HP= Harry Potter YGO = Yu Gi Oh ET= E.T. JR =Jollie_Rancher SS = Severus
Snape MV =Mysterious Voice JW= Joey Wheeler RW =Ron Weasly YB =Yami
Bakura HG = Hermione Granger
ME: Sorry about misspelling 'Avada Kadavra'. I was being lazy and didn't bother to look it up. Thanks for correcting it.
JR: You should be sorry it was all your fault!
ME: IT'S NOT MY FAULT I'M TOO LAZY TO LOOK IT UP IN MY BOOKS AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU ASKED ME HOW TO SPELL!
JR: The book was sitting right next to you on the bed it is to your fault
HG: It sounds like you're both at fault so stop arguing and get on with the story.
ME: We're getting to the story, we are NOT arguing, we are discussing it to death and *you* are clouding the issue with facts!
RW: She's Hermione, what did you expect?!?
HG: Yes, well if some certain other people would pay attention to the facts I wouldn't have to point them out all the time.
RW: Oh yeah, well maybe if you didn't point them out all the time we would start to notice them. Didn't think of that did you? =P
JR: Now who's arguing?!?
HG: We're not arguing...
SS: Then what pray tell would you call it Ms. Granger?
HP: A difference of opinion.
SS: No one asked you Potter.
YGO: Wow, I haven't seen so many differences of opinions in one room since Joey, Tristan, Duke, and Kaiba all had to serve detention together and the topic of Serenity came up.
JW: If any of them so much as looks at my sister I'll kill 'em. And the same goes for all of you.
YB: That's all well and good Joey, but what if she's the one doing the looking. You can't really blame me for being so gorgeous.
JW: I can fix that! (Grabs a bat and takes off after YB) I'll disfigure that ugly mug of yours so no one will want to look!
YB: Back off or I'll banish you to the Shadow Realms! ( YB and JW start to fight in the middle or the room.)
ET: Hey Yu Gi, sweety, it's *your* turn to separate them. (YGO looks at the two brawling guys and winces.)
YGO: Do I have to?
ET: Yes, I did it last time.
YGO: But you're a girl.
ET: What does that have to do with anything?
YGO: I can't go up to them and kiss one of them on the lips and they fall down stunned.
ET: Yes, you can, in fact it might even work better for you than it did for me.
MV: That is just disturbing.
ET: That's exactly why it would work.
DVA: DISCLAIMER.......DISCLAIMER..........DISCLAIMER
JR: Wow, a Divine Voice from Above wants us to do the disclaimer.
MV: I agree with it. ME: We own nothing. Please don't strike us with lightening.
DVA: THANK YOU.
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Into The Mists
By: Faith_Kitty and Jollie_Rancher
Chapter Fifteen: Many Happy Returns
Both duelists felt the surge of Shadow Magic. From the stands they heard the cry "Avada Kadavra!" They looked at each other before launching into action. They didn't have time to block the curse, but perhaps...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nothing could describe the Pharaoh's rage. Gathering the Shadows about him he swooped down upon his unsuspecting victim. The soulless body of Severus Snape lie fallen at the feet of Sagittarius Meliflua, a parent who had come to see his child play. Had Sagittarius been dealing with little Yu Gi he would have been alright, but he wasn't. Before him stood all the glory, all the majesty, and all the power of the kings of Ancient Egypt. And that king, was *not* happy. But the Death Eater was not aware of the fact that he had angered a person with more power than he could ever even dream about.
