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Starry Night Dreams

Chapter 12

The Nameless Pharaoh Stolen.

Ishizu roamed the halls of the museum silently, making sure that everything was alright and safely secured. She wandered into the area where there were the artifacts and hieroglyphics from the pharaoh Atemu's reign. There were a few pieces of jewellery on display and of course, the nameless pharaoh…"Huh?" Ishizu gasped. It was gone. 'But how could it disappear so easily without anyone being seen?' She thought to herself. The display of items from Atemu's reign originally very small due to almost everything from his time as ruler being destroyed had now become absolutely minute!

"Guards!" Ishizu called, stopping to ring the alarm as she hurried to find the guards.

Dear Malik,

Please don't panic but the museum was robbed. I don't need to tell you what was stolen, no doubt that you'll figure it out anyway because I want you to stay focused on doing your best in Hogwarts. This is an opportunity for you that you shouldn't waste. You know I'm always here for you.

Ishizu.

Ishizu hurried down a letter to send it to Malik. In a week's time it would be the beginning of December. She hoped he would get it at that time.

"Ishizu-sama? The investigators would like to speak to you on what they think about the disappearance of the artifact." Rishid said. Ishizu looked up and smiled slightly. "Thank you Rishid. I'll be right there." Ishizu wouldn't lie. She was completely unnerved by everything that was happening.

Malik woke up sweating profusely. He was breathing really heavily. 'Why this dream again?'he thought angrily. He didn't want to have that dream anymore! Why wouldn't everything just leave him alone, he was exhausted with it all. From the corner of his eye he saw the millennium necklace light up. Ishizu had sent it to him the day of his and Bakura's fight. He had been so preoccupied with feeling sorry for himself that day he hadn't told anyone about it as yet. Now it was lighting up from inside his bag. But why? Did it have something to do with his nightmare?

Malik sighed and laid back. He would tell the others in the morning.

"Interesting…"Hermione hummed to herself while reading the Daily Prophet. Malik who had just entered the Great Hall took a seat at the table. "What's she mumbling about?" he asked taking a seat by Harry. Harry shrugged. "I Dunno." Malik sipped at some pumpkin juice absently. "Interesting…"Hermione repeated. Malik scowled. "Will you stop that!" Hermione frowned but showed no sign that she had heard him. "It says here that a muggle museum was robbed. There was no sign of how they had stolen it or when, even though the artifact was quite large and hard to be moved. A guard claimed that when he had been patrolling the halls he had heard two voices whispering something about disapparating and then he had heard a funny noise."

"So?" Ron shrugged," what's the big deal?" Hermione shaked her head. "It says that Dumbledore made a statement that the Ministry should investigate into the matter," she said. "but why would Dumbledore think that about an ordinary muggle museum?" Yugi looked at her in interest.

"Did it say what museum it was?" Yugi asked. Malik watched Yugi wondering if he was going in the direction he thought he was. "Yeah, the National World Heritage Museum in Egypt. It covers all aspects of Ancient Egyptian History and the influences it made all over the world. It's small but quite a good museum. I was talking to Ron's brother Bill and-"

"What?" Malik and Ryou spit out their pumpkin juice. "You've got to be kidding me." Malik pulled the newspaper from Hermione's grasp. "That's my museum. My sister's museum…" Malik said surveying the page. "This isn't good…"Ryou mumbled sadly. Malik frowned and handed it back to Hermione. "As long as Ishizu and Rishid weren't hurt I'm happy."

"Yeah but what would wizards want with a muggle artifact?" Harry asked. Everyone was silent.

"We should get to class." Malik said and left the table. Hermione stared after him. "Well…Malik must know something. Maybe we could ask him what artifact he think was stolen. After all ancient Egyptians did practice magic openly. It was part of their religion." Serenity rose up. "He's right, we should go to class." Hermione watched her reproachfully for trying to change the topic. Harry got up too. "They're right Hermione, let's go. You know how McGongall gets."

"And you tell us this now!" Yami Bakura said angrily. "Ishizu sent you that necklace cause she knows that something is up Malik and I don't think they're after the pharoah's power." he finished.

Malik looked at him angrily. "Of course they are. What else would they be after?"he replied.

"Use your sense Malik. They don't know the prophecy. Only we do and Ishizu, Rishid, the Kaibas and Shadi. From what I've heard of this Volde-guy, I think he might see the pharaoh and the items as a threat."

Yami nodded pensively. "I think Bakura's right Malik but let's not study this at the moment. I mean…we have other things to be concentrating on." Malik scowled a little but didn't say anything. This was his family that could be in trouble here. He wanted to do something.

/What can you do, hikari? You're weak/ Yami Marik whispered in the corners of his mind. 'Shut it!'Malik thought angrily. Malik sighed. "I'm exhausted. I think I'm gonna skip out on the rest of classes for the day." Yami and Bakura switched back with their hikaris. "Malik, are you sure that's a good idea? You've been missing a lot of classes lately." Ryou's soft voice piped up. Malik shrugged. "Well you won't tell on me right? So, I'm fine. You guys should hurry to potions or Snape may give you detention." Ryou and Yugi exchanged glances but left silently.

"No, we must destroy anything that's a threat! Bring the girl from the museum, she knows. A little torture should loosen her tongue." Lucius Malfoy demanded to some men in black hoods.

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