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

Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness

Chapter Thirteen: Visions of Darkness

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Hermione was pulled from her body, her surroundings swirling into a blur of color. When she opened her eyes, she as no longer in any place that even resembled the Gryffindor common room.

"Hello?" Hermione called as she looked around her, shivering at the cold temperature of the room.

Six figures began to swim into her view, all but one easily distinguishable. "Seto! Yugi! Harry! Marik!" she exclaimed, running over to her boyfriend's side.

Hermione lunged to warp herself in Seto's robes but instead flew right through him, landing on the hard, cold stone floor on the other side.

As she watched, a scene played out before her, all of the people in the room oblivious to her existence.

"-Leave Harry alone!" Yugi cried, the inverted pyramid around his neck flashing once.

"Kill him! Kill all but Potter!" a skeletal voice cried, emanating from a shadowy figure in the center of the room. Hermione stared at this figure for a moment, it was the only one she couldn't see, his features were blurred by murky darkness.

Hermione gasped again as she was returned to the shell of her body, tears flowing endlessly from her eyes.

Soon after, Hermione fainted, the stress of the Sennen tauk too much to bear alone.

"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed, drawing the attention of everyone in the common room to the trio.

Yami no Yugi picked up Hermione and headed across the common room, only to find that he couldn't open the portrait hole with her in his arms.

"I got it." Harry said as he pushed the portrait open from beside Yugi, helping the pharaoh through the narrow opening.

As Yami no Yugi and Harry rushed to get Hermione to the hospital wing, professor Snape came around the corner, blocking off the two boys' path.

"My, my. Two Gryffindors out of bed? Well, I believe that constitutes a few detentions and 10 points from Gryffindor each." Snape sneered, his arms folded across his chest.

"Leave them alone." A female voice echoed softly from all around them, ringing a bell in Yami no Yugi's mind.

'Could it be?' the Egyptian spirit wondered aloud in his mind, drawing Hikari no Yugi's attention.

A faint glow of light pulsed around Hermione's neck and Yami no Yugi looked down in response, unwillingly drawing Snape's attention to the girl.

"What's wrong with her?" the potions master asked coldly, hoping to dock more points off the two boys.

As they watched on, Hermione's hair darkened from brown to a mixture of black and brown, lengthening to her waist as well. Hermione's eyes flittered open and received a gasp from Yami no Yugi in response.

Yami no Yugi let her to the ground softly, stepping back to stand next to Harry.

"There is nothing wrong with me you brainless git." Hermione snapped, and Yami no Yugi realized that she had grown a few inches in less than five minutes.

'Mou hitori no boku, you don't think...' Yugi began, shaking his head in his soul room. 'Nah...'

'Yes Yugi, I think Hermione has found her other half.' Yami no Yugi returned, 'But so quickly after discovering the power of the item too...'

"Ten points form Gryffindor for your sharp tongue ms. Granger!" professor Snape snapped in reply, his sneer twisted into a frown of rage.

"Does it look like I care?" Yami no Hermione returned, "Pharaoh, who is this idiot?" she added to Yami no Yugi, staring the potions master in the eyes.

"Er... He's professor Snape, the potions teacher at your light's school." Yami no Yugi replied, not liking the look professor Snape was wearing on his face.

Yami no Hermione's eyes glazed over for a moment and then she looked Snape up and down, sifting through Hermione's memories.

"Ah... I see. You're the biased professor my hikari dislikes..." the priestess smirked, flipping back her brownish-black hair.

"I don't like you either." She added, a fire burning in her eyes that made the head of Slytherin House step back in fear.

"Y-You wouldn't dare to do anything goodie good. I can have you expelled!" Snape exclaimed, pulling his wand out of his robes.

At this, Yami no Hermione laughed, staring professor Snape down. "Not if you're trapped within your own mind... Shadow Game! Heartbreaker!"

Yami no Hermione splayed her fist towards Snape and he flew back through the corridor, falling limply to the corridor floor after hitting the far wall.

Harry shrunk back against the wall, trying to avoid the gaze of this new Hermione.

"Hermione!" Seto called from the stairs, holding a sheaf of parchment in his hands as he took the stone steps two at a time.

"Hm?"

Yami no Hermione turned as Seto hurried over to them, glaring at Yami no Yugi and Harry over her shoulder.

"Er... Did you get highlights or something?" the Ravenclaw added as he noticed her hair, now more black than brown.

"Seto Kaiba..." Yami no Hermione drawled, letting the name roll off her tongue like water.

"Since when are we on full name basis Hermione?" Seto asked incredulously, thinking back to remember if he did anything to offend her.

Yami no Hermione's eyes widened in shock and then she collapsed, falling forward into Seto's arms.

Seto grabbed her out of reflex, lifting her off the ground and cradling her in his arms.

