(Malik and Marik on Grandma's laptop reading Amethystium) (Yami and Yugi busy in guest room) (Ryou and Bakura busy in basement bedroom) (Tenshi and Hikari at computer)

Hi everyone. Writer's block finally quit, with this chapter at least, and I was able to update.

TENSHI: Personally I like this chapter. Some good stuff happens here.

Thanks yami. Now, in this chapter there are a couple of pranks which I found to be quite funny. I don't know if you will but Tenshi and the others liked them.

TENSHI: The second one is better then the first.

Thanks for the unnecessary comment Tenshi. Anyway Disclaimer someone.

MALIK: Hikari does not own Harry Potter or Yugioh.

MARIK: This Amethystium story is all hers though. And it isn't too bad.

Once back in the dorm, Malik, Marik, and Bakura dumped their gags on their beds. "Now, which gag to use first? Should we use the Dungbombs or something else?" Bakura asked.

"None right now," Ryou said sternly. "Wait until tomorrow to pull off your pranks."

"Aww Ryou. Please?"

"No. Besides, dinner is in a few minutes and I don't want to miss it."

"But what about our Halloween prank? We've been planning it for weeks."

"Oh, I suppose. Since you've been planning it for so long. Just make sure you don't hurt anyone physically and don't ruin dinner."

"Will do hikari." Bakura, Malik, and Marik left the common room. Soon everyone headed to dinner. When that time came Marik, Bakura, and Malik were waiting by the Slytherin common room. When Malfoy walked out Bakura summoned Headless Knight and Marik summoned the Shadow Realm. When Malfoy walked past them Bakura gestured to his Headless Knight and it leapt forward in Malfoy's path. He jumped.

"Oh. It's just a suit of armor," he muttered. Then he noticed something else. "Where's its head?" Bakura gestured again and the Headless Knight raised its sword. Malfoy's eyes doubled in size and he shrieked as the sword came down. He just barely got out of the way. Then he turned to run and saw a gigantic golden dragon. Malik snickered softly as he gestured to Ra. Ra roared his fury and attacked. Malfoy dodged again, this time getting singed on the arm. He yelped in pain and whimpered as the dragon lowered its head. It opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth and Malfoy's eyes doubled in size again. He shrieked and ducked as a blast of fire shot above his head. He then ducked and ran back toward the dorm. Marik let him out of the Shadow Realm. Malfoy didn't stop running until he was in his dorm huddling under his blankets. Ra and Headless Knight vanished as well as the Shadow Realm. Marik, Malik, and Bakura were laughing and laughing hard.

"Ra, did you see the way his eyes got huge? That was hilarious!" Bakura crowed.

"I don't think I've ever played a better trick," Marik said.

"But that's not the first. We'll play a few Dungbomb tricks on him too. Such as sneaking into his dorm and setting them off," Malik said smirking. "This'll be fun."

"It will be. Come on, Ryou, the pharaoh, and Yugi are waiting for us," Bakura said. The three of them walked up to the great hall and sat with their friends. They had a great time at the feast and when it was over they went to bed. The next morning, Saturday, there was a notice in the common room. Harry and Ron pushed their way to the front to read it. Then they came back to Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik.

"Apparation lessons start soon," Harry said to them.

"Apparation? What's that?" Malik asked.

"Apparation is a method of transportation. You can travel all over the world with it but you need to be very precise or else you'll splinch yourself."

"Splinch?"

"Leave part of yourself behind. It's really painful and can happen anywhere and to anyone who doesn't do it properly or take lessons."

"I see. When do these lessons start?"

"November. November fifth."

"That soon?"

"Yeah. That's four days from now."

"I know. We'd better prepare ourselves."

Bakura laughed. "Malik don't ever say that again. You'll make me crack a rib."

"Don't say what?"

"Prepare ourselves. That just sounds so wrong."

Malik thought for a second. "BAKURA!" Bakura roared with laughter. Marik started laughing too. "I didn't mean it that way. Ra."

