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/Shoot./
//What?//
/He's blocked me again./
//…?//
/I can't get through to Link./
//Oh.//
Yugi glanced across the dungeon at Link and saw that Link was currently eyeing Snape with a look of disgust on his face. He cocked his head a little and looked back when he realized Yugi was staring at him.
"First day back and Snape is driving me crazy already…" Harry grumbled.
Hermione and Ron nodded in agreement. Zelda was writing 'potions sucks' all over her notes.
"Potter!"
The trio groaned. They knew what was coming.
"Stop talking! Five points from Gryffindor!"
"Snape seems to be in a very bad mood today." Ron commented.
"Isn't he always?" Hermione whispered. She glared at Malfoy who had a rather smug grin on his face. Snape had already taken 35 points from Gryffindor and class had just barely started.
Harry propped his head up in his hands. "I hate potions, I hate Malfoy, and I loathe Snape." He mumbled.
"I hate spiders." Ron added.
"He wasn't talking about what you hate, he was talking about what he hates." Hermione said.
"Well, at least Zelda seems to understand what Snape's talking about." Harry said. "At least…she kinda looks like she understands."
Ron looked at Zelda, then said, "Yeah right."
Harry fiddled with his quill again, doing his best to ignore Malfoy's silent taunting from the other side of the room.
"You should have all by now, finished copying down the ingredients. Now, get to work!" Snape snapped at the class. "Potter! See me!"
"This can't be good…" Harry said to Hermione and Ron, getting up from his seat.
//Did Harry get in trouble?//
/Don't ask me. Ask Link, he's the one who reads minds./
'I do not!'
/What are you doing RIGHT NOW?/
'I only do this with you and Zelda'
/You like Zelda a lot don't you?/
'…Maybe.'
/That means yes! Oh! I am so good!/
//Yami…You're scaring me.//
'Maybe I like her--'
/Ha!/
'But only as a friend.'
/…/
'Besides, I have to have some sort of mental connection with her at all times otherwise her father will probably think of some strange way of punishing me.'
//Who gave her dad the right to punish you? You're doing him a favor, keeping an eye on her, right?//
'I actually didn't have too much of a choice.'
/What kind of punishment did he come up with?/
'heh…Last time, he threatened to behead me.'
//O_O okaaaay...//
'He was just joking anyways…at least, I think he was… Well, he is the king…'
//He's the what???//
/Then…that would make Zelda the princess./
//She's the WHAT???//
/Butt out, Yugi./
//…Do you want me to take the puzzle apart?//
/NO!!! Don't touch the puzzle!/
"You there! Stop daydreaming and get to work!" Snape told the two of them coldly. "Dumbledore may let you do what you like, but in MY class you do things MY way and I want you to hurry up and start working." He spun around, glaring at Harry. "What do you want…Potter?"
"Er…you wanted to see me, Professor."
"Come with me." Snape said.
Ron watched Harry follow Snape uncertainly. "What do you think he wants? Class has barely started, Harry couldn't possibly have any time to get into trouble."
"Maybe Snape's mad about the incident with the dragon." Yugi said, coming over to them and sitting down.
Ron spread the supplies out onto the table, "Yeah, that's probably it. But normally, he'd humiliate Harry in front of the class whether or not he did do anything. I wonder why he took Harry outside today…"
Malfoy sauntered by, smirking broadly. "Those two freaks that attacked me today won't be bothering me any time soon after my father hears of it. Voldemort will eventually put an end to those pests."
"Yeah, and I bet your father won't be too happy that you're letting two new Gryffindors push you around." Ron muttered.
Seamus, who was working nearby, snickered softly. Crabbe and Goyle cracked their knuckles threateningly, but Seamus ignored them.
"Where were you two when Malfoy needed you the most? Weren't you cowering with the rest of your Slytherin buddies? You were too afraid to pick on someone who can fight back!"
Crabbe looked very surprised that Seamus would dare to speak back. Seamus had never talked back to Malfoy in front of Crabbe before. Goyle was still trying to make sense of the message.
Malfoy's look became rather sour. He was headed for the door to get Professor Snape when Link stopped him.
"Pst. Malfoy!" Link whispered.
Malfoy looked over at him and hissed, "What do you want?"
Link pointed upward at the ceiling.
Malfoy (and a majority of the class) gave him funny looks before looking up.
"…urk."
Yugi held up a card from his deck, the air above him had turned dark and the colors swirled into black. The class gasped as a large, pink dragon suddenly burst from the darkness and landed heavily on one of the desks. The dragon had bladelike feathers lining its wings and tail. It gripped the desk it stood on tightly with its silver, razor sharp claws.
