Surprise! Chapter 15 too!!
EarFaerie249 (I don't remember if that was the number and I'm too lazy to go back and check...so you know who you are) chapter 14 and 15! Hope that satisfies your fears ^^
Disclaimer: Ok, well I write fanfiction...key word here being 'fan'...I do not own YGO or HP...big surprise ne?
Nami and her new friends made their way to Transfiguration, the new students to Hogwarts trying to remember the way there for future reference. Once they reached the classroom Harry, Ron and Hermione took their usual seats, sitting half way back from the teacher's desk. Yugi, Ryou and Malik took the desk behind them, leaving Nami to take a seat with Neville and the random boy from last night at dinner.
"Hello, I'm Dean Thomas, I don't think we were introduced last night," said the random boy as Nami sat down.
"Hello, Nami Edana, do you mind if I sit here?"
Neville smiled and patted the seat between him and Dean, "Not at all! We don't get new students very often."
"Never that I've heard of," Dean pondered this thought, "we've had visiting students, but that's it."
Nami sat down and opened her Transfiguration textbook that she and the rest of the Gryffindor students had gone back to the dormitory for. She mindlessly flipped through the pages, looking at the pictures and stopping to read random passages.
/Oh bother,/ she sighed to Kaya, /this looks hard!/
Kaya laughed, //What did you expect? To walk into a fifth year class and find the work easy?//
Nami shook her head at Kaya, /No, but this looks really hard! I don't think I can change a toothpick into a needle! Let alone a turtle into a teapot!/
"What's the matter Nami?" asked Dean as he saw the new student sit there and shake her head to herself.
"I think I've bitten off way more than I can chew!" Nami whispered, still flipping through the book.
"It'll be alright, we can help you!" Dean looked at Neville, "Well, we can try to help you, this isn't our best subject," he admitted.
"But Hermione is really good at Transfiguration," Neville offered cheerfully, "she can help you for sure!"
Before Nami could answer the professor walked into the room, Nami recognized her as the stern teacher that greeted them before the sorting last night and the teacher who handed out the schedules this morning, her head of house.
"Alright, alright, take your seats," Professor McGonagall said sternly as she entered the room. "Welcome back everyone, now for starters I want you to start and complete the review section in the front of your textbook. What is not done in class will be completed as homework for next class, which is on Wednesday morning." There was a collective groan, "This year the work will be stepped up in all of your classes, you have to get ready for you're OWLs." Again there was a collective groan, "Get to work."
Dean and Neville grumbled as they flipped their texts open to the said review section, and complained to each other about the workload.
"Unbelievable!" Dean muttered, "First day of class and already they're throwing OWLs in our faces!"
"Potions is gonna kill me!" Neville whined as he pulled out his wand.
Nami, on the other hand, felt she didn't have time to complain, this was going to be a busy year with a lot of hard work, and the best place to start was the beginning. Nami opened her textbook and began to read the first pages, as Professor McGonagall passed out the required supplies.
"Nami, Yugi, Ryou and Malik, may I please see you in the back of the classroom?" McGonagall requested politely.
//And if we said no?// snarled Bakura as he lounged in his soul room, flinging a knife at the ground.
Ryou sighed, /Please stop that, it's distracting!/
//Fine, I'll stop, but you owe me.// Bakura grinned as evil thoughts played through his head.
When the four students made it to the back of the classroom they heaved a collective sigh.
"Oh, come now cheer up," Professor McGonagall commanded as she joined the group. "I understand this seems a bit overwhelming right now, but we'll whip through the first four years of Transfiguration in no time. It'll just take some hard work and dedication."
Professor McGonagall handed out four copies of another text, which just read 'Transfiguration' on the front that was bound like their other textbooks.
"What are these for?" asked Ryou hesitantly, not really wanting to know the answer.
"I had these made, as did some of your other professors, it is the basics of the first four years you have missed in Transfiguration. It is a workbook, when you are down working through this one there are two more for Transfiguration, after that you will be caught up to fifth year students."
Yugi eyed the large book sceptically, "So if I finish these three texts I will be able to start fifth year?"
