Unwilling Students

Yugioh/HP Crossover

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Yu-gi-oh or any other references I may make.

AN: This is not the original chapter 8. Not even close. I hope it meshes well with the rest of the story and explains where I want to head in the unwritten chapters.

This is a crap ton of dialogue and not much action hope it's alright it's the only way I can get to the end though I think.

Thank you everyone for continuing to read my story. And a special thanks to Black Shadow Night and Warden 97.

Warden97 I think I have an idea of moments in the story you are talking about but if your willing to point out specifics I would be happy to look them over and see if I can expound on some things. :)

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Things you need to know:

If I find that I need move this chapter because of needing to switch order of events around I might. I am posting because it has been done for quite a few days but I hesitated because of chapters 8-11 in the original. So this is just fair warning it might come back down and get reworked or placed elsewhere in the story.

Terrence Higgs was seeker in Harry's first year booted off for Malfoy second year its assumed he is one to two years older so we are going with 2 years so he is a 7th year just like twins.

Adrian Pucey: not much known about him. He is on the Slytherin Quidditch team. He is now a 7th year to fit my needs.

Dumbledore is believed to be "Machiavellian" The rather convincing argument is that, in his desire to vanquish his enemy, Dumbledore used others without compunction, even to the point of plotting a child's death. So good enough for me. He is evil at least that's my goal. Hopefully succeeding.

He is believed to be a calculating manipulator because he never gave his followers all of the information they needed to make a free choice. He gave them only enough to maneuver them into doing what he wanted them to do. This is directly from an essay I read. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. By Theowyn

The other mages are not in this chapter because I cannot write duels to save my life. Though it would be fun to see one for Yugi and Seto.

Chapter 14

Atem could be found Sunday afternoon in the library beginning his research on the wizarding enclave he was stuck in while the others were teaching the twins the rules of duel monsters. Seto would have joined him had Yugi not conned him into a duel. He supposed eventually they would have to try and summon some duel monsters packs for the twins since they seemed to be interested in the game.

He had read all about the school and headmaster and was quite disturbed to say the least and now he was reading on blood purity but was completely baffled. It was wrong. What it said is not what the Egyptian enclave's books had said. He knew enough modern science to know the Egyptian magicals were correct.

"That's an interesting read for someone hanging out with a bunch of Gryffindors." Theodore Nott stated as he and Daphne Greengrass sat down across from the exotic looking transfer student.

"I wish to learn more about this magical enclave. But so far the books I have read have been quite disturbing. My name is Atem Ishtar by the way. Who might you be?" Atem said as he looked up from his book and noticing the Slytherin colors on the two students robes.

"Daphne Greengrass and this is Theodore Nott." Daphne responded curious as to what this foreigner thought of the book he was reading.

"So what did you find disturbing in that book?" Nott asked curiously.

"Well, it is inaccurate." Atem stated bluntly watching to see their reactions carefully. Both students looked at him in shock.

"What do you mean?" Daphne asked getting over her surprise faster than Theo did.

"Well it says that there are four different classes of wizards and witches. It said there are Pure-bloods, half-bloods, squibs, and muggle-borns, which simply isn't true. There is no such thing as muggle-borns."

"What?" Theo spluttered indignantly not expecting that kind of answer at all. His father was a Death Eater after all and so he was brought up knowing all about pureblood supremacy. Not that he put as much stock in it as his father did but he would never openly admit that.

Atem sighed and spoke as if speaking to a child. "You do know that your magic is hereditary right? Anyone who knows anything knows that it is your DNA that determines if one is magical or not so it is impossible to have muggle-borns. Non-magical humans cannot produce magical humans. Modern magic is not arbitrary."

Daphne and Theo looked at the teen gob smacked. They didn't know that.

"Of course we know magic is hereditary but…"Theo started but was cut off by Atem who gave him a condescending look for even thinking of finishing his sentence.

"Please for the love of Ra use your brains or have I entered into an enclave that has no logic or common sense." Atem said scornfully while giving them a look of pure disdain.

Theo bit back a rude comment and sat there thinking for a moment. What was he missing that this teen thought was so obvious.

"Squibs." Daphne stated crisply while glaring not liking being judged as incompetent by some foreign wizard.

