Wrath of the Serpent
By: -
Millenium Moon
Hey people! I'm back with the second chapter of my HP/YGO crossover fic. Quick wasn't it? I hope u guys enjoyed reading the first chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. ^_^
Previously: - Lord Voldemort learned about the seven Millennium Items and seeks to find them all. He sends Lucius Malfoy and Macnair to Domino City to get the Millennium Puzzle from Yugi. Yugi was on his first date with Tea when Malfoy and Macnair accosted him. Yugi is oblivious of what these strange robed men want, but according to Malfoy; they are going to make a 'deal' with Yugi.
A/n: - I wrote that I'd tell the reader a song, which would go with the chapter so that they can listen while reading. This chapter's song is: - "Bring Me Back To Life" by Evanescence. This chapter doesn't have anything to do with the lyrics of the song. But I feel that the music of the song would add a little life to the action scenes of this chapter. (When I say 'action' I mean major butt-kicking wizard duels! *covers mouth with a horrified expression* oops! I've just said too much!) Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to review! ^^
:::Chapter 2:::
Savior
A man stood up on a high building looking at the crowd near the museum below. He seemed to be looking for someone. And then he smiled; he had found who he was looking for. It was a boy with spiky tri-coloured hair, accompanied by a girl with brown hair.
"There you are Yugi," he said softly. "I was afraid I was too late." then he took something out of his robe's pocket. It was a muggle sweet, better known as a 'Sherbet Lemon.' He unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.
Then he saw the spiky-haired boy being stopped by two men wearing black hooded robes. They seemed to be talking to the boy. Then one of them pulled his hood down to reveal his face.
"Ah Lucius," murmured the man while stroking his long white beard. "Right on schedule. Now it's time for me to step in and interrupt whatever you had planned for little Yugi."
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"A deal?" questioned Yami. "What kind of deal?"
"Our master had decided to start a collection." Answered the one known as Macnair. "we are the collectors so it's our job to take what our master wants."
"Who is your master and what does he want?" demanded Yami. "And what deal do you want to make with me?"
the man named Malfoy answered him. "It's very simple. We want your Millennium Puzzle so hand it over boy or the girl pays the ultimate price!" then Malfoy grabbed Tea by the arm and took out some sort of stick from his robes and pointed it at Tea's throat.
/TEA!!/ cried Yugi through his mind-link. /Yami, you have to save her! We have no idea of what these men are capable of so be careful/
"Yugi!! HELP!" shrieked Tea.
"what can that stick do?" asked Yami as he shot a death-glare at Malfoy.
It was Macnair who answered. "It's a magic wand. It can kill your pretty girlfriend or put her through a fate worse than death. Like this!!" Macnair pointed his 'wand' at a pillar of the museum.
"Reducto!" cried Macnair. An electric-blue blast shot from end of the wand and shattered a huge hole through the pillar resulting in an ear-splitting crash! The sound of the blast alone was enough to scare the crowd so badly that all of them dashed towards the exit.
There was yelling and screaming everywhere. The people who happened to be standing near the pillar that Macnair demolished were either crushed to death or gravely injured.
"See that?" smirked Macnair. "What if that same thing happened to your lovely friend? How long do you think she could survive with a gaping hole in her abdomen? Half a minute? Or maybe about ten seconds? Do you really want me to find out?"
"You wouldn't!" gasped Yami as he observed the scene of utter destruction.
"Oh yes we would," said Malfoy. He sounded both serious and almost gleeful! "I, myself, would take great pleasure in doing much worse to your friend. For example." Malfoy pointed his wand at a teenaged boy who was running past them with a horrified look on his face.
"Crucio!" he murmured. As soon as the spell was said, the boy stopped dead in his tracks. He fell onto the ground and started screaming. Just the sound of his blood-curdling voice sent chills down Yugi's spine. The boy was also twitching uncontrollably. He looked as though he was having a seizure! His eyes were turning blood red and the veins in his arms were starting to bulge.
