It's been quite a while since I did any writing, but I knew that before I could start something new, I have to finish the older ones. And in some cases, redo them. None of the characters, or original story lines they belong to are mine. But I will be adding a few things to hopefully make it uniquely worthwhile.

In the distant fog, a crude looking building can be seen. It looks as a monster would, but it is in fact a black magician's home. Though many know him as pharaoh, for the oddities they say he collects - the name of this man is Atem. People fear him, as it is rumored that he eats the hearts of beautiful young women. One should not believe everything they hear.

Yugi sat in his Grandfather's game shop, testing games for his Grandpa, per usual. The other workers are his best friends, Duke, Tritan, and Tea, helped sell the games and were getting ready to go into town with Yugi's Gramps.

Suddenly Tea squealed in excitement. "Look!" Tea exclaimed, "It's Atem's castle! Isn't it amazing? I hear he eats the hearts of beautiful young girls. Guess I'm the only only who has to worry about that."Tea said, as a girl with short brown hair and crystal blue eyes. Duke had emerald eyes, and long black hair, while Tristan had brown eyes and hair.

Yugi looked out also, just out of curiosity. What he saw was something that looked more like a pile of trash. It was moving though, which he found utterly fascinating. He stared for a moment, before realizing the others had left.

Then he went back to his stack of unfinished games. After looking through them, he decided to call it quits, and go to his cousins bakery. He picked up his jacket, and walked out the door, locking it behind him.

He pulled out the piece of paper, and began to follow the directions. He was almost there when he passed by the parade, for the soldiers off to war. He walked into the back alleys to avoid the crowd, and looked down at the directions again.

As he was walking, he suddenly bumped into something. He looked up, and saw a man with a uniform on. He had long blue-ish hair, and two different colored eyes. Next to him, was a shorter man, with a creepy smile, blue hair, and yellowish eyes hidden by glasses.

"Look Weevil, a little mouse lost his way." Said the taller of the two. Yugi shook his head and tried to move on, but the men blocked his path again. He looked down and then back up.

"I'm not lost, thank you though." Yugi said, trying once more to move away.

The men looked at each other, the taller saying to Weevil, "See, your smile scares all the cute ones away." He said, shoving the shorter lightly.

"Are you sure it's not those eyes of yours Dartz?" He retorted, then turned back to yugi. "Why don't you let us take you out?" He asked Yugi.

Just then, a hand was put on Yugi's shoulder, and a deep baritone voice showed up.

"There you are dear, I've been looking all over for you." It said, and Yugi looked up.

A man was standing there, and Yugi noticed instantly that his hair was styled the same way as his own. In fact, except for the different colors, it was identical. Minus the gold streaks in front.

"Hey, we're busy here. Move on bud." Weevil said, looking back at the taller man.

The man with his hand on Yugi's shoulder laughed, then spoke calmly, "Really? It looked to me like you were just leaving."

He then lifted his left hand from his side, and the men seized up, and as his hand moved away so did they.

Then the man gave Yugi his arm and started walking.

"Sorry, I need you to act natural for me. Don't freak out, but I'm being followed." The man said, pulling Yugi to move quicker.

They kept walking, and after a few minutes, the man spoke again. "Sorry, looks like you really are involved now. This way." He said turning left, "Just a tad faster now." Then suddenly they were off the ground, above even the houses.

"Now, extend your legs and start walking." He said to Yugi.

Yugi did as he was told, and soon the two were walking over the entire town. They stepped briefly on the top of a building, and then kept going. They went to the balcony of a building, which happened to be his cousins bakery.

The man set him down, and now Yugi got a better look. The man had blue eyes, and crimson tipped black hair and it was spiked up like a star. His skin was sun kissed, unlike most of the population who had skin like marble.

"There, now stay inside for a little while. I'll draw them away from you, alright?" The man said. Yugi shivered at his voice, and nodded. "That's my boy." He said smiling, then he jumped backwards of the railing of the balcony.

Yugi ran to the edge, but could not see the man anywhere. A few minutes later, after he had gotten inside, he was sitting with his cousin Ryou, who had soft white hair and big brown doe eyes. He was co-owner of the bakery with their childhood friend Malik, who hand sandy blond hair and light violet eyes.

They were all sitting behind some boxes in the bakery talking, and he told them about the strange man who had saved him. They looked at him in somewhat horror before they said in sinc, "What if that had been the wizard every talks about Atem?! He could have killed you!" They exclaimed in sync.

