Yami Pandora: I am really, really, really sorry that I've taken so long! I hope you can all forgive me. Thank you for your patience and for all your reviews! Well, I guess I'd better get on with their first day of school. I am going to change a few details of the book so if you are one of those people who doesn't like changes in people's fan fiction, you are in the wrong place so bugger off.
Chapter Nine
(Last Time)
"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.
(This Time)
Yugi awoke early. The others in the dormitory were all still asleep, except for Neville, who was rummaging around in his trunk. "What are you doing up so early?" Yugi asked.
"I'm trying to make sure I'll remember everything. I doubt I will though, I'm rubbish at remembering" Neville said sadly.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you will remember everything today" Yugi said brightly.
"No I won't, but thanks anyway" Neville replied. Yugi watched him for a moment.
"Do you need any help?" he asked. Neville stopped rummaging around and looked at Yugi in relief.
"Thank you that would be great! No one offers their help, because they know how hopeless I am. They gave up after third year" he said.
"It's no problem" Yugi said with a smile. Yugi help Neville find a copy of his timetable, then helped him pack all the things he would need for the day. He also asked Neville if he had any summer homework that was due in. Neville shook his head. As it was sixth year, they didn't know which subjects they would have been allowed to take before their O.W.L's came out, so they hadn't been set any homework. Neville had been relieved he had pass potions with an 'A', but he wasn't able to take it at N.E.W.T level. The same with Transfiguration. He had passed Herbology with flying colours though, which he was happy about.
Soon enough, Neville had everything he needed and he couldn't stop thanking Yugi until they went to breakfast, where they separated, Yugi joining Harry, Ron and Hermione, Neville joining Dean and Seamus. "Ohayoo gozaimasu" Yugi said without thinking. The others blinked at him.
"What the hell did you say?" Ron asked, suspicion in his voice. Obviously he had never heard Japanese before. Yugi looked up embarrassed.
"Oh, sorry, I slipped back into Japanese" he said. "I said 'good morning'" he finished.
"Oh, OK" Ron said, turning back to his plate, which was filled with bacon, sausage and egg. Yugi looked to see if he could find the others. Seto and Ryou were sat together, with Seto trying to edge as far away from a lot of the Ravenclaw girls, and some girls from other houses too, even Slytherin.
Eventually he gave up and stormed out of the hall, not finishing his breakfast and leaving a very nervous Ryou alone with them. He was getting attention because of his 'cute' looks, and because he knew the teenage billionaire, Seto Kaiba. He, too, gave up and almost ran over to the Gryffindor table to get away from them. He sat next to Yugi, hoping he would be spared, even just a little, here.
Yugi greeted him, cheerfully as always, and then looked for Marik, to see what he was up to. He was sitting with Draco Malfoy, getting filthy looks from all the other Slytherins except the ones who had left their families to get away from Voldemort. Draco seemed to be ignoring it, though Marik was returning the glares full force. Yugi sighed. He turned back to his empty plate, and looked at the choice of food there was for breakfast.
He eventually settled for toast, spreading butter thickly on it before quickly eating. Timetables were then given out by the prefects, including Ron and Hermione, and a Ravenclaw prefect came over to give Ryou his timetable. Harry looked at his timetable, and groaned. It was Potions first. He was surprised about that, because he had only received an 'E' in Potions, as had Ron. Hermione had, of course, received an 'O', so she would have got in anyway.
Yugi, however, was looking forward to his first Potions lesson, having not heard of Snape's reputation. He would also be with all of his friends as all the houses had been put together, as so many people hadn't gotten the required grade or didn't want to continue the subject anymore because of Snape.
As they were walking down to Potions, Yugi saw Seto being bugged, yet again, and called out to him. Big mistake. He was just as, if not more famous than Seto was, and Harry was with him too. It was literally a battle to get to Potions. They managed to lose them once they got to the dungeons though. Seto assumed they were afraid of the big dark dungeon.
They walked in. The only other people in there were Enma, who was sitting alone, Draco and Marik. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Yugi sat on the bench behind them, while Ryou and Seto joined them on the same bench. A dozen or so more people entered, unsurprisingly, most of them were Slytherin.
