Leaving Illusions Behind
Written by Li Cruz
Chapter Eight: The Sorting
Author Notes:
Let's see it's time to open our review box... Answer the long review times.
To Shahrezad1, um. Quatre is related to Snape, Creepy, prehaps. And of course Marik and Dark Bakura only go at it when they're bored. I don't need to answer the last part of your 1-29 one. For your 2-02, well, he may have said that ESP doesn't exist, but how does he know that? And only Seto is at the school.
To Neo Koneko-chan, sorry about that but as I said before, the orginal had way too many holes and it just wasn't my style. But don't worry Yami might still terrorize Voldemort in this one.
Thanks Despairing Angel, ruth 4 kai.
Signing out
Li Cruz (rantermaster@yahoo.com)
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Harry and the others originally split themselves into two of the Hogwarts Express compartments. Quatre stayed at Hogwarts to help Hagrid with thestrals. Dudley was at a nearby Muggle boarding school.
Ginny, Neville, and Luna joined them and everyone was soon in one compartment. Soon the train started forward. They all talked about their summers. Harry, of course, gave a highly edited version. They also avoided talking about Quatre. Seto who hadn't said anything seemed to glare into the book he was reading.
Almost on the dot just before entering the Hogwart's station, Malfroy appeared with his personal guard.
"Hey, Scarhead. Seems you made it to another year."
Harry looked at Malfroy with a scowl on his face. Yugi and the rest of the Japanese crew looked confused. Harry turned to Yugi, instead of taking Malfroy's bait.
"It is the guy I talked about eariler."
Understanding flittered on Yugi's face. He nodded. Seto stood up, surprising everyone. Malfroy seemed to recover first.
"I'm Malfroy, Draco Malfroy." He stuck out a hand. "Pity you are with Mudbloods and their lovers. You seem to be the right sort."
Seto glared at Malfroy, who's smile falter for a second. Seto didn't shifted his position.
"Seto Kaiba." He said coldly.
Malfroy gulped. Seto frowned at him but spoke again.
"Now get out of my way. You're in the way." Seto said, his non-expression not moving.
Malfroy scrambled out of Seto's way. He walked across to the other compartment and closed the door. Malfroy recovered what was left of his wits as did everyone else.
"I've never seen Seto-kun so cold since the virtual world incident." Yugi said softly. Marik and Ryou nodded.
Malfroy merely stalked out, embarrassed about losing his cool.
Seto sighed in frustration. He should have lost his temper even if this "Malfroy" was an insulting little bastard. Quatre would be disappointed in him.
Seto genuinely smiled at the thought of Quatre. He finally figure out what Quatre meant to him. Quatre was perhaps the closest thing to a best friend Seto had in a long time. He was also someone who Seto deeply respected. The others probably thought Seto wasn't straight. He had overheard Marik asking if he was in love with Quatre to Yugi. He didn't understand why they thought that unless they had been spying on them.
He sighed again before donning on his cold façade as the train slowed down.
Quatre, though he told no one yet about this ability, was speaking with the unicorn who he was sitting on. Quatre had fallen out of the tree he was perched in and somehow landed on the unicorn's back in the pen. Quatre original froze in place, he had heard what unicorns normally did to males.
[Something a matter, little one?] The graying unicorn asked. [That would have been a nasty fall, young speaker, if I didn't stop you.]
Quatre nearly fell of the unicorn in surprise. The unicorn chuckled at the teenager's behavior.
[It is hard to find a decent speakers these days. You're a lucky one, child. Um. Ah, the carriages.] He remarked as his ears swiveled toward the entrance.
Quatre suddenly clutched the unicorn's neck as it jumped over the pen fencing. The unicorn trotted over to the bridge. Quatre recovered his wits.
"Er, don't unicorns dislike males? It was the only thing he could think of to say.
[The intelligent ones don't.] The old unicorn chuckled. [I'm one of the two species of unicorn that are intelligent.]
"Than why did you let yourself get capture?"
[Old age I suppose. I couldn't outrun the wizards and they also had some wards up that interfere with some of the unicorn's normal magic.]
"Ah. Er, I'm Quatre Snape by the way."
[Fern at your service.]
Quatre and Fern shared a companionable silence while the carriages came closer.
Seto sighed mentally. Of all the carriages to get in, he ended up with Harry Potter, a Ginny, a Luna, Draco Malfroy, and another kid. Seto glanced in the new kid's direction.
The new kid was slightly shorter than himself. The kid looked like a bloody stone statue. His face well chiseled and aristocratic had piercing dark red-purple eyes. His hair was literally silver, an even sharper contrast to Malfroy's platinum blonde hair.
And the vibes he got off this kid, made even Yami Marik seem a nice guy. He noted everyone else didn't seem tense or at all unease by this guy. He tuned back in when the new kid started talking.
"Greetings, I'm Mikel Owen."
Even though everyone replied, Seto kept quiet. Harry glared at Seto. Ginny exclaimed and pointed out the window. Everyone looked outside.
There was Quatre sitting bareback on a unicorn watching the carriages past. He grinned and waved at Seto's carriage. Seto hid a small smile at this. When he looked at the others, he caught a look of pure loathing towards Quatre on Mikel's face. Another reason not to trust Mr. Mikel Owen.
