Hey all. Yeah it's me with a new fic when I really should be working on others but; here is an YGO/HP crossover with a twist. The twist is that Yugi and the gang are invited to Hogwarts when they really were 11 years old. So Yugi has the puzzle, but nothing has happened yet. It may have been done somewhere before but eh. How many of them have you actually read?
'…' Thoughts.
"….." Speech.
' Yugi to Yami'
'Yami to Yugi'
Since most people, including me, don't know Yugi's mother's name or what happen to his Dad, I have come up with names for them. And Ryou's parents too.
Yugi's Mom: Alice Muto.
Yugi's Dad: Jim Muto.
Ryou's Mum: Mildred Bakura.
Ryou's Dad: Michael Bakura.
The beginning of an eraxxxx
A quill moved along a giant parchment. Names of hundreds of students were filling up, going under what year they would be able to join. Two professors were looking at this year's list of names.
"This is interesting," mumbled Professor McGonagall as she looked through the list of new students. She was a stern lady, rather prim and proper. But she did a kindly air about her; just get on her bad side she seemed to say.
"Ah, I see you have noticed the students from Japan," said Professor Dumbledore, his blue eyes twinkling. He was a very old man, judging by the look of him. A long, flowing white beard that reached a good way down his body swayed slightly as he moved. Half moon spectacles half hid his eyes and he had an impressive aura, one just radiated respect and wisdom. McGonagall's mouth opened and closed as she struggled to find her words.
"Why here?" asked McGonagall finally, a frown forming on her stern face. "Why don't they go to one of the Japanese Wizarding schools?"
Hogwarts had many students from different ethnic backgrounds but this was the first time she could recall students coming directly from overseas.
"I do believe I know their parents, though admittedly not very well," explained Dumbledore. "It has been awhile since their graduation after all and I was only a teacher then."
McGonagall's eyebrows flew up, but none the less she accepted it. Dumbledore always had a reason and right now she could tell that although that was the truth, there was something he was hiding.
xxx
It was a pretty normal day for Yugi though perhaps not one of the best normal days. He had gone down to the arcade to play some games but, as usual, his tormentors had turned up and forced him to run away. It was something a normal, shy eleven-year-old had to deal with. At least, that's what everyone thought he was a normal eleven-year-old.
But the truth was Yugi was as far from normal as it was possible to be and life as he knew it was going to change.
"Hello Yugi," said Alice Muto brightly as her son walked in the door. "How was your day?"
Yugi cast her a glance before looking away. He was a small boy, far to small and far to young looking for his age. Though he was eleven, he looked like he was eight. And with tricoloured hair like his, that reached up into physically impossible spikes he looked like a walking bully magnet. Which is unfortunate because although he was small, he was very shy and quite which is what truly drew the bullies to him. But he was a kind boy, so he would never tell anyone what was happening. Everyone just happened to figure it out. His mother looked nothing like him, she was tall and had a stocky build, unlike her son's small, slight build. Her hair was a brownie blonde, not in the traditional Japanese style. She seemed to get that from her English Mother. But Yugi did inherit his eye colour from her, a brilliant amethyst that shone and radiated kindness.
"It was ok…I guess," whispered Yugi.
His mother gave him a sympathetic look and turned back to making dinner. She always seemed to make something really good when he was upset, or she was guilty. To reasons unfathomable to Yugi, she seemed rather distracted and maybe a little guilty. Yugi frowned at her.
"What's up Mum?" he asked curiosity. He knew she would never do anything to hurt him, if not consciously then defiantly sub consciously.
As if on cue, a large, grey barn owl flew through the window. Yugi cried out as the owl came up to him and stuck its foot out. Attached to it was a letter…addressed to him. Yugi, who was a little worried that the large bird would bite him, swallowed and cautiously removed the letter from the owl's claw. The letter was surprisingly heavy and seemed to be made of parchment. The address was written in neat, curly writing with green coloured ink.
Mister Yugi Muto
The second bedroom on the second floor.
Turtle Game Shop
Domino
Japan.
"Well finally!" said Alice with a sigh of relief.
Yugi tore his gaze away from the oddly addressed letter and starred at his mother. What was going on?
"You knew this was coming?" asked Yugi in disbelief. "You knew an…an…owl of all thing…was going to leave me…this!?!"
Alice fidgeted uncomfortably.
"Well…" Alice started.
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Pendu the owl soured through the air. The thought of the letter for Dumbledore that was tied securely to claw made him want to ruffle its feathers in pride. He liked to believe he was the favourite delivery owl! Sounds below drifted up to him… the sound of a drunken father fighting with his son once more. The owl flew a little lower, now filled with dread at the thought of his destination. He really didn't want to get hurt! Dumbledore would be crushed if his 'favourite' owl was hurt…hopefully. He swooped down and flew through the window, fearful of what would happen next. The father and son just stared, well the son did.