Yugi looked down, and shook his head before replying.

"Not likely. He only likes pretty girls. I'm a boy, and I'm not attractive at all." Yugi said with a slight frown.

Ryou and Malik continued trying to convince him he was handsome, but he refused to see himself through their eyes. This continued for a few more minutes before Yugi said he needed to get back to the Kame Game Shop, where he lived, and worked.

He stood outside the door, and said goodbye, the two other boys asking if he was sure working in the game shop was what he wanted. Of course his answer was yes. He had always loved games, and he was a game tester as well as creating a new every now and then.

(TIME SKIP)

Yugi unlocked the door of the game shop and walked in, locking it back up behind him. As he moved to the front desk, and lit the lamp on it to provide a small amount of light he heard a rattle behind him and turned around. There, he saw a tall thin girl with long black hair and hazel brown eyes.

She was wearing a yellow kimono dress, and had her hair up in twin buns.

"I'm sorry, but the shop is closed." He said, and then he muttered to himself, "I could have sworn I locked that door…"

The woman smiled, and looked around. Her eyes landed on Yugi, and she momentarily stared at his hair. Then her smile widened, and she took a few steps forward into the shop, and then spoke.

"What a tacky little shop, and what odd looking games. But by far, you are the tackiest thing here." She said, looking around again.

"I'm sorry ma'am," Yugi started again, walking over to the door and opening it. "But the shop is closed, so I must ask you to leave. The door is right here." He said, pointing out.

The woman laughed, and she walked towards him a little as if to leave. Then she spoke again.

"My, your a plucky one aren't you… standing up to the witch of the waste. Tell Atem I said "hi will you?" She said, turning fully as her minions came up behind Yugi, scaring him, when he realized that they were the same as the ones chasing that man earlier.

Her body turned to smoke and she passed through him, as he cowered in front of the black blobs of slime. Then she was walking out the door, with one last quip.

"The best part about that spell, is that you can't tell anyone about it. Enjoy your curse." She said walking out the door and closing it behind her.

Yugi stood slowly, and as he stood, he noticed it was much harder than it should have been for someone his age. He looked down at his hands, and gasped. They looked really old. They had become wrinkled and hard.

He walked over to the full length mirror in the room that they had never gotten around to removing.

He gasped again. His back was stooped slightly, and his hair was all gray. It was also pulled back with a leather hair tie for some reason. He was covered head to toe with wrinkles, and his eyes had lost some color he noticed. The last thing he noticed was that the whole thing was blurry.

"Great, not only am I old, I'm partially blind, and talking to myself. How much worse can this get… that lady said I wouldn't be able to tell anyone about it. I'll just leave then… I can't let grandpa see me like this, not to mention Ryou and Malik..." Yugi ranted a little to himself.

He sighed, and went up to his room, locking the door behind him. He laid down and went to sleep, deciding to stay in his room all day tomorrow and then leave.

The next morning, Yugi woke up to a knock on his door, and Tea's voice telling him to come down for breakfast before the shop opened for the day.

"I don't think I'll come down today. My throat is terribly sore, and my nose is all plugged up. Tell grandpa for me would you?" Yugi said, sitting on the bed covered by a blanket.

He heard a pause before she replied, sounding somewhat worried.

"Alright. Are you going to be OK? You sound like an old man…" She said, posing the question to him in her worry.

It was evident now, that it was going to take a while to sneak out. They would be checking on him at some point in the night, and he would have to leave right after they left.

"I'll be fine, it's just a cold. I'll sound normal in a few days. Can you tell Ryou and Malik for me?" He asked, wanting his friends to know they wouldn't see him for a while. "Longer than they may think…" Yugi thought to himself after Tea had left.

He stood up and walked to the small mirror in his own room and started talking to his reflection. He was a supposedly crazy old coot now anyways he figured. So he did it with little guilt.

"Well, at least you don't have very many back problems, not to mention your hair is under control now. Plus, no chance that even a female wizard will look at you anymore." He told himself a frown pulling lightly at his wrinkled face.

(TIME SKIP)

When night fell, Yugi opened his door and walked to the kitchen with a small bag. He grabbed a small amount of bread and cheese and then left. Walking as far as he could, over a bridge that spanned a rail road.

Eventually, he caught a ride on a wagon that was headed in the direction he needed to go. It dropped him off by a small farm, where the farmer offered to take him back the way he had come.

"No, thank you though. I'll be alright, after all, I'm just going to visit my sister." Yugi replied, waving his hand as he kept walking to the waste lands.

