Through the Trapdoor
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Harry Potter
Kilnorc: hey there everyone! im almost finished with this story, and it's close to having 50 reviews! I'm so happy! before I start I would like to say a few things
hanyou-samurai- ok first off, thank you for that compliment about this being the best crossover you've ever read. Two: Kaiba recieved the Rod after Yugi gave him it, after he beat Marik. Three: Brian is my OC, i created him, mainly because HE is ME. That's right, Brian Berg, American Wizard, Possessor of the Millenium Gauntlet, is ME! ok with that all straightened out...on with the show! I mean tale!
With the horrific encounter of Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest behind them, the gang was able to focus on their schoolwork and study for the upcoming final exams. Tea, Mokuba, Serenity, Hermione and Kaiba were having an easy time studying while the others were having less than fortunate luck.
Even with all the notes they had taken, they were having a tough time trying to cram all the information they needed into their skulls. Joey kept having brain freezes and just sat there like a vegetable (C'mon, we all knew this would come sooner or later!). Brian tried to help him, but it was no use. "Don't worry about him, I'll make sure he catches up," Hermione assured them.
-Day of the Finals...-
The day was filled with students crammed into sweltering hot classrooms and dungeons. If the pressure of the exams wasn't bad enough, it was the temperature that affected the gang. Joey kept sweating waterfalls over his parchment. He actually had to wring the blank sheets of parchment out so they would be dry and useable. Snape was more worse during the finals than his usual class times. It seemed he went full out on potion demonstrations and questions on everyone, especially Gryffindors.
Neville wasn't the only one goofing up on his exams, Yugi, Ryou, Mokuba, Brian and Joey had tough times trying to figure it out as well. By the time class was over, they had barely finished the exam. Once every test and demonstration was done, everyone went to their common rooms for some well earned relaxtion.
"Oh, God, my brain hurts!" Joey complained as he crashed face-first on a large, comfy couch.. "Well, it was more schoolwork than you've handled before, Joey," Yugi commented sitting on the floor. "Yeah, mate. It was tough on me, too," Ron said sitting down for a game of Wizard's Chess with Brian. Joey moaned and fell asleep on the couch right after he said that. "Isn't he going to suffocate?" Hermion asked worriedly. "Nah, I've seen him sleep in worse spots, before. One time he slept with his face in a tub of chocolate pudding. I'm serious!" Brian said, noticing the unbelieving looks from Ron, Harry and Hermione.
Hermione noticed that Harry was rubbing his scar again. "You alright there, Harry?" she asked. "My scar keeps burning," he explained. "Maybe you should go see the Nurse," she suggested. "Oh sure, I'm sure she's cured hundreds of cases of scars from deadly curses before," Brian said sarcastically. Tea smacked himupside the head for that one. "No, I couldn't go to the Nurse. My scar keeps burning because it's a warning. It means danger's coming," he explained. They all looked at him with worried looks in their eyes. The only one not reacting was Joey.
"Hey, look. I don't see why we should worry. Dumbledore's here, and plus there's no way to get to the Sorceror's Stone. No one can get past the huge dog Hagrid's got," Yugi pointed out. Harry nodded "Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean Hagrid's the only one who--," he stopped. "What's up?" Tea asked. Harry thought about things that had occurred. "We have to go to Hagrid's NOW!" he cried standing up suddenly. "Why, Harry what's wrong?" Yugi asked him. "I'll tell you on the way! Wake up Joey," he said moving towards the portrait hole.
As they made way down to Hagrid's hut, Harry filled them in on what he found out. "Doesn't seem it odd to any of you, that what Hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon, anda stranger in a pub just so happen to has one? I mean, how many people walk around with Dragon Eggs in their pockets? Why didn'tI see it before!" he cursed himself as their neared the hut. They found Hagrid.on his steps playing a home made wooden flute. "Hagrid, who sold you the dragon egg?" Harry asked him when they stopped. Hagrid thought for a few moments "I don't know really, he kept his hood up,".
"Did you talk to him about anything?" Yugi asked. "Well, he wondered whatsorta of creatures I looked after, and I told him that after Fluffy, a dragon's not gonna be a problem," he said casually. "Did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Joey asked him. "Of course he was interested in Fluffy! How often do you come across a three-headed dog, even if you're in the trade? But, I says to him, I says 'The trick with any beast, is to know how to calm 'im'. Take Fluffy for example, just play him a bit of music and he falls righ' ta sleep!" he said happily. Everyone looked at each other at the news and Hagrid looked at their faces. "I shouldna' said that...," he said before the kids ran off towards the castle. "HEY! Where ya goin'?" he called after them.
