AN: Also, remember this chapter is sort of like an extended more informed chapter of the last. It doesn't really have anything to do with the last except for when they scare Malfoy.

Starry Night Dreams

Chapter 9

Plotting and Worrying

Clutching her books tightly and taking a deep breath, Serenity hesitantly knocked on Sirius' door. It would be her first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Sirius opened the door and grinned, " Come on in."

" The first thing I want you to do tonight is practice the disarming charm expelliaramus . That shouldn't be that hard. Alright, wand out and let's begin." Serenity spent the first hour of the class scrambling to find her wand. ' This is stupid! I'm never gonna get this!' she thought frustratedly, " Expelliaramus!" she shouted. Sirius' wand went richoting across the classroom. Sirius looked stunned for a second, then he broke into a smile, " Very good Ren, not bad at all," he clapped. Serenity blushed bright red, " Thanks!" she smiled.

Hermione walked down the stairs from the girls' dormitory and hurried over to Harry and Ron. " Halloween's two weeks away. You know what that means?"

" First Hogsmeade weekend." Harry answered while writing a made up story into the dream diary Proffessor Trealweany assigned them. " What's Hogsmeade?" Yugi asked taking a seat at their table. Malik and bakura came up behind him and sat. " The only fully wizarding community." Malik answered pulling out his arithmancy book. Bakura scoffed, " How do you know?"

Harry looked up at 'Ryou'. Every now and then Ryou and Yugi would have these sudden changes in their attitudes that creeped him out. Malik rolled his eyes, " I read it in a book I found in the library."

"Anybody up for a game of chess?" Yami looked around expectantly. " Not this time mate, last time you beat me six times in a row!" Ron shook his head, " Never again!" Yami pouted / Makes me wish Kaiba was here. / Yugi laughed.

Malik got up, " Anyone seen Serenity around lately?" Hermione shrugged, " I think she's with that friend of hers." Malik sighed, " I'm going to the library." He threw his books into his bag and left through the portrait. " He spends more time in the library than you do Hermione." Ron said. Yami Bakura sat staring at the calendar on the wall in the Gryffindor Common Room. ' Halloween, huh?' he asked himself. He smirked. " I'm going to find Malik." He went off laughing in search of the library. Yami narrowed his eyes, " He's up to something."

The days went by faster than Kaiba could call Jou a puppy six times, and it was finally Halloween day and the first Hogsmeade trip of the year. Malik sat in the Great Hall eating a quick breakfast when Kaguya arrived and dropped a letter in his lap. He had been borrowing her to send Ishizu letters. Malik read it,

Dearest Malik,

The strangest thing happened a few nights ago. My millennium necklace showed me a vision. It hasn't done that since Battle City. Malik as a member of the gravekeeper clan, it is your duty to guard the millennium items with your life. I beg you to be careful little brother for I fear that there is great danger ahead. There is an evil force after the millennium items, I feel that it is connected with this strange wizarding world. Remember to be careful with your items around strangers and stay out of trouble. There isn't much more I can say now but I'll tell you if something comes up. Fill the others in on what I've told you and stay well.

Your loving sister,

Ishizu.

P.S – Rishid wishes you well.

Malik choked on his pumpkin juice and spit it all over the Weasley twins. Fred wiped his face with a napkin, " Thanks Malik, I needed a bath." Ron laughed and received a smack at the back of his head, " Hey!" he shouted. " Should've known better Ronnie." George grinned. " Sorry," Malik mumbled, " I have to find the others he rushed off. " Wonder what's so important that he read in that letter." Harry watched as Malik faded from the Great Hall. Harry stared blankly at the ceiling, enchanted to look like the sky outside. Yet again, last night he had dreamt about an endless corridor with no windows and a door at the end, it reminded him of something. What was it?

