DMG: Helloies to all! Chapter five, coming at you! This chapter is dedicated to Tatters (love ya name!) for being one of the best friends ever, Atem's Queen of the Nile for being the most faithful reviewer ever, and to Katie LaMotte for being a great and encouraging friend! Love ya all! THE SIXTH HP BOOK COMES OUT TOMORROW!
YDMG: The DADA teacher will be told in this chapter, and we apologize that the voting didn't come out earlier. But DMG forgot, so there is a surprise for the DADA teacher.
DMG: With that told, let's go!
Previously…
At lunch, Harry announced that since they'd lost nearly the entire Quidditch team, they were holding tryouts that Friday. He was now Captain of the team and the seeker spot was open.
"I want to try out!" Bakura yelled.
"Me too!" Malik exclaimed. "Wait. We don't know how to ride broomsticks yet!"
Chapter Five
After lunch, the next class they had was Charms.
"Today, we will be reviewing all the spells you have learned just for practice and also for your N.E.W.T s that are coming next year." Professor Flitwick squeaked. "First, the flotation spell. Anyone remember it?"
Everyone raised their hand.
"Ah, Mr. Kaiba. You're new, so why don't you give it a shot?"
Kaiba took out his wand and pointed it at the feather in front of him. "Wingardium Leviosa!" The feather rose slowly up.
Flitwick applauded. "Excellent for a first shot. "Ten points to Gryffindor. Now, a more advanced spell. The cheering charm. Mr. Bakura? Would you like to give it a try?"
"NO!" several voices cried out.
"Don't let HIM do it!" Shayla exclaimed. "He'd make us laugh for the rest of the year."
"I'm leaving if HE has to do it," Kaiba said.
"Very well. Mr. Ishtar?" Flitwick asked.
Malik took out his wand and pointed it at Bakura. Everyone ducked. (I don't know the incantation and it would be much appreciated if someone could tell me) Bakura was grinning ear to ear when it was over. Malik had performed a perfect cheering charm.
"Excellent! Another ten points to Gryffindor." Flitwick said. "Well, if the new students know this, then you all should too and we'll skip the review. We shall be learning the Patronus charm today. Mr. Potter, if you'd like to show us…"
Shayla raised her hand. "Professor, may I?"
Professor Flitwick raised an eyebrow. "Well, this is a very advanced level of learning and from what I've heard, you all haven't really experienced magic."
Shayla gave Flitwick a funny look. "Haven't experienced, is completely wrong. But using sticks and incantations…that I haven't really done. So if you'll give me a chance…"
Flitwick nodded. "I'll have the counter curse if anything goes wrong."
"OK, a patronus is a light type, right? So that means no Shadow Magic, only regular magic," Shayla muttered. Raising her wand, she imagined herself killing Tea (Hehe, I'm so mean to Tea! ). "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" she yelled. From the end of her wand burst out a ray of light. The light shifted and went to the form of the Red Eyes Black Dragon. (A/N: I know it shouldn't be like that what with Red Eyes being a dark monster and all, but oh well.) The dragon roared and several students jumped.
Flitwick's mouth dropped to the floor and he was standing on books, which made the drop longer. "Bloody Hell," he whispered. "Was that your first time?"
Shayla nodded.
"You must have had a VERY happy memory."
Shayla looked at Yami. "Oh yes, VERY happy."
HARRY
Harry couldn't believe it. That brat, Shayla, HAD to show off, didn't she? And also, HOW could she have pulled off a spell as complicated as the Patronus charm on her first try?
Harry sat there, fuming. Hermione blinked. "Are you alright, Harry? You're unusually quiet."
"Yeah, fine."
Hermione and Ron exchanged looks. "Look, mate, I know you're probably mad at Shayla for doing the Patronus charm before you, but—"
"But what? The only time I can prove to people that I actually know how to do a complicated spell, someone else takes the chance?"
Hermione and Ron exchanged looks again. "Harry, that's no reason to be mad."
