The Dueling Club
Disclaimer: I do not own, will never own, or have ever owned, either the Harry Potter series, or the Yu-Gi-Oh! series.
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Sunday, the next morning, Harry and Yugi awoke to find that their arms had indeed been re-boned, and were incredibly stiff. They looked around and found the beds where Rebecca and Colin's frozen bodies were kept, even though they had curtains drawn around them, as not to alarm any passerbys. Madam Pomfrey came bustling over with breakfast trays and as they tried clumsily to feed themselves, she examined both of their arms.
"All in order," she said simply before returning to her office. Harry and Yugi gobbled up the rest of their meals and quickly dressed in a change of clothes and bolted out of the Hospital Wing, towards the Common Room where they could tell the others about Dobby's visit, and what had happened to Rebecca and Colin.
A few minutes after they left the Wing, they soon ran into Percy, who seemed to be making his rounds to see if there were any troublemaker's afoot. "Ah, Harry, Yugi! Excellent flying during the Quidditch match yesterday! Due to your catching of the Snitch, Gryffindor is ahead by 50 points!" he said cheerfully. "That's great, Percy. Have you seen any of the others?" Yugi asked the prefect.
Percy's smile faded rather quickly, "No I haven't. I hope Ron's not gotten himself into another girls' toilet," he said shaking his head, before walking away. Harry and Yugi looked at each other then walked quickly down the corridor. They weren't sure why they would be there, but they headed towards Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
They double checked the area around the bathroom, making sure that Percy, Filch, or anyone else wasn't around to see them go into the bathroom. They could hear some of their voices coming from the stall area. "Guys, it's us," Yugi whispered. There were a few gasps, and a splash, like something had been dropped in water (hmmm..toilet maybe?).
They peeked around the corner to see Kaiba, Hermione, Tea and Ron were huddled around a small cauldron. "Harry! Yugi! Thank goodness, how are your arms?" Tea embraced them before looking over them. Hermione joined in, "We would've come to meet you, but we needed to start on the Polyjuice Potion. We figured this would be the best place to keep it hidden," the bushy haired witch said gesturing to the abandoned bathroom.
"I see that their back," a voice said above them, startling Harry and Yugi. Tea and Kaiba rolled their eyes and looked up, "Bakura! Get down here, wouldja?" Tea asked the Thief King. Harry and Yugi looked up and saw that Bakura was hanging from the ceiling. Bakura laughed and let go, letting himself fall to the floor. He landed on his feet and held up his hands, "You like? Took me awhile to remember how I made these things, but once I got it back in my head, it was a piece of cake," he chuckled.
Harry and Yugi realized he had gloves on his hands, with small sharp blades on the fingertips. "Grappling gloves," Bakura explained. "You better not use those to get yourself or your House into trouble, Bakura," Hermione scolded. The Thief King rolled his eyes and walked off to the sink. Yugi started telling them what they saw in the hospital wing, but Hermione stopped him. "We know, we heard McGonagall talking to Flitwick...it's so awful," she said quietly.
"So, we figured the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can interrogate Malfoy," Kaiba said casually. Harry and Yugi glanced each other, thinking whether or not they should tell them, that Malfoy had already told them that he didn't know anything, and he pledged his loyalty to them. They then told them about Dobby's late night visit in the Hospital Wing.
"So the Chamber of Secrets has been before?" Hermione thought aloud. "A-HA!" Ron said triumphantly, "It makes perfect sense! When Lucius Malfoy went to school here, he opened it up, and now he's taught his son, dear old Draco how to open it!" he said grinning. "Hm, that does make some sense, I suppose. But how can something that dangerous move around without making it's presence known?" Kaiba countered.
"Good question, Seto," Hermione commented. Ron looked at Kaiba, Hermione was the only one they knew besides Mokuba to call Kaiba by his first name. "It could probably disguise itself, like Chamelon Ghouls," she pondered. "You read too much, Granger," Bakura threw in. "Well, the news spread about Rebecca and Colin, Ginny had classes with both of them, she's completely devastated," Ron brought up. "Oh no, poor kid, hope she'll be ok," Yugi said sadly. Harry added in everything that Dobby had done to them, the barrier, the bludger, etc. "You know, if Dobby doesn't stop trying to save your lives, he's gonna kill ya," Bakura grinned.
Because of the news of the two frozen students, a secret trade soared through the corridors of Hogwarts like a wildfire. Pendants, amulets, charms, scrolls, all sorts of thing were being sold by those who took advantage of this tragedy. There were two sources of these artifactsand theywere Bakura and Serenity, and Mokuba with the Weasley Twins. "Thanks Bakura," Neville said gratefully for the third time, after putting on his fifth charm necklace. "Why are you buying so much, Neville?" Serenity asked him. "Whoever did those attacks, went after Filch first, and I'm almost a Squib, so here I am," he said before dashing off to the Weasley's market.
In the second week of December, McGonagall came around with her list of students who would be staying at Hogwarts for Christmas. Everyone in Yugi's and Harry's group signed up, mostly because they enjoyed Christmas as the castle, but for some of the others, they found out that Malfoy and his sister would be staying at the castle, and that would be the best time to infiltrate the Slytherin Common room for information.
