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Reminders:
/Yugi to Yami/
//Yami to Yugi//
:Ryou to Bakura:
::Bakura to Ryou::
Breakfast was full of people who were rushing to eat and talk to their friends, many of the students looking exhausted from having stayed up too late. Ryou and Yugi continued to look around the Great Hall, taking in the details they missed the night before. The ceiling magically portrayed the gorgeous blue skies, not a cloud in sight, making the students wish that they had just one more day to enjoy the summer holidays. Ron frantically wrote on a piece of parchment while stuffing as many pieces of toast into his mouth as he could. Hermione scolded him for not finishing his homework and Harry was staring off into space, hoping he could get the two hikaris alone later to discuss what happened on the train the night before.
Professor McGonagall walked by, handing them each a time table, also giving Ron a disapproving luck that nearly mirrored Hermione's. Yugi looked over his schedules, sighing in relief when he read it.
"Good classes today, Yugi?" asked Harry, who pushed his plate away, having finished his breakfast.
"Well, classes that I think I'll understand," Yugi said with a smile. "I've got Charms, then Runes and after that a break before double Potions."
Hermione smiled and compared schedules with the shorter boy, finding they had multiple classes together. She excitedly explained the wonders of Ancient Runes and Arithmancy to him and how knowledgeable all the professors were. Harry sighed and looked over his own schedule of charms, transfiguration, and potions. He was glad that he was in potions to continue his goal to become an auror. Students throughout the hall began to leave for class and the group followed them out, Ron lucky to have finished his summer Charms homework before classes had started.
Ryou and Yugi sat together in the charms classroom, Bakura taking temporary control to tease the shorter boy on finally finding someone his height in the form of Professor Flitwick. Ryou smiled apologetically, glad that the professor had not heard his darker half.
"Welcome to your sixth year of Charms," Professor Flitwick squeaked out in his high pitched voice. "I trust you have all received a syllabus? Good, now first we'll start with a small review. Partner up and practice cheering charms, I'm sure you'll all need one your first day," the tiny professor smiled and a few students laughed. Yugi and Ryou stood up to try and find an area to practice, although they had no idea what the incantation was.
"Mr. Mutou and Bakura," Professor Flitwick quickly made his way towards them. "I hear you were able to study the theory behind each of your subjects, but hadn't the chance to practice." Ryou and Yugi nodded, trying to ignore the occasional stare from students in the area. "Don't worry; we'll get you up to speed very quickly." The professor handed the each of them a list of charms, "I want you to try and learn at least three of these per week if you can. I know it's a lot and you'll have other classes, but it's the quickest way to know all the spells that they know. The first two weeks we'll be reviewing, so you have some time to learn a lot of the easier ones." He placed a feather in each of their hands and went to help other students.
Ryou looked at the top of the list to see a levitation spell, assuming they were supposed to practice levitating the feathers. Both boys put their feathers on the desk where they had sat before and practiced the wand movements.
"Wingardium Leviosa," Ryou said and nothing happened. The feather sat there looking pitiful.
Yugi smiled and tried the spell, his feather twitching slightly upward, only to have his face form a cocky smirk as the Pharaoh took control. "It seems my hikari has beaten yours in Charms so far, Thief."
Bakura glared at him. "What use is levitating a feather, Pharaoh? Ryou will destroy little Yugi during potions for sure."
"All right, then. Let's play a game," Yami crossed his arms, "Which ever of our hikaris does better in the most classes wins."
"What do I get once Ryou beats Yugi in all subjects," Bakura asked, grinning sadistically.
"Winner gets one favor from the loser. Once I win, you'll be doing whatever I want you to do."
"Once, Pharaoh," Bakura twirled Ryou's wand, "One favor, all right. You'll regret what I'll ask of you." Ryou blinked and looked at Yugi, who was also back in control. "Did they just bet on us?"
"It seems our Yamis are bored," Yugi smiled and turned back to his feather.
//Time to win, Yugi! We'll beat that Tomb Robber!// /Yami, why do you have to fight with him so much?/
Ryou looked over the instructions one more time, "Wingardium Leviosa," he said and the feather sailed into the air, floating a few feet off the desk.
