Something Wicked This Way Comes
By Holy Arrow
NKingy, RubbyK.K, Arrathir, Fox Loves Shinigami, Isis the Sphinx,
Author's Note – The DADA teacher is only an minor OC.
Oh yeah, I've already read book 6, but lets just say that Harry and Ron still take Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. Okay? Oh yeah, and lets say that Firenze teaches the 3rd, 4th, and 5th years, and Trelawney has the rest.
Chapter 8
Divination was the first class that Yugi and Amaya had, and the first with Slytherin. When they entered the stuffy classroom, the two waved at Marik and Bakura and immediately claimed the other two seats at the table. They were soon joined by Harry and Ron who both came late, frowning slightly.
"Welcome to a new year of Divination." Said a misty and creepy voice from the corner of the cluttered room. "I see that my predictions were correct. Many of you have returned to my class." Stepping out of the shadows and into the flickering firelight was a tall woman covered in glittering beads and bracelets. Her eyes appeared huge behind her glasses, and a glittery shawl coverd her thin frame. In all, she looked like a monster from Weevil's deck. "This year we will be delving deeper into the complexity of the Tarot, as well as examining more exotic ways to tell the future." Amaya noticed the two other girls from her dorm, Lavender and Parvati, titter happily at the prospect of learning new ways of divination.
"Now dears, please open your copies of Acquanting Yourself With The Tarot, and turn to chapter 2. Follow the instructions for a basic Celtic Cross spread, to perform a reading for the person across from you, and consult your book for answers when necessary. The one who's reading is being done should write down the outcomes as they will be part of the homework assignment. You may begin, dears."
Amaya turned to Marik, and smiled nerviously. It didn't help when Ryou confidently shuffled his deck and began the spread. Taking a deep breath and praying to whatever diety that chose to watch over her that she would not embarrass herself, she began.
"Okay…" Yugi murmured, biting his lip in concentration as he studied the cards and the book. Across from him, Ron looked as if he would fall asleep any second. "The first card represents your general situation so… Reversed Justice. Unfair condemnation, bigotry, bias, unfair accusations.
Second card… Obstacles… The Emperor reversed. Stubborness. Third card. Your feelings. Three of pentacles, actions taking fruit. Fourth Card, known feelings. Reversed Hanged Man. Unwillingness to make necessary sacrefices. Defeat. Hipocricy. Fifth card. The Past. Wheel of Fortune. Chaos. Unforseen change. Six, Eight of Swords. Taking responsibility to overcome difficulties. Seven, Attitude. Reversed Fool. Negligence. Eighth Card, Environment. Strength. Allowings one's impulses to be directed by the use of reason. Ninth card. Hopes and Fears. The Lovers. Love. Union. Last card. Six of Wands. A victory."
With a shuddering sigh, the short boy slumped against the table. This was definetly not his strength. Silently he pushed the deck towards the readhead, who looked utterly bored.
"You shouldn't take this class too seriously, Yugi. It's not in the least bit important." Yugi just shrugged.
Amaya frowned at Marik's spread. All the cards that had come out felt so foreboring and dark that she had to suppress a shudder after she turned over the last card.
"First card, Temperance. You are at a fairly peaceful time in your life, and are mostly in control of your actions. The Tower. Your luck will run out soon, and you will experience great hardships. The Star. Optimism and a bright and promising future. Obviously an illusion because of the previous cards. Six of Swords. You believe that you're leaving your troubles behind, once again, an illusion. Ten of Swords. A dark card. That represents everything that goes wrong in life."
As the reading progressed, Marik was unpleasantly reminded of his other half. The last card Amaya showed was when Yami Marik had complete control of him. He shuddered. These were not very pleasant memories. Amaya obviously noticed that.
"If you want to stop, just say so. Harry said it was a useless class. We could just make something up." Marik shook his head.
"No. I want to know." 'I think.' He added to himself, as Amaya inspected the next card carefully. Her frown darkened.
(Yami. This is some seriously dark stuff.) Her other half nodded, and Amaya felt the ancient spirit frowning as well. ((Yes. But should we ask? We have not known Marik long enough to ask question asbout a past that's obviously very dark.))
(And one that's seeming to be coming back to haunt him.)
((Yes, that too…)) The link faded, as Amaya was brought out of her stupor by Professor Trelawney.