Harry sighed. "I know. But one other reason was that the exchange students scare me. I overheard them talking about You-Know-Who last night."
Hermione started. "Did they say his name?"
"No, but they said, 'We'd best not reveal the thing about You-Know-Who.' And that's got to be Voldemort!"
FLASHBACK
Harry was walking down to use the bathroom when he heard voices in the common room. Sneaking down the stairs, he pressed his ear against the door and listened.
"So, Yugi, what did you want to talk about with us?" Ryou asked.
"Well, You-Know-Who said Shayla had told him something and he wanted to tell all of us." Yugi replied.
"Tell him to send it through and I'm sure 'Kura will tell me," Ryou said. "Even if he doesn't, I can figure it out sometime. And make sure no one knows about this. We'd best not reveal the thing about You-Know-Who just yet."
Harry quickly left, his heart filled with dread.
END FLASHBACK
Hermione and Ron stared.
The rest of the time was spent re-learning spells and things like that. Nothing bad occurred, except that someone turned Seto's hair pink and Shayla got soaked when someone set something on fire and she had to put it out.
Shayla, in her dripping wet state, Seto, with his pink hair, and the gang set off to Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall walked in. "Good afternoon class. Today, we will learn the basics of how to turn a toad into a desk. It is a big step from the little things we have been changing the animals into, so pay attention. Mr. Longbottom, may I have your toad?"
Neville nervously handed Professor McGonagall his toad. "Now, watch." Flicking her wand, she said an incantation, and the toad turned into a table.
Bakura was impressed, for once.
"Mr. Bakura, please try," Professor McGonagall said.
Bakura raised his wand and the YGO gang dived for cover. Bakura swished his wand, said the incantation, and the toad in front of his went up in a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, the smoke took shape and turned into an elephant, which toppled over and fell on top of Malfoy.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Can't—breathe—or—" Harry gasped. The YGO gang was howling with laughter, except for Kaiba, who just stood there and smiled (with his pink hair).
Professor McGonagall set everyone to practicing the spell for the rest of the class time. Bakura was busy trying to turn his toad into a table, but only resulted in elephants, giraffes and vultures. Shayla was busy trying to keep Marik from her Millenium Sword.
"Ra Dammit, Marik! Stay away before you die!" Shayla screamed. "THIS ISN'T EVEN A REAL MILLENIUM ITEM! SO GET AWAY!"
Harry found it hard to believe that these people had a possibility of working for Voldemort, but he wasn't taking any chances. The students seemed powerful and unsuspecting; the perfect spies for Voldemort.
Suddenly, Harry heard Shayla yell, "DAMN TOMB KEEPER! GET BACK HERE!" She pointed her finger at Marik, who had taken her sword and was running at Harry. She then sent a raw blast of magic at Marik, who ducked out of the way. The blast hit Harry in full force, sending him flying into Malfoy, who had just gotten out from under Bakura's latest giraffe.
"Sorry, Harry!" Shayla said before turning to Marik and pounced on him. "RA DAMMIT MARIK! GIVE ME BACK THE SWORD!" She wrestled with him on the floor.
Finally, Yami and Joey got the sword back and saved Marik from a slow and painful death. Harry, meanwhile, was being helped up by Hermione and Ron. "Maybe you're right," Ron whispered. "Maybe they ARE spies for V-V-Voldemort."
Shayla walked over to Harry. "Are you all right?" She asked.
Ron glared. "And you would care because?"
Startled, Shayla took a step back. Suddenly her face clouded on anger. "Fine. Be that way. I was going to say if he was hurt, I'd help heal him, but I guess not."
Hermione stopped her. "Harry is hurt a bit, but what can you do? Besides, how did you conjure up such a powerful blast of magic?"
Shayla looked at Hermione with a look of slight annoyance. "That, young lady, is for me to know and you to ignore. I usually do NOT talk this way, but if you start nosing, beware of the consequences. I have warned you, now answer my question. Do you want be to help Harry or not?"