They raced through the corridors until they came to the Transfiguration room where McGonagall was grading papers. "We have to see Professor Dumbledore, immediately!" Harry panted. "I'm afraid that Professor Dumbledore is not here, he received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediately for London," she said calmly. "He's gone? Now! But this is about the Sorceror's Stone!" Yugi said. McGonagall looked in shock at them all "How do you know-?" she started before being cut off. "Someone's going to try and steal it," Brian told her. McGonagall tried to remain as calm as possible. "I don't know how you all found out about the Stone, but I can assure you, it is perfectly well protected. Now all of you go back to your dormitories, quietly," she said before returning to her work.
They all left the room and stood outside in the corridor. "Anyone wanna bet dat Snape was da one that got Dumbledore to leave da school?" Joey asked leaning against the wall. "I'll also bet that Snape was the one that gave Hagrid the egg and found out about Fluffy," Brian added on. "So, that means it's only a matter of time before-," Harry began when...
"Good afternoon," came a cold voice behind them. Everyone stopped and looked at Snape. "Now, what would a group of Gryffindors be doing inside...on a day like this?" he asked them. Tea and Hermione began to talk but had trouble. "You'd want to be to careful, people would begin to think you're up to something," he said, looking at their glares. He narrowed his eyes and walked off. "So, now what do we do?" Yugi asked. Harry glared at the retreating form of Snape "We're going down the trapdoor. Tonight," he said before heading back to the tower.
-That night...-
Harry snuck out of bed and took out his Invisibility Cloak from his trunk and walked to the door to the common room. "Hold it cowboy," someone said behind him. He whirled around to see Joey, Ron,Brian, Yugi and Yami standing sitting in their beds. "You're crazy if you think you're goingalone," Brian told him. "I can't ask you guys to come with me," Harry sighed. "Well, you're not. We're coming whether you like it or not," Yami said getting dressed in his usual outfit. "And where the Pharaoh and Yugi go, I go," Brian said putting on his duster with the yin-yang symbol on the back. "Dat goes double for me," Joey said putting on his jacket.
They crept downstairs and saw Hermione and Tea waiting for them at the portrait hole. "We all set?" Yugi asked. They nodded and walked to the door, but stopped when they heard a croaking noise. Tea looked around and pointed to a toad on a chair "It's Trevor, Neville's toad," she whispered. Ron tried to scare it away "Trevor! Shoo! You're not supposed to be here!" he said in a hushed whisper. Neville poked his head around the chair to look at them "Neither should you," he said standing up ("Oh, dis is great," Joey said rolling his eyes). "You're going to get Gryffindor into trouble again. I won't let that happen. I-I-I'll fight you!" he said putting his fists up.
Hermione sighed and stepped up, pulling out her wand "Nevill, I'm really really sorry about this," she said quietly. She flicked and pointed her wand at him "Petrificus Totalus!" she whispered and Neville went all rigid and fell onto the floor with a loud thud. "You know, you're a bit scary sometimes, brilliant, but scary," Ron whispered to Hermione. "C'mon guys, we're running out of time," Yami said opening up the portrait hole. They donned the Invisibility Cloak and made their way to the Third Floor (Ok, now, as I stated in the chappy called DRAGON, the Invisibility Cloak IS HUGE!).
They were almost there when two people stepped out of the shadows. "Kaiba? Bakura? What the hell are you doing here?" Brian asked them. "If your going to save the world, you're going to need some backup, Guardian," Bakura smirked. "What about Ryou, Serenity and Set?" Yugi asked them. "I told Ryou to stay behind and stay with her and Set's still in the common room," he explained. "So, how far away is this trapdoor?" Bakura asked them. A loud snoring sound was heard a few doors down. "Right there actually," Yami pointed.
They entered the room and saw that Fluffy was asleep on the trapdoor with a harp playing next to him. His snores blew the Cloak out of their grasp and they stood staring at the great beast. "Snape's been here already. He must've put a charm on the harp," Tea said looking at it. "Guys, help move his paws," Kaiba said straining to lift the furry appendage. Bakura, Joey, Yami, Harry and Ron were able to free the trapdoor and open it up. "Whew, man Big Bad Dog's got bad breath," Bakura said holding his nose. "So...who's going first?" Brian asked them. Kaiba and Bakura exchanged glances and pushed Brian and Joey in first. "AHHHHH!" they screamed all the way down. "Well that was fun," Bakura said grinning from ear to ear. Everyone else shook their heads, then they realized something. "Is it just me or is there something missing?" Hermione asked them. Yugi and Yami looked at the harp. "The harp's stopped playing...which means...," they thought out loud.
A loud growling noise got their attention and they slowly turned around and looked up at the three-headed dog, awake from it's peaceful slumber. "OK, now...JUMP!" Tea screamed pushing Ron, Bakura, and Hermione down the hole before falling in herself. The others managed to jump in just at the dog's teeth closed in around them. They all landed on something rather soft and a little bit squishy. "I hate you guys," Brian snapped at Bakura and Kaiba. "Hey, someone needed to go first," Kaiba said smiling.
