Hem, hem; by the decree of Minister Shacklebolt on this thirty-first day of October in the year two-thousand, the Dark Lord Potter and his accomplices are hereby sentenced to death via the Veil of Death for the crime of high treason against the Ministry of Magic," Delores Umbridge declared in her annoying girlish voice. "Furthermore, all monies, properties, and material wealth owned by the Dark Lord Potter and his accomplices shall be confiscated forthwith and distributed between the families of their victims and the Ministry of Magic."

Harry began laughing behind his gag the moment he heard Umbridge mention that the Ministry was confiscating his vast wealth; there was nothing left of the Potter or Black Fortunes. At least, not where they could touch it.

What the goblins hadn't taken as compensation back at the end of the war had been removed from Gringotts and hidden in his mokeskin pouch along with the Deathly Hallows. Harry wore the bag around his ankle where wizards would never look for it. His parents had sold all of the Potter property prior to their deaths (to fund the fight against Voldemort) and Sirius had done the same to the Black property during the course of Harry's fifth year. The only property that Harry had owned was Grimmauld Place and that had been burnt to the ground when Bill or Charlie had cast Fiendfyre towards the end of that morning's battle.

Furthermore, the Longbottom fortune had been drained to pay for Frank and Alice's long term care in St. Mungo's and their property sold off to pay for Neville's schooling. Luna hadn't owned any property and her father had the Lovegood fortune all tied up in the Quibbler and the Ministry couldn't confiscate that because of some archaic law that prevented the Ministry from silencing publishers by taking away their businesses (not that that law had stopped them from trying during Voldemort's second rise). They could arrest or even kill Xenophilius Lovegood but they couldn't touch the Quibbler or the Lovegood property (which housed the Quibbler's office).

"Send them through," Umbridge haughtily ordered over the sound of Harry's smothered laughter.

A dozen Banishing Charms hit the closely packed group in front of the Veil of Death and the four of them were shoved backwards into the smoke-like curtain that hung from the stone arch that formed the Veil of Death while their wands were thrown in after them (to destroy the evidence they would have provided). Harry continued laughing even as he felt the chill of death settle over his head when his body was lifted free from the floor and drawn into the Veil. Darkness engulfed Harry a heartbeat later and his laughter turned to sobs as reality came crashing down on him.

The Weasleys had betrayed him once again and his last true friends had suffered simply because they were his friends.

The saddest part was that he hadn't been the least bit surprised that the entire Weasley family had turned on him. They had not been pleased when he'd refused to loan them any money to rebuild the Burrow shortly after the Battle of Hogwarts ended. At the time, Harry had been having a hell of a time negotiating with the goblins who were more than a little upset with him over what had happened when he, Ron, and Hermione had gone to get Hufflepuff's Cup from Bellatrix Lestrange's vault.

He'd angered them (the Weasleys) further when he'd broken up with Ginny on October thirty-first of nineteen ninety-nine after he'd caught her cheating on him with a reporter from Quidditch Quandaries (a monthly sports magazine from the publishers of Which Broomstick). Her excuse for having sex with the man? She wanted him to give her a good review in the next issue of Quidditch Quandaries to boost her reputation. The Weasleys were of the mind that Harry should have looked the other way since Ginny was only trying to further her Quidditch career.

It wasn't long after he'd broken things off with the youngest Weasley that Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had began spreading malicious rumors about Harry. They started by revealing that Harry had collected all three Deathly Hallows, reminding the wizarding world that Harry was a parselmouth (an ability that had not vanished despite the destruction of the horcrux in his scar), and making up stories of him speaking out against the new Minister of Magic. The wizarding public had eaten up the lies and Harry had withdrawn from the public eye to escape the backlash. Andromeda Tonks had even gone so far as to obtain a magical restraining order to prevent him from even seeing his godson.

Luna and Neville had supported him and eventually joined him in seclusion. Dudley had sought sanctuary with Harry not long after that when his girlfriend (a muggleborn witch that had tried to use him to get close to Harry) dumped him and started sending him cursed objects (such as Shrinking Keys and Biting Teacups). The witch, whose name Harry never bothered to learn, had murdered Petunia and Vernon a day after Dudley went into hiding and the Weasleys were quick to pin the murder on Harry with Dudley's ex-girlfriend playing 'witness' to the murder.

