Something Wicked This Way Comes

Holy Arrow

Millions of thanks and plushies to the following people:

Fox Loves Shinigami,
Isis the Sphinx ( none as a matter of fact. It was scary, I was paranoid the whole day), yamisgirl13 (my first deck was a basic Rider-Waite deck, so that's the one that I was using, cuz I remember it better than my new one (that I still cant find! What is up with that! I turned my room upside down looking for it.), my new deck is a Ukiyoe Deck. It's very pretty and in the traditional Japanese Style. I'm very attached to it. After I got it, I was hugging it for about three days. I also have a Goddess Deck, but I rarely use it.
NKingy,
Merely a Dark Lord

The following weeks passed smoothly. Bakura hadn't said as much as a word to Amaya about what happened, and she was too busy with homework to question him about it. Of the four of them, she was struggling the most. She would often leave the classroom practicly crying, and if she couldn't take anymore, she would go hide in the blocked-in passage behind the mirror on the 4th floor and break down sobbing, as Sakura watched her host sadly, unable to comfort her.

In fact, Amaya's only classes where she was moderately good at was Potions and Herbology, and only because there was no spell-casting involved. Meanwhile, Ryou excelled at Defence Against the Dark Arts and Potions, quickly becoming the surly Potions Master's favorite student, despite his bloodline. Yugi was coming along very well in Transfiguration, and of course, Defence. Marik was scraping by, prefering to sneak around the castle with Bakura and explore the secret passages in the castle rather than study. Amaya felt as if she was being left behind by her companions. She struggled with a simple levitation charm for god's sake! And with the workload increasing day by day, she grew more and more depressed.

Divination had become known to all of the exchange students as nap time. From Tarot, they slowly progressed to Sand Divination, and were now studying Divination with Knives. Something that Bakura, Marik, and (to an extent) Sakura had gotten particularly attached to. Harry and Marik now shared the title of the 'Doomed One', and both arrived to class last, grumbling about the stupid subject.

Also, Harry had noticed that something was definetly up with Ron and Hermione. They would often disappear from breakfast early, something that previously only Hermione did. With his friends' strange and secretive behaviour, he began to find friendship with Yugi, and through him with the other transfers. They had been mostly keeping to themselves, the other inhabitants of the school viewing them as ontouchable beauties around which and air of mystery hung like a shroud.

He began to hang around with the four at the library during free periods, helping a frantic Amaya with her homework, or practicing Duel Monsters. Harry had liked this game, and commented that it was just as intense as Quiddich except without the danger. (At which three of the four laughed behind their hands, and Amaya just rolled her eyes at them.)

As Halloween came closer and closer, the exitement of the holiday itself, as well as the first visit to Hogsmeade caused two third years to set off a trunk-load of prank goods that had been shipped in earlier that moning from the Weasley Twin's shop that had been planning to open a branch in Hogsmeade as early as next year. The amount of fireworks alone shook the walls of the castle during dinner. The entire Gryffindor table, and some people from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff laughed as Malfoy screamed like a little girl and hid under the table. Marik reported the next day that the blonde boy was trembling the entire night after the feast.

Harry greatly enjoyed his new friends, but at the same time, whenever he was hanging around with them, he would see Ron and Hermione frowning at him before turning back to whatever it was that they were doing. His chest hurt with the mere thought that they were hiding something from him. Sure, the prophecy was something he chose to keep to himself, but that was for their own safety! If Voldemort was aware of their knowledge, they would become targets for him. And Harry would not allow that.

Speaking of Voldemort, he had been strangely quiet recently. Even the dreams that Harry still worked hard to prevent, (though deep down, he wanted to see them to at least know something) did not occur. This silence was creepy, and he began to dread the coming days, expecting the news of a devastating attack. However, days passed and nothing happened. Before he knew it, Harry was standing at the gates with Yugi and Amaya, waiting for the thestral-drawn carriages to show up. Marik and Bakura were in detenton, though they both assured their friends that this was not a big deal and that Hosmeade wasn't so great by their standards. As the carriages arrived, the trio climbed inside and watched as the village came closer and closer. Harry had taken it on himself to show Yugi and Amaya around so as soon as the carriage came to a stop, they all jumped out and headed for Honeydukes. The weather was perfect, cool and crisp, yet sunny with a few clouds drifting about. As the entered the warm interior of Honeydukes, Yugi and Amaya were greeted with a sight they had never seen before.

