Yami Pandora: OK, the votes are as follows:
Seto: Gryffindor: 0 Ravenclaw: 9 Slytherin: 1
Yugi: Gryffindor: 7 Ravenclaw: 1 Slytherin: 1
Enma: Gryffindor: 3 Ravenclaw: 3 Slytherin: 0
Ryou: Gryffindor: 2 Ravenclaw: 5 Slytherin: 2
Marik: Gryffindor: 0 Ravenclaw: 0 Slytherin: 9 (looks like everyone has a fixed opinion of Marik, lol)
Well, as Enma's votes are tied, I had to flip a coin, heads for Gryffindor, Tails for Ravenclaw. It landed on…heads.
Thank you all for reviewing and voting.
Kurosaisei: I'm sorry I didn't make the voting's clear at first, and yes, the 29th June was my 16th birthday, YAY, so thank you for wishing me a happy birthday : )
Anime-Blade: Looks like many people have the same problem as we do for their Harry Potter/ Yu-Gi-Oh crossovers!
Nachzes Black-Rider: Heh… I guess my names can be complicated.
kirbyzebra: Hm, I might use the idea of Marik occasionally sneaking out, but as he is with Draco I doubt he will have as much trouble as he does in other fics.
DreamCherry66: It does get annoying when all of them are in the same house all the time, especially when they are all completely different!
kawiilover300: I never said Marik should go into Slytherin, I said it looked like Marik would go into Slytherin as no one voted another house for him and yes, I don't see any of them going into Hufflepuff.
Toshi: Um… well I don't know about the spirits because it was up to you reviewers to vote which house they were going in.
Meemee: I would like to know the point of sending in the exact same review twice! It really annoys me so please don't do it again, I got the point with your first review.
Yami Pandora: Sorry it took longer than expected. My school was having the leaver's assembly on the 30th June and the Blackpool 6th form college was having its open day thing, so I've been a bit busy! Hopefully when my new laptop is connected to the internet, I will be able to update faster.
I will be introducing the new DADA teacher. Anyone who doesn't like my choice of teacher, well… I don't care.
I am so happy now! I now have a new cousin who was born on the 18th June and her name is Ionie and she is so cute and sweet and adorable and… I am gonna shut up now and continue with the fic, else risk getting hit with heavy objects (looks around suspiciously)
Chapter 8
(Last Time)
The coaches finally came to a stop and all the students got out and headed up the steps of a very large door. The exchange students weren't surprised to find that the entrance hall was massive. "Welcome to Hogwarts" Harry said.
(This Time)
As they walked through the entrance hall, a stern looking woman approached them. "Would all the exchange students please wait here for the first years. Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Ms Granger would you please continue into the great hall" she said. As Harry and the others walked off, Marik said rudely,
"Who are you" and earned an elbow in the ribs from Ryou. "What?" he hissed. Considering Ryou was calm and quiet, he could cause pain when he wanted to. It was probably one of the few perks of having Bakura as a Yami.
"Don't be so rude" Ryou hissed back. Marik grumbled to himself and glared at Ryou, who only ignored him.
"I am Professor McGonagall, the deputy Head Mistress of Hogwarts and Head of the Gryffindor House" she answered, ignoring Marik's rudeness.
"Congratulations to you" Marik muttered, earning another elbow from Ryou and a glare. Seto rolled his eyes at the maturity level (or lack of it) that Marik possessed. McGonagall sent Marik a reproachful look, which Marik, of course, ignored.
The tension between them was broken when the doors opened, and a hundred or so little kids walked in chatting and looking around nervously led by Hagrid. "Good ev'ning Professor McGonagall" he said. The children fell silent when they noticed Professor McGonagall. 'Apparently this woman isn't someone to cross' Seto thought to himself. Him being very observant meant that he could usually tell what sort of person someone was, and this woman looked very stern and strict, as though she wouldn't tolerate nonsense from anyone. He didn't think such a person would have been able to work in Hogwarts, especially as he thought magic was nonsense itself, it had caused no end of problems for him and Mokuba. 'But then again, if magic didn't exist, I would never have met Yami… why did I just think that?' Seto thought.
"Good evening Hagrid. First years will now follow me into the great hall to begin the sorting. You come as well" she said, addressing the first years, then the exchange students. She walked towards another enormous set of double doors. They opened of their own accord to reveal a large room with four tables filled with students and another table in front of these four tables for the staff. The exchange students saw a small three legged stool in front of the teacher's table and on this stool was the ragged sorting hat. Seto rose an eyebrow. He still found it hard to believe that a hat could determine what house you were sorted into.