"Didn't mean it what way?" Harry asked.

"You don't want to know Harry. You really don't want to know."

"Yes I do. What do you mean?"

"Trust me on this one. When Bakura and Marik go into perversion mode you don't want to know what goes on in their heads."

"Perversion mode?" Harry thought for a moment. Then he blushed. "Oh. That's what he was thinking."

"What was he thinking Harry?" Ron asked. Harry whispered something in his ear. Ron turned bright red and looked at Bakura, who was still laughing. "I see. Pervert."

"Why yes, he is a pervert," Malik said. "Thank you for finally noticing."

"He's a pervert that I have to live with," Ryou muttered.

"Aww but you love him anyway."

"MALIK!" Ryou blushed bright red.

"What?" Ryou whispered something in his ear. "Oh. Right. I forgot. Homophobes." He turned to Harry and Ron. Are you two homophobes?"

"No. Never have been, never will be," Harry said.

"That's good."

"Why?"

"Well, it's like this." Malik looked around at the other Gryffindors. "We'd better go to our room to discuss this one." Malik walked into his room. Yugi, Yami, Marik, Ryou, Bakura, Harry, and Ron followed him. After everyone was in, Malik shut and locked the door. "You see Harry, Ron, none of us are straight. We're all gay and we're proud of it, so if you don't want to be our friends because of it then so be it. But we are what we are and we're not ashamed."

"Well, I'm glad you finally told us. I've known that you and Marik were gay since you moved in next door. I was guessing that Ryou and the others were too but I wasn't sure. We'll still be your friends. You're still the same people we knew before. You haven't changed just because you're gay. Some people don't seem to understand that."

Malik sighed. "Thank Ra for understanding ears." Ryou and the others nodded in agreement. "Thanks for not teasing us or rejecting us. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who can't stand us just because we're gay."

"What about Tenshi? Does she know?"

"She knows. She's the only one at school who hangs with us. Seto and Joey do too, but that's only because they're gay too."

"Seto and Joey? Who're they?"

"Friends of ours. Seto Kaiba runs a gaming corporation. Joey Wheeler is a friend of Yugi and Yami's. He likes to duel every now and then but he always loses."

"You mean he likes to play that game that Ryou and Bakura played on the train?"

"Yeah. It's called Duel Monsters. Didn't we tell you this?"

"No."

"Well, Duel Monsters originated in Khemet. Back then the monsters were real and known as ka. Ka is a soul to you. Anyway three thousand years ago Yami and Bakura, then known as Atemu and Akifa, were the greatest Shadow Masters that ever lived. Priest Seth was one too. Bakura, as Shadi said, stole the Sennen Items and summoned Zork the dark one. What he didn't tell was that Bakura and Mahaddo got into a battle of kas for the Sennen Ring. Mahaddo was the original owner of the Ring but Bakura was the rightful owner. Anyway the two battled, Mahaddo using his ka, which was a magician and Bakura using his ka, Diabound. Obviously Bakura won. Mahaddo fused with his ka and became the Dark Magician. The Dark Magician is now known as the servant of the pharaoh. Because of this, both Yugi and Yami have a Dark Magician in their decks. You should see them duel. It takes hours for those two to duel each other. Yami wins all the time but Yugi will reduce his life points to fifty before he loses. It's really intense."

"I'd love to see that sometime, but right now, I'm starving. It's breakfast time," Ron said. A loud growl emitted from his stomach as if agreeing with him. "See?"

"Alright. Let's go eat. I'm hungry too." They walked down to the great hall and sat down. They ate breakfast and went to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Shadi greeted them warmly.

"So, has anyone figured out who is who yet?" Shadi asked once the class was in the room. Harry raised his hand. "Yes Harry. Do you think you know who it is?"

"Yami is the pharaoh. Bakura is the tomb robber or the king of thieves," he said.

"That's right. Yami is the pharaoh and Bakura is the tomb robber or Touzoukuou, which means thief king. Now, I'm sure Yami knows his real name by now. Do you Yami?"