"That magic was locked away for a reason!" Declared the enraged pharaoh. "How dare you. You have no right, no right, to take the life of an unwitting victim. There are two things I can't abide. The first is using something meant for good in the name of evil, and the second is betraying those who trust you." The Shadows that had gathered behind Yami like a billowing black cloud, now converged on the helpless Death Eater, while on the field, a young Gryffindor, Alya Meliflua, watched in horror as she discovered for the first time how cruel her father truly was.(1) "I will not destroy you here, because there are innocents, but mark my words. Your crimes will not go unpunished." Slowly the clouds whirling around the proud figure in the stands swallowed the now frightened Death Eater.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Estelami flew threw the Shadow Realms to the Pharaoh's own area, the place he had separated from the rest of the Shadow Realms back when he was ruler of Egypt. From there she would be able to see everything in the Shadows, and perhaps she would reach the Professor's soul in time to save him. But as she entered the Pharaoh's Shadows she discovered that someone was already there.
"Who are you?" She demanded, not taking her eyes off the stranger.
"Sirius Black." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Professor Mouto!" Dumbledor exclaimed. "What have you done? Did you just kill that man? In front of the students?"
"Headmaster," the leather clad man said, "this is a war. You yourself have said so. In a war there are casualties on both sides. Now then if you do not hurry and restart Severus' heart, he could very well die."
"He was hit by Avada Kadavra. He's already dead."
"Don't presume to teach me the magic I have been using for over five thousand years." Yami Yu Gi replied coldly, pushing past Dumbledor. Dumbledor, taken aback, could only watch as the foreigner began pounding on Snape's chest.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"That name sounds familiar." Estelami whispered to herself. "But I don't think I know any one by that name." The man named Black was standing off to the side patiently waiting for her decision. "Why are you so calm about the prospect of me leaving you here?"
"There's not much I can do about it, is there?" Sirius asked her back.
"Did you know it's rude to answer a question with question?"
"Did you know it's rude to decide someone's fate with out telling them your name?" Sirius asked winking at her and giving her a devilish smile. Taken by surprise she blushed slightly.
Then out of nowhere swooped a snowy white owl. Estelami's hands flew up as she tried to defend herself from it's pecking. "Hedwig, what are you *doing?*" She cried between attacks. "I'm sorry you got left here, but blame Harry! He's the one who decided there was something more important." The owl fell back and hooted indignantly at the thought of blaming her master for her predicament.
Meanwhile Black rushed forward. "You know Harry? Where is he? Is he alright? He's not here is he? Why aren't you answering me?!?!" He cried grabbing her by the front of her shirt and lifting her off the 'ground' in his enthusiasm.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are you trying to tell me you can bring Severus back?" Dumbledor cried in consternation.
"Yes, and anyone else exposed to that spell, so long as it hasn't been more than a few minutes. It's sloppy Shadow Magic, but still Shadow Magic. When Estel gets back with his soul I'll know the details."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You mean to tell me that you fell through a door and have been *just sitting in here* ever since?"
"Yeah."
"But the door was destroyed!"
"Yeah. All they had was the frame. There was a veil hung where the door would have been."
"Did they not see the big sign that said 'DO NOT TOUCH.' in hieroglyphics the size of a pyramid?!?!?! How could they not have seen that?"
"It was the Ministry of Magic."
"Good point." She conceded. "Well, nothing for it now. I guess you'll have to come with me. Just give me half a moment and I'll be ready to go." Then Estel strode over to one side of the chamber. From her pocket she drew a deck of cards.
"Not that I wouldn't mind playing a game with you," Sirius Black said, "but if someone's life really is on the line, perhaps you'd better find him before you play card games."
"Just watch." she smirked. Then she drew the top card from the deck and, holding it between her first two fingers threw it into the air. There was a blinding light, and then suddenly standing before her was a small child in an overly large trench coat. The child wore black glasses and his hat was pulled low, hiding his face. "Go and find the soul of Severus Snape. Make sure you find the right one. He is a wizard, and he was taken from Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardy. Do you understand?" When the child nodded she turned to look back at her companion.
"Snivilus!?! What's he doing here?"
"You know him?"
"Yeah, we went to school together."
Just then the small boy returned. "Have you found him?"
"Yes, Great One." The child said, bowing lowly.
