Starry Night Dreams

Chapter 8

Malfoy's Halloween Adventure

Serenity took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Come in" she heard Professor Cloud answer. "Serenity, right on time, let's get this class started!" Sirius said. "We're going to try the disarming charm expelliarmus today."

After many failed attempts Serenity gave a frustrated sigh, ' That's it! This is pointless' Serenity thought angrily. "Expelliarmus!" she shouted. Sirius's wand went flying to the other side of the classroom.

Sirius looked stunned, he clapped, "Very good Ren!" he congratulated her. Serenity smiled shyly.

Malik, Yugi, Ryou and Serenity sat down at the Gryffindor table with Harry and the others. "Hey you guys what's Hogsmeade?" Yugi asked while biting into a muffin, "I saw the sign back in the Common Room it say we're allowed to visit there this Halloween."

"It's the only fully wizarding community in England." Malik answered. Bakura took control from Ryou, "How do you know that?" he raised his eyebrows. Malik scowled, "I read it in a book." he said, "A very boring book." he added as an afterthought.

A few weeks later...

"Finally, it's Halloween!" Yami Bakura exclaimed, "a day of fun and mischief!" he grinned. (Don't get any ideas mister!) Ryou warned. ((You've hurt my feelings Ryou!)) Ryou scowled. While they were eating breakfast Kaguya landed gracefully on Serenity's lap with a letter in her jewel studded beak. "Malik it's for you." she passed it to him.

"It's from Ishizu!" he said.

Dear Malik,

The strangest thing happened a while back, my necklace showed me a vision. I have the gravest feeling that there will be trouble up ahead. Please be careful and don't do anything stupid. Also I had the strangest visitors to my museum. They had a keen interest in the stone tablet of the nameless pharaoh. Malik I know that that is not the last time I will see them. They looked sort of like your Ghouls but I doubt that they are, they wished to buy it but I turned them down. Tell the Pharaoh and Yugi to keep their guard up and Malik please keep your temper!

Your loving sister Ishizu.

P. S – You and Yami Bakura better not get into any trouble!

"Hey you guys, we need to talk." Malik said looking up from the letter. He, Yami, Bakura and Serenity exited the Great Hall with Harry looking quizzically after them. "You know Hermione, Ron's right they are weird and have you ever noticed how Yugi and Ryou totally just change their whole personalities sometimes?"

Hermione sighed, "Well, I will admit they are very peculiar but it's only the three boys, Serenity is completely normal and she's been through quite a lot! She had to get eye surgery to prevent herself from going blind and Harry you're not what you would call normal either. Everyone's different."

Harry zoned off in the middle of Hermione's speech, lately he had been having some disturbing dreams. First it was one about a long corridor and then there was one where everything was in complete darkness and all he could see were these three huge massive beasts that gave off a blinding light and then it would end. Harry shook himself out of his stupor, no need in worrying about them when there were much worse things happening.

"What! Ishizu had a vision!" Bakura exclaimed. Malik nodded solemnly.

"I don't know if that's good or bad but why would someone want to buy the slab of the nameless pharaoh?" Malik asked.

"They must want the millennium items." Yami said, "I mean why else? Ishizu's not safe, she and Rishid should leave Egypt as soon as possible!"

"What if they're also using a different time of magic? You know to track down the millennium items, it'll explain the escaped Kuriboh." Bakura said. Malik stared at, "Your on to something there Bakura! They could be using some sort of shadow magic to lure the monsters into seeking where their masters are." They looked up at Yami.

Bakura scowled, "Yeah and Kuriboh is your monster Pharoah and you are in possession of a millennium item. I wouldn't be surprised if more Duel Monsters turned up, since we all have millennium items."

"Look," Malik said, "It's time to go to Hogsmeade, we'll sort this out some other time."

Malik and Bakura returned to castle in an ecstatic burst of laughter. "I can't believe that fool Malfoy bought it!" Bakura cackled in his sinister way. Yami rolled his eyes, "You two are so immature and you know that your not allowed in the forest, right?" he asked.

"Exactly," Malik giggled, "this is gonna be so much fun! Scaring the crap out of Malfoy!" They headed down to the feast.

"Take it easy Bakura," Serenity patted Yami Bakura on the back as he choked on a steak he was wolfing down. (Yami please don't mess with Malfoy! You'll get me expelled! ) Ryou pleaded. Bakura ignored him. "Let's go Malik." he got up and exited the great hall with Malik right behind him.

Malfoy entered the Forbidden Forest cautiously looking out for Malik and Bakura. "Hey, I'm here!" he shouted, "What do you losers want?" He didn't get a reply. Instead everything began to turn dark, there was a purple mist everywhere and Draco could see nothing. "Hey you guys this is not funny!" he began to panic. ' Where the heck am I?' Draco asked himself fearfully.

Further up ahead the mist cleared up a bit and Draco could see a huge intimidating castle. There were pairs of eerie looking eyes and teeth in the air around it and it gave Draco shivers up and down his spine.

He began to approach the castle fearfully when suddenly he heard the clunking noise of metal. The first thing to appear were the feet of a knight and then his body, the next thing that Draco was expecting to see was a head which was seriously lacking. In the knight's left hand was a huge sword, he swung at Draco' s head. "Aah, help, someone help me!" Malfoy ducked and made a mad dash for the door of the castle. He pushed it open and entered.

Inside held a sepulchral feeling and it was dusty and ghastly and very cold. It was like plunging into an icy lake during wintertime except worse. Malfoy shivered not knowing if it was because he was scared or cold or both. He turned to a picture on the wall and inspected it, it was strange it was like the picture was watching him! Then a creature of some sort burst from it trying to sink its fangs in Malfoy. Draco screamed and rushed away, he headed to a flight of stairs but knocked into something.

He stared up from the ground to see what he hit. It was a weird humanlike, unworldly creature with a doll in its hands. Draco was backed up into a corner by the creature. He began to whimper and huddled up expecting the worse. When nothing happene he looked up to see the Hogwarts castle in front of him but nothing else. He heard two sets of cruel and sinister laughter and then a distant voice said, "Happy Halloween Malfoy!"

Draco narrowed his eyes, ' They'll regret this.' he thought vengefully, ' yes, they would!'

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