Ahlan, Arabic for hi, and that's the only word I know in Arabic but soooo, anyways, thanks for all the reviews.
Meanwhile/Yugi is sitting on the floor, while Marik and Bakura are skipping, yes, skipping around him chanting something/ …
A few minutes laterBakura: Ha, now you will meet a llama called Immy.
Marik: In Alaska
FireChaos: o.O yeh.
Glitchhunter: Ok, thanks, I'll change it then.
Satra: Yep
And thanks to: Tira's Host, Asaake, - glomps Yuugi -, Kenmeishouri, My PenName is . . .and Kimpatsu no Hoseki for reviewing.
Disclaimer: … fine, I don't own YGO or HP, but I own Immy O.O and a new HP book .
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Chapter 10: Wings of Night
Harry stared in shock at what he had just heard, the book he had been holding slowly slid from his hands, the thump jolted Harry from his thoughts, Hermione glanced up, Ryou and Yugi turned in surprise, Ron's faint snoring could be heard from behind his book.
Harry forced a small laugh, then reached down for his book, but as he tried to pick it up he realised his hand wouldn't grasp it's smooth surface and it once again slid from his hand, Hermione's face was a mixture of worry and confusion, mostly confusion,
"Harry, what's wrong ?"
"N-nothing." Harry's reply echoed how he felt, bewildered and worried,
What did the transfers know that they didn't, then again why was he worrying, he'd faced death many times and survived. But Harry knew there was something wrong, maybe that was why he was concerned.
"Great, he heard." Marik muttered, watching Harry struggle with his thoughts.
Harry inhaled deeply, then reached for the book again, he wasn't sure why though, normally he'd leave it there, maybe he was just stalling for time to think, he let his fingers brush the cover before standing. Hermione was still watching him, but Harry ignored her. His mind raced through possibilities of what he just heard, questions, unexplained answers, he let his feet carry him over to were Yugi and Marik sat. They both glanced up at his arrival, both of them anxious.
"What do you mean ?" Harry asked the most obvious question in his mind,
Marik glanced at Yugi, obviously nervous at what they should say; Yugi however didn't look worried at all,
"Well, that voice you heard before was…" at that point Marik had picked up a nearby book and thrown it at Yugi's head, Yugi had, thankfully, noticed and ducked in time. The book flew over his head and into the fire were it crackled, sending small sparks out,
"Baka." Marik muttered, Harry wasn't sure what the meaning of the word was, but since Marik was glaring at Yugi he assumed it wasn't nice,
"What ? Can't you just erase his mind ?" Yugi asked questionably, oblivious to the fact Harry would remember everything that was said.
Marik mentally hit himself; he had somehow forgotten to tell Yugi that Harry's mind couldn't be erased,
"No."
"What ?" Yugi finally looked worried,
"I said no." Marik repeated himself, Harry was by now confused, more questions adding themselves to the millions he already had,
Maybe Bakura was trying to erase my mind when I heard his voice, but why would he want to do that ?
Yugi's eyes had widened, his face had paled,
"Damn it." Yugi whispered, more to himself, he quickly jumped up, glancing fearfully at Harry, then raced towards the stairs, his feet could be heard pounding up the many steps, and finally a door being slammed shut, Harry turned his questioning gaze to Marik, he opened his mouth about to say something, but Marik cut him off before he had even begun.
"Don't. Ask. Anything." He said, making sure he emphasised every word, before walking towards stairs, ignoring the other people's gazes, even though they hadn't heard what had been said, many had been shocked by Yugi's exit.
Once Marik had left Harry turned, and walked almost as if he was in a trance back towards his seat, Hermione had forgotten about her book,
"What was that about ?" Harry glanced over, so many questions, maybe she could help,
"I'll tell you later."
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Marik entered the dormitory to see an angry Bakura questioning Yugi, Yugi however didn't seem to be listening, he kept glancing at the air next to him, then muttering something,
"Stop talking to the Pharaoh and tell me what happened !" Bakura yelled at the smaller teen, but Yugi either didn't hear, or chose not to, the door shut with a small click, Yugi's head snapped up and Bakura turned,
"Tell me what happened !" He yelled at no one in particular, Marik laughed,
"You shouldn't have run off Tomb Robber."