Quatre shuddered slightly as the carriage with Seto in it past. There was a familiar presence nearby and not a good one at that. He convinced Fern to returned to the pen so they wouldn't get in trouble. Fern nodded, also having felt the malevolent presence.
Quatre skidded to a stop next to Seto. The first years were already being sorted. Seto looked down and his eyes soften a bit before watching the first years. Quatre felt the malevolent presence again and looked up. There was someone he thought he should recognized. He shuddered again.
Dumbledore called the new fourth and fifth years in. Everyone buzzed about the new guys. Mrs. McGonagall called forth the first person.
"Bakura, Ryou."
Ryou nervously twitched when the hat sat on his head. The hat took about 30 seconds before yelling.
"RAVENCLAW!"
The Ravenclaw table clapped as Ryou shyly smiled as he sat down.
"Ishitar, Marik. Fifth Year."
The hat was on for only a second.
"RAVENCLAW!"
Again the house burst into applause. Marik strutted over.
"Kaiba, Seto. Fifth Year."
Now several of the Muggle-born murmured about hearing the famous multi-billionaire's name. The hat was on a full minute. Seto scowled into the hat.
"SLYTHERIN!"
That house just went quiet as Hermione yelled out. "I knew it!" Seto raised a brow before descending to sit at the end of the table.
"Yugi Motou. Fifth Year."
Again the Muggle-born murmured. The hat was on as long as Seto's was.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Harry and most of the house's clapping and whistles filled the room. Yugi blushed as he took a seat next to Ron.
"Owen, Mikel. Fifth Year."
The hat barely touched his head before squeaking out almost questioningly.
"GRYFFINDOR."
Mikel was warmly welcomed by the others.
"Snape, Quatre. Forth Year."
The whole hall went quiet. There were a few questioning Snape In the air. Quatre, outside the door, took a deep breath before straightening out. He walked out into the hall, his back ramrod straight and his face passive. The hat took a full twenty minutes to decide when placed on his head. Several teachers murmured. Professor Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore looked concerned.
The hat finally spoke, but this time with complete assurance and cheer.
"GRYFFINDOR."
There was a stunned silence. A Snape in Gryffindor? Quatre stood up. He regarded the Gryffindor table uncertain. There was a twinge of fear when he looked upon Mikel. Seto began clapping. Quatre looked to Seto, giving him a silent thanks before sitting at the very end of the Gryffindor table.
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Next on Leaving Illusion Behind:
Chapter Nine: Thrice Confrontations
Written by Li Cruz
Chapter Eight: The Sorting
Author Notes:
Let's see it's time to open our review box... Answer the long review times.
To Shahrezad1, um. Quatre is related to Snape, Creepy, prehaps. And of course Marik and Dark Bakura only go at it when they're bored. I don't need to answer the last part of your 1-29 one. For your 2-02, well, he may have said that ESP doesn't exist, but how does he know that? And only Seto is at the school.
To Neo Koneko-chan, sorry about that but as I said before, the orginal had way too many holes and it just wasn't my style. But don't worry Yami might still terrorize Voldemort in this one.
Thanks Despairing Angel, ruth 4 kai.
Signing out
Li Cruz (rantermaster@yahoo.com)
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Harry and the others originally split themselves into two of the Hogwarts Express compartments. Quatre stayed at Hogwarts to help Hagrid with thestrals. Dudley was at a nearby Muggle boarding school.
Ginny, Neville, and Luna joined them and everyone was soon in one compartment. Soon the train started forward. They all talked about their summers. Harry, of course, gave a highly edited version. They also avoided talking about Quatre. Seto who hadn't said anything seemed to glare into the book he was reading.
Almost on the dot just before entering the Hogwart's station, Malfroy appeared with his personal guard.
"Hey, Scarhead. Seems you made it to another year."
Harry looked at Malfroy with a scowl on his face. Yugi and the rest of the Japanese crew looked confused. Harry turned to Yugi, instead of taking Malfroy's bait.
"It is the guy I talked about eariler."
Understanding flittered on Yugi's face. He nodded. Seto stood up, surprising everyone. Malfroy seemed to recover first.
"I'm Malfroy, Draco Malfroy." He stuck out a hand. "Pity you are with Mudbloods and their lovers. You seem to be the right sort."
Seto glared at Malfroy, who's smile falter for a second. Seto didn't shifted his position.
"Seto Kaiba." He said coldly.
Malfroy gulped. Seto frowned at him but spoke again.
"Now get out of my way. You're in the way." Seto said, his non-expression not moving.
Malfroy scrambled out of Seto's way. He walked across to the other compartment and closed the door. Malfroy recovered what was left of his wits as did everyone else.
"I've never seen Seto-kun so cold since the virtual world incident." Yugi said softly. Marik and Ryou nodded.
Malfroy merely stalked out, embarrassed about losing his cool.
Seto sighed in frustration. He should have lost his temper even if this "Malfroy" was an insulting little bastard. Quatre would be disappointed in him.
