Unwilling Students

Yugioh/HP Crossover

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

AN: So finally the original chapter 8 with bits and pieces of chapter 10. This is the chapter where I think I did something that not all of you were overly thrilled with because it became a point of no return. Part of me still thinks it's necessary otherwise it would be too easy to redeem Draco however for this one I made some concessions.

/mindspeech one on one/

[Group Mindspeech]

Thanks everyone for your kind words and support.

Feathertail36: You are right. I am going to try and rectify that not sure what I am doing yet though. She is important it's just hard to write with so many characters. In my unpublished version she had a bigger role. Hopefully I can make it work. I like Kisara.

Death: Let's talk about this. Simply put we all die sometime and it hurts beyond comprehension for those that are still stuck here. Trust me I know.

However this is a war. People die in wars on all sides. It doesn't matter if they are good, evil, innocent, heading for redemption and/or destruction, young, or old, whatever. This is a war against Voldemort and the crappy ministry. When people picked Voldemort's side they forfeit the path to redemption or to live. Just as a criminal forfeits their choice of life if they break into someone's home. That's what free will is. These people made their choices now they will reap the consequences. If they survive the war ok yay they get a second chance to redeem themselves and live. But if you go to war you have to accept that the choice to live might be taken from you and you might die.

I struggle as it is to kill off characters and I don't like who JK chose to kill off in the books/movies. However war is pretty unrealistic if no one dies. I am an adult and taking this from an adult's view. This isn't the story of how love and not killing the enemy wins a war like JK. Love does not fix people like Hitler.

Now with all this being said I don't know who is going to get themselves killed. Will I kill no names or will I take out major players? I am not sure because like the rest of the world I naturally do not like death and struggle with writing it, which is the main reason I changed this chapter. I felt completely torn. But I understand that in war no matter how heartbreaking it is, it happens. We as people have to accept that if there is war there is death. However freedom is worth fighting for. I support, respect, and pray for all our countrymen who are willing to sacrifice themselves for our freedom along with the police force.

End Rant.

Things you need to know:

This does not mean Lucius will survive this war. This is just giving me more time to decide.

You know I have been thinking about this but I don't think the school wards are nearly as strong in the 5th book or movie as they were by the 6th movie.

Draco as of right now I have no intention in redeeming him. I love that he did sort of in cannon and I love stories that take him even farther in that redemption but as of right now that is not the path he is taking. I do hold the right to change my mind but I do not think I will on this one.

Dementors: wiki says canon says they can communicate so we are going with it.

Does anyone know Nott's first name? the father

Chapter 17

Monday January 19th, Mages Common Room
Mana awoke the next day finding a very worried Pharaoh at her bedside. She hugged him tightly. "Atem I have missed you so much."

Atem sighed in relief that Mana was alright. He pulled away and looked the girl in the eyes. "Mana that was so reckless, what if their Dark Lord had been the one to catch you instead of these fools?"

"At least these guys are sorta the good guys," Mana said cheekily.

Atem rolled his eyes. "That's not the point my love. I wanted you safe and America was the safest place for you to be. Get ready and I will meet you downstairs and we can get some breakfast." Atem left Mana's room and headed downstairs.

Mana soon came down to the common room dressed in a pair of jeans and tee. She was carrying her robe and looked at it with disdain. She saw Atem and his priests along with a man with black hair and a scruffy looking man sitting with the boys. "Who are these guys?"

"They are our babysitters," Seto answered the future queen.

Severus glared at the cold teen but ignored the comment. "I am Professor Severus Snape and this is Professor Remus Lupin aka Professor Robert Sherard when we are not in the dorm room. We are your tutors in modern magic. You will be introduced to the student body in a little bit at breakfast but will be given a week's adjustment period meaning Professor Lupin will be spending the next five days with you getting you started on the basics of modern magic."

"More schooling," she pouted as she walked over to Atem and received her wand from him.

"Yes, Miss Nkosi this is a school and since you all possess magic and have not been properly trained you will be learning it." Severus drawled while staring at the pouting girl clearly annoyed.

The teens were soon ushered out of the dorms and escorted to the Great Hall. Mana clung to Atem out of nervousness. Once they were seated Dumbledore gave a few announcements.

"Attention please. Can I have you're your attention?" Dumbledore said loudly and then waited for everyone to quiet down.

