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Blackjack Poplar: Yes, I'm aware that I laid on the accent for Hagrid too thick. I'll have an explanation later. And for all the other stuff you said, thanks. You make me blush.
Ruth 4 kai: Thanks. I'll update as quickly as I can write it.
Ch. 2
Accents
Yugi, Hagrid, and Magic all walked through Diagon Alley. They passed all kinds of shops. The first Place Yugi needed to go was to Gringotts. In his years as a linguist, he had run across some wizards who could only pay in wizarding money. He had a pretty good stash in Gringotts. And he luckily had his key.
"Where ta Yugi?" Hagrid asked.
"Gringotts," Yugi said in a small voice.
"A'ight," Hagrid nodded and ushered Yugi that direction.
As they walked, a question bite and itched at Magic's mind. It was something that had been bugging him since Hagrid had shown up at their place. He figured now was as good a time as any to ask.
"Hagrid, why is your accent so heavy? It wasn't that heavy the last time I saw you," Magic asked.
"Eh, I 'ot in a fight o'er somt'ing, I can't remember," Hagrid stated. "The s'ell was su'posed to 'eep meh from talkin', ins'ead it made me accent worse."
"Oh," Magic almost laughed.
They quickly reached Gringotts. Magic had never been to Gringotts before and was blown away when they walked inside. The place was magnificent. There were corridors and halls upon corridors and halls. The place seemed to have a proud air to it. IT seemed to almost overflow with pride and majesty.
Yugi walked up to the counter.
"Yes?" a goblin asked.
"I-I'd like to make a withdraw," Yugi stammered.
"Number?" the goblin asked.
"22356," Yugi stated.
"Key?" the goblin demanded.
Yugi handed over his key. Another goblin appeared beside them, got the number and the key, and took all three to the vault, via train car, just as always. Magic felt like he was on a roller coaster. He didn't know that any bank did this. They stopped suddenly in front of a door that had the numbers 22356 in gold on the door. The ugly goblin stood up and unlocked the vault. Hagrid was stunned. The kid had some money on him. His vault had a goodly amount of money in it. It had enough for a wizard to retire on, not comfortably mind you, but enough to retire.
Yugi retrieved a small money pouch from his pack and filled it up with coins. It was bulging by the time he returned to the cart. Placing the sack back in his bag, he nodded to the goblin, who locked the vault and got in himself. Again, the roller coaster began and they were soon back where they started. Handing back Yugi his key, the other goblin went off. Yugi wanted to say thank you, but didn't.
"Now, to Diagon Alley," Yugi said to Hagrid.
The little group walked back to Diagon Alley. It was incredible the things that they saw in the stores. Magic had never known anything like this existed. Yugi knew where he needed to go first. The wand shop, though the name of it slipped his mind.
"What can I do ya for?" the shopkeeper, Mr. Ollivander, asked.
"I need a new wand," Yugi said in a small voice.
Magic was just a little stunned at how much Yugi was talking now. Maybe it was just that he needed to break the barrier, and Hagrid had done that. Now, Yugi was beginning to make a recovery. Magic smiled. Finally, someone is doing what he never could. That may have been why Magic failed. He never forced Yugi to talk unless he wanted to.
"Ah, a wand," Mr. Ollivander mumbled. "Will this be your first one?"
"No," Yugi stated.
Then the man looked closer at Yugi and a big grin stretched across his face.
"I remember you," he said in a happy tone. "Yugi, right? How are you?"
"Okay," Yugi lied.
"I have just the wand for you," Mr. Ollivander smiled.
The old man went into the back. The others waited as the man looked. Magic looked about his surroundings. There were more wands than variety of cards in Grandpa's Game Shop here. There were wands in boxes of all kinds. Some fancy, some plain. Some tattered, some brand new. Magic was still staring in wonderment when Mr. Ollivander returned.
"There are a lot of 'em, aren't buddy?" he asked, making Magic jump.
"Yeah," Magic nodded.
"Here Yugi," Mr. Ollivander said, turning to Yugi. "This is just like what you had before."
