There was a terrible spinning sensation accelerating until Yugi
thought his head might explode. The next thing he knew he was once again
still, and his eyes were shut (When had he shut them?) tight with grit.
Swiping at his eyes Yugi stepped out of the fireplace and looked at his new
surroundings with interest. The room he was in looked
inviting enough, and Joey and Tea were currently sitting on a couch that
occupied the room. From behind him there came a 'whushp' sound as Mr. and
Mrs. Weasly appeared out of the fireplace as well.
"Well, how was your first trip with Floo powder? I'm afraid the last
time we explained it to someone he ended up in the wrong place." Stated Mrs. Weasley casually.
Joey looked nervously at her. "I'm glad you didn't say that before we used the Floo, I wouldn't have gone in." Tea nodded slightly in agreement.
"I'd like to thank you again for allowing us to stay with you for awhile, Mrs. Weasly." Said Yugi kindly.
"Of course dear! We couldn't leave you standing there without a place to go! Now, would you like something to drink? Usually traveling by Floo leaves you with a parched mouth."
Yugi, Joey, and Tea all nodded enthusiastically, their throats were rather dry. "Thanks." They said unanimously. Mrs. Weasly left the room to get the drinks and Mr. Weasley sat in an armchair facing the couch. He looked at them with curiosity openly displayed on his face.
"Since you're muggles and all, I don't suppose you could explain to me how a toaster works?" He asked in an excited voice.
Not one of them had the faintest idea what he was talking about so all he received at first were odd looks. And when Joey finally opened his mouth, undoubtedly to make some witty reply, Mrs. Weasly came back in with four boys and a single girl trailing behind her. She was also carrying three mugs with some suspicious looking liquid inside.
"Here you go," she said, and handed them each a respective mug. Joey was the first to tentatively sip it, and from his expression, it wasn't that bad after all. "These," she indicated three of the boys, "are my children."
That statement was echoed with groans from two of the boys who looked to be Twins.
"Mom," one drawled out, "we aren't children." He then turned pointedly towards them, "I, am Fred, and this ugly chap here is George, we're twins if you didn't notice. And I'm the more attractive of the two." The statement of one twin being more attractive than the other was preposterous and the three newcomers smiled hesitantly. Fred grinned at them in return. "This is my brother Ron." He patted the younger boy on the arm and he waved at them.
"Hi." The one they called Ron said. Yugi, Joey, and Tea echoed the statement back a bit hollowly.
Mrs. Weasley gave them a pleasant smile and then drew forth the other two who were standing there. Gently pulling a boy with messy brown hair and glasses forward, she proudly stated, "This is Harry, and this is Hermione." She pulled forth the girl as well, they both smiled and said 'hi' as well.
Joey leaned a little toward his friends and whispered, "I suppose its story time now?" Indeed it looked like it as they all choose varying seats around the room.
Mrs. Weasly sat in a chair next to Mr. Weasly who looked guilty for some reason. "Now, if you don't mind, maybe you could tells us about yourselves, and where you are from. We may be able to help you get back. If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can ask us any questions you'd like." She told them in a kind voice.
Yugi leaned forward a bit. "No, we don't mind that much, and maybe you will be able to help us get back. Our story may seem a little odd to you but it's valid." He paused as if gathering up his thoughts and, perhaps, his courage. It seemed he might just stop there but looks from the others all begged for him to go on. For some reason, he didn't feel all that uncomfortable sitting around and talking to these strangers he had just recently met. And Yami, who was usually an excellent judge of character, wasn't offering him any objections.
He continued. "My friends, Joey and Tea, and I, are, well we think we're from a different world. We live in Domino City, in America(1)."
It was Mr. Weasley's turn to talk, "I've never heard of Domino City before, but I do know of America. You're in Britain right now so you might not even be in a different world."
