A/N: Another chapter!! Yaaaay! I've only got one more exam left!
Yaaaaaay!!! ANIME CONVENTION TOMORROW!! YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! Can't wait ^_^ It's
only been Spring for 12 days and already it's feeling like Summer -___-; I
think it's going to be another deadeningly hot Christmas coming! Lol,
somehow I don't think you'd care to hear my summer annecdotes so I'm going
to move on now to Review Responses!!
Quatre Winner: Dust bunnies eh? O_o;; Lol, glad you like!
Juu-kun: Sorry! At least it isn't Gryffindor right? Right?! @_@
Yami's-Girl: Nope, haven't read it! But I might just have to go hunt it down, who's the author? Sorry I didn't email you, I kind forgot. Add me to MSN of AOL if you want to talk!
Wolf Youkai Mistress of Canines: Nope, completely different plot to the 4th book! All of my own evil devising! *laughs insanely* er... sorry about that ^^;;
DragonMistress1: I am so going to forever keep writing this :P I'm hoping anyway! Glad you like!
Nezumi and Lylli Riddle: Who are you sorting? I think I'm just slow not to be able to work it out. Or is it what houses you think they should be in?
Althe: Umm...I'll take that as a complement ^^;; Nah, the story's gonna have nothing to do with the 4th book....though the real Shadi in a trunk would be very funny. You like Orphen?! Orphen is really really cool! Hartia is such a fanboy, he makes me laugh :P
Midnight Fairy: sad songs? Hmm...I'm not one for listening to sad songs but here are a few off the top of my head that might suit: Moonlight Shadow (the DDR version, so cool!), You give love a bad name - Bon Jovi, Crucify - Tori Amos (this song is sooo sad), if you want anime songs the Ayashi no Ceres OP, Scarlet would be good.
Yuumei_Akutenshi: I read fanfiction at school too :P Unfortunately it's usually when I should be doing work! One of the best? Thanx ^_^
The Seasyngr: I'm not sure, probably the manga Shadi but I'll see what works best. It might be more funny if he's more cruel ^^
ChibiMalik: Yeah, Zelda is the bomb! I'm already getting the bits of the Triforce (the one thing I always wanted to do in OoT _) and it's sooooo cool!
Glomps to The Mad Tortoise, labyrinth of chaos, Lady Light, Grl Battousai, crazydominodragongirl, DHASN, Anime Lover, BishounenzAngel, Ice-Spirit Phoenix, C.M Aeris Queen of Insanity, manga_nut, Tyger and Darkdracofire, Dee-whY-Cee-aRe, Artemis*Obscure, WildBlackWolf and Civia, Setine, Millenium Dreamer, Mistress of Ice, evil-bakura20032001, Eternal Dreamer, Spiderfan, Dragona 2007, ??? and Tramontana Keeper for reviewing this humble fic for this humble *cough cough* author.
Listening to while writing this: Star Wars Parody - Weird Al Yankovic
CHAPTER 11. A New Home
"Why is he here?" Ryou asked Yugi, his eyes widening slightly
"I don't know. This can't be good..." Yugi frowned. While Shadi most often interfered with everything he usually kept his distance, only leaving clues and twisted words. He had never directly come in any of the previous times something big had happened.
"Do you guys know him?" Harry asked, catching the few words spoken
"Sort of..." was all Yugi would say. Meanwhile at the Ravenclaw table...
"Why?" Malik banged his head on the table, "Why?!" bang, "Why?!" bang, "Why him?!"
"You're going to give yourself a concussion Ishtar." Kaiba smirked
"Better than having him as a teacher!" Malik pointed in anguish the Shadi's now seated figure. As he did so, Shadi looked up and gave him a slightly unnerving smile. Malik looked away, his eyes widened.
"Why aren't you worried?!" he said to Kaiba.
"Because there's nothing we can do about it. It's not worth worrying about something you can't change." Kaiba said
"...I guess so...." Malik still looked worried but this was partly because it almost seemed like Kaiba was being nice to him...
"That and he'll mostly be going for you and not me." Seto Kaiba added, smiling evilly at the after-thought. Or not, Malik thought.
The feast ended and the plates were cleared after everyone had eaten their fill. It was at this point that Dumbledore stood to address the school.
