Millennium Horcrux

Chapter One

"Seven Horcruxes, Harry."

"But you said there were only six!"

"Voldemort wanted to split his soul seven ways, but when he attacked you, he made a new Horcrux."

"Out of what?"

"The Millennium Key."

Beads of sweat started pouring down Harry's face. He was glad Dumbledore trusted him enough to not use Legilimency against him. Dumbledore could not find out that Harry had left the Millennium Key with Riddle's dairy and the Prince's copy of Advanced Potion Making in the Room of Requirement.

"Both our worlds are about to be shattered," Shadis explained to Mad-Eye Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt.

"We've got to put a stop to this!" Mad-Eye Moody said, standing up.

"We can't," said Shadis. "The only way to save everyone is for me to bring several kids from my world into this one."

"Kids?" Kingsley asked. "You want the entire fate of two worlds to rest on the shoulders of…kids?"

"The kids I am speaking of have fought many brave battles which full-grown people in either world could not withstand," Shadis said. "That is, from what I know of your world, you rarely see battles as fierce as these. The Shadow Realm is a dark and dangerous place."

"Tell us more about this Shadow Realm," Kingsley said.

"It is the place where spirits go when they lose a Shadow Duel. And three of the students at the school called Hogwarts have lost such a duel."

"What are you saying?" Moody asked. "That some scoundrels got into Hogwarts and took some kids' souls? Sounds like dementors to me…"

"I do not know what dementors are," Shadis said, "but three kids lost their souls in Shadow Duels. You can check with the school if you don't believe me. But I have to have your permission to bring Yugi and the others into this world."

"Bring them," Kingsley said.

"Dumbledore better not object…" Moody said.

"Actually, I need you to contact this Dumbledore," Shadis said. "I need him to get the boy called Harry Potter to fetch the Millennium Key, in order to open the portal to my world. That is all I need the key for. I used to be attached to it, but that was before it got sucked into this world through a time side-dimension warp."

Kingsley sent out his Patronus, which was an alpaca. The alpaca jumped out the window (which was a strange site to see an alpaca do, but it was a body of light anyway, so it could do things its flesh counterpart could not.

"Consider the message sent."

"When will we have a reply?" Shadis asked.

"Right about…now," Kingsley said.

A phoenix appeared in the center of them all. "Harry will have the Key ready when you get here."

"Guess we're off to Hogwarts, then?" Shadis asked.

"Sure, right after you spend thirty years in the wizarding prison Azkaban for plotting the whole Shadow Realm business and pretending it was someone else doing so," Kingsley said.

Shadis became pale. "You don't think I started this business, do you? That's preposterous! I am a law-abiding citizen! I admit, that with the key in my possession, I may have done some unlawful things, but that was a mere corruption of power! No one, I repeat no one, can truly possess a Millennium Item and not be corrupted by it!"

"Relax, Shadis. I was just pulling your leg," Kingsley said.

"Oh," said Shadis.

"Shall we Disapparate, then?"

"I can open a door here," Shadis said, "and it will come out where you Apparate too. So I do not have to go with you gentlemen."

"That's good," Moody said.

"See you when you arrive," Kingsley said.

Kingsley and Moody twisted their bodies and vanished on the spot. Shadis took off his turban and pulled a book out. He placed it on the ground and put his palm on the book's center. He closed his eyes. Then he said these words, "Guardians of Arc Light, the Throne Room, Kay'Est, Ceal, Elma…plight induces me to call upon thee. Open a gateway that will permit me to pursue the wizards who have just left this place. Baiou, you must serve as the threshold. Eatos, you must be the doorjamb. Grant me this following. Reason why you should do this is that your world isn't completely cut off from mine.. And without me following these wizards, my world, and probably yours too, will be threatened. So grant me the passage that I seek, the shortcut through the oceans, through the walls and the prisons and the caves and the eaves. Show me the DOOR."

Shadis was silent for a moment, his eyes still shut. Then he opened them, and the door was there. He left the book on the ground, approached the door, and twisted the knob. He could see nothing on the other side but darkness. He jumped through, trusting that the Guardians would not deceive him. Not yet, anyway.