"Go ahead, try calling Snape." Link taunted, leaning forward with a smug grin on his face. The color in his eyes quickly faded to be replaced by the natural, faintly glowing white. "Just hope he isn't attacked first."
Malfoy paled. He'd never seen Link's natural eye color up close before. Link had his hood up the entire time on the train, hiding his face. At the sorting ceremony, Malfoy'd been looking at the tattoos that marked the Hylian's face and hadn't really paying much attention to his eyes. He stopped to think for a moment. Wait a sec…Link had his eyes shut for most of the sorting so he couldn't have seen his eye color anyways. Up close, he could see the faintest, gray-blue outline of the pupils. It was slightly unnerving. Nevertheless, Malfoy summed up what was left of his courage and said, "I will! Then ALL you Gryffindors will be sorry!"
"No we won't."
"Grr…."
"Suit yourself." Link said, shrugging.
"It won't really attack the professor…will it?" Zelda asked Hermione coolly, leaning her head on her hands and glaring at Link.
Link winked at her, and mouthed, 'don't worry.'
The dragon arched its neck and spread its large wings. It eyed the equipment and potion ingredients on the table, as though deciding whether or not it should stomp on them just for fun. It eventually decided not to stomp on them, just to knock a couple of them over.
Yugi walked up to the dragon and stroked the beast's jaw. It crouched lower on the desk, shut its green eyes, and chirruped softly.
"Seiyaru, the mythic dragon." Yugi said to Ron. "it vanquishes unworthy opponents with its mythical flames.."
"Wicked!"
"Kind of like Norbert." Hermione said.
Link raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who's Norbert?"
Both the Slytherins and Gryffindors looked as though they had wanted to ask the same thing.
"Attack 2500, defense 2300." Yugi continued, reading off the card.
"……"
/I don't think its stats mean anything to them./
//Don't you think I might have already noticed that?//
Malfoy swept up to Seiyaru. "It's nothing but a tame beast! Look at it! I have nothing to fear! He's nothing but a--"
"A-hem!" Ron said, loud enough for the class to hear. " Hey, Malfoy! Remember what happened last time you insulted a 'mythical beast?'"
"Oh yeah! That was in our third year, when Buckbeak attacked you because you called him a great, ugly brute. Remember?" Hermione added, a wicked gleam in her eyes.
Malfoy glared at her.
Harry walked back into the classroom, followed my Snape. Snape had a rather grim look on his face. Malfoy took no notice of this and raised his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Malfoy?"
"Professor, there's a…a…?" He looked around. "Hm?"
"There's a what?" Snape asked, his patience quickly wearing thin.
"Bu…but…"
"Yes?"
"What happened to the dragon?"
"There is no dragon here."
"But there was a dragon here! I swear!" Malfoy said.
"There was one in Care of Magical creatures today." Seamus said. "Right Malfoy?"
Malfoy's face looked rather flushed and muttered something inadible.
Harry took his seat in between Ron and Hermione.
"What did he want? You didn't get in trouble did you?' Ron asked.
"I am, in a way, in a lot of trouble." Harry said. He noticed Malfoy was trying to listen to their conversation and quickly said, "I'll tell you about it later."
The class hurried to make it look as though they had been working the whole time. Snape took no notice of them and sat down at his desk, pulling out a couple books and letters.
"Whoa! People actually write to Snape!" Ron said, looking positively amazed. He then muttered, "Probably to complain about how he's such a slimy git…"
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Next, I should probably summon the Magician of Black Chaos…I want to see how Malfoy reacts to that." Harry heard Yugi saying to Link as they headed down to the library, at least…they were going in the general direction of the library…
"I bet you five galleons that they're going to get lost." Ron said.
Seamus, who was passing by, instantly said, "Okay!"
"I wasn't talking to you." Ron snapped.
"Harry, Dumbledore said we were going to be redoing the Triwizard Tournament this year, right?" Hermione asked, suddenly stopping in the middle of the staircase.
"Yeah?"
"Do you think the tasks are going to be exactly the same as they were last year? I mean…the other schools are desperate to win, so they'll probably have spent the entire summer trying to learn spells that will help them win. The tournament wouldn't be much of a challenge anymore." She continued, a slightly worried look on her face.
Ron patted her shoulder, "Don't worry! Harry will beat them like he did last year! He's got nothing to worry about!"
