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*Eyes Of Astaria*
Chapter 8 - Wait did this story just get serious?
It had been an uneventful day, apart from the morning food fight and a small Marik related explosion. But as I lay in bed I fought desperately against sleep, not wanting to re-live the scene I'd viewed from my yami's eyes. The memory of the previous night, of the bloody kitchen and the evil mark in the sky. I tossed and turned before finally getting up, slipping my shoes on and fleeing the room where Yami slept. Crossing the halls I let my feet carry me deep into the castle. I heard a quiet sobbing coming from one of the classrooms and in my concern walked in.
Sitting on one of the seats was Astaria, crying. Her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour gone and replaced with tears. Instantly my heart went out to her and I wrapped a comforting arm around her.
"What's wrong?" I asked in concern.
"I shouldn't have involved any of you. I shouldn't have dropped that creature. Now He's here. Now He's going to hurt everyone." Astaria replied cryptically.
"Whose 'He' Astaria?" I asked her as she stopped crying and an angry look graced her features.
"He is Damien. He is the Destroyer. He is all that is Evil. He is the Darkness. He is what followed me out of the chaos Yugi." She told me in a hushed voice.
"What does that mean?" I replied shivering at the name.
"Everything bad that's happened in the world is and was related to him. He's on Voldemorts side now. Which means this war just got a whole lot worse." She murmured tears welling up again.
"Whose Voldemort? And what war??" I asked getting slightly frustrated.
"Voldemort is sometimes called You-Know-Who, the Dark Lord or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. His real name is Tom Riddle. He is currently at war with the wizarding world. I regret involving Damien in this mess. He has forced me to choose a side in this war and when the final confrontation comes the result may very well destroy this world. I will try to minimise the damage, to prevent any innocent people getting hurt. But already I've failed to protect someone close to Harry. And it may be that I've put the others loved ones in danger." She told me crying softly.
"Don't worry Astaria. Everything will work out for the best. I'm sure of it." I replied hugging her and taking a tissue from my pocket.
Smiling slightly she hugged back and I handed her the tissue. Wiping her eyes she seemed to push me slightly and suddenly I was in bed again. Looking around Astaria wasn't there and Yami was sitting up with a worried look on his face.
"Where'd you go Aibou?" He asked in concern.
"For a walk. I spoke with Astaria. She's so upset." I explained to him worriedly.
"Ahh I see." He murmured as I sent him the memory while he came to sit by me.
"Stay in my bed the night Yami? I… don't want to be alone." I whispered hugging my darkness.
"Of course Aibou. Anytime and you're never alone hikari. I'm always with you." Yami murmured holding me gently.
Slowly both of us lay down and drifted off to sleep. No nightmares came, only dreams of soaring.
The Next Morning
"Aibou… Aibou…. Wake up hikari." Yami whispered nudging me awake gently.
"G'morning Yami." I murmured stifling a yawn as I snuggled into his chest.
'Wait chest?' came the thought as I sat bolt upright blushing.
"Hehehe good morning Yugi. I trust you slept well?" Yami asked chuckling.
"Yea. What about you Yami?" I replied still blushing.
"Best rest I've had in 5000 years." He answered grinning as he got up and stretched.
Slowly I stretched gingerly getting out of bed. I crossed to the wardrobe where my clothes were and unconsciously started getting dressed. A cough came from behind me as I wriggled into my shirt and picked up a pair of my pants. My eyes widened and a blush crept onto my face as I remembered who was in the room. A chuckle sounded as I yanked my pants on quickly doing them up.
"It's ok Aibou. I didn't look." Came Yami's deep chuckle.
Fortunately a distraction from my embarrassment came in the form of Ryou. He rushed into the room his eyes wide screaming. Yami caught him as he tripped and chuckled in amusement.
"What's wrong Ryou?" I asked coming over as Yami set him on his feet.
"Bakura…. Sleeps naked… He was…. In my bed when I woke up." He panted looking thoroughly shaken up.
"Oh." Yami chuckled light-heartedly.
"I'm sure it was just a practical joke Ryou. He probably meant no harm." I told him as he stood up shakily.
"But he…" Ryou stopped and stared in horror at the doorway.
Looking at the doorway I could see why Ryou had run. Nude, smirking and pure evil was standing in the doorway in the form of Bakura.
