Yugi woke up and rubbed his eyes sleepily. /Morning, Yami. / Yugi thought to his other half.

/Good morning, little one. / Yami replied.

Yugi looked around at the bright hospital. /It looks like it's almost noon… I guess I was more tired than I thought. / Yugi slowly sat up, wincing at the pain that followed his actions. Madame Pomfrey bustled over with a bottle of medicine in her hand. She poured a little into a cup and handed it to Yugi.

"Here you go, dear. This will help." She said sweetly. Yugi swallowed the medication and gagged on it. It tasted like boiled gym socks.

/Ick… That was the most foul thing I've ever had… You're taking over if we have to drink it again./ Yugi told Yami through their mind link.

/What? What did I ever do to you?/ Yami replied.

/What do you think I keep you around for? / Yugi said sarcastically, smiling.

/Very funny, Yugi. / Yami responded, though he smiled too.

Madame Pomfrey smiled at the young teen that seemed so much happier today. Yugi suddenly came back to reality and looked up at Madame Pomfrey's smiling face. He wondered what she was smiling about for a minute before registering his own smile. Yugi blushed and looked down. Madame Pomfrey simply patted his cheek and left to attend to a student who had apparently eaten a sweet that had made him sick.

/Yami… What do we do now? Do you think the Death Eaters will come… No!/ Yugi suddenly realized something terrible.

/What is it Yugi? What's wrong?/ Yami replied.

/Our friends! What about Malik, Ryou, and Kaiba? What if the Death Eaters come after them too? I mean… They also have Shadow Magic…/ Yugi was extremely worried now.

/Calm down, Aibou. Those three are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves. Malik has Marik, Ryou has Bakura, and Kaiba… He's Kaiba. I'm sure they are fine./ Yami tried to calm down his lighter half.

/Still... We have to at least warn them and try to help! I couldn't live with myself if something happened to them!/ Yugi was almost frantic now.

/I know, but you need to calm down. We'll just talk to Dumbledore about this. I'm sure he knows what to do./

Yugi calmed down a little. Dumbledore said he would come back today, so Yugi could just talk to him about his concerns then.


Yugi rested in the Hospital Wing for half an hour before Dumbledore finally came in. This time no teachers accompanied him.

"Good afternoon, Yugi." Dumbledore said in his normal cheerful voice.

"Good afternoon… um… Professor Dumbledore." Dumbledore laughed at Yugi's formal greeting.

"I guess I'll skip right to the point. I do believe it is in your best interest to stay here at Hogwarts as a student."

"What?" Yugi was stunned. "But… I'm not even magical or anything!" Dumbledore simply chuckled.

"I think you are wrong, Yugi." Yami, listening as well, stiffened when Dumbledore said this. "I believe you will do just fine. You do have some catching up to do from the years you missed, but I think you can handle it." Dumbledore didn't press for information on the magic Yugi had. Yami relaxed slightly, but kept on guard.

"Thank you, sir. I'll accept your offer. I think this might be the safest place I can be right now… I definitely don't want another encounter with the Death Eaters. However, I have to contact my Grandpa to let him know where I am. He's probably worried sick." Yugi said kindly, smiling at the elderly wizard.

"We've already sent your guardian a message. He knows and I'm sure he'll be quite relieved. We're also sending people to watch over him to make sure Voldemort doesn't do anything."

Yugi was relieved to know that his grandfather was safe. "Um… Sir? There's something else I want to ask about…" Dumbledore nodded and motioned for him to continue. "I have some friends that I'm worried about. They might be in the same situation I'm in. I was wondering if you could check on them? You know, make sure they're safe? Their names are Malik Ishtar, Ryou Bakura, and Seto Kaiba."

"Of course. I'll send some trusted individuals to check up on them. If they are in any danger we'll bring them here. They'll be fine, no need to worry." Dumbledore reassured.

"Thank you. I really appreciate all that you've done for me." Dumbledore patted his hand with a smile and left.

A little while later Madame Pomfrey brought him a tray of food. Unlike the medicine, the food was delicious. The rest of the day went by with a lot of fidgeting, and a bit of nasty medicine, which Yugi forced Yami to take as he had promised.