New chapter oh, and thanks to everyone who reviewed
I made the sorting hats song up.
Disclaimer: I don't own YGO or HP
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Chapter 4: Another Year
A few days later Yugi, Marik and Ryou were all standing by platform 9 looking very confused,
"Does anyone know were platform 9¾ is ?" Yugi asked, staring at the ticket in his hand as if it would suddenly come alive and tell him where to go,
"Of course I know were to go, that's why I'm standing here with no idea were the platform is," Marik replied sarcastically,
"Marik," Yugi complained, "this is no time for your stupid jokes, we only have a few minutes," Yugi was looking very agitated, "maybe we should ask someone,"
"Yugi, whoever we ask is going to think were crazy," Ryou tried to calm down the small boy while saying this,
((Oh, and having a spirit inside your head isn't crazy ?))
Ryou tried to ignore his Yami,
"Yugi, maybe you should let Yami take over for a bit, he might be a bit more, calm," Ryou told Yugi, there was a small flash of light, then Yami stood in Yugi's place,
"Your hikari gets upset about nothing," Marik sniggered,
"Marik, for once in your short life, try to be sensible," Yami sighed, then started pacing slightly, thinking.
Marik nudged Ryou, then pointed to Yami, Ryou looked slightly confused, so Marik tapped the Millennium Ring which was hanging around his neck, Ryou looked shocked, and was about to say something when there was another flash of light.
Yami Bakura grinned, then walked over to where Yami was pacing, trying to look like Ryou, as Yami walked towards him Bakura stuck his foot out, Yami tripped over it.
They heard a small yell before Yami disappeared into the wall in front of him, Marik gasped,
"W-what just happened ?"
"Err Yami got chopped in half ?" Bakura poked one of Yami's feet carefully, for half of Yami was left on one side of the wall, the rest was on the other side.
On the other side of the wall Yami blinked, glancing up he saw people walking past, a train was in the station, steam billowed over the crowd, Yami looked behind him, only to see a wall,
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !" Yami screamed, a few people looked at him, Yami was trying (and failing) to stay calm, but then he looked up and saw on a sigh 'Platform 9¾' he breathed out, then started to move backwards through the wall.
Back on the other side of the wall,
"Uh oh, Bakura, it's moving," Marik started to edge slowly away from Yami's feet,
"Huh, you mean he's still alive ?" Bakura walked over to see Yami emerge from the wall, he straightened up, brushed some dust of his clothes, then turned to face the shocked Bakura and Marik,
"Ra, it is alive !" Bakura shouted,
"Well, Bakura, for once your little jokes were usefully, that" Yami pointed to the wall behind him, "is Platform 9¾"
"Uhh, your kidding right ?" Marik was puzzled,
"No, just run at the wall and you go right through, go on, try," Yami pointed at Marik
"Wha ? me ? why do I have to go first ?" Marik was shocked,
"Because, I said so, and I am he Pharaoh, now go on, unless you're scared,"
Marik stared at Yami as if he was mad,
"Fine, but if it doesn't work I swear I'm gonna kill you."
Marik took a deep breath, walked back past the solemn faced Yami, and the grinning Bakura, then ran at the wall.
Of course Marik went right through to the Platform, Bakura stared,
"Your next Bakura," Yami said,
Bakura walked past, then also ran at the wall, soon followed by Yami, who had to bring both Marik and Bakura's school equipment.
"Whoa," Marik and Bakura both breathed, looking at the train,
"Hurry up, or it'll leave without us," Yami's muffled voice came from behind all the stuff he was carrying,
"Ok," Marik and Bakura walked over to the train, once again leaving Yami with everything,
"Hey !" Yami called after them.
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Soon their luggage had been loaded onto the train, Yami, Marik and Ryou walked down the train, looking for somewhere to sit.
As they were walking down the train they heard a snigger,
"Hey Marik, why did you laugh ?" Bakura asked,
"I didn't," Marik replied, walking back a few steps to see who was there, his eyes narrowed slightly when he saw who was sitting there, "he did."