As Professor McGonagall led the students to the front of the hall, all eyes turned to look at the exchange students. They could hear whispers of 'Oh wow, Seto Kaiba and Yugi Moto… here' and 'Who?' and some insults such as 'aren't they a little old to be first years? Must be because they're too stupid to do magic at a young age'. This pissed Seto off immensely. He was known enough in the muggle world and now he found he was known in the wizarding world too. It seemed he would never escape the endless nightmare of fan girls and boys. That and people calling him stupid. He hated to be called stupid; it was something Gozaburo had always called him when he failed to answer a complicated question. He glared at all the surrounding people who he even suspected of calling him stupid and turned to face the others. They didn't seem too happy about being called stupid either. Marik even looked ready to send someone to the Shadow Realm.
Seto vaguely noticed that they had stopped and that Professor McGonagall was calling out names from a very long list and that each child walked (or ran) forward to the sorting hat. He and the others were surprised when the sorting hat started moving and talking. 'Hn, should have expected something like this' Seto thought. He was brought back from his thoughts when he heard Professor Dumbledore begin to speak.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts. I am sure you have noticed we have some new students in our sixth year, so before we tuck into our sumptuous feast, they shall be sorted into their houses. I expect fellow sixth years to help these exchange students find their way around Hogwarts". He nodded to Professor McGonagall who looked at the sorting list again.
"Ryou Bakura from Domino, Japan" she called. Ryou walked forwards and his face flushed as he heard people commenting on the colour of his hair, and was a little angered to hear them saying he looked like a girl.
"Hm, well then…" the sorting hat began.
"WHAT THE HELL? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" Bakura shouted out into Ryou's mind. Ryou cringed. He should have known Bakura would react like this.
"What's this? Two minds in one body? I have never seen such a thing before…"
"You're a hat, you can't see anything" Bakura shot back acidly.
"Hm, well which one should I sort? One of you is intelligent and has a great talent in him, while the other is cunning and sneaky and much more suited for Slytherin… I have never been stumped before" the sorting hat said. It was thoroughly confused and for the first time since its creation had no idea of what to do.
"Then let me make it easy for you, sort Ryou, he's the one who's going to be taking the stupid lessons!" Bakura snarled. Ryou mentally sighed; it was so typical of Bakura to act like a delinquent.
"RAVENCLAW" the hat shouted. Ryou took the hat off in relief and went to sit at the Ravenclaw table. He hoped one of the others would be in this house too, he didn't know anyone and wasn't particularly good at making friends.
"Marik Ishtar from Cairo, Egypt" Professor McGonagall said. Marik walked forward and threw a glare at the hat before he put it on.
"Thank goodness, there is no other mind here" the hat said in relief.
"Well, if you'd met me a few months earlier, you wouldn't be saying the same thing" Marik replied coldly to the hat. He didn't trust anything that could get into his mind, heck he possessed enough people to know that!
"I know, I can read every thought and memory in your mind" the hat stated. Marik rolled his eyes, both physically and mentally, at the hat.
"Whatever, just get on with it" Marik replied.
"Rather impatient and rude aren't you. As you wish. Hm, you have a very dark past…"
"Tell me something I don't already know"
"… and you have a thirst to prove yourself to others that you are good and you will stand up for your friends…"
"I didn't mean that literally you know!" Marik exclaimed.
"This would go quicker if you didn't interrupt me" the hat said.
"Whatever, I'll do what I want" Marik shot back.
"You are definitely best suited for… SLYTHERIN". Marik took the hat off and dumped it on the floor. He then walked over to the Slytherin table to join Draco and the other outcast Slytherins who had turned their back on Lord Voldemort.
"What's this Malfoy? You're actually consorting with Mudblood's now?" a voice sneered. A pug-nosed, rather hideous girl was stood there, with far too many buttons unfastened on her shirt and all her cronies stood behind her.
"Back off Parkinson" Draco said curtly.
"What's a Mudblood?" Marik asked, although he could tell it was an insult and his blood began to boil in anger. He was getting sick of being insulted by students here, he'd been there for literally 10 minutes.
"Someone with non-magic parents" Draco explained. Marik was outraged… again.
"My family have been practising magic for the last five thousand years, I would have more magic blood in me if one of my parents had been muggle" Marik retorted to the girl. The girl and her friends stormed off to the other end of the table and all attention turned to the sorting again. It was then Marik had noticed that the entire hall had been looking at them, and he glared at them all, warning them to look away or else… Professor McGonagall picked the hat up from the floor, which seemed to quiver in indignation of being thrown aside on a dirty floor.
"Seto Kaiba…"
"I KNEW it" a girl shouted from the Ravenclaw table. "You're Seto Kaiba…"
"Uh yeah, the professor just called out my name" Seto bit back.
"… you own your own company, I had no IDEA you were still in school…" the girl kept rabbiting on about how brilliant Seto was and slowly but surely, Seto's patience was reaching its end.