Hermione looked taken aback, but nodded.
Harry looked at Shayla suspiciously as she placed two fingers on his wound. Then, she smiled. "Mystical Elf, do your stuff!" Behind her, a transparent Mystical Elf appeared and started chanting a spell. Seconds later, Harry's wound healed.
Shayla stood up and said, "Well, that's that. I'll see you around."
Ron glared at her as she returned to the YGO gang. Yami saw this and gave him a glare that could've killed Ron twice.
At their last class, Ancient Ruins, Shayla was MOST displeased to end up sitting next to Hermione Granger. She sat at the corner of the desk and glared. Suddenly, a card came flying from the air and landed on her open book. It was a Duel Monsters Card. The Dark Magician.
Shayla looked over at Yami in time to see Malik fall out of his chair as the teacher got yet another thing wrong about Ancient Egypt's Ruins. Shayla giggled, earning a disapproving glare from Hermione.
"There is one pyramid with so many traps that no one could pass into it. It is the tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh, and no one has been able to pass it yet." The Professor said.
This time, Yami, Shayla, Bakura, AND Malik fell with a loud THUD on the ground. "What!" Malik yelled.
"I'll have you know that the Nameless Pharaoh's tomb did NOT have so many traps no one could pass them. It was just really hard traps. And someone DID pass the games at the end," Yami said.
Shayla and Bakura were out like this – X.X. With major anime sweatdrop.
The Professor frowned. "Excuse me? Would you like to tell us the real story?"
"Yes." Malik said.
"No," Yami said at the same time.
Bakura stood up and said, "The Nameless Pharaoh's pyramid was the only tomb no robber could get into and out alive. But it was NOT unbeatable."
Shayla too got up and straightened her robes. "Bakura's right. We don't want to reveal that piece of history just yet. And you are not qualified to be a professor if you can't get these facts right."
Meanwhile, during Muggle Studies, Seto ended up sitting next to Ron and Joey ended up next to Harry.
"And the fellytone is a very interesting device too," the professor was saying. Seto made a funny noise. And muttered, "It's telephone."
"The way to use it is you push the magic buttons and the other end receives it."
Seto lost patience. "SILENCE, YOU INSOLENT TWIT! YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD TELEPHONE RIGHT!" He stood up with his expression of 'I'm better than you and you know it, now bow to me' on his face.
"Excuse me? Mr. Kaiba?" the professor asked.
"A PERSON LIKE YOU TEACHING ME?" Seto roared. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I AM SETO KAIBA, CEO OF KAIBA CORP, THE BIGGEST TECHNOLOGY COMPANY IN THE WORLD!"
Joey groaned. "No, Kaiba, don't."
"I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT NOBODY CAN TEACH ME ANYTHING ABOUT MODERN LIFE!"
Joey was desperately trying not to laugh at the professor's expression, and he was not succeeding.
Kaiba looked ready for another round of yelling, but Joey jumped on him. "SHADDAP, KAIBA! THAT IS ENOUGH!"
Back to Ancient Ruins
Shayla glared at the teacher. "Really, you don't qualify to be our teacher if you get things like that wrong." Malik nodded in agreement. "And you shouldn't talk about the history of Egypt. You don't know it well enough."
Yami looked at Malik funny. "But neither do you, Tomb Keeper. You're the only one of us who hasn't been there." Bakura nodded and added, "And you have no idea—"
Shayla scowled. "Can it, Tomb Robber! I know perfectly well that you know Egypt, but right now is not the time!"
Yami nodded. "She has a point."
"SHUT UP, PHARAOH! DON'T THINK YOU CAN ORDER ME AROUND AND SAME GOES TO YOU, SORCERESS!" Bakura bellowed.
Hermione listened carefully. –Those are weird nicknames. Pharaoh? Sorceress? Tomb Robber? Tomb Keeper? How do they know so much about Ancient Egypt? - Hermione shook her head. It was time to do some research.
