"Harry!" A high pitched voice cried out as its owner knocked on his door.

It had been a week since Harry had returned and his nature refused to let him rest. Alexis had come by every day in order to keep him busy but all that had accomplished is that his room was now one of a kind and decorated. Of course, with him being back, it was also a mess of the highest degree.

But all of this was gone from Harry's mind as he closed the tome he was reading and strode to open the door. With his morning classes over and his afternoon class due to start in ten minutes he had taken the time to do research.

"You know Syrus," He addressed the minute Slifer as he stepped aside to let him inside. "There was a time, not too long ago in fact, where a Slifer wouldn't get twenty feet near the front door without a bucket of water being dropped on their heads."

"Really?!" Syrus exclaimed in fear looking wildly around him as if a bucket was going to suddenly appear out of nowhere. "But I thought, with you and Alexis…."

"Alexis and I are the exception rather than the norm Syrus. Look at Jaden, he's duelled Zane and nearly won. Beaten Chazz, Alexis, Bastion. And yet he's still looked down upon simply because he wears a red jacket." Harry sat back down by his desk and opened the tome he had been reading. "Now what was it you wanted?"

"What are you reading?" Syrus asked instead after seeing the ancient leather bound book in Harry's hands.

"You are very easily distracted aren't you?" Harry asked in turn. "I am reading a book on the earliest known duel spirits. I am trying to find an answer to the question I've had for a week. Now I'm going to ask you one more time and if you put it off then I will get the bucket of water."

"I was up last night and going to the bathroom when I overheard Professor Banner talking to somebody on his computer." Syrus explained immediately under threat of walking to class wet.

"And I imagine that he said something to worry about otherwise you wouldn't be here?"

"He said that he was going to test Jaden."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Syrus. He is a professor. Testing his students is kind of his job."

"But he said if Jaden failed he would be buried alive!" Syrus screamed.

Now that piqued Harry's interest standing up from his chair and placing his book on the desk.

"Have you told Jaden about this?" He asked the blue haired boy.

"Yeah but he thinks it's nothing serious."

Harry nodded. "Unfortunately Syrus there's not much I can do beyond waiting for it to happen. Make no mistake," He said quickly so Syrus wouldn't interrupt as he had his mouth open "I will intervene should something happen but until then we must also consider that you simply misinterpreted the good doctor's words now we're going to be late for class Syrus come on."

Syrus looked at his watch before he bolted out the door leaving Harry staring at the spot he had been standing.

"The hell was that?" Harry asked nothing as he put on a jacket and teleported straight to his seat in class. He would have been late had he walked but now he was earlier than even the teacher.

Sitting in his seat he took out his tome once more and began to scan its pages searching for any reference to a deity or titan known as Armatyle. The words of the Egyptian deities running through his mind.

Minutes later other students began to arrive for the class with minutes to spare. Alchemy wasn't exactly a favourite subject among the students, often being ridiculed outside of class and ignored inside. As the bell rang and class began Syrus burst through the door.

"Sorry I'm late!" He panted in the doorway.

"Its fine Syrus, in fact you can serve your detention in my field trip." Professor Banner spoke.

"Professor, when Harry shows up, don't give him detention, it's my fault he's late." Syrus pleaded as he sat down next to Jaden, far enough away from Harry that he didn't see he'd already arrived.

"Syrus," Banner questioned. "Harry was the first one here." Shaking his head. "Now let's move on with the class. As you should remember we have been discussing the aspects of rebirth. In this case the remnants of destruction paving the way for creation. So if you would all take out your lab kits we can begin."

Harry watched as the good professor added several chemicals to the boiling solution before adding the metal sygil in the water.

Of course the students had been used to the explosions for months now so they didn't even flinch when the solution exploded upwards towards Banner's face leaving him breathing nothing but smoke.

"Now I want all of you to copy this and we shall continue."

Many students began to grumble as they pulled a mask over their faces while Harry simply added the ingredients not bothering to add protective gear. Knowing what was to happen he waited for the other students to blow up their ingredients before doing so last. When the smoke settled, courtesy of hand waving and ceiling fans Harry added another ingredient causing the water to illuminate the room.

"Well, well students." Banner commented walking towards Harry. "It seems Harry is a step ahead of us here." Once in front of Harry he picked up the vial and shook it causing it begin to glitter once more. "Tell us Harry, what happened."

"Simple Professor, the catalyst could only produce the desired effects if the ingredients were placed inside the vial, but the ingredients are unstable and mixing them causes the explosion we saw earlier. Essentially, we had to destroy something in order to create something new." Harry explained in a monotone keeping his eyes forward.

"Yes my students. That is the way of alchemy, now can somebody explain to me how this relates to duel monsters?"

Harry heard Alexis's voice from across the room. "Tribute!" He knew from the following silence she was probably blushing for speaking out loud.