Hermione snorted, "Last year, 'Professor Moody' helped him. Besides, it was a trap. The trophy was a portkey that took him to…"
"Voldemort." Harry finished.
Hermione, Ron, and Seamus (still standing around nearby) flinched visibly.
"Just say his name." Harry said, prodding them, "Like Dumbledore said, 'Fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself.'"
"Hmph…that's only because you-know-who's afraid of him…" Ron muttered. "Maybe we can get Yugi to set that dragon…what's-its name…Seiyaru, on you-know-who for us."
"Voldemort." Harry said firmly.
Everyone within hearing range flinched.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ahem."
"…"
"A-HEM!"
"I heard you the first time!" Link said loudly, trying to find his way through the maze-like school.
"We're lost again." Yami muttered.
"I know that!"
//Take it easy Yami. He's trying his best. He's new here too you know.//
Yami sighed and followed Link up the stairs knowing his hikari was right. He sighed again.
"Can you stop sighing already? It's very distracting." Link said, turning back to face Yami.
"Yeah, it's very distracting." Malfoy said, mimicking Link's frustrated tone of voice. He swept up alongside the two boys and leaned against the railing. He was once again, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle.
Yami looked eager to set another monster on Malfoy, but Link stopped him.
"Do you ever leave us alone?" Yami asked.
"Do you ever leave me alone?" Malfoy countered.
"No." Yami said flatly.
Malfoy smirked, "You just answered your own question."
Yami was about to throw himself at Malfoy when Link grabbed him rather roughly by the shoulder. They suddenly disappeared in a flash of green light, leaving nothing but a few sparkles that were still floating around.
Malfoy stepped back, a look a surprise on his face. "Wha-? What happened?"
Goyle blinked, "…huh?"
Link reappeared two floors above them and could be seen making silly faces at Malfoy. (A/N: ^_^;;; now that's a scary thought…) Yami was clinging onto the handrails for dear life, obviously not wanting to repeat the experience.
Malfoy growled and began running up the stairs after the two Gryffindors. Link, seeing Malfoy charging up the stairs, pried Yami off the rail and dragged him down the hallway.
"No magic in between classes!" Malfoy yelled. "I'll tell Professor Snape!"
"Go ahead!" Link yelled back. "Dumbledore said we couldn't use magic…but he meant your kind of magic! You know…the wand wavy thing! Otherwise, we're allowed to use different forms of magic from our own homeland!"
"That's not fair!"
"Sucks for you!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, what's the bad news?" Ron asked, seating himself next to Harry.
"Well…I'm not really in trouble…It's just…" Harry paused momentarily, as though looking for a word to describe how he felt, "It's just…You remember the Triwizard Tournament from last year?"
"Yeah?"
"Remember how your family came to watch because…"
"Uh-huh."
"Anyways…"
"Uh-huh."
"…The Dursleys are coming to Hogwarts."
"Uh-huh…what??? You mean that whale of a cousin…what's-his-name…Dudley is coming???" Ron said. "Hey, that's not so bad. Fred and George have been looking for someone to test their newest inventions on…"
"Snape didn't look too happy when he told me they were coming. He doesn't seem to keen on letting muggles stay at Hogwarts." Harry said.
"Why am I not surprised?" Ron muttered. "Still…that's not really considered bad news."
"Yes it is. The Dursleys hate me. They hate anything magic related." Harry said, burying his face in his hands.
"When are they coming?"
"Tomorrow."
"…oh."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hi Link! Hi Yugi!" Hermione said as the two boys ran into the library, their faces flushed. She cocked an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"
"Malfoy…" Yami gasped as he ran by her to hide in the maze of shelves.
Link jogged by with a grin, "I'm just following him."
Hermione stared after them. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle crashed into the library, looking around frantically for Link and Yami.
"You! Beaver-face! Which way did they go?" Malfoy asked.
Hermione ignored him.
Malfoy sighed. "Okay…Miss…Granger…"
Hermione stared at him. That was the first time he'd ever called her miss. He must really want to get his hands on those two!
Crabbe's snickers became a cry of pain as Goyle kicked him in the shin. He motioned towards the librarian who was currently giving them a stern look. She was headed towards them, brandishing her feather duster.
"Shoo! Out! Don't disturb the others! If you aren't here to find a book, then go find something better to do than hanging around here!"
The three instantly ran back out as the librarian became attacking them with her feather duster.
"Shoo! Get going!"
Link casually strode back up to Hermione. "Did he just call you Miss Granger?"
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NO!!! SHORT CHAPTER!
Heh…Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been pretty busy lately with…stuff…yeah.
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