A couple of minutes later, Snape burst through the door, black robes billowing behind him like usual. "For the benefit of the new transfer students, there will be foolish little wand waving in this class" he said. Harry and Ron rolled their eyes. Snape obviously said the same thing every year. Marik was stunned. This guy was as cold as Seto! He didn't think that was possible. "Today, we will be making the Felix Felicis potion, does anyone know what it does?" Snape asked. Three hands went up, Hermione's, Seto's (barely) and Draco's. Both were ignored. Snape had to make sure he wasn't friendly with people who didn't follow Voldemort.
"No one? Pathetic, for a N.E.W.T's class" Snape said coldly. The three students lowered their hands, Hermione and Draco saying nothing, but Seto wasn't going to stand for it.
"Why did you bother to ask the damn question if you weren't going to get someone to answer?" he asked in a deadly quiet voice. Snape almost looked surprised. The only other time someone had stood up to him was when Ron had lost his temper when Hermione had answered a question. What shocked him more, was the fact that Seto had done so calmly, and as cold as Snape himself could talk. It was something he didn't expect from a school boy.
"You will not tell me how to handle my own classes. You will join me in detention on Friday and 10 points from Ravenclaw" Snape said. Seto glared, not because he had gotten a detention, but because he had received it unfairly.
Snape then continued the lesson as normal. "The Felix Felicis is known as 'liquid luck', in that it can help a person succeed in all their endeavours, if brewed correctly which I doubt many of you will be able to do. The effects of this potion, however, wear off after a short period of time and if too much of this potion is taken it will cause recklessness and a dangerous level of overconfidence. The instructions are on the board, begin" he said. His wand flicked to the blank board and the instructions appeared. A couple of people got up to get the ingredients they needed without having to look a t the instructions, one of which surprised Snape again. Seto Kaiba was new, he shouldn't know all of this, yet he did and he seemed to do it perfectly.
By the end of the lesson, only three people, the same three people who had raised their hands at the beginning, had got their potion to the pale lilac colour it was supposed to be. Snape, yet again, didn't acknowledge it though. "Mr Kaiba? I believe I need to discuss with you the time of your detention, the rest of you may go" Snape said. Yugi, Marik and Ryou, however, remained. "I thought I told you to go" Snape said to them irritably.
"No you didn't, you said they MAY go, not that they HAD to go" Seto retorted. Snape was livid. This boy had a quick tongue and was clearly not afraid to use it.
"That's another detention you've earned yourself, on Saturday" he hissed.
"I guess I actually deserve that one" Seto said.
"Meaning?"
"Absolutely nothing" Seto said sarcastically.
"Are you intent on earning yourself a months worth of detentions" Snape said, thoroughly exasperated with him now.
"I bet half of them would be unfair, wouldn't they. Besides, I've already seen through you. You behave this way because you have to, not because you want to" Seto stated.
"Your detentions will begin at 8:00pm sharp, do not be late or risk another week of detentions" Snape said, quickly changing the subject. "You may go now" he added. Seto smirked; he knew he was right now.
"Whatever… spy" Seto said, before leaving the room with Yugi, Ryou and Marik. Snape stared at him. He got up and went into his private office. He went to the fireplace and threw a powder into it. "Albus, we have a problem, one of the transfers, Mr Kaiba, has discovered my role as a spy" he called into it.
A moment later, Dumbledore emerged from the fire. "I thought he would, smart lad that one is" Dumbledore said.
"Albus, it took everyone else years to figure it out, yet I spend one hour with him and he knows everything" Snape said. "I think he may be a legilimens" he added quietly.
"Maybe. I believe he was trained from a young age to read people's emotions, he does run a large company in Japan, he would have to be good at reading people" Dumbledore said. "He will need to be trained properly, I will leave that to you" Dumbledore said, and then left the office through the fire place.
Snape sighed. He was going to get stuck with another pesky teenager, this one with more of a temper.
Meanwhile, certian transfers were getting into trouble in other classes.
Yami Pandora: Did you like it? I hope so. Sorry about ending it there and it being so short, I need to go work out the student timetables (sweatdrop). Please review!