Before Yugi or the others could react, the bus jerked forward, throwing them out of their seats.
"Jeez!" said Marik, rubbing his head where it had hit the floor.
"Told ya." Harry said simply. Everyone got up and sat back down in their seats. Yugi looked outside to see the bus speeding through the streets, lamp posts jumping out of the way!
"Umm… Is this safe?" Yugi asked timidly.
"Oh, sure. The muggles don't even see it." Harry said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Muggles?" asked Marik.
"Non-magic people."
"Oh."
'Hey, Tomb Robber.' Bakura said through his mind link.
'What hikari?'
'Did you notice anything weird about Harry?'
'Yes. I remember seeing him rubbing his forehead for some reason a few times. And he seems to always be worried about something.'
'Wow, you're perceptive.'
'I know.'
"Hey, you're unusually silent." Said Harry.
"Um… I just feel sick I guess." said Bakura. It was true. Whenever he looked outside, the sight of every thing spinning by made him woozy.
"I'm not feelin' so good meself…" said Hagrid.
'At least it's not as bad as the Gringotts carts. I wonder why Yugi and the others space out so often. Maybe everyone is like that in Japan. I doubt it though.' Harry thought to himself. 'I bet that they're suspicious of me. Now that Voldemort has returned, my scar is burning constantly.' He was suddenly thrown out of his thoughts when the bus made a sharp turn and they fell out of their seats again.
"Who, exactly gave you your license?" Kaiba said, helping Mokuba up. But before Ernie could answer, the bus swerved and they were all thrown out of their seats again. Yugi's deck went everywhere and he had to reach out of the window to grab his Dark Magician before it flew out. As Yugi gathered up his cards, Ernie mentioned that they were close to the Leaky Cauldron. Sure enough, in a few minuets they arrived at a pub with a sign that said 'The Leaky Cauldron'. Glad to be off of the crazy bus, they entered and looked around. It was very dark and smoky. There were many people there, sitting at the tables, drinking, smoking, reading a paper called 'The Daily Prophet', along with other activities.
"Ah, Hagrid! These are the foreign students eh? I have rooms set up for all of you! Oh and Mr. Potter? I thought you should know that your friends Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger are staying here. They're waiting in that room to the left. They say that they have something important to tell you." Said a man who was cleaning a class behind a counter. Harry immediately rushed of to the room to meet his friends. He wanted them to fill him in on what's happening with Voldemort. As he entered, he found his best friends sitting at a table grinning.
"Harry! It's great to see you!" said Hermione happily.
"Yeah! We haven't seen you in ages!" said Ron.
"It's good to see you to, but what's happening with Voldemort?" Said Harry. Ron flinched at the sound of the dark lord's name, but said nothing.
"Well, now that the Ministry knows that you're telling the truth, they now have much higher security. But… There's bad news." Hermione said slowly.
"Go on." Harry urged.
"Well… I'm afraid that all the Death Eaters escaped Azkaban." Ron said with a sad look on his face.
"WHAT!?!"
"It's true. The dementors have turned against us. They all work for… Voldemort. Hermione said. "Oh for goodness sake Ron!" Ron had flinched again.
"Not a surprise." Harry said dully.
"Hey, I heard that there's some foreign students coming this year. Is it true?" said Ron, changing the subject.
"Yeah. And they just happened to move in next door to me." Said Harry.
"Really?" said Hermione in shock.
"Yes. We are actually very good friends now. They showed me how to play this muggle game called Duel Monsters. It's really fun." Harry replied.
"Do they know you're famous? Do they know about V-V-Voldemort?" asked Ron.
"No. I plan on telling them tonight."
Meanwhile Yugi looked around the room. It looked like any other room that you would find inside a normal inn. But something told him that it was not. He felt some strange force there. He looked at himself in a mirror. Suddenly, his reflection talked! "Hello there!""Who are you?" Yugi yelled.
"I'm the mirror of room 12." His reflection said. Yugi looked up at the mirror and stared. "What? Never seen a talking mirror before?" Yugi shook his head. Then, realizing that he was talking to his reflection screamed.
"AARGG!!!!" Yugi fell over.
"You're from a muggle family aren't you?" The mirror said.
"Oh. I guess I am." he said.
"Yugi! I heard yelling! Are you okay?" said Yami, appearing beside him. This time it was the mirror's turn to be surprised.
"Hey! Who's this? Did he just apparate? He looks just like you." said the mirror.
"I'm fine Yami." said Yugi.
"Um… Yugi, did the mirror just talk!?!" Yami whispered.
"Yeah. This place just gets weirder and weirder." said Yugi, rubbing his head.
"I resent that! The muggle world is a lot stranger! They have these things that they use to communicate called… fellytones I think." said the mirror. Suddenly, someone opened the door a crack and peered inside. It was Harry. Yami disappeared as Harry spoke.
"Hey, Yugi, WHOA! What was that?" Harry said.
"Er… What was what?" Yugi said innocently.
"That person! I swear there was a person standing beside you!" he gasped.
"Um… No just me. What did you need?" said Yugi, changing the subject.
"My friends and I have something to tell you all." Harry said, still looking at Yugi suspiciously. They went downstairs. Yugi talked to Yami through his mind link.
'That was close.' Yugi said.
'Yes. How was he able to see me?' said Yami.
'I have no idea, but we have to be more careful from now on.' Yugi said seriously, ending the conversation before Harry noticed him spacing out again. They entered a room and Bakura, Marik, Kaiba, and Mokuba soon came in to.
"Guys, this is Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Ron, Hermione, this is Marik Ishtar, Ryou Bakura, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, and Yugi Motou." Harry introduced them.
"Pleased to meet you." Said Hermione.
"Yes… Wow! What's that?" asked Ron, pointing to the Millennium Ring around Bakura's neck.
"Um… Nothing!" said Bakura, hiding it from view. "So, have you ever played Duel Monsters?"