But Banner didn't notice her blushing so excited was he that he ran back to his desk to address the class. "Yes!" He cried as he ran back. "Tribute, an essential aspect of duel monsters be it for summoning, activation or more is the exact same as this, we destroy to create more powerful effects."

"Now." Banner said. "For your homework I want an essay on how tribute relates to your deck along with one other alchemical experiment that demonstrates every aspect of tribute." As he finished explaining the homework assignment the bell rang and many students began to pack up their things to leave. "One final announcement, any student wishing to join Syrus and myself on a field trip to the ancient ruins can find us outside the main building tomorrow morning at 7am sharp."

Harry packed up his own things while pondering in thought. He knew full well what those ruins were capable of. And the fact that Banner was conducting a field trip to the ruins after Syrus's warning made him suspicious. One thing was for sure, he would be on that field trip.

As he walked out of the main building he caught sight of Alexis being dragged away by Mindy and Jasmine. A bit annoyed that the rest of his day was going to be spent alone he frowned and walked towards the forest, his father's words echoing in his mind.

"I don't want the first time you use your powers to be a time you need them"

'Alright then' Harry thought. 'Maybe I should push the limits'

Removing his blazer and setting it on the ground Harry reached deep inside himself and opened his senses to the world. The shadows obeyed and from there he could feel every person on the island. He could almost feel their very soul, he knew Jaden, Alexis and many others based on his interactions with them. But this was child's play, he had been able to do this since Yugi began teaching him

"Round 2." Harry muttered to himself.

Vanishing from the spot Harry reappeared on the other side of the island without so much as a bead of sweat appearing on himself. Teleporting back to the forest picking up his stuff and teleporting back to his room where he dropped his blazer and his bag before picking up the sword he had acquired in the spirit realms. Feeling its power harmonizing with his own he prepared to teleport back only for a knock on his door.

"Every bloody time." Harry grumbled as he put the sword on his desk and went to answer the door. "Alexis." He called out in surprise. "I could have sworn you were otherwise engaged."

"Ha, ha very funny. I was trying to get your attention." She said as she pushed past him. "They're my friends sure but all they talk about is boys they think are cute and that gets old really fast."

"Well forgive me for not interpreting your facial expressions my dear. I'll do better next time." Turning back to the door and shutting it he turned back to see that Alexis still hadn't sat down rather she was looking at him pointedly.

Sighing, Harry waved his hand causing the sword to float over to the mannequin by the window which bore his armour where it landed in the doll's hand. With the sword out of the way and his jacket off Harry made sure his sat on the new sofa he had replaced the other with and nodded.

Alexis sat next to him and lay her head on his chest.

Ever since his return to the world of duellists she had taken to being as physically close to him as possible. Harry of course had no objection to this at it was quite comfortable and he could think of no reason to object.

He looked around the room himself and Alexis had decorated. The chair set was gone to be replaced with a single larger sofa, the same one on which they sat upon. His desk had been moved over near the bed and on it lay his briefcase which would soon hold his deck and duel disk. With the bed being on the back wall and his desk being on the left. On the right was the aforementioned window and mannequin. Of course this was an obelisk dorm room so his mannequin could have gone in the walk in wardrobe. Or by the door to his ensuite.

Yes sometimes it paid to be an obelisk. And ever since he fell in that hole, it paid to be Harry Potter.

"So are you going on that field trip?" Harry asked the girl cuddling into his chest.

"I was hoping to go so I could find any clues about my brother. After all people used to play shadow games in these ruins so maybe there's a clue as to what happened to him."

"It's possible." Harry murmured.

"Will you come with me?" She asked him, looking up so that her brown eyes met his green. "After all if there's anybody who could see magic, it would be you."

Harry didn't bother telling her he would be going anyway to keep an eye on Jaden and Banner. Instead he simply said "Of course." And lay his head down.

Minutes later Harry was listening to the soft breathing coming from Alexis telling him that despite it being only seven she had fallen asleep and that unless he was brave enough to wake her, he was not going anywhere. Unless…

Waving his hand he pulled the pillows off his bed and placed them beside Alexis before teleporting onto the ground beside the sofa and making a pulling motion as soon as he appeared. The end result, Alexis never woke as he was instantly replaced with pillows providing her with comfort while he escaped. Waving his hand again he summoned his sword before vanishing and reappearing in the forest once more.

Gripping the sword tightly and untucking his shirt Harry let his energy flow outwards before he vanished, reappearing on the other side of the clearing and swinging his sword at the nearest tree.

It is physically impossible to cut a tree in one swing with a sword. In most cases simply trying to would ruin the sword leaving you with a dent in the tree and nothing else. Any case of it being done in a movie is usually with bamboo, the only wood capable of being cut so easily. But as the sword reached the tree, the energy emitting from the blade literally forced the wood to snap and part before the blade even touched it. Then end result?