That wasn't the only thing haunting his dreams, since he had returned to Hogwarts, he had this strange dream. There was a figure sitting on a throne completely surrounded by shadow, he could never see his face. Behind him was a massive slab of rock with weird carvings, it looked like a battle of sorts. Beside the mysterious figure were two weird creatures that were almost human like, one was holding a sword and the other a sword. After that everything went into shadow. He couldn't see the ground and there was no sky… just shadow. There were seven golden objects floating in the distance, glinting and luring him nearer. He ran towards it but it just seemed to get further and further. There was a blinding burst of light, he had to squint to try and see clearly. Three gigantic creatures would rise up from the darkness and Harry would awaken. He had the strangest feeling it had to do with the three new boys sharing his dorm.

" Are you serious?" Yugi exclaimed, " Ishizu saw something?" Malik nodded solemnly and looked at Yami, " What do you think Pharaoh?" Yami leaned against Yugi's bed with a thoughtful expression on his face. " I think," he began, " that there will be danger lurking on our path as the year goes by. This might also have something to do with those escaped Kuriboh. Someone must be after the millennium items and they've been trying to locate them by means of the monsters in the shadow realm."

" What the King of Games here must mean, is that the shadow monsters' loyalty lies with its masters. However, duel monsters have thoughts and feelings of their own, they could see through this clever scheme and stay in the shadows. Kuriboh was gullible enough to come in search of Yami and Yugi." Bakura explained.

Ryou bit his lip before he said what was on his mind, " But that must be only if their master controls shadow magic, that's the only way the monsters could locate their master." Yami nodded in agreement, " That's right. It's a very thought out plan really."

Yugi heard voices outside the dormitory, "Quick, Ryou, we have to go back in our items!" There was a blink of light and the group of five suddenly turned into a crowd of three. Harry and Ron entered the room. " C'mon you guys, it's time to go to Hogsmeade." Harry said. With one final glance at each other Yami, Bakura and Malik left the room silently with Harry and Ron following them.

They met up with Serenity in the line waiting for Filch to see their consent forms. " Hey guys!" she smiled, " What's up?" she asked. Malik shrugged nonchalantly and replied, " I'll fill you in later." Harry looked suspiciously at him but didn't say anything. Serenity kept up her cheerful chatter until Hogsmeade, " Hey guys, I'm meeting up with a friend of mine, why don't you hang out with us?" Malik scoffed, " With that Slytherin girl? Heck no!" Serenity looked crestfallen, " She's not like the other Slytherins. She's actually nice." Hermione smiled sympathetically, " I'll come with you Ren!" she shot a dirty look at the others and she and Serenity left.

" So why don't we go over to Honydukes?" Ron suggested.

/ This place is filled with sweets / Yugi exclaimed from his soul corridor excitedly. Yami chuckled. By the time they left Honeydukes Yami's pockets were weighed down with bags of sweets. " Let's check out Zonko's Joke Shop next and after, we'll let you guys see the Shrieking Shack." Harry said. " Isn't that supposed to be like, the most haunted place in Britain?" Malik asked while putting a bertie botts' every flavoured bean in his mouth. " Yeah," Harry nodded, " Supposedly…" he strayed off as if he was remembering something. " Damn!" Malik spit the bean out, " It's chicken flavoured! I think I'm gonna be sick!" he shuddered.

" Now this could come in handy!" Bakura said while looking at a kit saying, 'So you Want to Turn your Annoying Friend into a Bucket of Ice Cold Water?' / Your not buying that right / Ryou asked nervously. / Why not / Bakura asked innocently. / Because you cannot turn Yami into a bucket of water, I'll get expelled from school/ Bakura shrugged and put it back.

As they headed over to the Shrieking Shack, they noticed that Malfoy and his cronies were following them. Malik and Bakura giggled gleefully and began whispering to one another excitedly, " Don't forget Tombrobber, you gotta pull it off perfectly …"Harry strained his ears to hear more but couldn't make out anything. " Hey Potter! How's your head feeling? Your not gonna go ballistic on me right?" Malfoy jeered, " I wrote a letter to father, and he agrees that you should be isolated, Katsuya already caught your head sickness, wouldn't want Snow White over there to get it." Crabbe and Goyle snickered stupidly, " Though I doubt anything can even reach that empty head of his. He's got more hair than Rapunzel!"