"Precisely. Now there is a schedule inside the front cover of what is to be done for each class, have it done or you will lose house points. If you need help with your homework any classmate will be able to help you. Feel free to ask questions in class. Now back to your seats and get to work!"
The four students shared looks of dread and made their way back to their seats, before sitting down Yugi checked the front page, which had the break down.
"Oh for the love of Ra!" he cried out quietly, "Look how much there is to do!"
Nami checked and groaned, "And this is just one class!"
Ryou looked terrified, "I'm never going to be able to do this! It isn't possible!"
Malik just shook his head, "At least you've been to school before, I've never had to deal with discipline in my entire life, unless I was giving it!"
"Well," Nami said, a determined look on her face, "we'll just have to get through this together!"
//What the hell does he mean he's never been to school, and why on earth would he be administering discipline?// pondered Kaya, she would discuss it later with Nami, //There is something different about these people, and I intend to find out what!//
.........
"I think that was the longest hour of my life!" declared Nami to Neville and Dean as they left Transfiguration.
"Oh, its about to get worse," Neville replied gloomily.
"Potions," explained Harry at Nami's confused expression.
The Gryffindors made their way down to the dungeon where their Potions classroom was located, according to Ron, Harry and Hermione. The dungeon was damp and dank, not the best learning environment in Nami's opinion, but what was she going to do about it. As the class filed into the room, Nami noticed one of the last people she ever wanted to see, Draco Malfoy, who was sitting with his two huge cronies.
Again, like in Transfiguration, Harry, Hermione and Ron sat at a bench, and Yugi, Malik and Ryou sat in front of them, again leaving Nami to find someone else to sit with. This time Dean was sitting with two other people, and Neville was sitting all alone.
"Oh, I wouldn't sit with Longbottom if I were you," Malfoy's voice sneered as Nami went to sit beside Neville. "Longbottom is a walking disaster."
Nami ignored Malfoy and sat down anyways.
"Suit yourself, I guess you have a death wish."
"If you have a death wish Malfoy I suggest you keep talking," Malik growled from the table beside Nami, his hand deep in the pocket of his uniform.
"Why don't you make me stop," jeered Malfoy.
Malik glared for a moment and checked to see where the Pharaoh was, Malik found Yugi talking away to Hermione about their last lesson, and decided that he would make Malfoy stop talking. "Fine, I will."
"I'd like to see you try," Malfoy sneered, waiting for Malik to get up and start a physical fight just in time for Snape to walk in.
Except that Malik didn't get up, he just sat there, or that's what it looked like. Malik grabbed hold of his millennium rod and smirked at Malfoy, who turned around and stopped talking, leaving his groupies slacked jawed at their leader's submission. Not knowing what to do, they too turned around and left the Gryffindors alone.
Before any questions could be asked Professor Snape stormed into the dungeon.
"I see you are all back. Pity. Today you will be reading up on the procedure for the potion you will be making next class. Make notes about specific techniques. Next class you will use the notes to make this simple potion and then your bench will hand it in. You either pass or fail." Snape glared at all of the students, especially the Gryffindors, "Well, get to work, page 25, and I don't want a sound from you."
The entire class worked in silence until Snape got up to leave the room, "I will be back before the end of class. If anything happens I will take 50 points from the student's house."
Neville let out a sigh of relief as Snape left the room, "He makes me so nervous," he admitted. "And there is no way I'm going to pass potions this year. I'm sorry Nami, you might want to find another partner, Malfoy's right. I'm a walking disaster."
Nami glared at the still silent Malfoy, who was doing his work, but with a glazed look in his eye. "Don't worry, Neville," she reassured him, "I'm sure if we put our heads together we'll do fine!" Neville smiled weakly in response, not believing her. "Now lets see, this looks simple enough. Just like cooking right?" Nami mused, "I'm a good cook, so if you can help me find out what all this stuff is and what is what we can do this no problem!" The two set to work creating a plan of action for the next class.
Across from them Yugi, Ryou and Malik were looking at their textbook blankly.
"What the hell is all this stuff?" fumed Malik, "I've never heard of half of this garbage."
Yugi scrunched his brow in concentration, "We may have to do some extra work to find out what all these ingredients are."
