Something Wicked This Way Comes
Thanks to,
the dark prep
Fox Loves Shinigami
Sgarecool321
WillowFae
Remember:
/Yami/Yugi/
((Sakura)) (Amaya)
:Bakura:Ryou:
Japanese
Letters, Books, etc.
Following Hagrid was quite easy, as the gigantic man made his way though the crowded cobblestone streets. He said that their first stop would be Gringotts, where they would get their money to buy all their supplies. Amaya was getting worried. The amount of money she had was small, just two weeks allowance, definetly not enough to buy everything she needed.
As they walked up the marble steps of the tall building a sign caught their attention.
Enter stranger but take heed
For what awaits the sin of Greed
Fot those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay dearly in their turn
So if you seek beneath out floors
A treasure that was never yours
Thief, you have been warned,
Beware, of finding more than treasure there.
As if on cue, Bakura switched places with Ryou, and a sadistic smile crossed his features. Yami too, switched places with his host and scowled unhappily at the Thief King. Marik snickered into his hand. Amaya was confused for a second before Sakura quickly filled her in.
((When my brother and I were alive, he was the most feared thief in Egypt. There wasn't a treasure he couldn't steal.)) (And you?) Amaya asked, (were you a thief as well?) ((I was. But I wasn't very good. Got caught.)) (Is that how you met your husband?) She felt her darker half smile slightly. ((Yes.))
Their conversation was cut short when Marik nudged Amaya's shoulder.
"When you're talking to her, try to look down. Otherwise people will get suspicious." He whispered in Japanese. She nodded quickly, and closed her mind link.
The large hall was teeming with witches and wizards, and small hideous little creatures dressed in red velvet suits. Some of them were leading people to large doors, while others were weighing gigantic rubies. Bakura's eyes were practically bugging out of his head when he saw the size of the precious gems. Amaya giggled softly, and let
Sakura leave her necklace to float behind them chatting with Yugi and Ryou. Hagrid was confused by their changed appearances, but he let it go as just one of their quirks. He led them up to a free, and particularly grotesque goblin.
"We need to exchange some money." He addressed the goblin, and stepped aside to let the teens exchange their yen for wizard gold.
Uh, Hagrid, I don't have any money." Amaya said, looking down at the floor.
"Ah, wait, yer, father sent me sommat…" He rummaged in his coat and extracted a letter, written in unmistakeably her father's neat writing. She took it and carefully opened it. Inside was a small golden key, and a note.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you before.
Dad
Amaya stared at the note. ((Hikari? Are you all right?)) There was no response. Sighing, Sakura gently took over, and placed the letter in her pocket. She turned to the goblin and dimplomatically said, "I would like to make a withdrawl." She set the small key on the goblin's desk. The ugly little creature nodded, and waved another goblin over.
"Griphook, take her to vault 723." He said, handing the key to him.
After a wild cart ride that nearly made Marik hurl, they arrived at a dreary hallway lined with many doors. The goblin took out the key and opened the large door with an intricate 723 carved into it. A puff of pale green smoke blew into their face, and their eyes widened at the contents of the vault. Piles of gold coins, mountains of silver, and uncountable piles of bronze. Lying around the floor were several ancient artifacts and old scrolls, and a small pile of precious gems in the corner.
"All this is mine?" Sakura asked, walking into the vault slowly. In her own soulroom, Amaya was once again speechless.
Another cart ride later, the five were outside in the bleak sunshine, ready to buy their school supplies.
"Les go get yer books first." Hagrid said, leading them to a large building with a sign that read, 'Flourish and Blotts' in fancy curvy letters. Marik was having a field day when he saw a large amount of ancient Egyptian curse books gathering dust in the back of the store. Sakura was shaking her head all the way to the robes shop, wondering how she had been suckered into buying the ridiculous amounts of books for the boy.
When they arrived at the robes shop, two girls struck up a conversation with Sakura. Lavender and Patty or something… She answered their questions politely, but their conversation soon turned to some kid named Harry Potter that she knew absolutely nothing about. From what she gathered, he was some hero/celebrity that people either adored or despised. She pictured him as some tall cold snob that looked and acted like a god descended from the Heavens as a gift to man-kind. She wrinkled her nose in distaste. The boys weren't much better off. While their measurements were being taken, a boy a little younger than them was talking nonstop about something or other. By the time the annoying boy left, Yugi had a headache from his talking, and Ryou had a headache from keeping Bakura from sending the boy to the Shadow Realm. To say the least, all of them were relieved to exit the shop.
The four were absolutely exhausted by the time they came to the wand store. They had made three trips back to their rooms to drop off their luggage, and were both hungry and tired. As they entered the dusty shop, they realized that no one was there.
"Um… maybe we should come back…" Yugi said, turning around to head outside again. "I don't think there's anyone here." Marik rolled his eyes, the jet lag finally getting to him. "Brilliant deduction Pharaoh, really." Sakura rolled her eyes and Ryou was about to scold Marik when a soft, and creepy voice sounded though the shop.
"Hello. Welcome to Ollivander's."
Yugi and Ryou jumped into the air, Sakura's hand went to her waist where a sword should have been, and Marik's hand went to the Millenium Rod. Standing before them was an old man with nearly colourless, very creepy eyes. "I am Mr. Ollivander. I assume you're here for your first wands, correct?" Yugi nodded slightly, wishing the man would blink or something.
"Who would like to go first?" When no one volunteered, Yugi stepped up, shaking slightly. /Don't worry, aibou./ Yami whispered in his mind. Yugi smiled and straightened up looking the old man in the eyes.