Yugi took the wand from Mr. Ollivander. The strange, but familiar sensation rushed through his body, just like the first time he had ever picked up a wand. The strange magic once again strengthened him.
"What happened to your old wand?" Mr. Ollivander asked.
"It was completely destroyed in a fight," Yugi stated.
"Oh, well, luckily for you, your type of wand is pretty easy to replace," Mr. Ollivander nodded matter-of-factly.
After paying what he owed, Yugi then went to Madam malkin's robes for all occasions. As Yugi walked in, Madam Malkin bustled over to the small man.
"Well hello there, what can I do for you?" Madam Malkin asked.
"Uh, yes, I, uh, need a robe," Yugi stammered a little.
"Hogwarts or-" Madam started, but was cut off by Yugi saying, "Just a plain black robe will do."
Madam Malkin nodded and went to the back of her shop. Yugi fidgeted around while he waited. This was putting a lot of stress on Yugi, Magic noted. Magic agreed that his method of trying to help Yugi had gotten him nowhere. But this seemed to be making things worse. Sure, he was talking now, but it was putting more stress on him than Magic thought was necessary. Still, maybe this was the best way to handle this.
Madam Malkin came out a little while later carrying a robe that she thought would fit Yugi. She held it out to Yugi.
"Here, try this," she said.
Yugi slipped on the robe. It was a little large and went all the way to his heels and the sleeves fell over his hands. He looked at Magic who was trying not to laugh, but wasn't doing a very good job of it.
"Oh dear, that's the smallest one I have," Madam Malkin sighed.
"It's fine, how much do I owe?" Yugi said quickly.
Paying what he owed as fast as he could, the three then walked out of the robe shop. Yugi rolled up the sleeves, and when he did that, the robe wasn't so big.
"So, now where to?" Magic asked.
"Dunno," Yugi confessed. "I've got everything I need."
"Yer still missin' one 'hing," Hagrid said pointedly.
"Oh yeah? What would it be then?" Magic asked quickly.
"You need ta pick out yer book for yer class," Hagrid nodded.
"I'm not going to use a book. What you want me to teach can never be taught by some book," Yugi stated, looking at Hagrid.
Magic nodded.
"Awright then," Hagrid shrugged.
"I'm curious though, so can we still go look in the shop?" Magic asked.
"Sure," Hagrid nodded.
The three walked into Flourish and Blotts, just to look. Magic was captivated by the massive amounts of books that were simply on the wizard magic. Yugi, too, was a little stunned, but he had been there before. The storekeeper, Jonathan Brooke, came out of nowhere it seemed.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" he asked, making Yugi jump.
"N-n-n-no, we're j-j-j-just fine," Yugi stammered horribly due to his fright.
"Oh, 'ugi, I just remembered, I got 'ome shop'in' ta do," Hagrid said as he waved goodbye. "I'll be 'ack in five mi'tues."
Yugi gulped. He wasn't quite ready for this, but at least he still had Magic with him. Yugi sat down in a chair that was in the store and pulled out the letter. He read over it again. Then, he noticed another paper behind the one he had read. He pulled it to the front and read.
Name: Yugi J. Mutou
Age: 23
Position: The Knowledge of Magic teacher
Book needed: None
Yugi found this page especially odd. He already knew this stuff, it was about him. But even as he thought this, the few lines he had read shrunk a little and formed itself into a card, like a business card or an ID card. A new slice of paper took its place and Yugi read that too.
Dear Mr. Yugi J. Mutou,
We would like to inform you of the things you will need as a teacher at Hogwarts.
One Wand for your own protection at the very least
At least one robe
Things to put in your classroom (not required, but recommended)
Classes will begin exactly two weeks from the present date. We will be awaiting your arrival with great anticipation. Thank you for your time.
Minerva McGonagall
If Yugi had been eating anything, he would've choked. And, on the same note, if he had been drinking anything, it would now be sprayed all over Magic and the paper. Two weeks?!?! He couldn't believe it, that didn't leave him much time to get ready. He thought about what he would do. Two weeks? It had taken him three months to get over the shock of going to Hogwarts the first time around. But this time he had only two weeks?!?!? And he was teaching this time.
