A Quarter of a Soul

by psychotic7796

What if Harry Potter had been born with extra powers that wizards feared and thought was myth? What if the powers he had, had not been seen for years, not since Ancient Egypt? What if he had met Yugi Mutou during the summer after 5th year? Possible SLASH!

6. Chapter 6

A/N- I usually answer the reviews in a private message, but this person was anonymous so I was unable to. Some of you might have the same questions/complaints that Pax Agrona had, so you might want to skim through this just to see. Thanks for all of the lovely reviews and kind words! I really appreciate it!

--To Pax Agrona: I'm glad that you are telling me what you think of my story, but basically everything you said is what is part of the story.

First off (I'm going to sound really stupid, I know, and I apologize, but seeing as I am new I think I can be excused): What's a pitfall? *Sweatdrops* It's probably something I should know, but I really can't think of it right now.

Second: Yes, Hadrian says that Harry was stupid. But mostly he is just saying it out of anger towards the person he was forced to be for so long. Put yourself in his position. Your entire life you were not who you were supposed to be, and a person you thought you could trust had been messing with your mind. You're going to feel violated and upset, right? And chances are, you'll hate who you were before, hence him saying that he's stupid and etc. And yes, Hadrian is afraid of a lot of things, but I feel they are very logical fears. Remember this, when Dumbledore changed his personality, Hadrian didn't feel any of the effects of the Dursley's abuse, which in this story was extremely bad. Hadrian is obviously going to fear loud voices and yells, that's sort of a given. The plane, he was not afraid of, so much as he disliked it. I hate being on planes, but I don't fear them. You get it? And yes, the drowning/boat fear he had was illogical, but I think he can deserve to have one fear that makes no sense whatsoever. For the dementors, Hadrian doesn't fear them. He fears the memories that the dementors bring out. I was going to bring this in later in the story, but Hadrian holds respect for the dementors because if they bring out bad memories, it proves he still has a soul.

And duh Hadrian acts like a five-year-old! *laughs* What, would you prefer him to be suicidal? I wanted him to be immature! That's how I imagined his character after not being forced to be under Dumbledore's control! I wanted him to act like a small kid! And I thought the Riddle Jr. thing was pretty funny... *pouts* Ah well. Can't win 'em all.

Kek is a 3000 year old spirit that was trapped inside a pair of bracelets for longer then he was alive. He is obviously going to have issues with emotions. Would you prefer him to be psychotic like Hadrian? Because it was either he was slightly emotionless or he was psychotic. I figured one psychotic person was enough, though, so I'm sorry if you wanted it to be another way.

In this story, Sirius is going to be pretty dense. (Sorry for the Sirius-lovers). Not so dense that he will get himself killed, but dense enough to go along with whatever Kek told him to do. Sirius won't be showing up too much (Once again, sorry to the Sirius-lovers!), so I don't think it's that big of a deal.

Sorry, not stopping the bashing. They're way too fun to do so! *grins* The whole point of the story is for Hadrian to hate the wizarding world and to bash the characters I dislike. Tea... She's being bashed because Magician Girl Mirani wanted her bashing, and who am I to refuse? *laughs again* Besides, she's just so easy to hate! It's not like it's that heavy or anything (Yet...). And yes, intelligent villains make more sense, but bumbling idiot ones are enjoyable to write!

Oi! No dissing the trench coat! The trench coat is SWEET! I can take everything else you were upset about, but the trench coat is awesome and sweet and special! (Just kidding. The trench coat was something I wanted him to have. Easy as that. And the gold was for Kek.)