"That is correct. According to this book I have been reading you British and it seems other countries as well, have a knack for throwing wizard-born children to the non-magical people if they have not been outright killed. You realize that even though they cannot access their magic they still have innate magic and therefore can produce magical children? One would think you people would be trying to open their magical channels instead of ostracizing them and sending them into a world that would not take kindly to magic being real." Atem lectured hoping to shock these two a little bit with the information he did have.

The two Slytherin students just sat there processing the information they had learned.

"Well I guess I can see why you find this book disturbing if it is indeed as inaccurate as you are saying. To be honest though, what's in that book is what purebloods are taught here in England." Daphne said processing everything. Even as a neutral family she still knew the propaganda.

"I assure you what I am saying is true. Not only is it common knowledge. It has been proven by science. Do you not have ancestry tests here? Those alone would prove what I am saying by showing where your squibs and their off-spring came from originally."

"I don't know but it would be worth investigating because that could change our whole world here." Theo said carefully. He really didn't want anyone to know he didn't follow in his father's footsteps. But he was intrigued by this teen.

"What else were you reading?" Daphne asked sensing blood purity wasn't the only thing bothering the teen and she was genuinely curious what his opinions might be since he seemed rather intelligent.

"I was reading about Dumbledore and the school and am even more convinced that man is a deceitful arrogant fool and this school is certainly not living up to its advertised prestige." Atem said bitterly.

"You hate the headmaster?" Theo asked shocked but trailed off quickly seeing two seventh year Slytherin boys now standing over Atem.

Atem noticed the alarmed looks from Theo and Daphne and slowly turned around to see what the matter was. Two more Slytherin boys who looked a bit older were standing behind him with frowns on their faces. One had dark brown hair with brown eyes and the other had brownish blonde hair and grey-blue eyes.

"This is not a good place for this type of conversation." the dark haired boy said as they each grabbed Atem and hauled him up. They dragged the shocked teen out to the hallway and blindfolded him.

Theo and Daphne gathered their things and the books Atem was reading and followed sedately behind.

"What are you doing?" Atem hissed struggling against the two boys wondering if he should try calling his priests for help.

"Taking you to the Slytherin common room where it's safe to talk," the other boy said quietly.

"Now be quiet there are ears everywhere…"

Atem stopped fighting against the two boys wondering why it was so important to talk privately. They led him carefully down many flights of stairs and got him to the dungeons without anyone noticing to their relief.

They five teens finally stopped walking so Atem assumed they had finally arrived. A password was whispered and he was led into the Slytherin common room. Finally they removed the blindfold and released him. They all sat down on the couches near the fireplace. The other Slytherin students that happened to be in the common room stopped what they were doing and stared in slight shock, but didn't interfere with the two seventh years and their unusual guest.

"I suppose an introduction is in order. My name is Terrence Higgs and this is Adrian Pucey. We are 7th years. Welcome to the Slytherin common room."

"Atem Ishtar." he introduced quickly. "Why did you bring me here? What did you mean about ears being everywhere?" Atem asked not worrying too much about the fact he had been taken rather forcefully into what the rest of the school presumed to be enemy territory. He got the feeling these students were not as bad as they were made out to be.

"You can't go around talking about blood purity issues and hating Dumbledore where you can be overheard. And I am not talking about just people. There are portraits everywhere that answer to the Headmaster. It's how he knows about everything going on in the castle." Terrence told the exotic looking teen.

"And you two should know better and should have warned him." Adrian started chastising the 5th year students. Daphne and Theo bowed their heads realizing they really should have found a more private place to speak.

Atem looked stunned at that revelation and glared thinking about how much he hated the Headmaster.

"So tell us now that we can talk freely about yourself and the others. Why transfer here and now if you are not fond of Dumbledore or the British magical enclave?" Terrence asked quite curious about these new students after what he had overheard in the library.

Atem really wasn't so sure about that. He didn't want to tell people he barely knew the full truth but at the same time he was not going to pretend to be here willingly either. "We had little choice in coming here. Dumbledore coerced our guardians into thinking that we should learn modern magic and instead of going to the Egyptian School he convinced them that this was the best school to attend for our magical education." Atem said sneering at the half-truth he gave the four slytherins. Their families had been put under a spell to make them think they were willing students so it was close enough.

