Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, Harry Potter, or any WOW or Charmed references made, LOTR does not belong to me either nor its quotes.
AN: I was playing the staring game again with this chapter. I really should learn that staring does not get the chapter done or make it any better. MOP distracted me too. I can't help myself. The new expansion is fun.
Anyways hope you all still like my story.
Chapter 11
Monday January 19th, Mages Common Room
Mana awoke the next day finding a very worried Pharaoh at her bedside. She hugged him tightly. "Atem I have missed you so much."
Atem sighed in relief that Mana was alright. He pulled away and looked the girl in the eyes. "Mana that was so reckless, what if their Dark Lord had been the one to catch you instead of these fools?"
"At least these guys are sorta the good guys," Mana said cheekily.
Atem rolled his eyes. "That's not the point my love. I wanted you safe and America was the safest place for you to be. Get ready and I will meet you downstairs and we can get some breakfast." Atem left Mana's room and headed downstairs.
Mana soon came down to the common room dressed in a pair of jeans and tee. She was carrying her robe and looked at it with disdain. She saw Atem and his priests along with a man with black hair and a scruffy looking man sitting with the boys. "Who are these guys?"
"They are our babysitters," Seto answered the future queen.
Severus glared at the cold teen but ignored the comment. "I am Professor Severus Snape and this is Professor Remus Lupin. We are your tutors in modern magic."
"More schooling," she pouted as she walked over to Atem and received her wand from him.
"Yes, Miss Hudson this is a school and since you all possess magic and have not been properly trained you will be learning it." Severus answered while staring at the pouting girl.
The teens quietly chatted amongst themselves filling Mana in on what had been going on while Lupin approached Severus.
"Severus may I speak with you a moment?" Remus said while the mages were distracted.
Severus walked over to the werewolf. "What is it Lupin?"
"I am going to go find Dumbledore Severus. I am having trouble not getting caught by Umbridge I think I am going to have to either start staying with the mages or not tutor them anymore.
"Hmm…I do not think the mages would appreciate that but I need you to help me with catching them up. I cannot do this on my own." Snape grumbled with displeasure. "Go I need to escort them down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
"We need to discuss what Dumbledore told us about the night of the attack," whispered Atem while Snape and Lupin were distracted.
"What did he tell you guys?" Ryou asked quietly.
"Basically that we will be here for a while unless we help these fools out. Vodly seems to have split his soul into seven items that will allow him to continue to be reborn if he is killed before these items are found and destroyed." Seto explained in a quiet voice.
"Oh that's just great we will be stuck here indefinitely." Marik stated.
"Samira will figure out something is wrong before then if we do not return this summer to take the throne." Atem observed.
"That could be bad for this world. That could start a war between England and Egypt." Yugi acknowledged not wanting a war where even more innocents would be hurt.
"What do you suppose they look like?" Mana asked getting back on track not wanting to think about the possibility of a war between two magical worlds with a mix of non-magical on Egypt's side.
"The old fool didn't say. Though, I got a feeling that he knows more than he is letting on about these items." Seto told the group.
"Hmmm…I wonder if Dumbles had told Harry any of this. I mean Harry is supposedly his pawn to kill off Voldy. So what is the connection? How can a 15 year old boy kill off someone who is almost immortal." Ryou said wonderingly.
"It seems we need to talk to Harry and find out if he knows about these items and find out what exactly they are and how they can be destroyed." Atem told his priests.
"Won't that require us getting involved in this world's issues?" Marik asked.
"I thought our goal was not to destroy the magical world." Yugi asked worriedly.
"It would serve them right. From what I can tell this whole magical world is corrupt. Its government is denying the return of a madman, a madman is running around with little opposition, the "good" guys will sacrifice anyone to kill the madman. These people are all crazy." Seto ranted sounding every bit like the person he used to be before he regained his Egyptian memories.
Severus interrupted their conversation telling the mages it was time to go down for breakfast.