"I must say that it is wonderful to have you all here for another year at Hogwarts!" he beamed at everyone, "But before you all leave for your dormitaries I have a few announcements. Mr Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell everyone that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has grown by some 100 items. The list is available for viewing in Mr Filch's office if anyone would like to check it." Dumbledore allowed himself a small smile before continuing, "As ever, I would like to remind everyone that the Forbidden Forest is, as its name suggests, strictly forbidden, as is Hogsmeade to all students below the third year. As well as this you should take care to note that this year the Third Hallway down the stairs from the Dungeons is on all accounts to be avoided. Any students caught in this area will be delt with in the harshest manner."
"I didn't even know that there were stairs down from the Dungeons, let alone any hallways." Ron whispered. Harry and Hermione nodded, both looking slightly worried and curious.
"I think that's all for now! When you leave, make sure you follow the prefects of your house and get some good sleep tonight! You'll need it for classes tomorrow. And the four new students entering the fourth year, would you please come up to see me for a brief visit after the rest of the students have left."
"We'll see you guys later then." Harry, Hermione and Ron said, before following the prefects up to the dorms. Yugi and Ryou waved Kaiba and Malik over from the other table and together they made their way up to the teacher's table.
"You wanted to see us Headmaster?" Yugi chirped,
"Ah yes, follow me please. Proffessor Shadi? Yes thankyou." he said as the four and Shadi followed Dumbledore around what seemed to be half the school before coming to a stone statue of a gargoyle. "Pocky!" he said, as the statue came to life and jumped out of the way, showing a stairwell which they all climbed.
"Proffessor Shadi, you can go ahead." the Headmaster smiled
"You may be wondering why I am here and rest assured I'm not going to tell you so don't bother asking. I just wanted to give you one piece of advice. Be careful while doing dangerous things." Shadi said, completely serious. Malik smirked slightly.
"Umm...ok." Yugi said
"And also call me Proffessor Shadi from now on." Shadi said, "I wouldn't want you getting embarassed now, would I?" he gave Malik a hard look, which made the blond haired boy gulp
"Is that all?" Yugi asked quietly
"That is all." Shadi confirmed
"So that's that. I'll now escort these four to their dormitaries. Goodnight, I'll see you in the morning. I hear we're having crumpets! I really can't wait!" Dumbledore smiled, leading the boys down the stairs, "I trust you can find the way back to your sleeping quarters Proffessor Shadi?"
"I can. I know my way around this school very well..." Shadi smiled and Malik winced again. Was it just him or was there more to that sentence than at first glance.
"Hurry along boys, you must get to bed swiftly." Dumbledore ushered them down the staircase and to their rooms.
Later on....
After entering through the portrait (the password being Balderdash), Ryou and Yugi made their way through the toasty warm common room, where a few scant people sat, and up the spiral staircase.
"You finally made it!" Harry and Ron welcomed the two into their room
"Wow, nice beds!" Ryou reclined on his four-poster bed and closing his eyes
"Hey you must be the new guys right?" a boy with sandy coloured hair entered the room. "Im Seamus Finnigan! Nice to meet you. Hey Dean, come up here!" he leaned out the door. The sound of scuffling feet was heard before another face appeared next to Seamus'.
"I'm Dean Thomas, you're Yugi and Ryou right?" Dean said, "Hope you enjoy Hogwarts! Hey Seamus, c'mon, you left half way through our game! Nice to meet you two!" they hurried back down the stairs
"That was...abrupt." Yugi said
"What did Dumbledore want to see you guys about?" Harry asked
"Hmm? Oh nothing much." Yugi said. Well it was partly true, who knows if Shadi was saying something important or just trying to confuse and torment them.
"Oh...ok then." Harry was looking at Bakura Ryou, who had that familiar scary look in his eyes
"So what do you guys do around here for fun?" Yami Bakura grinned somewhat preditorally, sitting up and resting his chin on his knee.
"Well we play Quidditch of course!" Ron said, completely missing the change of personality
"What's Quidditch?" Yami asked, appearing. He curious as well as nervous about Yami Bakura's appearance.
"Blimey, that's right! You're all muggle borns!" Ron said, "Imagine not growing up with Quidditch!"
"Don't rub it in Ron, I didn't know what it was either." Harry warned his friend
"Yeah yeah I know." Ron said, only deflating slightly, "Well you see Quidditch is a game played on broomsticks. Broomsticks which fly you know? Yes well it's a really fun game!"
"Flying broomsticks?" Yami raised his eyebrows
"Do many people get hurt in this 'Quidditch'?" Yami Bakura asked
"Sometimes yes, it's a dangerous sport!" Ron said, still happy to talk about one of the loves of his life
"Sounds...interesting. Has potential." Bakura continued in what seemed a slightly manic fashion. Yugi and Yami wondered quietly what he ment by potential, but kept their thoughts to themselves.
