Hi readers and welcome to another edition of Harry Potter and the Love of a Darkness. I'm especially thrilled because today is my eighteenth birthday so I'm offically legal. I'm also glad I'm posting on my birthday. I had planned on it and I wasn't sure it was going to happen.
TENSHI: You never plan on anything.
Be nice yami, it's our birthday today. Oh, who am I kidding? Forget about it. Show that yami nature of yours.
TENSHI: YES! BAKURA, MARIK, HIKARI SAYS BE OUR YAMI SELVES!
BAKURA: Sweet. Does that mean we can blow up the neighbor's house?
Yeah, sure. Go ahead. Only one rule.
MARIK: And what is that?
Have fun!
RYOU: Hikari doesn't own Yugioh or Harry Potter. If she did, well, let's just say it wouldn't be good.
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She led them into a large hall full of students. The hall was completely silent as everyone looked at a raggedy old hat. A rip near the brim opened and the hat began to sing. It sang about sticking together and the four houses. After its song was over the hall cheered and McGonagall pulled out a list. She read the names one by one and the first years tried on the hat on. The hat would then shout out Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. The corresponding house would cheer as their newest member joined them. After all of the first years were sorted, a man with a long white beard stood up. "This year we have six transfer students," he said. "Please welcome them to Hogwarts."
"Bakura, Ryou," McGonagall said. Ryou walked up to the hat and sat down on the stool. No one noticed Marik's hand in his pocket. His hand was on the Sennen Rod. He had seen Harry at the Gryffindor table and wanted to go there so as the hat dropped over Ryou's eyes he took control of its mind.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. Ryou got off the stool and went to join Harry and Ron at the table. Then Malik, Marik, Yami, Yugi, and Bakura were sorted. All ended up in Gryffindor, which was no surprise because Marik did the sorting. They all sat next to one another and looked up at the head table. The old man stood up again.
"To our new, welcome. To our old, welcome back. There is a time for speeches and this is not it. Dig in," he said. Everyone cheered as food appeared on the table.
"Who's that?" Bakura asked pointing to the old man.
"That's Dumbledore. He's the headmaster here," Harry said.
"Is he a good headmaster?" Ryou asked.
"He's a bit mad but he's a brilliant man."
"I see." Everyone grabbed their favorite food and dug in.
"These steaks aren't rare enough," Bakura complained.
"They're fine. They're rare at least. Medium at most," Ron said.
"When I say rare I mean rare. I want it to moo when I poke it with a fork."
"That's absolutely disgusting Bakura. How do you eat things like that?"
"I grew up with it. I'm not going to ask how you eat animal innards. Now that is sick."
"We grew up with it. We've become used to it."
"I was afraid of that." They finished dinner and looked up at the head table again. Dumbledore stood up.
"This year I have a few announcements to make. First off the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all students. Second our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Shadi. That is all."
"Shadi! We're being taught by Shadi!" Malik cried out.
"You know him?" Harry asked getting up. Everyone was getting up to go to bed.
"Of course I know him. He's the bringer of bad news. He made Marik and me almost kill Yami. Luckily we stopped each other before we did. We blame Shadi because it was him that told us my father's death was Yami's will."
"So he's bad news huh? I don't think I'm going to like him."
"Come on Malik. Shadi's not all bad," Yugi said.
"For you maybe. For me he's nothing but lies and deceit." They arrived at a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress.
"Password?" she asked.
"White lightning," Harry said. Yugi and the others looked at each other. That was the Blue Eyes White Dragon's attack. Why would they use that for a password? The portrait swung forward and revealed a cozy looking room. Harry led everyone in and told the first years where to go. A door to the side said 'Transfers' so that's where Yugi's group went.
"Wow. Nice accommodations," Ryou said looking around. The room had three beds. The sheets were gold and the hangings were red. There was a door leading to a bathroom on the left and a few windows on the right. "Well, goodnight everyone." Ryou climbed into the bed on the right. Bakura joined him. Malik and Marik took the center bed and Yami and Yugi took the one on the left. They fell asleep shortly after their heads hit the pillows.
"NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! MARIK HELP!" Malik screamed the next morning. He shot up and panted. He was very pale. Then he broke down and cried. Marik sat up and pulled him into his lap.
"Let me see kitten," he said softly. Malik let the images of his nightmare flood the link. Marik growled in rage as he saw what happened to his little kitten.
"What is it Marik?" Bakura asked.
"Him. It was him again."
"You mean his father?"