Bakura glared at the Egyptian, but said nothing, still waiting for an answer,
"Yugi didn't realise that Harry's mind cannot be erased."
Bakura looked slightly confused, but then realisation dawned on him and he once again glared at Yugi,
"Baka, what did you say ?" he demanded
Yugi glanced up, then looked down after noticing Marik and Bakura's glares, the silence in the room hung in the air like fog, thick and suffocating, but Yugi's muttering could be heard through the still air, his words mumbled, it was obvious to Marik and Bakura that Yugi was talking to Yami,
"Stop running from your problems, leave the Pharaoh out of this." Bakura snapped angrily, though some of his anger was directed at his own hikari, since Bakura found it hard to concentrate with an annoying voice in the back of his mind,
(I'm sure Yugi didn't realise the trouble he was causing)
((He should've been more careful, and why are you defending him, this affects all of us))
(I'm not defending him, but like you said, this will affect him to, maybe try to be a bit nicer.) Bakura was about to reply to Ryou's comment, but was distracted by the appearance of Yami.
"The question was directed at Yugi not you Pharaoh." Marik said angrily,
"Whatever concerns my hikari concerns me too." Yami answered,
"It's your hikari's fault that this happened." Bakura quickly cut in
"So it's Yugi's fault that he didn't know, maybe if you'd told him that Harry's mind couldn't be erased he wouldn't have said anything." Yami's voice was unfaltering, remaining the same as always. Bakura face darkened in anger, and silence fell once again, the minutes passed slowly, until Marik finally spoke,
"This is what Harry was reading." He threw the book at Yami, who caught it, glancing down his eyes widened,
"What ? What is it ?" Bakura asked curiously, he walked over to were Yami now sat, glancing over the Pharaoh's shoulder to see the book.
The front cover was a golden colour that seemed to glow in the darkness; two serpents with red eyes were coiled around words, which were a bluish colour, written with strange pictures,
"Hieroglyphics." Yami breathed, "but why would Harry want this book ?"
Bakura narrowed his eyes slightly, he could feel magic emitting from the book, dark magic. By now Marik had also wandered over, his eyes flickering from the serpents to the ancient writing,
"Open it." He said simply, Yami turned in shock,
"You afraid Pharaoh." Bakura teased,
Yami glared at the Tomb Robber, before opening the book to a random page, which where also covered in hieroglyphics, but as Yami glanced over the writing he noticed it changed to hieratic and finally demotic.
Slowly he flicked through the pages, and finally paused on one were it showed pictures of very familiar items,
"The Millennium Items." Bakura's voice showed surprise,
"Harry knows too much." Next to him Marik's voice was cold,
"He couldn't read this though." Yami glanced from Bakura to Marik,
"No, but Hermione can." Marik was still glaring at the book when he said this, Yami sighed, then shut the book, placing it under his bed, were it would remain for a long time.
"Lets go and find him."
(Yami, are you sure about this ?)
((Yes Yugi, we need to know if Harry would tell anyone or not))
As they raced down towards the door out of the common room Ryou noticed that the seats where Harry, Ron and Hermione had been sitting were empty,
(Great, Yami, Harry's not here) Ryou called out
Bakura also glanced sideways, noticing that his hikari had indeed, been correct, he was about to call out to the teens in front of him before they all stopped, Yami glanced down the hallways, Marik's eyes were narrowed slightly.
Guess I don't need to tell them then Bakura thought to himself, sighing at the frustrated look on Yami's face he revealed the Millennium Ring, grinning slightly he held it up.
All three stared as the five points on the ring flashed madly, pointing in all directions, unable to focus on one specific location. Bakura growled before releasing the ring, letting it hang from his neck.
"I guess we'll just have to split up and find him." Yami sighed sadly, he was about to say more but Marik turned and headed off in a direction, Yami shook his head and turned and headed in another,
"Don't forget Pharaoh, we don't want Harry knowing were stalking him." The distinct voice of The Thief King was heard easily by Yami, he turned, but was met only with stillness and darkness, Yami narrowed his eyes.