Estelami took a second card from the card deck and once again holding between two fingers, threw the card into the air. Once again there was a blinding light. When they could see again, the card had disappeared. Hovering over them was a large pink dragon. It head three long white claws on each foot, three more on it's wings, and its tail ended in what looked like three white razor blades. The creature had violent green eyes, and a wicked looking beaklike mouth. It's wings looked like a cross between a pterodactyl and a bird. Opening it's mouth in gave a long, high pitched screech.
"Seiyaryu," Estel breathed. The dragon gently settled on the ground next to her, letting it wings fold softly onto it's back. From here you could see that what looked like hard metallic skin was actually a coat of baby soft fur. Stroking the dragon's crest she went on. "I have a request for you." The dragon trilled in curiosity. "Go with the Inexperienced Spy to the one called Snape, and bring him back to me. Do not hurt him. He has done wrong, but he has changed, and even now is trying to correct the mistakes of the past. Will you do this for me, Seiyaryu? Will you go and rescue him?"
In answer the dragon lowered one great wing so that the soy could climb up and sit between the ridges on it's neck. Then they took off and disappeared into a hole in the shadows.
"What was that?" Sirius asked.
"That was my companion card. Every duelist has one. Mine happens to be Seiyaryu. And Seiyaryu happens to be a dragon the size of a jet."
"What's a jet?"
"Oh, you're a wizard, aren't you. I should have guessed by the dress, Not to mention the fact that you know Harry."
"They're robes, not a dress, but you can call them a dress if you'll go out with me."
"Do you realize this is the first time someone has hit on me in the Shadow Realms?"
"That's odd, I can't imagine anyone *not* hitting on you."
"Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that most people mistake me for a child because I'm so small. Or maybe it's because those who know I'm not a child are the people who know I'm engaged and that if you mess with me I can take you out, and if I can't my fiancee can."
Just then the dragon came back, the spy on it's back, and clutching something in it's claws. "Thank you Seiyaryu, just gently set him down and I'll take care of the rest. The dragon did as she said, lowering itself so that it's claws were inches from the ground. Then it gently opened the dagger like claws and lay it's burden softly on the floor at her feet. It was an unconscious Severus Snape.
"Crap!" She screamed in anger. "Seiyaryu, you must come with me when I leave the shadows. This idiot who did this not only sent his body into shock, but his soul to, and probably his mind as well, but we won't know till he's restored." Then she glared at Sirius and the owl sitting on his shoulder. "I might as well kill three birds with one stone. Drawing a third card she held it up. For a moment he saw the card clearly. Then a maiden in a white dress flew from the card. As she flew by, her water colored hair fell on Black, Snape, and Hedwig. The last thing Black saw before everything faded was the strange girl mounting the dragon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Yu Gi had just gotten his heart restarted, when Snape gave a loud gasp. His back arched as his soul reentered his body, but he did not regain consciousness. Yu Gi watched for a moment to make sure his heart wouldn't stop a second time. Then he began inspecting the magic surrounding Snape. "The fools, they nearly destroyed him, body, soul, and mind. It would have been painless, but it is still a terrible fate."
He looked up as Estel came onto the field, riding her companion card. He didn't blame her. He wished he had the Dark Magician with him. He smiled at her flare. Then his smile faded. Now that he could see how, he wanted to know 'why'. A sharp gasp behind him made him turn.
"I guess she was telling the truth." The speaker was a tall man in black robes. He had a slightly pinched look and he had what looked like prison pallor. Yu Gi growled deep in his throat, but was distracted by a sudden burst of violet flame. He turned to see what had happened. Seiyaryu had attacked the Death Eater the instant Estel had brought him from the Shadow Realms to question him. Fortunately Estel was keeping the worst of the fire from reaching him, but not all of it. At least she was only letting her dragon burn his skin and not his soul.
