"In the name of the fragments of light. We bind the power inside you to the bracer you now wield."
As soon as the golden bracer was strapped around Harry's wrist he awoke with a start. His eyes searching wildly around the void of colour in which he now stood. Ra, Obelisk, and Slifer towered before him. But unlike last time Harry was no longer a scared and confused boy with an attitude problem. He was a teenager with an even bigger attitude problem.
"How did I get here? What happened to the duel? He asked immediately before examining himself. His new duel disk had become inactive and his sword and shield were on his back.
It was Ra who answered. "You ventured into the spirit realm in search of the one named Mahad. You could have summoned one of us and asked."
Harry raised an eyebrow in response before asking. "And just how was I to know of his connection to you? Yugi has never spoken to you. Mahad never mentioned you. And besides you said I couldn't summon you until I reached the height of my power."
Slifer coiled his serpentine body around Harry, his breath coming out in steam as he opened his first mouth. "You are in the height of your power, if you had any more you'd be taking on the divines. All that's left now is to mould it as you grow older and gain more access to it. The bracer though, will stop you from seeing the future."
"What happened?" Harry asked the large red dragon.
"You were seeing the future as it could be. It's actually how we found you so quickly. Not putting your soul on the line wasn't making it easy for us but you used so much power in that duel that it was easy enough. You won't be able to see the future anymore so long as you wear that bracer."
"How did I get so much power?"
"Mahad." Slifer responded. "In his human life he sealed away a great deal of his power. An unnecessary action for you given what's at stake. As he became the Dark Magician he was in full possession of all of his power and it only grew. By giving you his power you were subject to the power of the first and most powerful Dark Magician."
"Did you let him do this?"
For the first time Obelisk spoke up. "No, had we have known we would have stopped him. He only got away with it because of how your original energy came to be." There was a wave of force emanating from the divine beast. "The upstart left us with quite a headache."
"What my brother means." Ra interrupted. "Is that with your power, and your presence in this dimension, there is far too much that can go wrong. You, a wielder of shadows. An unknown wielder of the light of destruction, Armatyle awakening and so much more. You must be cautious."
"You brought me here. If there was so much difficulty then why did you do it?"
"You'll know soon enough. It has already begun." Slifer responded before Harry felt a pulling sensation on his feet and the myriad of colours soon turned white. Not long after he began to feel like he was falling. He tried to discern his surroundings but it all flew by too fast leaving him unable to even look anywhere other than straight ahead.
Back at Duel Academy:
Late at night in the chancellor's office stood three of the most legendary humans in duelling history alongside the headmaster of duel academy and his vice.
"You're telling me that one of my students has been missing for weeks and nobody has noticed?"
"Not missing Doctor." Yugi commented "We know where he is and why he's gone. We simply don't know for how long." He took the card he had taken from Harry's room from his back pocket. "Even when he is secretive Harry leaves clues just in case." He turned over the card revealing it to be Brron, the Mad King of Dark World. "What makes me curious is how he knew to go there. Mahad hasn't associated with Brron since the Chaos Sorcerer arrived in that dimension."
"Dimensions? Mad Kings, what is going on?" Dr. Crowler couldn't help but exclaim. "We have a student missing and we're all wondering about Duel Monsters cards?"
"Dr. Crowler." Pegasus appeased the often gender challenged man. "What you have to understand is that while Duel Monsters does appear to be a mere game that has been so closely integrated into our society, there is another side that is much more spiritual than any would ever believe."
"We can put all of this aside for now." Kaiba intervened. "We have a student to find."
Sheppard didn't speak. He simply stood from his chair and moved to the window where he looked upon the starlight sky. The others watched him in silence as he simply stood there.
Finally he spoke.
"What of Alexis Rhodes?"
Crowler, being the only member of faculty, spoke up. "Her grades have begun to sink. Most likely due to her low attention span in class. We took notice of it but none of us knew why. Now that I do its most likely as a result of missing him."
"If Harry doesn't return? What's your prognosis?"
"She'll begin to fail others will take notice. Unlike Harry she is quite popular and if she was to disappear many would notice."
"Then perhaps is time we tell her just where her friend is gone." Kaiba spoke for the first time.
Sheppard hummed once more. "I think we have a bigger task to deal with at the moment my friends."