"We aren't stalking him, thief." And with that said the Pharaoh turned once again, his cloak billowing out behind him. In the shadows a strange laugh was heard,
"The shadows aren't listening Pharaoh, they aren't easily contained." Bakura glanced almost nervously towards the opposite hallway, which now seemed darker than before. The Thief shook his head, glancing out the window to a certain hut, "maybe…" within seconds he had disappeared, leaving only shadows.
Yami sighed, wondering were to go first,
(Want me to take over ?) The voice startled the Pharaoh, he glanced over to were his hikari was standing, sending him a questioning glance, Yugi just shook his head,
(It's just, I might know were Harry is, and I want to help after…) Yugi's voice trailed off as he glanced at the floor, Yami smiled,
((Ok Yugi, good luck)) And with that the Pharaoh disappeared, leaving a younger teen standing there.
Yugi smiled, then ran off towards the grounds of Hogwarts.
Once outside he quickly ran, ducking behind a tree whenever he saw someone, except that nobody was around, he crept over towards a large hut,
((Yugi, stop trying to act all dramatic, nobody's around, plus you're reminding me of the Tomb Robber))
(Hey, I'm having fun.) Yugi laughed.
((Yugi, we aren't here to have fun))
(I know, I know)
By now Yugi had reached his destination, a place he had become quite familiar with, standing in the middle of the grounds, the doors looked old, like they had survived many years of destruction, but this would probably be true, considering the 'cute' creatures Hagrid kept.
Yugi slowly raised himself from the ground, peering over the windowsill while trying to keep his hair flat so he wouldn't be noticed, this, of course, proved difficult, but Yugi somehow managed it.
The first thing the small teen noticed was that the hut seemed bigger inside than it did outside, it also seemed to be home to many strange creatures, as well as a rather large dog, the animal turned it's tired eyes to were Yugi stood, it had a dumb look on it's face, drool splattered on the floor, making Yugi look away.
Then came the voices, he was amazed he hadn't heard them before, they were speaking in whispers, Yugi sighed slightly, it was almost impossible to hear them, but suddenly they paused, Yugi held his breath, waiting, suddenly he heard a laugh.
"Ow' can they be dangerous ? Their only' kids afte' all." This was followed by another laugh.
"Hagrid, I didn't say they were dangerous, but different… very different." Another voice said, one that Yugi recognised.
(So, he told)
((Yes)) was Yami's short reply.
(Maybe… maybe he's just worried) Yami gave a dry laugh at this, but didn't say anything, so Yugi glanced back into the room.
"So, your saying that they summoned monsters and… were in your head ?" there was a small pause, before the same person exclaimed, "bloody hell, Harry, is there something up with your head, I mean, no body else saw the monsters, maybe your finally losing it."
"Ron !" A girl screamed at him,
"Thanks." Was Harry's sarcastic reply.
(Why didn't tell them about the spirits ?)
((I'm not sure, maybe he doesn't trust his own mind, or maybe he feels that it's not his to tell))
Inside the hut there was a sigh, then silence, that uneasy silence, Yugi pulled himself up, trying to once again see inside the strange house, what he didn't noticed was a small jar next to his hand, in his clumsiness he knocked it of the windowsill, it fell to the ground were it rolled under Yugi's feet, making the young teen slip,
Yugi gasped as he felt himself fall, he quickly reached for the windowsill, reflexes trying to save him from a painful decent, but it seemed the house was older than Yugi originally thought, the wood broke, splinters stuck into his hand, of course Yugi only noticed this after he collided painfully with the ground, the jar rolled away as Yugi rubbed his head.
Inside the hut everyone heard the crash,
"What was that ?" Hermione asked fearfully,
"Lets see." Was Harry's quick answer, and before anyone could stop them all three had dashed to the door.
Yugi heard footsteps from inside the hut, great, something else Marik and Bakura can yell at me about. He quickly glanced at his hand, splinters had stuck painfully into his hand, blood covered the said hand, the foreign teen glanced up nervously, he could hear footsteps approaching, he tried to stand only to find his body was already aching from his fall.