Malik snorted, " Think your so high and mighty, don't you Malfoy? Rich, pampered, Draco Malfoy! You wouldn't last a day without either those bumbling bodyguards of yours or your beloved father babysitting you!" Malik spat at the ground, " Get out of my sight you vermin!" Malfoy bubbled up with anger, " You better watch it Ishtar! Or you'll regret it!" Yami Bakura stood staring at the lopsided shack. " So they say it's haunted? Guess they don't know much about the Forbidden Forest."

Draco stared at him in disgust, " And what is he babbling about exactly?" he demanded. Bakura stared at him in mock shock, " Don't you know? A long time ago there was a palace hidden in the Forbidden Forest. It belonged to a Spanish king, he hid his daughter, the Princess Maya in the palace and hired a brave knight to protect her. The King of England sent a Calvary they say of a thousand men to kill the princess. The knight fought bravely but his head was cut off by the person he was sworn to protect, in all the confusion she mixed him up with the other soldiers. The princess was killed shortly after and it's said that the knight roams the grounds where the palace once stood searching for his missing head and the palace is magically built back up bt the princess every Halloween."

Despite their massive muscles Crabbe and Goyle looked very nervous. Malfoy sneered, " I'm supposed to be frightened by that rubbish?" Malik shoved his hands into his pockets casually and replied, " Well if your so tough Draco, why don't you come with me and Bakura here, tonight into the forest to look for the palace?" Malfoy considered for a moment, " Fine, I'll go along with your stupid plan." Bakura narrowed his eyes, "But you must come along without Crabbe and Goyle." Draco hesitated for a moment but nodded his consent, " Fine! I'll be there at seven. Meet by the Charms classroom." he shot them a disgusted look, beckoned for Crabbe and Goyle to follow him and left.

" Yes!" Malik looked ecstatic, " That moron fell for it!" Yami raised an eyebrow, " For what exactly gravekeeper?"

" For none of your business Pharaoh! C'mon Malik." Bakura headed down the hill back into town. " Harry! Wait up guys!" They saw Hermione rushing after them. " Let's go into the Three Broomsticks, this is serious!" Harry, Malik, Yami and Hermione went to get a table while Ron and Bakura got their drinks. " I'll be taking a beer," Bakura said. Madam Rosmerta watched him coldly, " Not from this place, you won't!" Bakura scowled and glared at her. / Serves you right, Yami / Bakura growled/ Shut it,besides she thinks I'm you ./ he cut their link off. " Err…six butterbeers, please." Ron said a little nervously.

" The Ministry's a spy to Hogwarts! They're calling her the High Inquisitor and the're are going to be all of these stupid rules and she's also going to be assistant Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher!" Hermione streamed out. Ron choked on his butterbeer, " What! But Siri – ouch! " Harry kicked Ron in his shins. " So, what's the big deal?" Malik asked.

" You see there 's this guy named Lord Voldemort, that's really evil, that has returned and the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge doesn't want to believe it. So, he thinks Dumbledore has something against him." Yami nodded his head in understanding, " I get it! He probably thinks Dumbledore wants to make the school into his own private army of sorts."

" Exactly!" Hermione exclaimed, " It's awful!" Ron watched Hermione suspiciously, " How do you know this anyway Hermione?" Hermione gave him an exasperated look. " That girl Melanie, her parents are great friends with the Malfoys and the Minister. I think her father may be a deatheater."

"You guys should talk to Serenity! Her friend's dangerous." Harry said, " Hermione won't you talk to her?" Hermione sighed, " I'll see what I can do."

Draco Malfoy slipped away from the Slytherin Common Room and headed towards the Charms classroom quickly. Malik snickered, " So, your finally here?" Bakura glanced at his watch, " Let's go." Draco followed them across the moonlit courtyard.

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