"We will discuss this later." Atem ordered quietly as they got up and began to follow Snape.
Severus stayed close to the mages to make sure there were no unexpected incidents. Mana clung to Atem out of nervousness. Once they were seated Dumbledore introduced Mana to the school as a late transfer student from America.
Draco and his friends rolled their eyes at Dumbledore's obvious lie about the new girl. Draco was intrigued by this new girl though. What could she possibly have to do with the mages. He decided to keep a close eye on her and the mages and he still wanted to exact his revenge on the one guilty of killing his father.
Harry, Hermione, and the twins looked at the new arrival questioningly. "Who are you?" Ron asked curiously while he began stuffing his face with eggs.
"My name is Mana..um Hudson."
"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley who is currently stuffing his face and the red headed girl is Ginny Weasely." Hermione said with some disdain towards Ron's manners.
"I'm Fred and this is George we are related to the one stuffing his face," one of the twins said.
"I'm Harry Potter and this is Neville Longbottom." Harry said while Neville gave a shy hello.
The teens chatted a bit and asked Mana lots of questions trying to get to know the girl better. Luna had also wandered over and was introduced to Mana. They seemed to hit it off instantly. Ron ate quietly listening to see if he could find anything interesting out that he could report to Dumbledore. And while everyone was distracted by the newcomer no one saw Ginny slip a bit potion into Harry's drink. Mana leaned into Atem sighing quietly after being bombarded with questions.
Ron noticed this and wondered. "Are you two dating or something?"
"Yes," Atem said giving Ron a warning glare which Ron seemed oblivious too. Ron thought this little tidbit would help him get back into good graces with the Headmaster. This girl could be a weakness they could exploit.
At the end of breakfast Severus walked up to the mages and handed Mana her class schedule.
She quickly looked at the schedule and frowned. Mana did not want to learn this modern magic. She much preferred to learn the ancient magicks of Egypt from her master Mahaad.
The mages walked quietly to Double Potions with the Gryffindor students. Snape came in with his usual flare and had the students start on a fire-protection potion. Bakura as usual took over for this class and sat next to Marik. Severus scowled at the two mages while hoping they didn't blow anything up this time. Little did Severus know that the boys were planning on making as much of this stuff as possible. Mana on the other hand made up for their lack of explosions. She managed to mix up the order of ingredients and blew up her cauldron. Snape turned to yell at the girl but immediately backed off when he looked at Atem whose eyes glittered dangerously. He couldn't decide who was more dangerous the crazy white haired mage or the over protective descendant of a pharaoh. "Mr. Motou help Miss Hudson with the potion." Severus ground out as patiently as he could. Oh how Severus longed for the days when it was just Longbottom screwing up potions.
His 5th year students were yet again in shock. Snape being lenient was unheard of and yet these transfer students got away with everything. Draco watched in disgust. He hated watching his godfather catering to the mages for the sake of keeping up appearances for Dumbledore.
At the end of class Marik and Bakura stuffed all their fire protection potions in their robes to save for later use. They all headed to DADA. "So what is this class like?" Mana asked curiously.
"It has been unpredictable. The teacher has been bloody awful but she actually taught us something last time." Ron stated.
"I am sure she will be useful again today," Seto said smirking evilly.
Hermione looked at him suspiciously but said nothing this time. She had no way to prove he was mind controlling Professor Umbridge. She would just watch and see.
[Actually High Priest let's try a spell from that book the twins loaned us. Ryou suggested wanting to get in on some of the pranking since Bakura always got to have all the fun.]
[What did you have in mind. Seto asked.]
[Tomb Robber I think you are corrupting Ryou. Atem said with amusement in his voice]
[Hey this was all his idea! I blame the twins and that book. He has read it just as much as me. Defended the Tomb robber though, he was very proud that his descendant was finally taking after him even just a bit.]
[I need shiny objects around the room. Can anyone transfigure a bunch of items?]