"Why wrong him that did ne'er wrong thee?" She demanded of the Death Eater. 'Oh, great.' Yu Gi thought. 'He has *really* upset her. She just went Shakespear on him.' "Cans't thou not speak?" she went on. "O traitors! Murderers! They that stabb'd Ceaser shed no blood at all, did not offend, nor were not worthy of blame, if this foul deed were by to equal it. He was a man; this in respect, a child: and men ne'er spend their fury on a child. What's worse than murder that I may name it? No, no, my heart will burst an' if I speak: and I will speak so that my heart will burst. Butchers and villains! Bloody cannibals! How sweet a plant you have untimely cropp'd! You have no children you butchers! If you had the thought of them would have stirr'd up remorse."(2) Then Estel turned away from him. By this time every eye was focused in her, and she was looking at young Alya. "It's not your fault, the sins of the father are not the fault of the child." Then bowing her head, she and Seiyaryu disappeared into the mists of the Shadow Realms, leaving a slightly singed Death Eater cowering in fear.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hedwig's soul returned to her body with a ruffling of feathers and an indignant, it's-about-time noise. After gaining her bearings she quickly took off for the Quiddich Pitch. Harry had not been without her watching over him for so long a period of time since Hagrid had presented him to her and she worried for his safety.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Siris stepped out of the Shadow Realm and onto the Hogwarts quiddich pitch. He slowly looked around him. 'Hmm, there's Dumbledor the old cook. And that's Madam Pomphrey over there, taking Snivilus to the hospital wing no doubt. Wow, I never noticed how much the Huffelpuffs look like bees, maybe that's why they tend to like Herbology so much. Now let's see, oh, there's Harry, you know he's about to fall off his broom. And wow, that is one seriously singed death eater, and I would know. And... wait a sec...'
"Harry's falling off his broom!" He shouted without thinking. "HARRY!!!!"
(1) Yes, I made Alya a Gryffindor and her father a Slytherin. In case you didn't quite get what just happened, Alya's dad was a former Slytherin. He went to the match under the pretense of watching Alya play, she's a beater, so that he could kill Snape for Lord Voldemort. Dumbledor knew that Sagittarius was a Death Eater, but he didn't think he would try anything with Dumbledor sitting right there near him.
(2) Shakespear's Henry VI. Act V Scene VI Queen Margaret, when Constance murdered Prince Edward.
JR: Ah! The beauty of cliff-hangers!
HP: How? How could you do this to me again?!?!
JR: Easy, like this: there's Harry, you know he's about to fall off his broom.
YB: Pure evil. Are you sure you won't change your mind and marry me?
JR: YES!
YB: Yes, you will marry me?
JR: That's not what I meant and you know it.
JW: Try any thing like that with my sister and I'll kill ya!!
YB: You stupid duh head you couldn't even if you tried.
JW: Wanna bet!
YB: Try it and I'll banish you.
HG: Um, Mr. Bakura, this is a 'No Banishing Zone.' (Points at large sign that reads 'No Banishing Zone' in English, Spanish, Japanese, French, Swahili, German, Aramaic, Greek, Islamic, Hebrew, Chinese, and Hieroglyphics.)
YB: Stupid sign! Stupid person who put up the stupid sign!
YGO: Hey, how long has that been there?
ET: Since before I got here. How did you guys not notice it before now?
HG: Key word: GUYS.
RW: Hey what is that supposed to mean.
HP: I think she is insulting our perceptive skills. I certainly didn't see it until just now.
ET: Harry, you're a seeker! You mean to tell me that you can find and catch that tiny snitch but you didn't see a sign the size of an abnormally large cow.
HP: There's a difference. I was looking for the snitch, but I wasn't looking for the sign.
JW: Ha ha! Now I'm going to kill you Bakura!
JR: Not so fast Joey. You didn't read the fine print. (Pulls out large magnifying glass.) Killing is also forbidden in this area.
JW: Aw man.
YB: Ha! You have been thwarted you stupid guy.
SS: Someone please make the bad insults stop!! Ask for reviews already.
MV: Why don't you ask for them? The rest of us are busy.
SS: Doing what?