All Yugi could do was wait to see who was coming, great, he was going to have a lot to explain, as the footsteps rounded the corner Yugi gasped, it wasn't Harry, Ron or Hermione standing there, instead the white haired thief was glaring down at him,
"Come on mini-pharaoh, get your butt outa here." Yugi could only stare, Bakura sighed, looking at the sky as if asking 'why me ?' but instead he quickly helped Yugi to his feet, before dragging his towards a forest,
"Wait, that's the Forbidden forest !"
"So, do you want to get caught ?" Yugi didn't reply to Bakura's question.
Soon they were hidden among the trees, cloaked in there darkness, Yugi peered out from behind a thick trunk, he could see Ron and Harry looking around, Hermione was glancing at the floor, Hagrid had finally joined them, Hermione suddenly pointed at something, picking it up Yugi realised it was the 'evil' jar, though he couldn't hear what they were saying, he could guess. Harry and Ron seemed angered by this, but soon turned and followed Hermione towards the castle, but before he left, Harry glared at the forest, as if it was hiding something, Yugi shivered, it was as if Harry could see him, through him, all his secrets revealed.
Soon though Harry left, Yugi sighed, turning he saw Bakura walking deeper into the forest,
"Bakura !" the young hikari called, quickly running after the spirit, who couldn't seem to be able to contain his curiosity, he seemed slightly blurred, as if the darkness was claiming him as there own, scary, how the darkness does that.
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Marik had been walking through the many complicated halls of Hogwarts, and he was now, quite frankly, lost, he growled slightly as he turned down another passage that seemed so familiar, he could feel another presence nearby, but wasn't sure what, he turned another corner and suddenly froze, slinking back slightly and pressing his back against the wall.
"Wonder who that was." A voice muttered,
"Well whoever it was escaped into the forest, I'm sure of it."
"Well it doesn't matter now, we should really be more careful."
Marik recognised those voices, he glanced around the corner carefully, he could see Ron climbing in through a portrait, well, at least Marik knew were he was now, but still,
The forest ? he questioned his own mind, then suddenly realised the Forbidden Forest !
And so, that was how he found himself walking through the grounds and into the forest, of course he knew who had been listening to Harry and his friends, and since he hadn't met either Bakura or Yugi he guessed they were still in the forest.
But of course, it's hard to find someone in the dark of so many trees, and so, Marik once again became lost, but that wasn't what was worrying him, he could hear a voice, at the back of his mind, it talked quietly, yet it echoed throughout the forest, or so it seemed.
Return, the darkness, which cannot be stopped…
It taunted him, twisting words and thoughts,
Anger, pain, welcome them, for they will soon be what you will always feel…
Marik shuddered, of course he had already guessed who the spirit was, even though he tried to ignore the voice it wouldn't go, and worse was the undeniable fact that it was steadily getting darker, and it wasn't natural darkness either, Marik once again shuddered,
What's wrong, don't like the Shadow Realm ?
The voice laughed as Marik glanced around uneasily, he was no longer trying to find Yugi, or Bakura, he was walking because he hoped he could maybe escape the voice, though he knew that he couldn't, and there was nothing Marik could do to stop the Shadows, he had already tried, and they wouldn't fade.
Marik glanced behind, though he knew no one was there… yet. He didn't notice but his pace had quickened, and since he was looking back he didn't notice when he collided with another person.
The Egyptian glanced forward to see Yugi standing there,
"Yugi," looking around he noticed his other friend, "Bakura."
Yugi looked slightly surprised, Bakura nodded, though neither seemed to notice the Shadow Realm, but as he thought this Marik noticed the black darkness had gone, along with the voice.
"How…" Yugi began but Bakura cut him off,
"No time for useless questions baka," Bakura snarled at Yugi before turning to Marik, "I don't suppose you know the way out of this Ra-damned forest ?"
Marik shook his head and Bakura sighed,
"Great."
They stood in silence for what felt like hours, but in reality was a only a few minutes, Marik broke the silence by announcing a question,
"What are they ?" he pointed to a place behind Bakura, the Thief turned round and saw what Marik had been pointing at, Yugi also turned but saw nothing,
"They are…"
"Amazing." Bakura finished Marik's sentence, both staring at the empty space,
"Stop, this is no time for jokes !" Yugi wailed, but Bakura silenced him,
"This isn't a joke."