[I can. Seto offered]
The mages quickly entered the classroom and Seto transfigured anything he could find into something shiny as requested. He was curious as to what Ryou had up his sleeve. Once all the students had arrived Umbridge came into the room and headed towards the front of the room. When she passed Ryou quickly cast obsidere de crus obiectis. Umbridge immediately diverted from her original path and went towards a little statue that was shiny. She suddenly started babbling to herself while cradling the object like an infant.
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss. My Precious. My Precious. So bright... so beautiful... our precious.
Umbridge wandered around the room collecting all the shiny objects available. The students started laughing hysterically at their teacher's antics not having a clue what was going on. The mages snickered. Hermione and Malfoy looked at the mages suspiciously.
"What did you do to her?" Hermione whispered to Atem.
"It's just a charm. It will wear off eventually." Hermione fumed a bit but couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
Umbridge noticed her students and reality set in for a moment. "Silence! I demand order in this classroom…then another shiny object caught her eye and she continued on with her babbling.
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss. My Precious. My Precious. So bright... so beautiful... our precious.
"That's it! The whole class has detention with me tonight if someone does not come forward and tell me who did this." She screamed in another moment of clarity. Then another object distracted her.
Draco raised his hand and got Umbridge's attention in another moment of sanity. "Professor I believe it was one of the transfer students who did this to you."
"Which of you did this to me?" She screamed angrily.
"We did nothing to you. Malfoy just dislikes us." Ryou argued.
"That's it DETENTION! All 6 of you! Class Dismissed!" Dolores said as she stormed out of the classroom babbling: We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss. My Precious. My Precious. So bright... so beautiful... our precious.
The mages left the classroom with smirks on their faces. The Golden trio followed the mages.
"You guys are not gonna like her detentions. She uses a blood quill." Harry told his new friends as they headed for the Great Hall.
"What makes you think we would actually attend her silly detention?" Atem asked.
"But…You have to. It would only make things worse for you if you didn't." Ron spluttered.
"Ron is right. You can't just skip a detention with her!" Hermione exclaimed.
The teens sat down for lunch still discussing the detention or arguing though Harry's attention suddenly shifted when Ginny sat down next to him. They started up their own conversation with Ginny giggling every once in a while. Hermione soon noticed and got a slightly hurt expression on her face but quickly schooled her features while Ron hid a smirk behind a mouthful of food. The mages were also a bit confused at the interaction. As far as they knew Harry held no affection for the younger Weasley. Though, the mages were grateful that the attention was now off of them. Everyone chatted amicably until a livid Snape stormed up behind them.
During lunch Umbridge informed Snape of the transfers' behavior in class and of their punishment. He smoothly talked Umbridge out of making the girl attend a detention with the argument that this was her first day and could not have performed a spell of that caliber. He was relieved when she agreed with him and let the girl off. He did not want to even think of how Atem would react to Umbrige's punishments if it was inflicted upon her.
He then scowled in the general direction of where the mages were sitting and having lunch. He quickly left to go speak with his charges. He stormed down the Great Hall and stopped at the end of the Gryffindor table. The mages looked at the angry face of their captor.
"A word...Now!" Snape said shortly while he turned and started walking off not even bothering to make sure they were behind him. The mages quickly got up and followed the angry man quietly.
[I think he is angry with us. Bakura snickered in everyone's head]
[I feel like all we do is get yelled at by him lately. Marik complained]
[Well we do kinda deserve it. I mean if we were in a normal situation and pulled the crap we pull we probably would have a year's worth of detentions or even have been expelled by now. Yugi said.]
[But, that prank was well worth it. Everyone got a laugh out of it. Ryou said somewhat gleefully at the success of his prank]
[Too bad we cannot get Umbridge to expel us. That would force Dumbledore's hand. Atem said mulling the idea over in his head.]
Severus led the quiet teens down to his office. When the door shut he laid into them. "What in the hell were you thinking! Are you all insane? Umbridge is not someone to mess with. She has her own agenda and works for the Ministry of Magic!"