"There are try outs for the Quidditch team every year! If you're interested you should have a go." Ron said, happy he had found another potential Quidditch fan
"You know I might just do that." Bakura smiled, sitting back to consider this new information. Harry and Yami both quirked an eyebrow at this, but continued to say nothing.
"Time for bed guys!" another boy walked into the room, "Oh...hello there. Who are you?"
"Neville, this is Yugi and Ryou. Remember, they got sorted at the feast? They're the new 4th years." Harry said
"Huh? Oh yes! I forgot! Nice to meet you both, I'm Neville Longbottom." Neville smiled at them.
"Nice to meet you too." Yami said, giving Bakura a meaning-filled look
"Yeah yeah, pleasure gracing your presence, whatever." Bakura sighed and upon hearing a croaking noise, reached behind one of his bags and pulled out a toad
"Trevor! How did you get over there?!" Neville hurried over, taking the toad from Bakura, who promptly wiped his hands on his pants. "I thought you were still on my bed! Silly toad!" he laughed. Yami saw Bakura mouth the word 'idiot' and gave him a sharp glance.
"But what were you saying before Neville?" Harry asked
"What? Oh yeah, we have to get to bed now. Some prefects came and yelled at me for wandering around. Told me to get to bed so that's what I intend to do. I'm staying out of trouble this year!" he smiled as though this was a truely wonderful thing and started to ready himself for bed.
"This year?" Bakura smiled at the mention of trouble
"Don't worry about it. Call it a series of unfortunate circumstances." Harry said
"You'll have to tell me about these circumstances..."
"Some other time Bakura. You heard Neville, we'd better get to bed." Yami said, proceeding to do just that.
"Stupid Pharoah..." Bakura said
"Pardon?" Ron asked
"Oh...nothing." Yami Bakura decided now was not the time to cause trouble, as the stupid Pharoah would just prove an annoyance. He let Ryou back into control, as did Yami to Yugi.
After a while, when Dean and Seamus had returned and they were all lying quietly in their beds.
'Hey Yami?'
'Yes Hikari?'
'We're going to be calling this home for a time, aren't we?'
'I guess so. Why do you ask?'
'Just gotta get used to it I guess.'
'I suppose. Our new home is Hogwarts.'
'Sounds homely enough. Oh well. Night Yami.'
'Night Hikari.'
And then there was quiet.
A/N: Another ending for another chapter! Review and I'll...umm....love you lots!! ^^;;
Quatre Winner: Dust bunnies eh? O_o;; Lol, glad you like!
Juu-kun: Sorry! At least it isn't Gryffindor right? Right?! @_@
Yami's-Girl: Nope, haven't read it! But I might just have to go hunt it down, who's the author? Sorry I didn't email you, I kind forgot. Add me to MSN of AOL if you want to talk!
Wolf Youkai Mistress of Canines: Nope, completely different plot to the 4th book! All of my own evil devising! *laughs insanely* er... sorry about that ^^;;
DragonMistress1: I am so going to forever keep writing this :P I'm hoping anyway! Glad you like!
Nezumi and Lylli Riddle: Who are you sorting? I think I'm just slow not to be able to work it out. Or is it what houses you think they should be in?
Althe: Umm...I'll take that as a complement ^^;; Nah, the story's gonna have nothing to do with the 4th book....though the real Shadi in a trunk would be very funny. You like Orphen?! Orphen is really really cool! Hartia is such a fanboy, he makes me laugh :P
Midnight Fairy: sad songs? Hmm...I'm not one for listening to sad songs but here are a few off the top of my head that might suit: Moonlight Shadow (the DDR version, so cool!), You give love a bad name - Bon Jovi, Crucify - Tori Amos (this song is sooo sad), if you want anime songs the Ayashi no Ceres OP, Scarlet would be good.
Yuumei_Akutenshi: I read fanfiction at school too :P Unfortunately it's usually when I should be doing work! One of the best? Thanx ^_^
The Seasyngr: I'm not sure, probably the manga Shadi but I'll see what works best. It might be more funny if he's more cruel ^^
ChibiMalik: Yeah, Zelda is the bomb! I'm already getting the bits of the Triforce (the one thing I always wanted to do in OoT _) and it's sooooo cool!
