Ok, well I've started using " instead of ' to surround speech so that will be changing from now on. When the story is finished I'll perhaps go back and change the rest but I'm going to see what happens.

Thank you for reading!

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Ron sighed. Walking around in a forest full of bugs had not been on this to do list this year and he was starting to get sick of it. He had no idea what he was doing, where he was or where he was going. It annoyed the hell out of him. All he wanted to do was meet up with Harry and the others and get an explanation as to just why he was going mad. The problem with this though was that he didn't have an idea as to where they might be.

Suddenly, another creature attacked him but was quickly dismissed by the now ever present Flame Swordsman. Ron had decided after their third fight that the monster might as well just stay out with him instead of being summoned and dismissed every few minutes. Apparently it had been a good idea as he was now managing to travel through the forest at almost twice the speed previously.

Sighing again, Ron looked around; squinting slightly ahead as he tried to work out whether or not the trees really were thinning. They were and it didn't take long before him and Flame Swordsman were staring out at a rather barren looking dessert with unsure looks on their faces. It wasn't that he disliked the desert; it was just that he didn't really have a thing for baking hot places with no shade or water.

Looking up at the swordsman next to him, he came to a swift conclusion. Sitting down with his legs and arms crossed, he decided to watch and see if anyone was coming towards them from the desert sands.

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"I'm sorry! I cannot continue any further, carry on without me! I don't deserve to live!" Malik cried dramatically as he half heartedly collapsed into the sand. Bakura raised an eyebrow.

"Malik, we can already see the forest. It's hardly a great distance." He told the tomb keeper dryly. Malik looked up from his position on the floor with a surprised look on his face.

"Wow, so we can." He replied before jumping up onto his feet and continuing to walk in the direction of the trees. Ryou sighed. Does he always have to be so dramatic? He thought in slight amusement as they all continued to trudge on through the heat and sand.

It had been a rather dull walk and to Yugi and Atem's surprise, nothing had happened. The spirit had constantly been on guard, looking around in agitation. This in turn was making Harry, who knew nothing of the dangers in the world of capsule monsters, nervous. Hermione had been talking with Ryou most of the way, following the two Egyptians through the sand. Then came the last three; the others oblivious to their discomfort.

"We should have encountered something by now! Why haven't we? Why haven't we been attacked?" Atem muttered as he continued to look around him. Harry looked at him.

"Why should we have?" he asked wearily. Yugi sighed.

"Because this world it like a game called capsule monsters. In that game the object is to use your strongest monsters to fight the opponents and get to the other side." He explained, eying his yami as he did so. Harry narrowed his eyes.

"So the 'other team's' monsters should be attacking us?" he asked. Yugi nodded sombrely causing Harry to shiver. "fun." He continued before looking into the distance where the sand had begun to shift. "What's that?" he asked nervously, pointing a finger in the direction he was looking. The whole group followed his gaze. What they saw was the sand seemingly growing. Atem cursed.

"It's a … !" Yugi cried before diving out of the way as the gigantic worm attacked him. The group scattered, each being flung off into different directions by the sand as the monster crashed into the ground.

"Harry!" Atem yelled at the black haired boy. "Call out thunder kid!"

Harry looked at his belt quickly before grabbing the small capsule and sticking it into his gun and firing. A beam of golden light flew out before morphing itself into the monster that was thunder kid. The little yellow creature looked at him expectantly, not noticing the worm behind him until Harry pointed at it. The little monster looked terrified as it stared at the worm for a couple of seconds before hiding itself behind its master.

"Thunder kid! We need your help! Please; you're the only monster we have." Harry told the monster, watching as the others dodged the worm's attacks. Hermione had pulled out her wand and was sending stunning spells its way, but the spells just bounced off its skin and hitting the sand around it instead. Thunder kid looked at him for a moment before its eyes narrowed in determination and it jumped out from behind him, sending a blast of electricity straight at the giant worm. The attack hit causing the worm to make a sound that could be called screaming.

But it wasn't enough. After the initial pain of the hit, thunder kid's attack didn't seem to make any difference at all except for the worm attacking more. "Great." Harry muttered as his monster came back next to him after dodging an aggressive strike from the worm.

"What are we gunner do now?" Bakura yelled in annoyance. No one answered. "Allot of help you are." He mumbled slightly before jumping out of the way of the worm's huge body.

"Crap." Malik cursed loudly as he stared at the giant, roaring worm.

"Now there's no need for that." came a familiar voice from above them followed by a bright flash of white light. The light travelled quickly through the air before hitting the worm, stopping it in it tracks. The worm screamed again in pain before it was reduced to pixels. Malik looked up and blinked before his face split into a grin.

"Wow, I never thought I'd be so glad to see you Kiba." He joked, a slightly relived tone to his voice that made everyone but Kiba smile.