"ENOUGH!!" cried Yami. "make it stop! Just. stop it." Yami thought he had seen a lot of things during his long life, but he couldn't remember anything as excruciating to watch as this bloody spectacle.
"That was the Cruciatus curse. Pure and uncontrollable pain." Said Malfoy. "Now this one." he pointed his wand at the same boy, who was slowly getting up.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!" he bellowed. There was a blinding flash of green and a rushing sound, as if a huge, invisible thing was rushing through the air - instantly, the boy fell down again. Unscathed but unmistakably dead!
Yami was so shaken that he didn't realized it when he relinquished control to Yugi. Yugi looked into the life-less eyes of the dead boy before tears started pouring from his eyes.
"W-why?" he sobbed. "W-why?"
"Now about the puzzle," said Malfoy calmly as though nothing had happened. "Had it over or the girl goes next."
Suddenly everything stopped! The fleeing crown froze in their positions. Their mouths were open but no sound came out. There was an eerie silence. It was as though time had stopped!
"What the hell?" cursed Malfoy in English. Although Yugi couldn't speak in English he could still understand it. "Did you do that Macnair?"
"No!" said a worried Macnair. "There shouldn't be any other wizards in this area. I made sure of it!"
"Hello Lucius and Macnair." Said a soft voice. It was an elderly man. He was wearing robes of midnight blue. But what made this man extraordinary was his long silvery hair and even longer silver beard. Indeed, his beard was so long that he had to tuck it under his belt.
"Dumbledore?!?!" cried both Malfoy and Macnair. Malfoy was the first to recover from his shocked state. "My, my. This is a surprise." He sneered.
"Yes indeed, Lucius." Said the man named Dumbledore. His eyes seemed to twinkle with a friendly light. "We do meet at the strangest places."
"You probably want the boy Dumbledore," said Macnair venomously. "But I'm sorry to inform you that the boy comes with us. All your efforts to stop us will be futile. I could summon a horde of Death Eaters at the blink of an eye!"
"I'm aware of what you can do Macnair, having taught you some of what you know at Hogwarts." Said Dumbledore calmly. "But I am surprised that you refer to yourselves as Death Eaters. I had assumed that both of you carried out your lord's commands in secret for the fear of being exposed and ruining your spotless reputations."
"Times change Dumbledore." Spat Macnair. "And besides, there's a muggle saying; 'Dead men tell no tales.' The same can be said for you Dumbledore for you are about to meet your delayed demise."
"I see," murmured Dumbledore. "But Yugi cannot go with you." And he looked at Yugi with a kind look on his face.
"And I suppose you are going to stop us?" snarled Malfoy. "I guess you want to meet your end with a blaze of glory? I'll be only too happy to light the fire." He pointed his wand at Dumbledore. "Incendio!"
a jet of sea-blue flames burst out of Malfoy's wand tip and shot towards Dumbledore, who conjured up some kind of magical barrier, which ricocheted the spell back towards Malfoy. Malfoy was forced to let Tea go and dive to the floor to avoid the reflected spell.
Tea hastily crawled towards Yugi and threw her arms around him as soon as he came within arm's reach.
"Oh Yugi!" she cried. "I thought I was gonna die!" then she started crying into Yugi's shoulder.
Yugi clutched Tea with a dazed look on his face. He found it difficult to absorb what was happening:- Tea was in his arms! Tea! In his arms! Even through all the death and destruction, Yugi felt strangely blissful.
Meanwhile, the battle between Dumbledore, Malfoy and Macnair was heating up. Although Dumbledore was out-numbered, he seemed to have the upper hand. Neither Malfoy nor Macnair had been able to penetrate his magical barrier with magic and they had not resorted to the three Unforgivable Curses yet.
"If magic can't penetrate this shield." snarled Macnair. "Then how about a physical attack!" he pointed his wand at one of the dinosaur skeletons, which were erected around the entrance door and whispered a string of inaudible words.