Yugi nodded, though he had his doubts. "In our world, or country, depending on if we are in a different world, we have this game called 'Duel Monsters.' It's, you do know about trading card games, right?" He paused to confirm that they did. "Well this game is pretty much a card game except it traces its history back to ancient and magical origins. Egyptian magic to be specific."
Here the brown haired girl, Hermione, Yugi thought her name was, suddenly started and leaned forward. Yugi was puzzled but the one called Harry caught his eye and mouthed the word "later." Yugi continued as if he hadn't noticed.
"This card game can be extremely dangerous as each card is endowed with its own magical powers and consciousness. And this danger doubles if two people decide to have a Shadow Duel, that is, if they take their game into the Shadow Realm."
Yugi stopped talking partly to take a breath and partly because everyone looked so confused.
"Um, Yugi?" It was Tea. "I don't think they know about the Shadow Realm."
"Oh! Well.uh." He hesitated as if searching for the right words. "The Shadow Realm," He continued slowly, obviously thinking very hard. "Is sort of like another dimension. Only, it's twisted and full of evil things. Taking one's duel there means recognizing some of the Realm's rules. Mostly, if you lose a duel there your mind is trapped in the Shadow Realm forever-"
The girl, Hermione, interrupted him. "I have a feeling that you were partaking in a Shadow Duel before you were transported here."
Yugi smiled at her. "You're very perceptive, Hermione! Yes, you're right. I was dueling a particularly evil spirit named Marik in a Shadow Duel and I won. As according to the rules of the game he began to fade away. However," Yugi sighed. "I let my guard down, thinking it was over. Unfortunately Marik isn't the honest type and before he disappeared completely he attempted to seal my friends and I along with him in the Shadow Realm. At least, that's what I think."
"He didn't duck fast enough." Joey muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear. Yugi looked a bit sheepish.
"Excuse me," Hermione intruded again. "But how would one go about sending someone to this Shadow Realm?"
"That's a good question," Yugi told her. "The Shadow Realm is a Realm of ancient magic and in order to get there you must harness the powers of a Millennium Item, in this case, Marik used his Millennium Rod."
George spoke up. "A what now?" He and his twin snickered appreciatively. "A Millenium Rod? Sounds kind of like a type of-"
"GEORGE!" Mrs. Weasely's voice cracked over the entire assembly like a whip causing all to instinctively duck. The boy bowed his head submissively.
"Sorry, mum."
Mrs. Weasley turned back to Yugi as if nothing had happened. "I'm sorry about that, please continue."
Yugi, who had nearly gone into cardiac arrest swallowed visibly. "Yes, mam. Anyway.there are seven total Millennium Items, each belonging to a high-ranking Egyptian at one point in time. They've been passed down through generations and generations. Some of them ended up in evil hands. ALL of them have some sort of potent magical power. The Millennium Rod can control people's minds and seal them in the Shadow Realm. This," Here he lifted the puzzle from his chest so all could see it. Hermione gave a little mew of delight.
"Is one of the seven. It is the Millennium Puzzle. Once solved this puzzle has some pretty interesting powers to bestow upon the user. One of which is the ability to win nearly any type of game. Another is something called 'Mind Break' which allows the user to send the evil part of one's mind to the Shadow Realm. But the MOST interesting part, I would say," He smiled. "Is the spirit that inhabits the puzzle."
Harry blinked, a small pit forming inside of his stomach. He'd learned in his second year that spirits contained within objects weren't always a good thing.
"A spirit? What kind of spirit?"
"Well," Yugi replied but his answer was caught off as the puzzle about his neck began to glow and vibrate violently. They shielded their eyes collectively at the flash of bright light that left someone quite different in its wake.
Ron's mouth dropped open. Hermione leaned so far forward that she fell out of her seat with a shriek. Harry blinked several times and the twins gave a concerted cry of surprise.
"The Millennium Puzzle allows us to exchange control of young Yugi's body." Yami told them, smiling. "In fact, we can shift back and forth quite quickly thanks to a power of the Puzzle called 'Mind Shuffle.'"
