Disclaimer: I don't own anything! No, not even the keyboard…*sob*
/Yami talking to Yugi/
//Yugi talking to Yami//
"everyone else talking"
********************************
Their conversation continued on until dinner was over and the prefect had led them all up to their common room.
"Boys dormitories are up the spiral staircase to the left, Girls the same on the right." The prefect announced.
"Goodnight Link." Zelda whispered as she brushed Link's long bangs behind one ear before heading up the spiral staircase.
"Got yourself a girlfriend?" Ron asked Link once Zelda had left.
Link gave him a cold look, which instantly shut him up.
"What is up with you and this boyfriend/girlfriend thing?" Hermione asked.
"Ron's just getting interested in girls like us." Said George jokingly.
"You aren't even interested in girls." Hermione retorted.
"Says who?"
"Come on…"Harry muttered, "Those two could argue all night."
Harry, Ron, Link, and Yugi went up the spiral staircase and entered the boy's dormitories. Their things had already been brought up to the castle and were next to their beds.
Yugi sighed as he plopped down on the bed, wishing Joey and the others were there with him.
/Could you pull the hangings around the bed?/
//Sure thing.// Yugi replied as he closed the gap in the hangings of the four-poster bed.
There was a bright glow from the golden puzzle and a tall figure appeared on the bed beside him. Yami looked like Yugi in about every possible way except he was taller and skinnier. His eyes were crimson and narrower than Yugi's, giving him a dark and evil, but courageous look. Some of his bangs stuck up like lightning bolts, but was still the same. Yami was sitting cross-legged on the bed with Yugi and was holding a photo similar to the one Yugi had.
"We're going to have to be really quiet, Yami. I don't know how sharp Link's ears are and the last thing I want is for others to find out about you." Yugi whispered.
"Okay. Anyways, I thought you might want to duel me. It might take your mind off being homesick for a while."
"You know I'll lose."
"At least you put up one heck of a good fight before you go down."
"Then let's duel!"
*****************************
"Hey Harry, did you just hear something?" Ron asked, looking up from unpacking his things.
"From Yugi's bed? Yeah. Another voice…really deep."
"You'd think it's Link's voice, but he's over there and his voice isn't that deep anyways." Ron said pointing at Link who had his back to them and was brushing out his long bangs.
********************************
Yami and Yugi were both covering each other's mouths, eyes wide and cards spread out all over the bed.
"Hey Harry, did you just hear something?" they heard Ron say.
Both held their breaths as Harry anwered, " From Yugi's bed? Yeah. Another voice…really deep."
"You'd think it was Link's voice, but he's over there." Yami and Yugi sighed and relaxed as the topic changed to Link.
"Thank Ra they didn't decide to come here and investigate." Yami said after a while.
"Dumbledore'd probably go crazy if someone found out."
"I don't think he minds. Keeping me secret is probably to keep us safe from people who are still after the millennium items."
"Do you think it was a good idea for me to tell Harry and the others about it?"
"…Maybe. If they don't tell anyone else, we should be okay."
Yugi sighed and turned back to the cards in his hand, "That's good. Now whose turn is it?"
*********************************
"AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
All heads turned in the direction of the voice. Ron was sitting on the floor having tripped over his trunk and landed on something sharp. Link had his eyes shut and hands over both pointed ears. Yugi stuck his head out through a gap in the hangings, Yami peeking from behind Yugi.
"Stop yelling!" Link yelled in Ron's face.
Ron stopped yelling abruptly and got up, wincing as he pulled the sharp thing out from under him. Link took the item and helped Ron up.
"You were lucky you didn't fall on top of the blade." Link said to Ron. "You see this?" He asked, holding up the longshot and pointing to the tip. "You would have gotten a really deep wound from this thing. It's a weapon that can be used for latching onto objects and pulling them over to you, or pulling you over to them. That would mean the blade has to dig into the object to get a good grip on it."
Ron paled considerably at this.
"He was definitely lucky." Yugi muttered to Yami who simply nodded in agreement.
"I guess we'll have to finish the duel some other time then." Yami said as he disappeared back into the puzzle.
//How come?//
/People might come over to investigate./ Yami answered.
"That sucks, I was winning too."