A purple coloured mist shot out from Macnair's wand tip and enveloped the skeleton. As soon as the mist had enveloped the entire skeleton, it began to change. Two extra bones sprouted from its backside and its skull's shape changed.
Within a few seconds the whole skeleton had morphed into what, to Yugi, looked like the skeletal-structure of a Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but with a longer tail.
The huge skeleton was thickening and turning a greenish-red. Huge internal organs, such as lungs, heart and stomach appeared with a series of sickening pop-sounds. Veins as thick as ropes grew out of from the heart and covered most of the creature's body. Yugi noticed that there were lots of nerve-endings near where the eyes should be. And then, the flesh stated turning into a jet-black colour. Within seconds, what looked remarkably like a Red Eyes Black Dragon lay roaring in front of them.
"Do you like this spell Dumbledore?" sneered Macnair. "I created it myself. It lets me turn any object into any magical creature that I had previously killed and places it under my control. And my choice for this occasion is, as you may have guessed, a Hungarian Horntail!"
"Let's see you defeat a Horntail single-handed Dumbledore!" smirked Malfoy.
Macnair ran towards the dragon, who lowered its wings so that Macnair could climb onto it's back. As he settled into his 'seat' on the dragon, Yugi had a fleeting memory of his when his Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight fused into Gaia the Dragon Champion.
Macnair was laughing insanely as his dragon reared-up and lunged at Dumbledore, who disappeared with a swish of his cloak. Yugi watched dumbstruck as Dumbledore reappeared behind Malfoy and flicked his wand. Malfoy, who hadn't noticed Dumbledore, was extremely surprised when silvery ropes shot out from the ground below him and bound him in their seemingly inescapable grasp.
Macnair's dragon opened its gaping mouth and breathed out what looked like a blast of fire! Dumbledore waved his wand and the burst of flame was extinguished with a loud hiss.
Then Dumbledore pointed his wand at the dragon's eyes and muttered an inaudible phrase. There was a silvery-red flash and the next-thing Yugi saw was the dragon flailing about and roaring as loudly as it's vocal cords permitted. The same silvery-red light that shot out of Dumbledore's wand surrounded the dragon's head. The light seemed to be burning the dragon's eyes at an alarming rate!
Macnair was receiving a hearty thrashing as his dragon went berserk. The dragon gave a particularly vicious roar and shook itself causing Macnair to be thrown across the room. As soon as Macnair was separated from the dragon, the spell ended. But to Yugi's horror, there two smoldering holes where the dragon's eyes should have been!
Then Dumbledore flicked his wand. This time the enormous dragon started shrinking and changing colour to a shade of brown. In a few seconds, the once proud and strong dragon had been changed into a one-and-half inch common gecko! Yugi couldn't help smiling at this hilarious scene.
Macnair slowly got up to his feet and looked around to see where his dragon had gone. His eyes fell on the gecko, which was now crawling towards him.
"My dragon." Croaked Macnair. "You vanquished my ultimate creature! How? How?"
Dumbledore smiled before responding, "I noticed the spell that you used was a modified form of Transfiguration. Having taught Transfiguration at Hogwarts for some time, I was quick to realize that since you could transfigure the object, I could do the same!" then he raised his wand. "Now look at your 'dragon.' It is reduced to a creature that can barely harm a fly."
Macnair's expression was one of fury. He threw his wand onto the floor and dashed towards Dumbledore with his hands in fists. Dumbledore whipped his wand out and bellowed a phrase.
"STUPEFY!!" a jet of red light exploded from Dumbledore's wand and hit Macnair straight in the chest. The impact of the spell caused Macnair to fly through the air before landing in a glass display case, with a loud 'CRASH'! he did not move again.
Dumbledore calmly pocketed his wand and walked towards Yugi and Tea. he smiled at them and helped Yugi to his feet.
"Hello Yugi," he said in Japanese. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I am here to offer you what I believe is a wonderful opportunity; to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"What?" said Yugi, who was taken by surprise. "A school? Witchcraft? Wizardry?"