-Now that I answered all of your questions/complaints, I must ask this: If you found so many flaws, why did you bother to keep reading? I know you weren't trying to sound mean or anything, and you didn't, but I find it kinda pointless for you to be telling me all of this when almost everything you pointed out is what makes this story what it is. If Hadrian wasn't childish, he wouldn't of been Hadrian. If I didn't bash the characters I chose to bash, everyone would be all happy-happy and there would be no parts for Hadrian to be depressing without killing everyone off. (Which is something I don't do. I try to kill as few characters off as I can) Basically, you were telling me to write a whole different story. You wanted me to write Hadrian as a mature, depressing teenager, with an almost identical Kek in his mind. You also wanted me to write it so Dumbledore was an amazing god-like figure and the Weasleys&Hermione to be made out as wonderful friends. (Which I don't understand why you're so upset about, I mean, I barely even have Ron&Hermione in here yet. They showed up for, what, five minutes in the first two chapters?) I'm sorry that this story isn't written the way you want it to be, but frankly, it's my story, and if I want Hadrian to wear a trench coat then he's getting a trench coat. If I want Tea to be bashed, she will be bashed. And if I decide to put Voldemort in a tutu, then HE WILL BE PUT INTO A TUTU! *Snickers* (Not that that would ever happen, but hypothetically...) If you don't like what I'm doing, then please don't torture yourself and keep reading. Go find another story that has everything you want in it, or better yet, write your own story with the things you want in it, in it! There! Problem solved and mission accomplished!

--Now that that's out of the way, on with the story! Woo! That was a really long response and I apologize for making everyone wait and taking up their time! Oh! And I forgot to place this is my first chapters (MY BAD!)--

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING WHATSOEVER! YU-GI-OH and HARRY POTTER belong to people who are not me.

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Chapter 6- Hadrian blinked as they stepped off of the boat and Yugi listened to Pegasus' long speech. The other boy tuned out, eyes glazing over as he shuddered at the amount of evil magic at work on this island.

Hadrian's eyes narrowed as he sensed a familiar presence.
"No. Way." Hadrian murmured, covering his mouth with his hand so he wouldn't break into hysterical laughter. "Please tell me I'm not dreaming, Yugi." He was nearly jumping around giddily now, face red with suppressed laughter.

"What?"

"Draco Malfoy is here." Hadrian began cackling like mad and he bounced over to the pale-blond. "Malfoy! What're you doing in a muggle competition? Isn't this below your pureblood standing?"

"Potter. Just who I was looking for." Malfoy sneered. "The Dark Lord told me to play this infernal game instead of dueling you. Apparently these cards hold some sort of magic in them, according to Him."
"You mean Voldemort?" Hadrian asked, tilting his head to the side cutely and grinning at the flinch. "Voldemort!" Hadrian shouted, causing Malfoy to yelp and fall back. Hadrian laughed and said, "Alright, Malfoy. I'll duel ya." Hadrian turned to Yugi and shouted, "Oi! Yugi-kun! I'm going to duel with Malfoy! You wanna watch?"
Yugi laughed and nodded.
"Sure, Hadrian."

Within ten minutes, Hadrian and Malfoy were in their respective positions and Hadrian was laughing.
"You should feel so special, Malfoy! You're going to be my first defeat in this whole tournament? Aren't you feeling so special?" Hadrian gushed, but Kek took over at that point, a deadly smirk in place.
"Shut up, Potter, and make your move." Malfoy snarled.

* * * * *

Kek smirked as Malfoy looked smug. Over confidence always made cocky individuals mess up.

"Potter, how about we up the stakes a little? If I win, you give me the Serpentine Knight card the Dark Lord wants. If you somehow win, I'll give you the Serpent Magician."
Hadrian felt his heart stop.

'Kek. I want that card.' Hadrian said flatly in their mind. 'I really want it. That is the single card I have been looking for, for years. It was my favorite card before someone stole it from me and I want it back. There are few in the world and the card means a lot to me.'

'Why?' Kek thought back.

'Well, one it fits me perfectly. Two, it was the one card that wasn't with what was left with the bracelets, it was given to me by my first friend who was killed years ago. When that person stole it, I was extremely angry. And I have the feeling that the card Malfoy is holding up is mine. I want it back.' Hadrian was hissing in anger in their mind and Kek knew that this meant a lot to him.

"I accept, Malfoy." Kek told him confidently. "And I place two cards faced down and end my turn."