Things had escalated quickly after that and just this morning, Headmistress McGonagall sent her patronus to Grimmauld Place (where Harry and the others were hiding) to warn them that the Weasleys had been trying to drum up a mob to hunt down the 'Dark Lord Potter' and his 'Dark Lieutenants'. The silvery cat had barely finished relaying the message before the wards around Number Twelve had come crashing down and a dozen aurors plus seven Weasleys had stormed the house. The fight had been short and brutal with the invaders casting dark curses and the Unforgivables right and left.

Harry's side had been winning right up until one of the Weasleys had set the town house on fire shortly after Kreacher had been killed. Harry had dragged a wounded Dudley outside while Luna covered them but they'd been overwhelmed the moment they stepped outside by the large group of disgruntled purebloods that had surrounded the entire house to prevent them from escaping. They'd been bound in conjured ropes and portkeyed to the bowels of the Ministry after a few rounds of Crucio and a few kicks had been administered and immediately hauled into the Death Chamber for their execution.

And then they had been cast through the Veil without even a token trial. Harry wept harder as he tried to see or sense if one of the others were close to him but he could see and feel nothing inside of the endless darkness that had engulfed him.

It was at that point that an unfamiliar voice cut through the dark to pull Harry from his memories as it asked, 'Why do you cry?'

"I weep for the suffering that my friends endured simply because they were my friends and stood bravely at my side despite all the lies that were being spread about me," Harry replied as he tried to see who (or what) had spoken to him.

'Why does it matter if they have suffered; have you not suffered as well?'

"My pain is unimportant in the face of their pain."

'Do you truly believe that?'

"Yes."

'If you were given a chance to end their suffering, would you?'

"In a heartbeat," Harry answered passionately without an ounce of hesitation.

'And would you still do so if you were told that you would have to sacrifice something of yourself in order to end their suffering?'

"Absolutely."

'Why?'

"Because they are my friends and they deserve a chance to be happy."

'What of your happiness? Do you not wish to be happy as well?'

"I would be happy knowing that they were safe from those that would hurt them."

'Would you willingly pay half of your life to save them?'

"Yes."

'Would you give up any chance of returning to the world in which you were born to save them?'

"Yes."

'Would you give up your negative emotions to save them?'

"Yes."

'So be it, child. Your wish has been granted and your payment accepted.'

"Wait, what? Who are you? What do you mean?" Harry demanded in confusion and no small amount of fear as he finally realized he had no idea who it was that was speaking to him or what was going on; not that it would have changed any of his answers if he had.

There was no answer from the voice.

Harry then had all of five seconds to worry about what had just happened before the world around him exploded in a kaleidoscope of colors and sounds. He let out a short, sharp cry that was half pain and half shock as he slapped his hands over his ears, closed his eyes, and tucked himself up in a ball to escape the blinding light and noise. He hadn't quite recovered from the explosion of color and sound when it felt like his entire body had suddenly been set on fire.

Harry would black out from the sheer agony before he could even give voice to the scream that had been trying to climb out the back of his throat.

Notes:

Quidditch Quandaries – author created magazine
Which Broomstick – canon magazine

AN: Alright, just a couple of things I need to say right off the bat… First; just because I started a new HP/Pokémon crossover does not mean that my original HP/Pokémon crossover series has been abandoned. In fact, the research and work I've done on this story have helped to inspire me to once again go back and start working on WWYR2 once more; so you can hopefully see updates on that dusty old story eventually since I've spent some time reacquainting myself with that story's plot and ironing out a few kinks.

Second, while at first glance, this story will seem like all of the other everyone betrays Harry and now he has to go to a new world, I have at least tried to come at it from a different angle. One difference is the inclusion of Dudley rather than a third magical; I've grown kind of attached to Dudley Redeemed stories and felt that he could use a little positive Pokémon adventure in his life this time around. I'll also being trying out two new pairings in this story as you might have noticed from the summary.

I don't think I've ever read a Dudley/Luna story before and can see her uniqueness being something that draws in my Dudley in this story because she is everything that his parents hated and the fantasy that he had been denied as a child growing up in a household where magic, in any form, did not exist. I have also never seen Harry paired with Daisy Oak (Gary's older sister in the games, I believe her manga name is Nanami or May) in previous HP/Pokémon crossovers. ~ Jenn

09-26-15: Minor edits made to chapter to fix spelling/grammar mistakes.