A/N Ok, I'm updating really really quickly just so people can actually get
into the story. That first chapter was really just a prelude and not that
interesting so I'm gonna update a little quicker until I actually get into
the story properly. Plus I'm going on camp tomorrow _ unfortunately. Oh
well, at least I'll have reviews *hint hint* to look forward to ^_^. And
with that onto the second chapter as the story actually begins to grow a
backbone...I mean a plot.
CHAPTER 2. It's Beginning
A lot had changed since that time four years ago. The most significant change was that he had finally discovered his heritage and found out that he was a wizard. As well as this he was currently attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had grown a considerable amount in the time and had somehow grown into his looks. The one thing that hadn't changed very much were his summers.
It was on one of these summer days that Harry lay on his bed, just like he had four years ago, looking at the house next door. He hadn't really thought much about it until that point, but for some reason it suddenly struck him how empty the house was. The Kaiba's had never come back. He'd subconsciously waited for them, the chance to talk to someone during the long dreary days of summer. The fact that he could write to his friends at Hogwarts made it a little more bearable, but it was nothing compared to face-to-face conversation. Conversation was something Harry had been significantly lacking these holidays and he'd liked to have someone, anyone, other than his family to talk to.
He sat at his window in a half daze, not really paying attention to anything around him, when something hit him in a big wave of déja-vu. A car was pulling in outside the house next door. No one ever pulled in there unless....
Harry was quickly alert and watched as a fancy stretch limo breaked in the driveway. It had to be them...it just had to be. He stared avidly at one of the passenger doors as it opened and out stepped...a complete stranger. A stranger not in just that they had never met before, but because he had never met anyone who looked remotely like this boy. He stretched and moved around to the back of the car.
His hair was three separate colours and was spiked into several points around his head. He was very short with large purple eyes and wore most leather and buckles, topped off with a large pyramid-shaped golden pendant hanging around his neck on a chain. Very odd indeed.
After this boy had stepped out of the way, the second person to emerge from the car, while still looking distinctly odd, was not nearly as bizarre as the other boy. He had long snowy white hair and big brown eyes. He wore a white shirt, covered by a blue jacket and had a large golden ring- shaped pendant, similar to that of the other boy.
Suddenly the white haired boy's ring glowed and his eyes narrowed. Harry watched as he said something to the other boy, whose pendant glowed and his eyes narrowed similarly. He looked especially cocky as he said something back to the other boy and before Harry could take in what had happened the white haired one was attempting to strangle the other.
It was at this point another person emerged from the car, and instead of trying to stop the two others killing each other, he leaned on the car, watching them and laughing. He had tanned skin and shoulder length blond hair. He wore what seemed to be an excessive amount of jewellery, which included two large earrings and gold rings on his neck and arms. He had a white sleeveless shirt on with two small chains on the front and blue jeans. He twirled a golden rod around his fingers and continued laughing at the other two's attempts on each others lives.
The last two people to exit the car were none other than the two he had been thinking of a few minutes earlier; Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, both who had grown up a lot. Seto, who before had looked well above his years, now looked fully grown even though he could only be a few years old than Harry. He was wearing a suit covered by a trench coat that seemed to be set on automatic-dramatic-billow effect. Mokuba still looked youthful though you could tell he too had grown up a lot.
Mokuba rolled his eyes at the two odd looking boys on the ground, before Seto walked over to them, kicked them and yelled something at them. They huffed and got up, still shooting each other dirty looks. Everyone grabbed their bags out of the boot of the car and dragged their stuff inside.
Harry sat there for a few more moments with his eyes wide open, trying to take in what he'd just seen. Some very strange people had just taken up residency with the Kaiba brothers next door, who had finally come back after four years......COOL!! Harry grinned punched the air with his hand, maybe this summer wasn't going to be quit as bad as the rest.
1 Week Earlier.....
Yugi Motou, child champion of Duel Monsters and vessel to an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's Spirit, was bored. It wasn't that his life was dull, far from it. He had travelled far and wide and been on more adventures and had been put in more dangerous situations than most in their entire lifetime. It wasn't this that troubled him; it was the fact that right now he had nothing to do.