"I use the Serpentine Knight's special effect and draw an extra card during your turn, Malfoy," Kek told him, drawing another card and smirking when he saw what it was. "And now I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Elemental Dragon back to the field, along with a special magic card to boost it's power with however many cards I have in my hand," Kek grinned at Malfoy's dumbfounded look. "And since I have four cards in my hand, that brings his attack points from 2200 to 2600. Say good bye to your Black Demon." With that, the odd black colored spider-like creature was disintegrated as the Serpentine Knight hit him with his katana and Malfoy's life points went down to zero.
"No! This isn't supposed to be happening! I was to take you to the Dark Lord!" Malfoy fumed, and he made a grab to get the Serpent Magician back, but it had already been transferred to Kek's platform, along with the two starchips Malfoy had managed to get.
Hadrian looked through their eyes and he growled. 'It is my Serpent Knight. I knew it! See the green eyes? Kate, the girl who gave me this is the first place, charmed the card that usually has silver eyes to have green so I could tell mine apart. She did it just days before she died. How dare they do that?!'

Kek glared at Malfoy before murmuring under his breath, "Thought destruction." Shadow magic laced his tone and Malfoy gasped as his memories were scattered and messed up completely. He passed out and fell to the ground and Hadrian took over, not noticing what Kek had done. He picked up the card and starchips before walking off of the platform, caressing the card they had won gently.
"Way to go, Hadrian!" Tristan called over to him. "Yugi says you did good too, but he was pulled away by Weevil to duel against him. Joey and Tea are over there with him already."
"Well let's go watch them now. Come on, Tristan." The two ran over to where Yugi was, and began cheering him on while Kek looked at their card curiously.
The Serpent Magician looked almost exactly like the Dark Magician, except his armor was emerald green, dark, almost black, green, and metallic silver. His hair was silver and his eyes would have been metallic silver also, but Kate had changed that for Hadrian.

"Was Weevil unloved as a child?" Hadrian asked loudly, causing confident-Yugi to snort in laughter and Weevil to flush in anger. "No, I'm being totally serious! He totally acts like how Riddle did when he was his age! It's quite disturbing! Oh! Yugi! Look! I won my all time favorite card back! Win quickly so I can show it to you!"

Yugi looked at him with amusement and nodded. "If that's what you want, Hadrian." he said, his voice once again showing that it wasn't Yugi, but the other darker Yugi. Hadrian really needed to come up with a name for him. He wondered if Yugi knew about the spirit inside of him or not.
A few minutes later not-Yugi ended the duel with his Summoned Skull completely destroying Weevil's moth.
"Good job, Yugi!" Hadrian called up to Yugi as he stepped down, a small smirk on his face. He glomped the now slightly taller Yugi happily, causing him to fall over and land on his back with an "Oomph!"

"I'm so proud! Just got into the tournament and already kicking butt!" Hadrian wiped a fake-tear from his eyes. Yugi laughed as Hadrian helped him back up. "Oh, and here." Hadrian plucked out his starchips and put them into Yugi's glove. "Yay, now you only need two more!" He said enthusiastically. "Oh, and Joey? Why didn't you tell me your sister needed surgery?" He spun around to face the blond haired teen. "I own a lot of money. More then Kaiba does. I would be happy to loan you the money if you just help me when I ask for it. Here." Hadrian pulled out a check book and wrote down a check for two million dollars. "If you protest against it, you die." Hadrian threatened when Joey stared at him in disbelief and started to speak up. "I do this for everyone. Hell, I saw a random dude on the street and gave him fifty thousand dollars before walking off. It's a hobby. So at least now I'm giving it to someone who deserves it. Chill out and don't have a heart attack, I have to go attack that person right now." Hadrian ran off and they heard a loud thud as he tackled someone to the ground.
"Lucius! How are you, my good man?" Hadrian asked brightly, sitting on top of the blond, holding the cane the man always used in his hand.

"POTTER! GET OFF OF ME!" The man screamed.
"Now Lucius, why would I do that?" Kek purred, taking over control. "I have questions, that you can give me answers to. Now why are you and your son here?"
"The Dark Lord wanted us to destroy you at this game. It's sickening that worthless muggles are playing the very games that the gods entrusted us purebloods. You and your mudbloods don't deserve to play this game." Lucius hissed.
"Are there other Death Eaters here, Lucius?" Kek asked him, flicking his hair out of his face.

