Yugi lay awake that night, tossing and turning in the cot he had been
given. He couldn't seem to get to sleep and who could blame him? His mind
insisted on endlessly repeating over the day's events to him in a flash of
images and color. It seemed quite a lot for one day, he already felt like
he'd been there for a week.
The Weasleys were not the wealthiest of people, and obviously one did not go out and buy three beds right off the bat, so Yugi and his friends were left to sleep in cots. Yugi and Joey were able to share a room and Tea was currently sharing a room with Hermione. Joey was sound asleep, and snoring exceptionally loud.
The young boy wondered what would come of his stay in this new world, he could tell it wasn't where he belonged, he could feel the difference inside of him. It just screamed that this was not where he belonged, like an invisible thread was tied to him and pulling him back to his own world. He was also beginning to miss his other friends who had been left behind, and he had to wonder if they were missing him, and his Grandpa, was he missing him as well?
It was in moments of uneasy reflection that Yami often spoke to Yugi so it was not surprising to him at all when the Pharaoh appeared, not taking over his body, but as the spirit he was. "Go to sleep, Yugi. Worry has never done anything for you. You'll have time to think and worry about this tomorrow if you wish. All will be corrected in the end. We have our friends to help and support us, and our new friends as well. So rest."
"You're right, of course." The younger boy told his other half. "My friends have never let me down and I could use some sleep. Thank you." Yugi smiled at Yami. "Good night, Yami."
"Good night, my friend." Yami replied. Yugi closed his eyes, content, and slowly drifted off into slumber knowing that his friend would watch over him.
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The next morning when Yugi woke up it was to sun shining into his face and into his eyes. Joey was still asleep, but then that was nothing new, Yugi had always been a morning person and was often up earlier than most. Apparently no earlier than some of the others that lived in the house, though. He could hear clanking downstairs as somebody moved around noisily, running into things-probably due to the problem of being half asleep.
Yugi pulled himself out of the warmth of the blankets and decided to see if they had a shower around here. He went downstairs and into the kitchen where all the noise was coming from. To his astonishment, when he entered, there were pans and food floating around and apparently cooking themselves. A multitude of eggs nearly clipped his nose as they darted towards a pan and were cracked on the side. All the clanging came from the disorientation of the various pots and pans as they arranged themselves.
Mrs. Weasly had heard his footsteps and called him from the other room. "Is that you Yugi? Come here a second dear."
Yugi shuffled slowly into the living room to where he found Mrs. Weasely busily reading a newspaper. It wasn't ordinary press though, and either his eyes were deceiving him or it had a really strange name. " Good morning Mrs. Weasly, I was wondering where your showers were?"
"Of course!" She exclaimed, bolting up. "We forgot to show you around the house last night, with all that excitement. Well I'll show you where the shower is now and later when your friends get up we can show you where everything is." She put down the paper and pushed herself to her feet. Beckoning him to follow her she began up the stairs and led him down to the end of the hallway, and eventually, a shower.
He nodded his thanks to her and she left him to shower. Yugi was vaguely relieved that this shower seemed relatively normal. He turned the tap and a pleasantly warm jet of water shot out. So far so good. No randomly floating eggs or fairies spouting out yet.
Stripping, he stepped into the shower and gave a sigh of pleasure. It was a relief to be able to finally wash himself. He felt better and cleaner than he had before, and the warm water was quite relaxing. When he finally felt clean enough he stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. Only problem he had was he was going to have to put his old clothes back on, all he had was what he had been wearing when Marik had sent them away.
To his surprise, though, Mrs. Weasly had left some clothes out for him, probably some of Ron's clothing. No matter, he was thankful for that. He quickly got dressed and went downstairs. He entered the kitchen and saw that Joey and Tea were already up and seated there, eating breakfast. Both waved as he entered.
"Hiya Yugi!" Mumbled Joey, spraying pancake crumbs in a most unmannerly fashion. Tea winced and brushed a few off of her cheek.
