Jaazi: Much thanks to: Chelley Angel, Rin-Almighty-Yaoi-Lover, HappyDevil, Hikaris-Dark-Side, Sarah Costa, Sirithiliel, Shinigami, Maia, Wingweaver, and Kouga-is-Kul!
KK: TT Jaazi doesn't own HP or Yugioh…But she does have me and DJ!
DJ: I am owned by no one!
Jaazi: (snorts) You wish.
DJ: (glares) I hope you die a very painful death in my hands
Jaazi: O,O
Previously
"We have no look-a-likes! It's all inside your head!"
"Marik saw look-a-likes! There are look-a-likes on this train. We must find them!" Marik cried desperately. The rest of the train ride went by quietly for everyone.
Chapter Four: The Sorting and the Doppelgangers
Hermione was currently sitting at the Gryffindor table watching the sorting. At least, it looked like she was watching the sorting, but in fact, she was in deep contemplation. She was thinking back when she, Harry, and Ron were getting off the train and the strange incident that happened there.
Flashback
Harry, Ron, and Hermione had just gotten off the Hogwarts Express and were walking to one of the 'horseless' carriages. Although Harry knew they were anything but horseless. They were actually pulled by creatures called thestrals. Hermione heard a gasp from behind them. She turned to see the three new boys staring at the carriages.
"Oh my Ra! Do you see that Yugi?" cried Malik excitedly. He waved and pointed frantically at the carriage.
"Yeah, but what are they? Some kind of horse?" Yugi said and tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"They look a bit reptilian, like a dragon. Look at it's leathery wings," Ryou stepped forward and, amazingly enough, started to pet and coo the thestral.
"What are you? Hm?' he asked it. Malik and Yugi quickly joined him and started to pet it. Hermione looked at them sadly, being able to see a thestral was not a good sign.
"Hey! You can see them?" said Ron, in shock. Malik turned to glare at him.
"Of course we can see them, do we look blind to you?" he said sarcastically. Harry immediately explained.
"No, it's just…not everybody can see them…" he trailed off uncomfortably.
"Why not?" Yugi asked curiously.
"Only certain people can…" Harry was by now shifting very nervous, he did not want to explain to them what qualifications you needed to see these creatures. Hermione saw this and decided to help her friend out.
"Well, these creatures are called thestrals. As Harry said not many people can see them. In fact, neither Ron or I can. The only people who are able to see them are those who have seen someone die…" she informed them. Malik blinked in confusion, while Yugi and Ryou paled.
"B-but that…that can't be possible," stuttered Ryou.
"We've never, -never- seen anyone die!" Yugi's voice was a bit more high pitched than before. Malik immediately started glaring at Hermione.
"I don't believe you. This isn't the first time some bullies tried to pull a stunt like this. I bet you're just trying to scare us off. Well, guess what? It's not working!" he said angrily. He turned around and pulled Yugi and Ryou into the nearest carriage and slammed the door shut.
"I get the feeling they don't like us much," Ron said, stating the obvious, as usual.
"That's because YOU gave them a bad first impression!" Hermione scolded. Harry sighed in the background at the two's constant fighting.
End Flashback
Hermione snapped to attention as Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement.
"A few announcements for this year. First of all, the new DADA professor will be arriving soon, you'll find that she is quite…interesting. Second of all, this year, Slytherin and Gryffindor will be sharing all their classes together, in hopes of having the two houses to at least tolerate each other. And thirdly, I have invited three new students to join us. They have accepted and will now be sorted into their proper houses. May I introduce to you, Malik Ishtal, Yugi Motou, and Ryou Shiozu."
The three boys stood in front of them all nervously, although Malik was glaring at everyone defiantly as the other two turned red in embarrassment. At the Slytherin table, three sets of jaws dropped open and an 'I told you so' was heard. The Great Hall broke out in whispers.
"Yes, yes. It is surprising, now everyone quiet down. Which of you three wants to be sorted first?" he asked kindly. Malik turned to look at his two best friends/brothers. Neither of them looked ready to go up to the Hat.