/We shouldn't risk someone seeing me though./
//Then just take over for a while.//
/Don't forget the note you got from Dumbledore. We have to meet him in his office in about half an hour./
//How come?//
/…I forgot. ^_^;;;/
**************************************
Link turned back to his things as everyone went back to unpacking. "Huh? What's this?" He wondered aloud as he picked up a note that had fluttered onto the floor. His eyes scanned the note quickly before he stuffed it into his pocket.
"Weapons like that shouldn't be allowed here!" Ron kept saying to Harry.
"Dumbledore must have a reason for them otherwise he wouldn't have let Link keep them." Harry replied.
After a bit of thought Ron said, "Maybe to get Malfoy for us…Link could use him for target practice. Ahhhh…"
Harry laughed at the dreamy look on Ron's face. "Hey Yugi! Where're you going?"
"I have to go see Dumbledore…" Yugi muttered.
"You didn't get in trouble already did you?"
"Of course I haven't. I just have to go see him."
"Okay then."
Yugi was about to head out towards the door when Link suddenly stopped him.
"You're going to see Dumbledore too? Would you mind if I came along?"
"You can come if you want, but-"
Link held up the note from earlier, Yugi then held up one similar to it. Link nodded in acknowledgment before heading down the spiral staircase. Yugi made sure he was gone before ducking into a closet. Yami reappeared beside him. "Is he gone?"
"Of course, otherwise, I wouldn't have let you come out. Dumbledore wants to see both of us-"
"Dumbledore may have mentioned me, but no one has seen me yet. I have to speak to Dumbledore, and if I come out of the puzzle in front of Link…"
"I think he'll be very surprised."
"Just tell him I'm your older brother."
They heard Link softly call up the staircase, "Yugi?"
"Come on." Yugi muttered to Yami.
Link was standing at the bottom of the spiral staircase with Zelda when Yami and Yugi came down. Both were staring at the other two with baffled looks.
"Are you twins?" Zelda asked.
"This is my older brother, Yami." Yugi introduced.
"You two look almost exactly the same." Link commented. "The only differences are slight changes to your bangs, eye color, and height."
//He actually noticed! ^_^//
/Is that supposed to be a good thing?/
"Do either of you two know were Dumbledore's office is?"
"…No."
***********************************
The group finally arrived at the statue of the gargoyle…ten minutes late.
"Why won't the stupid thing move!?!" Yami yelled as he hopped around holding his foot (tried kicking the gargoyle, obviously not a good idea).
The door suddenly slid open, and a very impatient Snape appeared. He had a dark scowl on his face. "You were told to arrive at the headmaster's office fifteen minutes ago." He said in menacing voice.
"500 points from Gry-"
"Serverus!" Professor McGonagall appeared on the stairs behind him. "You know that these are new students and are not yet familiar with this school. They probably got lost. Am I correct?" she asked the
four students. All of them nodded. Snape looked frurious at losing the chance of taking 500 points from Gryffindor. "Now, follow me." Professor McGonagall commanded.
They followed Professor McGonagall up the staircase and into a circular room. The walls of the room were lined with portraits of past headmasters and mistresses who were all dozing in their frames.
Dumbledore's desk was covered with all sorts of strange contraptions and books. The teachers were all gathered around Dumbledore who was gently stroking a large, beautiful, crimson bird.
"So, you finally found my office." Dumbledore said with a smile on his face. "You must have had quite a bit of trouble, new students rarely get anywhere around here without a guide."
"You are aware of why we wanted to be here, right?" a squeaky voice said.
Link and the others looked down at the tiny figure.
"I am Professor Flitwick." He said. "I will be your Charms teacher this year."
"You said you wanted to talk to us about Ganondorf and Voldemort." Link said, turning his attention back to Dumbledore, unaware of winces from the teachers when he said 'Voldemort'.
"You also said you knew something about strange activities going on in the shadow realm." Yami said.
"Sacred realm." Zelda automatically corrected.
"No, shadow realm."
"Sacred."
"Shadow."
"Sacred."
"Shadow."
"Sacred."
"Enough!" Dumbledore said in a loud voice. "You are not here to discuss those matter! You know of the triforce and millennium items, correct?"
Link and Zelda nodded, but Yami and Yugi looked confused.
"The wha-? What a triforce?"
"You do know what the millennium items are, right?"
Yugi nodded. He and Yami held up identical puzzles.
'Aren't there only seven items? Why do those two have the same exact one? Each one is supposed to be different. Hm…' Link thought to himself.
