Chapter 7: The Future of Potions and Troubles
SIRIUS POTTER/MOKUBA KAIBA
"Welcome to Divination Class. As you all are aware Professor Trelawney had to go into early retirement after... some personal issues... I am Professor Ishizu Ishtar, and we will be taking a different look at the future..." Ishizu said, as I settled into class.
Today we were with the Hufflepuffs, so Ariana took her seat next to me.
Ishizu took out the chalk and wrote on the board, 'Truth Seers'.
She looked at the class and said, "Now who can tell me, what this statement means?"
A Gryffindor girl raised her and said, "It means you spelled it wrong."
The class started laughing.
Then I raised my hand.
Ishizu looked at me with her eyes and said, "Yes... Mr. ..."
I replied, "Potter. Sirius Potter, and it's not spelled wrong. A seer can see the future, so a truth seer can predict the true future instead of vision that might happen."
I remember that from when Ishizu would talk to my brother about his destiny.
She nodded and said, "Very good Mr. Potter... 15 points to Gryffindor."
She pulled out the Millennium necklace and said, "You see this artifact allows me to view into possible futures but only one is the true future. Today I going to show you how to determine the false from the truth and..."
The door busted open and a man in a black cloak and long black hair came in.
Ishizu looked at him and said, "Ah yes, Professor Snape... Right on time..."
He looked at her and said, "Professor your... sibling has made his way into the infirmary by mixing the wrong plants in class... I was sent to inform you..."
She nodded and said, "Thank you Severus, I will go to him after class is let out, he will be perfectly fine..."
He nodded and said, "That would be most wise Ms. Ishtar..."
Snape whirled his cloak and ran off in a huff.
The class mumbled among themselves about how she knew Snape was coming.
She smiled and said, "For those of you who do not know, that was Professor Snape, he is the potions master."
Ariana raised her hand and said, "But how did you know he was coming and why aren't you rushing to the..."
She held her hand near the necklace and it lit up.
She replied, "I knew Snape was coming and my brother would be alright for I saw it coming... I saw three possible futures this morning. One showed me the candles falling from the ceiling in the great hall... Ruining breakfast."
The class gave a small laugh.
She then said, "The second showed an earthquake that shook all the portraits off the walls in the main stairwell. And the third you just witnessed. Now who can tell me what was wrong with my first two visions?"
Ariana raised her and said, "They can't happen..."
Ishizu smiled and said, "Correct Ms. ..."
"Malfoy... Ariana Malfoy..."
The class broke into whispers.
Ishizu then said, "As Ms. Malfoy said, it was impossible for the first two to be real... One the candles in the main hall are illusion magic therefore they can not fall. Then the painting in the stairwell have a charms placed on them where only the groundskeepers can take them down. This is how you tell the difference... You must find what is possible and what is not..."
She looked at Ariana and said, "15 points to Hufflepuff on the behalf of Ms. Malfoy."
Ariana smiled with glee. Ishizu then said, "Then let continue with some more difficult visions..."
"Wow, that class was awesome! What did you think Siri?" Ari asked as we gathered our books.
I smiled and said, "I'm not that good at seeing the future but I think I'll get better through the year."
"Mr. Potter could you come here please?"
I looked and saw Ishizu standing by her desk.
I replied, "Yes Professor."
Ari looked at me and said, "I'll save you a seat in Potions... Bye Siri!"
She ran off letting her platinum blonde hair flow behind her.
Ishizu shut the door and said, "Mokuba what are you and your friends doing here and why are you using a false name?"
I replied, "Well for starters we're wizards and your not suppose to call me that. I am Sirius Potter, my big brother is Harry Potter...Those are our real names..."
Ishizu's eyes widen and she said, "You mean... Seto Kaiba is really... Harry Potter..."
I nodded and said, "Don't tell a soul... You Know Who found out and sent Death Eaters after us in Domino... If it wasn't for Remus getting us out..."
