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I do not own Yugioh, and never will.
History Can't Help But Repeat Itself
Review: In case you forgot what happened last time…
"I'm not sure exactly why, but I theorize that the dementors suck the happy feelings out of the air and make you relive your worst memories," Yugi started.
They nodded for him to continue.
"Well, your feelings come from your mind and I have had frequent practice shielding my mind from others, or any foreign invasion. It just happened to work for me," yugi finished.
"Oh," the children said.
Remus just sat there and said nothing, not even looking over at Yugi, he was deep in thought.
Chapter 9
The rest of the train ride was sat in silence, not a single word muttered or a sound made except for the noise of their breathing.
As the train slowed to a stop, Yugi watched as the children sat almost on the edge of their seats as if wanting to get away as quickly as possible. Harry, Hermione and Ron left just after the train stopped, leaving all their belongings behind.
Shrugging, he walked off the train beside Remus, not wanting to speak or meet any of the other students. It was annoying to be thought of as a student by everyone just because he didn't look his actual age.
Remus seemed to know where he was going, so Yugi followed behind him from the station and towards a mud track that most of the students were flowing towards. Minutes later they came to a assembly of stage coaches, each with a pair of black horse-like creatures with wings.
Yugi paused for a moment, not quite sure what to make of the creatures. They obviously weren't going to harm anyone or else they wouldn't be used.
A few of the younger students were looking at the coaches a bit confused.
He heard a muttered "What do you think is pulling them?"
A girl replied, "Don't know, magic."
Curiously, Yugi approached the two creatures of the nearest coach. Putting a hand out to the nearest one, he allowed it to sniff at him, once the creature was happy he rubbed his head against the hand as if asking to be petted.
Remus had watched the whole scene in wonder.
"You can see the Thestrals?" Remus inquired.
"Thestrals? I suppose it suits them, yes I can. Why? Shouldn't I be able to?" Yugi asked naively.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Remus told him.
"Only people who have seen human death can see Thestrals. The more deaths the clearer they are to see," Remus said quietly as to not alert the other children.
Flinching at the words, Yugi took his hand back.
"Oh," Yugi murmured quietly.
/Then I'm pretty sure that you can also see them Yami/ Yugi mumbled, trying to not be insulting as he was not feeling very happy anymore.
\The Thestrals. Yes I can see them very distinctly. Thankfully none of the deaths I have witnessed were by my hand, they were rather done by my order to keep harmony with my people as it was expected.\ Yami said
He had a feeling that death was a particular topic that wasn't extremely welcome with Yugi. After all who would want to talk about death when it was so obvious that his parents were dead since before he left high school. What other reason would he have been sent to live with his grandfather for?
/Of course they would have deserved it too/ Yugi whispered.
Yami remained quiet, there was no need to answer as Yugi already knew it and he was already in a sad mood. He didn't want to make it any worse than it already was. He would revert back to his usual bouncy mood soon, until then he would have to ride it out.
Following Remus into the carriage, he shut the door behind them, and almost simultaneously the Thestrals began moving.
The silence of the carriage as it moved along the mud track was rather depressing in Yugi's opinion and he looked out of the window. He blinked at the awe inspiring look of the castle in the evening twilight, though it was quickly distorted when the dementors came into view.
As the carriage passed through the gates of the school, Yugi made sure his shields were holding, Yami helped him from the back of his mind, neither wished to feel the true effects that the dementors could have on them. It was bad enough what life had thrown at them without having to relive it.
With an expected jolt, the carriage came to a stop. Stepping out he moved out of the way so Remus could follow. For a moment they just watched the students streaming through into the school before following along with the rest of the crowd.
Soon they reached a large hall, there were five large tables taking up most of the floor space, four of them reaching almost from one end of the hall to the other, the fifth diagonal where it appeared that all the professors were sitting.
"The Great Hall," Yugi whispered a bit surprised.
The books that he had bought to learn more about the wizarding cultural differences and the type of school that he was going to be teaching at did not do justice for what he was seeing. The enchantment on the ceiling was ancient, and it shimmered with magical residue.
Remus simply walked down the middle of the hall between the tables and up to the professors table. Not wanting to be left behind with the students, Yugi followed and made his way through the students who had already arrived and were seemingly trying to make it extremely hard to get to his destination.