"Yeah? Well don get used to it." the brunette replied, jumping off the blue eyes white dragon he had been riding and returning it to its pod.

"Way to kill the mood." Malik told the boy, folding his arms and pouting slightly. Kiba just raised an eyebrow and said nothing.

"How did you get here Kiba?" Yugi asked, curious as to his 'friend's' sudden arrival. Kiba looked down at him before shrugging.

"Same way as you I guess. I saw that Malfoy boy poking around the room of requirement and got curious. He didn't look like he was u to anything good." He replied, his tone bored.

"Malfoy hu? I bet he helped set this up. His father's a death eater, he would follow in his footsteps." Harry snarled, catching the attention of the others.

"Harry, you have no evidence. You can't get carried away. That's a serious accusation." Hermione reprimanded him. Harry frowned at her before nodding.

"Anyway, we should probably be getting out of this desert." Ryou stated, jump starting everyone else into action as they began again to reach the forest.

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Ron had never been very patient. It wasn't one of his abilities. He didn't like sitting and waiting and soon he had given up and had begun walking the perimeter of the trees, Flame Swordsman trudging along behind. it didn't take long before they came to a cliff face. Ron had looked up at it for a few minutes before he had cursed in a new Japanese word Malik had taught him and turned back round to where he had just come from.

After a while the pair had come across a perfectly round clearing with a chest sat in the middle. Ron had taken no time in opening the wooden chest, curious as to what was inside. In it he had found some kind of map. Reaching out to pick it up, a strange piece of paper wrapped itself around his hand. He had yelped before pulling at the paper. It stayed where it was until he asked flame swordsman to burn the stuff. The monster had done so, careful not to burn his master.

With his hands free he was now able to look at the scroll inside the chest. It was a map; a map of the world of the capsule monsters.

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As Amy wandered around the hall ways of the castle, she thought about what the others had left to do. Capsule monsters. She thought curiously. She had only played the game once or twice and knew she sucked at it. Maybe it was a good job I didn't go. I would have just got in the way anyways.

It had been two days since they had gone and she wondered briefly how long they were planning on making her wait. Tiffany had become very moody with nerves and Leah had become very cheerful, a sure sign of nerves and stress for the two friends.

Amy sighed before frowning as she spied a suspicious looking blonde hanging around the room of requirement. Her feet had often taken her to this corridor when she was wandering. Her feet would move with her thoughts and before she knew it she would be here. Her eyes narrowed as she hid behind a pillar and watched Malfoy as he walked backwards and forwards in front of the room.

He seemed to be trying to open it. Amy's eyes followed him as he paced before widening as a door appeared in the wall. He got in? She thought frantically, sprinting towards the door and he walked through, catching it before it closed and slipping inside. The room was huge and grand; the floor sporting a large map which she suspected was the capsule monsters game.

"Malfoy!" she cried, catching the boy off guard as he whirled around to face Amy's wand. He gasped before looking down at her. Her eyes were narrowed and he knew she was serious. He was at least a head taller than her and she felt silly threatening him at her height, but it didn't put her off and she kept on. "What is going on?" she demanded, pushing her wand's pint into his stomach. Malfoy gulped.

"I can't tell you." He said, not meeting his eyes. Amy's own narrowed and she pressed her wand in deeper.

"And why is that?" she asked tauntingly, her eyes boring into the side of his head. He sneered before looking back down at her and meeting her gaze.

"Why would I want to? Your nothing special! Your basically a first year with the amount of knowledge you have of magic. I bet you couldn't even do anything with that useless stick your holding." He snarled, glaring at her even as her eyes narrowed further.

"Do you now...? And how much would you be willing to bet on that hu?" she asked him, her voice taunting and angry. He paused, his glare wavering as he thought about it. Amy scoffed. "Not much then." She answered for him before she took her wand away from his stomach and aimed it at the wall. "stupefy." She murmured, letting the spell shoot out of her wand and hit the wall before taking a step forward and razing it to lean against his neck. The blonde gulped again.

"What do you want from me?" he stammered, trying and failing to keep his tough boy act up. Amy smirked.

"I've already told you. I want information and you are going to give it to me." She told him sweetly causing Malfoy to shiver at their closeness.

"And what if it refuse?" he defied. She smiled before picking herself up onto tiptoes and pressing her lips gently to his neck.

"Well that would be bad now wouldn't it?" she answered, allowing her warm breath to tickle his skin menacingly causing the boy to shiver again.

"Whatever." He murmured, looking away in defeat with a pink tinge on his cheeks. Amy smiled again.

"Good. Now tell me what I want to hear…"

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This is the longest chapter I have written in a while… I think I should probably keep hem around this length for this story. I was reading the rest of it the other day and I realised most of the chapters were stupidly long. So, I will make them shorter, but not TOO short…

Heh heh… please review!