She placed a hand on my shoulder and said, "I understand and I will keep this quite..."
She pulled out a piece of paper and wrote something down.
She handed to me and said, "Give this to Professor Snape and you won't be counted late."
I nodded and began my way down the long hallway.
I turned a corner and bumped into a older student.
I said, "Sorry! I'm going to be late if..."
"Take it easy Siri..."
I looked up and saw it was Joey who I had bumped into.
I sighed and said, "Sorry I was in a rush... I have Potions next and it across campus so..."
Joey raised his hand and said, "Say no more... Best get going myself... I have Transfiguration next..."
I looked at my watch and said, "Joey... class starts in two minutes..."
Joey yelled, "Crap! See ya Siri!"
We both dashed by each other and made our way to class.
I still had the note firmly gripped in my hand when I entered the Potions classroom.
Snape looked at me and said, "Your late Mr. Potter..."
I handed him the note and said, "Sorry Professor, Professor Ishtar wished to speak to me about my brother and predictions Professor Trelawney had about him."
Snape read the note over and sighed.
"Take your seat... NOW!"
I quickly sat down next to Ari and looked toward Snape.
He looked at us and said, "Today we will be working on a special potion called Tsuki Mizu... Now who knows what that means?"
I raised my hand and he said, "Yes, Mr. Potter?"
I replied, "Waters of the Moon...Sir."
He glared at me and said, "Correct... Now does anyone know what this potion does? How about you Mr. Potter?"
I sighed and said, "I don't know sir, I just knew what the words meant..."
He glared at me and said, "So I suppose you know Japanese... Is that it?
" I shyly nodded.
He then said in perfect Japanese, "Hajime mashi-te Potter-kun?"
I replied, "Watashi wa genki desu. Arigato Sensei Snape!"
He just gawked at me and the fact I had replied in perfect Japanese.
He shook his head and went back to the lesson on making the potion, which actually gave the user to see in the dark.
Then finally class was over and I was about to leave the classroom when Snape said, "Mr. Potter... A word..."
Ari smirked and said, "Siri I'll wait for you outside, okay?"
I nodded and said, "Alright Ari... See ya!"
She ran out and I turned to Snape.
He looked at me and asked, "When did you take a language drought to learn Japanese?"
I replied, "I didn't... When the Dursleys abandoned us, we were adopted into a Japanese family... The language is a second nature to me and my brother, Sir."
He looked at me and said, "Well Mr. Potter... 5 point to Gryffindor for honesty in the face of adversity..."
I nodded and said, "Thank you Sir." He waved his hand and said, "Off with you, I have work to complete..."
I made my way out of the room and caught up to Ari.
Ari looked at me and asked, "What did Snape want?"
I sighed and said, "He thought I learned Japanese from a language drought..."
She looked at me and said, "Did you?"
I shook my head and said, "No I learned it and I told him that."
She looked at me and said, "What did he do then?"
I replied, "He gave me 5 points..."
She gawked at me and said, "YOU GOT SNAPE TO GIVE YOU POINTS?!"
I nodded and said, "It not that big of a deal..."
She then said, "Of course it's a big deal! Snape doesn't give points, he take them... Especially from you brother... It's a bloody miracle!"
I sighed and said, "It's just 5 points..."
I sighed and said, "Come on, lunch starts soon... I want to get there before the tables get packed."
She looked at me and said, "Why? there is usually enough space for everyone in the House to sit. Why go early?"
I replied, "Well, I'm sitting with people who are in different houses. We were going to sit at the Ravenclaw table today."
She smiled and said, "Mind if I join you? It's rather boring sitting by complete strangers..."
I smiled and said, "Sure... But just to let you know... we're going to get stared at..."
Japanese Translated:
*How are you today Mr. Potter?
**Good, thanks for asking Professor Snape!
"Geeze you weren't kidding..." Ari said as she took a drink of her pumkin juice.
