Second chapter. I don't know if I put it before but /word/ is mental conversation between yami and hikari. Mostly it'll be Ryou and Bakura doing this since they're my favourite characters and I can't help making them the central characters.

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Chapter 2

"Remind me why we're here again," Yami said for about the hundredth time.

Ryou sighed. He was starting to get really tired of retelling the explanation. "Because to get to the magic school we need a fireplace and since no one else has one we're using Malik's."

"And why are we going to this magic school?"

"No one's forcing you to go," Bakura spat angrily.

"Yes they are," Yami muttered under his breath, glancing sideways at Yugi. Yugi smiled at him innocently.

"I don't know why you're so grumpy; this whole tournament thing sounds interesting. If it's real of course," Malik put in.

Yami looked at the clock on the wall. "It's 6.58. If no one shows up after 7.10 I'm leaving," he declared.

"Good, 'cos after 7.10 we're kicking you out," Marik told him. "You're welcome to stay a little longer Yugi," he said sweetly.

Yami glared and Yugi giggled softly at the look on his face. Marik shrugged it off and looked back at the clock.

Suddenly the door burst open and Jou and Seto strode in. Everyone turned to look at them. "What are you two doing here?" Bakura demanded.

"I'm not letting my best bud go off to fight in some whacked out tournament without me there to back him up," Jou proclaimed.

"And I'm not going to let Yami run away from me like a coward under the ridiculous pretence that he's going to a magic school when I know that he's trying to escape a rematch with me," Seto said, glaring at anyone who dared to think otherwise.

"You came together?" Marik asked lazily.

"No!" they both cried at the same time. They then turned to glare at each other.

"Who told you that we were participating in the tournament? It was supposed to be a secret," Ryou asked.

Everyone turned to look at Yugi. He smiled sheepishly. "Err…it just kind of slipped out," he said apologetically.

Bakura sighed. "Wonderful; now the mutt and the priest will be there to ruin my fun," he grumbled.

"I don't know. I don't think Dumbledore wanted anyone who wasn't invited to come," Ryou replied quietly.

"I don't care what anyone says; I am the CEO of a multibillion dollar company – I don't take orders from anyone," Seto said arrogantly.

"Same here," Jou put in.

"Quiet Mutt, this conversation doesn't concern you," Seto said icily.

Jou glared at him. "Don't call me a mutt you jerk!" he shouted angrily.

"I'll call you what I like, Mutt," Seto replied.

"Alright, a fight! Place your bets people – three to one odds on a Kaiba victory!" Marik called out.

Nobody had time to place their bets, though, because at that moment their guide arrived. A green fire started in the hearth and a young man with long red hair and a dragon tooth earring stepped out. "Err; are you the Japanese wizards I was supposed to pick up?"

Everybody turned to look at him, Seto and Jou's fighting ceasing. This was the one Dumbledore had sent to find them? He looked only a couple of years older than them!

"Hi, I'm Bill Weasley. I thought Dumbledore said there were only six wizards coming to Hogwarts."

Ryou and Bakura looked at each other. /Should we tell him that he's got it wrong and let those two come with us/ Ryou asked.

/Why the hell would we want those two to come with us? All they'll do is bicker day in and day out! They weren't invited so there's no reason for them to come./

/That's a bit mean Bakura/

/I am mean – deal with it/

Ryou shook his head. He was going to reply but his thoughts were interrupted by Yugi. "You're right there are six wizards coming but Jou and Seto are coming as well."

"Since when?" Bill asked.

"Since five minutes ago," Malik said, looking down at his watch.

Bill smiled. "Trying to gatecrash are you? I'm sure Dumbledore won't mind two extra guests coming along. Do you have any clothes or things packed?"

Jou rubbed the back of his head and said sheepishly, "Didn't think that far ahead."

/Figures/ Bakura said through the link. Ryou gave him a reprimanding glare but Bakura just shrugged it off.

Seto pulled out his cell phone, speed-dialled a number and waited for the other person to answer. "Lucia I want my bags packed and here in ten minutes. And have an extra one packed for the Mutt. Yes that Mutt. For how long? From now until July. And I want the new duel disk and my toolkit packed as well. Now get a move on!" Seto hung up. "Sorted."

"I see," Bill replied. "Did Dumbledore tell you that Muggle technology won't work at Hogwarts?"

"No, he failed to mention that," Bakura said bitterly.

Seto merely scoffed. "I'll find a way to make it work – I am a genius after all."

"If you say so," Bill said, shrugging. "Do the rest of you have your luggage ready?"

