Summary: Dark forces are at work, but then again, they have always been at work. Lord Voldemort seeks to control the ancient "magic" wielded by the Herald of Gentle Darkness, and it just so happens that the Herald is Harry's new DADA professor. But what is a King without his court? There's more than just one new professor, and more than just one power at large.
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or Harry Potter. Rights to © Kazuki Takashi and J.K. Rowling
Author's Note: laughs. What even is frequent updating. I don't believe that exists in my dictionary. cries
You Can't Turn Back
-(Snow White)-
The Hogsmeade trip was something that Harry constantly looked forward to during his school year. While Hogwarts was an amazing school and an even more amazing institution, he did enjoy the bit of freedom he was given when on a trip to the nearby wizarding village. The first few weeks of the new school year passed by without so much as a bad dream or anything unusual in its wake (unless one counted the presence of Dolores Umbridge). The new teachers seemed to know what they were doing and classes were going smoothly. Of course, Harry did miss the half-giant Hagrid, his original Care of Magical Creatures professor, but Professor Kenzan was an extremely laid back and 'cool' guy.
"I say we stop by Honeydukes first," his best friend Ron said as they walked down the hill.
"Is it always food with you?" Hermione asked in exasperation. Nonetheless, she seemed to relent for once and was content to follow. "But I suppose I could use something sweet. That Umbridge woman has not been making things easy for us."
"I don't think anyone likes her at all," Harry commented as they passed Zonko's Joke Shop. A crash resounded within along with a scream, but they paid no attention as such things were normal of that shop. "But she hasn't done much, besides be rude and try to boss everyone around."
"I suppose she's not much of a threat," their bushy-haired companion replied. "It still doesn't help that she wears that blindingly pink cardigan."
Harry shrugged and stopped to open the door as they finally arrived at the candy store. Hermione thanked him as she walked in, but Ron made a beeline for the chocolates. The two still near the entrance gave a knowing look to each other before they went their separate ways to find their favourite candy item.
As they were lining up to check out at the register, Professor Kenzan and Yuuki walked in, happily chatting about—dueling monsters? Harry blinked, but decided not to comment. Over the past few weeks, the erratic changes in behavior of Professor Yuuki baffled the student populace. To the fourth years and below, he was the ideal teacher: humorous, lenient, cheerful, and always willing to lend a hand. To fifth years and above, he was cold and distant, and held a large dislike for anyone who interrupted his lectures (Hermione was usually at the end of his golden glare, as she was always curious and willing to ask questions).
"Good morning, Professors," Harry greeted as it was polite. He thought it was a trick of the light, but Professor Yuuki's eyes seemed brown for a second. He had seen them enough times to know that they were gold—fiendish gold.
"Mister Potter, Mister Weasley, Miss Granger," he acknowledged with a nod, but did not say much else. The conversation died there, as even Professor Kenzan looked a bit uncomfortable in the DADA instructor's presence. It was weird, since a moment ago it seemed as if the two were close friends.
"I'm going to look at the chocolates in the back-saurus," Professor Kenzan said awkwardly as he dismissed himself to look over the selection of sweets.
Professor Yuuki looked disgusted at the thought of sweets, and turned to walk out of the shop. The moment the door's bell jingled to single that he was outside, the heavy tension in the room seemed to lift and everyone let a breath that they did not know they were holding out.
"Sorry about him-don," Professor Kenzan tried to reassure them. "He's like that sometimes."
"I always get the feeling he hates us," Ron weakly mumbled. Their Care of Magical Creatures teacher smiled slightly.
"He doesn't hate you… it's just that Ha—" Professor Kenzan caught himself before he said something he should not. "It's just that he is quite anti-social."
"But to the fourth years and below he's like, the best teacher ever!" Ron protested. "Ginny's always talking about how dreamy he is and how fun her classes are."
Their large, muscled instructor shrugged and offered to pay for their purchases. "As an apology for that guy-saurus," he explained. "He's just like that."
And then there was an explosion outside.
"Ha-haaa-achoo!" the new History of Magic professor sneezed. She rubbed her nose with the sleeve of her robe while her companion looked on in slight disgust.