0"Will you shut up? For Kami's sake, a fog horn is quieter than you" Seto shouted. Accompanied by his glare, the girl soon shut up, sat down and turned her face down so she couldn't see his face, which was… scary.
"As I was saying, Seto Kaiba from Domino, Japan". Seto calmly walked towards the stool and sat down. The hat was once again relieved to find no other spirit in his mind.
"I haven't found anyone as smart as you for six years, the last one I believe you know as Hermione Granger!" the hat exclaimed. Seto rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, your point?" Seto asked sarcastically.
"None what so ever. Your intelligence and talents have made you a definite RAVENCLAW". Seto took the hat off and took a seat next to Ryou, who looked very relieved. Seto was pissed off to find that a lot of people in Ravenclaw had heard of him, and he was beginning to regret his decision in coming here.
"Yugi Moto.." as soon as Yugi's name was uttered, around half the hall burst out into chatter. Obviously there were some Duel Monsters fanatics in here, who had introduced their wizarding friends to the game. Yugi flushed and looked at his feet, but not before noticing that Seto was looking rather pissed off at all the attention he was receiving. He knew that Seto didn't want the attention himself, he just hated that 'Yugi' was the better duellist.
"Silence" Dumbledore called out. An immediate silence fell over the hall. It was so quiet; you would be able to hear a pin drop, even if you were on the other side of the hall. "This would go much quicker if you would allow Professor McGonagall and the sorting hat to finish. You may speak once the sorting has finished" he continued. Yugi looked at the headmaster gratefully as Professor McGonagall introduced him.
"Yugi Moto from Domino, Japan". Yugi sat on the stool, and barely being taller than the average first year meant his feet barely touched the floor.
"Oh no, not another one" a voice said in Yugi's head.
"Another what, exactly?" Yugi asked it.
"Another with two minds!" the hat nearly shrieked.
"So you've met the Tomb Robber" Yami said. If the hat had eyes, it would have blinked in confusion.
"You seem much calmer and less violent than the other spirit" the hat said cautiously.
"Pft, if Bakura intended harm, you would cease to exist. Besides, he is all talk anyway" Yami snorted.
"Well, you're just as cocky as the other, that's for sure" the hat muttered.
"Um, lets get on with the sorting" Yugi said. He sensed a sudden spike in the activity of Shadow Magic. Yami hated to be compared to Bakura and had nearly sent people to the Shadow Realm on many occasions for it.
"Well, both of you are courageous, that's for sure… at least you're much more alike than the other two… you have risked much for the safety of your friends and you have a talent which would qualify you for Ravenclaw, but I think you'd do best in GRYFFINDOR". Yugi went and sat next to Harry, Ron and Hermione. Many of the muggle-borns were cheering as they got one of the most famous people in the muggle world in their house, while the wizarding children looked astonished that someone could be as famous, if not more famous, than Harry Potter!
Once the cheering had finished, Professor McGonagall called out the last person standing in the hall. "Enma Okami from Cairo, Egypt". Enma walked slowly towards the stool and sat calmly as the hat was placed over her head.
"Thank goodness, no more spirits" the hat nearly cried. Its brain (if it had one) was nearly fried.
"Can you please get on with the sorting" Enma said coolly.
"As you wish. You are brave and will face your enemies head on, you have a powerful talent and you are loyal to your friends… if you had any…" the hat nearly quailed under the anger coming from her as he muttered this last part.
"If you do not wish to be harmed, hat, I would suggest that you stay out of things that don't concern you" she hissed.
"Heh, of course. You could also qualify for Slytherin, you hide a great many things and you can be manipulative, but you'd better be GRYFFINDOR". Enma took the hat off and placed it on the stool before joining the other Gryffindors. She was greeted by Harry, Ron, Hermione and Yugi, but all she did was nod in return.
"Now that the sorting is over, I would like to introduce our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Shadi, who was unfortunately unable to attend our feast tonight". The exchange students nearly choked to death on the very air they were breathing when they heard this name.
"You have got to be kidding me, you mean we have to put up with that guy for a whole year?" Marik asked.
"I take it you know Professor Shadi Mr Ishtar" Dumbledore said.
"Know him? He is one of the most annoyingly cryptic people I have ever met!" Marik exclaimed. Dumbledore and a few of the students laughed at this. Marik rolled his eyes and didn't say another word.
"Well, let the feast begin". To the surprise of the exchange students, the food magically appeared out of nowhere.
"Wow, this place gives a new meaning to the term 'fast food'" Yugi said. Harry and Hermione laughed, whereas Ron just had a puzzled look on his face.
"What's 'fast food'? Is it food that moves fast?" he asked. Harry and Hermione burst out laughing at this.
"No, fast food is what is made in most muggle restaurants. It is made quickly, it doesn't move anywhere" Hermione explained.