"Timber!" Harry called as the tree fell. Moving out of the way of the falling tree Harry poured more energy into the blade in his hand before driving it into the ground and letting go of the hilt. "Guess there's only one thing left." He muttered to himself.

Raising his hand and pouring more energy into each and every one of his fingertips, keeping it there until it was about to burst. Crying out, he released his restraints and let the energy fly out.

The Dark Magic Attack. His last gift from Mahad.

The energy struck another tree creating a dent in its thick trunk. But not enough for it to fall over like his word had done to the previous one.

"Well that's no fun." Harry commented. Raising his hand once more he tried to push even more energy into the attack. Sweat began to pour from his body but when he finally released the enrgy from his hands and watched as it flew towards the tree he was not disappointed. It vaporised in an instant. But he was exhausted.

"I need help." He said to himself after a minute of thinking to himself.

With his spirits locked away with the chancellor Harry had nobody to call upon for advice. At least until the words of a certain god came to mind.

"Well I'm not getting any more powerful according to them." Harry muttered before siting cross legged on the ground and focusing. "How do I summon you?"

But it was as if the words coming out of his mouth were not his own. He didn't know how he knew them. In fact, he didn't even know if they were English. But he knew what they were and he knew he needed to say them.

"Great beast of the sky please hear my cry, transform thyself from orb of light and bring me to thine awesome might. I beseech thee, oh phoenix flame, bring me to thee as I call your name."

Harry dropped to the ground as he called out. "Winged Dragon of Ra!"

Like every time he visited the realm of the gods. Everything went black for Harry and he was there. Leaving his body in the realm of the duellists Harry collapsed.

"It's nice to simply come here rather than wake up confused." Harry said to the sun god immediately as he appeared in the realm of colour and deities, as he had dubbed it in his younger years. "Missing your companions?"

"You summoned me. Not them." Was all he got in response. "Why? May I ask?"

"Is this my limit?" Harry asked after a while. "I can blow stuff up and see the future, so long as I want a headache?"

"No." The Egyptian god answered immediately. "You have the power of Mahad and your own. You tapped into it and discovered how to use it under the teachings of your spirits hence your ability to teleport. Its only limitation is you and your determination. But there are some things that cannot be taught. You have to learn how to make your powers your own, as you grow, so will they. Destruction comes naturally to your species, anything beyond that will take time and effort."

"And the visions?" Harry asked. "Will there ever be a point where I don't have to wear the bracer?"

"Can you control it when you see the sun rise? Can you control seeing another human in pain? No."

"So you're saying I should just put up with it?"

"I'm saying that it's up to you to see the light in the darkness. You are an agent of chaos are you not? Is light within darkness not your specialty?"

Harry looked around the realm for the first time since his first arrival in this dimension. The shadows that where inhabiting the realm were bigger than before.

"They are waking." Ra answered his observation. "Your world, and all others will soon become a battlefield of the gods."

"Is this why you're helping me?"

"We brought you here. We made sure you had power. We gave you the spirit that gave you more power. You are our responsibility."

"I'm honoured."

"Shall we take our leave?"

"I need help." Harry said instead of answering. "It's not as easy as listening to some advice. Even if it is from a god."

"But it is. It's your power. It's your mind. It's your fate. Answer me this, have you seen a single vision since you arrived here? Your body not come, so therefore the bracer did not but your mind and soul did so why shouldn't you have your powers?"

"Oh." Harry said in realisation.

"Exactly." The god said, sounding smug despite his stature. "Now go home. Of your own volition this time."

Harry simply spread his energy to every inch of his body he could think of and whispered "Home" before everything went white and he was lying on the grass of the forest.

"Let's give that one more try." He said standing up and taking off his bracer. He waited for his vision to fade or be replaced but it never did. Thinking that using his powers would trigger a vision and also trying to put Ra's words into practice Harry began looking at the previous tree and gained a look of intense thought on his face.

The look disappeared to be replaced by surprise as the ashes of the disintegrated tree swirled in the air before burying themselves in the ground. Seconds later, a seedling sprouted up in its place.

"Wow." Harry breathed in exhaustion. "He was right, destruction is easier." Beginning to feel faint and wondering if he would make it back to his room Harry teleported back to his room without bothering to put his bracer back on instead simply picking it up alongside the sword.

Seeing Alexis still sleeping on the sofa Harry raised his arms causing her to float into the air. Gesturing, she floated to the bed. Keeping one hand still and twitching the other one the covers were moved so that she was tucked in with another twitch of his hand.

No longer using his powers out of sheer tiredness. Harry placed the sword in the hand of the mannequin before collapsing on the sofa and passing out.