//This old man is crazy Yugi.// said Yami from his soul room. //even I know there isn't any magic nowadays, let alone a school! I wouldn't trust him if I were you.//
/why not?/ demanded Yugi. /He just saved our lives by defeating the people who attacked us. And besides, how could he perform those incredible things without some sort of magic? I'm gonna listen to what he has to say!/
"Yes," said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling. "It is a school where we take in young individuals, such as yourself, who possess magical powers and teach them to harness it and use it in a responsible manner."
"Magical powers?" said Yugi. "I'm afraid you must have made a mistake. I have no magical powers of any sort."
"No, no." chuckled Dumbledore. "I'm sure you have magical powers. And I'm not referring to the shadow powers used by the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle."
"W-what?" Yugi was positively shocked. "How do you know about Yami and his shadow powers?" at that moment Yami took over.
"Yes, how do you know?" he demanded.
"So you are the spirit of the puzzle?" questioned Dumbledore. "Please to meet you!" He extended his hand to Yami who reluctantly shook it. "As for how I know about you, well, let's just say that there are several books in the magical world about you."
"Books? All about me?" Yami's eyes narrowed. "About my past?"
"Certainly." said Dumbledore. "But I would like to speak to Yugi, if you please."
"Very well." Muttered Yami before retreating back into the puzzle.
"Yugi," said Dumbledore. "I would like to answer all the questions which you might have, but I need to-" he gestured the scene for destruction around him. "-sort things out here." Then he took out a letter from his robes. "This letter will answer any question you might want to know about Hogwarts and the history of the magical world."
"But where can I find you again?" asked Yugi. "I will need to answer your request to join your school."
"Don't worry about finding me Yugi." Smiled Dumbledore. "I will find you. And in the meantime, I would like to request both of you to not mention what you have seen here."
Yugi and Tea both nodded.
"And also," Dumbledore continued. Then he picked up a small pot lying on the floor and cast a spell on it. "This pot is now what we call 'a Portkey.' It has the power to take people across great distances in the blink of an eye. I've charmed it so that it will take both of you to Yugi's bedroom."
Yugi looked at the portkey with a look of sarcasm on his face. "So this pot can take Tea and me to my bedroom in my house?"
"Exactly." Nodded Dumbledore. "And I would like to suggest that you keep your eyes closed. The process could result in a bit of dizziness. Now, when I say 'now', touch the portkey. You don't have to grip it hard. Just a finger or two will be enough."
Yugi nodded and looked at Tea. "Ready?" he asked. She nodded and smiled.
"Ok," said Dumbledore. "NOW!!"
Yugi and Tea touched the pot. It happened at once: Yugi felt as though a hook just behind his navel had been suddenly yanked forwards. His feet had left the ground; he could feel Tea's body a bit further from his own. His hand was stuck to the portkey as though by a strong magnetic attraction. he was being pulled onwards and then-
He found himself on the floor of his own room. It took him a while to realize that he had subconsciously grabbed and held onto Tea's hand. Tea was also dazed.
"Yugi?" she asked. "What are you gonna do now?"
Yugi sighed. "Well, for starters I'm going to read the letter. Then I'm gonna decide whether to go or to stay."
Although Tea was smiling, her thoughts were in turmoil. 'What if Yugi decides to go?' she thought. 'Then I might never see him again. just when things were starting to go the way I wanted!'
Yugi ripped open the letter and started reading it.
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Tadaah! I'm done with chapter two! It didn't come along as fast as I thought it would. My 'Homework from Hell' *disgusted look* keeps following me around! (ooooh! I hate, HATE, HATE homework! Don't you?)
A/n: - The curse that Dumbledore uses on the Horntail is the Conjunctivitus Curse. That's the one Victor Krum uses during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. There was never a description of how the curse looks like, so I personalized it. (heheh)
Anyway, I'll be back with chapter 3. It will feature Marik, Ishizu, Odeon, Nott and Crabbe. Keep an eye out for it, ok? And don't forget to R&R!!