He was sitting in front of the TV on the couch, flipping through channels absent-mindedly. He felt the power of his Millennium Puzzle activate and soon saw the spirit form of his Yami form next to him.
"Aibou, what are you doing?" Yami asked tiredly, it was mid-morning and he had just woken up. Yugi sighed and turned the TV off.
"Nothing much."
"Yugi!" Yugi's Grandpa called from the kitchen "There's a letter here for you!"
"Coming!" Yugi said, half standing, half rolling off the couch as Yami followed him. They walked into the kitchen and grabbed the envelope on the corner of the table. "Any idea who it's from?" he asked, inspecting it carefully.
"I'm not sure, but it looks very official. It's probably an invitation to a Duellist Competition or something like that." Yugi's Grandpa replied sorting through the rest of the mail.
"Yeah probably." Yugi said, ripping the seal on the envelope and pulling out several pieces of paper. The top one was a plane ticket to England that left in one month, the second one seemed to be a list of sorts and the bottom one, a letter. After glancing at the ticket, Yugi folded open the letter and read it.
"Hey Yami, what do you make of this?" Yugi passed the letter to his Darker side. Yami grabbed the paper and read what was written on it:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Motou,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Due to special circumstances you shall be starting in the fourth grade. We shall discuss your position on arrival. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl as soon as possible. Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
Yami paused after he had finished reading and gave his Hikari a sceptical look.
"It can't be real Aibou. There's no way something like this could exist without my knowledge." he said, "It has to be a joke. Maybe Jounouchi or Honda did this, I'm not sure. Maybe even one of Kaiba's elaborate schemes's to duel you. You should ask them for assurance."
"But Yami...this plane ticket looks real enough." Yugi said, holding it up to the light, as if to unmask it's secret. "They wouldn't go so far as to buy an actual ticket if it was a joke! Do you know how much these cost?"
"Yes, but there's still the possibility. Though Kaiba could definitely afford it...You should still check before you go rushing into anything."
"I guess so Yami, but I can't help wondering...if it does turn out to be real what then?"
"What will happen will happen. We can deal with it when the time comes."
Later that day....
"Sorry, I'm late Jou.....Kaiba?!" Yugi said, shocked. For it wasn't only Jounouchi that was there waiting for him at the arcade, Kaiba was too and he seemed to be more than a little peeved about something. Yugi could tell this from the way he was holding his golden haired friend half a meter above the ground and was shaking him. He noticed that Kaiba held in his hand an envelope similar to his own. "Kaiba! Put Jou down!" Yami yelled, appearing in place of Yugi.
"Stay out of this Yugi! He tried to trick me and now he shall pay!" Kaiba glared
"I don't know what you're talking about!!" Jounouchi yelled in an irritated voice
"I don't know what you were trying to pull puppy..." Kaiba growled
"Kaiba! I got one too!" Yugi said, switching back to himself quickly before the situation got messy
"What?!"
"A letter I mean. Like the one in your hand! That's what this is about right?"
"You made this letter?" Kaiba asked, dropping Jou onto the floor
"Watch it you..." Jou started
"No, no. But I got one too in the mail today."
"And it isn't from the Puppy?"
"No, I don't think Jounouchi wrote this letter...you didn't did you Jou?" Yugi asked his friend
"I don't know what it is Yugi, but whatever it is I'm sure I didn't write it." Jounouchi winced and stood up, rubbing his neck where Kaiba had been holding him.
"Ok Jou, it's just that...." Yugi started
"You must go there." a voice cut in from behind them. They all turned suddenly to see...
"Shadi!!" Yugi exclaimed, taking a small step backwards
"All those who are chosen must go." Shadi said simply
"Chosen? Go where?" Jounouchi asked,
"Those chosen to journey must accept their path. It is destiny, future and fate. It is unavoidable."