Seto genuinely smiled at the thought of Quatre. He finally figure out what Quatre meant to him. Quatre was perhaps the closest thing to a best friend Seto had in a long time. He was also someone who Seto deeply respected. The others probably thought Seto wasn't straight. He had overheard Marik asking if he was in love with Quatre to Yugi. He didn't understand why they thought that unless they had been spying on them.
He sighed again before donning on his cold façade as the train slowed down.
Quatre, though he told no one yet about this ability, was speaking with the unicorn who he was sitting on. Quatre had fallen out of the tree he was perched in and somehow landed on the unicorn's back in the pen. Quatre original froze in place, he had heard what unicorns normally did to males.
[Something a matter, little one?] The graying unicorn asked. [That would have been a nasty fall, young speaker, if I didn't stop you.]
Quatre nearly fell of the unicorn in surprise. The unicorn chuckled at the teenager's behavior.
[It is hard to find a decent speakers these days. You're a lucky one, child. Um. Ah, the carriages.] He remarked as his ears swiveled toward the entrance.
Quatre suddenly clutched the unicorn's neck as it jumped over the pen fencing. The unicorn trotted over to the bridge. Quatre recovered his wits.
"Er, don't unicorns dislike males? It was the only thing he could think of to say.
[The intelligent ones don't.] The old unicorn chuckled. [I'm one of the two species of unicorn that are intelligent.]
"Than why did you let yourself get capture?"
[Old age I suppose. I couldn't outrun the wizards and they also had some wards up that interfere with some of the unicorn's normal magic.]
"Ah. Er, I'm Quatre Snape by the way."
[Fern at your service.]
Quatre and Fern shared a companionable silence while the carriages came closer.
Seto sighed mentally. Of all the carriages to get in, he ended up with Harry Potter, a Ginny, a Luna, Draco Malfroy, and another kid. Seto glanced in the new kid's direction.
The new kid was slightly shorter than himself. The kid looked like a bloody stone statue. His face well chiseled and aristocratic had piercing dark red-purple eyes. His hair was literally silver, an even sharper contrast to Malfroy's platinum blonde hair.
And the vibes he got off this kid, made even Yami Marik seem a nice guy. He noted everyone else didn't seem tense or at all unease by this guy. He tuned back in when the new kid started talking.
"Greetings, I'm Mikel Owen."
Even though everyone replied, Seto kept quiet. Harry glared at Seto. Ginny exclaimed and pointed out the window. Everyone looked outside.
There was Quatre sitting bareback on a unicorn watching the carriages past. He grinned and waved at Seto's carriage. Seto hid a small smile at this. When he looked at the others, he caught a look of pure loathing towards Quatre on Mikel's face. Another reason not to trust Mr. Mikel Owen.
Quatre shuddered slightly as the carriage with Seto in it past. There was a familiar presence nearby and not a good one at that. He convinced Fern to returned to the pen so they wouldn't get in trouble. Fern nodded, also having felt the malevolent presence.
Quatre skidded to a stop next to Seto. The first years were already being sorted. Seto looked down and his eyes soften a bit before watching the first years. Quatre felt the malevolent presence again and looked up. There was someone he thought he should recognized. He shuddered again.
Dumbledore called the new fourth and fifth years in. Everyone buzzed about the new guys. Mrs. McGonagall called forth the first person.
"Bakura, Ryou."
Ryou nervously twitched when the hat sat on his head. The hat took about 30 seconds before yelling.
"RAVENCLAW!"
The Ravenclaw table clapped as Ryou shyly smiled as he sat down.
"Ishitar, Marik. Fifth Year."
The hat was on for only a second.
"RAVENCLAW!"
Again the house burst into applause. Marik strutted over.
"Kaiba, Seto. Fifth Year."
Now several of the Muggle-born murmured about hearing the famous multi-billionaire's name. The hat was on a full minute. Seto scowled into the hat.
"SLYTHERIN!"
That house just went quiet as Hermione yelled out. "I knew it!" Seto raised a brow before descending to sit at the end of the table.
"Yugi Motou. Fifth Year."
Again the Muggle-born murmured. The hat was on as long as Seto's was.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Harry and most of the house's clapping and whistles filled the room. Yugi blushed as he took a seat next to Ron.
"Owen, Mikel. Fifth Year."
The hat barely touched his head before squeaking out almost questioningly.
"GRYFFINDOR."
Mikel was warmly welcomed by the others.
"Snape, Quatre. Forth Year."
The whole hall went quiet. There were a few questioning Snape In the air. Quatre, outside the door, took a deep breath before straightening out. He walked out into the hall, his back ramrod straight and his face passive. The hat took a full twenty minutes to decide when placed on his head. Several teachers murmured. Professor Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore looked concerned.
The hat finally spoke, but this time with complete assurance and cheer.
"GRYFFINDOR."
There was a stunned silence. A Snape in Gryffindor? Quatre stood up. He regarded the Gryffindor table uncertain. There was a twinge of fear when he looked upon Mikel. Seto began clapping. Quatre looked to Seto, giving him a silent thanks before sitting at the very end of the Gryffindor table.
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Next on Leaving Illusion Behind:
Chapter Nine: Thrice Confrontations