A woman stuck her head out of the house that was by the edge of the wastes, and asked, "Where is he going at such an old age? Especially through the wastes."

Her husband, who had been talking to Yugi previously, turned and answered, "He says he's going to visit his sister. Whoever would live on a path through the waste must be crazy though."

Yugi listened a little as he walked then tuned the conversation out to focus on walking. He was just a little way away from where he started, barely making any progress in his old body. He looked back and groaned lightly.

He had made even less progress than he initially thought. He could still see the town, even if it was smaller now. He turned back around, and as he kept walking a strong wind began to blow. Hindering his movement even more.

"I'm not going to get anywhere like this. I may be fairly fit, especially for my age, but this wind is chilling me to the bone. I need a better coat, and perhaps a cane." He muttered to himself, looking around.

As he kept looking, he came across a bush with a stick, poking out of it. It looked about the right length for him so her went and began to pull on it.

He pulled with all his might, and after a few minutes of struggling, the stick came loose. It was a lot taller than it had initially looked, and as Yugi studied it he noticed it was a scarecrow. He also noticed it was standing on its own, as he had let go in shock when he saw the turnip head. Shaking his head in wonder, turned to go.

"Too bad. I don't care much for turnips." Yugi sighed in resignation.

After several minutes of walking against the window, he heard a light tapping on the ground and looked up from shielding his face. The scarecrow had come back, and was carrying two things with it.

As it got closer, it dropped the cane next to Yugi, and then a coat over his head.

Yugi pulled the coat so it wouldn't blow away, and grabbed hold of the cane. Then he tested it by walking a few steps. It worked very well, and he turned to the turnip head scarecrow to thank it.

"This will be perfect. Thank you very much, for the coat and for the cane." Yugi said, then walked past it and continued on his way, just a little faster than before now that he had a cane and a better coat.

He still heard the scarecrow tapping along behind him, so he turned and spoke to it again.

"I would like a place to stay if you don't mind. This isn't really getting me anywhere, and this old body won't agree with the hard ground." Yugi said to it, and in response they bounced off into the distance.

It wasn't long before it returned.

What Yugi didn't expect though, was to see Atemu's castle behind them. He paled, and then walked towards it slowly. The castle stopped for a moment, as if to let him in, then kept going past him.

On the other side, was a door. Yugi saw it and started running to keep up with the castle. It was faster than him because of how big it's steps were. He grabbed onto the railing by the door, but was still running to try and keep up.

After several minutes Yugi finally managed to climb up on the small porch that was built out in front of the door. He caught his breath, and with some struggle to stay on the small porch, opened the door.

He peered inside, and felt the heat from a wood stove. It was certainly better than sitting outside. He turned once more, and spoke to the two scarecrows that had helped him.

"Thank you very much, I should go inside though. This cold isn't good for my old bones, its nice and warm in there."

It kept bouncing after Yugi and the castle though, after the door was shut behind him. It knew what this place was after all. Not that they could say anything, what with the spell they were under.

The scarecrow took a high jump to get stuck in a part of the castle. Then it just sat there, waiting to be found. Inside with Yugi was a different story though.

The inside of the moving place was very dirty. Crumbs and trash everywhere. Clothes, and other thing where strewn throughout the room, to the point the floor was barely seen. Yugi curled his lip in disgust.

He walked a little further into the room, and on his way, stepped on several things that had just been left to collect dust. He walked over to the little chair, and brushed it off. Sitting down he took in more of the room, from the table sitting in the corner, to the sink by the wall.

Both were barely noticeable under all the clutter. He shook his head, and turned back to the fire. It had eyes. His own eyes went wide, and then, then the fire spoke.

"Who are you? And what are you doing in this house? My master won't like having a stranger in the house when he returns." The fire said, looking Yugi up and down.

Yugi gasped and stood up, backing away a little from the warmth of the fire. It smiled mischievously, and spoke again.

"You don't need to be afraid of me. I'm just a fire demon, cursed to make this house move for all eternity." The demon paused, and then his eyes widened as he realized something. "HEY! Maybe you could help me. You could get rid of my curse, and I could help you with yours."

Yugi just stood there for a moment before eyeing the fire with suspicion. He sat back down, and set the cane next to his chair.

"First of all, how did you know I was cursed? Secondly, why should I help you? Third, what makes you think you and I can help each other?" Yugi asked, leaning slightly closer to the fire, though the fact it claimed to be a demon was slightly disconcerting.