"The letter...we must go to this place in England?" Yugi asked,
"I don't have to go anywhere! I've proved it before, my future is my decision. Fate does not control me and it never will!" Kaiba yelled
"Don't talk destiny with Mr. High-Strung here." Jou laughed, jabbing his thumb towards Seto
"Quiet puppy." Kaiba glared as Jounouchi continued to snigger.
"Though you may have avoided the future previously, this is inescapable. It will lead you to greater things that shall be required at later times." Shadi said, unperturbed by Kaiba's outburst
"Greater things? What sort of greater things?" Yugi asked warily. His previous run-ins with Shadi seemed to always lead to danger.
"Greater things only you and those invited along your journey can find." Shadi said. Yugi winced.
"Can't you ever be straight forward?" he asked. This warranted a small chuckled from Shadi.
"No, it's not in the job description."
Later that day...
"Moshi moshi?" Yugi said, answering the phone
"Yugi! It's me." came Bakura Ryou's voice from the other end
"Oh hi Ryou. How are you?" Yugi chirped,
"Good thanks, um listen Yugi. I was wondering if you'd gotten any....er.....strange mail lately?" Ryou asked nervously. Yugi could almost see him fidgeting.
"You got one too then?"
"Pardon?"
"The letter Ryou, the letter! The one to the weird school in England."
"Oh, so you did...I mean....Do you think it's real Yugi?"
"According to Shadi, who by the way just happened to turn up, it is."
"....Oh. That means it has something to do with our Millennium Items right?"
"Well that's what I thought as well, but you see Kaiba got one too."
"Kaiba?! But he doesn't....does he? I mean what relation does he have to the Millennium Items?"
"I know that his previous incarnate was a Priest serving the Pharaoh in Egypt. I'm guessing it has something to do with that."
"Probably, and that might mean Malik's involved too. I think I'll email him to check ok?"
"Sounds good. Call me back when you get a reply. Bye for now Ryou!"
"Bye Yugi!" Yugi heard the dial tone and placed the phone on the hook. "Yami?"
"Yes Aibou?" Yugi's darker half answered, appearing next to him
"What do you think of all this now?"
"It seems to be becoming increasingly obvious that this is real. As strange as it seems even I am starting to believe in this. I think we may have an adventure ahead of us my Hikari."
CHAPTER 2. It's Beginning
A lot had changed since that time four years ago. The most significant change was that he had finally discovered his heritage and found out that he was a wizard. As well as this he was currently attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had grown a considerable amount in the time and had somehow grown into his looks. The one thing that hadn't changed very much were his summers.
It was on one of these summer days that Harry lay on his bed, just like he had four years ago, looking at the house next door. He hadn't really thought much about it until that point, but for some reason it suddenly struck him how empty the house was. The Kaiba's had never come back. He'd subconsciously waited for them, the chance to talk to someone during the long dreary days of summer. The fact that he could write to his friends at Hogwarts made it a little more bearable, but it was nothing compared to face-to-face conversation. Conversation was something Harry had been significantly lacking these holidays and he'd liked to have someone, anyone, other than his family to talk to.
He sat at his window in a half daze, not really paying attention to anything around him, when something hit him in a big wave of déja-vu. A car was pulling in outside the house next door. No one ever pulled in there unless....
Harry was quickly alert and watched as a fancy stretch limo breaked in the driveway. It had to be them...it just had to be. He stared avidly at one of the passenger doors as it opened and out stepped...a complete stranger. A stranger not in just that they had never met before, but because he had never met anyone who looked remotely like this boy. He stretched and moved around to the back of the car.
His hair was three separate colours and was spiked into several points around his head. He was very short with large purple eyes and wore most leather and buckles, topped off with a large pyramid-shaped golden pendant hanging around his neck on a chain. Very odd indeed.
After this boy had stepped out of the way, the second person to emerge from the car, while still looking distinctly odd, was not nearly as bizarre as the other boy. He had long snowy white hair and big brown eyes. He wore a white shirt, covered by a blue jacket and had a large golden ring- shaped pendant, similar to that of the other boy.