"We do not fear that foul woman." Marik stated.
"You know we care not of your schools punishments for our actions" Atem added in haughtily.
"What is the worst she can do? Expel us? That would be doing us a favor." Seto said just as coldly as Snape himself.
"You do not understand. She is a ministry official. If she finds out about you and that you practice dark magic Dumbledore will be the least of your worries. The Ministry will take you into custody and give you a Dementor's kiss. Dark magic is illegal in our world and Minister Fudge would love nicely wrapped sacrifices to show everyone how great a minister he is." Severus lectured.
"We are not evil!" Yugi argued.
"What is wrong with you people? Life is not as black and white as that!" Bakura said while taking over for a bit.
"The ministry does not care about that only what they deem as right and wrong matters." Severus answered back snidely and continued lecturing. "Even if she did not discover the truth expulsion will not get you out of here and if you think otherwise you are fools. Dumbledore believes you are the key to the war. He will hide you away in the dungeons or take you to some remote spot that none knows about. How will your protector save you then if Dumbledore hides you away somewhere else?"
The mages glared at their captor. "This world is so corrupt it's unbelievable your society has not already crumbled under its own ignorance." Atem ranted almost sounding like a spoiled pouting child who had no more arguments.
"While I do not disagree; you will attend that detention and you will take whatever punishment she throws at you which I can promise will not be pleasant. She likes torture methods to get her point across." Snape ordered.
The mages paled considerably at that statement. Atem glared while taking a more aggressive posture and was about to speak once more but Snape interrupted. "You need not worry about Miss Hudson. I managed to talk Umbridge out of making her attend the detention." Severus said watching his charge carefully.
Atem nodded to Snape in acknowledgement and relaxed a bit. "Fine we will attend this detention"
"This will not stop us from our extra-curricular activities." Bakura smirked evilly with a new plan already formulating is his head.
"I am sure it won't. But try not to get caught next time." Severus said dryly.
Great Hall…
"What do you suppose that was about?" Ron asked curiously and being unobservant as usual.
"Well obviously their detention with Professor Umbridge. Didn't you see her speak to Professor Snape just before the came back here." Hermione said matter of factly.
"Snape will make them attend the detention I bet you anything." Harry replied joining in on the conversation.
"I hope so. They don't seem to realize just how much trouble she could cause for them." Hermione said worriedly.
"It's too bad they got caught in the first place. That spell was bloody brilliant!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yea it was funny. Who knew they would find a spell that was based off Lord of the Rings." Harry said laughing with Ron.
"What's Lord of the Rings?" Ron asked suddenly confused.
"It's a movie in the muggle world." Hermione explained exasperated at the topic at hand.
"What's a movie?" Ron asked again confused by the terminology.
"Never mind Ron. It would be hard to explain." Harry said.
Ron shrugged and started eating again. "So did you find anything on the transfer students' different magic while Ginny and I were at practice the other day?" he said a bit more quietly.
"Not much Ron. Egyptians practice the same type of magic as we do. The only other Egyptian magic is the countries ancient magicks. They might know the ancient magicks. You know you could help Harry and I research other magicks once in a while and maybe we would have some answers." Hermione huffed irritably not entirely sure herself about the transfers and their magicks or how trustworthy they really were.
'Well if its ancient stuff why don't we just write my brother Bill. He knows all about ancient Egypt." Ron said.
"Why didn't I think of that," Hermione exclaimed while startling Harry and Ron at her exclamation. "I will write your brother later today." She said hoping to find many answers to the strange teens.
Lunch soon ended and the Golden Trio headed to their next class. The rest of the day went smoothly, well almost. When the mages returned to their dorm they found an addition to their rooms. There was now and extra room. Lupin told them he would be staying with them from now on. The mages were not thrilled to say the least but there was little they could do about it. So they hung out in their dorm stuck doing homework under Remus's watchful eye until their detention with Umbridge.