"I can't believe Professor Snape didn't even give us special instructions or something. He just expects us to know what all of this means! What kind of a teacher is this guy?" Ryou mumbled.
"I can believe it, Snape is a bastard," Harry said from behind them. "But what I can't believe is how quiet Malfoy is being. Usually by now he'd have turned around and made some cheap shot at me."
Malik snorted, "He's moved on, likes to take cheap shots at us now."
Ron looked over at Malfoy, "And what's with the glazed look, weird."
Once Yugi caught a glimpse of the glazed look Yami was in control and giving Malik a heated look. "Oh yes, what is with that glazed look, hmmm Malik?"
"How should I know Pharaoh," Malik gave Yami a cold look of his own.
The rest of Potions passed without incident, each group doing their work, Yami, Ryou and Malik occasionally getting help from Hermione. When Snape returned the class was almost over, and Malfoy finally lost that glazed look as the bell rang and signalled that they could go to their next class. Malfoy looked up from his paper to Malik and then down at his paper again, confused, but he said nothing as he crumpled the paper he had been working on all class and rushed off to his next class. Malik merely smirked.
The Gryffindor's next class was Herbology with Professor Sprout, in the greenhouses outside.
"This is my favourite class," Neville told Nami, his newfound friend, for he was grateful that she was going to help him Potions, "it's my best class too. If you need help you can ask me."
Nami smiled and filed that piece of information away for later use, "Thanks Neville!"
When they reached the greenhouses they found Professor Sprout there with the fifth year Hufflepuffs, standing outside in the sun.
"Hurry it up there kiddies," Professor Sprout called to them. Once everyone was there she motioned the class to sit in a circle. "Well, I figure since it's such a gorgeous day that we have two options. Firstly we can do work, sounds like fun hn?" she was answered with groans. "That's what I thought. So second option, we can play games and for homework you have to read 15 pages. You're choice."
The class broke off into discussion, the choice obvious. After a few moments they declared collectively, "Games!"
"Great! I thought since we have four new students that we could play Herbology bingo!" the class raised an eyebrow. "Herbology bingo, like muggle bingo, but with pictures of plants that we already know. That way we have review and Yugi, Ryou, Malik and Nami can learn the plants that we know."
With a wave of her wand the Herbology Bingo appeared in front of the class. Professor Sprout handed out cards and asked Neville to hand out the chips. They played for the entire class, even Malik played and had to admit it was better than work. Yugi won the first four rounds and then threw the fifth, sixth and seventh so he wouldn't win. As the bell sounded from inside the school the students stood up and collected their things.
"Forget the readings," Professor Sprout called out after her students, "see you tomorrow!"
"Wow," Yugi panted as they ran up the front steps of the school, "who would have known Herbology bingo would have been so much fun. I mean, even I was sceptical about how fun it would be."
"I guess they don't call you the King of Games for nothing," Ryou giggled from beside Yugi, "I saw you throw the last three rounds so you wouldn't win."
Yugi smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't want to win them all."
"King of Games?" Nami questioned.
Malik rolled his eyes, "Yea, the kid wins everything. And I mean everything. The odds could be against him a million to one and he'd still win. Like this one time," Malik started and then hesitated, "well to make a long story short, I was supposed to win, I was going to win, had him within an inch of death, and then he finds that Ra forsaken luck of his, kicks my ass into the ground, well it wasn't really me, but it was."
"Well that's because I trust-"
"In the heart of the cards," Malik finished for him, rolling his eyes. "And if you even mention friendship I'll beat you into the ground right now. How do you put up with that Anzu girl? I wasn't in her presence for more than an hour at a time and I wanted to maim and kill after listening to her for three seconds."
"Anzu is a good person," Yugi defended his friend, "and friendship is a big factor. Her friendship has helped me out of a lot of tight spots."
"Yea, well I wanted to maim and kill. I was contemplating gouging my eyes out with a plastic spoon just to make it stop. I was going to use the mil-" Malik stopped himself there, "I was going to make her stop, but I was distracted by you're ability to never lose anything. Stupid Ra forsaken Pharaoh."
"Who is Anzu?" asked Nami.