"Yugi's body? But it's changed." Said Hermione as she extracted herself from the legs of her chair. She cast a critical eye over Yami who sat patiently, legs crossed. "You're much taller and your voice has changed."
"Yes, because Yugi has relinquished his hold upon his body. Within my influence the body changes to suit my spiritual image."
Harry, quite interested now piped up. "You say you're a spirit. What kind of spirit?"
"That," Sighed Yami. "Is a good question."
Ron raised a brow.
"Let me explain as much as I can." The spirit told them, settling back. "I know for certain that I was once a ruler of the Egyptians, an ancient Pharaoh. By your standards I am approximately 5,000 years old though this body," He gestured. "Is only about 17 or 18 years old. After that you'll have to excuse my explanation because it all grows a bit hazy."
The spirit frowned reflectively. "Yugi and I believe that I was somehow sealed into the Millennium Puzzle here. We do not know why. When Yugi solved the puzzle I was awakened from my sleep in order to help him vanquish a great evil."
Yami stopped and the moments ticked by.
"Well?" Asked Ron, breaking the tension.
"That's nearly all I know." Replied the Pharaoh looking almost ashamed. "Besides this I can only remember a few names I've come to hold. Many called me Pharaoh, or Yu-Gi-Oh, that is, The King of Games, but at the moment I go by Yami."
"The King of Games?" Mr. Weasely who had been content to sit and gape suddenly regained his voice. "How did you come by that name?"
"I've always had it." Replied the spirit. "It means just what it implies. I am the King of any and every game known or unknown to man."
"Every game?" Asked Hermione skeptically. "Even the ones you don't yet know how to play?"
The spirit shrugged modestly. "Thus far, yes. I tend to learn very fast. I know it sounds impossible, maybe even arrogant but it's very true."
"We'll see about that." Ron told him. "Later I'll let you loose on my wizard's chessboard."
"I accept." Yami told him and then fell silent.
Everybody stared at everyone else with the exception of the twins who had inexplicably fallen asleep. Them and Yugi who was currently no available to be stared at. "Well, if that's your story, we'll see what we can do to help you get back." Said Mrs. Weasely briskly as if the story hadn't fazed her at all. She turned to her husband and the others. "There has to be a spell somewhere that will let us help them get back." Mr. Weasely and the others nodded as they thought about it.
"Uh oh," Whispered Ron to Harry. "Hermione has that glint in her eye again. Looks like she's definitely interested in this Yami bloke. She's always been obsessive about the ancient Egyptian wizards."
Harry nodded, half in agreement and half because he was about to fall asleep.
Then Arthur stood up, "Well, I suppose I should go and check that out, besides I have some work to finish up." He left the room at a thoughtful pace.
Mrs. Weasly looked back to her guests sitting on the couch. "Well, I'm sure you're wondering about where you are, so I'll explain that to you quick a second and then all of us can eat dinner."
Enthusiastic nods came from around the room. "In our world, the one you're in, there are muggles and wizards. The term muggle is a word we wizards use to refer to someone without any magical powers; a non-wizard. Most muggles don't know that wizards even exist though once in a while a muggle couple will find that their child inherited some magic through an ancestor wizard since it's very common for a wizard to marry a muggle." She looked around the room. "With me so far?" They all nodded.
" That's the basics of it. You probably all know about school, right?" Again the collective nod. "Here we have schools for wizards to learn magic. After all, it'd be very dangerous if they didn't learn how to handle it properly. The school here in London is called Hogwarts. They," She nodded her head at Harry and company. "Attend Hogwarts. The place we found you in is called Diagon Ally, and that is where the wizards who live around London buy the things we may need. Since you'll be living with us until we can find a way to get you home you'll need to know this. But why don't we eat dinner now and you can ask me questions after, you look rather starved."
