Whoa. freaky. I just finished the fifth book!! Yea Joci! Now that I'm
completely screwed up by that, do not be surprised if their numerous
character deaths or perhaps stuff that might have occurred in the book. I'm
already plotting the death of Sirius. *laughs evilly* But anyway, I'll try
not to spoil anything for people who haven't read it!!
"I still can't believe you! You always have to do something stupid like that, don't you! You're such a show-off! What'll Isis think of this, now, huh?" Ryou griped at Malik. On the boats coming over, he just 'happened' to fall out, causing a big commotion. "I mean, you have to go and take the spotlight! And furthermore, you know perfectly well how to swim, there was no need to flap around like some sort of sick pigeon!" He scolded disgustedly.
"You've got to admit, it was funny." Malik tried to get out of trouble. "How often do you bet people fall into a lake like that? And with all those people screaming, it was hilarious!" Ryou just rolled his eyes.
"Like that's going to get you out of trouble! I swear, you're a bother! How in the world do Isis and Rishid put up with you! You're a brat!" Malik smiled and nodded.
"They completely ignore me?" He said hopefully. Ryou kicked him. Currently, they were in a rather crowded room filled with younger kids. Yugi was looking around curiously, and Seto and Mokuba were going over something rapidly in Japanese. And of course, Ryou was getting all flustered with Malik, who was desperately defending himself. Around this point, a woman with her hair tied up in a bun so tight it seemed to make her face stretch.
"First years, this way!" She shouted, and then turned her attention to the older boys. "You four, however, will come with Professor Ishtar." Isis stepped out from behind the woman.
"I've been expecting everyone but you." She pointed to Seto, and turned to the other woman. "How come I don't know about him?" The other woman simply smiled.
"Remind me to tell you later, I have to go attend to the ceremony." The woman turned and left.
"Isis? Aren't we supposed to be sorted or something?" Malik raised an eyebrow. Isis smiled.
"Yes, but not with the first years. You'll be sorted privately, and then we'll take you to your respective houses. " She answered. "Now, come on, we have to sneak past the great hall. I still can't believe they insisted on black uniforms, though, you look like you're all with the ghouls now. Speaking of Ghouls, I don't want you erasing minds that way anymore. It's best if you learn quickly how to do it the magical way, it's not quite as risky."
"You got that that quick!!" Ryou burst. Isis nodded.
"The power is to see the past or future. For a change, I got the future a few days ago. I really don't know why they're going to bother sorting you now, though, I already know what houses you're going to be in." She said cockily. "And as for the lake. Ryou's right, you are dead! Although, not by my doing. I'll enlist the help of a few friends."
"Um, Isis?" Isis turned to look at Ryou. "Do we have to call you Professor Ishtar? Sounds kind of stupid, if you ask me." He said timidly. Isis laughed.
"Are you kidding? No, of course not! You've known me as Isis since towards the end of battle city. I'd much prefer it that way. I've never been called by my last name before, though. It'll be great fun to actually be respected. Oh, I can't wait to get back at those former ghouls!" She laughed softly. "Now, we're in the Great Hall." She said, just loud enough to be heard by the four over the clapping and cheering. "Look up." She pointed to the sky. "It seems like it just opens up to the heavens!" All four of the boys, Ryou especially, stood in awe at the magnificent ceiling above them.
"It's beautiful." Yugi said. The rest of the didn't say anything, not even Malik with a sadistic remark.
"Come on, we have to get to my Office to eat, and I know you must be hungry!"
"I've never seen so much food in my life!" Malik whooped excitedly. Seto rolled his eyes.
"He's worse than Jounouchi." He muttered as he himself sat down and gazed at all the different foods. Ryou didn't really react, he just sat. "You're quiet Ryou." Seto commented as he helped himself to some turkey.
"Just thinking." He quickly changed the subject- and the language. "Isis, are you sure that over there is a dog? He isn't acting like one I've ever seen. Dogs are afraid of Bakura, and he and I just switched a minute ago." He asked in Arabic, pointing to a large black dog. Isis smiled.
"No, you're right. It's okay, Sirius, one of them already figured it out, and most of them anyway know what he's talking about." She said to the dog, who, right in front of their eyes, morphed into a human. "This is Sirius. He's going to be my unnoticed assistant this year." She introduced.