'I suppose that this is normal, all this fighting. I'm guessing though that owls don't usually interrupt them. But not me, I always deliver my message! Dumbledore is counting on me,' Pendu thought with superiority.
The son was still staring.
'Well take the letter off me already…' thought Pendu irritably.
All the boy heard was a hoot of impatience. Pendu rolled his eyes. Pity owls can't talk…Finally, but hesitantly, the boy took the letter.
'Finally, I'll be going now, Dumbledore may need me!' Pendu hooted as he flew off.
'That was wired,' thought Joey, looking at the strange post he had received in a equally strange manner.
xxx
It was the Tomb keeper's job to oversee the tomb, and all mighty Pharaoh. But how would he do this in England? At a strange school none the less.
"Sister, I don't understand," whined Marik. "Why must I go?
"It is your job to protect the Pharaoh, and if he is in England, you go to England. Besides, I thought you wanted to get out of here." Isis (1) answered calmly.
"Yeah, but…" Marik trailed off and frowned thoughtfully.
He did want to get out of here after all…"Alright, I'll go," he said finally. "But note that I am not happy about this!"
Isis rolled her eyes and smiled
"Sure you aren't," she said, her smile widening. "Thank you, Marik. Now our family's task can be completed."
Unknown to Isis was Marik's thoughts. Or more specifically, his darker side's thoughts. For the past few years, a darkness had been growing inside of him, and had woven itself into a separate entity.
xxx
Seto looked at his tutor with hate. The tall eleven year old had been sitting in the classroom for only 20 minutes and already his sharp blue eyes had glazed over in boredom. For the pass year, he had been working as hard as he possible could, if not harder, just to please the ass of a man who adopted him. Just as he thought he might pass out from exhaustion an owl flew in through the window.
'Oh great I'm seeing things now.' He thought to himself.
The owl flew around the room for a bit and then stopped in front of him, putting its leg out. A letter was attached to it. It was addressed:
Seto Kaiba
The Study on the third floor
Kaiba Mansion
DominoJapan.
Inside was a letter saying he was invited to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. What the…
'Ok… I'm not sure if this is real or not but it's an excuse to get out of here. So I'll take it.' He thought.
His finally tutor turned around, missing the owl completely. Seto winced. A chilling thought struck his over tired mind.
'But what of Mokuba?'
xxx
Ryou looked at his letter in shock. His father, who was home for once, looked like he would pass out at any given moment. His twin sister, Amane (2) looked at her own letter with shock. Their Mother had gone to the phone.
"So… what exactly does this all means?" asked Amane.
"Umm… that there is a school of magic that we are invited to?" replied Ryou uncertainly.
Michael Bakura had known his wife was a witch, but she had sworn not to use her powers anymore. With the line of work he was in, magic was something that you didn't mess with! The ancients he had been studying while on his archaeologist digs had gotten it right, in the end; seal it off and leave it alone! Said wife had also said that it was remote that both twins would have powers, apparently she was a half witch as it was.
"As soon as your Mother gets off the phone she is explaining this!" snarled their father, not knowing why exactly he was angry.
Ryou and Amane exchanged glances and nodded. In the kitchen, a conversation could be heard.
"Yes Alice, that's right, just now…. Oh you two…Wonderful… Oh I'm so excited for them…. That's a great idea, yes let's all meet at Diagon Ally… There are others? Invite them too... Oh are you? Dumbledore asked you too…Uh huh. … Ok… All right…10:00 am at the Leaky Cauldron… See you there! Bye!"
The mother, Mildred, disconnected the phone. She looked up at her family and smiled.
xxx
Yugi watch as his Mother went off to answer the phone. He picked up a puzzle that his Grandfather had given it to him His grandfather had said it was from Egypt. It was three dimensional, made of pure gold and it was rumoured that the puzzle had never been completed by anyone.
'I've heard many stories of Egypt, one day I'll visit,' thought Yugi as he tried to finish the puzzle.
It had been three years since he had gotten it. If he had been listening to his Mother he would have heard of her plans to meet with others at Diagon Ally. In the kitchen Alice hung up the phone.
'Maybe Yugi will stop being so shy if he meets others who are going to Hogwarts. Well, I can at least hope,' she thought as she walked back into the lounge.
"I suppose your wondering about that letter," she said walking in.
Yugi looked up and snapped out of his thoughts of pyramids and deserts.
"Well…kinda," he said, his mind still on his puzzle.
Alice sat down and paused before she could find the words to begin.