"DAT DOESN' GIVE YA DA RIGHT TO PUSH US!" Joey yelled. "Guys! Calm down...where are we?" Yami asked them. They looked around and found themselves in dark room, on a big pile of vines. "Well, least the landing was soft," Ron commented. "Yeah, but the bad thing is THAT!" Tea cried out pointing to something behind them. They turned to see the vines starting to wrap around themselves. "WHAT DA HELL IS DIS!" Joey screamed trying to get away. Everyone started to get wrapped up and tried to get free. "Guys, stop moving! This is Devil's Snare, you're not supposed to struggle like this. If you do, it'll only kill you faster," Hermione told them calmly. This made things worse. The others just kept squiriming.
Hermioine disappeared underneath the vines. "HERMIONE! Where'd you go!" Harry called out. "Just relax! Trust me on this!" she said from somewhere beneath them. Harry, Tea, Kaiba and Bakura did that and they too disappeared under the vines. "AH!" Ron screamed panicking more. Brian was able to use his Gauntlet Blade to cut through the vines and slip through them. "Oh great! We're dead!" Joey yelled. Down below, the others were trying to figure out how to get them free. "Brian can't you use that to cut them loose?" Tea asked. He shook his head "Even if I jump, I wouldn't be able to cut one vine," he explained.
Hermion racked her brain "I remember something from Herbology! Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare, it's frightful fun, but will sult in the sun! That's it! Devil's Snare hates bright lights!" she said taking out her wand. Kaiba and Tea went with her and pointed their wands at the vines "Lumos!" they yelled causing three beams of bright light to shoot forth and hit the Devil's Snare. It let out a screech and let Ron and Joey fall to the floor underneath it. "Ow...," Joey grunted rubbing the back of his head. Ron looked up "Whew! Lucky we didn't panic!" he said shakily. He turned to see the others staring at him. "Lucky Hermione pays attention in Herbology," Harry said raising an eyebrow. Brian helped Joey up and dusted him off.
They moved to a door and stopped and listened. "What's that?" Kaiba asked. Harry leaned in closer, "It sounds like...wings," he said before opening the door. They entered a large hall way with two broomsticks floating in the center. They looked up and saw the source of the noise. "Weird looking birds," Ron noted as he saw hundreds of them flying around. Harry and Yugi looked closer "They're not birds, they're keys," Harry corrected him. Kaiba looked around and pointed at something "Hey," was all he said. They looked to see a large wooden door. Ron and Joey went over and pulled on it. Ron pulled out his wand "Alohomora!" he chanted flicking his wand.
He turned and looked at the others. "Well, it was worth a try!" he defended himself, putting his wand away. They stood there for a few minutes trying to figure it out. "Looks like we're gonna have to find theright key to unlock the door," Bakura said looking at the cloud of keys above them. "That one!" Harry said pointing to a rusty looking one with a bent wing. "Ok, so who's going to go get it?" Kaiba asked. "How about Yugi and Harry? It seems right up their alley," Ron suggested. Harry and Yugi looked at each and nodded. They moved to the broomsticks and held their hands over it but didn't touch them. "What's wrong you guys? You should get going," Tea asked them.
"This is too easy," Harry said quietly. "Oh, c'mon, mate! If Snape can ride one of those old broomsticks, you and Yugi can. You two are the youngest Seekers in a century!" Ron pointed out. They breathed deep and touched the broomsticks. Immediately, the keys became one large pack and came right at them. "GO GO GO!" Joey shouted as he ducked for cover. They shot off from the ground and looked around for the rusted key while dodging the others. Harry saw it and turned to Yugi "Try and cut it off!" he yelled over the flapping. Yugi nodded and broke off, causing all the keys to concentrate on Harry.
Yugi sped up underneath the key and shot up ahead of it. "NOW HARRY!" he yelled. Harry reached out and managed to grab it. That was the moment the keys took to attack them. They were "pecked" if you will, as the keys swarmed around them. They dived down to the floor and tossed the key "SOMEONE CATCH THIS!" Harry shouted. Kaiba, being the tallest, was able to catch it easily. He unlocked the door and held it open, "Everyone get inside, NOW!" he called out as everyone pushed past him. "YUGI! HARRY! C'MON!" he yelled as he saw the two boys evading the keys. They flew past Kaiba and he managed to shut the door, causing the keys to get stuck on the other side. Yugi and Harry practically fell off their brooms, and checked themselves for any major injuries.
They were only scraped and cut a few times, so nothing was too serious. They made sure the keys couldn't get in, then made their way to another large dark room. "Geez, this place has a graveyard too?" Brian muttered seeing broken statues and other pieces of stone. They all climbed up a foot onto a step and stopped. "This isn't a graveyard," Kaiba said looking from one side to the other. Ron nodded his head, "It's a chessboard," he told them. A light illuminated the room to reveal it was indeed a giant chessboard. Statues of different chess peices were on either side of them. "Ok...now what?" Joey asked.
