Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness Chapter Three: Hogwarts, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness

Chapter Three: Hogwarts

As they arrived at Kings Cross, Harry and Yugi's owls began to shriek again, fighting the spell that had silenced them.

Before the boys had time to think, let alone stop the birds, a red haired boy sliced his hand in a horizontal fashion similar to the movement made by Tom when he had silenced them previous. At once, the birds stopped their hooting and the boys tried to cover them from view, having drawn many looks from bystanders around them.

"Thanks." Yugi replied, the boy having stopped to talk with them. "You're welcome. I'm Percy Weasley, you really should keep your owls under better control." The red-haired boy replied, turning and walking off as Yugi began to blush deep crimson

"Sorry bout our brother, mate," another red haired boy said from behind them, his twin walking over to them from a plump lady who looked like his mother.

"He's a bit of a prick," the twin added, smiling at his joke. "We're Fred and George Weasley," they finished together, walking into a wall beside them, the divider between platforms nine and ten.

"Percy, eh?" Marik muttered to himself, cautiously keeping it under his breath.

By now, Ryou was doing more than just watching the kids coming into the station; he was following their movements. Right up to when they disappeared into the same wall Fred and George Weasley had gone into.

Pulling the group's attention to this fact, Ryou picked up his trolley and walked over to the wall himself, inconspicuously sticking his hand through it.

Throwing it up to chance, Ryou slipped all of the way into the barrier, his friends watching in earnest.

Yugi, Marik, Harry, and Seto soon followed suit, following Ryou's lead.

On the other side of the brick barrier there was a large crowd of people, parents wishing off their children and students boarding for a year of school.

The scarlet engine was unlike anything Yugi had seen before, it's windows etched in what looked like gold.

"Kick ass..." Marik muttered to himself, while Yami no Bakura snickered in his soul room.

Unnoticed to the group, Harry desperately kept his bangs flat against his head, keeping his lightning shaped scar hidden from passerby.

Seto boarded the train first, easily pulling up his trunk and silver briefcase onto the platform with him. Marik was next with minor difficulties, but was helped with his trunk by Yami no Bakura, who had decided to possess his light half.

Yugi and Harry were last, and struggled desperately to get their trunks up on their own. Eventually, everyone but Seto, who had opted out of the feat, pulled up Yugi's trunk.

After Harry's possessions were on the train, they began to look for a compartment, except Seto, who had disappeared, leaving the four to fend for themselves.

Marik eventually found the CEO, sitting comfortably in the very last compartment.

"We're coming in whether you like it or not brat." Marik seethed, having just been nipped on the nose by Seto's owl, which upon biting Marik had flown back over to his master and perched on his shoulder.

"And if I refuse to let you?" Seto replied with a sneer, slipping his hand into his trench coat (lying next to him over his briefcase) and hiding it from view.

"Wrong answer." Was Marik's reply, and then the compartment was a flurry of movement.

Marik had lunged at Seto from the door, only to find Seto had his hand in his trench coat for a reason. To grab his wand.

"Flipendo!" Seto cried quickly, pulling his hand out of the robe-like clothing, aiming his wand at Marik with unnerving skill.

In response, Marik flew back into Yami no Bakura, who didn't like this at all. "You stupid mortal..." the spirit drawled, anger flashing in his eyes. "You will pay most dearly for that."

Yugi grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him back down the corridor slowly, trying not to draw attention from either party.

"What's going on?" Harry whispered as quietly as possible, hoping Yugi could hear him. Even though it was deathly quiet, the silence seemed eerily loud.

Yami no Bakura slipped his hand into his pocket, pulling a duel monsters card out with the ease of practice.

"What is going on down here?!" a woman exclaimed from the other end of the corridor, gathering up her black robes and hustling down the hall.

"Nothing." Ryou replied in a daze, his eyes wide form the very abrupt repossession of his body. Marik masked his anger and picked himself up from the corridor floor, quickly hiding the Sennen rod from her sight.