Now to Muggle Studies
Kaiba ignored Joey's comment as he raged at the professor. "TELEPHONES ARE CONNECTED BY COMPUTERS, YOU DIMWIT! THE 'MAGIC BUTTONS' ARE THE KEYS!"
"They are?" Joey asked. Kaiba anime fell.
Lucky for the professor, the bell rang at that moment and the rest of the YGO gang came in, still arguing.
"WELL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT, PHARAOH!"(Bakura)
"I WASN'T THE CREATOR OF THE ITEMS!"(Yami)
"TOMB KEEPER! YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE ITEMS! NOT STEAL THEM! AND FOR THE LAST TIME! THIS IS NOT A MILLENIUM ITEM! AND NIETHER IS THE RING! THIS IS MY ENGAGEMENT RING!" (Shayla) (A/N: Read Engaged to a Pharaoh and Hating it for details explaining the ring.)
"I DON'T CARE! GIVE ME THE SWORD THIS INSTANT!" (Malik)
"TOMB KEEPER, DON'T MESS WITH THE SORCERESS OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!"(Shayla)
Hermione followed them in, looking hassled. "Ron, Harry. We're going to the library. I have to tell you some things."
Ron Harry and Hermione rushed to the library. "What is it, Hermione?"
"The exchange students. I believe that at least four of them are linked to Egypt. So we're going to do some research. Find everything you can about the Nameless Pharaoh."
The three of them set to work.
Suddenly, Hermione said, "I found something!" She waved the other two over and began reading. "For centuries, Egypt was a great country ruled by Pharaohs. But Egypt used to be split into Lower and Upper Egypt. The pharaoh of Upper Egypt engaged his son and the Princess of Lower Egypt to combine the great lands. But after the Pharaoh died and his son became Pharaoh, no one knows what happened during this period of time. All that is known is that Egypt was shrouded in Shadows during that time. When that Era was over, the Pharaoh's son was no longer ruling. No one knows the true name of this Pharaoh, so he was called the Nameless Pharaoh. The Pharaoh's fiancée (nobody knows if the two finally wedded or not) had also had disappeared during that Era and nobody knew her name either. But it is said she was the most powerful Sorceress the world had ever seen and will ever see. She is called the Nameless Sorceress. But what happened to the couple remains a mystery." (A/N: Most of what I put here is to fit my plot. If I get things wrong I'm sorry, but it's so that it will work with MY plot. I am aware that it is not like how the real /by that I mean the YGO version/ history of Egypt is, but for THIS plot to work, I had to make modifications. So please work with me here.)
Ron and Harry were blank faced.
Hermione got excited. "And did you notice the word 'Shadow' was capitalized in the passage? And I remember the nicknames the exchange students had for each other! Yugi was called 'Pharaoh', and Shayla was called 'Sorceress'. Do you think there's a connection?"
"But Hermione, you said something about four people with roots in Egypt." Ron reminded her.
Hermione nodded. "There's more. During this dark time, there was a very famous Tomb Robber named… and here the name was somehow erased," Hermione said, showing Harry and Ron the book. "He was enemies with the Nameless Pharaoh and the Nameless Sorceress, both sides fighting for mystical items called the Millenium Items. Very little is known of these legendary items. But to make the items, there was a terrible sacrifice made. An entire village was murdered. 99 thieves were sacrificed from that village, and there was only one survivor. He was that Thief King. To this day, there are people who protect the Pharaoh's tombs and the secrets locked inside them. Egypt has had families that have sworn their loyalty to the Pharaoh and to protect their tombs. They are called the Tomb Keepers." Hermione excitedly read. "And that's exactly the nicknames four of the exchange students had."
"Whatcha lookin' at?" a familiar voice asked.
Hermione dropped the book on Ron's feet and Ron howled in pain while hopping on one foot. He crashed into Harry, who grabbed onto a bookshelf for support but ended up knocking the bookshelves into each other and knocking all of them down.
Hagrid stood there. (Hehe, you thought it'd be someone else, didn't you?)