"Yugi's friend in Japan," Ryou explained while Yugi and Malik continued, "she talks a lot about friendship and how friendship can get you through everything. Malik doesn't like her very much. Well, Malik didn't like any of us at all until recently, and even that I'm not sure about."
"He didn't like you? You seem to be good friends," Nami mused as they walked into the Great Hall.
"Yes, well, he tried to steal Yugi's necklace all the time. Tried to kill us a few times. Kidnapped one, well, actually two of Yugi's best friends, well, three if you count Mokuba, and held them hostage. He's done a lot of bad things, I wont go into them all now, but deep down he's just a lost and confused little boy, who was misguided and mistreated. He's better now, he just had to deal with some anger issues." Ryou smiled as the sat down at the Gryffindor table for lunch.
Nami gave a nervous smile, "He seems better."
/Ah, this kid is crazy!/ Nami whispered to Kaya.
//I think he's cool.//
/Yea, well you would./
The entire student body helped themselves to the wonderful lunch that was waiting for them. The Gryffindor fifth years tried to put their morning behind them and checked what they had this afternoon.
"Care of Magical Creatures, I wonder what Hagrid has in store for us today," Hermione mused.
"I want to know who the Defence Against Dark Arts teacher is," Ron sighed, poking at his salad.
Just then twin red heads plopped down on either side of him.
"We just had DADA," the first one said.
"So, Fred, who is the teacher?" asked Harry as he swallowed a mouthful of salad.
The other twin answered, "You wont believe it," he started, "we don't have one yet, but we have a substitute."
"And you'll never believe who it is," Fred continued, "Right George?"
"Just tell us already!" demanded a younger red headed girl from up the table a bit.
"Patience, Ginny, patience." George scolded.
"The substitute for DADA is Professor Dumbledore!"
"At least until the new professor gets here."
"Dumbledore? Really?" questioned Ginny, not sure whether or not to believe a word her brothers said.
"Yup," replied the twin's friend, Katie, "Professor Dumbledore and he is pretty good too."
"Well, then who is the new professor?" asked Hermione.
The twins and Katie just shrugged, "We have no idea, Dumbledore wouldn't say."
EarFaerie249 (I don't remember if that was the number and I'm too lazy to go back and check...so you know who you are) chapter 14 and 15! Hope that satisfies your fears ^^
Disclaimer: Ok, well I write fanfiction...key word here being 'fan'...I do not own YGO or HP...big surprise ne?
Nami and her new friends made their way to Transfiguration, the new students to Hogwarts trying to remember the way there for future reference. Once they reached the classroom Harry, Ron and Hermione took their usual seats, sitting half way back from the teacher's desk. Yugi, Ryou and Malik took the desk behind them, leaving Nami to take a seat with Neville and the random boy from last night at dinner.
"Hello, I'm Dean Thomas, I don't think we were introduced last night," said the random boy as Nami sat down.
"Hello, Nami Edana, do you mind if I sit here?"
Neville smiled and patted the seat between him and Dean, "Not at all! We don't get new students very often."
"Never that I've heard of," Dean pondered this thought, "we've had visiting students, but that's it."
Nami sat down and opened her Transfiguration textbook that she and the rest of the Gryffindor students had gone back to the dormitory for. She mindlessly flipped through the pages, looking at the pictures and stopping to read random passages.
/Oh bother,/ she sighed to Kaya, /this looks hard!/
Kaya laughed, //What did you expect? To walk into a fifth year class and find the work easy?//
Nami shook her head at Kaya, /No, but this looks really hard! I don't think I can change a toothpick into a needle! Let alone a turtle into a teapot!/
"What's the matter Nami?" asked Dean as he saw the new student sit there and shake her head to herself.
"I think I've bitten off way more than I can chew!" Nami whispered, still flipping through the book.
"It'll be alright, we can help you!" Dean looked at Neville, "Well, we can try to help you, this isn't our best subject," he admitted.
"But Hermione is really good at Transfiguration," Neville offered cheerfully, "she can help you for sure!"
Before Nami could answer the professor walked into the room, Nami recognized her as the stern teacher that greeted them before the sorting last night and the teacher who handed out the schedules this morning, her head of house.