"I'll go," Malik volunteered. He walked up to the hat. He put it on and sat on the stool. He felt as if someone was picking at his brain and reflexively built up a mental wall around himself.
"Let's see here. You can let down your shields now, I just need to see where you would fit best. It is my job." he heard a voice say.
"Fine, you stupid hat. Hurry up" Malik responded impatiently.
"Tsk, tsk, impatient are we? Alright, then. What qualities do you have? Very fierce and protective of those you care for. Brave against enemies…or is that just pride? Loyal to the end and you stick to what you believe in…You're a bit ambitious and greedy at times, very slytherin like quality…but your other qualities out weigh that so your house is…"
"GRYFFINDOR" the hat shouted. Malik took off the hat and smirked at the Gryffindors. He sat himself down at the edge of the seats. He didn't show it but he was very nervous, there was a possibility that he would be separated from his brothers.
"Excellent, congratulations Malik. Who's next?" Dumbledore asked. Ryou stepped up nervously.
"I-I'll go." He sat on the stool and put on the Hat.
"Ahh, a sharp mind. Very intelligent and a thirst for knowledge…excellent Ravenclaw candidate…but what's this? A hidden courage," the hat was interrupted by Ryou's protest.
"Oh no, I'm not brave at all…you're confusing me with Malik he's the brave one, not me. I'm usually the one who cowers behind Malik!"
"Not true, little one. You just haven't had the chance to prove yourself. You always help those in need and your hidden courage cannot allow you to watch someone getting hurt without trying to stop it…Your house is…"
"GRYFFINDOR" Ryou shakily got up and sat next to Malik, who patted his back cheerfully. Now if only Yugi got to stay with them. Yugi had already put the hat on and was silently begging it.
"Please let me be with my brothers, please let me be with my brothers, please let me be with my brothers, please-"
"Calm down little one. Let me see what kind of person you are and then I'll be able to tell whether you'll be with your brothers or not. Very kind and giving nature…always the optimist and helpful…you would be great in Hufflepuff…but like the other boy, you have hidden courage and you'll stick up for what's right…you're in"
"GRYFFINDOR" Yugi joined his two brothers at the table and nearly collapsed on his seat in relief.
"Welcome, Yugi, Malik, and Ryou. I hope you enjoy your stay here at Hogwarts. I'm quite aware that you are all hungry so let's all tuck in!" Dumbledore then sat down and let the students eat their feast.
Food magically appeared on their plates and Yugi, Malik, and Ryou all started eating. Malik a bit more eagerly than Ryou and Yugi. The feast began fairly well, but they began to notice that they were receiving strange looks from their fellow Gryffindors. Ryou and Yugi looked up from their plates, Malik was too busy eating to notice.
"Um, what's everyone looking at?" Yugi asked timidly.
"That is so weird. Do you know, that there's three Slytherin boys that look exactly like you?" asked Seamus.
"What? No, we didn't know that," Ryou replied.
Yugi was about to respond, when hesuddenly felt a very strong attraction towards Malik, he was in fact completely smitten with him. How come he had never noticed Malik's beautiful tanned skin, that looked very edible? Or the way Malik's golden hair seemed so soft, and reflected the light oh so nicely? Yugi blushed a bright red and realized that these weren't his emotions, but someone else's. He tugged on Malik's sleeve, trying to get his attention and warn him about a secret admirer. Malik, unfortunately, was too busy glaring at the gaping spectators.
"Can we please eat in peace? Stop looking at us like that!" he snarled.
"Well, well, well. I never thought I'd see the day when a Gryffindor would talk to a fellow Gryffindor that way. That tone is usually reserved for us." said a voice from behind. The trio turned around and gasped. Three boys stood before them, two of them looked almost exactly like Ryou and Yugi.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" asked Harry in an irritated voice.
"Can't we just visit for a friendly chat?" Draco said arrogantly.
"No," spat Ron.
"Shut up, Weasel, no one was talking to you," growled Ryou's look alike.
"We just came to meet our doppelgangers," Yami smirked and leaned towards Yugi. Yugi blushed at Yami's scrutiny.
