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

Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness

Chapter Five: Quidditch

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On their first Saturday at Hogwarts, a rather large parcel came for Ryou at breakfast, Yugi and Marik watching it with interest. "Is that what I think it is Yugi?" Marik asked sarcastically, getting a nod in response.

Although they couldn't see what it was as Ryou opened it, both of them already knew what it was. His birthday presents from them. Ryou's birthday had been the same day as the day the Sennen items started acting strangely, which blew it clear out of their minds.

After breakfast, Ryou met them in the entrance hall, waiting in the shadows of the grand staircase. "Yugi, Marik! Thank you for the gifts, I wasn't really expecting anything..." Ryou stammered, pulling the cards and book they had gotten him out of his robes.

"Ryou, I'd like to do something for your birthday, but professor McGonagall dumped a lot of homework on us for the weekend." Yugi frowned, remembering the very large stack of parchment he was supposed to complete.

"I know, she gave us the same thing." Ryou replied, rolling his eyes. "I wonder why that is..." Marik added sarcastically, "We are all in the same year."

As more people began to come out of the Great Hall, Yugi, Marik, and Ryou went their separate ways, Yugi and Marik to the Gryffindor common room, and Ryou to Hufflepuff's.

When the two reached the tower, they saw Hermione Granger going into the portrait hole, a stack of books in her bag.

"Did she really need to go to the library? She could do this assignment in her sleep!" Marik grumbled, reaching the portrait as it swung shut.

"Caput Draconis." He sighed, watching her swing outwards again. They both went up to the common room and came back down with their transfiguration book and parchment, sitting down at one of the many circular tables.

They set forward on their work and were about an hour into it when Hermione came over, her wand in hand. "No, no, avis conjures birds, avifors transfigures objects into them!" she scolded, pointing to Marik's essay.

"Thanks, but next time, wait for me to ask." Marik snapped in reply, crumpling up his third piece of parchment. At his words, she stormed off, going back into the girl's dormitory.

"That was harsh." Yugi commented, continuing his own essay as Harry came over and sat down with them to do his own homework.

"She deserved it! The know-it-all." Marik growled, pulling another parchment out of his bag. "Argh! I don't get this. Where's Kaiba when you need him?" he added, rubbing his temples in frustration.

"An owl away..." Yugi muttered, running to the window and opening it. "Nilrem!" he called, whistling three times. Yugi's owl flew through the window a few minutes later, landing on the table Marik was working at.

Scribbling a note to Kaiba, he tied it to his owl's leg, setting him off to find Seto. "Let's go." Yugi added to Marik, putting his stuff into his backpack. "You can come too Harry. I don't think Seto will care."

Yugi led the two down to the library, taking the second floor entrance to avoid the librarian, madam Pince. "She gives me the creeps." He commented as they entered, immediately being shushed by an assistant.

The three had been sitting at a table in the corner for a few minutes when Seto Kaiba arrived, walking over to them.

He sat down with a sigh and began to explain their transfiguration assignment, telling them when to take notes off his explanation. After around an hour, they had finished, returning to the common room in brighter spirits.

The next Tuesday night, Marik noticed a bit of parchment on the House notice board, groaning as he finished reading.

Flying lessons will take place on Wednesday during your last class. The schedule is as follows:

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw 3:00 p.m. Gryffindor and Slytherin 4:00 p.m.

All first years are to attend.

Sincerely,

Madam Hooch

"Flying lessons?!" Yugi exclaimed after Marik told him, causing Dean Thomas to stir in his sleep.

In Yugi's opinion, Wednesday went by all too fast, and they were leaving potions before he knew it.

"Yugi!" Harry called from behind him as he was walking out the main doors. "Hm?" he replied, looking at what was in his friend's hand.

"You left your book in potions, thought it might be helpful when you do the homework."

Yugi took the book and crammed it into his backpack, thanking Harry for the return. They had just gotten to the Quidditch field when the Slytherins arrived, Malfoy in the lead."Ah look, the mudblood lovers!" he exclaimed, receiving a chorus of laughter from the other Slytherins.

"Ten points from Slytherin for your foul mouth Mr. Malfoy!" a gray-haired woman with eagle-like eyes said, appearing from the entrance of the stadium. "Everyone stand next to a broom and place your hand above it!" she added to all of them, standing next to her own to demonstrate.

"Up!" she called sternly, her broom jumping straight into her hand. The class repeated her command, only a few actually jumping into hands. As Draco, Harry, and Yugi looked around to see whose had obeyed, they realized they were the only ones.

A few minutes later, the rest of the classes' brooms were in their hands, most of them getting it on the third try. "Alright, when I blow my whistle, you'll lift a few feet off the ground, turn around, and land." Just as madam Hooch's whistle touched her lips, Neville Longbottom pushed off the ground, very hard.

As he flew out of control, madam Hooch called after him, but to no avail. As everyone (well, the Gryffindors anyway) looked on in fear, Neville slipped off his broom, falling to the ground with a sharp crack.

Madam Hooch hustled over to him, muttering about a broken wrist. "As I take this boy to the hospital wing, none of you are to leave the ground, on penalty of expulsion." She snapped, glaring over all of them at once.