"Yes," Yugi said, silently thankful that he had convinced Yami to trust that Ryou and Bakura weren't playing a joke on them.

"Yes," Malik said, equally as grateful that he'd trusted Ryou and packed his suitcase.

Bill nodded and took the rucksack he was carrying off his back and put it on the floor. He opened it and pulled down the sides of the bag to reveal a crumpled piece of newspaper. Everyone stared as he stood up and carefully took a step back.

"What's that?" Jou asked.

"It's a Portkey; it's going to take us to London Kings Cross so that you can get on the Hogwarts Express."

Everyone just stared at him blankly.

"You expect me to believe that old bit of paper is going to magically transport us halfway across the globe," Seto said sceptically.

"Yes," Bill replied. Seto scoffed. "Why are you coming to Hogwarts if you don't believe in magic?" Bill then asked curiously.

"That's none of your business," Seto said coldly.

Bill just shrugged. "Suit yourself."

It was at that moment that the doorbell rang. Malik went to see who it was and returned dragging along a large trunk with a girl following with an even larger trunk.

"That was quick," Yami commented.

"I pride myself on having quick and efficient servants," Seto boasted.

"I better be getting a bonus for this," the servant said.

Seto waved her away with his hand. "Yes, you'll get your stupid bonus. Now leave."

The girl mock bowed before leaving. Bakura turned to Bill. "Can we leave now?" he asked impatiently.

Bill nodded. "Everyone gather around the Portkey with your luggage. You need to be touching the paper even if it's just with one finger."

They all grabbed their bags and gathered around. It was a tight fit with everyone leaning in to more or less the exact same place. "Move over," Bakura ordered, shoving his shoulder into Yami and making the Pharaoh wobble slightly.

"No way, you've got plenty of room," Yami replied, shoving back.

"No I haven't." Bakura shoved again.

"Yes you have." Yami shoved him back.

"Oh for goodness sake," Ryou cried. He got up and moved in-between the two bickering yamis. "Why do you two always have to act like children?"

"He started it!" both yamis cried at the same time.

Ryou rolled his eyes. Seto muttered, "Idiots," under his breath.

"Is everyone touching the newspaper?" Bill asked. When everyone had said yes Bill continued. "Good, because we're leaving in ten, nine, eight, seven…"

"There's no such thing as magic," Seto muttered just as Bill reached 'one'.

They were all suddenly jerked forwards, their feet leaving the ground as they sped on so quickly that everything blurred until it was just a mass of different colours. It seemed like the horrible magical rollercoaster would last forever.

Suddenly it stopped and they all fell in a heap on the solid ground. Bill was the only one standing but even he looked windswept.

"Let's do that again!" Bakura cried enthusiastically.

Everyone else groaned in protest. "I never noticed how beautiful the ground was," Jou whispered as his head stopped spinning.

"It's just a cheap illusion," Seto said as he shakily got to his feet and brushed himself off.

"Stuff it priest," Marik said as he also got up.

"If you've all recovered from your first Portkey experience follow me," Bill said as he led the way out of the alley they had landed in to Kings Cross.

They grabbed some trolleys to put their luggage on first before heading to the platforms. The station was crowded with people all hurrying to catch their trains. Their voices mingled together so that you could not tell what was being said.

"I just thought of something," Yugi said as they made their way through the crowds. "Bill if you're from England why do you speak Japanese so fluently?"

"I drank a potion that allows me to speak Japanese for a few hours. Once it wears off I can go back to speaking English. Which reminds me – when we get onto platform 9 ¾ I need to put a language charm on you so that you can speak English for the rest of the year. The charm replaces one language with another which means that you won't be able to speak Japanese while you're here."

"There's no need to put this charm on me. As a business man it has been essential for me to learn English," Seto gloated.

Jou made a rude gesture behind Seto's back and muttered something about, "Cocky rich bastards."

"Bakura and I won't need one either," Ryou told Bill. "I was born in England and Bakura learnt English from me."

Bill nodded and stopped since they had arrived the divide between platforms nine and ten. "To get to platform 9 ¾ you have to run at the barrier," Bill told them.

"Are you sure? It looks pretty solid and painful to me," Malik said as he looked at the divide wearily.

"Positive," Bill replied.

"I'm going first!" Marik shouted as he ran straight at the barrier…and disappeared.

"That was either a really brave or a really stupid thing to do," Bakura commented.

"Leave him alone Bakura. Just because you were too chicken to go first," Malik said irritably.

"What did you say?" Bakura growled.

"Chicken!" Malik cried as he ran into the barrier and vanished.