"Who ?" Yami and Bakura walked back to see, "Malfoy !" Yugi gasped,
"Well aren't you clever spiky head," Malfoy replied, "I wasn't sure if you could think with all the hair gel you use, thought it might've leaked into your brain,"
"That's an old insult Malfoy," Yami replied, "and I'm not going to change just because some idiotic little brat doesn't like my hairstyle,"
Marik and Bakura looked at Yami for a second, wondering if they had heard Yami insult someone or not, but they were soon distracted by Malfoy, who had stood up along with Crab and Goyle, who were cracking their knuckles,
"Watch what you say, at least I'm not small like you, I'm surprised that you haven't been trampled yet,"
"You making it sound like I'm smaller than anything, so you must be blind, Malfoy," Yami taunted,
"Don't talk to me like that, Crab, Goyle," Malfoy called and Crab and Goyle stepped forward, a stupid grin on their faces, "lets see what you have to say after this,"
Yami, backed away slowly, worried, but Marik and Bakura stepped in front of him,
"What are you doing ?" Yami whispered
"I've been wanting to teach this creep a lesson," Marik replied,
"And, we can't let you have all the fun," Bakura added, smirking, then turning back to Crab and Goyle,
"So spikys friends are coming to save him," Malfoy laughed, "I bet you two can't even fight,"
"Then I think it would be wise not to make a bet," Bakura replied, Malfoy laughed,
"Hmm, lets see if you'll be laughing in the shadow realm …"
"Marik, no," Yami moved forward,
"Fine, lets see how they like jumping off a moving train," Marik reached for his back pocket,
"Do anything to me and my father will have your family in jail," Malfoy stuttered
"If your not here he won't,"
"Marik," Yami warned, but seeing that Marik wasn't listening he reached forward, grabbed Marik around his arm and dragged him away,
Bakura watched Marik being pulled away, then decided he should follow, but first, Bakura turned to Malfoy,
"I'd watch what you say, or you will find yourself in a realm of torture and insanity," and with that Bakura turned and left.
Yami was dragging the angry Marik to the furthest seats from Malfoy, Marik meanwhile was trying to release his arm from Yami's death grip, with very little success, a few minutes later they found spare seats, all three sat down and closed the door, Marik and Bakura sat on one side, Yami on the other, they waited for Yami's speech.
Yami took a deep breath, then began,
"You have to be more careful,"
"We were only having a little fun," Marik complained,
"And if we did send him to the Shadow Realm he would've deserved it," Bakura added, Marik nodded in agreement,
"Do you want to be questioned ?" Yami asked "you can't threaten everyone that you get mad at to the Shadow Realm, it'll attract too much attention and we'll get expelled before we even arrive,"
Marik muttered something, but Bakura replied quickly,
"Don't worry yourself Pharaoh, I gave him a warning, he won't dare tell anyone,"
Yami was about to inquire about the 'warning', when the door opened,
"Yugi ! Bakura ! Marik !"
They all turned around to face Ron who was standing at the door,
"Hey, Hermione, Harry, look who I've found !" Hermione and Harry also appeared at the door, Yami quickly switched with Yugi,
"Hey guys," Yugi chirruped happily,
"Hey, can we sit here ?" Harry asked,
"Sure," Yugi said moving over, Harry and Ron sat next to Yugi, Hermione sat next to Bakura, Yugi glared at Bakura, trying to tell him to let Ryou take control, Bakura ignored him, there were a few minutes of silence, then Ron spoke up,
"Err, is it true that Bakura threatened Malfoy ? it's just, we heard him telling everyone that you did," Bakura froze, Marik chuckled and Yugi glared at him with a look that was very like Yami's,
Bakura blinked a few times, then there was a small flash of light and Ryou was sitting there,
"Err," Ryou stuttered, "no, just a rumour, I didn't threaten anyone," Ryou rubbed the back of his neck, he could hear his Yami muttering something about 'jinxes'
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After about half an hour, in which Harry explained all the wonders of quidditch, and Yugi attempted to explain duel monster they heard the signal of the train,
"Oh," Hermione said standing, "You should all get changed now, we'll be at Hogwarts soon," and with that she left,
Ron and Harry took there robes out and started to change, Yugi took his robes out, but found it difficult to get them on over his hair, Ryou was having difficulty getting his robes out the crumpled heap they were in, and Marik was trying to get changed without letting anyone see his back.
Ron and Harry had gotten changed quickly, and were know watching their friends try to get their robes on, Ron shook his head at Yugi, then Harry decided to show him he could open the robes out like a jacket, instead of having to put them on over his head, Yugi went red as he silently thanked Harry for his help, but soon afterwards they heard Ron gasp,
"Whoa, what is that ?"
Marik mentally slapped himself,
"It looks like a tattoo," Harry spoke up, also looking at the hieroglyphics on Marik's back,
"No, it looks like it was done with a knife …"
"It's a tattoo," Marik quickly cut him off,
"But," Ron started, but Harry nudged him,
"We'll find out another time," Harry whispered so that only Ron could hear, Marik quickly slipped on his robes, but Ryou was still struggling, Marik went over to help him and to avoid more questions.
Hermione returned a few minutes later to announce they were at Hogwarts.
Yugi, Marik and Ryou stepped out,
"Firs' years ! firs' years over here !" Yugi turned to see Hagrid,
"That's Hagrid by the way," Ron said,
"We know," Marik replied, "he told us were to go in Diagon Alley,"
"Well, you better go over there, I imagine you'll have to be sorted with first years," Hermione said.
Marik walked over, soon followed by Yugi and Ryou, Hagrid greeted them and led them over to the boats.
