Note and Disclaimer: This takes place in the 6th book. This will not follow the Harry Potter Books religiously. Characters are not mine. R & R

People see what they want to see. Each person wants to be the most enlightened, the one who is going to change the world. There is nothing bigger out there than themselves. They are the epitome of all that is great and magical; no one else has realized that. Each night, Harry Potter goes to bed with the heavy weight that he only can save the world. Dumbledore's lights flicker out and he thinks, with a heavy sigh "What things I know". Hermoine is comforted by her knowledge that everything has its place and she has access to more knowledge of things that she never knew existed. Both Ron and Draco, wizards their entire life, would loathe to realize they dream similarly and wonder how muggles live their lives without the awesome power magic grants them.

The wizards believe that they are the greatest example of wonderment. From mudblood to deatheater, they share this belief that they are special. They still share their harsh differences; but these two extremes with everyone between don't even begin to wonder that there might be more out there, that creation didn't stop with them.

Frankly, that's just how Koenma wants to keep it.

"This sucks" Yusuke mumbled under his breath, "Alright, 1…2…3..WAR" his hand darted to the deck and flipped over a ten of spades. "Woohoo! Take that, Urameshi!" Kuwabara's Queen of hearts beat his ten. He takes his prize and adds it to his growing pile of cards won from Urameshi. "My sweet Queen never lets me down, just like my sweet Yukina." He grins and waggles his pinky in the air, the same pinky that he boasted the bonds of love tied him and Yukina together that long ago day they rescued her from greedy men.

"Shut up, I'm sure everyone in the castle can hear you." Hiei growled and gestured his chin roughly to the beautiful castle where small figures on brooms were flying. He sat above them, relaxed and coy against a large tree. His Katana was laying on his lap as he ran a cloth against the perfect steel. Not because it was bloody, like he would have preferred, but because even he felt the pangs of boredom just like the others.

Kuwabara shut his mouth, and Yusuke went through another round of cards. This time his card bested Kuwabara, but he only won a low card. It was a worthless victory.

The only one who had something to do was Kurama. He had to use his stealth to circumnavigate the castle and care for his plants. His plants were pretty much doing the mission for them. It was rather boring. So far, the best part of this thing was actually getting the mission.

Two weeks ago, Koenma had pulled them into the spirit world and told them that a hole in the barrier had appeared. It had been open for nearly three weeks before they noticed it and closed it up immediately. The hole was in a small forest in Scotland, an area usually not troubled by such occurrences. Many demons had slipped through, a lot of them small and useless. Only a few that could actually cause any trouble made it through. Normally, this wasn't a problem big enough to be given to Yusuke and his team. It was just the damn positioning of the portal.

It happened in an area filled with wizards. This was met with rebuttals and astonishment by both Yusuke and Kuwabara and a raise of an eyebrow from Kurama. They both settled down quickly though,. After all, for a good part of their lives though, they didn't believe in demons either.

Koenma went through a long, lengthy (and boring) explanation about how the wizards magic made it hard to trace, especially with evil things naturally living in the forest. They just had to stop the demons from coming into any contact with the wizards. They had made comfortable homes in the forest, too frightened by the risk of the Spirit detectives to make any heavy moves. They'd soon learn that they were untraceable, and had to be returned before then. And, if the wizards learned about demons, their nature would see them as inferior and wish to control them.

That wouldn't do at all.

And that was a long, boring two weeks ago.

They couldn't just rampage the forest and kill anything that they wanted. They had to do guard duty. The demons were drawn to the magic, especially to this school where they taught magic. Really, once Kurama planted surveillance plants that, once crossed, alerted them of another's presence in the woods, there job was mostly over. They just had to sit around and wait.

And wait. And wait. And wait.

"What I don't get, is why we were stuck doing this stupid mission!" Yusuke growled and threw down his cards in defeat. He glared at the camp that they had made in a secluded part of the forest. They had a fire pit and four tents that were supplied by Koenma. Hiei never seemed to use his though. All two weeks, they didn't have a spring of action all week. At first it was cool to spy on the wiz kids, hidden in the trees at a distance, but that was getting boring fast. Ooh, so they could fly on brooms. Oooh, so they were learning of Unicorns. So what!? All Yusuke cared about was that the T.V. that he had cleverly brought with a dvd player and some choice videos from action to porn weren't working! He and Kuwabara had tried all week to get it set up. Now all they had to do was play cards.

Kurama told them that they had to keep quiet and not bring attention to themselves. He had picked up on the fact that the wizards were in uncertain times and would be very suspicious of strangers. At night, they would wander around the forest, looking for some demons. They would also carefully sneak to the lake to wash and collect drinking water. Hiei always managed to find meat to eat and Kurama grew vegetables and plants. It would almost be a fun camping trip if it didn't suck so much.