Bakura bared his teeth, grabbed Ryou's wrist and ran after the two blondes. Yugi then looked up at Yami and smiled. "Let's go," he said as he took hold of Yami's hand and led them to the barrier.

Yami blushed slightly when Yugi took hold of his hand. He liked it when Yugi did things like that but for some reason it always made his cheeks turn red. He also liked it when Yugi smiled at him. It made him happy to know that Yugi was happy.

Now there were only three people standing before the platform divide. Seto glared at the divide, wondering how this hologram was as good as his own. He strode purposefully forward, calling over his shoulder, "Coming Mutt?"

Jou snarled at the comment and ran after him, Bill following behind.

Now that everyone was on platform 9 ¾ Bill set to work on the language charms while the others admired the bright red engine that was waiting to take them to Hogwarts. They were also sending out glares to all those who gave them funny looks.

"What? Never seen someone with white hair?" Bakura barked, making a couple of second years flee.

Marik was making use of his last few moments of being able to speak Japanese by cursing anyone who walked past. They looked at him as if he was crazy before quickly moving on. His fun was interrupted when Malik hit him in the arm and told him that it was time to have the charm put on.

When that was done they waited for instructions from Bill. His potion had yet to wear off so Ryou had to translate what he said. "Bill says we're to wait here for a while. His younger brothers go to Hogwarts and they can watch us until we get there. We're also not supposed to say anything about the Tournament since they don't know that it's happening."

"How are we supposed to tell who his brother is?" Jou asked.

Just then a shout of, "Bill," was heard.

They all turned to see a large group advancing towards them. "That answer your question?" Seto asked. Jou gave him a dirty look but didn't say anything.

"What are you doing here Bill? I thought you said you had work to do?" a boy of about fourteen with red hair asked.

Bill raised an eyebrow and looked to Ryou for a translation. Ryou turned to the group and said, "I'm sorry but Bill took a language potion and can only understand Japanese at the moment."

A plump woman with red hair smiled. "Oh, you must be the Japanese wizards Dumbledore sent Bill to bring here. Was your trip enjoyable?"

"No," Yami replied bluntly.

Before the lady could reply a cry of, "Bakura!" was heard. Everyone turned to look at the thief who was looking innocent.

"What?" he asked.

/I saw you Bakura. Give that boy back his money/ Ryou scolded across the mind link.

Bakura held out a small pouch of money to a boy with jet black hair and mutter, "You dropped this."

The boy took the money. "Err…Thanks."

"Whatever," Bakura mumbled as he returned to Ryou's side.

There was silence for a moment before the woman spoke. "I'm Mrs Weasley. These are my sons Charlie, Fred, George, Ron, and you've already met Bill," she pointed to each one as she introduced them. "That's my daughter Ginny and these are Ron's friends Hermione Granger and Harry Potter."

Harry waited for his name to be recognized but it didn't happen. Instead the new wizards went on to introduce themselves. 'Well,' Harry thought, 'there's a first time for everything'.

"Ryou Bakura and Bakura."

"Yugi Mouto and Yami."

"Malik and Marik Ishtar."

"Seto Kaiba."

"Call me Jou."

There was silence for a bit before one of the twins asked, "How did you get your hair and eyes to go like that?"

"It's natural," Yami replied, shrugging.

"Why is your first name his last name? And why don't you have a last name?" the other twin asked Bakura.

"Because it just is," Bakura growled.

Both twins looked at each other and then back at them. "Cool," they said at the same time.

Suddenly, a whistle blew signalling that it was time to leave. "You all better board," Mrs Weasley told them.

All those who were going to Hogwarts grabbed their luggage and climbed aboard the scarlet train. "Have fun you lot!" Charlie called as the door was closed. "I'll be seeing you soon so you better behave yourselves."

"Why?" George asked.

Charlie tapped the side of his nose. "It's a secret. You'll find out tonight though."

Everyone waved as the train set off. They then were faced with the task of finding seats. Fred, George, and Ginny all left to find their friends. This meant that there were eleven seats that needed to be found and even then they wouldn't all be sat in the same compartment.

"Ryou and I are going to sit on our own," Bakura declared, dragging Ryou off further down the train.

"We're coming too!" Marik called as he dragged Malik along with him.

"Oh no you're not!" Bakura shouted back, speeding up.

Seto said nothing but followed after them. Not so that he could be with them, but so that he could find somewhere where he could be alone.

"Excellent! Now that there's six of us we can all fit into one compartment," Hermione said cheerfully.

They all filled in as she had said and relaxed, ready to fill the long train ride with questions and conversation.


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