By: -
Millenium Moon
Hey people! I'm back with the second chapter of my HP/YGO crossover fic. Quick wasn't it? I hope u guys enjoyed reading the first chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. ^_^
Previously: - Lord Voldemort learned about the seven Millennium Items and seeks to find them all. He sends Lucius Malfoy and Macnair to Domino City to get the Millennium Puzzle from Yugi. Yugi was on his first date with Tea when Malfoy and Macnair accosted him. Yugi is oblivious of what these strange robed men want, but according to Malfoy; they are going to make a 'deal' with Yugi.
A/n: - I wrote that I'd tell the reader a song, which would go with the chapter so that they can listen while reading. This chapter's song is: - "Bring Me Back To Life" by Evanescence. This chapter doesn't have anything to do with the lyrics of the song. But I feel that the music of the song would add a little life to the action scenes of this chapter. (When I say 'action' I mean major butt-kicking wizard duels! *covers mouth with a horrified expression* oops! I've just said too much!) Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to review! ^^
:::Chapter 2:::
Savior
A man stood up on a high building looking at the crowd near the museum below. He seemed to be looking for someone. And then he smiled; he had found who he was looking for. It was a boy with spiky tri-coloured hair, accompanied by a girl with brown hair.
"There you are Yugi," he said softly. "I was afraid I was too late." then he took something out of his robe's pocket. It was a muggle sweet, better known as a 'Sherbet Lemon.' He unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.
Then he saw the spiky-haired boy being stopped by two men wearing black hooded robes. They seemed to be talking to the boy. Then one of them pulled his hood down to reveal his face.
"Ah Lucius," murmured the man while stroking his long white beard. "Right on schedule. Now it's time for me to step in and interrupt whatever you had planned for little Yugi."
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"A deal?" questioned Yami. "What kind of deal?"
"Our master had decided to start a collection." Answered the one known as Macnair. "we are the collectors so it's our job to take what our master wants."
"Who is your master and what does he want?" demanded Yami. "And what deal do you want to make with me?"
the man named Malfoy answered him. "It's very simple. We want your Millennium Puzzle so hand it over boy or the girl pays the ultimate price!" then Malfoy grabbed Tea by the arm and took out some sort of stick from his robes and pointed it at Tea's throat.
/TEA!!/ cried Yugi through his mind-link. /Yami, you have to save her! We have no idea of what these men are capable of so be careful/
"Yugi!! HELP!" shrieked Tea.
"what can that stick do?" asked Yami as he shot a death-glare at Malfoy.
It was Macnair who answered. "It's a magic wand. It can kill your pretty girlfriend or put her through a fate worse than death. Like this!!" Macnair pointed his 'wand' at a pillar of the museum.
"Reducto!" cried Macnair. An electric-blue blast shot from end of the wand and shattered a huge hole through the pillar resulting in an ear-splitting crash! The sound of the blast alone was enough to scare the crowd so badly that all of them dashed towards the exit.
There was yelling and screaming everywhere. The people who happened to be standing near the pillar that Macnair demolished were either crushed to death or gravely injured.
"See that?" smirked Macnair. "What if that same thing happened to your lovely friend? How long do you think she could survive with a gaping hole in her abdomen? Half a minute? Or maybe about ten seconds? Do you really want me to find out?"
"You wouldn't!" gasped Yami as he observed the scene of utter destruction.
"Oh yes we would," said Malfoy. He sounded both serious and almost gleeful! "I, myself, would take great pleasure in doing much worse to your friend. For example." Malfoy pointed his wand at a teenaged boy who was running past them with a horrified look on his face.
"Crucio!" he murmured. As soon as the spell was said, the boy stopped dead in his tracks. He fell onto the ground and started screaming. Just the sound of his blood-curdling voice sent chills down Yugi's spine. The boy was also twitching uncontrollably. He looked as though he was having a seizure! His eyes were turning blood red and the veins in his arms were starting to bulge.