Glomps to The Mad Tortoise, labyrinth of chaos, Lady Light, Grl Battousai, crazydominodragongirl, DHASN, Anime Lover, BishounenzAngel, Ice-Spirit Phoenix, C.M Aeris Queen of Insanity, manga_nut, Tyger and Darkdracofire, Dee-whY-Cee-aRe, Artemis*Obscure, WildBlackWolf and Civia, Setine, Millenium Dreamer, Mistress of Ice, evil-bakura20032001, Eternal Dreamer, Spiderfan, Dragona 2007, ??? and Tramontana Keeper for reviewing this humble fic for this humble *cough cough* author.
Listening to while writing this: Star Wars Parody - Weird Al Yankovic
CHAPTER 11. A New Home
"Why is he here?" Ryou asked Yugi, his eyes widening slightly
"I don't know. This can't be good..." Yugi frowned. While Shadi most often interfered with everything he usually kept his distance, only leaving clues and twisted words. He had never directly come in any of the previous times something big had happened.
"Do you guys know him?" Harry asked, catching the few words spoken
"Sort of..." was all Yugi would say. Meanwhile at the Ravenclaw table...
"Why?" Malik banged his head on the table, "Why?!" bang, "Why?!" bang, "Why him?!"
"You're going to give yourself a concussion Ishtar." Kaiba smirked
"Better than having him as a teacher!" Malik pointed in anguish the Shadi's now seated figure. As he did so, Shadi looked up and gave him a slightly unnerving smile. Malik looked away, his eyes widened.
"Why aren't you worried?!" he said to Kaiba.
"Because there's nothing we can do about it. It's not worth worrying about something you can't change." Kaiba said
"...I guess so...." Malik still looked worried but this was partly because it almost seemed like Kaiba was being nice to him...
"That and he'll mostly be going for you and not me." Seto Kaiba added, smiling evilly at the after-thought. Or not, Malik thought.
The feast ended and the plates were cleared after everyone had eaten their fill. It was at this point that Dumbledore stood to address the school.
"I must say that it is wonderful to have you all here for another year at Hogwarts!" he beamed at everyone, "But before you all leave for your dormitaries I have a few announcements. Mr Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell everyone that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has grown by some 100 items. The list is available for viewing in Mr Filch's office if anyone would like to check it." Dumbledore allowed himself a small smile before continuing, "As ever, I would like to remind everyone that the Forbidden Forest is, as its name suggests, strictly forbidden, as is Hogsmeade to all students below the third year. As well as this you should take care to note that this year the Third Hallway down the stairs from the Dungeons is on all accounts to be avoided. Any students caught in this area will be delt with in the harshest manner."
"I didn't even know that there were stairs down from the Dungeons, let alone any hallways." Ron whispered. Harry and Hermione nodded, both looking slightly worried and curious.
"I think that's all for now! When you leave, make sure you follow the prefects of your house and get some good sleep tonight! You'll need it for classes tomorrow. And the four new students entering the fourth year, would you please come up to see me for a brief visit after the rest of the students have left."
"We'll see you guys later then." Harry, Hermione and Ron said, before following the prefects up to the dorms. Yugi and Ryou waved Kaiba and Malik over from the other table and together they made their way up to the teacher's table.
"You wanted to see us Headmaster?" Yugi chirped,
"Ah yes, follow me please. Proffessor Shadi? Yes thankyou." he said as the four and Shadi followed Dumbledore around what seemed to be half the school before coming to a stone statue of a gargoyle. "Pocky!" he said, as the statue came to life and jumped out of the way, showing a stairwell which they all climbed.
"Proffessor Shadi, you can go ahead." the Headmaster smiled
"You may be wondering why I am here and rest assured I'm not going to tell you so don't bother asking. I just wanted to give you one piece of advice. Be careful while doing dangerous things." Shadi said, completely serious. Malik smirked slightly.
"Umm...ok." Yugi said
"And also call me Proffessor Shadi from now on." Shadi said, "I wouldn't want you getting embarassed now, would I?" he gave Malik a hard look, which made the blond haired boy gulp
"Is that all?" Yugi asked quietly
"That is all." Shadi confirmed
"So that's that. I'll now escort these four to their dormitaries. Goodnight, I'll see you in the morning. I hear we're having crumpets! I really can't wait!" Dumbledore smiled, leading the boys down the stairs, "I trust you can find the way back to your sleeping quarters Proffessor Shadi?"
"I can. I know my way around this school very well..." Shadi smiled and Malik winced again. Was it just him or was there more to that sentence than at first glance.
"Hurry along boys, you must get to bed swiftly." Dumbledore ushered them down the staircase and to their rooms.
Later on....
After entering through the portrait (the password being Balderdash), Ryou and Yugi made their way through the toasty warm common room, where a few scant people sat, and up the spiral staircase.