Almost everyone was either looking at us or talking about us, due to the fact that 5 Gryffindors, 2 Hufflepuffs, 2 Slytherins, and a Ravenclaw sat down at the far end of the Ravenclaw table.
We ignored them for the most part until Malfoy made his way over.
He glared at his sister and said, "Ari you need to go the Hufflepuff table or at least the Slytherin table right now! I don't want you sitting with these Mud Bloods and blood traitors..."
She glared right back and said, "No Draco, I'm not... I'm sitting with my friends... There is no rule against it and I am taking advantage of that... I am sorry brother but I am staying put, rather you like it or not..."
He glared at my brother and said, "What did you do to my sister Potter?!"
Harry replied and said, "I did nothing... Sirius and Ariana have a lot of the same classes and Siri invited her to sit."
Malfoy glared at me and said, "You little... I going to..."
"Mr. Malfoy, sit down this instant!" McGonagall yelled as she made her way from the staff table to we were sitting.
Malfoy hissed at me and sat back down at the Slytherin table, looking rather pissed off.
McGonagall walked over to our table and said, "As for your group..."
She smiled and said, "25 points to each of you, for your will to stand by your friends even though you're in different houses."
We all stared at her... She was rewarding us... All we did is sit together...
Then she looked at Ari and said, "And 15 extra points for you Ms. Malfoy for standing your ground, a hard task to do, especially against family. Well done, to all of you.
" Almost everyone stopped looking at us and went back to talking among themselves.
Harry smirked and said, "Well that was odd..."
Ari nodded and said, "Not as odd as Snape giving out points to Siri..."
The golden trio all said, "WHAT?!"
I nodded and said, "It was only 5 points. It not that big of a deal."
Hermione shook her head and said, "It is a big deal! He never gives out points! Never!"
Yugi nodded and said, "T-That what I heard.."
I looked at Yugi who sat there with a bit of a shake.
"Yugi, is something wrong?"
He nodded and said, "I-I can't s-stop shaking..."
Harry looked at him and said, "How long ago did it start?"
He said, "Du-During Defense Against the Da-Dark Arts-s... Wh-Why?"
Tea looked at him and said, "Yugi you're studdering too..."
Yugi mumbled out, "I-I am-m... I di-didn't..."
He never completed what he was saying for he fell to the floor unconscious his body trembling constantly.
McGonagall ran back over and gasped when she saw the trembles in his hands.
Snape came and said, "We need to get him to the hospital wing...Now!"
McGonagall nodded and said, "Mr. Taylor and Mr. Weasley help us get him to the hospital wing."
The both nodded and place one of Yugi's arm over their shoulders and carried him away.
I looked at Harry and said, "What happened?!"
Hermoine shook her head and said, "He must have... had a relapse..."
Tea looked at her and said, "Relapse? He wasn't sick..."
Harry looked at her and said, "Not that kind of relapse... Remember the spell that 'They' cast on us a my house..."
Tea's eyes widen and she nodded.
Hermoine looked down and said, "Well today they showed us the three spells and when they got to that one... Yugi was pertorfied and his face filled with pain... He must have been stuck more than once with it..."
Tea placed her head in her hands and shook it.
Joey looked at her and said, "What!? What happened?!"
Tea pulled out a piece of paper and wrote something down.
She handed it to him and his face grew pale.
He passed it to Marik who face did the same thing Joey's did.
Then finally it reached my hands and read it in my head;
The Cruciatus Curse...
The Torture Curse... causes unbearable pain, but if cast in multiples on one person...
It can cause permanent damage...
Yugi is strong, but when he saw the curse today...
It brought back the pain and caused a relapse...
He might ever be the same...
I looked up at my brother as I felt the blood drain from my face...
Yugi...
God, I hope you'll be okay...
Yami came running in and he looked at us.
"I heard Yugi wasn't feeling well. Where is he?"
Tea looked up at him and said, "The hospital wing... it not good Yami..."
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she said, "It's not good..."