The demon though for a moment before answering the three questions.

"First, I can tell your cursed because I'm cursed to. Second, you should help me because I asked and I can help you. Unfortunately, only after you've helped me. Third, We can help each other because we're both cursed. The cursed of this world must stick together." The self proclaimed fire demon answered.

Yugi nodded considering the demons answers, and his offer. His eyes closed for a moment, and he realized how tired he was. As he started to drift off, the demon asked if they had a deal. Being too tired to argue, he simply said he would, but only if the demon promised he would help.

After that Yugi fell into a deep sleep, leaving the demon to his thoughts. The demon kept talking, as if Yugi could hear, and that was that. He would have to get this humans name tomorrow.

(Time skip to morning)

Yugi woke with a start, hearing a bell ring and footsteps approaching where he sat. He heard two voices, one asking who he was, and the other what they should do with him. The bell rang again, and one of the voices cursed.

He heard both pairs of feet moving away, and dared to open his eyes enough to get a look at the two. One, was a white haired teen, that looked as if he intended to either kill someone, or steal their stuff. The other, had sandy blonde hair and looked about the same.

In fact, Yugi thought that if they hadn't looked so crazy, they could have been Malik and Ryou's twins. One of the two started to turn back towards where he was sitting, so he closed his eyes again, and went back to "sleep".

"What should we do with him though Bakura? We can't just leave him here can we?" One of the two teens asked. He sounded kinda crazy too in Yugi's opinion.

He heard the door open, and the other spoke to someone at the door. Then it closed again, and they went back to talking. After a few minutes of them talking, Yugi decided to "wake up". He groaned, and his bones popped as he moved and sat up properly.

He looked around, and noticed the fire was staring at him again. The two teens from before looked at him, and stopped talking when they saw him staring. They looked back at each other, and shrugged before the white haired boy spoke.

"What are you doing here shrimp? And how did you get in?" He asked, glaring at the old man that had shown up out of the blue.

Yugi stared for a moment before replying.

"I was helped by a scarecrow. He gave me this cane and jacket, then led me here." He said, telling them exactly what happened.

The crazy looking sandy blonde laughed. He fell on the floor, and looked back at the old man.

"And people say i'm crazy. Bakura, this old man is off his rocker." He said, and the white haired teen, that Yugi now knew was called Bakura kicked him. Then helped him up, only to be tackled to the floor by the other boy.

"Can it Marik. Don't be so rude to strangers."Bakura said, then turned his direction to the old man, and asked him a question. "What's your name, and why are you in this house? Don't be funny, or we may just kill you."

Yugi blanched at the word kill, but he managed to swallow his fear. He gulped, and looked straight into Bakura's eyes.

"My name is Yugi. I'm in this house, because the scarecrow led me here. That's the truth, and there's nothing you can do to prove me wrong. So please, don't kill me. I'm just an old man." Yugi said, then asked his own question. "Also, why would you kill me? Why not just toss me out the front door?"

"This old man is crazy, asking us to throw him out the front door." Marik though while laughing, and Bakura hit him again. He stopped laughing and glared at Bakura. Then looked back to Yugi and spoke.

"We would kill you because you know of our whereabouts. If we threw you out, you would tell, and then the witch of the waste would be able to find us." Marik said, his laughing from before vanished from his face, replaced by a mask of seriousness.

"Sorry, but I can't take you seriously when you were just laughing so hard. Plus your face shows you're trying too hard to not laugh." Yugi said as he started laughing himself, and he ended up falling out of the chair he had been sitting in.

This caused Bakura to start laughing, and once that happened, none of them could stop. The fire just sat there staring at them, and them when they did finally stop, it spoke getting there attention.

"You three are gonna be in trouble if Atem comes back ta find ya on the floor laughing when Bakura and Marik are supposed ta be studying. Also, I forgot ta introduce myself last night. My name is Joey. Nice ta meet ya, now let them get back ta work." The fire, now dubbed Joey said, his voice deadpaning in an accent Yugi had never heard before.

The two teens stood up, then helped Yugi stand. Yugi, was about to sit back in the chair, when the door opened, and in came Atem. Or as Yugi saw him, the man who had saved him from those soldiers the other day.

Alright! If you've read this before you can see what changes I've already made. And there are fewer spelling mistakes now. And this I give you the first slightly redone chapter, of 'Atems Moving Castle'

Hope you enjoy, and once again none of the characters or original story lines belong to me.