"Well, aren't you smart! How'd you figure that out so quick?" The man inquired in a jolly voice. Ryou laughed nervously.
"He figured out your secret, but that doesn't mean he's going to tell you his. right now anyway." Yugi covered. Malik shook his head.
"So what, dogs are afraid of him? Who isn't?" Isis kicked him under the table.
"You may think your covering, but in reality, you are making certain secrets all the more obvious!" She yelled in Arabic as not to make the man suspect. "Anyway, you all know Harry, I know. Sirius is just his average falsely-incriminated godfather." She told them.
"How average." Yugi said sarcastically. His remark was just ignored though.
"Sirius, this is Ryou, Harry's cousin, mother's side. ugh, I've met Petunia before, not the sweetest nosy person in the world. The one with the hair is Yugi, and this one is my wittle Malik-chan!!" She hugged him, knowing it would embarrass him. "Oh, and this is the so-called genius Seto. But I swear, for a genius, he's pretty thick." She finished her introductions and started on the decisions on what to eat. "You're welcome to help us finish this up. Even with this Vacuum Cleaner here, I don't think we'll eat it all." Malik gave her a face. "What, as the older sister, I officially have the embarrassing rights!" Ryou laughed softly. Something was bothering him, though. First, how come no one had noticed when he had switched with Bakura. Most of the time, when he switched with them he could hear his Yami cursing to the others for jumping on his back one way or another, but this time, no one bothered watching him for a change of character. Sure, they had only switched for a few seconds, long enough for Bakura to look around, but still, that was usually long enough for someone to notice! Second, what was the man accused of. Even if he was falsely accused, it could be very important to stay away from him. But, then again, if he always went by first impressions, then he would probably have nobody to talk to, because most first impressions were bad. Malik, for instance, was introduced as the bad guy, out to take over the world, and now the two were some of the best of friends. Ryou decided to put aside for now, and talk about it later. Around right then, the woman they had seen earlier came into the office. She took one glance around and a horrible greenish look came onto her face.
"Sirius! What are you doing!" She started. Isis waved it off.
"Nah, Ryou figured out he wasn't really a dog the moment he walked in. I promise, you've got a big mix coming into your classes. There's the smart one, the strategist, the technical guy, and Malik." Malik glared at her again.
"Yeah, well you're certainly one to talk, you've only studied ancient magic, and here you are teaching all sorts of modern stuff you've long since deemed useless!" Yugi, Seto, and Ryou just rolled there eyes.
"Sit down, this may take a while." Seto offered.
"Oh don't worry about it!" Isis laughed. "We'll finish this later." She threatened to Malik, who just put his hands in his pockets and whistled. "Don't you dare! I swear, I'll send you home to Rishid faster than you pull a knife from there!" The woman raised her eyebrows. "He guards tombs. He keeps a knife with him, it's a security thing." She explained. The professor nodded, although it was clear she didn't understand. "You guys, This is Professor McGonagall, she will be your transfiguration instructor. I believe you already know these four."
"Hello. I suppose you four are ready for the sorting?" Ryou looked confused.
"What do we do?" He laughed. "I know that sounds silly, but then again, I feel foolish just asking it." Isis smiled at him.
"All you have to do is put on a hat! It'll go inside your head, look through your deepest darkest thoughts, and decide where you should go." Ryou gulped.
"Inside your head. is in Shadi-kind of go inside your head?" Yugi and Malik looked nervous too.
"Well. sort of. It can't redecorate or anything, but I guess it could go into whatever chambers it pleased. Guess you'll just have to put it on and see!" She said excitedly.
"Oh come on!! You're the one with the tahk, why can't you tell us!!" Malik exploded. "Wait a minute." He switched to Arabic. "If it can go through your mind, that means it has it's own mind, right?" Isis gave him a look.
"No way. Absolutely not!" Yugi gave the puppy eyes, followed in pursuit by Ryou. "Oh, alright, give it a try!" Malik gave his sister a big smile.
"Domo!!" Said the other two, giving her a hug and standing obediently in line. Isis shook her head in defeat. Malik was the first one to sit down and put the hat Professor McGonagall gave him on his head. The hat seemed to be thinking for a second and started to speak before Malik put his hands in his pockets.