"Tomb Robber put some clothes on before you scar anyone else for life." Yami growled covering my eyes.
"Yami…. My eyes… they burn." I whispered thoroughly disgusted by said Tomb Robber.
"I heard that Yugi… Though I'm sure you'd prefer to see the pharaoh naked rather than me I do take offence. Oh well to each his own. I'll get some pants on Ryou but only if you come back to our room. I don't mind you being around shrimpy but I dislike you being in the presence of his royal pain in the ass." Bakura retorted obviously having heard my comment.
"My hikari is not a shrimp Tomb Robber." Yami growled his fists clenching.
"Says the Pharaoh of all Shrimps." Bakura sneered grabbing Ryou and leading him out of the room.
"Bakura you idiot get back here I'm not done!" Yami shouted angrily.
A loud echoing bang was heard throughout the castle and I shook my head as I heard Kaiba yelling at Marik. 'Nutcases the lot of them' I thought with a smile. Yami chuckled at the thought.
"Hey you guys." Came Harry's voice from our doorway.
"Hey Harry. What's up?" I asked laughing as I heard a gunshot go off in Kaibas room.
"Well we're supposed to go shopping for your school things today so I thought, rather than bother the adults, maybe I could show you guys around. Course your Grandfather might have to come with us to get your money from Gringotts but other than that it should be fine." Harry explained smoothly as he fiddled with something in his pocket.
"Ok well let us get our stuff ready and we'll come meet you in the hall in ten. We'll have breakfast then be off." I replied cheerily.
"Alright then. See you guys in ten, I've already told the others so they should be down around the same time." Harry told us walking off with a sad smile.
Two "Uneventful" hours later
"I still can't believe you did that to that apothecary guy Malik." I muttered shaking my head.
"I keep telling you guys it WASN'T me. I do have a crazy yami too you know." Malik whined sulking next to his 'yami'.
"I take offence to that. As does the Pharaoh. Some of us are quite dignified thank you." Maya growled in a slightly unnerving fashion.
"You know… you kinda seem familiar…" Bakura observed glaring at Maya.
"I… don't know what you're talking about Tomb Robber." Maya squawked indignantly.
"Whatever crossdresser." Bakura replied smirking at the angry blush on Maya's face.
"Hey quit squabbling guys. All we've got left now is wands, then maybe we can go get some ice cream if you guys want." Harry explained trying to calm us down.
At the word ice cream I felt my mouth starting to drool and noticed Mokuba, Malik/Marik, Ryou and Laura do the same. Yami and the others looked extremely nervous. As we got to the wand shop of Diagon Alley an unnerving sensation seemed to settle in my stomach. Dread with a mixture of increasing unease. We entered the shop and the feeling vanished as a slightly mad looking man popped up out of no where.
"Why Mister Potter, what a pleasure to see you here once more. And with company." The man exclaimed eyeing the rest of us up.
"Nice to see you too Mister Ollivander. These are new transfers, they don't have wands yet and we all know you can help with that." Harry replied motioning towards the rest of us.
"Such a large group. This may take some time." Ollivander murmured his eyes catching sight of my puzzle.
"Well lets get started then shall we." Kaiba remarked sarcastically as a measuring tape floated behind him and began measuring his legs and arms.
"Right away." Ollivander replied cheerfully "You first Mister?"
"Kaiba." Kaiba growled, an intense dislike in his voice.
Twelve wands later
"Perhaps this one. Royal Frost Burst, horntail dragon heartstring 12 inches." Ollivander murmured nervously handing the wand to Kaiba.
Impatiently Kaiba waved it and a loud roar echoed throughout the store. Harry looked at Ollivander who was glaring at Kaiba.
"Making that wand nearly killed me boy. Take good care of it." Ollivander snapped as Kaiba placed the wand in a concealed pocket.
"Who's next?" Harry asked us.
Yami nudged me forward with a gentle mind whisper of good luck.
"Ah and your name would be?" Ollivander asked me slightly more cheerful.
"Yugi Motou sir." I replied shyly.
28 wands later
"This had better work. Legacy Sugar Maple, phoenix feather and unicorn hair dual core nine inches." Ollivander told me handing me the wand.