Pegasus frowned. "What do you mean?"
Sheppard pointed out the window towards the sky. "I think what appears to be a comet heading towards the entrance hall might be a pressing issue at the moment."
And sure enough a purple light was falling from the sky in the direction of the main building. The adult's eyes widened as the all watched it fall from the sky before it soon descended beyond the scope of the window and thus the sight of those who occupied the room.
"Let's go." They all said at once before they ran from the room.
Obelisk Girls Dorm:
Alexis opened her eyes as she woke up in the middle of the night for no reason. Looking round her room and shrugging her shoulders she lay her head back down and tried to go back to sleep.
Slifer Red Dorm:
Jaden rolled over in his sleep as Winged Kuriboh appeared beside his head and made as much noise as was possible for someone of his species.
"Trying to sleep Kuriboh, tell me about it in the morning."
Main Entrance:
As the light neared the ground it stopped suddenly just before it collided, the force continuing in its place creating a loud bang. The purple light hovered above the ground even as the adults from the chancellor's office arrived to witness it clear.
The light began to fade as it slowly lowered to the ground leaving a crumpled body in its place. One which they all recognised as the body of one Harry Potter. Clad in the armour of the Black Luster Soldier he lay on the ground not moving one iota.
"Harry." Pegasus was the first to move and ran to the unconscious form of his son.
Yugi and Kaiba looked at each other before walking forward, the teachers in their wake. Yugi placed his hand on Pegasus's shoulder before gently pulling him away allowing Kaiba and Crowler to pick Harry up.
"We'll take him to the infirmary. Chancellor, you stay here just in case anybody else heard the noise." Yugi ordered as he took Pegasus by the shoulder and followed the others.
"Yugi." Pegasus gasped at last. "He's back. But that armour, that sword, that disk. What could have possibly happened in there?"
Yugi was silent as he walked to meet his student.
Harry didn't awaken for two days and Pegasus never left his side. By the time he did awaken North Academy was due to arrive and all of the campus had gone to meet them. Sheppard had kept news of Harry's return secret and due to his very disappearance also being secret it wasn't that difficult.
"Remind me not to do that again." Harry groaned as he tried to sit up. Opening his eyes and seeing the face of his father he gave up trying. "Ok maybe it might not be so bad." He never got the chance to make a cheeky remark before his face was covered with his father's hair.
"What were you thinking?"
Harry allowed his Dad to have a moment before he sat up, removing himself from Pegasus's clutches in the process.
"I was thinking that I had a friend to find."
"You never came to me. Or Yugi, or even Kaiba."
Harry shook his head. "With who and what I am there should be no reason that he wouldn't respond to my summons. I tried to send others in my place and they failed. In the end there was no other choice." He bowed his head in shame. "It was all for nothing though. I didn't find him. But I didn't come back empty handed."
"I noticed your new attire."
Harry snorted. "I'd be surprised if you didn't." The two sat in silence for a moment before harry looked around in realization. "There aren't a lot of people for an infirmary."
"Everybody is down greeting the North Academy students. I'd say there's about an hour before the school duel is held."
"And Alexis?"
"She doesn't know you're back if that's what you mean."
"Then I'm going to her." Harry made to stand up but his father's hand on his shoulder forced him to sit back down on his bed. "Dad let me go."
"Not yet. You came back two days ago suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. The nurse said that you were to do nothing strenuous until she has a chance to see you."
"And let me guess." Harry said stubbornly. "She's down at the event as well."
Pegasus nodded and the silence begun again. Once more it was Harry who broke it.
"I'm going."
"Harry you are in enough trouble as it is. Don't you realise that you left the campus for weeks? It's nearly December."
"Huh, didn't feel like it. Although, we were travelling for a long time."
"Did you eat?"
"What we brought with us."
Pegasus nodded. He wanted to question his son more but knew that the others would want to do the same. Harry, on the other hand, closed his eyes and tried to sense for the presence of Yugi who he knew was on the island just not exactly where.
Every human being on this world has a life energy. They use it when they duel, when they walk, always, it emits from everything and everything in the world. Yugi, Harry, even Jaden had the ability to sense that energy. Yugi emitted the most energy because of who he was. When he found Yugi's energy he focused his energy and tried to teleport, vanishing in a flash of light.