"Kurama's heading back now." Hiei said from his post. He jumped down and sheathed his katana. He sat down by the fire pit and a small, smokeless fire blazed to life. "We'll eat, and then go on patrol. The sun's setting."

The fire was nice, the weather was starting to get cold. It was October, and fall was starting to come. When the trees and green life died, they would have to move deeper into the forest.

Life in Hogwarts had settled. The first years had settled into the new and strange life, though some did get caught by the trick steps every so often. Hermoine would always lend a helpful hand to any first-year that did, and then go on a lengthy discussion on how to best avoid this, and other trouble in the future.

"Really now, I must have explain that step to that one twice already." She huffed and fell back in step with Harry and Ron. Both just rolled their eyes. "And each time, you bore him to death." Ron pointed out. "Some just don't value knowledge." She stressed with a disapproving shake of her head. She was impossible, she was Hermoine.

They scurried into lunch and took their seats by Neville and Seamus. "Getting ready for the first match of the year, Harry?" Seamus asked. Gryffindor versus Slytherin was always the hottest match of the season, and this year it was first too. Harry nodded his head and glanced towards the Slytherin table. "Slimy gits" Ron muttered, and the table mumbled in agreement.

Yes, life at Hogwarts, was business as usual.

That night, in the common room, Harry, Ron, and Hermoine scribbled over parchment. Harry put down his quill and gazed out the window. The moon was shining full and beautiful. It blinded them to the night stars. "Tonight's a lovely night to visit Hagrid he said wistfully." "Good thinking, he'll get angry if we don't see him soon." Ron agreed and looked towards Hermoine for approval. She rolled her eyes and set down her quill. "You just don't want to finish your essays. I told you to do it last night, before it was due!" she said sharply. "Then what's that you're working on!" Ron accused. She turned her nose up and rolled up her parchment. "I was writing a letter, and that's none of your business." Ron's face darkened and he glanced towards Harry and mouthed the words "Krum."

"Honestly." Hermoine muttered and rolled up the parchment to finish later. "Maybe a visit to Hargrid's would be for the best to cool down some hotheads." "I'm not a hot head!" Ron protested but his face was nearly matching his hair. "I'll get my cloak." Said Harry and whisked up the steps.

They were getting to big to all fit beneath Harry's cloak. It was a tight fit, but they would only need to wear it until they reached Hagrid's hut. They waited patiently until everyone went to bed under the façade of finishing their essays. To their despair, Hermoine actually made Ron and Harry finish their essays too.

Hagrid would be pleased to see them, even at this late hour. His hut burned brightly with light, and they knew he was awake still. They dashed to his hut, and knocked on his door. Just as they knocked, Hagrid filled the space with his arms full of a big container. He almost knocked them down in the process.

"'Arry? Is that you?" he whispered and looked around. The trio removed the cloak and greeted Hagrid. "Where are you going, and so late?" Ron questioned and peered at the package. All of them thought at once that he was either releasing something that has gotten too dangerous for Hargrid to keep as a pet, or going to feed one of his past pets. "Just needin' to go feed the threstels! Welcom' to join me!" he beamed at them, hoping they would agree.

The three traded glances, but shrugged. It was something normal, for Hagrid at least. And they've been in the Dark Forest plenty of times before. "Sure, don't you normally feed them in the day though?" Harry asked as they fell in step with Hagrid, not an easy task that had them breathing harder in a few moments.

"Yeah, strange thin' though. Something seems to be stealing their food. I hope that at night, that thing won't be around. It ain't right. I pick good meat for them hard working creatures and some thief nabs it all up. I'd like to catch it and teach it some manners." He muttered.

"Really?" Hermoine asked, sounding intrigued. "What sort of thing?"

"I don't know…probably some scavenger is all though. I wouldn't worry. I'm just going to lay some traps out."

They walked to the edge of the forest and Hagrid opened the container filled with large pieces of steak that were too large to be from a normal cow. The trestles didn't take long to show, and their skeletal appearances crept out from the woods. "Beautiful…" Hagrid muttered approvingly and patted the closest one's head. Harry wasn't sure if he would chose the same words.

"Well, it's getting late. You three aught to be going to bed. Off you go." The trio said their good nights to Hagrid and put the coat back on. As the four of them turned away, one threstled grunted in annoyance. The meat he was about to eat had vanished, right before his eyes!

"Hiei, where they hell do you find such huge steaks?" Yusuke questioned as he ate the piece of meat approvingly.

Kurama glanced towards Hiei knowingly and sighed. "Some things are better left a mystery, Yusuke."

"Hn."