Hogwarts: Where the Pokémon Are

Pokémon Masters Club auditions are on Monday night, and Friday is Halloween.

"To be honest, I thought the Pokémon Masters Club would be in the professor's protected area." Ron said to Harry as he walked towards the location written on the notice.

"But it's not bad. It makes me feel like the reserve is our secret base."

"Of course not. I didn't choose the protected area because there are too many Pokémon in the protected area." Hermione said immediately.

"So I'm talking about feelings." Ron argued with Hermione happily. Harry was used to this scene.

Because they often go to the reserve together, their relationship is better than in the original book, but Ron and Hermione still quarrel.

Several people arrived at their destination noisily, and at this time, many students had gathered here.

"A classroom?"

"I guess the professor must have cast a traceless stretching spell, otherwise it wouldn't be so big."

"But using the Traceless Stretching Charm privately is against the law."

"Shut up Hermione."

As soon as they entered the door, several people noticed something was wrong. The size of this classroom was almost the same as the auditorium, and it was more than enough to accommodate the entire Hogwarts students.

And the decoration here doesn't look like a classroom at all, but instead looks like a small stadium.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Xia Lin is a small arena recreated based on the Pokémon League Tournament. After all, the number of students in Hogwarts is very small, so there is no need to build a large auditorium. On the contrary, the battle arena needs a larger one.

At this time, there are seven playing fields in the classroom, each of which is equivalent to the area of ​​a basketball court.

This means that this time the club will not recruit too many members.

In fact, Xia Lin plans to accept three to four little wizards from each grade to join the club, with a maximum of five. However, the number of people present today was beyond his expectation.

So much so that he even doubted whether all the students had come.

Of course, it doesn't. Slytherin has Quidditch training today. Although Pokémon is also very attractive, it is still not as good as Quidditch in their eyes.

After all, they had only been exposed to Pokémon on paper before, and had not appreciated the charm of Pokémon battles at all.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Lin saw that the time was almost up, so he closed the classroom door and started the selection. He stepped up to the high platform and motioned to the little wizards to be quiet.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that he is a little wizard. In fact, many seventh-grade students are in the same year as him.

"Quiet, everyone."

"To be honest, I didn't expect so many people to be interested in the Pokémon Masters Club, but unfortunately there won't be many members who can join the club here today."

"But don't worry, whether you're desperate for this or just here to watch the fun, I think tonight will be a great experience."

"Next, ask each wizard to take a seat according to his or her grade. It's the grade, not the college. After that, I will draw lots for you to play against, and the winner can advance. If you perform well enough, even if you lose, , and may also be selected for the club.”

Harry and Ron immediately began to look for their first-year positions in the crowd. However, there were too many people at the scene, which made them all feel dizzy. After finally finding a place to sit down, Harry heard a harsh word next to his ear.

"Go further away, don't be an eyesore!" Malfoy immediately sarcastically said.

Harry didn't expect that he would accidentally end up next to Malfoy. He immediately planned to stand up and go somewhere else, but there was no other seat at this time, so he had to sit down angrily.

"Why don't I remember that this classroom is your territory? If you don't want me to sit here, why don't you leave?"

"Wait, if you meet me in the battle, I will tell you to look good!" Malfoy said angrily. He could change positions with Crabbe and Goyle, but he didn't want Harry to think that he was Giving in.

The two people glared at each other, neither of them convinced of the other.

Xia Lin on the stage obviously noticed the little actions of these two people.

But he didn't say anything, he just silently touched their numbers.

Xia Lin waved his magic wand, and hundreds of pieces of paper began to dance, forming a cocoon-like thing in the air. The pieces of paper were as fast as afterimages, and no one could tell what the numbers on them were. After circling for a while, the note flew towards the little wizards like a river.

It flew up like a white butterfly and stayed in front of everyone's eyes, waiting for the wizard to reach out and take it in his hand.

Harry carefully took the note, and before he could take a closer look, he heard Ron say loudly:

"I am number five, so my opponent is number six? Harry, you are not number six, are you?"

"No, I'm number seven." Harry said quickly.

Hearing this, Malfoy almost jumped with joy. He gently shook the note with the number eight written on it in his hand, and his face was even more triumphant: "Our poor little bastard is the number seven. It looks like he is going to lose soon." It’s in my hands.”

"I'm afraid you won't even dare to play! As long as you don't run away before it starts like last time." Harry immediately said sarcastically.

He was talking about the last midnight duel, where Malfoy fooled everyone.

"But, how are we going to have a Pokémon battle later? I mean, we don't have Pokémon, right?" Seamus said worriedly.

"The professor will definitely give us Pokémon to fight."

But Simo's expression did not relax. After all, this was his first time in actual combat.

Most of the students had only seen real Pokémon once in the first class, and now they doubted whether they would be able to actually command Pokémon to fight once they were on the field.

On the contrary, Harry and the others were not worried at all. These days, they have become familiar with many Pokémon in the protected area.

"Then, please invite the students who have drawn numbers 1 and 2 to come to the field."

As Xia Lin finished speaking, the fourteen young wizards stood up and came to different battlefields according to different grades. The two wizards in the third grade are surprisingly the twins of the Weasley family!

Xia Lin didn't expect that the twins would meet by such a coincidence, but it was quite interesting.

At this time, the little wizards who came to the venue were still a little confused. Suddenly, they found a metal device rising from the ground beside them. After the device was opened, a red and white Pokémon ball appeared. appeared in front of them.

"It's electronic equipment again. How did the professor make electronic products effective in Hogwarts?" Hermione was very puzzled.

"Maybe that's actually alchemy?" Ron guessed wildly, obviously he had no interest in the topic raised by Hermione. Instead, he stared at the arena, waiting for a battle between Pokémon.

This was also the first time he saw a serious Pokémon battle.