"You finally made it!" Harry and Ron welcomed the two into their room
"Wow, nice beds!" Ryou reclined on his four-poster bed and closing his eyes
"Hey you must be the new guys right?" a boy with sandy coloured hair entered the room. "Im Seamus Finnigan! Nice to meet you. Hey Dean, come up here!" he leaned out the door. The sound of scuffling feet was heard before another face appeared next to Seamus'.
"I'm Dean Thomas, you're Yugi and Ryou right?" Dean said, "Hope you enjoy Hogwarts! Hey Seamus, c'mon, you left half way through our game! Nice to meet you two!" they hurried back down the stairs
"That was...abrupt." Yugi said
"What did Dumbledore want to see you guys about?" Harry asked
"Hmm? Oh nothing much." Yugi said. Well it was partly true, who knows if Shadi was saying something important or just trying to confuse and torment them.
"Oh...ok then." Harry was looking at Bakura Ryou, who had that familiar scary look in his eyes
"So what do you guys do around here for fun?" Yami Bakura grinned somewhat preditorally, sitting up and resting his chin on his knee.
"Well we play Quidditch of course!" Ron said, completely missing the change of personality
"What's Quidditch?" Yami asked, appearing. He curious as well as nervous about Yami Bakura's appearance.
"Blimey, that's right! You're all muggle borns!" Ron said, "Imagine not growing up with Quidditch!"
"Don't rub it in Ron, I didn't know what it was either." Harry warned his friend
"Yeah yeah I know." Ron said, only deflating slightly, "Well you see Quidditch is a game played on broomsticks. Broomsticks which fly you know? Yes well it's a really fun game!"
"Flying broomsticks?" Yami raised his eyebrows
"Do many people get hurt in this 'Quidditch'?" Yami Bakura asked
"Sometimes yes, it's a dangerous sport!" Ron said, still happy to talk about one of the loves of his life
"Sounds...interesting. Has potential." Bakura continued in what seemed a slightly manic fashion. Yugi and Yami wondered quietly what he ment by potential, but kept their thoughts to themselves.
"There are try outs for the Quidditch team every year! If you're interested you should have a go." Ron said, happy he had found another potential Quidditch fan
"You know I might just do that." Bakura smiled, sitting back to consider this new information. Harry and Yami both quirked an eyebrow at this, but continued to say nothing.
"Time for bed guys!" another boy walked into the room, "Oh...hello there. Who are you?"
"Neville, this is Yugi and Ryou. Remember, they got sorted at the feast? They're the new 4th years." Harry said
"Huh? Oh yes! I forgot! Nice to meet you both, I'm Neville Longbottom." Neville smiled at them.
"Nice to meet you too." Yami said, giving Bakura a meaning-filled look
"Yeah yeah, pleasure gracing your presence, whatever." Bakura sighed and upon hearing a croaking noise, reached behind one of his bags and pulled out a toad
"Trevor! How did you get over there?!" Neville hurried over, taking the toad from Bakura, who promptly wiped his hands on his pants. "I thought you were still on my bed! Silly toad!" he laughed. Yami saw Bakura mouth the word 'idiot' and gave him a sharp glance.
"But what were you saying before Neville?" Harry asked
"What? Oh yeah, we have to get to bed now. Some prefects came and yelled at me for wandering around. Told me to get to bed so that's what I intend to do. I'm staying out of trouble this year!" he smiled as though this was a truely wonderful thing and started to ready himself for bed.
"This year?" Bakura smiled at the mention of trouble
"Don't worry about it. Call it a series of unfortunate circumstances." Harry said
"You'll have to tell me about these circumstances..."
"Some other time Bakura. You heard Neville, we'd better get to bed." Yami said, proceeding to do just that.
"Stupid Pharoah..." Bakura said
"Pardon?" Ron asked
"Oh...nothing." Yami Bakura decided now was not the time to cause trouble, as the stupid Pharoah would just prove an annoyance. He let Ryou back into control, as did Yami to Yugi.
After a while, when Dean and Seamus had returned and they were all lying quietly in their beds.
'Hey Yami?'
'Yes Hikari?'
'We're going to be calling this home for a time, aren't we?'
'I guess so. Why do you ask?'
'Just gotta get used to it I guess.'
'I suppose. Our new home is Hogwarts.'
'Sounds homely enough. Oh well. Night Yami.'
'Night Hikari.'
And then there was quiet.
A/N: Another ending for another chapter! Review and I'll...umm....love you lots!! ^^;;