"The oaf! Look what Longbottom dropped!" Draco laughed, picking up the rememberall Neville had gotten from his Gram a few days earlier. "Give it here Malfoy." Harry drawled, his eyes focused on the rememberall.

"You want it Potter? I think I'll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find, maybe... up a tree?" Malfoy replied with a sneer, jumping onto his broom and flying towards the Forbidden Forest.

Harry jumped onto his own broom in response, flying towards Malfoy. "Harry no! You'll be expelled!" Hermione cried, Ron yelling: " Brilliant Harry!" at the same time. Each House was cheering its respective person, the girls hoping for their safety.

Malfoy continued towards the Forbidden Forest, harry hot on his trail. The Sennen puzzle glowed faintly and Yami no Yugi took over. "He needs help." He muttered to himself, hopping on his broom and taking off.

As Yami no Yugi realized he didn't know how to fly, he found he didn't need to, it was natural. Yami no Yugi sped off towards the duo, realizing he couldn't catch up from the distance he was at now. "Well, I know someone who can." He grumbled, speeding up while he took both hands off his broom.

The spirit pulled his deck out of his robes, randomly selecting a card.

The Sennen puzzle glowed brightly, its light mostly blocked by Yami no Yugi's body. "I call forth Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)! Sign of offense!" Yami no Yugi cried, summoning the Red Eyes Joey had given him during Battle City from the Shadow Realm.

The dragon appeared in all its dark glory, bringing Draco to a stop. "What the bloody hell?!" the English boy exclaimed, swerving to avoid the creature. Harry continued on, focused on the Rememberall Malfoy had just dropped.

Harry dove after it, spiraling down to the ground at over 30 m.p.h. "Harry!" Yami no Yugi cried, watching the boy fly seemingly out of control.

A foot from the ground, Harry grabbed the spherical object and pulled away, his feet not even skimming the grass.

Harry swerved around and came to a landing in the middle of his classmates, cheers and catcalls erupting around him. "Harry!" Yami no Yugi cried as he saw a figure marching out the front door of the school, flying down to the boy-who-lived.

"HARRY POTTER!" professor McGonagall bellowed, the Gryffindors parting for their Head-of-House. "Come with me."

"But professor!" Hermione exclaimed, her eyes pleading. "Not now Ms. Granger." The professor snapped back, turning to walk away.

"Malfoy started it!" "-He stole Neville's Rememberall!" Gryffindors were shouting, throwing furious looks towards the Slytherin.

Yami no Yugi flew to the ground adjacent to professor McGonagall, jumping off his broom effortlessly. "Professor. I was in the air too. If you're going to punish Harry, you will give me the same fate." The spirit said emotionlessly, resigned to expulsion.

"Yes Mr. Mutou, I had not forgotten about your involvement." Professor McGonagall replied, continuing her walk to the castle.

As she led them up the stairs to the third floor, Harry and Yami no Yugi dropped behind her. "Hey, sorry about this Yugi." Harry said as Yami no Yugi looked on in interest, nodding when he was finished.

"No Harry, if you are expelled for flying, I should be expelled for flying, Malfoy will get his punishment later... And it will be far worse than expulsion."

Professor McGonagall stopped outside their Defense against the Dark Arts classroom, opening the door and walking partly in.

"Professor Quirrell, may I borrow Wood for a moment?" she asked with a smile, getting a stammer from the man.

A few seconds later, a boy in his fifth year came out of the classroom, a look of puzzlement on his face. In an instant, professor McGonagall's face went from her normal stern expression, to a boisterous smile.

"Potter, Mutou, this is Oliver Wood. Wood-I've found you a Seeker and a Chaser." Oliver's face changed from confused to non-believing. "Are you serious professor?"

"Absolutely, the boy's are naturals. Was that your first time on a broom boys?" Professor McGonagall replied, turning to the now-speechless first-years.

Both boys nodded silently, completely lost in the conversation.

"Potter here caught a Rememberall after a fifty-foot dive, without even skimming the ground. Mutou here should be an excellent Chaser, he can fly extremely well without any hands on the broom."

"They're just the right builds too. Have either of you ever seen a game of Quidditch?" Oliver began, walking around the two boys, examining them.

"Uh-does this mean we're not going to be punished?" Harry asked in a squeaky voice, not believing his luck.

"Well boys, I better hear you're training hard, or I might just change my mind. I'll go speak to professor Dumbledore now, to see if we can't bend the first-year rule. We need a better team than last year, flattened in that last Slytherin match. Severus was gloating for weeks."

With that professor McGonagall left them with Oliver, walking with a spring in her step.

"I want to see both of you Friday night after dinner on the Quidditch pitch, no excuses. I can't believe this!" he added to them as he walked back into Defense against the Dark Arts.

Before either boy could move, classes let out, flooding the corridors with students. The boys walked to the common room in silence, painfully hiding their glee.

"Harry! Yugi!" Fred and George Weasley called from the stairs, running to catch up to them. "Good job." George said in a low voice as Fred nodded. "Wood told us. We're on the Gryffindor team too. Beaters." They finished together, clapping them both on the back.

As they ran off, Yugi and Harry entered the common room, bursting to tell their respective friends.

That Friday, the school was at breakfast when the mail came, two rather large parcels flying to the Gryffindor table. Yugi was eating a piece of toast when a note and one of the parcels fell in front of him, smashing his goblet to the floor.

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