Joeys stomach growled empathetically, and he managed a weak smile. "Yeah, and my stomach agrees with ya."
As the new friends sat around a large kitchen table that had been magically grown to fit three new guests they discussed the situation. Yugi, who had returned to his former self much to the delight of Hermione who asked if he'd do it again for her later to study, asked an interesting question.
"From what I've heard, we live in pretty much the same world." He said, cutting up a roast carefully. "We seem to be living in the same time and on the same planet. We're all.uh somewhat human." He glanced sideways at Joey who was inexplicably inhaling things that shouldn't have logically fit into his mouth at an impossible speed.
"What?" The blond boy asked around a mouthful of potatoes. Tea hit him on the back of the head causing him to choke. There was a brief chaotic moment in which Yugi performed a quick Heimlich Maneuver to restore air to Joey's lungs and then they turned their attentions back to the matter at hand.
"But you've never heard of Duel Monsters and I've never heard of any sort of wizarding world although I would suppose you'd keep that under wraps. Even so." He furrowed his brow. "This world is different. Much different than our world. I can't explain why, I just feel it. We are no longer in our world. I think my friends and I are from another dimension. A sort of, alternate Earth I guess."
"You think Marik accidentally sent you here, don't you?" Asked Hermione. "He meant to send you to the Shadow Realm but something went wrong."
"I do believe that." Replied Yugi, looking astounded. "I'm surprised that you were able to deduce that. You must be very intelligent." Hermione blushed.
"So let me get this straight," Muttered Ron through his roast. "This Marik chap cheated and tried to seal you into some world of doom but he screwed up royally and somehow you all ended up here."
"That's the gist." Said the young duelist. They all sat digesting their food and this new information.
"So what about that toaster?" Mr. Weasely was really stuck on that toaster.
------------------- A/N: So I rambled on way too much. Shadow started it at about three pages long and I ended up making it about seven pages long o.O Anyway, hope you enjoy it. Sorry if it was dry, I had to fit all the background info in. Now that that's out of the way we can get rolling!
(1) Domino City, America: America is easier to explain than Japan, if we said Japan we would have to explain how they could speak English and all, and it would be a rather sticky mess, so this just makes it simpler.
"Well, how was your first trip with Floo powder? I'm afraid the last
time we explained it to someone he ended up in the wrong place." Stated Mrs. Weasley casually.
Joey looked nervously at her. "I'm glad you didn't say that before we used the Floo, I wouldn't have gone in." Tea nodded slightly in agreement.
"I'd like to thank you again for allowing us to stay with you for awhile, Mrs. Weasly." Said Yugi kindly.
"Of course dear! We couldn't leave you standing there without a place to go! Now, would you like something to drink? Usually traveling by Floo leaves you with a parched mouth."
Yugi, Joey, and Tea all nodded enthusiastically, their throats were rather dry. "Thanks." They said unanimously. Mrs. Weasly left the room to get the drinks and Mr. Weasley sat in an armchair facing the couch. He looked at them with curiosity openly displayed on his face.
"Since you're muggles and all, I don't suppose you could explain to me how a toaster works?" He asked in an excited voice.
Not one of them had the faintest idea what he was talking about so all he received at first were odd looks. And when Joey finally opened his mouth, undoubtedly to make some witty reply, Mrs. Weasly came back in with four boys and a single girl trailing behind her. She was also carrying three mugs with some suspicious looking liquid inside.
"Here you go," she said, and handed them each a respective mug. Joey was the first to tentatively sip it, and from his expression, it wasn't that bad after all. "These," she indicated three of the boys, "are my children."
That statement was echoed with groans from two of the boys who looked to be Twins.
"Mom," one drawled out, "we aren't children." He then turned pointedly towards them, "I, am Fred, and this ugly chap here is George, we're twins if you didn't notice. And I'm the more attractive of the two." The statement of one twin being more attractive than the other was preposterous and the three newcomers smiled hesitantly. Fred grinned at them in return. "This is my brother Ron." He patted the younger boy on the arm and he waved at them.