"Sly-ffindor! I mean, Gryffindor, terribly sorry!' It announced. Malik took the hat off and skipped back to the table, hands still in his pockets, and winked at the others. "Gryffindor!! Gryffindor!! Gryffindor!!" It repeated three times. Both Professor McGonagall and Sirius looked somewhat surprised.
"Wow," Sirius finally spoke up. "I've never seen four people so different have such a stroke of sameness." Malik sort of blushed a bit.
"Oh! Professor McGonagall, we need to speak to the headmaster, as soon as possible. It's very important!" Ryou suddenly remembered.
"No, you don't." Isis told the boys sternly. "Not yet."
"Why not! It was you who said we should tell him in the first place!" Malik cried.
"Because I said so. Not now. Besides, it's not like you really needed to anyway. Only if something goes wrong." She said in a final tone. "Professor McGonagall, if you would take them back and get Harry and the others. I think it'd would be good if Sirius got a chance to talk to him."
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"So, have you caught up with Lupin yet? I haven't seen him in a while, it would be nice to talk to him." Hermione asked politely. Sirius nodded.
"Yes, but I can't tell you where he is. It's a secret." He winked. At that time, Isis took the opportunity to waltz back in, studying what appeared to be an extremely old book.
"Oh, hello. Remember, you three, classes start tomorrow and I'd hate it if you were to sleep in. That would make at least four that would be late." She winked as she strutted back into her office.
"You know who she reminds me of? Ryou, for some reason." Hermione said. Both Harry and Ron smiled.
"You do know that she's Malik's sister, right?" Ron told her. Hermione looked surprised.
"But they don't look a thing alike! I mean, if you put them side by side, they're complete opposites of one another! Malik's blond, but she has black hair. Not to mention his eyes are a light shade of lavender, while hers are a bright green!" She said. Harry smiled wider.
"They definitely are siblings!" Sirius laughed. "You should see the two go at it! Yup, it'll be next to impossible for him to learn anything in this class, not with her as a teacher. They're terrible. And to think, they live together alone! I feel terribly sorry for this Rishid bloke, having to put up with them constantly!" Harry laughed nervously. Was that really the same Isis that Malik was afraid of being killed by? Certainly didn't seem like anything to worry about that much. But Harry didn't have much time to ponder on this, because from inside her office came a scream. Ron, Harry, Hermione and Sirius all burst in the door at once to see, before a loud crack, someone who looked like Malik leaning over her, holding some sort of rod that looked as though it was a sort of golden ax. It was only for a second, though, because at about then it turned into a something no one could really recognize, probably out of confusion.
"Well, that explains it." Harry breathed a sign of relief as Ron quickly yelled 'riddikulus', making the creature disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Didn't realize there was a boggart in there." Sirius said apologetically. Isis smiled.
"It's okay, I didn't realize that either. Wouldn't have opened it then. Although I am surprised it couldn't change into what I at least thought was my greatest fear. Of course, then again, maybe it didn't know what if was!" She more reassured herself than she was talking to anyone else.
"Malik, this is awesome!" Ryou whooped as he jumped onto his bed. "Look, Yami can sleep on the extra bed over there!" Yugi laughed.
"Yeah, but what if Mokuba decides to come in here with us? That wouldn't really be surprising though." He added thoughtfully.
"So, he can sleep on the floor!" Bakura had split from Ryou. "I rather like being able to stretch my legs again!" Malik failed at an attempt not to laugh.
"And I guess taking over Ryou doesn't count, then?" Yami, who had also split, spat at Bakura. Bakura just nodded.
"It's not my own body, is it? Ask Malik, when he takes someone over it's not like having an extra body to run around in, it's just control." He explained as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "But, of course, not taking your opportunities, I can vaguely understand how you don't know that." He added as he flopped down on the extra bed.
"No way. That is mine, so get off right now!!" Mokuba had just walked in. Bakura stuck his tongue out.
"Get your own bed, I happen to like this one! And Malik will agree with me!" He pointed to the blond, who just shook his head.
"Sorry buddy. You're on your own." He said resolutely. Bakura looked slightly hurt.
"Well then I'll just have to learn how to do it myself!" He said as he snatched the rod right out of Malik's pocket. Mokuba pretended to go monotone.
"You may have the bed. I'll be happy for you to die in it!" He shot playfully. Bakura went and sat on his hikari's bed.
"You'd think me being rather armed and dangerous, he would pay more attention to me." Said Bakura, shaking his head. Seto cleared his throat.