"Alright, alright, take your seats," Professor McGonagall said sternly as she entered the room. "Welcome back everyone, now for starters I want you to start and complete the review section in the front of your textbook. What is not done in class will be completed as homework for next class, which is on Wednesday morning." There was a collective groan, "This year the work will be stepped up in all of your classes, you have to get ready for you're OWLs." Again there was a collective groan, "Get to work."
Dean and Neville grumbled as they flipped their texts open to the said review section, and complained to each other about the workload.
"Unbelievable!" Dean muttered, "First day of class and already they're throwing OWLs in our faces!"
"Potions is gonna kill me!" Neville whined as he pulled out his wand.
Nami, on the other hand, felt she didn't have time to complain, this was going to be a busy year with a lot of hard work, and the best place to start was the beginning. Nami opened her textbook and began to read the first pages, as Professor McGonagall passed out the required supplies.
"Nami, Yugi, Ryou and Malik, may I please see you in the back of the classroom?" McGonagall requested politely.
//And if we said no?// snarled Bakura as he lounged in his soul room, flinging a knife at the ground.
Ryou sighed, /Please stop that, it's distracting!/
//Fine, I'll stop, but you owe me.// Bakura grinned as evil thoughts played through his head.
When the four students made it to the back of the classroom they heaved a collective sigh.
"Oh, come now cheer up," Professor McGonagall commanded as she joined the group. "I understand this seems a bit overwhelming right now, but we'll whip through the first four years of Transfiguration in no time. It'll just take some hard work and dedication."
Professor McGonagall handed out four copies of another text, which just read 'Transfiguration' on the front that was bound like their other textbooks.
"What are these for?" asked Ryou hesitantly, not really wanting to know the answer.
"I had these made, as did some of your other professors, it is the basics of the first four years you have missed in Transfiguration. It is a workbook, when you are down working through this one there are two more for Transfiguration, after that you will be caught up to fifth year students."
Yugi eyed the large book sceptically, "So if I finish these three texts I will be able to start fifth year?"
"Precisely. Now there is a schedule inside the front cover of what is to be done for each class, have it done or you will lose house points. If you need help with your homework any classmate will be able to help you. Feel free to ask questions in class. Now back to your seats and get to work!"
The four students shared looks of dread and made their way back to their seats, before sitting down Yugi checked the front page, which had the break down.
"Oh for the love of Ra!" he cried out quietly, "Look how much there is to do!"
Nami checked and groaned, "And this is just one class!"
Ryou looked terrified, "I'm never going to be able to do this! It isn't possible!"
Malik just shook his head, "At least you've been to school before, I've never had to deal with discipline in my entire life, unless I was giving it!"
"Well," Nami said, a determined look on her face, "we'll just have to get through this together!"
//What the hell does he mean he's never been to school, and why on earth would he be administering discipline?// pondered Kaya, she would discuss it later with Nami, //There is something different about these people, and I intend to find out what!//
.........
"I think that was the longest hour of my life!" declared Nami to Neville and Dean as they left Transfiguration.
"Oh, its about to get worse," Neville replied gloomily.
"Potions," explained Harry at Nami's confused expression.
The Gryffindors made their way down to the dungeon where their Potions classroom was located, according to Ron, Harry and Hermione. The dungeon was damp and dank, not the best learning environment in Nami's opinion, but what was she going to do about it. As the class filed into the room, Nami noticed one of the last people she ever wanted to see, Draco Malfoy, who was sitting with his two huge cronies.
Again, like in Transfiguration, Harry, Hermione and Ron sat at a bench, and Yugi, Malik and Ryou sat in front of them, again leaving Nami to find someone else to sit with. This time Dean was sitting with two other people, and Neville was sitting all alone.
"Oh, I wouldn't sit with Longbottom if I were you," Malfoy's voice sneered as Nami went to sit beside Neville. "Longbottom is a walking disaster."
Nami ignored Malfoy and sat down anyways.
"Suit yourself, I guess you have a death wish."
"If you have a death wish Malfoy I suggest you keep talking," Malik growled from the table beside Nami, his hand deep in the pocket of his uniform.
"Why don't you make me stop," jeered Malfoy.
