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Chapter 46

As the group was standing on the platform, the other students of Hogwarts were gawking at them. They couldn't understand why these exchange students where there and why weren't they in uniform. The students were doing double takes at how the duelists were dressed. They could tell that each had a wizard's robe on, but they were all open revealing the most outrageous outfits anyone had seen.

Atem was wearing a sleeveless navy wizard's robe over a black sleeveless tank top with black leather pants and black boots. He had two belts around his waist one holding the case containing his dueling deck. He had a chocker around his neck that looked like a dog collar and matching black belt type bracelets around his wrists. His duel disk was on his left arm. Around his neck was the Millennium Puzzle secularly attached to a silver chain.

Yugi's outfit was almost identical to Atem's except he was wearing navy leather pants instead of black. He also had on his navy coat. The sleeves were sticking out of the sleeveless robe because inside that coat held his special inner pocket that held the Millennium Scales.

Seto was wearing a white sleeveless robe over a black long sleeved mock neck shirt and black pants with black boots. He had a silver belt around his waist with the letters KC on the buckle. He had two blue belts on each bicep as well as two blue belts on each of his shins. His dueling deck was securely attracted with the belts on his left bicep. He had a silver arm cuff that covered the entire forearm on his right arm and a duel disk on his left. He had the locket containing Mokaba's picture around his neck. Unseen to the spectators the Millennium Rod was stashed on his right hip between his pants and his belt.

Krista was wearing a sapphire blue sleeveless robe over a black long sleeved low cut blouse that showed her cleavage nicely. She had on a sapphire blue miniskirt and thigh high black leather boots which had six inch heels. On her left arm was her duel disk. She was wearing her silver triquetra earrings. Her hair was pulled back with a sapphire incrusted gold headband. The Millennium Necklace and her dueling deck were both around her neck. The deck's case was nestled between her breasts and her Blue Eyes engagement ring glistened in the moonlight.

Mokaba was wearing a yellow sleeveless robe over a long sleeved shirt that had horizontal light blue and dark blue stripes. He had on a pair of blue jeans and black sneakers. His locket containing Seto's picture hung around his neck. He had his duel disk on his left arm and his dueling deck in his back pocket.

Rebecca had a pink sleeveless robe over a white short sleeved blouse with a pleated light blue and navy plaid knee length skirt. She was wearing white knee high socks with pink patented leather Mary Janes. Her hair was in pigtails with pink beads around each pigtail. Her duel deck was strapped to her right bicep. Her Duel Monsters charm bracelet was on her right wrist. On her left arm was her duel disk.

Marik had on a black sleeveless robe over his white sleeveless shirt with two gold chains across the bust and a pair of tight black pants with black shoes. He was wearing long gold pointy earrings. A gold chocker lay around his neck. Two gold cuff bands were around his biceps. On the right arm his duel deck was securely attached to the gold cuff. He had a gold cuff that covered his right forearm. His duel disk was strapped to his left arm. The Millennium Eye was safely stored in his pants pocket.

Bakura also was wearing a black sleeveless wizard's robe. Underneath his robe he wore a blue and white horizontal stripped short sleeved shirt. He also had on a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers. He had his duel deck strapped to his left bicep and his duel disk was on his left forearm. He had stuffed the Millennium Ring down the front of his shirt because every time he came too close to a witch or wizard the ring would go bat shit crazy. He didn't want to draw attention to the ring activating every second to signalize the presence of magic and since he was going to a school of magic the ring may never stop moving.

"Would you look at that?" said a kid with blonde hair as he pointed at a group of duelists. He was accompanied by two cronies. "This place has so gone to the dogs. Looks like more Mudbloods to me."

"Leave them alone, Malfoy." Harry said as he ran up to the group of duelists.

"You better watch it Potter, I'm a prefect now." Malfoy said.

"Thanks for the help Harry, but I can handle it." Krista said, as she walked up to Malfoy. "Look here ass wipe, you should get your facts straight before judging people. The magic that runs through my veins I can trace back a lot farther than you can possibly imagine and if I hear you say that insulting word one more time you'll see the true power I possess."

"Royal Sorceress calm down, I believe you are letting your feelings toward the Death Eater's and what they did to Ishizu influence your judgment. We don't hold the sins of the father against the son." Atem sent.

"Pharaoh, I'm not holding this kid responsible for the incidences that happened in Egypt. This bastard just called us the worst term imaginable. Calling some one of non magical ancestry a Mudblood is like calling a person of African decent a word I will not say. I am totally against prejudice and won't stand for any of it." Krista replied.

"I stand corrected, in time we will judge him, but not tonight." Atem relayed.

"Fine, but I get first crack at shadow gaming this jerk off." Krista sent.

"Big brother," Mokaba said, "What does Krista mean by insulting word?"

"Krista and I read in our history book, that some wizards in this society think that those born with magic from non magical parents are second class citizens. The term Malfoy used is a derogatory way of saying that he believes we have non magical parentage." Kaiba explained.

"That is disgusting. What an ass." Mokaba said.