Suddenly the white haired boy's ring glowed and his eyes narrowed. Harry watched as he said something to the other boy, whose pendant glowed and his eyes narrowed similarly. He looked especially cocky as he said something back to the other boy and before Harry could take in what had happened the white haired one was attempting to strangle the other.
It was at this point another person emerged from the car, and instead of trying to stop the two others killing each other, he leaned on the car, watching them and laughing. He had tanned skin and shoulder length blond hair. He wore what seemed to be an excessive amount of jewellery, which included two large earrings and gold rings on his neck and arms. He had a white sleeveless shirt on with two small chains on the front and blue jeans. He twirled a golden rod around his fingers and continued laughing at the other two's attempts on each others lives.
The last two people to exit the car were none other than the two he had been thinking of a few minutes earlier; Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, both who had grown up a lot. Seto, who before had looked well above his years, now looked fully grown even though he could only be a few years old than Harry. He was wearing a suit covered by a trench coat that seemed to be set on automatic-dramatic-billow effect. Mokuba still looked youthful though you could tell he too had grown up a lot.
Mokuba rolled his eyes at the two odd looking boys on the ground, before Seto walked over to them, kicked them and yelled something at them. They huffed and got up, still shooting each other dirty looks. Everyone grabbed their bags out of the boot of the car and dragged their stuff inside.
Harry sat there for a few more moments with his eyes wide open, trying to take in what he'd just seen. Some very strange people had just taken up residency with the Kaiba brothers next door, who had finally come back after four years......COOL!! Harry grinned punched the air with his hand, maybe this summer wasn't going to be quit as bad as the rest.
1 Week Earlier.....
Yugi Motou, child champion of Duel Monsters and vessel to an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's Spirit, was bored. It wasn't that his life was dull, far from it. He had travelled far and wide and been on more adventures and had been put in more dangerous situations than most in their entire lifetime. It wasn't this that troubled him; it was the fact that right now he had nothing to do.
He was sitting in front of the TV on the couch, flipping through channels absent-mindedly. He felt the power of his Millennium Puzzle activate and soon saw the spirit form of his Yami form next to him.
"Aibou, what are you doing?" Yami asked tiredly, it was mid-morning and he had just woken up. Yugi sighed and turned the TV off.
"Nothing much."
"Yugi!" Yugi's Grandpa called from the kitchen "There's a letter here for you!"
"Coming!" Yugi said, half standing, half rolling off the couch as Yami followed him. They walked into the kitchen and grabbed the envelope on the corner of the table. "Any idea who it's from?" he asked, inspecting it carefully.
"I'm not sure, but it looks very official. It's probably an invitation to a Duellist Competition or something like that." Yugi's Grandpa replied sorting through the rest of the mail.
"Yeah probably." Yugi said, ripping the seal on the envelope and pulling out several pieces of paper. The top one was a plane ticket to England that left in one month, the second one seemed to be a list of sorts and the bottom one, a letter. After glancing at the ticket, Yugi folded open the letter and read it.
"Hey Yami, what do you make of this?" Yugi passed the letter to his Darker side. Yami grabbed the paper and read what was written on it:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Motou,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Due to special circumstances you shall be starting in the fourth grade. We shall discuss your position on arrival. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl as soon as possible. Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
Yami paused after he had finished reading and gave his Hikari a sceptical look.
"It can't be real Aibou. There's no way something like this could exist without my knowledge." he said, "It has to be a joke. Maybe Jounouchi or Honda did this, I'm not sure. Maybe even one of Kaiba's elaborate schemes's to duel you. You should ask them for assurance."
"But Yami...this plane ticket looks real enough." Yugi said, holding it up to the light, as if to unmask it's secret. "They wouldn't go so far as to buy an actual ticket if it was a joke! Do you know how much these cost?"
"Yes, but there's still the possibility. Though Kaiba could definitely afford it...You should still check before you go rushing into anything."
"I guess so Yami, but I can't help wondering...if it does turn out to be real what then?"
"What will happen will happen. We can deal with it when the time comes."