"Yes. The bastard raped my kitten. Little kit, why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you wouldn't love me because of it," Malik sobbed.
"Little kitten, I will always love you. No matter what happens, I will always love you."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes. I've never lied to you and I never will. Are you hungry kitten?"
"Mmm hmm."
"Good. Let's get ready and go eat. I'm sure Harry and Ron can show us where the dining hall is again." Marik let Malik get up and go take a shower. When he came back he was still trembling but not as bad. Marik took a short and quick shower because he could feel Malik's nerves beginning to fray. He was on the verge of panicking. Marik got dressed and raced out to the bedroom. Malik looked at him with haunted eyes and buried his face in Marik's shirt. Marik picked him up and sat down. He held his little kitten close and whispered sweet things in his ear, meaning every word of it. Soon the others had finished their showers and were ready to go. Marik carried Malik out into the common room where they met up with Harry and Ron.
"What's wrong with Malik?" Harry asked.
"Kitten had a nightmare. He'll be fine after a while."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm never not sure when it comes to my kitten."
"Can you show us where the dining hall is?" Ryou asked politely walking out of the room. Bakura, Yami, and Yugi were with him.
"Sure. Follow us." They left the common room and went down to eat. When they got there Marik set Malik down and sat next to him. Then he grabbed Malik a pomegranate and some apple juice. Malik wouldn't eat so Marik ripped the pomegranate open and pushed a seed into Malik's mouth. Malik slowly chewed the seed and swallowed. Marik kept pushing the seeds on him until the entire fruit was gone. Then he made Malik drink two glasses of apple juice. Finally color returned to Malik's face and he stopped trembling.
"Are you better kitten?" Marik asked.
"I don't know. I can't get that nightmare out of my head," Malik whispered. Marik wrapped his arms around Malik.
"I know little kit. It's hard to forget." Marik sent an image of an oasis and the smell of fruit and fresh water. He added the feel of a warm breeze and the sound of the water splashing across the sand. Then he added himself and Malik to the image. The two of them were lying on the sand by the water holding each other close. Then the image faded. Malik looked at Marik.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome kit." McGonagall came walking down with their schedules. She handed them out and left. Marik looked at his and Malik's. They had the exact same schedule as the others since they had signed up for the same classes. They had Divination first. This would be interesting. Harry groaned as he saw his schedule.
"Crap. We have Divination first," he moaned.
"What's so bad about Divination?" Ryou asked. "It can be fun. A little creepy but fun."
"The teacher's a big fraud. She couldn't predict the future if her life depended on it," Ron said.
"Well, she predicted the future correctly once. She predicted Voldemort's rising," Harry said. Everyone in hearing range shivered except for Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik. "Come on, let's go so we aren't late." They got up and walked out of the great hall. Harry and Ron led the group of six to the north tower. The six boys looked up to see a trapdoor. Several other students joined them and seconds later the trapdoor opened. A ladder dropped down. Marik and Bakura ignored the ladder. Marik picked Malik up and jumped into the room. Bakura was soon to follow, carrying Ryou. Yami and Yugi climbed up the ladder. As soon as they got in the room they gagged.
"Ra, how do you stand that stench?" Marik asked.
"We sit by an open window. It makes things more bearable." Harry and Ron sat at one table. Yugi and Yami sat at another. Malik and Marik shared a table and Ryou and Bakura shared a table. When everyone was seated the teacher materialized out of her office.
"I could make a better entrance then that," Bakura whispered.
"You'd scare the students with your entrance," Ryou murmured to him.
"That would be my point."
"Good morning students. My name is Professor Trelawney. I say this because I see some new faces among our group." She smiled at the transfers. "I hope that at least one of you bears the Sight." She turned to the class. "We will be starting the cards this semester. Please take out your decks." Ryou pulled out his duel monsters deck, as did Bakura, Malik, Marik, Yami, and Yugi. Everyone else pulled out custom-made decks of tarot cards. "You will read your partner at your table. Use pages five through seven to help you." Ryou and Bakura shuffled each other's decks and laid out four cards.
"Read me first," Ryou said.
Bakura flipped the first card. "Earl of Demise. A death will occur." He flipped the second card. "Earl of Demise but it's upside down. A birth will occur." The third card was flipped. "Change of Heart. An enemy will become a friend." The last card was flipped. "Change of Heart but it's upside down. A friend will become an enemy." Bakura hummed. "An interesting future."