"Well that explains why you have a strong dislike for the headmaster." Theo said thoughtfully watching all of Atem's reactions carefully. He felt the boy left out some of the story but the genuine hatred he saw seemed legitimate.

"So you haven't been educated about magic and how to control your powers? How did no one find you until now? You are like what at least 15 though you look older than that." Adrian said disbelievingly. How can you miss magicals? That was just unheard of.

"Actually I am 18 and I and the others have known about our magic our whole lives. We just had no wish to learn modern magics. We like the olde magics better and control ourselves just fine. We have been trained in the areas we are interested in." Atem responded slightly indignant but careful not to blatantly give away there were mages still in existence just in case they were as anti-mage as Dumbledore.

"You do realize most olde magic is banned here and considered very dark." Daphne added surprised he would admit to using olde magics especially with him not knowing who came from what family.

Atem rolled his eyes tired of this assumption that old and dark was evil. "Is that what you think? That just because I practice different magic that I am evil?"

"No of course not. None of us in the house of Slytherin would ever think that. It's just I am not sure you understand what our society is like or about if you are so openly admitting to using magic many of the students here and our ministry considers evil." Adrian added seeing the anger flash in Atem's amethyst eyes.

"This is going to be a long explanation. Your friends aren't going to tear down the school looking for you since we basically kidnapped you from the library are they? The twins can be um…quite vengeful if annoyed and rumor has it your friends are a bit aggressive." Terrence asked before they continued on with this topic really not wanting to get on the Weasleys' bad side. Seeing as he was no longer on the Quidditch team no thanks to Malfoy he was under the redheads' radar. And from what he gathered when Malfoy was throwing a tantrum about them the other day the transfer students were not people to be messing with.

"They knew I would be in the library for quite some time and are amusing themselves by teaching Fred and George duel monsters. It should be fine." Atem assured smirking at their understatement of his priests and new friends. He hoped he was right. His link to them felt weak at best. He wasn't sure if he could communicate with them from within these common rooms. There seemed to be something blocking it in the area.

The four Slytherin teens all relaxed in relief. They were curious as to what duel monsters were but decided to wait until later to ask.

Theo decided to begin since he probably knew the most about what was going on right now. "So basically our world is on the brink of war. There are differing views on what's best for the wizarding world. One view is from those who follow Dumbledore though that in itself is confusing. He claims to be pro-muggle and muggle-borns. We will use that term for sanity's sake at this point. But I am not so sure about that. I mean the people who follow him think he is infallible and the ultimate leader of all that is considered good and safe and kind but…"

"He is deceitful to his followers, far darker than most expect, and clearly has an agenda of his own. If I am not mistaken he has crossed over from a war general who puts victory above all else to master manipulator to achieve his goals. Whatever they may be." Atem growled out hating his captivity because of that man.

"Exactly. He is playing God and manipulating everyone and everything to turn the wizarding world into what he thinks it should be." Adrian added glad that their possible new friend understood what they were trying to say.

"You should see his votes on the Wizengamot. He has helped ban so many rituals, olde spells, and traditions for various reasons that honestly have never really made much sense." Daphne added knowing from her parents about the old fools choices when it came to laws and policies.

"That because in his opinion the spells are too powerful or dangerous for the masses to be using and he feels the need to micro-manage every little thing we do. Our government tries to control every aspect of our lives with the Dumbledore's blessing." Terrence added earnestly. As a neutral he had serious issues with the supposed light side.

"They even tell parents how to raise their children. Children used to learn from their parents or a home-schooling community about how to use and control magic at a much younger age because there is just so much for us to learn that starting later there really isn't enough time to learn everything. But our ministry decided that was too dangerous and unfair to muggle-borns since they didn't get to learn about magic until primary school was finished which is where the age 11 for beginning magical school came from." Theo added angrily. He blamed Dumbledore for his father following the Dark Lord.

"And let's not forget about our traditions and religion which have been made completely illegal to practice. All because our traditions and beliefs were not what muggles and muggle-borns grew up with, we needed to be sensitive to their plight coming into a strange world they never knew. So we get persecuted for our beliefs while they get to bring in and keep all their traditions and beliefs. They don't even try to assimilate to our culture or way of life even though as a magical this is the world they belong to not the muggle one." Terrence added vehemently not really wondering anymore why the Dark Lord had been able to gather so many followers even though he was an insane sociopathic whack job.

