The Weekly Update is here!! So far I've been trying to keep it up regular...yay...even though American Lit. is a pain-in-the-butt...Thank you, all of those whose reviews have made this possible (now I sound like those people that go "And now a word from our sponsor"). And huzzah! The plot is *not* too random!!:

T.A.O.: Heh, glad you liked the chapter. I agree, I wanted to do a 'spying-on-adults' scene, but I just didn't see that happening, at least not realistically speaking in this fanfic (heck, fanfics *don't* make sense; am contradicting self again~).
Asher Tye: Kitsune is a good ideaand here I was, considering stuff like hair from the Monkey King (I'm not quite sure what that is in Japaneseit's in Saiyuki I think) or something. I wholeheartedly agree with the Voldemort+A-bomb = horrific disaster thoughYou're good at seeing through plots, you know that? Shhabout the whole Imperius Curse thing.(or maybe the plot's just too obvious)
Kaitourei: "Worthless beta" LMAO I like the title. Wonder what kind of reaction my sister'll have when I start calling her thatlol. Of course Kaiba's in trouble - but I want to deal with Mokuba's school life first
Peter Kim: Hmmm.the Pegasus, Fudge and Percy thing you're bringing up is interestingmaybe I will put that in, so thanks for that idea~ But as I said, I don't think Duel Monsters are going to be the center around this fic, sorry. I do have a deck, but my dueling skills are near to nil (if not negative) and I just don't think I'm up to writing a proper story with dueling in it. And no, Ryou's not a teacher. But he does show up, later on.

Thanks too to Curtis Zidane Ziraa, The Mad Tortoise and Lily of the Shadow!! You guys are the best~

MAJOR OC Warning! Red Alert! These are the chapters where Mokuba starts making new friends in his own year, and thus, inevitably, meets OCs. Also the SPOILER Warning is in effect...so beware.

Disclaimer: Yes! I own it! And now we will have the special 'Let's-Pry-Into-the-YGO-Characters'-Private-Lives' episode!!...**cough** Uh, okay, call off the lawyers, no, I don't. Not for HP either.

Muggle Studies

Ch.6 - On to Hogwarts! (Part I)

He had no idea where the last two weeks of vacation had gone, but before he knew it, Mokuba was attempting to hoist his heavy trunk into the luggage compartment of the Hogwarts Express. Ron and Hermione had already left for the Prefects' Compartment up front, leaving Mokuba to stuggle with the obnoxious trunk on his own. He scowled at the offending piece of luggage.

"Are you sure you don't need help, Mokuba?" Harry poked his head in. When the younger boy shook his head stubbornly, Harry gave up and said, "Well, whenever you're done, Ginny and I have a compartment further down the train, okay?" He left.

Mokuba gave his trunk his best glare and rolled up his sleeves. "Now it's just you," he grunted as he strained to lift it, "and me." It took a while, but he felt truly accomplished when his trunk was wedged securely in place. Stepping back to survey his handiwork, Mokuba bumped into another student attempting to heft his luggage on board. The other boy lost his balance and his grip on the trunk and fell with a thud.

"Oy vey," the boy muttered as he got up slowly, rubbing his rear end and straightening his glasses.

"I'm sorrythat was all me. Here, let me help.." Mokuba helped the fallen boy up and together they grabbed the trunk and shoved it into place. They grinned at each other.

"Thanks. I don't think I could've done it on my own." The other boy was slightly taller than Mokuba, his long brown bangs covering his eyes. He stuck out his hand. "The name's Alan Grey. I'm in Gryffindor, second year."

"I'm Mokuba and say, I'm in second year too. Dunno which house I'm going to be in though." When Alan looked skeptical at this, Mokuba explained, "I'm a transfer, so I haven't been, uh, whatchamacallit"

"Sorted." The other boy nodded, satisfied. "That explains why I don't remember seeing you around last year or anythingI've been wanting to grow my hair out like that too, but my mom keeps cutting it short." He tugged on a long forelock. "At least I got to keep my bangs."

As they headed out to find their respective compartments, Mokuba noticed something that looked like a playing card on the floor and picked it up.

"Oh, that's mine," Alan said quickly, reaching out for it. "Just a silly card I dropped, nothing more"

"It's Ryu-Kishin, isn't it? A Magic & Wizards cardyou duel?"

"You know what it is?! Wow I can duel, but I'm not really good at it. My step-dad, he's a Muggle and he brought me a deck from a business trip in New York and I got hooked." Alan brightened up at the prospect of having someone to duel with. "Do you play? My friends all think I'm crazy to like a Muggle card game this muchdo you have a deck?"