"Cool, bet they can't make food as fast as we can" Ron said. Yugi sweat dropped.
"I just said that this place gives a new meaning to the term fast food, didn't I?" he said.
"Oh, did you" Ron asked. Hermione sighed.
"Ignore Ron, he has the attention span of a goldfish" she said.
"Wha… Hey".
"See what I mean?" Hermione said. Yugi laughed, while Ron grumbled under his breath.
Over on the Ravenclaw table, Seto could be seen, glaring at every single person who tried to approach him. He was getting very pissed off at the fact that he had fan girls and boys in a magic school as well as in a muggle school. "I swear, the next person who comes near me is going to die" Seto muttered under his breath.
"Sounds like fun, can I help?" Bakura asked, having just switched places with Ryou.
"What are you doing out here?" Seto asked.
"Asking if I can help you kill someone, duh" Bakura shot back.
"I don't need your help in killing someone, besides, didn't Ryou forbid you to hurt people" Seto retorted.
"Yes… but…". A glazed look came over Bakura's eyes for a moment, and Seto knew he was talking to Ryou. Bakura's eyes became focused again, with Bakura grumbling under his breath. Seto caught something like 'spoil-sport hikari' coming from Bakura's mouth.
"I take it he forbade you to harm anyone" Seto said with a smirk.
"Yes" Bakura said darkly. "But he said I could hurt people if they hurt me first though" he added brightly. Seto groaned. 'Great, I'm stuck with two people who are going to come off as schizophrenics, but are really a psychotic spirit and a too-good-for-his-own-good human' he thought to himself.
The feast passed on mostly without incident. There was just that one little thing where Marik threw a goblet full of pumpkin juice over Pansy when she was taunting Draco and himself, but other than that minor detail, everything went fine.
When the feast was over, everyone walked off to bed, with students showing the exchange students to their respective tower or in the Slytherins case, dungeon. Yugi was amused that portraits were used to guard the common rooms, but wasn't surprised, what with everything he had seen. Harry and Ron led Yugi up to the boys dormitory, while Hermione led Enma to the girls.
Once in the dormitory, Harry and Ron introduced Yugi to the other boys there, Neville, Seamus and Dean. "So, what do you think of Hogwarts so far?" Seamus asked Yugi.
"I think it's brilliant, I've never seen so many magic people in one place before" Yugi replied enthusiastically.
"I thought you were muggle-born, how can you have met magic people before now?" Dean asked.
"I've had a lot of… encounters with magic, not the same type of magic as yours, but still, magic. I've known for a while Ryou and Marik possessed magic. Kaiba was a bit of a shock though. What was even more shocking is that he actually came here. He used to be a firm non-believer in magic" Yugi said.
"There's a different type of magic?" Seamus asked.
"Yes, although I now know of two, I'm guessing there are many types of magic in the world" Yugi said.
"What's this other type of magic you know of?" Seamus asked. Yugi hesitated here. He didn't want to reveal too much. Yami suddenly appeared next to him, making the other boys jump in shock, even Harry and Ron who had seen him before.
"Yami, what are you doing?" Yugi asked frantically.
"Don't worry, I do not sense anything malicious about them, they mean no harm" Yami said calmly.
"Y..Yugi, why does that ghost look like you?" Neville stammered. Yami snorted.
"I am no ghost, I am a spirit. I reside in the Millennium Puzzle and share a body with Yugi" Yami said, insulted at being called a ghost.
"There's a difference?" Dean asked.
"Yes" Yami said. He was DEFINITELY insulted now. He crossed his arms and sat on Yugi's bed. "Anyway, you were asking about our magic. It is called Shadow Magic, and is very dangerous to those who were never destined to wield it. It originates from Ancient Egypt where Pharaohs played Shadow Games, using monsters which are now used in today's game of Duel Monsters" Yami explained.
"What do you mean it is dangerous to those never meant to use it? What does that mean?" Dean asked.
"Shadow magic is very powerful, and very difficult to control. People who have tried to use it in the past have been driven mad or even killed by it" Yami said. The boys exchanged looks.
"If you're dangerous, why did Dumbledore allow you here?" Neville asked. Both Yami and Yugi snorted.
"I am as harmless as a fly… unless you try to harm Yugi or one of our friends" Yami said. Yugi giggled at Yami's protectiveness.
"Uh… Ok, we won't harm you… just so you know" Dean said nervously.
"I know. I wouldn't have told you if I thought you would" Yami said, and disappeared back into the puzzle. Yugi yawned.
"Well, I suppose we'd better get some sleep. Don't we have to wake up early for school?" Yugi said, and lay down. The others soon followed and soon only their snores could be heard.
Yami Pandora: …Wow… that was definitely the longest chapter I have ever written. I hope you liked it, please review and let me know what you think!