"Do you want a tissue? You don't want snot on your robes," the black haired Ancient Runes professor offered. Aqua nodded eagerly, and Jim reached into his pockets to pull out the fragile, white paper. He handed it over to her. "Here."
She took it and blew her nose, and used the remaining space to wipe the snot off of her robes. "Thanks, and sorry about that," she banished the tissue somewhere with her wand. "It's an old habit."
"Can't have you transmitting a virus through the school, now can I?" Jim asked jokingly. She huffed and pinched her nose in an attempt to stop her sneezes.
"It's not my fault that English weather is so freezing. They don't have this kind of weather in the middle of an island in the Pacific Ocean," she griped in a nasally voice. Aqua took a deep breath and released her nose from her hold. Jim only seemed amused.
"You should wear more, then," he commented. "A scarf and a measly robe will only do so much."
"Well that's why we're going to Hogsmeade, aren't we?" she huffed. "So that I can get more winter-oriented clothes."
"Why 'we'? Why couldn't I just have stayed at the castle?"
"Because you're going to carry my things."
"Of course," he rolled his eyes.
The short walk after that was made in relative silence, except for the occasional sneeze from the female professor. They entered Gladrags Wizardwear (Aqua paused to fawn over the pink dress on display, until Jim told her that she looked horrible in pink, after which she stuck her nose in the air haughtily and ignored him) and the blue haired instructor asked for warmer clothing than what she had on now. A bit of measuring and needles later, and Aqua was now much warmer than she was before.
Jim, it seemed, did not have to carry any bags, as half-way through the ordeal Aqua remembered that she could just levitate them.
"Real smooth," he commented with a small grin.
"Oh shut it," she sulked.
They exited the store and headed to The Three Broomsticks for a drink, but suddenly the History of Magic professor grabbed Jim's wrist and pulled him down as a jet of green light sailed over them.
"What the heck was that?" she hissed, her eyes gold and her hair a darker shade.
Jim lifted his hat a little so that he could see a little better—just in time for the spell to hit a nearby plank and snap it cleanly in half. He winced: if that had hit them…
"The Killing Curse," he breathed.
"Well if it isn't Hogwart's newest mudbloods," a mocking voice alerted them to someone else's presence.
"What the actual fuck-?" Aurelia said as two figures seemed to just pop out of thin air. They were wearing skull masks and their black robes covered their whole frame. Neither Aurelia nor Jim could recognize any of them (if they even knew any of them).
As it was a bit late in the evening, most of the Hogwarts students had already gone back to their common rooms. The few who were still around were either at Honeydukes or The Three Broomsticks. The loud crack of apparition did not attract spectators, as apparition was a normal occurrence, but everyone inside the circle knew that something—someone—was going to go down and cause a huge ruckus.
Instinctively, Jim reached for Karen, only to realize he left the crocodile back at the castle because Karen was not made for cold weather. When his crocodile was not an option, his hand settled on his deck, which was strapped to his belt. The masked and robed person on the right laughed. Jim flinched involuntarily—the laugh was shrill and mad.
"I will have great fun testing out my new powers on you mudbloods," he grinned. Immediately, he pulled out a duel disk, and both Aurelia and Jim did a double-take. Electronics did not work in Hogwarts, and while they brought theirs anyway just in case, they could not configure the device to run on anything other than electricity. Because of that, they did not carry them around as much as they used to. They were, for the lack of a better word, duel disk-less.
The one on the left tossed them two replacements.
"Strap them on so this can be done faster. They run on magic," the one on the left said. He seemed much calmer than his partner, but both professors could feel the power radiating off of him like UV rays from the sun. It was always the quiet ones, indeed.
With a frown, Aurelia and Jim strapped on the ones they were given. The familiar weight of the machine brought a bit of comfort, but in the end they knew it would only last so long. Their hands worked instinctively, putting in their deck and turning on the duel disk without conscious thought. They had done it too many times to count.
"Hey! Before we start this, who the hell are you people?" Aurelia shouted in irritation. A scowl marred her face at the people who dared to try and attack her (and Jim as well, but mostly her). "I'd like to know the people I'll be beating to a pulp!"
"Ha! Pride comes before a fall," the right one sneered.
"Look who's talking!" she snapped.
"Aurelia, reign in your temper," Jim frowned.