Most of the Professors were already sitting down and were watching, as the children were sitting down with their friends, and chatting amongst themselves.
Almost instantly Yugi recognised Dumbledore by his vibrant while beard and hair, not sure where he was supposed to sit, he went up and greeted the headmaster. A twinkle was shining in his eyes as he looked over the students and then turned his attention fully to Yugi.
"After the feast, or early tomorrow you will be shown to my office so you can find me whenever you need to. Until then, take a seat," he said kindly.
Yugi nodded and thanked him appropriately before taking the seat that Dumbledore had pointed out. It had another empty seat beside it for what Yugi could only guess before he remember that he had asked if Yami could also come.
Some of the other professors were watching him as he sat down at their table, they seemed a little shocked. Thankfully they soon lost interest and went back to what they had been doing previously.
/You know that you should probably come out now while no one is watching. There is a seat here right beside me that has obviously been reserved for you./ Yugi said, his mood having returned to a more normal happiness.
\Sure, why not.\ Yami replied.
/Well it would be better now since Dumbledore with want to introduce you and myself whenever he dose his announcements, and it would do good for people not to know exactly what and who we are right now wouldn't it/ Yugi stated.
\Ah yes\ Yami replied.
Yami appeared out of the puzzle, drawing no attention to himself, on his chair. HE was somewhat replenished from his time in the Puzzle, though he seemed to be a little less energetic than he normally was after coming out. That could always be accounted for by the time he had spent in it was less than usual.
No one took much notice of the sudden appearance of Yami into his seat, it also might have come in handy that a stern woman came in with a bunch of kids that were probably the new students. She was undoubtedly a Professor and Yugi wondered for a moment what she taught.
As the noise quietened down, Yugi watched amused as everyone looked at an old ragged hat that was sitting on a stool, having not been listening to whatever had been said previously. A slight ripping noise, confused Yugi for a moment before he heard a voice coming from the hat. It was singing song.
Oh you may no think I am prettyBut don't judge me on what you see
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me
You can keep your bowlers black
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I am Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be
You might belong to Griffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart
Their daring nerve and chivalry
Set Griffindor apart
You might belong in Hufflepuff
Where they are Just and Loyal
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw
If you've a ready mind
Where those of with and learning
Will always find their kind
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a thinking Cap!
Yugi clapped along with the rest of the students and teachers, the applause almost deafening. Although it was not just applause, a couple of people added in wolf-whistles. An especially loud one coming from a pair of red haired twins who had managed to synchronise it, causing it to be at least twice as loud.
Some of the other students laughed and the hall began to quieten down.
Once it was almost silent again, the female Professor who had arrived with the first years stood forward with a rolled up scroll.
"When I call your name, you will come and put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she spoke clearly and sternly.
Unrolling the scroll she called the first name on the what Yugi could only assume must be a list of the children's names in alphabetical order. A boy came out from the huddle of kids, put the hat over his head and sat down on the stool. For a moment the whole hall was absolutely silent, a pin could be heard if it was dropped. The hat shouted out 'RAVENCLAW' and the table second from the left, each with a crest of blue and a yellow bird in the middle, cheered and clapped for him.
Yugi quickly remembered the houses from when he had read numerous books, but mainly from the Hogwarts A History. Griffindor one side of the hall with their lion crests of red and gold. Next the Hufflepuffs with their crest of a black badger and yellow background. The Ravenclaws after a larger space in the centre of the hall to make it easier to reach the other end of the hall in a hurry if necessary. Lastly the Slytherins with their crest of a silver snake with a vivid green backing.
The sorting, in Yugi and Yami's opinion was a very long and drawn out affair. Though it was a nice touch, just entering magic school, you would never think that you were going to be sorted into a 'house' group by a talking hat.
Once the last child had been sorted and had taken up their seat at their new house table, Dumbledore stood and gathered their attention to himself.
Yugi barely listened as Dumbledore began a speech to the children about the dementors that had been posted around the school just outside the grounds. It seemed that even he was not to thrilled with it. Though Yugi and Yami could sympathise, who would willingly want to relive their worst memories.
"On a happier note," Dumbledore continued having finished with dementors. "I am pleased to welcome three new teachers to our ranks this years.