"Well. It had better be nothing. Since you're first years I'll let it go. Don't let it happen again." She finished with a glare, turning and stalking off down the train.

Hoping to hurry up and get them all inside the compartment to take the other students' eyes off them, Yugi pushed the three boys inside, finishing up by kicking their trunks in after them.

Ryou shut the door as soon as Yugi came inside, and Yugi noticed he had taken off his Sennen ring.

Breaking the awkward silence, Yugi offered Ryou a friendly duel, to which Ryou nodded slowly.

Placing their two trunks back to back between them, they launched into the game, and Yugi won the coin toss for first turn honors.

"What are you guys playing? Th-That is if you don't mind me asking..." Harry asked and then remembered Ryou's previous dark behavior, not wanting to be murdered by someone before his first day at Hogwarts.

As soon as the words left his lips, Marik had jumped up and forgotten his earlier "bad mood", launching into a fully detailed explanation of the game.

With a loud whistle, the train was off, speeding away from platform nine and three quarters, and moving into a new stage of the students' lives.

Immediately, the door opened and a bushy haired girl stepped inside, closing the door behind her. "Have any of you seen Neville's toad? He's lost it. I'm Hermione Granger, by the way." She asked quickly, only Yugi actually hearing what she said.

After a swift "no", she looked to Seto, who was currently putting on a pair of headphones.

"Uh-Uh Y-Yo-You know that won't work when we get to Hogwarts right?" she stuttered, looking at Seto with the look she reserved only for her most prized books.

"Yes. I do. In fact, I know how to counter the affect too. Anything else? Or do you want to display your idiocy once again?" the CEO returned, pulling his laptop out of his briefcase as well.

With tears in her eyes, she fled the room compartment, slamming the door as she left.

Yugi shrugged and went back to his and Ryou's duel; he was currently five hundred life points down.

About halfway through the trip, the compartment door opened yet again. This time, it was the blonde haired boy from Diagon Alley, and a duo of goons behind him.

"I heard Harry Potter was in this compartment. Associating with mudbloods I see. Tsk Potter, I can show you who the right people to befriend are." Draco Malfoy said with a sneer, and everyone promptly went back to what they were doing.

"I'm talking to you and you'd best show some respect!" Draco seethed, glaring daggers through the compartment.

"I think I know how to make my own friends thanks. And I don't believe you're one of them." Harry spat in return, shocked by his own actions.

"Buh-bye." Marik smirked back, standing up, shoving Draco out, and slamming the door with a loud thump. Locking it for privacy, Marik began to laugh.

Soon, everyone in the compartment (except Yugi (Nobody wants to play with me! XX; sniff, sniff)) was tired of dueling and the boys were exchanging bits about their lives so far. Of course, most of this was directed to Harry and anything directly relating to death, murder, attempted murder, the shadow realm, bribery, the Egyptian god cards, and the Sennen items were strictly left out.

Yugi was just telling Harry about his duel against Marik in the Battle City finals when the lights promptly went out, several screams coming from other compartments.

"What the hell?" Marik muttered, his unworried face illuminated only by the fresh moonlight coming in through the window.

A moment later, just as Ryou had gotten up to look down the corridor, the outside window froze over, two dark figures stopping outside of it.

The compartment immediately began to drop in temperature, the occupant's breaths coming out in puffs of steam. Backing away from the window, depression began to sink into five of the seven present minds, and each became secluded in their own world, reliving past nightmares.

The window shattered, but no one noticed, their minds wrapped too tight in the grip of depression.

'Yugi! What are you doing?' Yami no Yugi bellowed from his soul room, his door locked from the outside. 'Yugi! Let me out!' he added, banging his fists on the thick stone door.

The Dementors hovered outside the compartment, absorbing all of the happiness they could before sucking out the souls of their victims.

Just as one of them began to move inside the compartment, a giant bird consisting of the purest white light appeared from over a large hill, flying silently towards the train of panicked students.

