When Two Worlds Meet
Pikachu
Part 2

Wednesday November 9, 2005

Well, I seem to be on a role with revisions. Thankfully, the revisions are 
adding more to the story as well as bringing out points and things that were 
hidden before. Read and enjoy!

	In a way, Ash was glad that he had been transported to Hogwarts on a 
Sunday. While the day had been extremely hectic for him, he had at least been 
informed about most of the major things such as classes. Harry and Ron also 
introduced him to their friend Hermione, who turned out to have already been a 
great help. She had kindly helped him for what seemed like hours teaching him 
spells that the second years had already learned. Now that it was a Monday, Ash 
was faced with his first day of classes. He had just finished breakfast in the 
Great Hall and was now looking at his class schedule that Dumbledore had handed 
him the day before. Hermione peered over and looked.

	“You seem to have most of your classes with us.” She observed. Ash looked 
up and smiled.

	“That’ll be helpful I hope. So, Potions is our first class then?” Ash 
asked, looking up from the schedule. The others nodded.

	“Unfortunately, it’s with Snape who has to be the slimiest git on the 
planet.” Ron said. That didn’t make Ash feel too good about his first lesson. 
Harry leaned over Ron, with a grim expression on his face.

	“Snape is just plain bias. He favors Slytherin students, he’s the Head of 
Slytherin House, and he treats everyone else like dirt. Some more than others, 
like me.” He added bitterly. At that moment, the bell signaling the end of 
breakfast rang. Ash, Hermione, Harry, and Ron got up from the table and began 
walking out of the Hall. Ash followed the others through the doors and down into 
the dungeons. Since he figured it would take him awhile to learn his way around, 
he thought it best if he stayed close. They finally came to a stop outside one 
of the dungeon doors. As Hermione opened the door, Ash turned to Harry, 
frowning.

	“Who would have a class down here?” Ash asked with annoyance. Harry didn’t 
reply but rather beckoned him to follow. Ash strode into the dungeon where there 
were a number of caldrons stationed at the tables throughout the room. Ash 
looked around after he had sat down at the same table as Harry.

	They didn’t have much longer to wait before the dungeon doors slammed open 
and a tall figure, dressed in billowing black robes, came charging through the 
room, up to the front of the class where he turned around abruptly. An unnatural 
silence fell over the room.

	“I want all of your essays now.” Snape spat at the class. There was a 
sudden rustling as people rummaged through their bags and handed their homework 
to the front. Once the class had become silent, Snape turned and seemed to look 
at Ash directly.

	“We have a new student from Gryffindor who is probably also poor at making 
potions. Maybe he will fit in nicely with the rest of you.” Snape said quietly. 
Before anyone could stop him, Ash laughed.

	“Poor at making Potions? How would you know that if I haven’t even tried 
before? Or maybe you’re trying to put your lousiness on others?” Ash snapped. 
The whole class seemed to have frozen after this. Snape stepped closer to Ash.

	“What did you say?” Snape demanded.

	“You heard what I said.” Ash shot back. Snape was looking murderous.

	“Detention Ketchum. If you ever talk back to me again, you will be very 
sorry indeed.” Snape replied menacingly.

	“Oh, I’m really scared now.” Ash said sarcastically. Snape turned on the 
spot again.

	“50 points from Gryffindor as well.” Snape said slowly. “And you will also 
stay after class to arrange your detention.” Ash was so infuriated by this he 
opened his mouth to retaliate again, but Harry elbowed him in the sides.

	“It’s not a good idea to back talk to Snape.” Harry spat. Ash threw him a 
very dirty look. Ash slowly swiveled his gaze from Harry and looked towards the 
front where Snape was currently writing what looked like a recipe on the 
chalkboard.

	“These are the ingredients for the potion you shall be making today. If 
you succeed, which I doubt, you should be able to produce a Coloring Solution. 
You have one hour. Start.” Snape told the class dully. Ash was completely lost 
but followed the others to the cupboard anyway. Hermione helped Ash pick out the 
required ingredients and sat back down with the rest.

	“It’s amazing how much you can grow to hate him in just a few minutes.” 
Ash said through gritted teeth as he diced a few of his ingredients.

	“You need to learn to tune him out. If you can’t do that, you’ll be in 
detention almost everyday.” Hermione told Ash.

	“Having side conversations are we?” Snape said from behind them, causing 
them to jump and scatter ingredients all over their work table. Snape curled his 
lip.

	“What a pity. I think that will be another 10 points from Gryffindor. Oh 
dear. This doesn’t seem to be a good day for Gryffindor, does it?” Snape asked 
slyly. He walked away, smirking, leaving Ash towering in a rage.

	“Ugly bat. Why can’t he just drop over in front of us?” Ash spat. Finally, 
after what seemed like an eternity, the bell rang, signaling the end of Potions. 
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had already agreed to wait for Ash outside while he 
arranged his detention. They didn’t have long to wait. Ash came bellowing, or so 
it seemed, out of the room looking extremely pissed off.

	“Scrub the entire third floor by hand??!! What kind of punishment is that? 
It sounds more like slave labor!” Ash shouted as they walked towards the front 
door after dropping off their books. Luckily for Ash, they had a free period 
after Potions, leaving him time to calm down. Harry and Ron were exchanging 
looks, which went unnoticed by Ash. He seemed to have calmed down slightly as 
they reached Hagrid’s hut outside of the Forbidden Forest. Ash was temporarily 
taken aback at the sheer size of the grounds. The Castle itself in the distance 
seemed to tower over and enormous amount of space. The sloping grounds from the 
Castle were perfectly smooth. Since it was an early September day, the sky was a 
clear blue with a warm sun shining down on them. He was in awe and stayed like 
that until a voice seemed to ring from nowhere.

	“Where did ‘e come from? I ain’t seen ‘im ‘ere before.” Said the voice.

	“He’s Ash Hagrid.” Hermione told the enormous shape of Hagrid. Hagrid 
looked down at him.

	“Why don’ you com’ in?” Hagrid asked invitingly. Since they had obviously 
come down to his hut to visit him, Ash followed the others into the small hut. 
Everything inside seemed like it was squeezed inside even though there wasn’t 
the biggest amount of stuff inside. After Hagrid had gotten drinks and snacks, 
he sat down with the rest of them (causing the chair to groan) and turned to 
Ash.

	“Did yeh have a good firs’ day Ash?” Hagrid asked kindly. Ash snorted on 
his drink.

	“No. It’s been lousy from what I’ve seen.” Ash replied. Hermione threw him 
a look which he took to mean he had just worded the sentence wrong. He then 
launched into an explanation explaining how Snape had acted towards him and how 
he felt he was not at all deserving of the treatment he got. Hagrid and the 
others listened silently except for Ron, who seemed to have developed some case 
of staring at his fingernails.

	“I wouldn’ be too worri’d Ash.” Hagrid told him after he had finished. 
“Snape is a decent teacher when he isn’ insultin’ anyone ‘e can.” Ash looked at 
him but smiled anyway. He wasn’t going to harp on this forever. They spent some 
more time in Hagrid’s cabin before finally starting to head back for their next 
class. Finally, for the first time, Ash felt a tad more relaxed and felt ready 
for whatever else would come his way.

To be continued…

It took me a few days to write this but that’s what you get with a schedule like 
mine. Add in lots of extras and each revision will probably be this way. Well, 
review! ^^