"Of course there are." Lucius scoffed. "Not that you would be able to tell." he sneered.
"Who else?" Kek asked him calmly.
"Like I'd tell you-"
"Tell me now or I show you why Voldemort fears me." Kek growled, pressing a hand against the man's neck. "I can snap your neck here and now, buddy. So tell me now who else is here. Or would you rather I forcibly take it from your mind?" He asked sweetly, glaring at the man.

Lucius rattled off a few names quickly and Kek made mental notes of them.

'Rookwood, Macnair, and the three Lestranges, including Bellatrix. Not too bad, minus Lestrange. She's more unstable then I am.' Hadrian snorted in their mind.

'I think defeating them at the game they are all becoming so fond of will be a wonderful way of making them pay for everything they have done, isn't it? Maybe crush their minds afterwards?'

'Maybe. Maybe not. Depends.' Hadrian shrugged as he knocked Lucius out with a rock to his head.

"Alright, do you guys want the good news or bad news first?" Hadrian asked Yugi and the others as he walked up to them, a sheepish grin in place.

"Good news." They all said as one, other then Tea who huffed at him.

"Alright. Good news is I got my most special card back from that annoying brat along with those starchips I gave to Yugi. Bad news is five serial killers are on this island and they could be disguised as anyone."

They all choked at this and their eyes widened. Not-Yugi looked just angry. Hadrian grinned sheepishly.
"Yeah. Don't worry though! I have it all under control! I just need to find something. It'll take an hour, maybe two at the most." Hadrian assured them.
"And what exactly is this something?" Not-Yugi asked him calmly, though he was obviously angry.
"You'll see. But really, it'll be alright. Go ahead and go duel, Yugi, and please don't duel anyone who is wearing mismatching clothes. Just trust me on this," He said at Not-Yugi's questioning look. Hadrian pulled the backpack he was carrying off and he sighed as he opened it. He began shuffling through it.

* * * * *

"Good job, Yugi!" Hadrian encouraged, trying both to look through his never ending backpack and watch Yugi duel. "VICTORY AT LAST!" Hadrian shouted abruptly, causing everyone to jump and look at him. He pulled out what looked like a scanner people in grocery lines had, except it was black with green lights on it. "WHAT NOW, BACKPACK THAT HOLDS EVERYTHING BUT TAKES FOREVER TO FIND?!" He shouted at the backpack, smirking smugly.
"What is that?" Joey asked him, looking over the smaller boy's shoulder.
"Dark Mark Detector." Hadrian told him, still grinning. "A friend made it for me. Now I'll come and meet up with you guys in an hour by the forest, alright? Good luck with everything, Yugi, and I'll be with you in spirit!" Hadrian ran up to Yugi and gave him a tackle-hug before sprinting off in the opposite direction.

* * * * *
"'Kay, we got Macnair, Rookwood, and the two male Lestranges." Kek said out loud, tugging on the rope that he had used to tie them together tighter after making sure their wands were confiscated and they didn't have anything else on them that could help them escape.
"The Dark Lord will destroy you!" One of them howled loudly.
"Yeah yeah yeah. I've heard it all before, keep telling yourself that, bub." Kek told him with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Now go ahead and be loud, it will just attract the female Death Eater sooner."

'Where do you think she is?' Hadrian asked Kek, mentally looking around.

'I'm not sure. We don't really know much about this one. The research we did at the beginning of the year was very limited because few people have actually lived to tell about Death Eater attacks.'

'Well, let's start looking. You want me to take over until we find her so you can rest?' Hadrian asked.

'Sure.' The two switched and Hadrian grabbed the rope, yanking the Death Eaters to their feet and forcing them to come along with him.

"Come along, my prisoners of war!" Hadrian said brightly, walking at a fast pace and humming happily.

'That doesn't intimidate them, little one. That just makes them think you're insane.'

'Insane? Oh, but they'd be wrong, Kek. We both know I'm psychotic. There's quite a big difference between the two. Insane is when you spout off nonsense constantly and make no sense whatsoever. Psychotic is when you talk randomly and happily about everything that is fact in your mind.' Hadrian told him, a small smirk on his face. 'Psychotic is fun. Insane is bad. Both are annoying to everyone around them though!'

'Ah. Is this fact to the rest of the world or just you?' Kek questioned.