Mrs. Weasly smiled at him. "Glad to see you've found the clothes I left you. Come now, eat, you're too skinny as it is." With that she waved at the table and Yugi sat down. He began to eat, and the food was, oddly enough, recognizable, and fairly good.
"Arthur had to leave for work, but the others will be down soon enough, and I'm sure they'll come up with something to keep you occupied."
He was halfway through his breakfast when a piercing shriek came from upstairs and caused Yugi to jump, the table they were sitting at jumping with him. None of the wizards seemed perturbed at all, though. Except for Mrs. Weasley.
"Oh my. . " Said Mrs. Weasley nervously. They could hear muffled shouting upstairs and soon Fred and George, barely dressed, came rushing down the stairs.
They smiled and waved hurriedly, "We're going to go play Quidditch now mum!" and proceeded to run out the door.
Following not far behind them came a ruffled Hermione. Looking quite angry she glared about the kitchen. Yugi withered a bit as her gaze swept over him like a whip. "Where are they?!" Her hair was an astonishing shade of bright pink.
Apparently these happenings weren't so rare because Mrs. Weasly stood up and thundered. . "AGAIN? FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY, GET BACK HERE NOW!" She then stormed out the door with an equally angry Hermione following.
And with that, the day had started. It would be a drastic understatement to say that their stay here would hardly be boring. Harry and Ron were the next two down the stairs and the last as well. They grinned when they saw their new guests sitting at the table.
"How do you like it here so far?" The one called Ron said.
Joey grinned, "Its mighty interesting. Is it always like this?"
Ron nodded, "Most of the time, with Fred and George playing all their pranks. Mums gotten after them quite a lot, but they still do it. They wanted to start their own prank shop."
"Awesome!" Joey replied.
"It seems kind of cruel, though." Said Yugi thoughtfully. "It's reversible, isn't it?"
"Oh yeah!" Ron waved his hands as if carelessly brushing away something quite irrelevant.
"You should have seen her hair yesterday." That was Harry. "It looked," The boy stopped and a small grin played across his face. "A bit like yours. No insult meant."
"None taken." Replied Yugi, reaching for his glass of orange juice.
Ron looked at them hopefully, "Since it's likely that they're," he indicated the door that Fred and George had hurried out of. "Going to be busy for awhile, do any of you want to try a game of Wizards Chess after breakfast?"
"Sure!" Yugi exclaimed excitedly.
Ron was equally excited and he grinned broadly at the other, "Great! Do you know how to play chess?" Yugi nodded.
"Wizards chess is exactly the same, but with some differences, you'll see." Ron then went about eating his breakfast.
When they had finished Ron and Harry led the others up to his room. As Ron was setting up his chess board on a small table in his room Hermione appeared, hair back to its original color.
She smiled, "Fred and George have gnome detail, Mrs. Weasly wasn't very happy with another prank of theirs." She saw the chessboard, "Wizards chess? Who's Ron playing against?"
"Yugi." Harry replied.
"Oh, this should be good." Replied Hermione, seating herself next to Harry. "Ron's really good at this game."
Ron sat up, "Done! Okay, come here Yugi." He sat Yugi down in the chair opposite him and proceeded to explain. "Wizard's Chess has the same rules as regular chess but with Wizards Chess you don't have to use your hands much. All you have to do is say where you want your Knight or Pawn or anything to go, and it'll go there. They can be rather violent and they move so don't be surprised."
Yugi nodded. "Okay, then lets start!"
A few minutes later Ron was left staring at the board. "Checkmate." He heard Yugi's voice, and still he stared with incredulity at the board.
Quietly he murmured, "Wow, I didn't even see that. You're good! I really thought I had you there, that it was impossible for you to win!" Slowly a grin spread itself across his face. "Bloody brilliant strategy! Want to have another go?"
A/N: Sorry about the delay, guys. I got really caught up with school. While Shadow pretty much wrote this chapter I tend to get picky and add and subtract to the stuff she sends me. More than essentially it's the same so I don't have much of an excuse for how long it took me to finish nitpicking. Oh well. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter Four is already started and look for some Christmas Bloopers.