"Hi." The one they called Ron said. Yugi, Joey, and Tea echoed the statement back a bit hollowly.
Mrs. Weasley gave them a pleasant smile and then drew forth the other two who were standing there. Gently pulling a boy with messy brown hair and glasses forward, she proudly stated, "This is Harry, and this is Hermione." She pulled forth the girl as well, they both smiled and said 'hi' as well.
Joey leaned a little toward his friends and whispered, "I suppose its story time now?" Indeed it looked like it as they all choose varying seats around the room.
Mrs. Weasly sat in a chair next to Mr. Weasly who looked guilty for some reason. "Now, if you don't mind, maybe you could tells us about yourselves, and where you are from. We may be able to help you get back. If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can ask us any questions you'd like." She told them in a kind voice.
Yugi leaned forward a bit. "No, we don't mind that much, and maybe you will be able to help us get back. Our story may seem a little odd to you but it's valid." He paused as if gathering up his thoughts and, perhaps, his courage. It seemed he might just stop there but looks from the others all begged for him to go on. For some reason, he didn't feel all that uncomfortable sitting around and talking to these strangers he had just recently met. And Yami, who was usually an excellent judge of character, wasn't offering him any objections.
He continued. "My friends, Joey and Tea, and I, are, well we think we're from a different world. We live in Domino City, in America(1)."
It was Mr. Weasley's turn to talk, "I've never heard of Domino City before, but I do know of America. You're in Britain right now so you might not even be in a different world."
Yugi nodded, though he had his doubts. "In our world, or country, depending on if we are in a different world, we have this game called 'Duel Monsters.' It's, you do know about trading card games, right?" He paused to confirm that they did. "Well this game is pretty much a card game except it traces its history back to ancient and magical origins. Egyptian magic to be specific."
Here the brown haired girl, Hermione, Yugi thought her name was, suddenly started and leaned forward. Yugi was puzzled but the one called Harry caught his eye and mouthed the word "later." Yugi continued as if he hadn't noticed.
"This card game can be extremely dangerous as each card is endowed with its own magical powers and consciousness. And this danger doubles if two people decide to have a Shadow Duel, that is, if they take their game into the Shadow Realm."
Yugi stopped talking partly to take a breath and partly because everyone looked so confused.
"Um, Yugi?" It was Tea. "I don't think they know about the Shadow Realm."
"Oh! Well.uh." He hesitated as if searching for the right words. "The Shadow Realm," He continued slowly, obviously thinking very hard. "Is sort of like another dimension. Only, it's twisted and full of evil things. Taking one's duel there means recognizing some of the Realm's rules. Mostly, if you lose a duel there your mind is trapped in the Shadow Realm forever-"
The girl, Hermione, interrupted him. "I have a feeling that you were partaking in a Shadow Duel before you were transported here."
Yugi smiled at her. "You're very perceptive, Hermione! Yes, you're right. I was dueling a particularly evil spirit named Marik in a Shadow Duel and I won. As according to the rules of the game he began to fade away. However," Yugi sighed. "I let my guard down, thinking it was over. Unfortunately Marik isn't the honest type and before he disappeared completely he attempted to seal my friends and I along with him in the Shadow Realm. At least, that's what I think."
"He didn't duck fast enough." Joey muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear. Yugi looked a bit sheepish.
"Excuse me," Hermione intruded again. "But how would one go about sending someone to this Shadow Realm?"
"That's a good question," Yugi told her. "The Shadow Realm is a Realm of ancient magic and in order to get there you must harness the powers of a Millennium Item, in this case, Marik used his Millennium Rod."
George spoke up. "A what now?" He and his twin snickered appreciatively. "A Millenium Rod? Sounds kind of like a type of-"
"GEORGE!" Mrs. Weasely's voice cracked over the entire assembly like a whip causing all to instinctively duck. The boy bowed his head submissively.
