Dragon: guess what? I have some one plagiarizing my plot to this story! Can you believe it? Lol they copied it word for word! So PhoenixDragon03 from if you are reading this to just copy and paste, I suggest you think twice cause I'm watching!
About Atemu and Dumbledore: Yes, in my story they do not get along nor will they ever (I don't think) Now I love the books by J. K. Rowling and I have no problem with the way she writes her stories. But when I wanted to do this I thought about how Harry was at the end of book 5, he was pretty much pissed at everything. So I built on that. I didn't want to do the same old plot everyone else was doing. And no Atemu and gang will not 'save' the day they will only guide and help Harry with his task. But they will deal with the shadow realm and the monsters since that is their domain.
This story is meant to be fun to read and fun for me to write, so to my little flamer; I laugh. I really don't care what you think, cause I'm enjoying this story and over 80 reviews tells me others are too. After all if it's not fun for the authoress/author to write then what's the point? I mean we are the ones that have to sit down and think, plan, type, etc. I look at this way (and other may disagree with me, that's their right) but if a person has fun writing a story then by all means post it and enjoy. I don't care how well you write, plan, etc. I mean it's not like we are getting paid or our lives are on the line. Lol needless to say you will never see me flame.
About Ryou: he may be mentioned but he will not show up I think unless I plan something for much later. But what YGO characters you see now is what you get. Sorry for Ryou fans but he isn't needed for my story.
I think that's the end of my ranting. Gomen for the long author notes. Now on with chapter 9!
Grunts of frustration could be heard throughout the small cages that lined the endless stone hallway. Each monster was held in a magical spell that kept them from returning to their home and rightful King. Never before had they been forced to go against their wishes and now they were powerless to stop it from happening it them.
A Legacy Hunter (ATK/1000) paced back and forth as it heard commotions of another monster being magically suppressed and shoved into one of the metal cages. With his weapons gone, he was little more than a useless creature waiting to be given orders. He couldn't figure out why they were being ripped from their homes and forced into this world. None of them have seen the supposed Lord of this place and anyone that was sent out to capture their prey never returned.
Placing his hands on the bars before him, he leaned his face forward and peered down the hallway the best he could. He swore he heard voices coming towards them and he hoped he would be able to get a look or even a clue as to who it was and what was going on.
He didn't even know how long he had been here now. Without a master, he was free to roam the Realm until he was either called upon by the one Master or 'caught' by another and summoned to the playing field. This left him and others like him vulnerable to who ever these dark humans were.
Casting his inhuman gaze down the hall he caught sight of several dark robes coming his way. Masking out the other noises he tried to listen to what they were saying.
"But father, why must I choose one?"
"Now Draco, why wouldn't you want one of these shadow creatures? Surely you understand that you are serving the Dark Lord and that you are old enough to come along on one of our missions now."
The Legacy Hunter watched as the boy called Draco and his father walked along and peered into each cage. This was the first time he had seen a human child down in the lower parts of where ever they were being kept.
"So tell me father which ones are the best?"
The older man smiled at his son, glad that he wanted to know about the latest creatures they had acquired. "Well nothing here is considered too weak, but the ones over this way are slightly more powerful." He said as he pointed a finger towards the human like monster.
Grunting, the Hunter turned away from the two humans as they stopped in front of his cage. As much as he wanted to be free of this place he didn't like the feel of the older human. The man's heart was dark. Now the son, well he was slightly different, he was young enough to change the way his heart and soul were going. There was hope for him.
Silently, he turned back towards them when he realized they weren't moving on. He looked coldly into each of their eyes as they studied him. The boy cocked his head to the side before he spoke.
"You monster, what is your name?"
The Hunter just raised an eyebrow at the human. Monsters like him could talk but they didn't do so freely. Some could talk telepathically, while others had voices and others couldn't at all. But it was still a matter of trust between master and monster that allowed it, and right now he didn't trust anything but the true Master.
The father laughed, "Now Draco, you shouldn't expect simple minded creatures like this to be able to talk. They aren't intelligent enough."
The Shadow Creature growled low in his throat. Oh how he wanted his twin swords and to be free of this accursed cage, then he would hunt this man down and cut his head off.
"I think I'll take him."
A wicked smile played on the father's face as he nodded his head, "Alright."
The Hunter watched as the man pulled out a set of silver manacles and held them up to the bars of the cage. "Creature put your hands through the bars."
Hunter glared at the two humans before he placed his hands through the metal bars and felt the manacles being magically placed on his forearms and a click of the door before it opened.
"There you go Draco, you know have a monster to control. Come, let's go home, you have a battle to prepare for."
