In the morning, Snape looked positively livid. Everyone was keeping out of arms length of him, even the other teachers. As he sat down for breakfast, Ron laughed seeing Snape spit something particularly nasty at poor Professor Flitwick.
"I bet he's too embarrassed to even admit what happened." Malik chuckled.
"Serves him right!" Yugi said, taking some toast. "I almost want to let Yami go at him; and that wouldn't be pretty."
"Mmm-hmm." Hermione agreed while drinking some pumpkin juice.
"Sometimes I wonder about Snape." Harry grumbled. "He's such a git, but he saved my life after all…"
"I think he needs to stop wallowing in the past." Emily sighed. They looked at her strangely. "Well, can't you see that he has so much inner turmoil at the fact he owns Harry's father his life even though he hated him so much?"
"Peh. Who cares about all that stuff." Seto growled. 'Please! It's not like you don't have inner turmoil as well.' Said that annoying voice in his head. This time Seto chose to ignore it.
"I care! God, you are SO conceited!" Emily exclaimed angrily.
"Uh, I hope Hermione remembers her dare…" Ryou said, quickly changing the subject.
"Oh, I do. Not a single question." Hermione answered confidently.
"THIS I gotta see." Ron smirked.
"By the way Ron, there's Quidditch practice after lunch." Harry said, pouring himself some orange juice.
"Again? I didn't think being on the Keeper would be so hard." Ron mumbled.
"Looks like our first class is Ancient Egyptian Magic." Malik sighed. Everyone except Hermione groaned. Shadi hadn't been the most interesting teacher so far. Most of his classes had been lectures and note taking. Of course, that meant less homework, but still.
First ClassShadi watched as the classroom filled slowly with students with a look of polite interest. He didn't seem to notice the suspicious looks he got from Yugi and the others, or the mocking smirk from Malfoy and his thugs every day.
"Good morning class. Please turn to page 567 in your books." He said. Everyone did with a cacophony of sighs. Five minuets in, three people had already fallen asleep and had house points taken.
"The Egyptians made their wands out of only one type of wood. Does anyone know what that is?" Shadi asked. Naturally everyone looked towards Hermione. She twitched, but otherwise remained motionless. The class, Shadi included, waited. After a very long pause, Kelly Sanforth raised her hand.
"Um… Papyrus, sir?" she said uncertainly.
"Correct. 10 points for Slytherin." Shadi said, raising his eyebrow. "Moving on…"
"Wow! You actually did it!" Ron laughed. Hermione glared at him and went back to taking notes. It was then that Harry noticed that Yugi was spacing out in that weird way of his.
"Psst, Yugi, what're you doing?" he whispered.
"Playing tic tac toe with Yami in my head." Yugi whispered back.
"Good idea!" Malik and Ryou whispered, then they started spacing out too.
"Aww man!" hissed Ron. "They get to play games while we take notes!"
"Shush!" Hermione said.
Meanwhile
Yugi, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik were in that black void that they communicate with each other in(you know what I mean) There was a giant tic tac toe board that seemed to be floating in the air in front of them.
"Ha!" Yugi said triumphantly as he drew a line though his three X's. "Beat you again Yami!"
"You sunk my warship!" Bakura gasped, outraged. He and Ryou had imagined up a game of Battleship.
"Yay!" Ryou exclaimed. Malik and Marik were locked in a staring contest that seemed to last forever.
Suddenly a giant head appeared. It was Shadi's.
"What do you think you are doing?" Shadi's head boomed at them. The games dissapeared.
"Uh, uh, uh, uh, nothing 'professor'!" Yugi squeaked.
"Detention for all of you." Shadi's head responded, disappearing.
"Detention! Damn it!" Malik said angrily.
"HA! You blinked!" Marik laughed.
"Oh, shut up."
Finally, class was over. But it was not soon enough for Harry, because the next class was Defense against the Dark Arts.
"Mr. Mouto, Mr. Bakura, and Mr. Ishtar wait a moment so we can discuss how you will serve detention." Shadi called. They groaned and headed back.
"But he didn't give you detention." Seto pointed out.
"Yeah he did." Malik mumbled as he stepped back in the classroom, shutting the door behind him.
"Huh. Weird." Emily said. "Oh yeah Seto, one of us needs to check on the egg before the next class."
"I'm not doing it!" Seto sniffed. "It's your turn!"
"No it's not!" responded Emily hotly. "I did it last time, remember?"
Yet another argument ensued. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"Those two are so gonna fall in love." Ginny whispered, suddenly popping up beside them.
"Emily and Seto? No way!" Ron said. "They're way too different. Besides, they hate each other."
"It may seem that way to you, but you have to look past all that." Everyone stopped and stared at the bickering pair. Ron squinted.
"I still don't see anything." He said.
"Ginny, that does seem a bit crazy." Hermione said. Ginny shrugged.
"Think what you like." And with that she was gone.
"What was that all about?" Harry asked.
"I dunno. She gets really random sometimes. I think Fred and George are rubbing off on her." Ron sighed.
"Oh yeah, how are Fred and George doing on their joke shop?" Harry asked.
"They're making loads of money. Although mum won't admit it, they've definitely found their calling."
"A joke shop?" asked Yugi. "What kind of jokes?"
"Oh, you know, fireworks that take on a life of their own, extendable ears, fake wands, that sort of stuff." Ron explained casually. He didn't catch the nonplused looks Yugi, Seto, Malik, and Ryou exchanged.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts is going to be awesome!" Harry said. "I wonder what, erm, Proffesor White is going to teach us."
"Knowing him, something insane." Seto said, coming back into the group. "I hope Mokuba's doing alright."
"Oh, don't worry about him." Emily said, now cooled down. "He's made lots of friends. In fact, there's one girl in particular that he seems to like." Seto went slightly pale, before clearing his throat and turning to Harry.
"So, we're still going to be working after class, right?"
"Yep. I got some info from Proffesor McGonagol about technology and magic that should come in handy." Harry said, pulling out a piece of paper.
"What are you two up to?" asked Ron.
"I'm working on making computers that will work inside Hogwarts. Then we'll be able to duel with my virtual reality system." Seto explained.
"Can you really do that?" asked Ryou, surprised.
"With enough work, it might be possible." Hermione pondered.
"I hope so! I miss dueling." Yugi squeaked.
"That's because you always kick our buts." Malik muttered.
"Well, I'm off. I have to get to Divination, unlike the rest of you." Emily put in. Seeing the looks from everyone she shrugged. "It's an easy class. I don't mind making up stuff. Don't forget to check on the egg Seto!" He grunted.
Emily set off down the corridor, adjusting her bookbag. After a while, she noticed that she had taken a wrong turn. She looked around. There weren't even any paintings. It was dark, and cold. She shivered and turned around to start heading back. She jumped when she saw Malfoy turn the corner ahead of her.
"Well well, is someone lost?" Malfoy said. For some reason his words chilled her to the bone. She stood there frozen for a few moments.
"Wh-what are you doing here?" she stuttered. He smirked and started walking towards her, his steps echoing slightly.
Niko Mane: OMG, I haven't updated in like FOREVER! Sorry everyone, and sorry it's such a short chapter. Please Review?