"Well, my dear, I've never seen you here before. My Inner Eye tells me that you are one of the new students that Headmaster Dumbledore had told me about." Amaya nodded, her opinion of Professor Trelawney falling to nearly zero. "Well then, could you please demonstrate your abilities with the Tarot?"
All the exchange students were worried. Marik's past was one that the Egyptian preferred to keep to himself. And for obvious reasons. Amaya took a deep breath, praying that the next card would be something positive.
She sighed and rolled her eyes slightly. She never got what she wanted.
Inverted Death. Great. "Inverted Death. A negative change. This may bring about ruin and endings." She was about to turn the next card over when Professor Trelawne interrupted.
"My dear, please do not sugarcoat the truth from the poor boy! This card signifies the end! Death!" She waved her hands dramatically, causing the multitides of bracelets that adorned her bony wrists to jingle loudly. From down the table, Harry and Ron rolled their eyes. At least she found someone else to pick on for a while.
"Actually Professor, the card Death hardly ever means the end of life, but rather the end and the rebirth. Shown by the sun in the background. Even the Death Inverted doesn't necessarily mean death." Ryou spoke up. He had been nearly silent almost the whole period as Harry read his spread. Only smiling slightly at the Seven of Swords, a thief, in the First slot.
Professor Trelawney's face darkened as the new student pointed out her errors. Across the room, Lavender and Parvati hissed slightly at this boy that was correcting their beloved Professor.
"Well then, young man. Would you please demonstrate to this class the proper way to read the Tarot since you believe that I am incapable of knowing the meaning of a card?" Poor Ryou tried to apologize but it was already too late. Inside him Bakura was furious at this insect-like hag reprimanding his host.
:Let me out: He snapped angrily::I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind:
:Bakura please, just let me do the reading . It will damage her pride if I do it correctly.:
:Well I want to damage her face:
:Bakura:
:Fine, fine. Killjoy. At least let me do the reading.:
:Alright, but no killing.:
:Okay, I could live with that.:
:Or maiming.:
:But-:
:Or torching.
:Wai-:
:Or hurting anyone in anyway.:
:Ugh. Fine.:
:No destruction of school or private property either.:
:Damn, you remembered that one. Fine, I'll just do the reading like a good little boy.:
The change was fast, so most of the class didn't notice 'Ryou's' now cruel eyes and spikier hair at all.
After quickly shuffling and setting the cross up, Bakura put away his book and began.
"First card, Inverted Strength. Danger, Tyranny, and Disgrace. Obviously you haven't been very popular lately and have placed yourself in great danger. Second card, Inverted Star. Dashed hopes and dreams, Pessimism, and self-loathing. Someone close to you has betrayed your trust and you no longer have much confidence in that person. The Moon. Mistakes, Trickery and Scandal. Ties in slightly to the Second card that there is a person that had recently betrayed your trust. Fourth card. Four of cups. Represents loneliness and sorrow. This may be over a death of a loved one or a relationship that isn't going as you planned. The Devil. The bondage to others. Suffering. Fear. Describes your past as traumatic. Sixth card, future. Invereted Charriot. War and conflicts, vengeance and defeat. A fairly dark and ominous card for the future. Eight of Swords. The double edged card so to speak. To be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Five of Swords, the crossing of swords resulting in the parting of the ways. People around you are loosing their trust in each other. Page of Cups. The ninth card represents hopes and fears, but the meaning of the Page of Cups is 'a message of love, romance, heart-break or family' so this describes both hopes and fears. Last card. Judgement. Rehabilitation. Rejuvination and recovery. Basically a light at the end of the tunnel."
He glared slightly at Trelawney who was still looking at him with disdain, while Lavender and Parvati's opinion of him changed within the minute-long reading.
"I think that is quite enough for today. You are excused." Professor Trelawney finally said, before drifting off to her winged armchair.
Marik was only to glad to get out of the stuffy classroom. And the further he was away from those freaky cards the better.
Further behind him, still making their way down the multiple staircases were Yugi, Bakura, and Amaya. The blonde girl was still frowning slightly.
"Hey… what happened to Marik?" She asked softly, careful to not let other students hear. Yugi and Bakura exchanged glances. Yugi sighed softly.
"It's not our place to say. If you want to know, you should ask him yourself." She nodded, slightly disappointed, and began to hurry down the stairs to find Marik.
