Chapter 1

"So these are the students you wanted me to take." Dumbledore was standing with Isis in the center of the room, staring skeptically at Yugi, Malik, and Ryou.

"Yes, that's right. They have extremely powerful magic but they can't control it... Oh Ra," she added as the boys' eyes widened in alarm and Ryou and Malik slid to their knees. Dumbledore turned around to see what the problem was but he saw nothing. When he turned back they were all on their feet again but now the three of them were saturated with magic.

"Well," said Dumbledore, his eyes widening slightly. "At first I didn't see any traces of magic about them at all but now I see what you mean. They have very powerful magic and will definitely be accepted into Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall will be here to help them get their supplies tomorrow. Have a good day all of you, and thank you for telling me of this." And with that he doffed his wizard hat in a low bow in Isis' direction before turning and striding calmly out the door.

As soon as he was safely out the door the yamis separated, Ryou and Malik once more dropping to their knees, and Isis glared at them. "You were supposed to be here all along. Do you realize what could happen if the professor had found out about you? He isn't likely to ignore having three of his students being possessed by evil spirits."

"Evil?" Yami mocked, "I'm hurt."

"Just how were we supposed to know that we should be here anyway?" Marik asked. "I didn't hear anything about it until right now."

"But," Isis said sounding confused "I told them to tell you to be here today."

"Oh, come off it." Bakura spoke for the first time "You didn't seriously think that any of them would ever be so stupid as to try and tell us what to do." He put a hand on Ryou's head as Isis gasped.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed. "I never even gave it a thought." Then to the yamis, "But perhaps that is because I've lived too long among normal people? After all, it isn't considered normal to beat up others so much that they're afraid to do anything without permission. Or have I missed something here?"

"You might consider being a bit more polite." Marik suggested threateningly fisting his hand in Malik's hair. "After all, someone is going to have to pay for that rudeness. And since you're off limits I'll just have to make do..."

The next day McGonagall came to collect the boys and take them to get their books. She met, however, not the shy teenagers but the three yamis who were still angry about not being told that they were going to be sent to school. Despite what Bakura had said in the boys' defense the yamis blamed their hikaris for the lack of knowledge and had acted accordingly.

Therefore, as she took them to Gringotts wizard bank in Diagon Alley the scenes inside the boys' soul rooms were grim. Malik was lying in a pool of his own blood in the center of his room. He had been beaten several times already today and didn't wish to trigger another one by moving from where Marik had thrown him. Yugi was curled up in his bed clutching his Dark Magician plushie and crying. Yami wasn't as bad as the others; he'd just slapped Yugi and screamed at him for not telling him what Isis wanted.

Then there was Ryou. His yami preferred combining physical and mental torture so Ryou was shackled to the wall, his legs and arms spread to make an X shape... held on by threads. There were blocks of wood coming out of the wall under his feet and he had to hold himself up by pressing his feet against them and locking his legs into position. This was his punishment.

Yami set their money on the counter and watched as the goblins changed it into wizard currency. The three had pooled their money, most of which they had stolen, so that only one of them would have to bother with changing it. Once they had finished there (McGonagall was amazed at how much money they had) the three had to get their wands.

They entered Ollivanders wand shop and he began to bring out wands. Yami went through a lot of wands before ending up with a wand that was made out of cherry wood and bound with gold and ruby inlays. When he waved it the image of Osiris appeared above him. Marik's wand was of ebony with gold bound around it and produced the image of Ra. Bakura's choice was a rod of silver birch with and silver onyx bindings around it and Diaboundo appeared when he swished it through the air. These wands were so old that Ollivander didn't even remember what they had in their cores.

Ollivander was torn between shock at the unusual wand choices and the monsters that appeared, and elation at the fact that the wands they had were extremely expensive. The three had no trouble in paying for them and walked out the three most flashy wands around. This got them the attention of a boy with slick blond hair and gray eyes.

"Well," he sneered at them, "Trying to look fancy are we? I'm Draco Malfoy and I go to Hogwarts. I don't recognize you though."

"They are new students Draco." McGonagall told him severely "These three have only recently come into their powers and have been accepted into Hogwarts as fifth year students. I do hope that you will have the courtesy to treat them with respect."

"Oh, yeah, just recently come into our powers, suuure. I've had my magic for five thousand years thank you very much lady." Yami muttered under his breath.

"New students, ha, they won't last. None of them could even hold their own in a duel." Draco sneered. His statement however provoked a larger reaction than he expected.

"Why you little!" Yami screamed and launched himself at the other. "I'm going to crush you for that! You don't know what you're talking about you slime ball. I'm the king of games and can beat you in a duel any day."

"Um, Yami, much as I loathe the idea of defending the idiot the professor looks like she's about to explode." Bakura interrupted him.

Professor McGonagall dragged them into the bookshop and proceeded to give Yami a thorough scolding while the others looked for their books. They had been trying not to cause trouble because Isis had promised that dire things awaited them if they set a foot out of line while she still had charge of them but, thanks to Malfoy, this hadn't worked.

Bakura bumped into Harry and his friends who were chattering about how bad Malfoy was going to be and told them what had happened figuring they would spread it around and get Malfoy laughed at. Hermione seemed particularly interested by the fact that they were transfers and Marik and Bakura ended up getting pestered by them for information on why they needed to be placed in Hogwarts at this late date.

Actually they decided that they quite liked the group and introduced them to Yami. The British boys reminded them of Yugi-tachi who, while Bakura and Marik had loved to ridicule them, were actually fun to be with. Also being friends with someone in the castle would help them get around. Harry's gang came with them as they got the rest of their supplies and Yami pumped them for information on the wizarding world.

Hermione seemed to be shocked that they had not heard of Voldemort and explained everything to them. The reaction she got was not what she expected. The three of them started firing questions about his strategy, the way he gained and kept followers, the recent attempts to gain power etc. In short they wanted to know everything about him. After they had gotten all their stuff Ron asked why they wanted to know. The yamis simply replied that they found the subject interesting and that it was a good example of the way a dark wizard worked.

"But why would you want to know how an evil wizard works anyway?" Harry asked them.

"I come from a community where the knowledge of things past was passed down throughout the generations. This makes it interesting to study more modern history. Also we have had our share of enemies and want to know what kind of opposition we are likely to find in your world."

Then Marik suddenly grabbed Bakura's shoulder. "Cover for me, would you?" he asked softly "The baka's decided to start moving now and I'm still mad at him."

"Still?" Bakura asked him, amused "All right, I'll cover you. Have fun."

"Oh, I will," Marik replied grimly, I will."