The next morning, Harry was awoken by something he had not experienced in years and certainly not in this dimension, somebody was banging on his door. Rising from his bed he turned to the door, not bothering to put on a shirt, and opened it. He was shocked at who was waiting for him on the other side.

"We need to talk." His morning visitor spoke first. "I know what happened last night"

With a raised eyebrow Harry stepped aside and waved the student in. "And just how did you find out?"

"Not much happens in this school without my knowing. The professors look to me as the student body, and the students look to me as a role model."

"How modest."

The figure raised an eyebrow. Turning to face Harry after looking around his room. It was typical but he could see the changes. "Don't get me wrong, I don't revel in it. But that doesn't make it any less true."

"Out of curiosity, what was it?"

"Alexis."

"She's out of the infirmary?"

"No, I went to visit her when I found out."

Harry nodded. Walking off to his walk in closet he began to get dressed while his guest waited patiently. "I thought it would have been Syrus." He called from the where he was.

Zane nodded, not that Harry could see it. "Syrus and I don't exactly talk much."

That was awfully personal, Harry thought as he returned to the room now clad in an Obelisk uniform. He noticed Zane looking at the case containing his decks and disk but paid it no mind. They were at a school for duelling and it wasn't that uncommon to carry a bag or something containing cards.

"So what was it you came here for?" He finally asked the third year student.

Zane turned away from the case and looked straight into Harry's emerald eyes. "I wanted to thank you." He replied. "And to deliver a message."

Harry just kept looking.

"Alexis wants to see you."

Harry slowly nodded. Picking up the case he walked to the door and held it open for Zane. "I'll drop by after classes. If you see her before then, then you can tell her."

Zane simply nodded before walking out and disappearing down the hallway. Harry waited a few seconds before doing the same.

'I do wonder what she wants' Mahad whispered in his mind as they walked to class.

'Maybe she wants to thank you' Black Luster Soldier answered before he could get a word in.

Harry shushed them with a wave of his hand. "She was unconscious the entire time. She has no idea what happened."

'Unless she was told by Jaden.'

That made sense to Harry. He nodded to his spirits and entered his class for the day, taking his seat and watching Professor Banner prepare his notes to start the class.

'Alchemy again' He thought before taking out his own notes along with equipment. 'The one aspect of my old world I'm surprised to see'

Two hours, a lot of explosions, and homework assigned left Harry standing outside the infirmary dusting off his blazer for the hundredth time. In this world Alchemy was more a science than magic, which he supposed could be said for his old world. After all what little he knew was derived from his research into Nicholas Flamel.

Knocking on the door he waited and only entered when he heard the soft voice inside beckon him. Entering he saw Alexis in her bed sitting up with Zane by her side. Seeing him enter, Zane nodded his head and bid goodbye before leaving, not without a nod to Harry as he passed.

"You were looking for me?" He greeted the bed bound girl. Really he had nothing else he could think to say so better off to let her start the conversation.

Alexis nodded. Perhaps she was lost for words too. Harry thought.

"I... I wanted to say thank you for saving me."

Harry was silent for a moment before he took the seat beside Alexis's bed. "You don't have to thank me. I would have done the same for anybody." Taking a breath he went on before Alexis could speak. "What Titan was doing was criminal, dangerous, and wrong."

"What was he doing?" Alexis asked shocking Harry.

"You don't know?" He asked receiving a shrug in return.

"Jaden hasn't got a clue what happened. As soon as he took me here he supposedly ran straight back to you."

Harry nodded knowing it was about as much. "I know we haven't covered them in history yet so I'm not expecting an answer. Have you ever heard of the shadow games?"

He received no answer.

"The shadow games were a factor of ancient Egyptian history. They used magic and sorcery to access a world of spirits, they bound those spirits to protect their lands."

"Magic?" Alexis asked confusedly.

"Yes and no. Some of us have a deep connection to the worlds beyond our own. Lacking understanding, they called it magic. With the spirits by their sides duels began."

"I know this, it's the history of duel monsters."