"FYI: That's one of the reasons I'm here." All the hikaris laughed.
"Ah, yes. The sweet subtleness of Kaiba. You know, this kind of reminds me of your place, Seto. Big, fancy, old.although I must say it houses more than two people." Ryou said, looking out the window. Mokuba shook his head.
"No, sometimes three. Jou comes over if his dad kicks him out or he decides to run away again or something." Mokuba replied unnecessarily. "He's got his own room decorated and everything."
"Yeah." Yugi said. "I wish he could have come along. He'd certainly complete things around here, even though it would be rather freaky."
"You guys! Get up, we're already late!!" Ryou jerked awake, took one look at his watch and yelled aloud to no avail. The best response he had gotten was Yugi rolling over. He resorted to getting his ring out and sending shadow energy bouncing. "There you go. That worked well." He said happily. The others decided not to respond, but just glared. Ryou just smiled sheepishly as he slipped into his robes and dashed down to the common room, desperate to find someone to lead him to the Great Hall for breakfast. "Harry!" He called. "Harry, wait!" Harry, who had just swung open the portrait, turned to see his cousin dashing frantically to catch up with him.
"Hmm?" Was his only response as Ryou stopped to catch his breath.
"Sorry. Seto and Mokuba should be coming down right about now, and the others probably went back to sleep, but I really don't want to be lost in this place!" Harry laughed softly, remembering his first few days at Hogwarts. "Wait, see, here they are!" Sure enough, the Kaiba brothers had just run down, but they both gave Ryou a look before greeting Harry.
"Er- shall we go then?" Harry asked. Ryou nodded and was the first to climb out of the portrait hole.
"You know, I didn't really notice last night, but these portraits move around." Mokuba commented as they walked down the hall .
"Oh yes," said Harry. "They'll go to other frames and talk to you. You should meet Sir Cadegon, he's a loony." Ryou laughed.
"Oh, I know what you mean," He said. "I've known a few of those." He went on, causing a bit more laughter from the other two. All laughter ceased as they turned into the great hall. Ryou's eyes went wide. "Food!" He went and ravenously sat down at an empty seat at the Gryffindor table. Seto rolled his eyes.
"Don't be surprised. He can be a maniac himself, sometimes. Not like a few other people I know, but he's definitely crazy." He winked before he went and sat down beside the white-haired boy. Mokuba quickly followed his older brother to the table, who, at the moment, seemed to be taking a few thing off Ryou's plate and onto his own. Harry could have sworn he heard something like "You don't eat eggs anymore, Ryou!!", before Ron and Hermione pulled him over to their side of the table.
"Harry, you remember last night, when you saw the new professor's boggart? Well, I figured out what it was he was holding! Last night, I sent an owl to Bill, he's back home with a desk job now, I just found out, but anyway, I described it to him, and he told me what it was!" She held out a piece of paper that looked like it was torn from a book. Sure enough, the picture on it looked exactly like it.
"The Sennen Rod? Never heard of it." Ron shrugged it off. Harry, on the other hand, was looking at it intently.
"It says here that it conceals a dagger inside it. I guess that makes sense as to why she was screaming, but what about this down here? Only 'destined' persons can use the powers within? What in the world is that supposed to mean!!" Harry threw it down frustrated. "That doesn't help hardly at all! Why would Malik bother with it then!" Hermione just sighed.
"Don't you see? I think it means there is more to these new people than meets the eye! Malik probably is the one 'destined' to use the powers within, whatever they are. A defense against the dark arts teacher surely wouldn't scream at the sight of a simple knife, you saw her office! It had swords decorating the place!" Hermione said excitedly.
"So you're saying that this Malik guy has some sort of weird ancient magic? There you go Hermione, now you sound like Trelawny!" Hermione rolled her eyes, but decided against retaliating.
"All I'm saying is to be careful around those four. I don't know what they're up to, but their has to be a reason they're here and why they skipped four years!" Ron pretended to ignore her, and went down to his schedule.
"Defense against the dark arts. that sounds good, doesn't it. Uggh, double potions after that. transfiguration, and divination. Well, we've got one class that could be okay. As long as she doesn't give out autographs or has you-know-who sticking out of the back of her head, I guess it'll be alright." He murmured. Harry joined in.