"If I find out you did this Mutou, you won't know you died." Seto growled, hurrying off to the hospital wing.

"Yu-Yami no Yugi, care to explain what just happened?" Harry asked, looking down to the ankh hanging around his own neck.

Sighing, Yami no Yugi turned to Harry, his eyes downcast. "Are you telling me you don't know?" Yami no Yugi asked, looking up to meet Harry's eyes.

'She has discovered her ancestor' a voice echoed through Harry's mind, a voice he had heard before, but couldn't quite place.

"Harry?" Yami no Yugi asked as Harry spaced out, a dazed look on his face.

'I am NOT going to talk to myself!'

'You're not talking to yourself, I'm not you!'

'Then WHAT THE BLOOD HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HEAD?!'

"Oh god I'm going crazy!" Harry exclaimed, covering his face with his hands and pulling down his bangs between his fingers.

'You're not going crazy. You're perfectly sane.' The voice replied, a slight hint of amusement in his voice.

'I'm not listening! I'm not listening! Blah Blah Blah!' Harry hummed, beginning to hum nursery rhymes in reality.

"Er... Harry? Are you... okay?" Yugi asked, stepping back from the English boy, who was now on his knees humming Marry had a Little Lamb very loudly.

'Stop acting childish you fool. If you'd just believe I exist, I could prove myself, but since you're such an arrogant fool-'

"I AM NOT AN ARROGANT FOOL!" Harry bellowed, stirring several surrounding painting's occupants to stare at him.

"I do say- is he all right in the head?" one of the portraits asked, slowly edging through the side of his portrait and disappearing from sight.

'Yami? I think Harry's having a conflict with his other half.' Yugi mentally whispered, slowly moving away from the boy.

'Jee, what was your first clue?'

Harry's eyes widened and his head fell forward, his hands falling to rest on his knees.

'All right then, I believe.' Harry whispered mentally, and there was an explosion of light in his head, blinding him momentarily.

Behind Harry, the air was slowly displaced by a familiar figure dressed in sand-stained white robes.

"Shadi?" both Yugis asked at the same time, an echo in Hikari no Yugi's voice.

"Hm? Oh, pharaoh. Yes, I am Shadii." The Egyptian spirit replied, finishing his appearance in translucent form.

Harry looked behind him and rolled over, lying in (what my gym class from fifth grade called) crab-position. Above him was an Egyptian man dressed in a white robe with no opening, various parts of his arms adorned in gold bracelets.

"Wh-wh-who the bloody hell are you?" Harry stammered, crawling backwards to sit next to Yugi.

Shadii bowed his head and sighed. "Do we have to go through that again?"

Harry stood up and Yugi rubbed the back of his (own) neck, an awkward smile on his face.

"Pharaoh... No disrespect but... You've lost a foot or two in height over the years." Shadii commented, looking at Yugi for the first time.

The Sennen puzzle flashed once and Yami no Yugi was in control, crossing his arms across his chest.

"I am pharaoh." Yami no Yugi stated simply, and Harry looked up at him quizzically.

"No disrespect meant!" Shadii bowed, keeping his eyes trained on the floor. Yami no Yugi frowned and ordered Shadii to stand, snapping back into his role as pharaoh.

"Uh... I am still here you know." Harry interjected, getting to his own feet.

"Yes my light I know, do not disrespect the pharaoh." Shadii replied, returning his gaze to Yami no Yugi.

"Shadii, I may be pharaoh, but the times have changed. Surely you have switched memories with Harry?" Yami no Yugi sighed, releasing control to Yugi.

"I'm still here..." Harry chimed in, miffed that they were talking about him and around him.

'We KNOW Harry! If you wish, we could share our memories like pharaoh suggested. It would take a lot less explaining to you after that.' Shadii echoed through his head, causing Harry to shiver.

"Harry! Oy, Harry!" Ron called from down the corridor, running as fast as he could towards the group.

"Leave! Disappear!" Harry hissed under his breath, hoping Shadii had vanished before Ron could see him too clearly.

"Harry!" he panted as he reached them, bending over to catch his breath.

"Snape's going through the trapdoor tonight!" Ron whispered under his breath as Yugi leaned in to listen.

"Impossible! He's lying right over-" Harry turned to see the spot where Snape had fallen to the ground, only to find he was no longer there!

From the look of shock on Harry's face, Yami no Yugi could tell Ron had just issued very bad news.

Harry turned to Yugi, "Yugi. Professor Snape is working with Voldemort; he's going to go through a trapdoor in the forbidden third floor corridor to get the Philosopher's stone. We may need your help to get through the enchantments the professors have to protect it."

Yugi nodded numbly and the shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Harry, we can't let you two go alone. I'm going to get Marik, Ryou, and Seto. Our power together is strong enough to break Voldemort." Yami no Yugi added a second later, turning to find the others and tell them the news...

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