"Hey, how did you do that?" Yugi asked, looking at the instructions.
Ryou smiled at him, "We were saying it wrong." Yugi couldn't help but shiver when a dark gleam entered his friend's eyes.
LALALA
After class the group split up, Harry and Ron had a free period while Hermione and Yugi had Ancient Runes. Ryou looked at his schedules, realizing none of the others were in divination with him.
:Do you think it really is a joke class, Bakura?: ::Of course, not Ryou! The Seers in my time knew what they were talking about, and look at Isis Ishtar!:: ::Good job destroying your friend in charms, Ryou.:: :I really don't understand why you're always fighting with him. You two could be good friends.: ::Hah! I will never befriend that pompous king!::
:Yami, what will you make the Pharaoh do if you win?: ::Simple, whenever I need something I'll just make him do it….no matter what it is.::
"Welcome to Divination," Professor Trelawney glided out of her chair into the front of the class room. "I sense a this will be a thrilling year for you all!"
LALALA
Yugi looked at the page of ancient runes in front of him, trying to make sense of them. He thought the class may be easier especially with his Yami's help, but since the Pharaoh didn't remember anything of his past he wasn't sure if he had ever been able to read them.
//I am sorry, Yugi.//Yugi just smiled and set to work. Even though he was sure Ryou didn't care about the bet their yamis had made, he felt a little inadequate after the white haired teen had managed to levitate the feather first. His friend had even managed to learn another spell that class period before Yugi could master the levitation charm. /I'm sorry, Yami. I hope you don't lose your bet with Bakura because of me./ //Do not worry, hikari, you'll do fine in all other subjects, let the Thief have his fun for now. I know you can do it.//
"You're doing great!" she exclaimed, "You really have a knack for these things, don't you?"
Yugi smiled, his competitive nature returning. He would make sure his Yami won the bet against Bakura!
LALALA
Transfiguration went well; Ryou had difficulties with it, his quill not quite turning into a featherless needle. Harry assured him that it took him some time to transfigure new things as well and that it would come. Professor McGonagall told him to come to her if he needed any help with practicing before class let out.
The group met up again in Potions besides Ron who went to Care of Magical Creatures since he hadn't been able to get a high enough OWL to continue the class. Professor Snape made his usual grand entrance.
"Reviews are meaningless in this class," he said sternly, "You either can adequately brew a potion or not. I suggest that if you cannot, you leave and not waste my time," the sneering Professor waved his wand at the chalk board, "There are your instructions, begin."
The relatively small class scrambled to the ingredients cabinet to collect their ingredients. After having obtained the best that they could, Ryou and Yugi went back to their station and set up their cauldrons over the flame.
"Good luck, Ryou," said Yugi with a smile and the white haired teen realized his shorter friend was now in on the bet with their Yamis.
"You, too, Yugi," Ryou said and started to prepare ingredients as the book instructed.
The class progressed in silence, with a cauldron bubbling over halfway through the lesson.
"You fool!" Snape had shouted as he banished the potion and sent the hufflepuff student to the sink to wash the liquid thoroughly from his hands. He stalked around the room after that, trying to find any fault, pausing to take points off of Harry and forcing the boy to chop his roots again. He ignored Hermione's potion and moved on to Yugi and Ryou's station, watching them for a moment as they prepared and added ingredients, each trying to outdo the other.
At the end of the class, he once again went around the room, checking each potion as he went. "Well done, Mr. Malfoy," he said, though it was obvious the boy's potion wasn't even near perfect. Yugi and Ryou both looked at their potions that were the exact shade of blue that they needed to be.
Professor Snape once again insulted Harry and a few more students from other houses. He looked at Hermione's potion without comment and moved onto their table. He stirred Yugi's potion once and scowled, "Too thin, Mr. Mutou," he said and turned to looked at Ryou's. He also gave the stirring rod one clockwise whip and nodded his head, "Adequate."
"Put a sample of your potion on my desk and label it," the Professor said as a dismissal and made his way briskly to his desk to await their samples.
The group quickly turned in their potion samples and cleaned up their cauldrons before heading to dinner. Ron was there, waiting for them. "How was potions, you guys?" he asked, nursing a burn.