Malik glared for a moment and checked to see where the Pharaoh was, Malik found Yugi talking away to Hermione about their last lesson, and decided that he would make Malfoy stop talking. "Fine, I will."
"I'd like to see you try," Malfoy sneered, waiting for Malik to get up and start a physical fight just in time for Snape to walk in.
Except that Malik didn't get up, he just sat there, or that's what it looked like. Malik grabbed hold of his millennium rod and smirked at Malfoy, who turned around and stopped talking, leaving his groupies slacked jawed at their leader's submission. Not knowing what to do, they too turned around and left the Gryffindors alone.
Before any questions could be asked Professor Snape stormed into the dungeon.
"I see you are all back. Pity. Today you will be reading up on the procedure for the potion you will be making next class. Make notes about specific techniques. Next class you will use the notes to make this simple potion and then your bench will hand it in. You either pass or fail." Snape glared at all of the students, especially the Gryffindors, "Well, get to work, page 25, and I don't want a sound from you."
The entire class worked in silence until Snape got up to leave the room, "I will be back before the end of class. If anything happens I will take 50 points from the student's house."
Neville let out a sigh of relief as Snape left the room, "He makes me so nervous," he admitted. "And there is no way I'm going to pass potions this year. I'm sorry Nami, you might want to find another partner, Malfoy's right. I'm a walking disaster."
Nami glared at the still silent Malfoy, who was doing his work, but with a glazed look in his eye. "Don't worry, Neville," she reassured him, "I'm sure if we put our heads together we'll do fine!" Neville smiled weakly in response, not believing her. "Now lets see, this looks simple enough. Just like cooking right?" Nami mused, "I'm a good cook, so if you can help me find out what all this stuff is and what is what we can do this no problem!" The two set to work creating a plan of action for the next class.
Across from them Yugi, Ryou and Malik were looking at their textbook blankly.
"What the hell is all this stuff?" fumed Malik, "I've never heard of half of this garbage."
Yugi scrunched his brow in concentration, "We may have to do some extra work to find out what all these ingredients are."
"I can't believe Professor Snape didn't even give us special instructions or something. He just expects us to know what all of this means! What kind of a teacher is this guy?" Ryou mumbled.
"I can believe it, Snape is a bastard," Harry said from behind them. "But what I can't believe is how quiet Malfoy is being. Usually by now he'd have turned around and made some cheap shot at me."
Malik snorted, "He's moved on, likes to take cheap shots at us now."
Ron looked over at Malfoy, "And what's with the glazed look, weird."
Once Yugi caught a glimpse of the glazed look Yami was in control and giving Malik a heated look. "Oh yes, what is with that glazed look, hmmm Malik?"
"How should I know Pharaoh," Malik gave Yami a cold look of his own.
The rest of Potions passed without incident, each group doing their work, Yami, Ryou and Malik occasionally getting help from Hermione. When Snape returned the class was almost over, and Malfoy finally lost that glazed look as the bell rang and signalled that they could go to their next class. Malfoy looked up from his paper to Malik and then down at his paper again, confused, but he said nothing as he crumpled the paper he had been working on all class and rushed off to his next class. Malik merely smirked.
The Gryffindor's next class was Herbology with Professor Sprout, in the greenhouses outside.
"This is my favourite class," Neville told Nami, his newfound friend, for he was grateful that she was going to help him Potions, "it's my best class too. If you need help you can ask me."
Nami smiled and filed that piece of information away for later use, "Thanks Neville!"
When they reached the greenhouses they found Professor Sprout there with the fifth year Hufflepuffs, standing outside in the sun.
"Hurry it up there kiddies," Professor Sprout called to them. Once everyone was there she motioned the class to sit in a circle. "Well, I figure since it's such a gorgeous day that we have two options. Firstly we can do work, sounds like fun hn?" she was answered with groans. "That's what I thought. So second option, we can play games and for homework you have to read 15 pages. You're choice."
The class broke off into discussion, the choice obvious. After a few moments they declared collectively, "Games!"
"Great! I thought since we have four new students that we could play Herbology bingo!" the class raised an eyebrow. "Herbology bingo, like muggle bingo, but with pictures of plants that we already know. That way we have review and Yugi, Ryou, Malik and Nami can learn the plants that we know."