"Ugh," she scowled before taking a deep breath and letting the tension ease from her shoulders. "Since you challenged us, what rules are we using?"
"Standard tournament tag team rules. We each get separate fields but the same total life points," the one on the left said. He calmly activated his duel disk. "I am called Henry. My partner is named Klaus."
"What business do you have with us?" Jim asked.
"None, except to test out our new powers on weaklings," Henry replied. Aurelia bristled and was about to make a retort but Jim shot a glare at her. She stood down, but sneered. "I do not ask for forgiveness from mudbloods. It is a pointless waste of time. We need to finish this quickly."
"DUEL!"
Aurelia & Jim: 8000 LP
Henry & Klaus: 8000 LP
"Ladies first!" she drew a card from her deck. Aurelia quickly glanced at Jim, then back to her own deck. Their decks were not totally incompatible, but the two would need to work extremely hard to win as a team. She frowned; this was why she liked one-on-one duels. There was no one else to worry about (but should she be worried about Jim anyway? He could handle himself).
"I first use the effect of Gishki Vision from my hand. By discarding this card to the Graveyard, I can add one 'Gishki' Ritual Monster to my hand from my deck," Aurelia took her deck out of its slot and fanned out the cards. "I'll take Evigishki Soul Ogre."
"I then play the continuous spell card Water Hazard!" she easily slid the card into its correct slot and it appeared on the field. "This card lets me special summon a level four or lower WATER attribute monster from my hand whenever I don't have monsters on the field. And as of right now I don't, so I special summon Gishki Avance in attack position!"
A rogue-like girl with purple hair appeared on the field, and threw her black cape over her shoulder. Her green eyes scanned the field with boredom, as if she had no interest in her opponents or the duel in general. A bright red sash that was tied to her waist stood out from the rest of her brown and white clothing, and she had a sword attached to her belt.
Gishki Avance: 1500 ATK / 800 DEF
"I use her special effect and place one 'Gishki' monster at the top of my deck," Aurelia continued as a card slid out of her deck holder and she took it to place it on top. "I then normal summon Gishki Shadow in attack position!"
Compared to his human colleague, Gishki Shadow was an oversized blue fish with an enlarged dorsal fin on top of his head and four red eyes. He was dressed in a black robe with a dark gold trim and a high collar and held a staff of the same colour. A teardrop shaped jade dangled from the tip of his staff.
Gishki Shadow: 1200 ATK / 1000 DEF
"Whoop de-fucking-doo," Klaus clapped boredly. "You can summon two weak monsters and draw cards. Maybe next you will be able to—" he gasped dramatically. "End your turn."
"Fu—" Aurelia started.
"Aurelia!" Jim said and gestured with his head towards the pathway. Children were still around. She was about to open her mouth to protest since there was hardly anyone around, but decided not to at the last minute (and it totally did not have anything to do with the look Jim gave her).
"As I was saying—" she growled. "I use the Ritual spell card Gishki Aquamirror. I hope you know how Ritual spells work, because I'm not explaining it. At this time, I also activate the effect of Gishki Shadow on my field. If I use him to Ritual summon a WATER monster, he can count as the whole tribute."
Gishki Shadow turned into a small ball of white light and disappeared into the large, gold mirror that appeared on the field. A few seconds later, the mirror showed the card Evigishki Soul Ogre in its reflection, before a webbed, black, clawed hand reached out and pulled itself onto the field. Evigishki Soul Ogre was a cross between a fish and a dinosaur, with red eyes, a huge jaw, and a tail that split into two. It lived up to its ogre name, being immensely gigantic.
Evigishki Soul Ogre: 2800 ATK / 2800 DEF
"I place one card face down and end my turn," she said, gazing in appreciation of one of her best monsters already out on the field.
"Finally!" Klaus shouted. He eagerly drew from his deck and stopped to examine his cards. "Guess what, you're not the only person who can ritual summon! I use the Ritual spell card Doriado's Blessing! I send my Djinn Presider of Rituals to the Graveyard as tribute to special summon Elemental Mistress Doriado!"