Harry nodded. "Yes. But then came the problem, how to control it. So they used the shadow realm they send themselves into an alternate dimension where their duel would not be interrupted, and where cheating is strictly forbidden, punishable by death. In the Shadow Games, the sorcerers' skills would be tested by seeing how powerful of monsters they can summon, and how powerful a spell they can cast to power up their monsters."

"And Titan did this?"

"No, I did." Alexis was confused. And her face showed it. So Harry decided to explain. "Titan was nothing but a pretender who knew more than most. He used this to distract and scare his opponents to such a degree, that he became one of the most feared duelling mercenaries there are." Oh he had done his research alright. He wanted to know exactly who had hired Titan to duel Jaden, he would kill them.

"But what did you do?"

"I reacted. I told you there were some who had connections to the spirit realm, I am one of them. When I saw what Titan was doing I reacted, activating the room we were in at the time. A shadow game started. Nothing bad would have happened if we had just finished the duel normally but Titan ran. The shadows don't like to lose their prey."

"And where do I come into this?" She finally asked.

Harry finally understood why she was in this room. When he had given her to Jaden she was unconscious yes. And when he had visited her afterwards he had seen her sleeping soundly. She was in shock.

"To be honest, I don't know. Titan could have wanted to use you to get to Jaden, he could have just needed bait and you were around. He could have wanted something worse. But no matter what he wanted. He didn't and wouldn't do it. Not while I walk this earth." Standing he stretched his legs and let her absorb his words.

"Thank you." She finally said after moments of silence.

Harry nodded goodbye much like Zane before him. Before walking out and heading straight back to his dorm. As soon as he crossed the threshold his spirits appeared before him both with concerned looks on their faces.

'You told too much' they both said at once.

"And you practised that. Take me to Yugi."

'No' Mahad said at once. Harry merely raised an eyebrow in retaliation knowing damn well there had better be a good reason. 'You swore to me when you got on that helicopter that you were going to become your own man.'

'And I'll be damned if I let you go crawling to the man who took you away from me for advice' The Chaos Soldier said.

"A bit clingy no?" He asked the midnight clad monster.

'I agree with the magician.' Was all the Luster soldier said in response before he vanished.

"Mahad." Harry pleaded only to be met with a similar vanishing act. Knowing he couldn't teleport that far without help Harry left his room.

Deploying his duel disk he placed three monsters down and watched as their holograms appeared. Mahad and the Chaos Luster Soldier stood before him but so did the Magician of Chaos. Pushing his power through to his disk he watched as the holograms solidified even more than usual and the monsters blinked as life was put into them. Sitting on the forest floor he turned off his duel disk and placed the cards back in their cases. But the monsters stayed.

"I would have thought that a mercenary would be hired to come after me, not Jaden." He told them. "Son of a billionaire, holder of two of the three chaos cards, powers that took Yugi Muto to teach control."

'Your father promised you that you would be safe' The Chaos Magician responded. 'And the trouble you have gotten into so far has been either your own doing, or a crossfire.'

Harry blushed at the reminder that he had gone looking for a fight on his first night here. "What do you think will come next?" he asked with a grin.

The three monsters were silent and Harry knew why. Somebody was coming. Quickly banishing them to their spirit forms he turned to see who was approaching. His heart said intruder but his nose said perfume, and there was only one woman on this campus with any reason to see him.

"Care to join me Alexis?" He asked without turning around.

"I thought I saw somebody I'm not interrupting anything am I?" The queen of the obelisk dorm replied.

"Not at all. As you can see I am all on my own. You were let out awfully quick."

"I kind of snuck out. The nurse wasn't letting me go anywhere."

Harry smiled. He knew that feeling all too well. Between his doting father and his old nurse he was an expert. "Was there something I can help you with?"

Alexis simply sat next to him. "All that stuff you were telling me earlier, about shadow games. You know a lot don't you?"

Harry nodded.

"How?" She asked.

"I was taught at a young age. My mentors felt the need given my situation." He pulled his case to his lap and opened it revealing to Alexis his decks and other cards. Moving the cards back he pulled out a photo. "This is my father."