"four to a boat," Hagrid announced, Yugi, Ryou and Marik got in one, "everyone in ? FORWARD" Hagrid's voice echoed over the lake, the boats moved forward, a few people gasped in shock at this, after a few seconds a castle came into view,
"Whoa," A gasp was heard from everyone who was in a boat,
(That, is amazing) Yugi thought,
((It's huge, like a palace)) Yugi heard Yami whisper more to himself,
Ryou's eyes widened,
((I must say I'm impressed)) Bakura simply said, although it was hard not to keep the excitement from his tone,
Marik looked at the castle and grinned, 'cool' he thought to himself.
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A few minutes later they were all inside, a Professor stepped forward,
"I am Professor McGonagall, welcome to Hogwarts, before you can enter through these doors you must be sorted into your houses, while you're here your house will be like your family, your triumphs will earn you house points, any rule-breaking and your house will lose points," she turned away and walked through the doors, a few minutes later she was back, "form a straight line. We are ready for you."
The doors opened and the students walked through, a couple gasped at the ceiling, which looked like the sky, Yugi shifted uncomfortably under everybody's gaze, he glanced at Marik who was trying to ignore everyone, and Ryou who was so nervous he didn't notice the stares.
They finally stopped, Yugi looked at the hat that was on a stool, old and dusty, then suddenly jumped in fright as it burst into song:
Welcome, I'm the sorting hat,
In Hogwarts were I live,
I'll sort you all into your houses,
For that is why I'm here,
I'll look into your mind,
I find were you ought to be,
Shall you be happy in brave Gryffindor,
Were courage is the best talent,
Or shall it be Hufflepuff,
Were loyalty and happiness dwell,
Or maybe it'll be Ravenclaw,
Were cleverness can be found,
Or will it be Slytherin,
Were the sly and cunning live,
Put me on,
Don't be afraid,
I'll tell you were you belong,
But listen to my warning first,
Of sorrow and of hate,
Beware what is to come,
Unite as one,
Heed my warning fellow friends,
Listen to me,
For if you shall ignore again,
Our fate will not end well.
The hats song ended, people clapped, but there was whispers of 'not again,' and 'this happened last year,'
Yugi shifted from one foot to the other, Professor McGonagall took out a long scroll and started reading names off the long list, whoever went up put the hat on their head, a few seconds later the hat would call out a house, once all the first years had gone Professor Dumbledore stood up, then raised his hands for silence.
"This year, we have three new exchange students, who will be joining us in 6th year," he said simply, then sat down as the students started to talk among themselves,
"Quiet," McGonagall called out, "firstly, Marik Ishtar, Egypt" Marik walked up, Ryou realised they were going in order of country.
Marik sat on the stool, then put the hat on his head,
"Hmm, lets see," the sorting hats voice echoed in Marik's head,
"Uh oh, not more voices," the sorting hat ignored Marik's comment,
"Lets, see, yes, I can see hate, malice, I think you belong in SLYT …"
"Don't even think about it," Marik snapped,
"Huh, but I sort you into a house, I have to put you in the house that suits you and …"
"Oh shut up, I don't care what you say, just don't put me in Slytherin,"
"But …"
"Unless you want to suffer the consequences," Marik threatened,
"… fine, GRYFINDOR"
Marik grinned as he went to lift the hat off his head,
"But you should know, that chaos will follow the darkness in the future," the hat whispered into his mind,
"What ?" Marik asked confused and slightly annoyed, but the hat was taken off him.
"Go join your class mates," McGonagall motioned for Marik to join the Gryffindor table, Marik went to sit next to Harry as everyone clapped, Marik smiled, though he was still wondering what the hat meant.
"Ryou Bakura, Japan," McGonagall's voice rang out again, Ryou walked up nervously,
"Two minds hmm,"
"Bakura ? someone else is in my mind," Ryou said nervously,
((who ?)) Yami Bakura popped up in Ryou's mind,
"Do not worry, I am the sorting hat, but which house ? you and the spirit could fit into any of the four houses,"
"I would like to be with my friends, Marik and Yugi, I know Yugi will make it into Gryffindor,"
((Yes, plus it won't be much fun without Marik))
"Well, since you both fit into Gryffindor, that is were I will put you,"
GRYFFINDOR
Ryou sighed with relief as he took the hat off his head and went to sit with Marik who playfully punched him in the arm, Ryou smiled, then watched Yugi walk up,
"Yugi Motou, Japan," Yugi went over to the stool, picked the hat up, and was wondering how he was going to get it on his head, the hat brushed the top of his hair, and quickly called out
GRYFFINDOR
Yugi sighed, then walked over and sat opposite Ryou and Marik.
Dumbledore stood up
"Let the feast, begin," he clapped his hands and food appeared on the tables, Marik and Ryou both quickly made a grab for the food closest to them and started eating as much as they could, Yugi carefully picked out what he was going to eat and tried not to rush, which was very hard and soon ended up like Ryou and Marik.
Ron said something but found it difficult because his mouth was stuffed with food, so Harry spoke instead,
"By the way, welcome to Hogwarts, and Gryffindor."
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I know, I know, I could've done more, but I'll put that in my next chapter, now I'm going to bed … so … tired (falls asleep) review please