MV: Coming up with ways to stop the bad insults, of course.
SS: Fine! Read and Review already or I'll give you all detention!!
JR: Hey be nice to the readers!! We love them!
ME: Sorry about misspelling 'Avada Kadavra'. I was being lazy and didn't bother to look it up. Thanks for correcting it.
JR: You should be sorry it was all your fault!
ME: IT'S NOT MY FAULT I'M TOO LAZY TO LOOK IT UP IN MY BOOKS AND IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU ASKED ME HOW TO SPELL!
JR: The book was sitting right next to you on the bed it is to your fault
HG: It sounds like you're both at fault so stop arguing and get on with the story.
ME: We're getting to the story, we are NOT arguing, we are discussing it to death and *you* are clouding the issue with facts!
RW: She's Hermione, what did you expect?!?
HG: Yes, well if some certain other people would pay attention to the facts I wouldn't have to point them out all the time.
RW: Oh yeah, well maybe if you didn't point them out all the time we would start to notice them. Didn't think of that did you? =P
JR: Now who's arguing?!?
HG: We're not arguing...
SS: Then what pray tell would you call it Ms. Granger?
HP: A difference of opinion.
SS: No one asked you Potter.
YGO: Wow, I haven't seen so many differences of opinions in one room since Joey, Tristan, Duke, and Kaiba all had to serve detention together and the topic of Serenity came up.
JW: If any of them so much as looks at my sister I'll kill 'em. And the same goes for all of you.
YB: That's all well and good Joey, but what if she's the one doing the looking. You can't really blame me for being so gorgeous.
JW: I can fix that! (Grabs a bat and takes off after YB) I'll disfigure that ugly mug of yours so no one will want to look!
YB: Back off or I'll banish you to the Shadow Realms! ( YB and JW start to fight in the middle or the room.)
ET: Hey Yu Gi, sweety, it's *your* turn to separate them. (YGO looks at the two brawling guys and winces.)
YGO: Do I have to?
ET: Yes, I did it last time.
YGO: But you're a girl.
ET: What does that have to do with anything?
YGO: I can't go up to them and kiss one of them on the lips and they fall down stunned.
ET: Yes, you can, in fact it might even work better for you than it did for me.
MV: That is just disturbing.
ET: That's exactly why it would work.
DVA: DISCLAIMER.......DISCLAIMER..........DISCLAIMER
JR: Wow, a Divine Voice from Above wants us to do the disclaimer.
MV: I agree with it. ME: We own nothing. Please don't strike us with lightening.
DVA: THANK YOU.
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Into The Mists
By: Faith_Kitty and Jollie_Rancher
Chapter Fifteen: Many Happy Returns
Both duelists felt the surge of Shadow Magic. From the stands they heard the cry "Avada Kadavra!" They looked at each other before launching into action. They didn't have time to block the curse, but perhaps...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Nothing could describe the Pharaoh's rage. Gathering the Shadows about him he swooped down upon his unsuspecting victim. The soulless body of Severus Snape lie fallen at the feet of Sagittarius Meliflua, a parent who had come to see his child play. Had Sagittarius been dealing with little Yu Gi he would have been alright, but he wasn't. Before him stood all the glory, all the majesty, and all the power of the kings of Ancient Egypt. And that king, was *not* happy. But the Death Eater was not aware of the fact that he had angered a person with more power than he could ever even dream about.
"That magic was locked away for a reason!" Declared the enraged pharaoh. "How dare you. You have no right, no right, to take the life of an unwitting victim. There are two things I can't abide. The first is using something meant for good in the name of evil, and the second is betraying those who trust you." The Shadows that had gathered behind Yami like a billowing black cloud, now converged on the helpless Death Eater, while on the field, a young Gryffindor, Alya Meliflua, watched in horror as she discovered for the first time how cruel her father truly was.(1) "I will not destroy you here, because there are innocents, but mark my words. Your crimes will not go unpunished." Slowly the clouds whirling around the proud figure in the stands swallowed the now frightened Death Eater.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Estelami flew threw the Shadow Realms to the Pharaoh's own area, the place he had separated from the rest of the Shadow Realms back when he was ruler of Egypt. From there she would be able to see everything in the Shadows, and perhaps she would reach the Professor's soul in time to save him. But as she entered the Pharaoh's Shadows she discovered that someone was already there.