"Well, what ARE they ?" Yugi demanded,
"Black, there winged horses, leather wings and red eyes." Marik gave a brief description,
"Thestrals !" Yugi suddenly cried,
"What ?" Both Bakura and Marik asked,
"Of course, that's why I couldn't see them, I guess I have to thank Hermione for telling me." Yugi beamed, but was met by blank looks, "not everyone can see them only those who… who have seen death can see them."
"I feel so honoured." Marik said sarcastically,
"Hold it, they have a good sense of direction so." Bakura grinned, Marik quickly caught on and also grinned, Yugi was slightly confused, but quickly realised the plan and was about to protest, but both Marik and Bakura walked over, and started stroking what seemed to be thin air.
Yugi cautiously followed, trying not to walk into any of the invisible horses, it was times like this that he really wished Yami would just do as he asked.
The Thestrals didn't seem to mind the foreigners, Bakura looked at one, then spoke quietly,
"Will you help us ?" he didn't expect a reply, but the creature nodded, the Thief smiled, then called to his friends,
"Time to go back." Both nodded in agreement, Bakura climbed onto the Thestral he had 'spoken' too.
Yugi seemed to be having a bit of trouble, after laughing at Yugi's attempt to find a Thestral, Marik decided to help the teen; afterwards he climbed onto one also.
Bakura grinned at his companions, then shouted,
"To Hogwarts !" The Thestrals obeyed, as one they rose, it seemed that they would all come with them.
To few people, the Thestrals would look like giant black clouds, but to many it would look very disturbing to see three teenagers flying through the sky on, what appeared to be air, but thankfully no one was around.
As they gained speed Bakura grinned, watching the ground rush by, so far below, he glanced over to where Yugi was looking very pale, since he couldn't see what he was riding upon.
Beside the Thief, Marik was so deep in thought he didn't notice Yugi, which was probably good since he would have laughed so much he would've fallen of his Thestral.
Actually Marik had been thinking about that voice, if he hadn't found Yugi… he shook his head, trying to think normally, but this seemed impossible, Marik wasn't someone people would call 'normal'.
All too soon the ride was over, the Thestrals landed, Yugi jumped off and backed away quickly, Marik and Bakura grinned before also sliding of the winged creatures, afterwards all three bowed, showing there thanks, the Thestrals nodded, as if they understood, before they once again rose into the air and headed for the forest.
"Clever creatures." Bakura watched as the black 'cloud' drifted further away, then followed his companions back to the common room.
Upon entering Yugi saw that Harry was staring out the window, at their entrance he turned,
"Thestrals." Was all he said, Yugi glanced nervously at Marik and Bakura,
"There were loads of Thestrals, have you got anything to do with this ?"
"What are Thestrals ?" Marik asked in mock amazement, Bakura sniggered,
"Aww, is Harry scared by a couple of horses ?" Harry gritted his teeth,
Bakura laughed again, he couldn't help it, he didn't want Harry to hate them, but he couldn't resist a little fun.
"No, we didn't have anything to do with them." Bakura said, more seriously now, Harry however didn't seem to believe them.
Yugi laughed nervously, and quickly headed for the stairs, Marik soon followed, as if in a trance, or deep thought, Bakura laughed once again before heading for the stairs, at the base of them he halted, turning.
"I advise you not to meddle with thoughts you truly don't understand." And with that he was gone, disappeared like the darkness.
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Gomen, I haven't updated in three weeks x.x gomen again, I hope you liked this.
/GASP/ O.O
Marik: What ?
FireChaos: The 6th Harry Potter book was released today O.O
Bakura: And I suppose you already have it -.-;
FireChaos: Why of course and it's MINE, mine /eye twitches/ e.o mine /runs off with book/
Marik: -.-; great
Bakura: What she's trying to say is, please review, oh, and she also wants to know if she should call Yami Marik, Mariku, please give your opinion on this.
Marik: Next update will be about 1-2 weeks; when she's finished school .