"Damn, Wheeler, you are clueless. We have to play a game of chess and win to advance," Kaiba said pointing to a door behind the opposing side.Joey growled, but let it go. "Ok then, let's do it," Brian said moving to the other side. "Who's gonna be who?" Joey asked them. Ron looked at the empty spaces. "Ok, I don't think all of us are going to play...just those who can fill the spots. Harry, you be one of the Bishops. Tea and Yami, you take the Queen's and King's spot. Brian and Hermione, you be the rooks, Joey you be Tea's side knight, Kaiba you take the other bishops side. Yugi and Bakura, sorry but it looks like you're going to have to sit this out," Ron said with an apologetic look. Bakura threw his hands in the air "Hell I don't care, I don't like chess anyway," he said sitting down away from the board. "I think that's a good idea, I've never been good at chess, it was Yami, hehe," he said rubbing the back of his head. "What about you, Ron?" Joey asked, sitting on top of his stone horse. "I'm going to be the other knight," he said climbing onto the other horse.
"Ron, do you think this will be like, real Wizard's Chess?" Hermione asked him. He pondered this and sent one of his pawns out after the white moved one of its pawns. The white pawn completely obilerated the black pawn. Everyone stared wide-eyed at it. "I'd call that a big yes," Brian choked out. Ron calculated their next move, "Harry, move diagonally four squares to the right," he ordered. He did s, eaving an space open. Then came a shock, the White Queen came up to Joey and shattered the horse he was on, leaving him unconcious with a head wound. "JOEY!" Yugi called out, running over and dragging his friend off the board.
"Ron! You knew that would happen didn't you?" Yami asked. "Sorry, Yami. Had to sacrifice him so we can take the bishop. Hermione, it's yours to take," he ordered. The game went on as the piles of pieces piled up. Tea went down with a broken arm, Kaiba was knocked out cold, and Brian barely made it when Ron goofed up. Ron looked on as the game drew to a close, "That's it then," he said calmly. "What do you mean, Ron?" Yami asked. Harry spoke up "Don't do it, Ron!" he yelled across the board. "I have to, Harry. It's the only way to win," he said with a bit of sadness in his voice. "Would someone mind telling us what's going on!" Brian called out. Harry turned to Yami and Brian "He plans to sacrifice himself!" he explained. "No! You can't! There's has to be another way!" Hermione pleaded. "You friggin' crazy!" Brian yelled at him. "Do you guys want to stop Snape from getting the Stone or not!" he protested.
Everyone grew quiet "Do what you have to, Ron," Yami said nodding his head. "Pharaoh! You can't be serious!" Brian asked him. "I am serious, Guardian," he said looking ahead. Ron moved ahead a few squares and closed his eyes waiting as the Queen came to his square. The White Queen picked up her scepter and shattered the horse, just as she did with Joey's horse. He fell off the horse and laid unconcious. "RON!" his friends yelled. Hermione started to move towards him.when Harry stopped her. "Don't move! Don't forget, we're still playing here," he reminded her. Harry looked on and moved to the opposing side's king and stared straight at it. "Checkmate!" he cried out. The sword held by the king fell to the floor with a loud clang. The doors beyond the board opened up and everyone was nervous to move at first, but once Harry stepped away, they all got off and ran to their friends.
"Guys, you have to get them back upstairs, then get help," Yugi said standing up. Brian was making a sling for Tea's arm with his shirt while Yami was looking over Kaiba, and Hermione and Harry was carrying Ron over. "What about you guys?" Tea asked. "We're going ahead to stop Snape," Yami told her. "You're going too, Brian?" she asked him. He nodded "Yeah, it's my job that they come out alive," he said holding out his Gauntlet. Yugi, Harry, Yami and Brian made their away to the door when the others called out to them. "You guys be careful!" Hermione yelled after them. They nodded and headed down a long flight of stairs to a large round room with a man and a large mirror in the middle. They stopped at the foot of the stairs and stared at the man.
"You have gotta be kiddin' me," Brian muttered. Yugi and Yami just stared at the person in front of them, while Harry spoke to him. "I can't believe it, it's YOU!" he said disbelievingly, as the person in front of the mirror turned to face them.
Kilnorc: That's it! the second to last chappy! I hope you guys liked it. and to those devout fans, i didn't include the potions/fire part cuz I'm lazy. and those positions with the chess game were an idea from a fan called ANIMASTER-SONJA! Thanx Sonja! BTW..THIS HAS TO BE THE LONGEST CHAPPY I'VE EVER WRITTEN IN THIS STORY! Most likely, I'll write and post the last one when i wake up in the morning...
Ok ta ta for now peoples! R and R!