"Who are you?" She demanded, not taking her eyes off the stranger.
"Sirius Black." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Professor Mouto!" Dumbledor exclaimed. "What have you done? Did you just kill that man? In front of the students?"
"Headmaster," the leather clad man said, "this is a war. You yourself have said so. In a war there are casualties on both sides. Now then if you do not hurry and restart Severus' heart, he could very well die."
"He was hit by Avada Kadavra. He's already dead."
"Don't presume to teach me the magic I have been using for over five thousand years." Yami Yu Gi replied coldly, pushing past Dumbledor. Dumbledor, taken aback, could only watch as the foreigner began pounding on Snape's chest.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"That name sounds familiar." Estelami whispered to herself. "But I don't think I know any one by that name." The man named Black was standing off to the side patiently waiting for her decision. "Why are you so calm about the prospect of me leaving you here?"
"There's not much I can do about it, is there?" Sirius asked her back.
"Did you know it's rude to answer a question with question?"
"Did you know it's rude to decide someone's fate with out telling them your name?" Sirius asked winking at her and giving her a devilish smile. Taken by surprise she blushed slightly.
Then out of nowhere swooped a snowy white owl. Estelami's hands flew up as she tried to defend herself from it's pecking. "Hedwig, what are you *doing?*" She cried between attacks. "I'm sorry you got left here, but blame Harry! He's the one who decided there was something more important." The owl fell back and hooted indignantly at the thought of blaming her master for her predicament.
Meanwhile Black rushed forward. "You know Harry? Where is he? Is he alright? He's not here is he? Why aren't you answering me?!?!" He cried grabbing her by the front of her shirt and lifting her off the 'ground' in his enthusiasm.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are you trying to tell me you can bring Severus back?" Dumbledor cried in consternation.
"Yes, and anyone else exposed to that spell, so long as it hasn't been more than a few minutes. It's sloppy Shadow Magic, but still Shadow Magic. When Estel gets back with his soul I'll know the details."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You mean to tell me that you fell through a door and have been *just sitting in here* ever since?"
"Yeah."
"But the door was destroyed!"
"Yeah. All they had was the frame. There was a veil hung where the door would have been."
"Did they not see the big sign that said 'DO NOT TOUCH.' in hieroglyphics the size of a pyramid?!?!?! How could they not have seen that?"
"It was the Ministry of Magic."
"Good point." She conceded. "Well, nothing for it now. I guess you'll have to come with me. Just give me half a moment and I'll be ready to go." Then Estel strode over to one side of the chamber. From her pocket she drew a deck of cards.
"Not that I wouldn't mind playing a game with you," Sirius Black said, "but if someone's life really is on the line, perhaps you'd better find him before you play card games."
"Just watch." she smirked. Then she drew the top card from the deck and, holding it between her first two fingers threw it into the air. There was a blinding light, and then suddenly standing before her was a small child in an overly large trench coat. The child wore black glasses and his hat was pulled low, hiding his face. "Go and find the soul of Severus Snape. Make sure you find the right one. He is a wizard, and he was taken from Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardy. Do you understand?" When the child nodded she turned to look back at her companion.
"Snivilus!?! What's he doing here?"
"You know him?"
"Yeah, we went to school together."
Just then the small boy returned. "Have you found him?"
"Yes, Great One." The child said, bowing lowly.