"What is your wand arm?" Ollivander asked, pulling out a long piece of measuring tape. Yugi thrust out his right hand. As the tape jumped to life, Ollivander went into the back, pulling out long, thin boxes off shelves. He pulled the tape back and opened one of the boxes he held.
"Maple, twelve inches with a phoenix wing-feather as the core. Yugi took the wand, looking at it dumbly.
"Well, go on then, give it a wave." The short boy shrugged and waved the stick of wood. The small chair that Marik had been sitting in caught purple fire. The Egyptian yelped in surprise and leaped out of the chair before he could turn into barbeque.
"Hm, apparently not." Ollivander muttered, putting the fire out and extracting another wand. "Try this one. Yew, thirteen and a quarter inches, quite springy with a tail hair of a particularly swift male unicorn."
Yugi tried wand after wand and each one rejected him. They had been in the store for almost two hours, and with each failed attempt, Ollivander grew more and more exited. He was practically dancing for joy when yet another wand set something on fire. Bakura was snickering non too nicely in Ryou's mind, Sakura was fiddling with her necklace strap, and Marik had fallen asleep on the newly repaired chair, drool rolling down his chin. Finally, Ollivander pulled out a sleek light brown coloured wand from an extremely dusty case. "Try this one. Twelve and a half inches, with a tail feather of a bennu (1 sp?). Excellent for charms. Yugi gulped and took the wand, and waved it uncertainly. A shower of gold and purple sparkles filled the air. Sakura had almost as much trouble finding a wand as Yugi did. Finally she bought an fourteen inch long ebony wand with a double core, willingly given blood of a black unicorn and a tail hair from it's mate. Ryou's wand was maple, fifteen inches with the heartstring of a rather beautiful Peruvian Vipertooth, and finally Marik's was Ash, fourteen and a quarter inches with a phoenix feather soaked in its own tears. They trudged out of the shop, really looking forward to a restful night's sleep. Amaya finally took over, as Sakura practically fainted in her soulroom.
Since there had been only two rooms available, and Amaya would take one room, and the three boys would take the other. After a modest dinner, they retired to their rooms, but even though they were exhausted, the exitement of the day hadn't worn off yet. So Amaya migrated to the boy's room to join their Duel Tournament. After Yami beat Bakura for the fifth time, they all fell asleep, strewn haphazardly over the room.
After breakfast, they went out to explore to alley and buy their pets. Marik and Bakura became entranced by a dark and evil-looking alley that was adjacent to Diagon Alley. Yugi and Amaya decided to go to the pet store and meet Bakura and Marik there later. As the pair neared the store, Amaya was shoved hard into the ground by a blond teen who was strutting around like he owned the place.
"Hey! Watch it!" Amaya cried out, letting Yugi help her up. ((Hikari, are you all right?)) Sakura asked, worry filling her voice. (Yeah, stupid jerk walking around like he owns the place.)
The blond boy turned around, glaring menacingly at Amaya. An amused expression crossed her face. "You should invest in glaring lessons," she said loudly enough for the people around them to hear, "you look constipated." Some of the younger spectators who obviously knew the boy snorted into their hands. The blond's face was tinged pink with humiliation.
"Watch what you say, filthy mudblood." He snapped, twirling around and stomping out of sight. Amaya was totally confused. What was a mudblood? From the reaction of some of the people, it must have been a very bad insult. She was about to follow him and make him apologize when Yugi pulled her back into the crowd.
"What was that for!" She exclaimed, "I want to give that jerk a piece of my mind!"
"Amaya, think about what you're saying. He's probably spent his entire life in the Wizarding World and probably knows a lot of spells. If you were to make him any madder, he might have cursed you or something." His large violet eyes stared up at her with a pleading look. She cursed under her breath.
"Dammit. You're right." She smiled half-heartedly. "Come on! I wanna get a pet." They made their way to the store when they ran into three teens their age. One was a tall boy with fiery red hair, lots of freckles, and blue eyes. The other boy was a lot shorter and had messy black hair, bright green eyes, and round glasses. And the last person was a girl with bushy brown hair and brown eyes.
"Hello." The black haired boy said, smiling at the two. "We saw what you did back there. That was brilliant! I've never seen anyone stand up to Malfoy in public."
Amaya smiled, blushing slightly. "Thanks."
"I'm Harry by the way. Harry Potter. These are my best friends Ron Weasley Hermione Granger."
"I'm Amaya Mitsumaru, and this is Yugi Motou. She said, bowing slightly. Hermione was wearing a puzzled look on her face.
"You're not from around here are you?" She asked. "Because I've never seen you at Hogwarts before." Yugi nodded.
"Yeah, Amaya, me, and two of our friends are just starting this year." Right on cue, there was a loud explosion followed by maniacal laughter. Yugi sighed and Amaya rolled her eyes. "Sorry. I think are friends need our help." She said before leting Sakura take control and run over screaming obsenities at Bakura. Yugi smiled apologetically and switched places with Yami who immediately took off after his wife, leaving three very confused teens in their wake.
"Did you notice something?" Hermione asked, "Right before they ran off, Amaya's face changed. It looked older and her hair was sticking up more. And Yugi seemed to grow taller and his hair looked even stranger." Harry and Ron shook their heads, though Harry's thoughts were on Yugi's eyes before he left. They were crimson... the same color as Voldemort's...
Crappy ending, but Im kinda tired of writing right now, and I really want to post. Anyway, next chapter is Pets and the Train.
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