"Watch your mouth Mokaba." Seto scolded as he walked up to Malfoy. "Leave us alone."

"Why, I have money and can do whatever I want and there isn't anything you can do about it." Malfoy said.

The CEO barked is biggest laugh, "You think you have more money than me? I'm Seto Kaiba; I have more money than the gods. I can easily buy out all your families' debts and leave you penniless in a week. Now if you know what is good for you. You'll leave before I send my Blue Eyes White Dragon on you and your two pathetic goons."

"Come on Crabb, and Goyle. Let's leave these losers, and go do something else." Malfoy said with a stutter. The CEO scared him, but he wasn't going to give Kaiba the satisfaction of knowing that. The group of Slytherins left just as Hermione came up to the group.

"What are you guys wearing? We are supposed to be in school uniforms. You are going to get your houses into so much trouble. I thought you were going to change when I left our compartment." Hermione said. She wasn't angry, she was worried. Obviously her new friends didn't understand the policy of Hogwarts and the pride the houses took in the house cup.

"Technically we are in uniform." Marik said.

"You see we have an agreement with Dumbledore, he told us we could wear our signature looks under wizard robes and that is exactly what we did." Ryou said with a smirk.

"You still will not match the rest of your house. Your robes won't even be able to get the house crests on them." Hermione explained.

"We won't be sorted into houses. That was another condition of us coming here. We told Dumbledore we didn't want to separated." Krista said.

"You believe you would end up in different houses." Harry said.

"Without a doubt." Atem said.

"Let's get moving to the carriages and head to the castle." Hermione said as she took Atem's and in hers. The gang arrived at the carriages they looked around for one to fit them all. They finally found one that had only one occupant, a girl with blonde hair reading a magazine upside down.

"Let's take this one," Hermione said as she started climbing in.

"What are those pulling the carriage?" Harry asked.

"They are pulling themselves like always." Hermione said.

"You aren't going mad, I see them too." The girl with blonde hair said in an airy voice.

"Everyone this is Luna Lovegood, she is a fourth year Ravenclaw." Hermione explained.

"Can anyone else see them or is it just me and Luna?" Harry asked.

"I can see them." Seto, Krista, Atem, Marik and Bakura said in unison.

"Why can only some people see them and not the rest of us?" Mokaba asked.

"Because the carriage is pulled by Thestrals only someone who has seen someone die can see them." Luna said in her sing song voice, "Thanks for coming to help save our world."

"Something tells me this girl, is a bit eccentric, but she is intelligent she seems to have a sense of things. She seems to know who we are." Yugi sent.

"I agree, she is intelligent and has some kind of sixth sense. I believe she will be an ally. And we are going to need all the allies we can get." Atem replied.

"We still need to proceed with caution; trust that isn't earned is a luxury even I can't afford." Kaiba added.

"Just to make conversion, which houses do you think you would have ended up in?" Harry asked.

"I instigated a hostile takeover of my stepfather's company when I was 14. I'm the most cunning man on the planet there is no way I would be in any house other then Slytherin. Mokaba would probably have ended up in Hufflepuff, just look at his deck it shows the loyalty he has to his friends and family." Seto said.

"I haven't the foggiest idea what house I would have ended up in." Marik said.

"Tomb Keeper, you can speak to snakes and tried to take over the world with mind control. If that doesn't say you would have ended up in Slytherin I don't know what does." Krista sent with a snicker.

"That goes for me as well; I have no idea what house I would have been in." Ryou said.

"Rebecca and I are both very intelligent we would have most likely ended up in Ravenclaw." Krista said.

"Yugi and I may be twins but we are opposites. We would be split up. Yugi would have been put in Gryffindor and I would have been in Slytherin." Atem said.

"Why do you think that Pharaoh?" Yugi asked.

"Because I was willing to do anything to win a couple of duels in the past. One was when Kaiba and I were dueling outside Pegasus castle during Duelist Kingdom. Kaiba was willing to die if I attacked, had you not taken over he would be dead. The other was when I played the Seal of Orichalcos, I gambled with my own soul for a chance to win and you lost your soul for that mistake. You showed bravery when you had the seal take your soul instead of mine." Atem replied.

"The fact that some of us would have been in the house that is your house's rival doesn't bother you does it?" Yugi asked.

Hermione squeezed Atem's hand in an effort to communicate to him that it wouldn't have bothered her if he was a Slytherin. Atem smiled at her he understood what she was trying to say without words and leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"Well it doesn't bother me, if I hadn't ask the hat to not put me in Slytherin I would be in Slytherin." Harry said.

"You never told me that." Hermione said.

"Can you blame me for not telling you? That house has a reputation for putting out dark wizards, Ron warned me about the house before the sorting and I begged the hat not to put me in Slytherin so it put me in Gryffindor." Harry explained.

"Dark doesn't equal evil you know." Atem said.

"What do you mean?" Harry says.

"What Atem means is that the world isn't divided into black and white there is always a grey area. For example if you are in an alley and someone pulls a gun on you, and you shoot them first killing them. Is that considered murder?" Seto asked.