The boy looked at his creature and smiled at him before he beckoned him to follow. The monster's eyes widened at the sight of the smile. Slightly confused at the boy's actions, he shrugged his shoulders and followed.
Harry grabbed the remote from Yugi and chuckled at the pout the older man gave him. For the life of him he couldn't figure out how a person of twenty-two could look as young as him and sometimes act younger.
A week had passed since Dumbledore and Lupin had come to the Manor that night and everything had pretty much returned to normal, well if you can call leaving with shadow creatures and an ancient spirit normal.
Surprisingly, they hadn't had any more battles since that last one and Atemu was well rested and rather full of energy. Unfortunately that led to many games and other magical pranks being played on everyone.
Flipping through the channels, he caught a wisp of shadow gliding down the stairs. Turning his head, he nudged Yugi in the side with his elbow and pointed towards it.
Yugi's violet eyes watched as the shadow moved off the stairs and 'crawled' across the floor towards Seto, who was currently sitting in the chair opposite from them. With a knowing grin on his face he leaned back in the couch and placed his hands behind his head.
When the shadow got to the Priest's feet, it snaked up them, curling around his legs till it was in his lap. Blue eyes watched with a raised eyebrow as the shadow solidified leaving a very playful Pharaoh in his lap.
"What was that about my dear Pharaoh?"
Atemu shrugged his shoulders and got a wicked look in his eyes right before he captured his lover's lips in a fierce kiss.
Both Harry and Yugi adverted their gaze, as they too seemed to forget about them. The young wizard was thankful he had gotten use to their ways, for no longer did he blush when he was faced with it.
Breaking the kiss, Seto glared playfully at his koi. "You're a dirty old man you know that?"
"Yep! Now if I can just get you to learn to respect your elders…."
Seto rolled his eyes.
All three of the shadow wielders glanced towards the sliding glass door as they felt the pull of the Realm. As soon as the portal opened, a beautiful blue bird flew into the room and landed on the chair behind Seto's head. Leaning over, the bird handed Atemu the letters it had carried in its beak.
The spirit scanned through the names on the letters. "Harry, here's one for you."
Harry got up and took the letter from him. Once he opened it up he read it.
"You're letter about your supplies?"
Harry nodded his head towards Yugi. "Yeah, now I just have to go to Diagon Alley to get them."
Seto nodded his head as Atemu handed a letter to him and one to Yugi. The house was quiet as they each read what was contained on the parchment.
Atemu raised an eyebrow and turned towards Harry, "Who is Professor Severus Snape?"
"He's the potions teacher. Why?"
"Cause it says here that he's going to teaching DADA with me."
"WHAT?!?" Shocked, Harry jumped up and grabbed the paper out of his hand and read it himself hoping that it was a joke. With a groan he handed it back and sulked back over to his seat.
"I take it that's bad?" Yugi asked as he refolded his letter and tucked it back into the envelope.
"Yes, very bad. I bet his jumping for joy right about now. He's been wanting that position for several years now but was always turned down."
Atemu shrugged his shoulders and folded the paper back up. "I'm not worried about it. I'll deal with whatever happens."
"At least you will be there teaching too. It will make the class a lot more entertaining."
"I live to please."
"Speaking of pleasing," Seto said with a gleam in his eyes "how about you and me…"
Seto was cut off as another pull from the realm was felt. With a groan, Seto and the others turned towards the disturbance and watched as a brown fur ball came floating out of the portal.
"Kuree!!"
Laughing Atemu asked, "So is everything ready?"
The kuribo bounced up and down in response.
"Good."
"What's going on?" Harry asked, slightly confused.
"You my friend are going with us to my place in the realm to receive your own monster."
"Really?" Harry grinned at the thought of getting his own monster.
"Yep, Atemu wants you to have one to look over you when we can not. It will go to school with you and protect you. It's only a matter of time before those deatheaters realize they can get through your schools barriers." Yugi replied as he stood up and walked over to the portal.
Following his example, Harry also got up. Crawling off of Seto's lap, Atemu dismissed the bird back to Hogwarts.
Soon the four walked through the portal and headed off towards Atemu's kingdom in the Shadows.
Draco opened the door to his room and allowed his newly required monster to step inside. He watched the Hunter out of the corner of his eye as he went about getting ready for bed. In a few days he would be setting off to join in his first wizards fight before school started.
His father was rather pleased the Dark Lord allowed him to join, but Draco had his doubts.
To tell the truth he wasn't to thrilled with the thought of going against older and more advanced wizards. He was only starting his sixth year and he knew he still had a lot to learn. Plus he felt as if he was better suited for spying at school than using death curses on muggles and wizards.