"Yes. I do," Yami said. "It is Atemu. And Bakura has known his ancient name."

"Ah yes. Care to tell us what it is Bakura?"

"Akifa," Bakura growled, glaring. Only Malik, Marik, and Ryou saw him reach for the dagger at his waist.

"True. Now, if you'll all open…" Shadi was stopped as a dagger embedded itself in the wood behind his head. "Mr. Ryou. If you wish to have detention with me then please toss another dagger. However my punishments are more suited to ancient times and, as you know, those punishments are not pleasant." Bakura growled. "Now open the third scroll labeled Shadow Magic. We will talk about the most dangerous brand of ancient magic today. You see, when Atemu's father was alive he was teaching his son to use Shadow Magic. Akifa learned it on his own, and now both are what we call Shadow Masters. Yugi and Ryou are Shadow Apprentices. Malik is also a Shadow Apprentice. Marik, since he isn't a spirit is what we call a Shadow Manifestation. Shadow Manifestations are created from feelings, mainly those of rage and hatred. Very rarely are they created from feelings of love but it has been known to happen. Because of how they are created, Shadow Manifestations are often very violent and sadistic. They take pleasure in other people's pain and enjoy killing for fun. They are also very protective of their creators and will do anything to make them feel safe." Malik raised his hand. "Yes Malik?"

"This is the reason people who have messed with me died. I really advise all of you to not mess with me. If you do, you're messing with a very angry Marik and trust me, that is NOT something you want to deal with. Even if Marik is on the other side of the school from where I am, which isn't likely, he will still know what is happening to me and will be by my side in a matter of seconds. The same will happen if you mess with Yugi or Ryou. Bakura is just as violent and sadistic as Marik. Yami is a little more restrained, but get him mad enough and you could lose a Penalty Game with him," Malik said. Harry raised his hand.

"Yes Harry?"

"What is a Penalty Game?" Harry asked.

"A Penalty Game is a game after a Shadow Game. The loser of a Shadow Game often plays a Penalty Game. What a Shadow Game does is reveal a person's true soul. A Penalty Game takes advantage of the weaknesses in a person's soul. Say you were very harassing to others. The Shadow Game would reveal that and the Penalty Game would make you relive all of your attacks from the victims point of view." Malfoy raised his hand. "Yes? Your name please?"

"Draco Malfoy professor," Malfoy said. "Is a Penalty Game permanent?"
"No. It only lasts for as long as it takes the punishment to do its work. However it can last for days or weeks."

"And who can do a Penalty Game?"

"Only three people that I know of can use the Penalty Game. Yami usually uses Mind Crush. Bakura and Marik prefer to use a more sadistic approach, such as making the loser have hallucinations with lots of blood and gore."

"I see." Malfoy looked slightly sick.

"Heck, if you get me mad enough, I'll give you a vision of what I had to watch when I was eight," Bakura said. "And that's me being nice." Most of the class shuddered.

"Back to our topic. Shadow Magic is very powerful. A Shadow Master is able to summon the Shadow Realm and several monsters at once. Shadow Apprentices are able to summon the Realm and at most, five monsters at once. Outside of the Realm a Shadow Master can summon up to twenty monsters and an Apprentice can summon up to fifteen. Perhaps I shall show you instead of talking about it." Shadi closed his eyes and the Ankh glowed. Darkness surrounded the room. Marik immediately relaxed. He always felt safer in the Shadow Realm. Shadi opened his eyes. "Yami, Bakura, Marik, if you please."

"With pleasure," Marik said smirking. He, Bakura, Yami, Malik, Ryou, and Yugi all stood up. They each drew a card out of their deck boxes. "I summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!" Ra appeared and roared. "Bakura. Your turn."

Bakura smirked. "I summon Obelisk the Tormentor!" Obelisk appeared and also roared. "Go ahead Pharaoh."