It swooped down on the two dark creatures, its radiant light illuminating the cowering figures in the last compartment, one of which began to stand tall.

Seto stood up slowly, fighting off the Dementor's power. "All in the past. All in the past." He muttered to himself, angry at having acted in the first place.

The Sennen rod began to shine brightly, but its light was hidden under Marik's splayed robes, the boy in question having fallen to the ground in agony.

The Dementors disappeared in a brilliant flash, the large bird singing one final, pure note before erupting into a shower of white flames, and all was quiet.

"Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately." A man's voice called through the train, the doors opening with a soft click. The students left the train in a flurry, wanting to leave the scene of the attack.

However, the occupants of the last compartment merely began to stir, groggily opening their eyes in fear. Seto picked up his silver briefcase and was leaving the compartment when a familiar voice spoke from behind him.

"Mr. Kaiba. I must ask that you not leave us quite yet." Professor McGonagall said sternly, closing the door with a flick of her wand. "Heed this warning, professor: You don't want to cross me." Seto replied flatly, glaring unwaveringly at the older woman.

"No Mr. Kaiba, do not cross me. And ten points from your future house." McGonagall countered, unimpressed by his icy stare.

Seto sat back down on and the door opened with a soft click, professor Dumbledore entering. "Young Kaiba, one of our students seems to have fallen in the corridor. Would you mind taking her to the school with you, madam Pomfrey will see to her from there."

Grumbling, Seto pushed past the headmaster and into the corridor, to find Hermione Granger splayed out in the middle of the corridor. "Idiot." He muttered as he picked her up, easily walking down the deserted corridor and jumping off the train.

Seto noticed the rest of the students boarding the last of the carriages led by solid black horses unlike anything he had ever seen. Another (much smaller) group was heading across the lake in boats with Hagrid the gamekeeper in the lead.

"This is going to take forever." He grunted as he headed up the stony path on foot, the last of the carriages having left as he approached.

Back in the compartment, Ryou was sitting up against one of the seats, covered in a blanket conjured by the headmaster and shaking. 'Ryou you pathetic excuse for a host! Let me out of here!' Yami no Bakura bellowed through his soul door. He was usually much more powerful than his light.

Yugi sat up quickly and nearly vomited, his fear overcoming him. 'Yugi! Snap out of it! Nothing's going to hurt you!" Yami no Yugi bellowed through his locked soul door, pounding on the solid stone madly.

'Go away!' Yugi cried in return, mentally blocking out the former pharaoh.

"Mr. Mutou... Please come with me." Professor Dumbledore said to the spiky haired boy, offering his hand as a sign of friendship. "Th-th-thank you." Yugi replied, accepting his hand and lifting himself up.

"Minerva. If you will?" Dumbledore added to the deputy headmistress, who had her wand in hand.

Grimly, she nodded, and pointed her wand at the small of Yugi's back. "Obliviate." She muttered and erased Yugi's mind of the previous events, turning her wand on Ryou.

"No you don't wench." Yami no Bakura spat, the Sennen ring glowing beneath Ryou's shirt.

Professor Dumbledore bowed his head and frowned, then muttered two words Yami no Bakura couldn't understand, then, the spirit and mortal's world went black.

The next thing both Japanese boys and their counterparts remembered, they were outside the large castle dubbed Hogwarts, their school for the next year.

"I don't feel so good..." Yugi muttered, following the rest of the first years into the entrance hall.

Professor McGonagall stood before them, tightlipped and stern looking. "Since you're late I don't have time to give you a brief introduction to Hogwarts, instead, we're going straight into the sorting ceremony." She said as she led them into the great hall.

They walked down the central aisle between four tables on their way to the front of the great hall. Professor McGonagall led them up to the Head table, where all of the other teachers were sitting, along with Dumbledore.

She picked up a hat and three-legged stool from beside the Head table and set it directly in front of Dumbledore's position, everyone's attention solely focused on the hat. As Yugi watched, the brim opened like a mouth and burst out in song.