"Hey, Amaya!" Bakura called after her. She turned around, surprised. This was the first time he ever called her by name.
"You should know that having an Item usually means you wont have a simple, easy life." She nodded, and rushed down the stairs.
"Why did you tell her that?" Yami asked, switching places with Yugi. "You're going to scare her." Bakura turned on the former Pharaoh, glaring angrily.
"You still believe that even with these Items of Darkness people can live normal lives?"
"I do." Yami replied steadily. Bakura's eyes narrowed and he burst into insane cackles.
"Open your eyes Your Highnessness! We are attending a school for magic! There's a tree outside that tried to kill me, and a ghost that spilled ink on some kids hair over breakfast! How can this possibly be normal!"
"It's just different." Yami was glad that the staircase was empty now so that no one heard Bakura's little outburst. The white-haired spirit shook his head.
"I don't like this. Those two brats don't trust us, and that Malfoy kid was looking at my Ring weird last night."
"You're being paranoid, Thief. They're probably not used to seeing things like this." Yami reasoned. Bakura rolled his eyes in frustiration and stalked away.
"If something happens that puts all our existance in danger, I WILL blame you, Pharaoh." He glared and turned, his robes, (which were bigger than they were supposed to be) sweeping behind him dramatically as he disappeared into a dark corridor.
Sighing once again, Yami returned to his soul room to ponder the words of the King of Thieves.
Herbology passed without incident, except for when 'Ryou's' hand 'slipped' and flung the roots of a particularly nasty-smelling herb at the back of Yugi's head. Marik assured Amaya that this was nothing to be worried about. After class, Bakura didn't show up for lunch, so Amaya grabbed a sandwich for herself and for Bakura and went to look for him. Marik told her that maybe Bakura was on the grounds somewhere, brooding. Following Sakura's suggestions of possible places where he could be hiding, she finally found Bakura sitting in a tree with a blade of grass in his mouth glaring softly at the clouds.
"Hey," She called up to him, "Are you hungry?" The only response she got was a shrug and a 'hn'. "I brought you a sandwich."
No response.
"Will you please come down for a second!" She snapped, her patience with the moody thief wearing thin.
"Fine, woman, you don't have to yell at me." He jumped out of the tree, landing smoothly in front of her. She just glared, and shoved the sandwich into his hands.
"Here." He opened the napkin and grimaced.
"I don't like tuna." Amaya rolled her eyes and grabbed the sandwich back, giving him hers. She plopped down on the grass, taking a bite. "I don't like ham and cheese either." However, he still sat down across from her. They sat in silence for a while, before Amaya finally spoke up.
"You know, Ryou will get mad at you if you keep him away from his lessons." She said softly, pering at him from beneath her fringe.
"I'm not scared of my wimpy host." He grumbled, taking a big bite out of his sandwich.
"It's not about fear, or control, or whose stronger." She whispered, lowering her gaze to the grass. "It's about us helping you, and you helping us."
Bakura snorted in disgust. "What a stupid reason." With that he got up and walked away, leaving Amaya sitting on the lawn watching his retreating back.
Bokura was ima demo sagashiteru
The two of us are searching, even now
Kasoku shita speed wa kaerarenai
This accelerated speed can never go back
Tsuyosa to kakugo tsunagitomete
Bind your strength and resolution together
Hashiri-tsuzukenakareba mirai wa nai
If we don't contimue to run, there is no future
Tsukisusume tobira no mukou e
So move forward, beyond the doorThe two of us are searching, even nowThis accelerated speed can never go backBind your strength and resolution togetherIf we don't contimue to run, there is no futureSo move forward, beyond the door
I didn't really like this ending, but it was the best I could come up with.
Please excuse my Tarot readings if they're not correct. It's been a while since I studied my deck and I forgot most of the meanings of the Minor Arcana.
Danielle (my friend): She called at three thirty last night to ask what the Seven of Swords meant!
It really didn't help when my mom kidnapped my old divination book.
I've been feeling in a really good writing mood during two or three in the morning, but due to the evil contraption called school, I cant write too much, so my next update wont be for a while. Plus, I'm writing as it comes to me wich makes this story painfully slow.
lets see... any other news…
Oh yeah, it was my birthday on the first! Happy Birthday to me!
Holy Arrow