"Well, you see… I went to Hogwarts, and so did your Father and your Grandfathers on your Father's side and so on. In fact, that's where I met your Father," Alice giggled as she a few fond memories surfaced in her mind. "I went to Hogwarts because my Father was travelling at the time and had settled in England. My name was put down because even though I was to go to one here in Japan, England was far more convenient. Since your Father and I both went your name has been put down….You're a wizard." Alice explained jerkily.
Yugi, who hadn't been concentrating looked up sharply, his attention grabbed.
"I'm a what?" he asked, not sure he had heard correctly.
"A wizard. You have noticed there were times when something unexplainable would happen. Haven't you?" asked Alice.
"Well, yeah I guess," said Yugi, still unsure if he had heard correctly.
"Don't worry, you heard right. You're a wizard," said Alice, inwardly wondering how long it would be before he was convinced. "Your Father, Grandparents and I are all wizards and witches too."
Yugi's eyes flashed with excitement.
"Cool! So when does the term start?" Yugi asked.
Apparently it didn't take long for the information to digest.
"September first. We will leave next week for England to get your supplies and meet some friends of mine," Alice answered as she left the room to start dinner.
xxx
"Yugi, are you packed?" His Mother's voiced drifted up from downstairs.
"Yep," Yugi answered cheerfully as he shoved some more clothes unceremoniously into his suitcase.
He was excited. It was a chance for him to start anew, and get away from all the bullies at his old school. That was reason enough to be happy. Suddenly Yugi was hit with a very unpleasant thought,
'But…what if what happened at my old school happens there?'
'I guess I'll have to wait and see. I'm sure it can't be all that bad. It's a new country for crying out loud! Actually, I'm sure I'll be fine,' he thought half-heartedly in a vain attempt to convince himself.
"Yugi come on, we have to pick some people up," Alice called.
Yugi frowned.
'Who are we picking up?' he thought.
He shook his head. He was about to find out.
"Ok, I'm coming!" he called.
xxx
In the car Yugi and his parents were driving away from the airport and towards the town square.
"Where are we going?" Yugi asked.
The man at the wheel was Yugi's father. He was a small man with black hair. His hair, while not quite as spiky as his own father's and sons was, definitely had a lift of it's own.
"To pick up two of your new class mates," Jim explained. "And I think one went to your school." He added.
Yugi winced.
'Please don't be Ushio; please don't be Ushio. Or Joey, please don't be Joey either! Please, please, plea… Oh no.'
And sure enough, to Yugi's dismay, was it Joey Wheeler. He was with some strange brown haired boy he didn't know. By the looks of it, they were fighting.
'Well I'm in for a fun ride,' Yugi thinks sarcastically.
As Yugi was thinking about his doomed fate his Mother had opened the door and talked to the boys.
"Yugi, can you move over?" His Father asked as his wife talked to their two guests.
Yugi said nothing as he moved over. The car door then opened. Yugi looked up. It was that brown haired boy.
"Hi," Yugi somehow managed shyly. The boy just grunted. Joey hopped in the car after him.
"So you're going too huh Yugi?" asked Joey, pointing out the obvious.
Yugi nods in agreement and grimaced. The boys say nothing.
"Well, Seto-" Alice starts to say.
"I would rather you call me Kaiba." Kaiba states flatly.
Alice blinked. 'What an odd child,' she thought.
'No one deserves to call me by my real name. No one has in a year.' Kaiba thinks to himself.
"Alright then, Kaiba, what school did you use to go to? Yugi and Joey went to the same one," said Alice as she tried to start a conversation. Tried and failed.
"I didn't," Kaiba says coldly.
An awkward silence fell upon the car. Nobody said anything for the rest of the trip.
xxx
The bar they entered was shabby, to say the least. Witches and wixards huddled together in groups, and some sat alone. A typical bar setting. If the kids hadn't had known any better, they was no way of telling it was a Wizards bar. Except for the odd beverages it was selling.
"Alice, so good to see you," a voice called over the noise of the bar. No one payed any attention to it.
"Mildred, oh it's been so long! And are these your kids?" Alice asked. She gestured to two white haired children following their mother. A boy and a girl. They were around the same height, but the boy was almost withdrawn, scared and shy. The girl looked confident, and able to hold her own. You could tell the two were twins though.
"Yes, this is Ryou, my son and his twin sister Amane." Mildred said pointing at each one in turn.
"Are these the others you were talking about?" Mildred asked, referring to Kaiba and Joey.
"Yes and-" Alice starts as she is interrupted by the barkeeper. He had stopped what he was doing completely.
"Bless my soul," said Tom breathlessly.
"Oh my... Look who just entered," Alice whispered with awe.
There, standing next to a giant of a man, was none other than Harry Potter…the boy who lived.