"Well, I don't suppose she's really locked in a trunk or something, is she? I can't say anything about Lupin though, he was the only normal one!" He laughed.
Hi ya! I'm in an unusually good mood today, so dont spoil it!!
"I still can't believe you! You always have to do something stupid like that, don't you! You're such a show-off! What'll Isis think of this, now, huh?" Ryou griped at Malik. On the boats coming over, he just 'happened' to fall out, causing a big commotion. "I mean, you have to go and take the spotlight! And furthermore, you know perfectly well how to swim, there was no need to flap around like some sort of sick pigeon!" He scolded disgustedly.
"You've got to admit, it was funny." Malik tried to get out of trouble. "How often do you bet people fall into a lake like that? And with all those people screaming, it was hilarious!" Ryou just rolled his eyes.
"Like that's going to get you out of trouble! I swear, you're a bother! How in the world do Isis and Rishid put up with you! You're a brat!" Malik smiled and nodded.
"They completely ignore me?" He said hopefully. Ryou kicked him. Currently, they were in a rather crowded room filled with younger kids. Yugi was looking around curiously, and Seto and Mokuba were going over something rapidly in Japanese. And of course, Ryou was getting all flustered with Malik, who was desperately defending himself. Around this point, a woman with her hair tied up in a bun so tight it seemed to make her face stretch.
"First years, this way!" She shouted, and then turned her attention to the older boys. "You four, however, will come with Professor Ishtar." Isis stepped out from behind the woman.
"I've been expecting everyone but you." She pointed to Seto, and turned to the other woman. "How come I don't know about him?" The other woman simply smiled.
"Remind me to tell you later, I have to go attend to the ceremony." The woman turned and left.
"Isis? Aren't we supposed to be sorted or something?" Malik raised an eyebrow. Isis smiled.
"Yes, but not with the first years. You'll be sorted privately, and then we'll take you to your respective houses. " She answered. "Now, come on, we have to sneak past the great hall. I still can't believe they insisted on black uniforms, though, you look like you're all with the ghouls now. Speaking of Ghouls, I don't want you erasing minds that way anymore. It's best if you learn quickly how to do it the magical way, it's not quite as risky."
"You got that that quick!!" Ryou burst. Isis nodded.
"The power is to see the past or future. For a change, I got the future a few days ago. I really don't know why they're going to bother sorting you now, though, I already know what houses you're going to be in." She said cockily. "And as for the lake. Ryou's right, you are dead! Although, not by my doing. I'll enlist the help of a few friends."
"Um, Isis?" Isis turned to look at Ryou. "Do we have to call you Professor Ishtar? Sounds kind of stupid, if you ask me." He said timidly. Isis laughed.
"Are you kidding? No, of course not! You've known me as Isis since towards the end of battle city. I'd much prefer it that way. I've never been called by my last name before, though. It'll be great fun to actually be respected. Oh, I can't wait to get back at those former ghouls!" She laughed softly. "Now, we're in the Great Hall." She said, just loud enough to be heard by the four over the clapping and cheering. "Look up." She pointed to the sky. "It seems like it just opens up to the heavens!" All four of the boys, Ryou especially, stood in awe at the magnificent ceiling above them.
"It's beautiful." Yugi said. The rest of the didn't say anything, not even Malik with a sadistic remark.
"Come on, we have to get to my Office to eat, and I know you must be hungry!"
"I've never seen so much food in my life!" Malik whooped excitedly. Seto rolled his eyes.
"He's worse than Jounouchi." He muttered as he himself sat down and gazed at all the different foods. Ryou didn't really react, he just sat. "You're quiet Ryou." Seto commented as he helped himself to some turkey.
"Just thinking." He quickly changed the subject- and the language. "Isis, are you sure that over there is a dog? He isn't acting like one I've ever seen. Dogs are afraid of Bakura, and he and I just switched a minute ago." He asked in Arabic, pointing to a large black dog. Isis smiled.
"No, you're right. It's okay, Sirius, one of them already figured it out, and most of them anyway know what he's talking about." She said to the dog, who, right in front of their eyes, morphed into a human. "This is Sirius. He's going to be my unnoticed assistant this year." She introduced.
"Well, aren't you smart! How'd you figure that out so quick?" The man inquired in a jolly voice. Ryou laughed nervously.
"He figured out your secret, but that doesn't mean he's going to tell you his. right now anyway." Yugi covered. Malik shook his head.