"Sorry, mum."
Mrs. Weasley turned back to Yugi as if nothing had happened. "I'm sorry about that, please continue."
Yugi, who had nearly gone into cardiac arrest swallowed visibly. "Yes, mam. Anyway.there are seven total Millennium Items, each belonging to a high-ranking Egyptian at one point in time. They've been passed down through generations and generations. Some of them ended up in evil hands. ALL of them have some sort of potent magical power. The Millennium Rod can control people's minds and seal them in the Shadow Realm. This," Here he lifted the puzzle from his chest so all could see it. Hermione gave a little mew of delight.
"Is one of the seven. It is the Millennium Puzzle. Once solved this puzzle has some pretty interesting powers to bestow upon the user. One of which is the ability to win nearly any type of game. Another is something called 'Mind Break' which allows the user to send the evil part of one's mind to the Shadow Realm. But the MOST interesting part, I would say," He smiled. "Is the spirit that inhabits the puzzle."
Harry blinked, a small pit forming inside of his stomach. He'd learned in his second year that spirits contained within objects weren't always a good thing.
"A spirit? What kind of spirit?"
"Well," Yugi replied but his answer was caught off as the puzzle about his neck began to glow and vibrate violently. They shielded their eyes collectively at the flash of bright light that left someone quite different in its wake.
Ron's mouth dropped open. Hermione leaned so far forward that she fell out of her seat with a shriek. Harry blinked several times and the twins gave a concerted cry of surprise.
"The Millennium Puzzle allows us to exchange control of young Yugi's body." Yami told them, smiling. "In fact, we can shift back and forth quite quickly thanks to a power of the Puzzle called 'Mind Shuffle.'"
"Yugi's body? But it's changed." Said Hermione as she extracted herself from the legs of her chair. She cast a critical eye over Yami who sat patiently, legs crossed. "You're much taller and your voice has changed."
"Yes, because Yugi has relinquished his hold upon his body. Within my influence the body changes to suit my spiritual image."
Harry, quite interested now piped up. "You say you're a spirit. What kind of spirit?"
"That," Sighed Yami. "Is a good question."
Ron raised a brow.
"Let me explain as much as I can." The spirit told them, settling back. "I know for certain that I was once a ruler of the Egyptians, an ancient Pharaoh. By your standards I am approximately 5,000 years old though this body," He gestured. "Is only about 17 or 18 years old. After that you'll have to excuse my explanation because it all grows a bit hazy."
The spirit frowned reflectively. "Yugi and I believe that I was somehow sealed into the Millennium Puzzle here. We do not know why. When Yugi solved the puzzle I was awakened from my sleep in order to help him vanquish a great evil."
Yami stopped and the moments ticked by.
"Well?" Asked Ron, breaking the tension.
"That's nearly all I know." Replied the Pharaoh looking almost ashamed. "Besides this I can only remember a few names I've come to hold. Many called me Pharaoh, or Yu-Gi-Oh, that is, The King of Games, but at the moment I go by Yami."
"The King of Games?" Mr. Weasely who had been content to sit and gape suddenly regained his voice. "How did you come by that name?"
"I've always had it." Replied the spirit. "It means just what it implies. I am the King of any and every game known or unknown to man."
"Every game?" Asked Hermione skeptically. "Even the ones you don't yet know how to play?"
The spirit shrugged modestly. "Thus far, yes. I tend to learn very fast. I know it sounds impossible, maybe even arrogant but it's very true."
"We'll see about that." Ron told him. "Later I'll let you loose on my wizard's chessboard."
"I accept." Yami told him and then fell silent.