Later that day....
"Sorry, I'm late Jou.....Kaiba?!" Yugi said, shocked. For it wasn't only Jounouchi that was there waiting for him at the arcade, Kaiba was too and he seemed to be more than a little peeved about something. Yugi could tell this from the way he was holding his golden haired friend half a meter above the ground and was shaking him. He noticed that Kaiba held in his hand an envelope similar to his own. "Kaiba! Put Jou down!" Yami yelled, appearing in place of Yugi.
"Stay out of this Yugi! He tried to trick me and now he shall pay!" Kaiba glared
"I don't know what you're talking about!!" Jounouchi yelled in an irritated voice
"I don't know what you were trying to pull puppy..." Kaiba growled
"Kaiba! I got one too!" Yugi said, switching back to himself quickly before the situation got messy
"What?!"
"A letter I mean. Like the one in your hand! That's what this is about right?"
"You made this letter?" Kaiba asked, dropping Jou onto the floor
"Watch it you..." Jou started
"No, no. But I got one too in the mail today."
"And it isn't from the Puppy?"
"No, I don't think Jounouchi wrote this letter...you didn't did you Jou?" Yugi asked his friend
"I don't know what it is Yugi, but whatever it is I'm sure I didn't write it." Jounouchi winced and stood up, rubbing his neck where Kaiba had been holding him.
"Ok Jou, it's just that...." Yugi started
"You must go there." a voice cut in from behind them. They all turned suddenly to see...
"Shadi!!" Yugi exclaimed, taking a small step backwards
"All those who are chosen must go." Shadi said simply
"Chosen? Go where?" Jounouchi asked,
"Those chosen to journey must accept their path. It is destiny, future and fate. It is unavoidable."
"The letter...we must go to this place in England?" Yugi asked,
"I don't have to go anywhere! I've proved it before, my future is my decision. Fate does not control me and it never will!" Kaiba yelled
"Don't talk destiny with Mr. High-Strung here." Jou laughed, jabbing his thumb towards Seto
"Quiet puppy." Kaiba glared as Jounouchi continued to snigger.
"Though you may have avoided the future previously, this is inescapable. It will lead you to greater things that shall be required at later times." Shadi said, unperturbed by Kaiba's outburst
"Greater things? What sort of greater things?" Yugi asked warily. His previous run-ins with Shadi seemed to always lead to danger.
"Greater things only you and those invited along your journey can find." Shadi said. Yugi winced.
"Can't you ever be straight forward?" he asked. This warranted a small chuckled from Shadi.
"No, it's not in the job description."
Later that day...
"Moshi moshi?" Yugi said, answering the phone
"Yugi! It's me." came Bakura Ryou's voice from the other end
"Oh hi Ryou. How are you?" Yugi chirped,
"Good thanks, um listen Yugi. I was wondering if you'd gotten any....er.....strange mail lately?" Ryou asked nervously. Yugi could almost see him fidgeting.
"You got one too then?"
"Pardon?"
"The letter Ryou, the letter! The one to the weird school in England."
"Oh, so you did...I mean....Do you think it's real Yugi?"
"According to Shadi, who by the way just happened to turn up, it is."
"....Oh. That means it has something to do with our Millennium Items right?"
"Well that's what I thought as well, but you see Kaiba got one too."
"Kaiba?! But he doesn't....does he? I mean what relation does he have to the Millennium Items?"
"I know that his previous incarnate was a Priest serving the Pharaoh in Egypt. I'm guessing it has something to do with that."
"Probably, and that might mean Malik's involved too. I think I'll email him to check ok?"
"Sounds good. Call me back when you get a reply. Bye for now Ryou!"
"Bye Yugi!" Yugi heard the dial tone and placed the phone on the hook. "Yami?"
"Yes Aibou?" Yugi's darker half answered, appearing next to him
"What do you think of all this now?"
"It seems to be becoming increasingly obvious that this is real. As strange as it seems even I am starting to believe in this. I think we may have an adventure ahead of us my Hikari."