The Weasleys were not the wealthiest of people, and obviously one did not go out and buy three beds right off the bat, so Yugi and his friends were left to sleep in cots. Yugi and Joey were able to share a room and Tea was currently sharing a room with Hermione. Joey was sound asleep, and snoring exceptionally loud.
The young boy wondered what would come of his stay in this new world, he could tell it wasn't where he belonged, he could feel the difference inside of him. It just screamed that this was not where he belonged, like an invisible thread was tied to him and pulling him back to his own world. He was also beginning to miss his other friends who had been left behind, and he had to wonder if they were missing him, and his Grandpa, was he missing him as well?
It was in moments of uneasy reflection that Yami often spoke to Yugi so it was not surprising to him at all when the Pharaoh appeared, not taking over his body, but as the spirit he was. "Go to sleep, Yugi. Worry has never done anything for you. You'll have time to think and worry about this tomorrow if you wish. All will be corrected in the end. We have our friends to help and support us, and our new friends as well. So rest."
"You're right, of course." The younger boy told his other half. "My friends have never let me down and I could use some sleep. Thank you." Yugi smiled at Yami. "Good night, Yami."
"Good night, my friend." Yami replied. Yugi closed his eyes, content, and slowly drifted off into slumber knowing that his friend would watch over him.
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The next morning when Yugi woke up it was to sun shining into his face and into his eyes. Joey was still asleep, but then that was nothing new, Yugi had always been a morning person and was often up earlier than most. Apparently no earlier than some of the others that lived in the house, though. He could hear clanking downstairs as somebody moved around noisily, running into things-probably due to the problem of being half asleep.
Yugi pulled himself out of the warmth of the blankets and decided to see if they had a shower around here. He went downstairs and into the kitchen where all the noise was coming from. To his astonishment, when he entered, there were pans and food floating around and apparently cooking themselves. A multitude of eggs nearly clipped his nose as they darted towards a pan and were cracked on the side. All the clanging came from the disorientation of the various pots and pans as they arranged themselves.
Mrs. Weasly had heard his footsteps and called him from the other room. "Is that you Yugi? Come here a second dear."
Yugi shuffled slowly into the living room to where he found Mrs. Weasely busily reading a newspaper. It wasn't ordinary press though, and either his eyes were deceiving him or it had a really strange name. " Good morning Mrs. Weasly, I was wondering where your showers were?"
"Of course!" She exclaimed, bolting up. "We forgot to show you around the house last night, with all that excitement. Well I'll show you where the shower is now and later when your friends get up we can show you where everything is." She put down the paper and pushed herself to her feet. Beckoning him to follow her she began up the stairs and led him down to the end of the hallway, and eventually, a shower.
He nodded his thanks to her and she left him to shower. Yugi was vaguely relieved that this shower seemed relatively normal. He turned the tap and a pleasantly warm jet of water shot out. So far so good. No randomly floating eggs or fairies spouting out yet.
Stripping, he stepped into the shower and gave a sigh of pleasure. It was a relief to be able to finally wash himself. He felt better and cleaner than he had before, and the warm water was quite relaxing. When he finally felt clean enough he stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. Only problem he had was he was going to have to put his old clothes back on, all he had was what he had been wearing when Marik had sent them away.
To his surprise, though, Mrs. Weasly had left some clothes out for him, probably some of Ron's clothing. No matter, he was thankful for that. He quickly got dressed and went downstairs. He entered the kitchen and saw that Joey and Tea were already up and seated there, eating breakfast. Both waved as he entered.
"Hiya Yugi!" Mumbled Joey, spraying pancake crumbs in a most unmannerly fashion. Tea winced and brushed a few off of her cheek.
Mrs. Weasly smiled at him. "Glad to see you've found the clothes I left you. Come now, eat, you're too skinny as it is." With that she waved at the table and Yugi sat down. He began to eat, and the food was, oddly enough, recognizable, and fairly good.