Everybody stared at everyone else with the exception of the twins who had inexplicably fallen asleep. Them and Yugi who was currently no available to be stared at. "Well, if that's your story, we'll see what we can do to help you get back." Said Mrs. Weasely briskly as if the story hadn't fazed her at all. She turned to her husband and the others. "There has to be a spell somewhere that will let us help them get back." Mr. Weasely and the others nodded as they thought about it.
"Uh oh," Whispered Ron to Harry. "Hermione has that glint in her eye again. Looks like she's definitely interested in this Yami bloke. She's always been obsessive about the ancient Egyptian wizards."
Harry nodded, half in agreement and half because he was about to fall asleep.
Then Arthur stood up, "Well, I suppose I should go and check that out, besides I have some work to finish up." He left the room at a thoughtful pace.
Mrs. Weasly looked back to her guests sitting on the couch. "Well, I'm sure you're wondering about where you are, so I'll explain that to you quick a second and then all of us can eat dinner."
Enthusiastic nods came from around the room. "In our world, the one you're in, there are muggles and wizards. The term muggle is a word we wizards use to refer to someone without any magical powers; a non-wizard. Most muggles don't know that wizards even exist though once in a while a muggle couple will find that their child inherited some magic through an ancestor wizard since it's very common for a wizard to marry a muggle." She looked around the room. "With me so far?" They all nodded.
" That's the basics of it. You probably all know about school, right?" Again the collective nod. "Here we have schools for wizards to learn magic. After all, it'd be very dangerous if they didn't learn how to handle it properly. The school here in London is called Hogwarts. They," She nodded her head at Harry and company. "Attend Hogwarts. The place we found you in is called Diagon Ally, and that is where the wizards who live around London buy the things we may need. Since you'll be living with us until we can find a way to get you home you'll need to know this. But why don't we eat dinner now and you can ask me questions after, you look rather starved."
Joeys stomach growled empathetically, and he managed a weak smile. "Yeah, and my stomach agrees with ya."
As the new friends sat around a large kitchen table that had been magically grown to fit three new guests they discussed the situation. Yugi, who had returned to his former self much to the delight of Hermione who asked if he'd do it again for her later to study, asked an interesting question.
"From what I've heard, we live in pretty much the same world." He said, cutting up a roast carefully. "We seem to be living in the same time and on the same planet. We're all.uh somewhat human." He glanced sideways at Joey who was inexplicably inhaling things that shouldn't have logically fit into his mouth at an impossible speed.
"What?" The blond boy asked around a mouthful of potatoes. Tea hit him on the back of the head causing him to choke. There was a brief chaotic moment in which Yugi performed a quick Heimlich Maneuver to restore air to Joey's lungs and then they turned their attentions back to the matter at hand.
"But you've never heard of Duel Monsters and I've never heard of any sort of wizarding world although I would suppose you'd keep that under wraps. Even so." He furrowed his brow. "This world is different. Much different than our world. I can't explain why, I just feel it. We are no longer in our world. I think my friends and I are from another dimension. A sort of, alternate Earth I guess."
"You think Marik accidentally sent you here, don't you?" Asked Hermione. "He meant to send you to the Shadow Realm but something went wrong."
"I do believe that." Replied Yugi, looking astounded. "I'm surprised that you were able to deduce that. You must be very intelligent." Hermione blushed.
"So let me get this straight," Muttered Ron through his roast. "This Marik chap cheated and tried to seal you into some world of doom but he screwed up royally and somehow you all ended up here."
"That's the gist." Said the young duelist. They all sat digesting their food and this new information.
"So what about that toaster?" Mr. Weasely was really stuck on that toaster.
------------------- A/N: So I rambled on way too much. Shadow started it at about three pages long and I ended up making it about seven pages long o.O Anyway, hope you enjoy it. Sorry if it was dry, I had to fit all the background info in. Now that that's out of the way we can get rolling!
(1) Domino City, America: America is easier to explain than Japan, if we said Japan we would have to explain how they could speak English and all, and it would be a rather sticky mess, so this just makes it simpler.