"Yeah, it's right hereI'm no expert at it either." Mokuba shouldered a small knapsack and the two headed down the train - Mokuba kept his eyes peeled for a noisily hooting miniature furball that would mark Harry's compartment. He grinned at his new friend. "You won't believe how much I've wanted to duel with someone who actually knows the game. I've been trying to teach the people I'm staying with, but that doesn't work too well, especially when you have to split a deck."

Alan sympathized. "Same here with my friendsthey said it wasn't too thrilling when it was just cards."

"Oh I can change that" Mokuba said with a sly smile. "Muggle technology still works on this train, right?"

"Yeah, until it nears Hogwarts" They reached Harry's compartment, where Harry, Ginny and another 6th year were engaged in a game of Exploding Snap.

"Oh wait, I promised my friends to find their compartment"Alan trailed off, clearly torn between friendship obligations and a chance to see what Mokuba had in store.

"It won't take long to show you, I promise," his companion reassured him as he pushed open the door.

"What took you so long? I thought the train'd left without you!" Ginny scolded. Introductions were made all around and Mokuba learned that the other 6th-year was one Neville Longbottom. Alan, slightly impressed at finally meeting the famous Harry Potter in person, debated quietly with Mokuba whether he should ask to see the scar?

The two second-years declined joining in the game of Exploding Snap (Ginny's cuffs were smoking around the edges and Neville's round nose sported something that look like a burn) and Mokuba had just begun rummaging in his bag for his deck when Ron and Hermione came in.

"Prefects' meeting over already?" Harry asked with a raised eyebrow.

Ron flopped onto a seat with a sigh. "Got out of there as soon as I could, like to see you spend more than 5 minutes in a room with Malfoy. Even saw that simpering fan club he's assembled" This was accompanied by a dramatic shudder.

"You would think he'd be less arrogant after his father was thrown into Azkaban, but he seems just as bad - if not worse," Hermione added, disgusted. "Speaking of which, you won't like this one bit Mokuba, but that curly-haired boy you were fighting with in Diagon Alley is here, too."

Mokuba groaned. "Figures."

Alan was just about to ask What fight? when the compartment door slid open again, revealing two less-than-welcome figures: Malfoy, a patronizing hand on his new shadow's shoulder, and the ever-present hulking forms of Crabbe and Goyle.

"This, Petyr, is the rubbish section of the train," Malfoy said, smirking, "As you can tell from the terrible stench in here." Petyr, well trained in the arts of Draco-worshipping, sniggered on cue.

Alan had been examining Mokuba's deck and he commented without looking up, "Oh look, it's Goldilocks and the Three Bears!"

"That's a good one," Ron said appreciatively, and turning to Malfoy, "I'd invite you to sit down, Goldilocks, but you might break the chair, see?"

A tinge of pink appeared on Malfoy's face, but Petyr spoke up first. "You know, in my country, they set aside special schools for the welfare recipients and the 'untouchables' - just so they wouldn't dirty the rest of the population."

"Gee, if he's Goldilocks and those two hulks are Mama and Papa Bear," Mokuba cracked an evil grin, "That just about makes you Baby Bear doesn't it? Or do you prefer being called Princess Petyr?"

Alan put on a falsetto voice and chimed in. "Petyr, Petyr, let down your curly hair"

When Petyr made as if to continue the fight begun in Diagon Alley, Draco restrained him and hissed, "We fight with more finesse than these, Petyr. Watch and learn." He reached inside his robes for his wand

Two heavy thuds sounded right behind him and Ernie MacMillan and Hannah Abbott were now standing where Crabbe and Goyle had been a moment ago, their wands out and smoking. Malfoy turned back around only to see five more wands pointing at him and Petyr.

"Clear out, Goldilocks," Harry said with forced calmness, "Or do you want to start the school year looking like you did at the end of the last?"

Oddly enough, Malfoy just smiled, steered an enraged Petyr out and said sweetly, "I can wait. I, unlike you, have all the time in the world."

After he and his protégé had left, Ernie closed the door with a click and said, "What in the world was that supposed to mean?"

Harry shook his head. "If he was trying to get me scared, I've heard loads of Muggle movie clichés better than that one. You think he really has got something up his sleeve though?"

Ron snorted. "What were you expecting from him? Forget what's up his sleeve, I can name quite a few things I'd like to stuff up his - "

"RON!"

"What, it's not like these ickle second-years here are innocentsMokuba taught me some good ones in Japanese."

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A/N: Yep, again, another short-ish chapter, but if I'd uploaded this thing all at once, it'd be way too much (and 'sides, I'm not quite through typing it yet **cough** so much for sisterly help **cough**) And you do learn some pretty bad words just watching the subtitled versions of anime episodes...hehe...

I bet you were wondering when Mokuba would finally head off on the Hogwarts Express...plot is plodding along...slowly....but it'll come... Ron and Hermione do become prefects in book five, just for a FYI and a terrible spoiler-person I am...