'Don't really know, to be honest.' Hadrian mentally shrugged.

After awhile and not finding Bellatrix, Hadrian gave up and switched back over to Kek. Kek thought for awhile, ignoring the yells and threats coming from the Death Eaters.

"You know what? You all annoy me. A lot." Kek told them flatly, glaring at them. "So you know what? I send your souls to the shadow realm." He held out his hands and threw them out from his body, not hearing Hadrian's protests in their mind. Shadows wrapped around the Death Eaters and merged with them, before coming back out of them, gray-like orbs in them as the Death Eaters shrieked and screamed in pain and wind howled around them all.
The wind slowly died down and Kek handed control back over to Hadrian, who was deathly silent. His head was facing the ground and his skin was paler then usual.

'Little one? What's wrong?' Kek asked him curiously, appearing in his half-transparent form next to him.

'Why did you do that?' Hadrian thought quietly, not looking up. 'Why did you have to take away their souls?'

'Aibou? What do you mean? What was I supposed to do? They are evil, are they not? And you dislike evil things.' Kek asked him, tilting his head to the side in question.

Hadrian fell to the ground and put his head into his hands. He knew it wasn't Kek's fault. He was just doing what he thought was best to protect him. There were some times when Kek was as smart and wise as his age suggested, and other times when he was as lost as a five year old in a Calculus class. This was one of the latter times.

'Kek, a soul is very precious. Killing someone is better then taking away their soul. They may be evil people, but we do not need to take away their souls.'

'Why not? It seems like a fitting punishment to me.' Kek still looked slightly confused.

'Kek... You don't do that anymore. You don't take away people's souls. It's something that is... Not unforgivable, but something that is extremely hard to forgive, no matter what crimes they have done.' Hadrian thought, his voice still extremely quiet.

'Little one, I'm sorry.' Kek said, looking at the ground also.

'Just... Come on. Let's get back to the others.' Hadrian quickly turned a rock into a portkey to Azkaban before placing it on the now soulless Death Eaters. A blue light engulfed them and Hadrian walked away, Kek following him behind in confusion.

Kek didn't know what he had done wrong. Hadn't Hadrian been upset with the Death Eaters and what they had done in the past? Didn't they deserve punishment for everything they had done? Was the punishment not enough, or was it too much? Kek frowned and disappeared back to their mind to ponder on this more.

* * * * *
"Hey you guys." Hadrian said as he walked up to them, a weary smile in place. He had told Kek that he was forgiven, just not to steal souls again and he would explain better later. "What'd I miss?" He asked them, stumbling slightly as he saw their pale faces.

"Kaiba's evil side came back from the Shadow Realm and dueled against me." Yugi answered faintly.
"Oh. I hate it when that happens." Hadrian told Yugi sympathetically. "Just recently my old headmaster came back from the Shadow Realm and now he's out to get me. It's awful, isn't it?"

They all blinked at him, except for Yugi who just nodded.

"Hey, you!" A croaky voice yelled. "You're Yugi Mutou, aren't you?"
"No. He's Yugi's evil twin named Beau. Yugi was thrown off the boat when we were still on it." Hadrian told him seriously.
"Hadrian," Yugi scolded lightly. "Yes, I'm Yugi Mutou. What do you need?" He asked him politely.
"We're going to duel. There is no way a shrimp like you beat Seto Kaiba," The boy sneered.
"Who are you anyway, buddy?" Hadrian asked him, raising an eyebrow. "And who are you to be talking? You're barely taller then him, short-stuff."

"I'm Rex Raptor. I actually deserve to be here." The kid said haughtily.
"... Never heard of ya. Listen here, bub. You need to be taught some manners. So I'll make you a duel. Instead of dueling for starchips, we put up our best cards for the other to take. You win, I'll give you my Serpent Magician, the last of it's kind. I win, you give me that Red-Eyes Black-Dragon card you seem so smug about having."
"How'd you know about that?" Rex shouted loudly.
"I'm psychotic, duh." Hadrian rolled his eyes.
"It's psychic, Hadrian." Yugi corrected him, laughing slightly.
"I know what I said, and I'm psychotic Yugi! You should know this by now, dear." Hadrian told him with a grin as he jumped onto the dueling platform, pulling out his dueling deck and holding it up. "You in, Raptor?"
"I'll crush you!" Was the response.
Hadrian grinned and shuffled his deck before giving it a kiss on the top for good luck.