However, the potion was only half finished, they needed the bicorn horn and the boomslang skin and the only way they could get them, was to go into Snape's personal storeroom and sneak them out. Bakura gladly volunteered to do it, and when he was questioned why he volunteered, he said it sounded like a challenge. So when Potions class started, they all began their Swelling Solutions and only known to a select few, the door slowly opened and closed. Bakura brushed past Harry and Yugi, letting out a small chuckle.
Ron leaned overto Harry, "How's he doing that? He can't be wearing your Invisibility Cloak, it's locked up in Gryffindor Tower!" he whispered harshly. Yami grinned and looked at the red haired young man, "It's the Millenium Ring, one of the powers it has is that it shrouds the wearer in a veil that matches it's surroundings, so no one can see them," he explained quietly.
Suddenly there was a plop sound, then a small explosion from Goyle's cauldron and his potion showered almost the entire class, soon most of the students looked like they all had a violent allergic reaction to something, they all swelled up! "SILENCE!" Snape roared, and almost immediately the dungeon was quiet. "Anyone who has been splashed, come here for a Deflating Draft," he instructed. Harry, Yugi, and Ron tried their hardest not to laugh, and out of the corner of his eye, Yami noticed the door to the storeroom open and close and he felt Bakura walk by him and out of the dungeon, mission complete.
A week later, Yugi, Harry, Ron and Joey were walking across the entrance hall when they spotted a small group of students, crowding around the announcement board. "Guys! They've started a Dueling Club!" Seamus Finnigan said excitedly. "AWESOME! SIGN ME UP!" Joey yelled pushing through the crowd to register. Angry shouts and yells reached him, but afterwards he ran back to the group. "Dis is awesome! I'm gonna go get my deck!" he declared before running off up the stairs. "Anyone wanna tell him?" Brian asked, coming out from the group from the board.
"What, ruin the fun, Guardian?" Marik questioned, walking up next to him. "It's not really Duel Monsters is it?" Yugi asked them. "Bingo, Dueling as in Wizard's Dueling," Brian said nodding his head. "He's gonna be embarrassed and disappointed," Harry commented. "I know...it sounds like fun, later!" Marik said running off to find his hikari.
At eight o'clock that night, they filed into the Great Hall to find the dining tables were removed and candles hovered above them. Everyone was excited about this Club that was formed. Unfortunately, Lockhart was conducting it. "Oh Ra," Bakura cursed as Lockhart took the stage. "Gather round, gather round! Now can everyone hear me? ("Yes, but we wish we didn't," Bakura chuckled) Excellent! Now, here my assistant, Professor Snape," he said waving his arm.
Groans and more sounds of disappointment filled the air as the large nosed Potions Master walked up next to Lockhart. "Now, what we will be teaching you is one of the most basic spell techniques of Dueling, disarming! Now, allow us to demonstrate," the blond haired wizard turned to Snape, saluted him with his wand, as Snape did him, and walked to the opposite side of the Hall. They faced each other, then it began. "Expelliarmus!" Snape cried pointing his wand at Lockhart.
With a flash, Lockhart flew a good twenty feet before sliding across the floor. Gasps from concerned girls were heard, but Lockhart picked himself up and waved at them, "Don't fret, children, I'm perfectly alright," he assured with his trademark smile. The student's were split up into groups: Harry with Malfoy, Marik with Yugi, Brian with Bakura. "Now, disarm only!" Lockhart instructed them.
Malfoy looked at the Slytherins in the crowd and thought of a ploy, then turned to Harry. "Scared Potter?" he asked. Harry knew he was acting, and went along with it, "You wish," he replied. "Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled, sending a beam of light right at Malfoy, causing him to spin around i the air before landing hard on the floor. Malfoy picked himself and glared at Harry, "Serpensortia!" he screamed and his wand burst with light, sending a large coiled snake between the two, causing the audience to scream in fright.
The snake reared it's head at the screams and hissed. "Jeez, not you too, Harry!" Yugi cried. Harry glanced over where Marik and him were dueling and saw a large King Cobra. "Hehehe, gift from Egypt, little Pharaoh!" Marik sneered. "Motou...Potter, don't worry, I'll get rid of them," Snape said drawling. The two snakes went to one side of the room, where there were a group of Hufflepuffs backing away. One was Justin Finch-Fletchley, who the cobra and snake decided to be their first victim.
Harry and Yugi gawked and made their way to the side of the room behind the snakes. The two serpents just hissed and moved towards Justin who was pale as death itself it seemed. "Leave him alone!" Harry cried, "Get away from Justin!" Yugi shouted along with him. The two snakes looked at them and backed away a bit before advancing again on Justin. Snape took this chance to get rid of them with a spell and soon they were nothing but dark pieces of rope.
"Yeah!" Harry cried, giving Yugi a high-five. They turned to Justin, expecting thanks, but he just stared at them, "What do you two think you're playing at!" he yelled before taking off through the Great Hall doors. They looked around, everyone, including Snape were either startled or stunned. Joey looked around and at his deck, "WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THIS WASN'T A CLUB FOR DUEL MONSTERS?" he screamed.
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Kilnorc: yo, i spent a lot of time of this chappy and i'm gonna cut it off here. i'll write the parts asking them about parseltongue and everything in the next chappy, so don't worry...also, next chappy may be short...sorry!