"My turn." Ryou flipped the first card. "Man Eater Bug. A death will occur." He flipped the second card. "Man Eater Bug but it's upside down. A birth will occur." He flipped the third card. "Change of Heart. An enemy will become a friend." He flipped the fourth card. "Change of Heart but it's upside down. A friend will become an enemy." Ryou hummed. "We got the same reading. That's rare. What did you and Marik get Malik?"
"We got a birth, a death, a betraying friend, and a enemy becomes a friend," Malik said. "You?"
"Same. For both of us. What did Yugi and Yami get?"
"We got the same," Yami said. "What did you get Harry?"
"Same. Ron got the same thing. I think we're reading more then our partners' futures. I think we're reading the class."
"I don't know. We could be but Bakura and I shuffled each other's decks. We should've only gotten results for us," Ryou said. "We shouldn't have gotten the entire class's readings."
"Well, I know I can't give birth. So it has to be the entire class."
"If you say so." The bell rang and they packed up and went to Transfiguration where the transfers learned how to transfigure matches into needles. All of them excelled at it. After all they had studied for weeks. In one class period they mastered every basic test from first through fifth year. Then they were allowed to practice transfiguring animals into teapots. All of them succeeded on their first try. McGonagall gave them each five house points for their success. After Transfiguration they went to Herbology, lunch and Charms. Then they went out to the grounds to relax.
"So, what school did you go to before you came here?" Ron asked.
"Domino High," Yugi answered.
"Domino High? That doesn't sound like a wizard school."
"It's not. It's a muggle school in Japan."
"You went to a muggle school? Then why did Dumbledore say you were transfers?"
"It's the easiest thing to say so that's what we said."
"Well some people like to take the easy way out," Yami said looking at Bakura and Marik.
"We do not Pharaoh. That would be you," Bakura snapped pulling Ryou into his lap.
"Who was the one who killed my guards to get away?"
"That wasn't easy. Who switched places with Yugi to get out of a test?"
"You what!" Ryou said. Yami turned red. "Yami, you know better then that. What kind of test was it?"
"Algebra 2," Yami muttered. "I hate Algebra 2. Tenshi was right when she said it was hard."
"Speaking of Tenshi, have you sent her a letter telling her we're in Scotland Bakura?"
"No I haven't. Should I?"
"Yes you should. After all, she is one of your best friends."
"Alright. I'll send her a letter. Yugi, can I borrow Avernus? I want to send a letter to Tenshi."
"Sure. Do you know where he is?" Yugi asked.
"Probably in the Owlery. Don't worry, I'll find him." Bakura set Ryou down and got up. Then he grabbed a piece of parchment, a bottle of ink, and a quill. He wrote something down and folded it up after it dried. "Be back in a minute Ryou." Bakura walked into the castle and asked the paintings where the Owlery was. He followed their directions and when he got there Avernus flew down and held out a leg. "Thanks boy. Take this to Tenshi Hikari as fast as possible." Avernus hooted and took off. Bakura went back down to join his light and friends. Or, as he considered most of them, acquaintances. He sat down and pulled Ryou back into his lap. Malik was in Marik's lap and Yugi was in Yami's. Harry and Ron were next to Yami and Yugi. "Letter sent."
"Do you think she'll be surprised by Avernus?" Ryou asked.
"Probably not. She's seen stranger things."
"So have we. I still can't believe she didn't make it to the Battle City finals. She's an excellent duelist. She's beaten me before."
"Battle City finals? What was that?" Harry asked.
"Remember that card game Bakura and Ryou played on the train?" Yami asked.
"Yeah." Harry and Ron shivered. "Those cards were creepy."
"Well, that's the game that was played at Battle City. It's called Duel Monsters. Bakura was a finalist. Yami and I were too. Yami beat Bakura and eventually me. I was a lot more evil back then. I've gotten less evil but if I get mad enough I will go back to my old ways. It's not a pretty thing," Marik explained.
"I see." Harry looked at his watch. "Dinner time." Everyone got up and walked toward the castle. They ate and went to bed.
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Well that's it. I hope to get another chapter up but writer's block is threatening me at the moment. I want to just skip through the year but I can't do that. A few important events happen in the middle of the year. Pranks, apparation, Hogsmeade trips. I can't forget all that stuff.
TENSHI: You never minded skipping all that stuff before.
I wasn't writing for a huge amount of people before. Now I am so I care.
TENSHI: Well, Bakura, Marik, Malik, and I are going next shopping. We need flamethrowers and a few other things. We're going to set the neighbors house on fire.
Have fun. Reviewers get a Yugioh plushie of their choice. Ja ne.