'Let me take this one, Kek. I want to win his card for us.'

'If that's what you want, Hady-kun.'

'Thanks Kek. You can come out afterwards if you want.'

The others were surprised by the change in Hadrian's dueling. Where Kek's strategy had mostly been watch what the other person was doing before making a move, Hadrian's was do everything he could to completely confuse the other player. Of course, the people on the side lines didn't know they were two separate people, so they were confused at the sudden change.
"Let's see..." Hadrian had all of his cards faced down in front of him and he picked one at random. He kissed the back of it as he placed it down. "I play Kuriboh in attack mode." He told Rex, grinning.
"Why?! What could that thing do?!" Rex sounded as though he was on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. "You have no strategy whatsoever, no idea of what you are doing, yet you are beating me easily!"
"I actually don't know what Kuriboh can do. I don't even know how he got into my deck. Huh." Hadrian looked at the card in confusion. "When did you get in here, little guy?" He looked at the hologram of Kuriboh as if he would answer.

Yugi looked torn between giggling hysterically and banging his head off of the wall. He instead settled for smiling. How could you be angry with such a cute kid-like boy like Hadrian?

"Red-Eyes Black Dragon! Attack him!" Rex shouted.
"I play my trap card, Mirror Force!" Hadrian called out, a grin on his face. "It reflects back onto your Red-Eyes and destroys it!"

Rex looked horrified. "When did you play that card?"
"Twenty minutes ago on my first turn." Hadrian said brightly. "See? Everything else I played was to distract you from it. That's my strategy, Raptor. And if my eyes aren't deceiving me, it seems I win this duel. Your life points are at zero."

Hadrian grinned at Rex and tutted as he ranted and yelled. "Do you need more lessons on being polite, Raptor? Rule number one, always ask permission to duel, never force someone to duel. Rule number two, always play with honor. Rule number three, no using outside help to win the duel. And lastly, rule number four, be a good sport about it all." Hadrian jumped down with ease as the card was transferred from Rex's platform to his. He picked it up and grinned slightly. "Thanks for the duel, Raptor. Maybe we can duel again sometime."

He bounced over to Yugi and grinned proudly. "I think today's been a pretty good day. I got my best card back from Malfoy, got four of the five serial killers, and won a new card! I think today has been a success!"

Yugi laughed as Hadrian shuffled the Red-Eyes Black-Dragon into his deck, a large grin on his face. He stopped and he mentally went over what Hadrian had said.
"'Four of the five'?" He questioned worriedly.
"Well, yeah. You can't expect me to get them all at one time," Hadrian said with a shrug. "Don't worry. The last one is a woman who can't tell up from down. She's completely insane, and when I say insane, I mean she's worse then me, which is saying something. And she won't hurt anyone because I know Voldemort told her not to hurt anyone, which means she'll do as he says. As insane as she is, she's extremely loyal and where is everyone else?" Hadrian spun around, abruptly noticing the others weren't there.

Yugi frowned. "They left a little while ago. Tea said something about trying to find out if there was a shower and Joey and Tristan followed her to find food."

"Come on, Yugi. Let's go set up camp, I can conjure us up everything we need if you want." Hadrian offered, linking arms with Yugi. "We'll go into the forest, that way if I have to use magic no one will notice. Wow it's nice being able to talk about this freely with you," Hadrian said the last part under his breath, but Yugi heard and he smiled.
"I'm glad you can be open with me. I trust you, Hadrian."
"That means a lot to me Yugi. Thank you."

Hadrian smiled at him.

* * * * *
"Okay. We have food, shelter, fire, water, and bug repelling wards. Now why do I feel like we're being watched?!" Hadrian growled in annoyance, going over to a bush and shoving it aside, only to see nothing there. He glared at the spot. "You, empty spot, annoy me deeply." And stalked back over to Yugi, who was watching in amusement, but also warily. He felt that feeling too, and it was extremely unpleasant.