A short and chubby green goblin-like creature appeared on the field wearing a helmet and skirt. He snickered before turning into a white ball that sunk into the Doriado's Blessing spell card on the field. The spell card glowed softly before a blonde haired woman appeared on the field. She wore a light blue robe with a large shawl-like covering over her shoulders and a large, red hat that emphasized her hair. She knelt down and clasped her hands in front of her as if in prayer.
Elemental Mistress Doriado: 1200 ATK / 1400 DEF
"That's hardly a threat," Aurelia chided with a bored look. "And you want to beat me?"
"Pride before a fall," Klaus's grin never left his face. He glanced at his cards again. "I summon Element Valkyrie, who gains 500 ATK points because Elemental Mistress Doriado is also treated as a WATER, WIND, FIRE and EARTH attribute monster. Element Valkyrie can't switch control, either."
A purple-haired woman in skimpy red and blue armor appeared on the field. She twirled her staff above her head, and then slammed it down on the ground. Flames shot out from the ends of the staff, and the snow beneath her completely melted.
Element Valkyrie: 1500 - 2000 ATK / 1200 DEF
Aurelia shared a look with Jim. These weren't holograms—these were real monsters. Element Valkyrie melted the snow beneath her. Klaus laughed at their expressions.
"That's right, these monsters are as real as the snow below your shoes!" he clapped enthusiastically. "Which means when you get hit, you'll certainly feel it!"
"Nice talk, tough guy, but I'm getting bored already," Aurelia shouted back.
"I place three cards face down and end my turn," he said casually as three large, brown cards appeared on the field.
"Right, my turn," Jim said and drew a card from his deck. "I use the spell card Hand Destruction! Each o' us sends two cards to the Graveyard and then draws two."
Jim and Henry each discarded the appropriate amount of cards and then drew. Aurelia and Klaus, who had no cards in their hands, simply skipped to the draw step. Each duelist took a minute to examine their new cards and how they could be used.
"I then summon Flint Cragger in attack mode!"
A large, fossilized dinosaur reared up from the ground. Its skeleton structure defied the laws of physics as it did not fall apart or break since it was not being upheld by flesh and muscle. Flint Cragger roared and whipped his skeletal tale around.
Flint Cragger: 800 ATK / 1300 DEF
"But he won't be staying for long. I activate his special effect to send him to the Graveyard and inflict 500 points of damage to you two!" Jim removed the monster from his duel disk and slid it into the Graveyard slot. The skeletal dinosaur was sucked back into the earth, but moments later a tail made of bone reappeared on the other side of the field and smacked both Henry and Klaus before disappearing. They flew back a few feet.
Henry & Klaus: 7500 LP
"I now special summon Gigantes from my hand by removing Flint Cragger in my Graveyard from play!"
A red skinned ogre appeared on the field, wearing old steel armor and using the trunk of a tree as a weapon. Gigantes howled in excitement and pounded his chest ferociously.
Gigantes: 1900 ATK / 1300 DEF
"Not so fast!" Henry shouted from all the way across the field. He quickly slid a card into the slot. "I activate the quick-play spell card Demise of the Land!"
A green card appeared on the field, with a brown wasteland as its graphic.
"When my opponent special summons a monster, I can pick one field spell card from my hand and activate it!" he grinned, a green circle with a star in the middle suddenly appearing on his forehead. His eyes turned crimson, and the calm Henry from earlier seemed to have vanished for a much more crazed one. Klaus, too, had the green symbol on his forehead and the red eyes. "I choose The Seal of Orichalcos!"
"The Seal of what—" Jim asked in shock.
From beneath the snow rose an ever enlarging circle of green—the same symbol that was branded on Klaus's and Henry's foreheads. It expanded until it enveloped all the duelists and their monsters, locking them within its perimeter. All of the monsters on Henry's and Klaus's side of the field gained the symbol on their foreheads and crimson eyes.
"I should probably explain what it does," Henry remarked casually with a mad glint in his eye. "All monsters on our side of the field gain 500 ATK points. Our spell and trap zone can be used as extra monster zones, and you can't attack those monsters until you've… say, cleared the front line."
Element Valkyrie: 2000 - 2500 ATK / 1200 DEF
Elemental Mistress Doriado: 1200 - 1700 ATK / 1400 DEF
"Last thing," Klaus interrupted before Jim or Aurelia could comment. "The Seal of Orichalcos cannot be destroyed or negated." And he dissolved into mad laughter.