"ENOUGH!!" cried Yami. "make it stop! Just. stop it." Yami thought he had seen a lot of things during his long life, but he couldn't remember anything as excruciating to watch as this bloody spectacle.
"That was the Cruciatus curse. Pure and uncontrollable pain." Said Malfoy. "Now this one." he pointed his wand at the same boy, who was slowly getting up.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!!" he bellowed. There was a blinding flash of green and a rushing sound, as if a huge, invisible thing was rushing through the air - instantly, the boy fell down again. Unscathed but unmistakably dead!
Yami was so shaken that he didn't realized it when he relinquished control to Yugi. Yugi looked into the life-less eyes of the dead boy before tears started pouring from his eyes.
"W-why?" he sobbed. "W-why?"
"Now about the puzzle," said Malfoy calmly as though nothing had happened. "Had it over or the girl goes next."
Suddenly everything stopped! The fleeing crown froze in their positions. Their mouths were open but no sound came out. There was an eerie silence. It was as though time had stopped!
"What the hell?" cursed Malfoy in English. Although Yugi couldn't speak in English he could still understand it. "Did you do that Macnair?"
"No!" said a worried Macnair. "There shouldn't be any other wizards in this area. I made sure of it!"
"Hello Lucius and Macnair." Said a soft voice. It was an elderly man. He was wearing robes of midnight blue. But what made this man extraordinary was his long silvery hair and even longer silver beard. Indeed, his beard was so long that he had to tuck it under his belt.
"Dumbledore?!?!" cried both Malfoy and Macnair. Malfoy was the first to recover from his shocked state. "My, my. This is a surprise." He sneered.
"Yes indeed, Lucius." Said the man named Dumbledore. His eyes seemed to twinkle with a friendly light. "We do meet at the strangest places."
"You probably want the boy Dumbledore," said Macnair venomously. "But I'm sorry to inform you that the boy comes with us. All your efforts to stop us will be futile. I could summon a horde of Death Eaters at the blink of an eye!"
"I'm aware of what you can do Macnair, having taught you some of what you know at Hogwarts." Said Dumbledore calmly. "But I am surprised that you refer to yourselves as Death Eaters. I had assumed that both of you carried out your lord's commands in secret for the fear of being exposed and ruining your spotless reputations."
"Times change Dumbledore." Spat Macnair. "And besides, there's a muggle saying; 'Dead men tell no tales.' The same can be said for you Dumbledore for you are about to meet your delayed demise."
"I see," murmured Dumbledore. "But Yugi cannot go with you." And he looked at Yugi with a kind look on his face.
"And I suppose you are going to stop us?" snarled Malfoy. "I guess you want to meet your end with a blaze of glory? I'll be only too happy to light the fire." He pointed his wand at Dumbledore. "Incendio!"
a jet of sea-blue flames burst out of Malfoy's wand tip and shot towards Dumbledore, who conjured up some kind of magical barrier, which ricocheted the spell back towards Malfoy. Malfoy was forced to let Tea go and dive to the floor to avoid the reflected spell.
Tea hastily crawled towards Yugi and threw her arms around him as soon as he came within arm's reach.
"Oh Yugi!" she cried. "I thought I was gonna die!" then she started crying into Yugi's shoulder.
Yugi clutched Tea with a dazed look on his face. He found it difficult to absorb what was happening:- Tea was in his arms! Tea! In his arms! Even through all the death and destruction, Yugi felt strangely blissful.
Meanwhile, the battle between Dumbledore, Malfoy and Macnair was heating up. Although Dumbledore was out-numbered, he seemed to have the upper hand. Neither Malfoy nor Macnair had been able to penetrate his magical barrier with magic and they had not resorted to the three Unforgivable Curses yet.
"If magic can't penetrate this shield." snarled Macnair. "Then how about a physical attack!" he pointed his wand at one of the dinosaur skeletons, which were erected around the entrance door and whispered a string of inaudible words.