"I don't see the resemblance. This boy is pathetic and weak looking," Bakura grabbed Ryou's chin and pulled him close. Ryou whimpered.
"Pathetic weakling, he has sad little green eyes, mine are reddish and his hair, not spiked like mine, obvious differences." Bakura said angrily as if it were Ryou's fault they were so similar.
"Ow…you're hurting me, please let go," Ryou whimpered. Bakura laughed.
"No one will listen to you if you're polite." Bakura gripped Ryou's chin harder.
"Let him go!" Malik said. He stood up and pushed Bakura off of Ryou. Bakura didn't even flinch.
"So some Gryffindors do have a backbone…how amusing." Yami cackled.
"Who are you and what do you want? Answer me!" Malik demanded.
"I'm Yami Atemu and as I said before, I just wanted to meet little Yugi here." He smirked at Yugi. Yugi whimpered and got closer to Malik and Ryou.
"Khalid Bakura. But it's Bakura to you, weakling," Bakura said to Ryou. Malik looked at Draco.
"And you?" he asked.
"Draco Malfoy. You don't have the privilege to use my first name though." he sneered. Malik was about to retort when he was grabbed from behind. Something started nuzzling his hair. Malik stiffened.
"Someone please tell me that that didn't just happen." he said.
"Pretty-pretty look alike. Has such nice, soft, shiny hair." the person nuzzling his hair said. Malik shuddered in disgust.
"Get your hands off of me!" he cried and tried to pull away. Unfortunately, the person had an iron grip on him.
"Malfoy! Call off your lackey!" Harry spat.
"Why? This is rather amusing to watch," Draco said with a smirk.
"Marik! What the hell do you think you are doing!" Bakura said. Yami was hanging off of him, because he was laughing so hard.
"Marik told you that we had look alikes. My look alike is so pretty. Malik-pretty may call me Mariku. You are mine now." he said to Malik.
"What! No! Let me go!" Malik yelled and struggled harder. Marik giggled and spun him around so that they could face each other.
"Malik-pretty has fiery spirit. Marik loooooves fire," he cooed with a playful smirk on his lips.
"It's true," muttered Ron, "He does love fire…a little too much, if you ask me."
Malik looked up at Marik defiantly. Once his gaze was level with Marik's he spat in his face. Marik wiped the slimy spit off with the sleeve of his cloak and smirked.
"Marik reeeeaaaaally likes fiery Malik-pretty," he said. He smirked at Malik one last time before he placed a heated kiss on Malik's lips. Malik stood there stunned for a moment or two after the kiss. He kept his expression blank as he said…
"I JUST GOT MOLESTED BY A PSYCHOTIC SLYTHERIN!" he screeched. Marik just grinned at his 'Malik-pretty'. Harry groaned as he noticed that Malik managed to attract the attention of Snape. He marched up to them, cloak billowing dramatically behind him, with his usual scowl on his face.
"What is all the noise about?" he said coldly. Marik was about to respond, thankfully, Draco decided to answer the question.
"Why, nothing, Professor. We're just mingling with the Gryffindors and welcoming the new boys, just as the headmaster wanted." he replied sweetly.
"That is not true! This guy just came up to me and started holding me and kissing me!" Malik protested, a chorus of agreement came from the other Gryffindor witnesses. Snape however just glared at them all.
"Twenty points from Gryffindor, for being unappreciative of the students' of my house welcome." he sneered and left without another word.
Malik was spluttering in disbelief. Marik on the other hand was acting much more stranger than usual. He refused to let go of Malik and, if his fellow Slytherin buddies' eyes weren't deceiving them, sparks were literally flying from Marik's hands, luckily they were faint enough so that you wouldn't notice them unless you were looking for them. Draco shot Bakura an icy glare.
"When was the last time you gave him his potion?" he hissed. Bakura glared back.
"It's not MY fault. He refused to drink it; he kept saying it was poison or something like that. Besides, it was Yami's turn to give it to him!" he whispered back.