With a wave of her wand the Herbology Bingo appeared in front of the class. Professor Sprout handed out cards and asked Neville to hand out the chips. They played for the entire class, even Malik played and had to admit it was better than work. Yugi won the first four rounds and then threw the fifth, sixth and seventh so he wouldn't win. As the bell sounded from inside the school the students stood up and collected their things.
"Forget the readings," Professor Sprout called out after her students, "see you tomorrow!"
"Wow," Yugi panted as they ran up the front steps of the school, "who would have known Herbology bingo would have been so much fun. I mean, even I was sceptical about how fun it would be."
"I guess they don't call you the King of Games for nothing," Ryou giggled from beside Yugi, "I saw you throw the last three rounds so you wouldn't win."
Yugi smiled embarrassedly, "I didn't want to win them all."
"King of Games?" Nami questioned.
Malik rolled his eyes, "Yea, the kid wins everything. And I mean everything. The odds could be against him a million to one and he'd still win. Like this one time," Malik started and then hesitated, "well to make a long story short, I was supposed to win, I was going to win, had him within an inch of death, and then he finds that Ra forsaken luck of his, kicks my ass into the ground, well it wasn't really me, but it was."
"Well that's because I trust-"
"In the heart of the cards," Malik finished for him, rolling his eyes. "And if you even mention friendship I'll beat you into the ground right now. How do you put up with that Anzu girl? I wasn't in her presence for more than an hour at a time and I wanted to maim and kill after listening to her for three seconds."
"Anzu is a good person," Yugi defended his friend, "and friendship is a big factor. Her friendship has helped me out of a lot of tight spots."
"Yea, well I wanted to maim and kill. I was contemplating gouging my eyes out with a plastic spoon just to make it stop. I was going to use the mil-" Malik stopped himself there, "I was going to make her stop, but I was distracted by you're ability to never lose anything. Stupid Ra forsaken Pharaoh."
"Who is Anzu?" asked Nami.
"Yugi's friend in Japan," Ryou explained while Yugi and Malik continued, "she talks a lot about friendship and how friendship can get you through everything. Malik doesn't like her very much. Well, Malik didn't like any of us at all until recently, and even that I'm not sure about."
"He didn't like you? You seem to be good friends," Nami mused as they walked into the Great Hall.
"Yes, well, he tried to steal Yugi's necklace all the time. Tried to kill us a few times. Kidnapped one, well, actually two of Yugi's best friends, well, three if you count Mokuba, and held them hostage. He's done a lot of bad things, I wont go into them all now, but deep down he's just a lost and confused little boy, who was misguided and mistreated. He's better now, he just had to deal with some anger issues." Ryou smiled as the sat down at the Gryffindor table for lunch.
Nami gave a nervous smile, "He seems better."
/Ah, this kid is crazy!/ Nami whispered to Kaya.
//I think he's cool.//
/Yea, well you would./
The entire student body helped themselves to the wonderful lunch that was waiting for them. The Gryffindor fifth years tried to put their morning behind them and checked what they had this afternoon.
"Care of Magical Creatures, I wonder what Hagrid has in store for us today," Hermione mused.
"I want to know who the Defence Against Dark Arts teacher is," Ron sighed, poking at his salad.
Just then twin red heads plopped down on either side of him.
"We just had DADA," the first one said.
"So, Fred, who is the teacher?" asked Harry as he swallowed a mouthful of salad.
The other twin answered, "You wont believe it," he started, "we don't have one yet, but we have a substitute."
"And you'll never believe who it is," Fred continued, "Right George?"
"Just tell us already!" demanded a younger red headed girl from up the table a bit.
"Patience, Ginny, patience." George scolded.
"The substitute for DADA is Professor Dumbledore!"
"At least until the new professor gets here."
"Dumbledore? Really?" questioned Ginny, not sure whether or not to believe a word her brothers said.
"Yup," replied the twin's friend, Katie, "Professor Dumbledore and he is pretty good too."
"Well, then who is the new professor?" asked Hermione.
The twins and Katie just shrugged, "We have no idea, Dumbledore wouldn't say."