Scattered applause was heralded by this statement along with some murmuring.
"Firstly Professor Lupin who had kindly consented to fill the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
This was greeted by mild clapping from some people.
"The Second is Professor Mouto who is taking over for Professor Binns, our History of Magic teacher."
A few more cheers were heard to this announcement, most eyes having caught onto his hair when he stood up.
/What do you think my Yami? Are they happy that I am here, perhaps they know that I am famous in the muggle world, or that their old teacher has left/ Yugi enquired.
\Mostly I would like to think that they are happy that you are here, but we both know that that is not likely. Some might have recognised you, you are still ranked number one Duel Monsters duellist in the world. And the game has spread around the world pretty far. Rebecca after all was number one in America. No I think that they didn't like their old teacher and are happy to have a different one. You are rather stunning to look at too considering our tastes in clothes and our natural hair style.\ Yami replied.
Smiling, Yugi sat down.
Dumberdore annouched that a rather tall and bulky man named Hagrid who Yugi could remember seeing at the station calling for the first years, was the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
More scattered applause met this, most of it seeming to come from the Griffindor table while not a single Slytherin had clapped.
"Well I think that's everything of importance," Dumbledore said cheerfully. "Let the Feast begin!"
All of the plates that had previously been empty and just sitting there were brimming with food and the pitchers filled with drink.
Amused by the amount of food that had appeared, Yugi and Yami instantly thought of one person who would have had an absolute field day.
/Joey/
\Joey\
Smiling at each other they picked out what they wanted to eat and ate.
As the students began to finish eating the chattering noise level in the hall rose dramatically. Soon it all came to an end, Dumbledore stood and told them all to go to bed.
The children slowly bustled out of the hall and to their dormitories to sleep. Yugi went to Dumbledore, not having a clue where he was going to be sleeping. Yami also had not a clue.
The woman who had brought in the first years was beside him.
"Minerva, would you be so kind as to take Yugi and Yami up to their rooms. It's behind the half-angel half-devil painting near Griffindor tower," Dumbledore asked.
Yami froze at these words wondering if the headmaster had a double meaning behind why he had placed them in this room. It almost seemed as if he at least had an inkling as to what they were. But how could that happen. Though when he thought about it, he wouldn't put it past the man to know something. Being the headmaster of a school you had to know something about almost everything.
Quite aware of Yami's stiffness and quite surprised himself, Yugi quickly told him in Japanese to calm down and that the headmaster could never possibly know anything too bad.
"The password is Hikari," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling as he walked away.
Minerva turned to them and nodded for them to follow.
They walked through the halls of the castle, the other students having already been lead away and had time to reach their quarters a long time ago.
"I'll give you a proper tour of the castle tomorrow," Minerva said in a tone that Yugi recognised was used for the students only. "Met me in the Great Hall at 7 am sharp."
The sharp and warning tone that she used reminded him of when he was a child and few people wanted to even interact with him, and the teachers thought of him as a delinquent.
"As you wish," Yugi replied calmly, but quieter than normal.
Yami was fuming, not even slightly amused by the situation. The headmaster appeared to know something and Yami wasn't sure what he knew without telling the headmaster more in the chance of finding out what he knew to begin with. Then to add to it, it did not help that they were being treated like children, and was either due to the their stature or the state of their hair. Neither thing that they could help because it was impossible to change ones true height, and they liked their hair too much to change it. Not only that but the fans would have revolt against the idea.
It was a regular occurrence for people on the streets and in the shops to think that he was younger and treat him like a child. But when it was a colleague who did it, even if they didn't know him, it hurt. He was their equal not their subordinate.
Yami's frustration was leaking through the link to Yugi. Yugi could feel the desire to do something about it, but everything thing that he wanted to do was not anything that would be allowed.
As they stopped in front of the half-angel half-devil Yugi watched as Minerva turned around to look at them.
Yugi looked deep into her eyes and took the intuitive to tell her exactly how she had been treating them rather unfairly.
"Minerva," Yugi said. "Please can you treat Yami and myself like the adults that we are? Just because we are short in stature and our hair naturally looks like what you would call a punk look. This however dose not mean that you have the right to treat me like a delinquent child. We are twenty-four years old and deserve to be treated as adults."
To be Continued…
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