"It was not, Bakura! Now what are we going to do? The potion was supposed to control his insanity, so that his powers wouldn't go out of control. He refuses to drink the stuff, how are we supposed to make him?" Yami said angrily. Draco pulled out a flask from within his robes. Bakura meanwhile snuck up behind Marik.
"Marik, it's time to drink your potion now," Yami said casually. Marik's eyes widened.
"No! Marik shall not drink that poison! It hurts Marik's body and magic! It's deadly for Marik!" Marik said, somewhat frightened, somewhat angry. Bakura grabbed a golden platter from the Gryffindor table and whacked Marik across the head with it. Marik was effectively knocked out.
"Problem solved," Bakura said. He picked Marik up and carried him out of the Great Hall.
"See you weaklings later," Yami said mockingly. Draco completely ignored them and left without a word. Once they had left, Malik turned to Ryou and Yugi, fuming.
"I…cannot…believe…" he was so angry he had trouble speaking. Yugi felt the anger, frustration, and…was that a little bit of attraction? Nah…coming off of him in waves.
"Calm down, Malik. It's all over now and all we have to do is avoid them and that's the end of that." Yugi said comfortingly. Ryou shifted uneasily.
"It's not going to be that easy, didn't you hear the head master? We have all our classes with Slytherin…" Ryou said quietly. Ron's and Harry's eyes widened in shock.
"When the bloody hell did he say that?" Ron asked.
"Right before he introduced Ryou, Yugi, and Malik to the school. Honestly, don't you two ever pay attention?" Hermione said, annoyed. Ron and Harry just rolled their eyes at her.
"Well, now that the feast is over, we should show you guys where we stay." Harry said to the new boys. Malik was still glowering from his meeting with his counterpart, but Ryou smiled good naturedly at Harry. Yugi was still feeling Malik's emotions, so he too was feeling annoyed and bothered.
"Thank you Harry." Ryou said politely. Everyone left the Great Hall and headed for the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked. Ryou looked confused for a moment and waited for Harry to answer.
"Carnifico Serpens(1)" he said. Harry led the trio into the common room, up the stairs, and into their dormitories. Ryou, Yugi, and Malik would have taken the time to get a look at their surroundings if they had not been so tired from the day's events. They each collapsed into a bed, bid Harry a good night (or at least Ryou did, Yugi and Malik were still feeling very bothered, and it was giving Yugi a slight head ache, since they weren't even his emotions) and fell to sleep.
In Dumbledore's Office
Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, trying to un-stick two lemon drops when someone burst into the room. He looked up and saw a very angry potions master.
"Albus! You gave that…that…girl the position of DADA professor!" he asked in disbelief. How could he have given the job to a mere child, when he was perfectly suited for the job?
"I see you remember her Severus."
"Unfortunately...are the rumors true? What they say happened to her? Because if she did go insane, surely she can't teach! Why do we need her anyway?" Snape said angrily. Dumbledore gazed calmly at him.
"I am sure you are aware that there are a few students in this school who have a different sort of magic? A type of wandless magic?" he asked.
"No, I wasn't aware of it. Do the new students have anything to do with this?" Snape inquired, some of his anger ebbing away.
"Yes, they have wandless magic as do a few others…they're in your house, in fact." he smiled. His eyes had that mischievous twinkle in them, like he knew something Snape didn't. How Snape hated that look.
"I take it you're not going to be revealing anything to me any time soon?" he sighed. Dumbledore chuckled.
"I'm afraid, Severus, that you will have to wait like everyone else to see what'll happen next."
Snape scowled, not happy with the situation at all.
END OF CHAPTER
TBC
(1) Umm, I think that means 'behead the snake'…I'm not sure though
Jaazi: Does anyone know where I can get English to Latin translations? Is there a website I could visit or something?
KK: Anywho, tell us what you think of the chappie!
DJ: Yeah, Jaazi wrote it in a rush and she thinks it's not that good or elaborate enough…I of course agreed with her.
KK: You never have a nice compliment for your hikari!
DJ: (shrugs)
Jaazi: (sighs) I'm used to it by now…REVIEW PLEASE!