Harry Ron and Hermione gasped. "Don't sneak up on us like that, Hagrid!" Harry said.
"Sorry 'bout that," Hagrid said, looking confused. "Just telling you, don't be late to dinner tonight. There're some announcements Dumbledore is about to make."
Hermione nodded and then she Ron and Harry continued their research on Egyptian History.
Nearby, a man scribbled on a piece of paper and rushed to the owlrey. On the piece of paper, he had written. My Lord, I've found the information you wanted. The people are at Hogwarts.
Meanwhile…
The YGO gang were sitting at the library chatting.
"What is wrong with that girl, Hermione?" Malik asked. "She doesn't seem to like us."
Bakura was spacing out muttering, "Fluffy pink bunnies, rule the world…"
Shayla and Yami were engaged in conversation and Kaiba was tapping away on his laptop. (I am too! ) Joey was busy thinking up things that he put under a list called, 'How to Keep Tristan and Duke Away From My Sister'.
Shayla and Yami wandered off into the library, still whispering.
Malik busied himself with a list entitled 'How to Annoy Yami Bakura'.
They worked like that for quite sometime, but then Shayla and Yami rushed in. "Damn that girl, Hermione!" Shayla snarled. "She knows there's something different about us. She just found out about our history in this book." Shayla held up a book with the words: Mysteries in Ancient Magical Times. "Our HISTORY is in this book. I took it when Harry knocked over the shelves."
"Time to send it to the Shadow Realm?" Bakura asked, jumping up and down in excitement. "Allow me!" That's when the gang realized that Ryou had taken over.
"The insaneness really rubs off on the Hikari, doesn't it?" Malik muttered.
"Yep, it does," Shayla said. "You're much more of a psychopath than you were before you had a Yami." Then her face clouded with worry. "Back to the subject. Listen to this." Opening the book, Shayla read the paragraph about them.
When she finished, Bakura Seto and Malik were staring, their mouths hanging open to the floor. Literally.
"Kaiba, that look really doesn't suit you. And you three must really practice stretching your jaw muscles like that, don't you?" Joey commented.
Shayla thought for a while. "Another meeting at Midnight tonight. This we have to discuss."
Suddenly, Joey exclaimed, "It's time for dinner!" Then he grabbed Shayla's arm and dragged her to the Great Hall.
"Damn it, mutt. Let her go," Kaiba said, rushing after them. Bakura ran after Kaiba, but tripped over a baseball bat that just appeared out of nowhere. He grabbed Yami, who yelled, "Damn Tomb Robber!" And Yami grabbed onto a table to save himself from falling on top of Bakura, but grabbed Malik's and Joey's list. Paper went flying everywhere and a stack of paper hit Snape, who was consequently walking by, in the face.
The YGO gang quickly left before Snape could recover.
At the Great Hall, Dumbledore stood up. "Before we tuck in, I have a couple of announcements to make. First of all, no one will be allowed to the restricted section of the library anymore. Second, a reminder that Quidditch tryouts are this Friday. And the last announcement before we eat is that we will be holding a Halloween Ball every year starting this year. It's in a month and a half and there is a contest. Each house will choose a couple. The couple will dress up, and each will perform a little magic show. Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprouts, and Professor McGonagall will judge. The winner will earn fifty points for their house."
Immediately, all the houses began talking.
Shayla and Yami exchanged glances. They were definitely going to do it. Shayla looked at her engagement ring. It was a solid gold ring with an emerald dragon curled around the Eye of Horus. The emerald was the same color as Shayla's eyes.
Suddenly, Malik jumped up and yelled. "Detention with Snape!"
The YGO gang leapt up and ran out of the Great Hall. "I get the Rod!" Malik yelled. "And no, you may NOT do that, Kaiba!"
The six of them ran into the dungeons and sat down, hands folded like innocent little angels.
Snape glared down at them. "Lateness should result in another WEEK of detention, but I won't do it this time. We will—"
Malik's Millenium Rod flashed.