Yugi's child-like eyes went even wider at all the candy that was crammed into the little shoppe, and Amaya was practically drooling rivers. Harry grinned at his friend's reactions. They browsed the shelves, picking up the things they wanted to buy. Yugi had gotten an assortment of multi-flavoured sugar quills, a pack of pepper imps that he was planning on showing to Joey and Tristan, and a large slab of chocolate 'in case of emergency.' Amaya had gotten, (if possible) even more chocolate, some Droobles Best Blowing Gum, a load of Sugar Quills and Sherbert Balls, and to Harry's surprise and slight disgust, a box of Blood Pops.

After Honeydukes, they visited Zonko's and the post office, followed by a short hike to view the Shrieking Shack. The last place they went to was the Three Broomsticks so that Amaya and Yugi could try Butterbeer. They all sat around a small slightly worn table that had a slight scorch mark on it, and played a casual game of Duel Monsters, Harry and Amaya against Yugi, the short boy winning, though narrowly. As the sun began to set, they began to make their way back to the carriages, when Harry stopped and slapped his hand over his face.

"Sorry you guys, go on without me, I forgot a bag at the pub." He said before running back down the main street.

As he was walking back, puchases in hand, he saw a slight, but familiar movement in one of the alleys. Careful not to be seen, he peeked in, and saw Ron and Hermione, the brunette's back turned to him making out against the wall. Ron's arms were wrapped tightly around her, and his fingers pushing up her shirt. Harry quickly turned around and left, his face bright red. And it had nothing to do with the weather.

As he sat at the Gryffindor table, listlessly picking at his food, Harry thought of his two best friends. Sure, he was glad they were together, he had been waiting for them to admit to each other (and themselves) that they liked each other, but now that it happened, why did he feel… what was it? Betrayed? Left behind? Envious? After all, he hadn't even had a girlfriend, (unless you counted the fiasco with Cho last year.) He shook his head. He should be happy for them! With that, he squashed his annoyance and began to eat his roast beef, his eyes not leaving his plate.

Not far away, Yugi and Amaya were watching him with worry.

"Harry is acting weird." Amaya said, taking another bite of her chicken. The spiky-haired boy nodded, frowning. "Yeah. He's been like that since we came back to the castle."

"Do you think something happened when he was getting his stuff?" She asked, concerned. Yugi shrugged, and took another gulp of water. He just couldn't stand pumpkin juice.

"I'll ask him when we leave."

Meanwhile, the ancient spirits of the Pharaoh, the Queen, and the Thief were floating high above the joyful voices of the Great Hall, discussing more serious and grave events. Each Divination class portrayed darkness returning to Marik. That could only mean that Yami Marik had escaped the Shadow Realm. But how could this be possible?

"Perhaps he slipped though one of the openings made by Zork 5000 years ago?" Sakura asked. Yami shook his head. "No, all the voids were closed up. I made sure of that."

"What about that Voldemort guy that everyone keeps talking about?" Bakura suggested. "They say that he's got immense power, but could it possibly be enough to open the Shadow Realm?"

"If he had the right help." Yami nodded wisely. "But most of our enemies are either in the Shadow Realm, or as the case with Pegasus currently powerless." (A/N: Remember, Bakura stole his eye.)

"Perhaps he found a ritual in an ancient spellbook. They're pretty rare, especially now, but it could be possible." Sakura said, a finger under her chin. "All he would really need would be the spell itself, and a sacrifice…" Her eyes went wide, and she glanced between her companions. They both looked grim. All present knew of the danger the world was in if the events that had occurred 5000 years ago came to pass again.

Yugi, sighed, and looked up at the enchanted ceiling, when he uttered a silent gasp.

"Amaya!" He hissed furiously. "I can see Sakura and Bakura!"

The blonde girl looked up too, and indeed saw, three spirits suspended beneath the pitch black sky. Yugi opened his mind link.

/Yami/ He called fear and dread rising up within him. /You three have to get out of here/ The spirit's transparent features twisted in confusion. /Hikari, what are you -/

/There's no time! Please Yami, you have to get out of here! We'll explain everything later/ The Pharaoh sighed and quickly informed his companions that they had to leave.

Yugi and Amaya breathed a sigh of relief, slumping in their seats, however, they had not seen Hermione looking suspiciously at the ceiling.

bokura wa doko made yukou
where shall we go up to to
futari no mirai ina sasuratte
our future roams freely around now
bokura wa tabi o tsuzukeru
and we continue with our journey
eien no arika owari nai yume
the place of eternity, and endless dream
kono te o hanasazu oikakete ikitai
I want to chase after it without letting go if this hand
Zutto
forever

Author's Notes –

Not particularly pleased with this chapter, but I finished it sooner than the others. The first person to review will receive a basket of brownies, because I feel generous and hyper. … and hungry too but that's beside the point since you cant feed starving authors anything over the internet.

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Holy Arrow