Dumbledore waved his wand and three golden triangles connected at the corners appeared floating in midair, each revolving independent of the other three. Each one radiated a golden light mixed with another color. The top piece had a bit of crimson light mixed into it. The bottom left had a bluish glow and the one on the bottom right had a forest green glow.
Some of the teachers gasped.
"It's pretty…"
//Yami…//
/Hm?/
//Do you feel like someone is watching us?//
/Yes. I can kind of sense another presence nearby, not the teachers./
//That can't be good.//
"Hang on a sec…" Link said suddenly.
"Hm?"
"The triforce is only three pieces: Power, wisdom, and courage, yet you have four pieces there."
/Notice the tri- in the word triforce/
"There is?" Zelda asked.
"Look." Link said, pointing to the center of the three triangles. The space within the triforce (or what should have been an empty space) was indeed occupied. A fourth piece was rotating slowly in the center. It was a dark mix of silver and black and was slightly transparent. It would have been impossible to tell that anything was there if it hadn't been moving.
Dumbledore opened his mouth to reply when a startled yell was heard from outside the door. All the teachers leapt to the feet with their wands out. Snape threw open the door to reveal Harry and Ron sprawled out on the stairs, a large insect-like creature with glowing red eyes and curving horns was advancing on the two boys.
Before any of the teachers could do anything, Yami had whipped out his deck and drew a card from it. "Go! Celtic Guardian!"
There was a bright light and a tall elf with long blond hair and amber eyes appeared beside him. He wore a dark brown shirt, beige pants, green and silver armour. He had tattoos under both eyes, similar to those Link had. The elf's helmet was green with a red ruby in the center, two wing-like blades extended out from either side of it. He gripped his sword tightly with both hands and awaited his master's command. Link snorted at the sight of the sword in the Celtic Guardian's hands.
Harry and Ron sat petrified and both were extremely pale. The silvery cloak that lay on the floor next to them had a large tear through it.
The giant bug had turned to the Celtic Guardian and slashed the air with its enormous claws. The Celtic Guardian responded by adjusting his grip and getting ready to charge.
"Celtic Guardian! Attack Man-Eater Bug!"
The elf responded by charging with considerable speed. The bug brought up its enormous claws in effort to defend itself. Celtic Guardian leapt high into the air and brought the sword down hard, cutting through the monster. With a roar of pain, the bug shattered into hundreds of tiny lights.
"Impressive."
Celtic Guardian turned around to face Link, then shuddered visibly at the sight of the pale eyes.
"What do you mean 'impressive'?" Yami demanded.
Link ignored him and continued to eye Celtic Guardian curiously. His black cloak swirled around his feet as he circled the guardian who was looking kind of nervous. Link brushed his long white bangs out his eyes when he froze. "Where'd Ron and Harry go?"
*******************************
Harry and Ron were panting heavily by the time they made it back to the Gryffindor common room. They had escaped while everyone's attention was on that of the monster.
"That did not *huff* go very well at all." Ron said as he fought to catch his breath.
"I know, the invisibility cloak is *huff* torn almost all the way through." Harry said. He held up the torn cloak and look at it sadly. "Maybe Hermione can fix it…"
"We'll ask her tomorrow."
"Is it just me, or were there two Yugi's?"
"I think it was just you, I only saw one."
"Everything was going fine until that Man-eater bug showed up. I wonder why it appeared in the first place."
"I dunno, but we obviously aren't the only ones trying to spy." Harry said.
They continued to mourn the destruction of the invisibility cloak late into the night. The topic occasionally switched back to the monster whose long claws had been the cause of the tear in the cloak.
"Shh!" Harry said and strained to hear what was going on downstairs, "Someone's coming! Get in bed!"
Both boys threw themselves into bed and pretended to be asleep just as Link and Yugi came into the boy's dormitories. Both flopped on their bed with an audible sigh and lay there for a while.
"I just wanted to know what the triforce was, he didn't have to tell us the entire history of it." Yugi said finally after a moment of silence.
"He didn't answer my question about the fourth piece either…" Link mumbled into his pillow.
"I think he forgot."
"ZZzzzz…"
"Huh? Oh…*yawn*"
Within minutes, both were fast asleep (Link is still sprawled out on the bed).
********************************
The wind ruffled the feathers on the neck of the creature outside the window. It's eyes glowed dimly in the moonlight. It looked slightly puzzled at the still form in Link's bed but dismissed the thought. It leapt off the roof and spread its wings before soaring away into the night.