"Very well," Yami said. "I summon Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Slifer appeared and roared. "Malik?"
Malik smirked. "I summon Revival Jam." Revival Jam appeared. "Ryou, your turn."

"Alright," Ryou said. He held up a card. "I summon the Earl of Demise." Earl of Demise appeared. Several students screamed. "Yugi, go."

"I summon the Dark Magician!" Yugi said. The Dark Magician appeared and bowed to Yami.

"These are creatures called Duel Monsters. I'm sure a few of you know this already, especially Harry and Ron since you spend time with Yami and the others," Shadi started. "But Duel Monsters started in Khemet. Back then they were known as Ka. Does anyone know what Ka is?" Harry raised his hand. "Yes Harry."

"Ka is a soul," Harry said.

"Very good. Ten points to Gryffindor." Shadi looked at the Shadow practitioners. "I believe the bell will ring soon. It's time to dismiss your monsters and the Shadow Realm." Yami and the rest dismissed the creatures and Shadi returned them to the room. As soon as they returned the bell rang. "Homework. Tell me one monster, trap, or magic card used in the game of Duel Monsters." The class left.

"Well, that could've gone better," Malik muttered.

"How so?" Harry asked. "It was rather fun. I liked the summoning. Except for Ryou's card, that was creepy. What kind of deck do you have Ryou?"

"Occult. So is Bakura's. Malik and Marik have an Immortality deck. Yugi and Yami have a deck type called a Strategy deck, which means its well balanced out and doesn't have a specific kind of monster, magic, or trap type," Ryou replied.

"How many different types of deck are there?"

"Countless. I don't know how many there are." After classes and lunch they hung around outside for a while. For four days things went normally. On November fifth around three in the afternoon, after classes, the sixth years went to the great hall for their first apparation lesson. Inside the great hall were a bunch of hoops on the floor that had three feet of space inside the ring. They walked in. A small man walked up to them.

"Hello. I am Gerry Holland and I am your apparation instructor," he said. "The first thing to remember is destination and determination. Determine your destination. Everyone stand next to a hoop." Everyone moved to do so. "Alright. Picture the inside of your hoop as your destination. Determine that you want to go there. When I say three turn on your heel and concentrate. Ready?" Everyone got ready. "One… two… THREE!" A resounding crack sounded through the room. Everyone turned to look at Yami and the other transfer students. All six were in their hoops. "Wonderful. That was perfect. Lets see you do it again." Malik and the others concentrated and apperated just outside of their hoops. "Perfect. You six may be able to take the test in a week if you keep this up. Now, I'd like to see everyone else try this." Harry and Ron got it on their fifth try. Several others were struggling. Harry, Ron, Yami, Yugi, Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik were the only ones to apparate. After an hour Gerry spoke. "That's enough. The rest of you come back for more lessons. Those who apparated stay behind for a moment." Everyone except Harry and the other successful apparaters. Gerry walked up to them and handed them slips of parchment. "These are the dates for your apparation tests."

"Thank you," Yami said. They left the room and went outside. They rested outside for a while until dinner and then went in to eat. Suddenly Malik got up and took a glass of water over to the Slytherin table. Marik and Bakura smirked and turned to watch. "What's he doing?"

"You'll see Pharaoh," Bakura said. He started to snicker. Marik did too. Malik walked over to the table and handed Malfoy the glass of water. Malfoy looked suspicious but drank the water anyway. Seconds after his tongue touched the rim of the glass he spit everything all over the table. Malik had moved out of the way in time. Then Malfoy grabbed the same glass, trying to get the water inside and the same thing happened. He continued to do this several times. By this time Malik was back at the table and he, Marik, Bakura, Harry, and Ron had tears in their eyes from laughing so hard.

"Ah. The Tabasco trick. Nice one. Where'd you learn that?"

"Tenshi gave us the idea a while back. We just never thought it would come in handy."

"Really. What kind did you use?"

"Extra hot." Bakura started laughing again. Dinner ended a while later and everyone went to bed.

Well there's chapter five. I hope you liked it.

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