"We as wizards have had to give up so much because of appeasing muggle governments and muggle-borns with their muggle traditions and their ideas of right and wrong. Oh, there is blood involved it must be evil. Oh, Vampires are evil because muggle fiction says so. Same goes for werewolves. They must be controlled. They are not intelligent enough creatures to manage themselves. Any creature considered dark has been completely stripped of any rights to live like humans." Daphne raged on dripping with sarcasm.

Atem sat there in silent contemplation at everything that was being said by the four Slytherins who had taken turns ranting. Adding to the fact he was positive the Headmaster hated mages not just shadow mages but all mages due to their magick being so much more powerful than modern magic. Why did it seem the headmaster wanted the masses weak and unknowledgeable about their own heritage and history?

"That is just one faction too. Well I guess technically two because the ministry flip flops constantly between Dumbledore, themselves, and the Dark Lord's lackeys. The ministry is so corrupt it's a wonder anything gets done. When something does it's generally not in the best interest of the people. It's based on who at the moment has the most influence and money." Adrian added grimacing at the reality that was their world and wondering if there was a way to fix it without starting from the ground up.

"That is horrible." Atem said appalled. As a ruler himself he prided himself on taking care of his people. "So the other faction you are going to enlighten me about is bumblemorts?" Atem said refusing to take that man's name seriously.

The others gaped at the blatant disrespect and then Daphne couldn't help herself but giggle at the goofy name. Atem smirked just daring the others to tell him to be respectful.

"So anyways…the Dark Lord's faction attracted a lot of people who didn't like Dumbledore or the Ministries bids at complete control." Theo continued pretending he did not just hear Atem make fun of the most evil Dark Lord of all time.

"Unfortunately while not all his political goals were so bad. He went completely mental and on this blood supremacy kick about wiping out all muggles and muggle-borns. So he is considered the evil of all evils and anyone who even remotely agrees with him is now deemed evil regardless of the fact that when he was sane he actually had some good ideas." Terrence said not worrying about badmouthing the Dark Lord though he did say it more quietly so others didn't overhear their conversation.

"That's where another faction comes in. These are the people who stayed neutral during the first war and are hoping that all sides of this war lose. Though, because of you we might be able to prove to people that throwing squibs out of our society and treating them like they are nothing more than scum might help. The people of Britain need to know that there is no such thing as muggle-borns. It might help us get all magicals away from muggle society." Daphne said letting slip one of the major goals of those who don't like Dumbledore or the Dark Lord.

"We need those books you talked about that have proof of this revelation and information on how to show someone's ancestry." Theo added thinking maybe there was a bit of light at the end of dark tunnel he saw.

"It's interesting you have the old fool who seems to want to play the benevolent God who takes care of everyone but does nothing to help those who are truly oppressed by your society, a government that is self-serving, an evil dark lord who wants to expose you all and dominate everyone, and then where it seems you all fall into is a completely isolationist view who from what I can gather want all magical humans and creatures to be safe." Atem stated thoughtfully realizing he had a lot to learn about this enclave. He felt bad for these teens growing up in a world like this.

"If I were in Egypt I would personally get the information you need but being stuck here doesn't allow for that. However you could write to Headmaster Zamir. I am sure he would help you. Just make sure you tell him I said to and I can guarantee you his cooperation." Atem said arrogantly knowing the headmaster would obey.

The teens stared at him gratefully. Maybe these transfer students could help their world survive.

"So what do you have against the school?" Daphne asked curious from part of their earlier conversation while relaxing a bit and grabbing a cookie off the tray that had appeared for the teens since they had been sitting there for so long.

"I suppose I don't really have a problem with the school itself just how it's being run. I mean there are really too many things to list off but one thing that just is beyond my comprehension is this whole letting a hat separate you all and determine who your friends are going to be for the next seven years. What happened to free will? I mean seriously my friends and I would not have been placed in the same houses but we would have never allowed that to interfere with our friendships. I don't see a single person in this school outside of the Lovegood girl who actually sits somewhere other than her assigned table. This house business is crazy and it's just breeding prejudice in all of you." Atem ranted thinking about the idiots in charge who allowed this.

"I guess we never thought about it that way. I mean that's the way it has always been done. But you are right it is crazy." Adrian said wondering if it was too late for him and Terrence to make any friends.