"It was pretty good, I only lost 30 points today," said Harry, grinning.
Hermione sighed, "It's a shame that we lost points on our first day."
"Yes, well Ryou gained points for us in Divination," said one of the giggly girls as she sat next to the boy. Ryou sighed and began to fill his plate with food, hoping that if he ignored the girl she would go away. Of course, her friend was sitting across from her and giving Ron wishful glances.
Yugi and Ryou talked about their first day to each other and what they thought of their classes, glad to finally be able to relax.
"I'm surprised we didn't receive too much homework," said Hermione buttering a roll, "Yugi and I have runes to translate, but that's it."
Ron grinned goofily, "I'm happy to not have homework tonight!"
Ryou nodded and let out a frustrated breath of air as the girl next to him tried to get him to talk to her. Really, couldn't she see that she was irritating him? Yugi gave him an understanding look as the boy next to him had finally discovered that Yugi was the best duelist in the world.
"I'm Parvati," she said. "We're in divination together, remember?"
Ryou nodded and continued to eat his food, ignoring her to the best of his ability. "You know, if you need any help with the class, I'd be willing to tutor you."
Harry saw a small flash of light as Bakura took control of Ryou's body. He draped his arm around Yugi who looked at the spirit in confusion. "Of course," he replied in a soft voice, "But you'll have to let me bring Yugi with," he said as he pinched the shorter boys cheek. Parvati's eyes grew wide and she went back to her meal, not trying to speak to the boy again. Bakura smirked and picked up his fork ignoring the strange looks people were shooting his way.
"You're so strange sometimes, Ryou," Hermione said, serving herself some dessert. Bakura just shrugged, not letting his embarrassed hikari take control.
LALALA
"Really funny, Bakura," Yami snapped at the thief when they got to their dorm room, making sure no one had followed them. "Using my hikari for personal gain!"
"She was bothering us," said Bakura with an air of superiority. "It seemed the best plan to stop her."
"Why didn't you just ask her to stop," asked Yami and he sat down on Yugi's bed, separating as a spirit. Yugi smiled and put his school bag on the ground near his things. Bakura also separated to find a glowering Ryou.
"Yugi, I'm sorry for my Yami's behavior," he said and sat down with a huff. "I was doing fine ignoring her."
"Yes, but she bothered you throughout that whole class earlier and you were quite clear that you didn't want to converse, yet she still insisted."
The door opened and Harry walked in. "You know, I wonder if you might lock this door when talking," he said. "I was thinking….what if, because of the magic, others could see you in spirit form?" The wizard locked the door and sat on his bed.
"Good observation, Harry," said Yami who was sitting next to his hikari. "You said you wanted to talk to all of us?"
"Yeah," Harry began, "On the train the other day…."
"Yes, it was your shadow powers," said Bakura. "They've manifested faster than we thought."
"We'll have to begin lessons soon, but how without causing suspicion?"
"We could plan for him to meet with you and Bakura separately, Yami," Ryou said. "That way it will be like Harry is not just hanging out with us and ignoring everyone else, but perhaps giving us help with our homework or studying together."
Yugi nodded, "That's a good plan, we should start pretty soon, too."
"Just curious, but what was going to happen to Malfoy if you hadn't stopped me."
"His soul would probably be lost in the shadows," Bakura said and Harry swallowed.
LALALA
"What do you mean, he is no longer in a coma and is now at Hogwarts," Voldemort snapped at the death eater that had reported this. "Find out more about what happened to him this summer!" The death eater bowed and speed walked his way out of the room, glad that he hadn't been punished being the bearer of bad news.
"How did he escape," Voldemort demanded of his teacher who stood in the shadows. "You said he would be devoured."
"It appears that the Pharaoh and Thief have joined forces," was the reply, "We must act quickly to catch them off guard and destroy this boy of yours as well as them."
Voldemort nodded and pulled a deck of cards to him. "Shall we begin?"
There is the next chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! I'm sorry it took so long, but I've been busy with school. We had our first concert! I'm not very good at violin, but that could be because I'm a trombonist, haha. Tell me what you think and I'll try to update as soon as I can!!!
Thanks for reading.
Maki-sama