A tinker of the bell alerted Yugi to a new presence in the store. He looked up. A dark-haired boy wearing glasses and loose, baggy clothing with a strawberry blonde male holding blue eyes and wearing baggy clothing too walked in together, followed by a bookish-looking female with long, curly blonde hair and a plain wizard's robe bearing the Hogwarts seal on it and a shirt and pants draped over her body. (A/N: No, it's not Harry and friends, you'll see who it is in a sec)
"Come on sis," the strawberry blonde called to the girl behind them.
"Oh stuff it Eddie," the girl retorted.
The boy, apparently named Eddie, rolled he eyes and whispered to the black-haired boy, "I don't know why I had to have a little sister. My dad said 'Oh you'll love it, and maybe she'll be just like your mother, and then you can be just like us when we where in Hogwarts'. But they weren't related until they were married."
The black-haired boy snickered a little.
"I heard that Mr. Daniel," the girl called.
"Oh shove off Renta," Eddie snapped, and then turning back to his friend whispered, "I wonder why she got the cool name."
"Well, her mother was named Hermione," Daniel stated.
"Yeah, and my father was Ron, your point?" Eddie asked.
"Maybe they were just following suit," Daniel shrugged.
But the only response he got was a huge eye roll from Eddie, making Daniel snicker a little.
"Aww man," a groan came from Renta.
"What is it now? Did you break a nail, or accidentally tear a page out of a book?" Eddie asked, obviously irritated.
"NO, the new class, the Knowledge of Magic doesn't have a book," Renta sighed.
The other two looked at their papers too. They both saw that it was true. But just a second ago, it said that it wasn't applicable. Yugi was a little stunned. He hadn't told anyone that he wouldn't be using a book. Or at least anyone at Hogwarts. He guessed it was the old magic at work again.
"Oh well, one less book to carry," Eddie said cheerfully.
Yugi noticed that, while the two boys looked like they were in their fifth year, the girl looked as though she were only in her third. He guessed that his class was now a mandatory class for all. Then, he noticed that Renta was staring at him. He began to sweat a little. He thought just look away. He wished he could just melt into the chair.
"Hey guys, look," Renta stated, pointing at Yugi.
The other two turned from the shelf that they were retrieving books from. They were stunned into silence as they looked at the strange man sitting in the chair, watching them with big, purple eyes. But they were not confident eyes, like you might expect from his hairstyle. They were, however, scared, terrified eyes. And they also noticed the gray wolf at the man's side.
"Wow, you're funny looking," Renta scoffed.
"Renta!" Eddie gasped in embarrassment as he jumped off the ladder and grabbed up Renta, covering her mouth. "You don't say things like that," Eddie whispered into her ear.
Nevertheless, the man didn't move. He still had that petrified look on his face. Daniel jumped down. Something was wrong with this man. He wondered what. Daniel began to walk over to Yugi, who started trying to back up, but was very unsuccessful, seeing as how he was sitting in a chair. Daniel had to halfway bend down to see eye-to-eye with the small fellow, who looked down at the wolf. The wolf looked back at him, but did nothing.
"Hi guy, my name's Daniel," he held his hand out.
Yugi just stared at Daniel, his bottom jaw shaking as if he were going to say something or let out a yell at the least. However, not a single sound was emitted from the spiky haired man. He just held out his own hand in greeting. Daniel shook it, smiling.
"So, what year are you?" Daniel asked.
"Uh, Daniel, maybe we should leave him alone, he seems pretty scared by you," Renta stated.
With a sigh, Daniel stood up and went back to what he was doing.
"I know you wanna help pal, but some people just can't be helped," Eddie told him.
Daniel looked back at the small man. He had a feeling that something had happened to him. Something really bad. Something very traumatic. Something that had changed his life forever. How he knew, he was never sure. He had like this sixth sense that told him things about a person that he had never met before. And as he turned back to his work, he had the strong feeling that he hadn't seen the last of the strange, spiky haired male and his wolf.
Shadu: (review) Phew, that was a hard chapter to start. (Review) And once I got started, I couldn't stop. (Review) Isn't that always the way of things. (Think I want you to review?)