As I waved the wand I knew it was mine. The world around me slowed for a moment before speeding back to normal. Ollivander looked perplexed but nodded in approval. Smiling I pocketed the wand and nudged Yami forward.
"Twins?" Ollivander asked looking from me to Yami then to the group.
"Uhh no. I'm Yami Atemu." Yami told him smiling in the confident way that made me want to drool.
"Right but still very similar." Ollivander replied his eyes tracing the outline of Yami's hair.
"Can we get on with it? Mokuba wants ice cream." Kaiba growled impatiently.
"Right. Well let's try hmm… Crimson King Maple, phoenix feather and thestral hair dual core 11 inches." Ollivander muttered handing the wand over to Yami with a curious look on his face.
I watched as the air shone around Yami, images of pyramids and the insides of a palace appearing around him briefly before darkness swirled around him. The images vanished and Yami was looking at the wand frowning. Ollivander looked like he was going to burst with pride.
"Three down and more to go gramps. Keep it moving." Bakura growled from the back.
"Why I never. You next young man." Ollivander retorted glaring at Bakura.
"Gladly."
Three Wands Later
"Try this one. Black Locust, very odd dual core this one… Dementor fiber and thestral hair 11 inches." Ollivander muttered nervously as Bakura snatched the wand.
A sudden howling and screaming swirled around us and Bakura laughed maniacally. As he slid the wand into his robes the howling and screaming stopped. Stepping back he pushed Ryou forward.
"Ah well how bout we try Sunburst Honey Locust, unicorn hair and thestral hair 10 inches for Mister?" Ollivander murmured handing the wand to Ryou.
"Ryou." He shyly whispered as the room swirled red, gold and blue.
Next up was Laura.
"Right we'll try Black Alder, unicorn hair 10 inches." Ollivander said handing her the wand.
Impatiently she waved it several things exploded and the wand was snatched back.
"Hey old man. Try hemlock with another dual core." Laura told him smirking with distain.
"Well I suppose…. Here. Hemlock, dragon heartstring and thestral hair dual core 12 inches. Very temperamental." Ollivander replied handing the wand over.
Another explosion and the wand was quickly snatched away.
"Hemlock, dragon heartstring and unicorn hair dual core 11 inches." Ollivander squeaked handing her another wand.
Success made itself known as a sudden barrage of feathers filled the room. Smirking Laura pocketed the wand and shoved Maya forwards.
"Give her a Willow one." Laura growled smirking at the old man still.
"Desert Willow, dragon heartstring and phoenix feather dual core 12 inches." Ollivander muttered glaring at Laura.
Maya waved the wand sweat dropping as it worked images of someone blurry taking shape before vanishing as the wand was stowed. Mokuba, Marik and Malik were the only ones left now. Mokuba took a proud step forward and Ollivander handed him a wand.
"Royal Red Maple, horntail dragon heartstring 10 inches." Ollivander said happily as Mokuba got it first try.
"Me next!" Marik shouted excitedly.
"Shagbark Hickory, thestral hair and veela hair dual core 8 inches." Ollivander proclaimed emboldened by his success.
"Hey it worked!" Marik shouted gleefully as the feathers shifted slightly.
"Actually that was the wind. How bout Black Alder, dragon heartstring and veela hair dual core 10 inches." Ollivander laughed handing him the second wand.
This time it did work… in a slightly sinister way. The room grew dark and Bakura smacked Marik in the back of the head. Stupid idiot tried to summon the shadow realm. As he stowed the wand he skipped back to where Malik stood and nudged him forwards.
"Ahh last but not least. Let's try… Amur Chokeberry, thestral hair and veela hair dual core 11 inches." Ollivander said handing the wand to Malik.
Scowling he waved the wand. Illusionary blood began leaking down the walls and Malik smiled in amusement before tucking the wand in one of his pockets.
"Done and now to pay for it and head to ice cream parlour." Harry said excitedly getting up from his chair.
Everyone paid for their wands and made their exit in a hurry, thus the reason they did not notice the cloaked figure entering the store.
"I need a new wand." The figure hissed handing their wand to Ollivander.
"Ah but the wand chooses the wizard. I cannot give you another unless your own is…" Ollivander stopped talking taking a step back as the figure pulled their hood off.
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