"Orichalcos? Like Orichalcum?" Jim asked, putting a hand up to the bandages around his eye. His eye had shattered long ago after the events of Dark World, but that hollow socket seemed to pulse in power when the field spell was played. Not to mention…
He stuck his hand into his pocket and felt the cloth bag hidden inside. The objects within the bag were sharp and jagged, and could probably cut his hand if he pressed too hard. They were the remains of the Eye of Orichalcum—Ryo was the one who got the idea to scoop them up and store them. He later passed the bag to Shou, who, after a year, finally passed the bag back to Jim.
Even as tiny, broken fragments, he could feel the power within.
"Ex-act-ly!" Klaus replied with a laugh. "The only way out of this is if you have a chunk of that stone, but you two don't, so start counting your blessings! You'll need it."
The Australian frowned and clutched the bag in his jean pocket one more time, but let it go afterwards. He did not need to use it (and he did not know how it could be used anyway). He could save it for later, since it was obvious the two duelists across from him were only minions.
"The Seal of Orichalcos is illegal!" Aurelia said with a look of disbelief. "Anyone caught using it can be thrown in jail and fined."
"A crime isn't committed until we've been caught," Klaus grinned.
"I'll place one card facedown and end my turn," Jim finally said as a large, brown card appeared on the field behind Gigantes.
"My turn, draw," Henry said as soon as Jim ended his turn. "I summon Madolche Mewfeuille in defense mode in my spell and trap zone!"
A cute, pink kitten wearing a chevalier hat decorated like a donut appeared on the field. He wore a purple scarf with a bell attached to it, and sat upon a large slice of bread covered with frosting and sliced fruit. The kitten sat in the back, where spell and traps were supposed to be. Madolche Mewfeuille meowed and rubbed his eyes in tiredness.
Madolche Mewfeuille: 500- 1000 ATK / 300 DEF
(I-It's so adorable. We can't destroy that monster, Aurelia-)
((Oh come off it, light. You know we have to in order to win.))
(But-)
Aurelia slammed the mind link shut. Aqua wailed from the other side.
"I activate Madolche Mewfeuille's special effect. I can special summon another 'Madolche' monster, and I choose Madolche Butlerusk in attack position in my monster zone," Henry slammed another card onto the field.
A brown-haired man appeared on the field in a butler's outfit. He had a towel draped over his left arm and a monocle over his right eye. Despite his formal wear, he looked fairly young, probably in his late teens. Madolche Butlerusk walked over to Madolche Mewfeuille and offered a steaming cup of tea. The pink kitten mewed and accepted it. Despite the green circles upon their heads, the two monsters seemed extremely relaxed.
(Somewhere in Aurelia's mind, Aqua squealed and fell over in delight.)
Madolche Butlerusk: 1500 - 2000 ATK / 800 DEF
"I place one card face down and activate the continuous spell card Madolche Ticket. When a 'Madolche' card is returned from either my field of my Graveyard to my hand or deck, I can add one 'Madolche' monster from my deck to my hand," he explained. A large scroll appeared on the field, and Madolche Butlerusk signed it. Madolche Mewfeuille stamped it with its paw.
"I end my turn by equipping Madolche Butlerusk with Mage Power. Since I control three spell and trap cards, it gains 1500 ATK and DEF," Henry smirked as he laid his last card on the field.
Madolche Butlerusk: 2000 - 3500 ATK / 800 - 2300 DEF
"Your Madolche Butlerusk can only stay on the field for so long!" Aurelia taunted as she drew another card. "At this time, I activate Pot of Greed! I don't think I need to explain what it does."
A green pot with a distorted smile appeared on the field. Aurelia pulled two cards out of her deck and it shattered into pieces. "I activate my facedown trap card, Aquamirror Meditation!" a dark pink card slowly revealed itself on the field. A girl wearing a blue witch's hat with a gold trim appeared on the field. Her robes were the same colour of her hat, and she held a mirror in her hand. "By revealing Gishki Photomirror in my hand, I get to return Gishki Vision and Gishki Shadow to my hand."