Alexis gasped in shock when she saw who was in the photo. "Your father is Pegasus!" She shrieked. "I didn't even know he had a child."

"He didn't. I was adopted."

"Why are you telling me this?" She questioned him.

But Harry wasn't looking at her this time. He was staring at his monsters not that she could see, as far as Alexis knew, he was staring out to the ocean. He recalled their first meeting on this island and knew it was time to tell her. "Because we've actually met before." He said in response. He ban to tell her the tale.

"Dad" Harry groaned as he tugged at the collar of his new suit. "I get that Kaiba is throwing the party, I even had no problem attending with stuffy businessmen, but the suit is too much."

Pegasus simply patted his son on the back. Steering him through the crowd towards the table before handing him a drink and grabbing his own. "I understand my boy. But Kaiba wanted to show you off as his new protégée."

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't teleport out of here."

"Because you'll be grounded."

"Hello, teleport."

"No deck."

"I have three."

"I know where they are."

Harry pouted. "Fine you win" He stalked off away from his father still tugging at his suit. He was grateful for everything Pegasus did really, but this was where he drew the line. So engrossed was he in being childish that he didn't see in front of him and walked right into somebody, taking them both to the ground as he did so.

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING" His victim screamed at him drawing the attention of many of the surrounding people.

"I'm sorry." Harry apologised as he stood up, offering his hand as he did so. "I wasn't looking where I was going."

"Obviously." She muttered not bothering to take the offered help and instead opting to pick herself up off the ground. "Alexis Rhodes"

"Harry Potter."

The two stood in silence, each trying to think of something to say after such an abrupt meeting. It wasn't until he noticed the deck in her pocket that he found what he needed. "You're a duellist." He said.

Alexis nodded shyly withdrawing her deck. "Yep, best in my class. My brother is the only one who can beat me."

"I don't have many people to duel with. But I can hold my own against the ones I do." Harry commented.

Alexis took out her deck and Harry reached into his pocket to do the same when Mahad appeared in front of him. 'You're father is looking for you' was all he said before he disappeared.

"I'm sorry Alexis. I have to go. Maybe some other time. But until then." He opened his case revealing the cards he owned and pulled out one. "Take this." He handed the card to her and ran off to see his father.

"I remember now!" Alexis exclaimed with her eyes widening. She had kept the card with her all this time but never really thought about where it had come from. It had been years ago and many things had happened in between. "But how did you remember after all this time?"

"Because I was grounded after all. A week without my decks was horrible." He shuddered at the memory. "Did you keep that card?" He asked

Alexis nodded. She had originally kept it so that she could remember the offer of a duel. But as she grew older she had kept it to remind her of the good looking boy who had bumped into her. Recently it had just been a habit to keep it even if she didn't think of why. Green eyes stared into brown as she pulled out the card. It was a duel monsters card but it had no effect. It was simply a painting. Harry's.

A promise card.

Harry smiled at seeing the card before taking a similar one out of his case. Turning on his duel disk he placed his own into a card slot before gently taking Alexis's and putting that one in as well.

When Harry's card was placed into the duel disk the forest around them disappeared to be replaced with the midnight sky. Stars shone brightly above them, revolving slowly. When he placed the second one, an Aurora Borealis shone brightly in the sky.

Alexis stared open mouthed at the sight before them before blushing as she realised that one of the cards was hers. Or at least it was, she didn't know if he was going to give it back after seeing just how special it was.

"My father taught me how to make cards after he adopted me. The painting came naturally. These two were my first creations. You were the first person I had met who didn't mentor me or look after me, had we more time I'm sure we might have gotten along. Each card I make comes in pairs, so I figured if I ever saw you again, I'd know who you were by the card if nothing else. But when I looked into your eyes… I knew who you were straight away." Harry softly spoke so as to not break the moment. "We may not have had the best introduction, but I hope we can be good friends now that we have the time."

Alexis just settled in her place. Getting comfortable and enjoying the sight with her new friend. Oh they would be good alright.