"No it is self defense, in the wizarding world we tend to forget that the world isn't light and dark it is filled with shadows." Hermione said as Atem snickered. "What was so funny about my statement?"

"The way you worded it. It was ironic. I find irony humorous." Atem said. Hermione had no idea what Atem meant by that, but she decided she wouldn't push the issue. This man was defiantly a mystery and one she would love to solve.

The carriages pulled up to the school and the group filed out of the carriage. As they were lining up to head into the castle Luna walked up to Atem, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone who you really are and even if I did no one would believe me. They call me Loony Lovegood. I think I'll go see if there is pudding at the feast. I love pudding." Luna said in her sing song voice as she left the group and headed into the castle.

"She defiantly knows who we are. I think she even knows I'm a 5000 year old pharaoh and you are my court." Atem sent to his court with concern.

"If she knows that, it is a certainty that she knows Seto, Yugi, Ryou, Hermione and I are all reincarnates from Ancient Egypt." Krista added.

"Agreed, but I don't think we need to worry about her, she seems to believe that no one will believe her if she tells them our secret so she will keep it to herself." Yugi relayed.

The group headed into the castle. Professor Snape was waiting at the entrance. "Potter, Granger go to the Great Hall, the headmaster wishes to meet with the exchange students privately before the feast starts." Snape said.

Harry and Hermione headed into the Great Hall as the group of duelists followed Snape through the castle toward Dumbledore's office. "So the old man still is going to go through with trying to sort us." Marik said.

"Yes, he is. He is expecting us." Snape said as they arrived at a gargoyle statue. "Strawberry Ice Cream." Snape spoke as the gargoyle moved out of the way to reveal a spiral stair case. The group climbed the stairs to the door of Dumbledore's office. Snape lead them into Dumbledore's office.

"Headmaster here are our new students, just like you requested." Snape said.

"Excellent. Now let us commence with the sorting." Dumbledore said.

"This is your last warning old man, don't do this. On the contract you signed are the rules to a Shadow Game and you will get a Penalty Game if you break it." Atem warned in his sternest voice.

"Nonsense, I would have noticed if we were in the Shadow Realm. After all I was there before or did you forget?" Dumbledore said as he grabbed the sorting hat off the shelf. "We'll start with Ryou Bakura. Severus please restrict Ryou in the chair."

"Sorry about this." Snape said in a whisper as he grabbed Ryou's arm.

"It's okay; it's not your fault." Ryou whispered. "He will get what is coming to him."

Snape was holding Ryou down in the chair as Dumbledore walked up to them. Dumbledore was just about to put the hat on Ryou's head when he froze.

Dumbledore dropped the hat and fell to the ground holding his head as a vision from his past entered his mind. He was standing in the living room of the house he lived in the summer he was seventeen.

"You can't take Ariana with you Albus." Aberforth said, "She is unstable."

"I don't want to hear it Aberforth, we can take her with us and we will. Can't you see what we are doing is for her?" Albus said.

"Your sister won't have to hide anymore when we bring wizards out of hiding." Grindelwald said.

"You can't do this she needs to stay here. I will quit school and help her." Aberforth said.

"You will finish your education." Albus said.

"No you can't make Ariana go with you, I will stop you." Aberforth said as he drew his wand.

Grindelwald drew his wand and pointed it at Aberforth "Crucio!" He yelled.

"No!" Albus yelled as he drew his wand. After Grindelwald let up on the torture curse the three wizards started firing spells at each other. The duel continued for several minutes until a frighten girl came in the room. The colors and the bangs from the rebounding spells were terrifying her. She ran into the middle of the duel to try to stop the fighting and when the dust cleared she was lying on the floor lifeless.

"Ariana is dead, I hope you are happy. Albus now you have no one to stop you on your quest for power." Aberforth said as Grindelwald fled the room. Dumbledore thought the worst was over since that was where the memory ended, but he was wrong as it replayed itself.

Snape was looking at Dumbledore he was crouched on the ground. Dumbledore was screaming "No No Ariana, not again No No."

"What exactly is happening to the Dumbledore?" Snape asked he was concerned by what he was witnessing. Here one of the most powerful wizards in the world was on his knees in agony, emotional agony. Why hadn't the fool listened to his warnings?

"It is his Penalty Game for breaking the contract. I sealed the penalty into the contract myself. He is experiencing his worst memory. He sees it play over and over again, not being able to change the past and not being able to stop it." Krista said.

"And how long is he going to be like this?" Snape said.

"The Penalty Game will last one hour. After that he will be fine. I told you he wouldn't die, but it would be painful, and it will lead to insanity if he continues to break the contract, since each time he breaks it the Penalty Game will begin again." Krista said.

"Dumbledore is a fool, but I don't think he will ever break the contract again. Now I need to get you all down to the feast. I also need to get the Sorting Hat to Professor McGonagall." Snape picked up the sorting hat off the floor. He led the group down the stairs and toward the Great Hall.


Well there you have it Dumbledore's Penalty Game

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