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find, a smarter hat than me.
You can keep you bowlers black, your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat, and I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head the Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil;

Or yet wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none) for I'm a Thinking Cap!

At the conclusion of the song, the whole school exploded into applause, a majority of the first years sighing in recognition. 'All we have to do is try on the hat! This'll be simple!' Ryou smiled, watching professor McGonagall pull out a scroll as the applause died down.

"Abbot, Hannah!" she called, a blonde haired girl walked quickly up to the Sorting hat, placing it on her head silently. "HUFFLEPUFF!" it cried, to more applause from a table on the right.

"Bakura, Ryou!" Professor McGonagall cried, and Ryou walked slowly to the hat, putting it on his head even slower.

'Ah... Ryou Bakura, a person with not one but two minds. Well, it's yours that counts, and you're definitely looking to quench your thirst for knowledge.' the Sorting Hat said to Ryou's mind, adding one more word aloud. "RAVENCLAW!"

And it continued, with Terry Boot being the first Ravenclaw, Millicent Bullistrode being the first Slytherin, and Lavender Brown becoming the first Gryffindor.

"Granger, Hermione!" professor McGonagall exclaimed, the bushy-haired girl running to the stool eagerly. "GRYFFINDOR!" And the next person to be called was: "Ishtar, Marik!"

Marik strode over to the hat and carelessly dumped it on his head, the Sorting hat instantly speaking to him. 'Ah, quite a nasty personality. Most students don't commit murder before arriving, yes well. You've a heart to redeem yourself...' "GRYFFINDOR!" it boomed, to Marik's content.

As Marik walked to a table on the left, "Kaiba, Seto!" was called and the CEO groaned, coolly walking over to the stool. As soon as the hat touched him it cried: "RAVENCLAW!"

A few minutes later, Mutou, Yugi was called and the reincarnated pharaoh walked over slowly, his hair causing most of the school to burst into laughter.

'Ah, a pharaoh eh? Well, your place is truly…' "GRYFFINDOR!" as Yugi walked to the Gryffindor table, Potter, Harry was called and a silence fell over the school.

"Potter did she say?" "The Harry Potter?" were heard throughout the Hall, the black-haired boy walking slowly across the floor. As he sat with the hat on his head, a few minutes passed until Gryffindor was called, amidst a roar of cheers from Yugi's House.

At last, Ron Weasley was the next-to-last person to be Sorted, the last Gryffindor. As Blaise Zabini was sorted into Slytherin, professor McGonagall gathered up the hat and stool, taking them back behind the staff table.

As professor McGonagall took a seat near professor Dumbledore, the headmaster stood up, his arms open wide. "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin the feast, I must make a few announcements. Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you that there is to be no magic in the corridors between classes, the Forbidden Forest is out of bounds to all pupils, and the third floor corridor on the right hand side is off limits to all who do not wish to die a most painful death. Let's eat."

At his command, food appeared on the golden dishes in front of them, everything that was ever made was there; pizza, rolls, chicken, and others.

The school ate with relish, the platters refilling themselves after they were finished. At the end, professor Dumbledore dismissed them, and the first year Gryffindors followed Percy Weasley, one of Gryffindor's prefects.

They were led to a painting of a plump woman in a pink dress, who smiled at the boy when they stopped walking. "Hello Percy, prefect again I see?" she greeted, smiling at the rest of the Gryffindors as well.

"Password?" she added, Yugi and the others watching on in interest. "Caput Draconis." Percy replied evenly, and the portrait swung open to reveal a large room with many fluffy chairs and tables.

"Boys to the left, girls to the right. Lights out at ten o'clock." Percy said sharply, gesturing to two identical staircases on opposite sides of the common room.

Yugi, Marik, and Harry made their way up the stairs to the first floor, finding their trunks and belongings already put into place. "Good night." They all muttered, falling asleep as soon as they hit their individual four-poster beds.

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