"So what, dogs are afraid of him? Who isn't?" Isis kicked him under the table.
"You may think your covering, but in reality, you are making certain secrets all the more obvious!" She yelled in Arabic as not to make the man suspect. "Anyway, you all know Harry, I know. Sirius is just his average falsely-incriminated godfather." She told them.
"How average." Yugi said sarcastically. His remark was just ignored though.
"Sirius, this is Ryou, Harry's cousin, mother's side. ugh, I've met Petunia before, not the sweetest nosy person in the world. The one with the hair is Yugi, and this one is my wittle Malik-chan!!" She hugged him, knowing it would embarrass him. "Oh, and this is the so-called genius Seto. But I swear, for a genius, he's pretty thick." She finished her introductions and started on the decisions on what to eat. "You're welcome to help us finish this up. Even with this Vacuum Cleaner here, I don't think we'll eat it all." Malik gave her a face. "What, as the older sister, I officially have the embarrassing rights!" Ryou laughed softly. Something was bothering him, though. First, how come no one had noticed when he had switched with Bakura. Most of the time, when he switched with them he could hear his Yami cursing to the others for jumping on his back one way or another, but this time, no one bothered watching him for a change of character. Sure, they had only switched for a few seconds, long enough for Bakura to look around, but still, that was usually long enough for someone to notice! Second, what was the man accused of. Even if he was falsely accused, it could be very important to stay away from him. But, then again, if he always went by first impressions, then he would probably have nobody to talk to, because most first impressions were bad. Malik, for instance, was introduced as the bad guy, out to take over the world, and now the two were some of the best of friends. Ryou decided to put aside for now, and talk about it later. Around right then, the woman they had seen earlier came into the office. She took one glance around and a horrible greenish look came onto her face.
"Sirius! What are you doing!" She started. Isis waved it off.
"Nah, Ryou figured out he wasn't really a dog the moment he walked in. I promise, you've got a big mix coming into your classes. There's the smart one, the strategist, the technical guy, and Malik." Malik glared at her again.
"Yeah, well you're certainly one to talk, you've only studied ancient magic, and here you are teaching all sorts of modern stuff you've long since deemed useless!" Yugi, Seto, and Ryou just rolled there eyes.
"Sit down, this may take a while." Seto offered.
"Oh don't worry about it!" Isis laughed. "We'll finish this later." She threatened to Malik, who just put his hands in his pockets and whistled. "Don't you dare! I swear, I'll send you home to Rishid faster than you pull a knife from there!" The woman raised her eyebrows. "He guards tombs. He keeps a knife with him, it's a security thing." She explained. The professor nodded, although it was clear she didn't understand. "You guys, This is Professor McGonagall, she will be your transfiguration instructor. I believe you already know these four."
"Hello. I suppose you four are ready for the sorting?" Ryou looked confused.
"What do we do?" He laughed. "I know that sounds silly, but then again, I feel foolish just asking it." Isis smiled at him.
"All you have to do is put on a hat! It'll go inside your head, look through your deepest darkest thoughts, and decide where you should go." Ryou gulped.
"Inside your head. is in Shadi-kind of go inside your head?" Yugi and Malik looked nervous too.
"Well. sort of. It can't redecorate or anything, but I guess it could go into whatever chambers it pleased. Guess you'll just have to put it on and see!" She said excitedly.
"Oh come on!! You're the one with the tahk, why can't you tell us!!" Malik exploded. "Wait a minute." He switched to Arabic. "If it can go through your mind, that means it has it's own mind, right?" Isis gave him a look.
"No way. Absolutely not!" Yugi gave the puppy eyes, followed in pursuit by Ryou. "Oh, alright, give it a try!" Malik gave his sister a big smile.
"Domo!!" Said the other two, giving her a hug and standing obediently in line. Isis shook her head in defeat. Malik was the first one to sit down and put the hat Professor McGonagall gave him on his head. The hat seemed to be thinking for a second and started to speak before Malik put his hands in his pockets.
"Sly-ffindor! I mean, Gryffindor, terribly sorry!' It announced. Malik took the hat off and skipped back to the table, hands still in his pockets, and winked at the others. "Gryffindor!! Gryffindor!! Gryffindor!!" It repeated three times. Both Professor McGonagall and Sirius looked somewhat surprised.