"Yugi, I'm changing into my Animagus form for a little while. In that form I can tell a lot more about my surroundings. Scream if ya need me."

With that Hadrian changed into his dark-red/black fox and bounced off, emerald eyes shining in the darkness.

"Did that boy just turn into a fox?" A familiar British-accented teenager asked Yugi, causing Yugi to yelp, startled, and turn.

"Ryou! What are you doing here?" Yugi asked, standing up and smiling at the albino-haired boy.
"The same as you and your fox-friend," Ryou said in amusement.
"Eh... That didn't happen?" Yugi tried with a sheepish grin.
"Don't worry, Yugi. My mother was a witch, I know all about it. I was actually supposed to go to a school over in Britain, but we moved before I could go." Ryou told Yugi with a friendly smile, causing Yugi to sag in relief.

"Good."
"So who is that anyway?" Ryou asked Yugi curiously.
"He's Hadrian. He moved to Japan this summer and we met after he ran me over with his car."
"Oh my gosh." Ryou's eyes widened.
"Yugi, I swear, it was an accident, I am so sorry about that-!" Hadrian's voice called from behind the bushes as he stepped out of them.
"I know, Hadrian. You've apologized daily for weeks now." Yugi told him with a laugh. "Hadrian, this is Ryou Bakura. Ryou, this is Hadrian Potter."

"So this is where the famous Harry Potter left. England apparently is having a nervous breakdown, wondering where you are." Ryou told Hadrian in amusement, whose eyes turned slightly frosty.
"I swear to Ra, if you are a spy for Dumbledore, the Ministry, or Voldemort, I'll-" Hadrian began, only to be cut off by laughter from Ryou.
"Hadrian, it's alright, really. I'm not working for any of them, I haven't been in England for years now. I only know about it because I still get the Daily Prophet." Ryou assured him quietly.
"Lies! All lies in that evil newspaper!" Hadrian then got into a long rant about how the newspaper was evil and the reporters were idiotic people who should be brutally murdered after being tortured for hours on end.

"Hadrian, relax." Yugi laughed. "We get it, you really dislike the wizarding world and the newspapers in it."
"Not all of them. Just the Daily Prophet. I usually end up burning it if I ever come across it. Great stress reliever, by the way." Hadrian told them with a lazy grin.
They sat and chatted for awhile, Hadrian conjuring up food and making it into a meal for them all.
"Hey, Ryou, have you seen Joey, Tristan, or Tea? We got separated awhile ago since I was dueling with someone and they went off to find food." Hadrian asked Ryou curiously.
"No, can't say I have." Ryou answered after thinking for a moment.
"Well darn. You sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."
Hadrian was silent for a moment before yawning. "I'm bored. Who wants to do something worthwhile?"
"Like what?" Yugi asked him, playing along for the time being.
"I know! Let's figure out your Animagus forms! That's always fun! And I can start teaching you the easy way on how to do it!" Hadrian jumped up enthusiastically.
Ryou looked wary while Yugi looked slightly nervous.
"Don't look excited or anything." Hadrian told them dryly, pulling out a potion vile from a pocket in his trench coat.
"And you just happen to carry around an Animagus potion with you?" Ryou asked him slowly, inching away slightly.
"Well duh. It's a great distraction if you throw it at someone, ya know? Watch." Hadrian opened it and poured some of it over Yugi's head, just a few drops of it. Yugi almost immediately shrunk.
In Yugi's place was a dark purple fox with amethyst colored eyes, the tips of his ears blond and the tip of his tale a magenta-ish color. His eyes were wide and innocent-looking like Hadrian's were in that form. All in all, Yugi was immediately glomped by Hadrian who squealed in excitement.
"I'd say you were cute but I think you'd be upset by it so I'll keep quiet. What do you think, Ryou? Fitting or no?" Hadrian turned to Ryou, Yugi-fox still in his arms who was looking confused.

"A little bit, I think." Ryou answered after observing Yugi for a moment. "I can't see Yugi as being sly like a fox, but you can see the similarities between their figures. It just seems to fit him, you know?"

Hadrian nodded and he put Yugi onto the ground, watching as he changed back to normal-Yugi, looking confused.
"Next time, could you warn me?" Yugi asked Hadrian as he stood up.
"Sorry Yugi." Hadrian told him before dropping some on top of Ryou's head. "There. Now I did it to both of you without warning so we're all even!"