He reappeared at the doorway.
Pegasus sprung from his chair and ran to his son's side. "You fool." He muttered as he picked him off the floor. "I told you to stay put."
"I feel fine dad." Harry returned as he examined himself. "Honestly, it's just fatigue." Grabbing a Blazer he slipped it on making sure it covered his bracer
"What is that Harry?" His father asked.
Harry just walked out of the room beckoning his father to follow him.
When the two of them arrived at the duel arena it was to see that Pegasus was wrong in his estimation of time. The duel had already started, Jaden was duelling Chazz.
"Wow I really have been gone for a long time." Harry commented to his father. Jaden had been selected as the representative in his place and Chazz had transferred to North Academy, and became their representative.
"My turn Jaden." Chazz called to his opponent. "And by sending my masked dragon back to the graveyard I can destroy all of your monsters with less than its attack points." Before he had even finished the razor blades in the armed Dragon's stomach had begun to spin only being released upon the saying of the last word taking every monster on Jaden's field with it.
"I've never liked the Armed Dragons." Harry said to his father. "Personally I prefer Horus."
Pegasus nodded in agreement with his son as he scanned the field and looked at the cards in Jaden's hand. "My team made the cards while I provided some of the sketches after seeing the tomes. I'm not surprised you prefer Horus, you were never one for brute force cards."
"Have you seen some of my cards?" Harry asked with a raised eyebrow. "I can do brute force without effort if I wanted to." He raised his arms and began to fiddle with his bracer looking for a clasp to see if he could take them it or not.
He found not the clasp but the eye of Anubis on the bracer. Pressing on it did not remove the bracer but instead drew on his powers a small amount. Removing his finger and stopping the drain Harry placed his finger again only this time feeding the energy.
It came off with a click.
"Huh." He muttered as he felt his power increase. "Well that won't be easy to take off."
His father saw the eye of Anubis appear on his forehead not that Harry did of course. It disappeared as soon as he put the bracer back on and Harry sagged slightly at the loss of energy. He still needed rest it seemed.
"It looks like this duel is about to end." Pegasus commented.
And sure enough it was. Flame Wingman had appeared on the field during Harry's inspection of his new jewellery. Charging for the Armed Dragon LV 7 it burned the monster to a crisp and continued to use its firepower on Chazz whose life points dropped to zero instantly.
The crowd was in shocked silence as the Slifer red who was not even supposed to be in the school duel had won. That silence was broken of course by Harry who clapped.
At once all eyes in the audience turned to Harry before they too clapped. Though two eyes did not for they widened in shock at seeing Harry back. His green eyes met her brown and he smiled. He was home, even if he was in trouble.
"You're what?!" Harry screamed after he had met with the Chancellor, Yugi, Kaiba and his father in the former's office.
"Your deck and your collection that resides on the island is to be confiscated until the winter break commences. Should you need it for any educational reason it will be provided to the overseeing professor at the time." Sheppard repeated.
"Are you kidding me?" Harry said much more quietly lest he invoke further punishment. "That's three weeks away."
"You should have thought about this before you ran off without a word." Pegasus commented.
"I left clues."
"And that's the most confusing part of this." Yugi interrupted. "I know how you got there but what fascinates me is that you left Brron as your clue. How did you know that's where you'd end up?"
Harry was silent. He pondered his words and the others didn't dare interrupt him despite their curiosity. When he finally spoke it was but a whisper. "I had a feeling. A feeling that made me search through my cards. I could see Brron's face without even looking at his card. Turns out it was so much more than a feeling. I could see the future."
"The future?" Yugi muttered quietly so as not to interrupt.
"That's what they told me anyway. I didn't really figure it out, not even during my duel with Brron. It took over my vision all I could see was the events that had yet to happen. It was so confusing that I nearly killed Brron."
"What did you see?" Kaiba asked.
Harry didn't answer. But he did speak. "You can take my deck and my disks." With that he walked out. He headed towards his room where he found his armour waiting for him on his bed. Leaving it there he began to pack up his cards into a trunk along with both of his duel disks. Realising it couldn't be sealed lest the professors be unable to retrieve it. He moved it to the side.
Then there was a knock on the door.