"Wow," Sirius finally spoke up. "I've never seen four people so different have such a stroke of sameness." Malik sort of blushed a bit.
"Oh! Professor McGonagall, we need to speak to the headmaster, as soon as possible. It's very important!" Ryou suddenly remembered.
"No, you don't." Isis told the boys sternly. "Not yet."
"Why not! It was you who said we should tell him in the first place!" Malik cried.
"Because I said so. Not now. Besides, it's not like you really needed to anyway. Only if something goes wrong." She said in a final tone. "Professor McGonagall, if you would take them back and get Harry and the others. I think it'd would be good if Sirius got a chance to talk to him."
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"So, have you caught up with Lupin yet? I haven't seen him in a while, it would be nice to talk to him." Hermione asked politely. Sirius nodded.
"Yes, but I can't tell you where he is. It's a secret." He winked. At that time, Isis took the opportunity to waltz back in, studying what appeared to be an extremely old book.
"Oh, hello. Remember, you three, classes start tomorrow and I'd hate it if you were to sleep in. That would make at least four that would be late." She winked as she strutted back into her office.
"You know who she reminds me of? Ryou, for some reason." Hermione said. Both Harry and Ron smiled.
"You do know that she's Malik's sister, right?" Ron told her. Hermione looked surprised.
"But they don't look a thing alike! I mean, if you put them side by side, they're complete opposites of one another! Malik's blond, but she has black hair. Not to mention his eyes are a light shade of lavender, while hers are a bright green!" She said. Harry smiled wider.
"They definitely are siblings!" Sirius laughed. "You should see the two go at it! Yup, it'll be next to impossible for him to learn anything in this class, not with her as a teacher. They're terrible. And to think, they live together alone! I feel terribly sorry for this Rishid bloke, having to put up with them constantly!" Harry laughed nervously. Was that really the same Isis that Malik was afraid of being killed by? Certainly didn't seem like anything to worry about that much. But Harry didn't have much time to ponder on this, because from inside her office came a scream. Ron, Harry, Hermione and Sirius all burst in the door at once to see, before a loud crack, someone who looked like Malik leaning over her, holding some sort of rod that looked as though it was a sort of golden ax. It was only for a second, though, because at about then it turned into a something no one could really recognize, probably out of confusion.
"Well, that explains it." Harry breathed a sign of relief as Ron quickly yelled 'riddikulus', making the creature disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Didn't realize there was a boggart in there." Sirius said apologetically. Isis smiled.
"It's okay, I didn't realize that either. Wouldn't have opened it then. Although I am surprised it couldn't change into what I at least thought was my greatest fear. Of course, then again, maybe it didn't know what if was!" She more reassured herself than she was talking to anyone else.
"Malik, this is awesome!" Ryou whooped as he jumped onto his bed. "Look, Yami can sleep on the extra bed over there!" Yugi laughed.
"Yeah, but what if Mokuba decides to come in here with us? That wouldn't really be surprising though." He added thoughtfully.
"So, he can sleep on the floor!" Bakura had split from Ryou. "I rather like being able to stretch my legs again!" Malik failed at an attempt not to laugh.
"And I guess taking over Ryou doesn't count, then?" Yami, who had also split, spat at Bakura. Bakura just nodded.
"It's not my own body, is it? Ask Malik, when he takes someone over it's not like having an extra body to run around in, it's just control." He explained as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "But, of course, not taking your opportunities, I can vaguely understand how you don't know that." He added as he flopped down on the extra bed.
"No way. That is mine, so get off right now!!" Mokuba had just walked in. Bakura stuck his tongue out.
"Get your own bed, I happen to like this one! And Malik will agree with me!" He pointed to the blond, who just shook his head.
"Sorry buddy. You're on your own." He said resolutely. Bakura looked slightly hurt.
"Well then I'll just have to learn how to do it myself!" He said as he snatched the rod right out of Malik's pocket. Mokuba pretended to go monotone.
"You may have the bed. I'll be happy for you to die in it!" He shot playfully. Bakura went and sat on his hikari's bed.
"You'd think me being rather armed and dangerous, he would pay more attention to me." Said Bakura, shaking his head. Seto cleared his throat.
"FYI: That's one of the reasons I'm here." All the hikaris laughed.