A purple coloured mist shot out from Macnair's wand tip and enveloped the skeleton. As soon as the mist had enveloped the entire skeleton, it began to change. Two extra bones sprouted from its backside and its skull's shape changed.
Within a few seconds the whole skeleton had morphed into what, to Yugi, looked like the skeletal-structure of a Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but with a longer tail.
The huge skeleton was thickening and turning a greenish-red. Huge internal organs, such as lungs, heart and stomach appeared with a series of sickening pop-sounds. Veins as thick as ropes grew out of from the heart and covered most of the creature's body. Yugi noticed that there were lots of nerve-endings near where the eyes should be. And then, the flesh stated turning into a jet-black colour. Within seconds, what looked remarkably like a Red Eyes Black Dragon lay roaring in front of them.
"Do you like this spell Dumbledore?" sneered Macnair. "I created it myself. It lets me turn any object into any magical creature that I had previously killed and places it under my control. And my choice for this occasion is, as you may have guessed, a Hungarian Horntail!"
"Let's see you defeat a Horntail single-handed Dumbledore!" smirked Malfoy.
Macnair ran towards the dragon, who lowered its wings so that Macnair could climb onto it's back. As he settled into his 'seat' on the dragon, Yugi had a fleeting memory of his when his Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight fused into Gaia the Dragon Champion.
Macnair was laughing insanely as his dragon reared-up and lunged at Dumbledore, who disappeared with a swish of his cloak. Yugi watched dumbstruck as Dumbledore reappeared behind Malfoy and flicked his wand. Malfoy, who hadn't noticed Dumbledore, was extremely surprised when silvery ropes shot out from the ground below him and bound him in their seemingly inescapable grasp.
Macnair's dragon opened its gaping mouth and breathed out what looked like a blast of fire! Dumbledore waved his wand and the burst of flame was extinguished with a loud hiss.
Then Dumbledore pointed his wand at the dragon's eyes and muttered an inaudible phrase. There was a silvery-red flash and the next-thing Yugi saw was the dragon flailing about and roaring as loudly as it's vocal cords permitted. The same silvery-red light that shot out of Dumbledore's wand surrounded the dragon's head. The light seemed to be burning the dragon's eyes at an alarming rate!
Macnair was receiving a hearty thrashing as his dragon went berserk. The dragon gave a particularly vicious roar and shook itself causing Macnair to be thrown across the room. As soon as Macnair was separated from the dragon, the spell ended. But to Yugi's horror, there two smoldering holes where the dragon's eyes should have been!
Then Dumbledore flicked his wand. This time the enormous dragon started shrinking and changing colour to a shade of brown. In a few seconds, the once proud and strong dragon had been changed into a one-and-half inch common gecko! Yugi couldn't help smiling at this hilarious scene.
Macnair slowly got up to his feet and looked around to see where his dragon had gone. His eyes fell on the gecko, which was now crawling towards him.
"My dragon." Croaked Macnair. "You vanquished my ultimate creature! How? How?"
Dumbledore smiled before responding, "I noticed the spell that you used was a modified form of Transfiguration. Having taught Transfiguration at Hogwarts for some time, I was quick to realize that since you could transfigure the object, I could do the same!" then he raised his wand. "Now look at your 'dragon.' It is reduced to a creature that can barely harm a fly."
Macnair's expression was one of fury. He threw his wand onto the floor and dashed towards Dumbledore with his hands in fists. Dumbledore whipped his wand out and bellowed a phrase.
"STUPEFY!!" a jet of red light exploded from Dumbledore's wand and hit Macnair straight in the chest. The impact of the spell caused Macnair to fly through the air before landing in a glass display case, with a loud 'CRASH'! he did not move again.
Dumbledore calmly pocketed his wand and walked towards Yugi and Tea. he smiled at them and helped Yugi to his feet.
"Hello Yugi," he said in Japanese. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I am here to offer you what I believe is a wonderful opportunity; to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"What?" said Yugi, who was taken by surprise. "A school? Witchcraft? Wizardry?"