Once he was in his dark blue pajamas, he turned and faced his monster who was currently looking out his window with some interest. Cocking his eyebrow, he studied the monster. When he was looking them over, he found he preferred ones that looked human for some reason. He guessed cause he couldn't see himself with half of those creatures since some of them fell on the cute and fuzzy side.
This shadow creature looked powerful, rather small though, but that didn't bother him. He knew all to well that size didn't mean anything. The Hunter had well-developed muscles and was dressed in something that reminded him of Ancient Egyptians, since he was wearing a kilt and a collar plate. With his grayish colored hair and his spooky looking eyes, he was a rather intimidating sight.
He had seen the weapons this creature wielded and he was eager to see him in action. But the weapons were out of reach right now, hidden away by his father until they were needed. Which was fine by him, he didn't fancy the monster holding them while he slept.
Looking once more at the Hunter he decided to see if it could talk. Just cause his father said it was stupid, didn't mean it was.
"Shadow Creature, do you have a name?"
The Hunter turned and regarded the boy that spoke to him before he shook his head to say no.
"Guess I'll have to give you one then." He paused as he thought. "How about Kalen? It's Celtic meaning warrior. I think it suits you."
The monster rolled it around in his head and decided he liked it. With a curt nod towards the boy, he moved around the room looking at the objects in it.
"Can you talk or is what my father said true?"
Growling at the thought of what the boy's father had said, he turned and looked at the boy before he shrugged his shoulders. He still wasn't ready to trust this boy, even if he was his master for now. Humans must earn a duel monster's respect and if they do not find you worthy they will not fight for you. Course he had a feeling with the new manacles on his arms he would be forced to fight.
Tired of looking at things he didn't understand Kalen promptly took a seat on the floor and leaned back against the bed, but kept his eyes on Draco as the blonde haired boy sat across from him Indian style on the floor also.
"I think I could get to like you. Since you don't talk, whether by choice or simply cause you can't, I think you would be someone that would listen to me. Maybe we could be friends?"
Kalen raised an eyebrow at the boy. Did this human really want to be friends with him or was it some scheme to get him to talk and do his biding? He didn't know yet but he figured he had the time to answer those questions.
"You know, maybe you can come to school with me? Then you can scare those pests Potter, Granger and Weasley." He laughed, "Yes, that would be fun to watch."
The Hunter sighed, this boy needed to learn a lesson about how to deal with people and interact with them. Yet he suspected a lot of his attitude to do with his father. That man was cold and ruthless, thinking of nothing but power. He had gathered that much by listening during their dinner. Since they didn't think he was intelligent they spoke freely in front of him.
During that time he also learned that their Dark Lord had received a encrypted message from one of his followers they had recovered. None of the deatheaters knew what the symbol of the Eye stood for but he did and so did every other duel monster.
The Eye was the true Master's mark.
Inwardly the monster smirked. Yes he could see the Pharaoh of Old hunting them all down and making them pay for taking them away from their home. Although he wasn't bonded to the Master, all duel monsters knew of him and his reign. It was because of him that they were allowed to roam free in the Realm. All duel monsters owed him that and most were willing to follow him.
Soon he knew he would have to face the Master since that was who was sealing away the monsters the Dark Lord's followers were using. Now he had to find away to free himself of the magical bond and claim his loyalty back to the true Master or he to would be sealed till this was over and judgment was passed on them.
He knew the laws of the Realm. All monsters were free to do as they pleased as long as they stayed in the Realm unless called upon by him, the priest, item holders or any other human that summoned them to the field. Of course humans that can truly call upon a real monster were few and far between. But if they disobeyed the rules they were judged before the Pharaoh of Old and punished according to what they had done. Luckily he was a forgiving man and rarely sealed them away.
But this time they were being used to kill mortals - men, women, and children. This was something that was he did not allow.
Maybe he could save himself from that fate if he gathered the right info so when he met the Master he could exchange it for his freedom. Yes, that was a good plan; play dumb so they would speak freely in front of him.
A yawn from the boy brought him out of his musing. Looking at the boy who was now rummaging though his closet, he was startled when he heard what the boy was saying.
"I have an extra blanket and pillow for you to use. My father said you should sleep in the house elves quarters but I think you will be more comfortable here."
Draco walked up to Kalen and handed him two pillows and a rather thick pale blue blanket. Taking them from the boy, he grunted his thanks as he curled up on the floor at the side of the bed.
Laying on his back, he stared up at the ceiling as heard the human settle into his bed. Closing his eyes he had one last thought before he fell asleep – maybe he shouldn't judge this boy just yet.