"Ah, yes. The sweet subtleness of Kaiba. You know, this kind of reminds me of your place, Seto. Big, fancy, old.although I must say it houses more than two people." Ryou said, looking out the window. Mokuba shook his head.
"No, sometimes three. Jou comes over if his dad kicks him out or he decides to run away again or something." Mokuba replied unnecessarily. "He's got his own room decorated and everything."
"Yeah." Yugi said. "I wish he could have come along. He'd certainly complete things around here, even though it would be rather freaky."
"You guys! Get up, we're already late!!" Ryou jerked awake, took one look at his watch and yelled aloud to no avail. The best response he had gotten was Yugi rolling over. He resorted to getting his ring out and sending shadow energy bouncing. "There you go. That worked well." He said happily. The others decided not to respond, but just glared. Ryou just smiled sheepishly as he slipped into his robes and dashed down to the common room, desperate to find someone to lead him to the Great Hall for breakfast. "Harry!" He called. "Harry, wait!" Harry, who had just swung open the portrait, turned to see his cousin dashing frantically to catch up with him.
"Hmm?" Was his only response as Ryou stopped to catch his breath.
"Sorry. Seto and Mokuba should be coming down right about now, and the others probably went back to sleep, but I really don't want to be lost in this place!" Harry laughed softly, remembering his first few days at Hogwarts. "Wait, see, here they are!" Sure enough, the Kaiba brothers had just run down, but they both gave Ryou a look before greeting Harry.
"Er- shall we go then?" Harry asked. Ryou nodded and was the first to climb out of the portrait hole.
"You know, I didn't really notice last night, but these portraits move around." Mokuba commented as they walked down the hall .
"Oh yes," said Harry. "They'll go to other frames and talk to you. You should meet Sir Cadegon, he's a loony." Ryou laughed.
"Oh, I know what you mean," He said. "I've known a few of those." He went on, causing a bit more laughter from the other two. All laughter ceased as they turned into the great hall. Ryou's eyes went wide. "Food!" He went and ravenously sat down at an empty seat at the Gryffindor table. Seto rolled his eyes.
"Don't be surprised. He can be a maniac himself, sometimes. Not like a few other people I know, but he's definitely crazy." He winked before he went and sat down beside the white-haired boy. Mokuba quickly followed his older brother to the table, who, at the moment, seemed to be taking a few thing off Ryou's plate and onto his own. Harry could have sworn he heard something like "You don't eat eggs anymore, Ryou!!", before Ron and Hermione pulled him over to their side of the table.
"Harry, you remember last night, when you saw the new professor's boggart? Well, I figured out what it was he was holding! Last night, I sent an owl to Bill, he's back home with a desk job now, I just found out, but anyway, I described it to him, and he told me what it was!" She held out a piece of paper that looked like it was torn from a book. Sure enough, the picture on it looked exactly like it.
"The Sennen Rod? Never heard of it." Ron shrugged it off. Harry, on the other hand, was looking at it intently.
"It says here that it conceals a dagger inside it. I guess that makes sense as to why she was screaming, but what about this down here? Only 'destined' persons can use the powers within? What in the world is that supposed to mean!!" Harry threw it down frustrated. "That doesn't help hardly at all! Why would Malik bother with it then!" Hermione just sighed.
"Don't you see? I think it means there is more to these new people than meets the eye! Malik probably is the one 'destined' to use the powers within, whatever they are. A defense against the dark arts teacher surely wouldn't scream at the sight of a simple knife, you saw her office! It had swords decorating the place!" Hermione said excitedly.
"So you're saying that this Malik guy has some sort of weird ancient magic? There you go Hermione, now you sound like Trelawny!" Hermione rolled her eyes, but decided against retaliating.
"All I'm saying is to be careful around those four. I don't know what they're up to, but their has to be a reason they're here and why they skipped four years!" Ron pretended to ignore her, and went down to his schedule.
"Defense against the dark arts. that sounds good, doesn't it. Uggh, double potions after that. transfiguration, and divination. Well, we've got one class that could be okay. As long as she doesn't give out autographs or has you-know-who sticking out of the back of her head, I guess it'll be alright." He murmured. Harry joined in.
"Well, I don't suppose she's really locked in a trunk or something, is she? I can't say anything about Lupin though, he was the only normal one!" He laughed.
Hi ya! I'm in an unusually good mood today, so dont spoil it!!