The mirror in the girl's hands revealed Gishki Photomirror, as promised, and two cards flew out from the Graveyard and back to Aurelia's hand.
"I'll activate Evigishki Soul Ogre's special effect! I discard one 'Gishki' monster—namely, Gishki Vision—to shuffle one card from the field to your deck. I'll choose your Madolche Butlerusk!" the large, aquatic monster crossed his arms, his legs spread at shoulder width: a soldier's stance. His red eyes glowed and he leveled his glare at the young butler. The seal upon the butler's forehead broke, and the brown-haired man scrambled back into Henry's deck in fear.
"At this time, Madolche Ticket activates, and I can add one 'Madolche' monster from my deck to my hand," a card slid out from Henry's deck and he took it. "I add Madolche Hootcake to my hand."
Before Madolche Butlerusk made it into the deck, he skidded to a stop near the contract he had signed earlier. Quickly, he erased his own name and replaced it with Madolche Hootcake before scrambling back into Henry's deck.
"I suppose I'll draw first blood," Aurelia said. Jim raised an eyebrow as if to say 'I did that', but she ignored him. "Evigishki Soul Ogre, attack Klaus's Element Valkyrie!"
The aquatic ogre roared, before charging headfirst at the female fairy. Element Valkyrie held her staff in front of her and braced for the oncoming attack, but the sweat on her brow betrayed her determination. With a final roar, Evigishki Soul Ogre slammed headfirst into the woman and sent her flying to the outskirts of the circle. Element Valkyrie screamed in pain before disappearing in a huge explosion.
At the first sound of danger, Judai forced his way back into control and headed straight in the direction of where he heard the explosion. Some would call him reckless, but he had more than enough experience in those situations to always make sure that everything was okay. It could have been a spell that backfired, but Judai felt the responsibility as a teacher to care for his students. If it wasn't a spell, then…
He quickly arrived on the scene without breaking a sweat. A large, green circle prevented him from going further, but through the barrier he could see two unknown duelists (some part of him felt elation at the fact that the duel disks could work now, but he quickly squashed it). On the other side were Aurelia and Jim. He sucked in breath.
"Jim! Aurelia!" he shouted to make his presence known. Four sets of eyes fixed on him: green, blue, gold, and hazel.
"Judai! Don't get any closer!" Jim warned immediately. "The seal cannot be broken."
"The Seal of Orichalcos?" he asked as a chill ran through his spine. "Isn't this card illegal? Banned? Pegasus said that if anyone was caught using it they could be thrown in jail for a life sentence."
"Life sentence?!" Aurelia's tone of disbelief pierced the air. "What makes this card so bad that someone could get thrown in jail for playing it?"
"Simple," Henry said as he crossed his arms. The seal on his forehead seemed to glow in recognition. "The loser of any duel with The Seal of Orichalcos will lose their soul."
Judai closed his eyes and counted to ten. He then took a deep breath. Inside the barrier, Aurelia and Jim both did the same. A feeling of dread overcame all of them.
"End this duel, now!" Judai shouted to Klaus and Henry.
Klaus scoffed. "Even if we wanted to, we can't. But hey, on the bright side, you have a front row seat to watching your friend's soul's being sucked away by the Orichalcos!"
For a moment, Judai's brown eyes reverted to gold, and then to Yubel's signature blue and orange. He pulled a card from his deck, and brandished it in front of him. "I activate De-Spell!"
Green haze erupted from his card and shot at the seal. When it hit, however, the spell fizzled out of existence and the seal remained intact. Judai's duo-coloured eyes widened in disbelief.
"The Seal of Orichalcos cannot be destroyed or negated by card effects," Henry almost looked bored. "You are restricted to being a spectator. Stop inferring and let us continue."
Judai balled his hands into fists, but there was nothing he could do.
"Don't worry about us, Judai!" Jim called from inside. "We'll win for sure!"
At that, the brown and orange haired duelist let out a small smile and gave Jim a thumbs up. "I believe in you, Jim, Aurelia!"
Aurelia & Jim: 8000 LP
Henry & Klaus: 7200 LP
Extended Author's Note
Remember how I said this story would update more frequently?
That was the best joke I ever made.
cries in apology and begs forgiveness