"Hadrian, that makes no sense. Ryou didn't even do anything." Yugi told him slowly.
"Eh. Whatever. Aw! I'd say your were cute too but I think you'd be angry also." Hadrian squealed again in delight as he glomped a kitty-Ryou. Ryou hissed at him and Hadrian quickly put him down. "Sorry. I like small animals." Ryou hissed again. "Oh don't be like that! You're small, deal with it. I'm small too, see?" Hadrian changed and true enough, he was even smaller then kitty-Ryou. Hadrian's ears twitched slightly and his eyes briefly switched colors to sunny yellow before shifting back to their emerald green, though a hint of worry was in them as he changed back.
Ryou changed back too, the potion wearing off. He was looking at Hadrian oddly, having noticed the subtle change, but he decided to ignore it, thinking it was a trick of the light.

Hadrian looked around, looking as if he were listening for something. He frowned before looking in another direction. Ryou saw his eyes change to yellow again and he watched him carefully, suspicion rising in him.
"Sorry. I thought I heard something, but I guess it was just the wind." Hadrian told them, eyes back to normal.
Yugi, who was used to Hadrian doing random things like that, just nodded.
Hadrian laid back and looked at the sky, pointing at the stars and mouthing their names to keep himself busy. He jumped when Yugi and Ryou asked him a question.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention. What did you ask me?" Hadrian asked them, sitting up with a yawn, looking at them curiously.
"Yugi and I were talking about what cards we connect with the most. Yugi said the Dark Magician and I said Change of Heart." Ryou elaborated.

"We were wondering what one you felt close to." Yugi added.
"Oh. Well, if you had asked me before today, I would have answered the Shadow Mage, because I really think I was him in a past life, I mean, look at him." Hadrian pulled out his Shadow Mage card and showed it to him. "But I feel like he's more of a watching-over figure to me, more then representing me, ya know? So then it would be between Serpentine Knight or Serpent Magician. I think the Magician fits me better, though." Hadrian showed them both of the cards before putting his knight away and holding the Serpent Magician between two fingers, looking at it curiously.

"How come a snake card, Hadrian?" Ryou asked him curiously. "I would have thought you hated them, seeing as Voldemort uses them as a symbol."
"True," Hadrian admitted. "But Voldemort doesn't deserve to use them as a symbol. They are sleek, graceful, and beautiful in a way that Voldemort would never be able to comprehend. He only uses them because they were Salzaar Slytherin's. That's a dude that Voldemort idolized," He added at Yugi's questioning look. "He was the most famous Parselmouth in history, which means he was able to talk to snakes."
"Just snakes? That's an oddly specific ability." Yugi frowned. "Why couldn't he talk to lizards? Or fish? Aren't they all cold-blooded creatures?"
"Because it's PARSELmouth, not Cold-Blooded-Creaturemouth." Hadrian told Yugi as if it were obvious.
Silence.
"Well, he's got you there, Yugi." Ryou said out loud. "Can't argue with that logic."

"You can't argue with me anyway, ya know." Hadrian informed Ryou. "I'm always right, even if I'm wrong about being right for being wrong."
"That made no sense whatsoever." Yugi and Ryou both said mildly.
"Exactly." Hadrian said solemnly. "Ooh! I have an idea! I'm bored again, so let's have a three-way-duel! Aren't those supposed to be fun or challenging or whatever that fun word is that I can never remember?"
Hadrian and Yugi were both immediately on alert as Ryou seemed to change, his eyes becoming sharper and his hair spiking slightly. A malicious grin took over his face as he said, "I want to share something with both of you. Especially you, Yugi. It has to do with your Millennium Puzzle."
Hadrian watched him as he pulled out a necklace holding what Kek immediately thought of as the Millennium Ring.
'This is bad, isn't it?' Hadrian thought to Kek as he watched the Ring start to glow.
'Yep.'

'Just great...'

With that last thought Hadrian felt time freeze around him as he and Yugi were forcibly thrown into the Shadow Realm, their souls being thrown into a holding card.