"Arthur had to leave for work, but the others will be down soon enough, and I'm sure they'll come up with something to keep you occupied."
He was halfway through his breakfast when a piercing shriek came from upstairs and caused Yugi to jump, the table they were sitting at jumping with him. None of the wizards seemed perturbed at all, though. Except for Mrs. Weasley.
"Oh my. . " Said Mrs. Weasley nervously. They could hear muffled shouting upstairs and soon Fred and George, barely dressed, came rushing down the stairs.
They smiled and waved hurriedly, "We're going to go play Quidditch now mum!" and proceeded to run out the door.
Following not far behind them came a ruffled Hermione. Looking quite angry she glared about the kitchen. Yugi withered a bit as her gaze swept over him like a whip. "Where are they?!" Her hair was an astonishing shade of bright pink.
Apparently these happenings weren't so rare because Mrs. Weasly stood up and thundered. . "AGAIN? FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY, GET BACK HERE NOW!" She then stormed out the door with an equally angry Hermione following.
And with that, the day had started. It would be a drastic understatement to say that their stay here would hardly be boring. Harry and Ron were the next two down the stairs and the last as well. They grinned when they saw their new guests sitting at the table.
"How do you like it here so far?" The one called Ron said.
Joey grinned, "Its mighty interesting. Is it always like this?"
Ron nodded, "Most of the time, with Fred and George playing all their pranks. Mums gotten after them quite a lot, but they still do it. They wanted to start their own prank shop."
"Awesome!" Joey replied.
"It seems kind of cruel, though." Said Yugi thoughtfully. "It's reversible, isn't it?"
"Oh yeah!" Ron waved his hands as if carelessly brushing away something quite irrelevant.
"You should have seen her hair yesterday." That was Harry. "It looked," The boy stopped and a small grin played across his face. "A bit like yours. No insult meant."
"None taken." Replied Yugi, reaching for his glass of orange juice.
Ron looked at them hopefully, "Since it's likely that they're," he indicated the door that Fred and George had hurried out of. "Going to be busy for awhile, do any of you want to try a game of Wizards Chess after breakfast?"
"Sure!" Yugi exclaimed excitedly.
Ron was equally excited and he grinned broadly at the other, "Great! Do you know how to play chess?" Yugi nodded.
"Wizards chess is exactly the same, but with some differences, you'll see." Ron then went about eating his breakfast.
When they had finished Ron and Harry led the others up to his room. As Ron was setting up his chess board on a small table in his room Hermione appeared, hair back to its original color.
She smiled, "Fred and George have gnome detail, Mrs. Weasly wasn't very happy with another prank of theirs." She saw the chessboard, "Wizards chess? Who's Ron playing against?"
"Yugi." Harry replied.
"Oh, this should be good." Replied Hermione, seating herself next to Harry. "Ron's really good at this game."
Ron sat up, "Done! Okay, come here Yugi." He sat Yugi down in the chair opposite him and proceeded to explain. "Wizard's Chess has the same rules as regular chess but with Wizards Chess you don't have to use your hands much. All you have to do is say where you want your Knight or Pawn or anything to go, and it'll go there. They can be rather violent and they move so don't be surprised."
Yugi nodded. "Okay, then lets start!"
A few minutes later Ron was left staring at the board. "Checkmate." He heard Yugi's voice, and still he stared with incredulity at the board.
Quietly he murmured, "Wow, I didn't even see that. You're good! I really thought I had you there, that it was impossible for you to win!" Slowly a grin spread itself across his face. "Bloody brilliant strategy! Want to have another go?"
A/N: Sorry about the delay, guys. I got really caught up with school. While Shadow pretty much wrote this chapter I tend to get picky and add and subtract to the stuff she sends me. More than essentially it's the same so I don't have much of an excuse for how long it took me to finish nitpicking. Oh well. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter Four is already started and look for some Christmas Bloopers.