Estelami took a second card from the card deck and once again holding between two fingers, threw the card into the air. Once again there was a blinding light. When they could see again, the card had disappeared. Hovering over them was a large pink dragon. It head three long white claws on each foot, three more on it's wings, and its tail ended in what looked like three white razor blades. The creature had violent green eyes, and a wicked looking beaklike mouth. It's wings looked like a cross between a pterodactyl and a bird. Opening it's mouth in gave a long, high pitched screech.
"Seiyaryu," Estel breathed. The dragon gently settled on the ground next to her, letting it wings fold softly onto it's back. From here you could see that what looked like hard metallic skin was actually a coat of baby soft fur. Stroking the dragon's crest she went on. "I have a request for you." The dragon trilled in curiosity. "Go with the Inexperienced Spy to the one called Snape, and bring him back to me. Do not hurt him. He has done wrong, but he has changed, and even now is trying to correct the mistakes of the past. Will you do this for me, Seiyaryu? Will you go and rescue him?"
In answer the dragon lowered one great wing so that the soy could climb up and sit between the ridges on it's neck. Then they took off and disappeared into a hole in the shadows.
"What was that?" Sirius asked.
"That was my companion card. Every duelist has one. Mine happens to be Seiyaryu. And Seiyaryu happens to be a dragon the size of a jet."
"What's a jet?"
"Oh, you're a wizard, aren't you. I should have guessed by the dress, Not to mention the fact that you know Harry."
"They're robes, not a dress, but you can call them a dress if you'll go out with me."
"Do you realize this is the first time someone has hit on me in the Shadow Realms?"
"That's odd, I can't imagine anyone *not* hitting on you."
"Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that most people mistake me for a child because I'm so small. Or maybe it's because those who know I'm not a child are the people who know I'm engaged and that if you mess with me I can take you out, and if I can't my fiancee can."
Just then the dragon came back, the spy on it's back, and clutching something in it's claws. "Thank you Seiyaryu, just gently set him down and I'll take care of the rest. The dragon did as she said, lowering itself so that it's claws were inches from the ground. Then it gently opened the dagger like claws and lay it's burden softly on the floor at her feet. It was an unconscious Severus Snape.
"Crap!" She screamed in anger. "Seiyaryu, you must come with me when I leave the shadows. This idiot who did this not only sent his body into shock, but his soul to, and probably his mind as well, but we won't know till he's restored." Then she glared at Sirius and the owl sitting on his shoulder. "I might as well kill three birds with one stone. Drawing a third card she held it up. For a moment he saw the card clearly. Then a maiden in a white dress flew from the card. As she flew by, her water colored hair fell on Black, Snape, and Hedwig. The last thing Black saw before everything faded was the strange girl mounting the dragon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Yu Gi had just gotten his heart restarted, when Snape gave a loud gasp. His back arched as his soul reentered his body, but he did not regain consciousness. Yu Gi watched for a moment to make sure his heart wouldn't stop a second time. Then he began inspecting the magic surrounding Snape. "The fools, they nearly destroyed him, body, soul, and mind. It would have been painless, but it is still a terrible fate."
He looked up as Estel came onto the field, riding her companion card. He didn't blame her. He wished he had the Dark Magician with him. He smiled at her flare. Then his smile faded. Now that he could see how, he wanted to know 'why'. A sharp gasp behind him made him turn.
"I guess she was telling the truth." The speaker was a tall man in black robes. He had a slightly pinched look and he had what looked like prison pallor. Yu Gi growled deep in his throat, but was distracted by a sudden burst of violet flame. He turned to see what had happened. Seiyaryu had attacked the Death Eater the instant Estel had brought him from the Shadow Realms to question him. Fortunately Estel was keeping the worst of the fire from reaching him, but not all of it. At least she was only letting her dragon burn his skin and not his soul.