"I am not even sure anyone could change it. I mean you guys are not sorted so I suppose you could move around tables but you don't know anyone outside of the Gryffindor students do you?" Theo said thinking about the sheer idea of being the one to start this mini-revolution. His self-preservation instincts were kicking in saying he was insane for even contemplating this.

"Well I do now. I would be happy to introduce you to my friends. But we do not always come down for meals. However I think we might be willing to help in this endeavor to shake things up a bit." Atem said smirking at the idea of causing a bit of chaos at mealtimes.

"No one would trust us or talk to us if we changed tables we are evil Slytherins." Daphne said putting her Ice Queen mask up a bit while thinking about not wanting to be humiliated in front of the rest of the school.

"If you want to change people's views about you and issues in your world start with your peers. Start small. Make study groups that include all houses. Is there a place like the common rooms where all the houses could meet and hang out and just study or play games together?" Atem asked not having noticed anything in his wanderings.

"No but there are lots of empty classrooms on the first floor I wonder if we could use one of the larger ones and create an all house common room." Terrence said immediately warming up to the idea.

The teens agreed that this was a good idea and sat and planned out a common room for all. They planned every aspect of the room in hopes that the more detailed it was the more willing the teachers would go for it. They had decided to start with Snape figuring if they could get him to agree the rest would. Daphne got elected to present the idea. She glared coldly at the boys for their lack of bravery but agreed to it none the less. The teens chatted about random things to get to know one another a bit and ate cookies.

So tell us what duel monsters is…

Well…

Elsewhere in the Castle….
Harry, Hermione, and Ron were hanging out and just relaxing having finished all their homework earlier. Ron suggested they go find the transfer students and see if they wanted to go mess around in the snow. Harry and Hermione agreed so the trio went and knocked on the portrait but there was no answer.

"Let me check the map real quick." Harry said as he pulled it out of his backpack. "It looks like they are in some empty room on the first floor with the twins."

"Harry, one of them is missing." Hermione noticed immediately.

The trio scoured the map and found the name Atem Ishtar in the most unexpected of places.

"What the hell is he doing with those slimy snakes?" Ron bellowed angrily immediately suspicious of the teen.

"We should find Professor Snape and let him know. Who knows what they are doing to Atem." Harry said worried for his new friend.

The trio quickly hurried to Professor Snape office and knocked on the door.

Severus sighed when he heard a knock at his door. He had actually been having a peaceful day. The mages were off causing chaos with the twins and were ordered to find Lupin if there were any problems so he was actually getting a day off. Well it was fun while it lasted. He told whoever was at his door to enter and to his utter dismay the Gryffindor trio was standing there. The gods must really hate him.

"What do you want?" Severus asked bluntly not really caring how rude he sounded at the moment.

"Atem is trapped in the Slytherin common room alone with a bunch of Slytherin students. You have to help him." Harry said wincing slightly at Snape's tone.

Severus looked at the trio and glared down at them. "And how pray tell do you know this?" Though if it was true he was concerned as to why the mage would be alone with a bunch of students he warned them against.

"Please Professor we know he is there. Can you please go check on him?" Hermione begged worried that Malfoy had somehow gotten him alone.

Severus glared at the girl but acquiesced. "Fine, go back to your dorms for now and do not tell the others. I don't need overprotective pissed off teenagers to deal with."

Severus left his office which had not moved even with Sinistra taking over as head of Slytherin house so he was fairly close by. He walked into the common room stopped and stared. The boy in question was relaxing on the couches eating cookies with four of his snakes. He was fine. Three of the four were from neutral families and Nott seemed on the fence but fairly safe. His peaceful day was interrupted for nothing. Severus sighed.

"Mr. Ishtar what are you up to?" Severus said making the four Slytherin students jump.

"Making new friends, planning more pranks, and oh maybe some chaos too." Atem said cheekily while smirking at his dark haired captor much to the horror of the other four who couldn't believe he talked to Professor Snape that way.

"Wonderful. Why don't you head back to your common room and get ready for dinner. The others will be getting worried. "Severus said hoping that might get the teen to be somewhat agreeable with his suggestion.

Atem smirked but realized the professor was probably right. Atem did not want worried priests to deal with. So he said his goodbyes to the others and left peacefully with Snape.