//This old man is crazy Yugi.// said Yami from his soul room. //even I know there isn't any magic nowadays, let alone a school! I wouldn't trust him if I were you.//
/why not?/ demanded Yugi. /He just saved our lives by defeating the people who attacked us. And besides, how could he perform those incredible things without some sort of magic? I'm gonna listen to what he has to say!/
"Yes," said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling. "It is a school where we take in young individuals, such as yourself, who possess magical powers and teach them to harness it and use it in a responsible manner."
"Magical powers?" said Yugi. "I'm afraid you must have made a mistake. I have no magical powers of any sort."
"No, no." chuckled Dumbledore. "I'm sure you have magical powers. And I'm not referring to the shadow powers used by the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle."
"W-what?" Yugi was positively shocked. "How do you know about Yami and his shadow powers?" at that moment Yami took over.
"Yes, how do you know?" he demanded.
"So you are the spirit of the puzzle?" questioned Dumbledore. "Please to meet you!" He extended his hand to Yami who reluctantly shook it. "As for how I know about you, well, let's just say that there are several books in the magical world about you."
"Books? All about me?" Yami's eyes narrowed. "About my past?"
"Certainly." said Dumbledore. "But I would like to speak to Yugi, if you please."
"Very well." Muttered Yami before retreating back into the puzzle.
"Yugi," said Dumbledore. "I would like to answer all the questions which you might have, but I need to-" he gestured the scene for destruction around him. "-sort things out here." Then he took out a letter from his robes. "This letter will answer any question you might want to know about Hogwarts and the history of the magical world."
"But where can I find you again?" asked Yugi. "I will need to answer your request to join your school."
"Don't worry about finding me Yugi." Smiled Dumbledore. "I will find you. And in the meantime, I would like to request both of you to not mention what you have seen here."
Yugi and Tea both nodded.
"And also," Dumbledore continued. Then he picked up a small pot lying on the floor and cast a spell on it. "This pot is now what we call 'a Portkey.' It has the power to take people across great distances in the blink of an eye. I've charmed it so that it will take both of you to Yugi's bedroom."
Yugi looked at the portkey with a look of sarcasm on his face. "So this pot can take Tea and me to my bedroom in my house?"
"Exactly." Nodded Dumbledore. "And I would like to suggest that you keep your eyes closed. The process could result in a bit of dizziness. Now, when I say 'now', touch the portkey. You don't have to grip it hard. Just a finger or two will be enough."
Yugi nodded and looked at Tea. "Ready?" he asked. She nodded and smiled.
"Ok," said Dumbledore. "NOW!!"
Yugi and Tea touched the pot. It happened at once: Yugi felt as though a hook just behind his navel had been suddenly yanked forwards. His feet had left the ground; he could feel Tea's body a bit further from his own. His hand was stuck to the portkey as though by a strong magnetic attraction. he was being pulled onwards and then-
He found himself on the floor of his own room. It took him a while to realize that he had subconsciously grabbed and held onto Tea's hand. Tea was also dazed.
"Yugi?" she asked. "What are you gonna do now?"
Yugi sighed. "Well, for starters I'm going to read the letter. Then I'm gonna decide whether to go or to stay."
Although Tea was smiling, her thoughts were in turmoil. 'What if Yugi decides to go?' she thought. 'Then I might never see him again. just when things were starting to go the way I wanted!'
Yugi ripped open the letter and started reading it.
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Tadaah! I'm done with chapter two! It didn't come along as fast as I thought it would. My 'Homework from Hell' *disgusted look* keeps following me around! (ooooh! I hate, HATE, HATE homework! Don't you?)
A/n: - The curse that Dumbledore uses on the Horntail is the Conjunctivitus Curse. That's the one Victor Krum uses during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. There was never a description of how the curse looks like, so I personalized it. (heheh)
Anyway, I'll be back with chapter 3. It will feature Marik, Ishizu, Odeon, Nott and Crabbe. Keep an eye out for it, ok? And don't forget to R&R!!