"Why wrong him that did ne'er wrong thee?" She demanded of the Death Eater. 'Oh, great.' Yu Gi thought. 'He has *really* upset her. She just went Shakespear on him.' "Cans't thou not speak?" she went on. "O traitors! Murderers! They that stabb'd Ceaser shed no blood at all, did not offend, nor were not worthy of blame, if this foul deed were by to equal it. He was a man; this in respect, a child: and men ne'er spend their fury on a child. What's worse than murder that I may name it? No, no, my heart will burst an' if I speak: and I will speak so that my heart will burst. Butchers and villains! Bloody cannibals! How sweet a plant you have untimely cropp'd! You have no children you butchers! If you had the thought of them would have stirr'd up remorse."(2) Then Estel turned away from him. By this time every eye was focused in her, and she was looking at young Alya. "It's not your fault, the sins of the father are not the fault of the child." Then bowing her head, she and Seiyaryu disappeared into the mists of the Shadow Realms, leaving a slightly singed Death Eater cowering in fear.
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Hedwig's soul returned to her body with a ruffling of feathers and an indignant, it's-about-time noise. After gaining her bearings she quickly took off for the Quiddich Pitch. Harry had not been without her watching over him for so long a period of time since Hagrid had presented him to her and she worried for his safety.
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Siris stepped out of the Shadow Realm and onto the Hogwarts quiddich pitch. He slowly looked around him. 'Hmm, there's Dumbledor the old cook. And that's Madam Pomphrey over there, taking Snivilus to the hospital wing no doubt. Wow, I never noticed how much the Huffelpuffs look like bees, maybe that's why they tend to like Herbology so much. Now let's see, oh, there's Harry, you know he's about to fall off his broom. And wow, that is one seriously singed death eater, and I would know. And... wait a sec...'
"Harry's falling off his broom!" He shouted without thinking. "HARRY!!!!"
(1) Yes, I made Alya a Gryffindor and her father a Slytherin. In case you didn't quite get what just happened, Alya's dad was a former Slytherin. He went to the match under the pretense of watching Alya play, she's a beater, so that he could kill Snape for Lord Voldemort. Dumbledor knew that Sagittarius was a Death Eater, but he didn't think he would try anything with Dumbledor sitting right there near him.
(2) Shakespear's Henry VI. Act V Scene VI Queen Margaret, when Constance murdered Prince Edward.
JR: Ah! The beauty of cliff-hangers!
HP: How? How could you do this to me again?!?!
JR: Easy, like this: there's Harry, you know he's about to fall off his broom.
YB: Pure evil. Are you sure you won't change your mind and marry me?
JR: YES!
YB: Yes, you will marry me?
JR: That's not what I meant and you know it.
JW: Try any thing like that with my sister and I'll kill ya!!
YB: You stupid duh head you couldn't even if you tried.
JW: Wanna bet!
YB: Try it and I'll banish you.
HG: Um, Mr. Bakura, this is a 'No Banishing Zone.' (Points at large sign that reads 'No Banishing Zone' in English, Spanish, Japanese, French, Swahili, German, Aramaic, Greek, Islamic, Hebrew, Chinese, and Hieroglyphics.)
YB: Stupid sign! Stupid person who put up the stupid sign!
YGO: Hey, how long has that been there?
ET: Since before I got here. How did you guys not notice it before now?
HG: Key word: GUYS.
RW: Hey what is that supposed to mean.
HP: I think she is insulting our perceptive skills. I certainly didn't see it until just now.
ET: Harry, you're a seeker! You mean to tell me that you can find and catch that tiny snitch but you didn't see a sign the size of an abnormally large cow.
HP: There's a difference. I was looking for the snitch, but I wasn't looking for the sign.
JW: Ha ha! Now I'm going to kill you Bakura!
JR: Not so fast Joey. You didn't read the fine print. (Pulls out large magnifying glass.) Killing is also forbidden in this area.
JW: Aw man.
YB: Ha! You have been thwarted you stupid guy.
SS: Someone please make the bad insults stop!! Ask for reviews already.
MV: Why don't you ask for them? The rest of us are busy.
SS: Doing what?
MV: Coming up with ways to stop the bad insults, of course.
SS: Fine! Read and Review already or I'll give you all detention!!
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