AT THE GREAT HALL
Harry Ron and Hermione, well, mostly Hermione, were complaining about the restriction on the restricted section. "How are we supposed to do research on the History of Egypt now?"
Suddenly, the doors flew open as Snape came running in screaming, "I WILL KILL THE PHARAOH AND RULE THE WORLD! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Then he went over to Dumbledore, and started tap dancing with him in the middle of the Great Hall while singing on the top of his lungs. "I'LL SPREAD MY WINGS AND I'LL LEARN HOW TO FLY. I'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES TILL I TOUCH THE SKY!"
Everyone stared.
Finally, Snape ran out still singing. "OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING!"
Silence.
Suddenly, a girl burst out in hysterical laughter. Soon, the others joined in. Suddenly, several owls swooped in and relieved themselves on the Slytherins.
The Great Hall was in an uproar. Everyone was confused and everyone was laughing. It took several elephants, firecrackers (Luna Lovegood: Oh! Fireworks! Is it Chinese New Year?), and bombs to calm everyone down.
When everyone finally calmed down, the YGO gang came in, chatting. Sitting down next to Harry Ron and Hermione, they engaged into conversation. "Do you like blood raw from the person or packaged?" Marik asked Bakura.
"What do you think?" Bakura retorted. Harry thought he was going to be sick.
Kaiba was yelling at Joey. "MUTT, SIT!"
"NO, YOU AIN'T MY MASTER!"(Joey)
"OH YES I AM! NOW BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!" (Kaiba)
"THAT'S NOT YOUR LINE! THAT'S PHARAOH'S LINE!" (Shayla)
"AND HIGH PRIEST, BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AS I RULE THE WORLD WITH FLUFFY PINK PLUSHIES!" (Bakura)
"WHAT IS UP WITH YOU AND FLUFFY PINK PLUSHIES, TOMB ROBBER?"(Malik)
"FLUFFY PINK PLUSHIES WILL RULE THE WORLD!"(Bakura)
"SHADDAP, TOMB ROBBER!"(Kaiba)
"MAKE ME, HIGH PRIEST!"(Bakura)
"YAMI, DO SOMETHING!" (Shayla)
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP BEFORE I CALL ON A SHADOW GAME AND YOU ALL LOSE YOUR SOULS!"(Yami)
The rest of the YGO gang shut up. "Thank you, Pharaoh," Shayla sighed in relief.
Harry Ron and Hermione exchanged glances. "There's the nicknames, but now we've got a High Priest in the midst of it?" Hermione whispered.
Harry studied the exchange students carefully. Then he got a thought. "Wait, Voldemort would only let people work for him if they have on the Dark Mark. We can ask the exchange students to show us their arms and we can determine if they are or not."
Ron looked impressed. "What a brilliant idea!"
Suddenly, Bakura began yelling again. "GUESS WHAT? THE FRIENDSHIP FAG WATCHED TO MOVIE TITANIC, THEN WENT ON A CRUISE AND THE SHIP SANK, SO SHE'S HOPEFULLY DEAD!"
Suddenly Ryou took over. "That wasn't very nice of me." The rest of the gang sweatdropped.
"Kill the friendship baita!" Malik yelled.
"Killing isn't nice," Ryou said, "And neither is yelling."
"RYOU, SHUT UP!" everyone yelled.
The rest of dinner went by without any more mishaps, except Malik Bakura and, surprisingly, Kaiba, got into a food fight, and ended up dragging in Shayla and Yami because they 'accidentally' hit them.
Suddenly, Dumbledore stood up. "Before you leave to get some shut eye, I'd like to announce our Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher has arrived."
Everyone looked at the staff table in excitement.
"Everyone, please welcome Professor Mahaado and his assistance, Mana!"
"WHAT?" the gang yelled, then all anime fell.
DMG: That's all for now. I have to go, and I apologize for the lateness. I won't update for quite a while, so I also apologize for that. Please R&R! Love you all! DMG: Thanks to all for the reviews! Now, please review!