"As you are aware a project that was started by some of your peers to make it easier for those who wish to spend time with their friends who may be in another house was worked on this weekend. I am pleased to announce that a room on the 1st floor now is an inter-house common room where anyone can go to study, hang out, or play games. It is called Unity Commons. All rules are posted outside the door and your professors will go over the rules in during first period."

All four houses clapped excitedly at this and cheered loudly. Well at least some of the Slytherin students showed their excitement. Albus waited for the cheers to subside.

"One other thing before you all dig in. I am happy to announce that we have another transfer student joining us all the way from Egypt. I would like to introduce Miss Mana Nkosi. Please make her feel welcome. That is all. Dig in." Albus smiled at all the children warmly as he sat down and at his breakfast.

Draco and his friends scoffed and rolled their eyes at Dumbledore's obvious lie about the new girl. Draco was intrigued by this new girl though. What could she possibly have to do with the mages that the Dark Lord wanted? He decided to keep a close eye on her seeing as he was still stuck reporting on the mages anyways.

Harry, Hermione, and the twins looked at the new arrival questioningly but kept their questions quiet until they could talk to the mages privately.

"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley who is currently stuffing his face and the red headed girl is Ginny Weasley." Hermione said with some disdain towards Ron's manners.

Terrence, Adrian, Daphne, and Theo also made their way over to introduce themselves to the new girl and cause a riot at the Gryffindor table after the announcements. They sat next to the mages and welcomed Mana.

Ron didn't say too much because he was pointedly ignoring the Slytherin students that were currently sitting with them.

"I'm Fred and this is George we are related to the one stuffing his face," one of the twins said.

"I'm Harry Potter and this is Neville Longbottom." Harry said while Neville gave a shy hello.

The teens chatted a bit and asked Mana lots of questions trying to get to know the girl better. Luna had also wandered over and was introduced to Mana. They seemed to hit it off instantly.

Ron ate quietly listening to see if he could find anything interesting out that he could report to Dumbledore. And while everyone was distracted by the newcomer no one saw Ginny slip a bit of potion into Harry's drink. Mana leaned into Atem sighing quietly after being bombarded with questions.

Ron noticed this and wondered. "Are you two dating or something?"

"Yes," Atem said giving Ron a warning glare which Ron seemed oblivious too. Ron thought this little tidbit would help him get back into good graces with the Headmaster. This girl could be a weakness they could exploit.

At the end of breakfast Severus walked up to the mages and handed Mana her class schedule.

She quickly looked at the schedule and frowned. Mana did not want to learn this modern magic. She much preferred to finish learning the ancient magicks of Egypt from her master Mahad. At least she didn't have to start until next week.

Riddle Manor (Thursday, Jan. 22)
"Wormtail are the Dementors ready to attack the school?" Voldemort asked with an excited gleam in his eyes.

"Yes… my lord. They have been assembled?" stuttered Wormtail.

"Bring the leader in I want to make sure they understand their orders." Voldemort demanded.

Wormtail scurried out quickly to get the lead dementor.

When the lead dementor entered, Voldemort spoke immediately wasting no time. "We are going to strike at Hogwarts and retrieve the mages. I assume you have seen the images of what they look like from Wormtail. Remember I need them alive and unharmed no matter the cost. Wormtail can get through the wards undetected and will search out the mages for you to capture. My followers will be noticed as soon as they cross the ward line and distract anyone who dares put up a resistance." Voldemort reiterated not wanting a failed operation.

"As you wish my Lord." The dementor answered in a strange guttural voice.

Voldemort called upon Lucius, Nott, and the ten Azkaban escapees. Voldemort spoke once everyone had arrived. "Lucius and Nott you will stay with me and keep yourselves hidden. It is not time yet for the population to know what's really going on. The rest of you will attack and cause as much mayhem as possible. That idiot Fudge will just blame Black again and probably assume you are organizing under him."

The Death Eaters apparated to the edge of Hogwarts grounds and waited for their master to give them the signal. Voldemort quickly gave the dementors the signal to attack…

Dumbledore's Office
Albus was sitting in his office when he felt the school wards go off. He quickly had the castle send out guardians to protect the castle until he and the order members could get out there. He then called the heads of the houses, the Order members, and Professor Umbridge.

Albus showed Professor Umbridge the Dementors coming in mass to attack the school. She stood there in shock at the sight she saw. She couldn't believe that these creatures would dare go against Ministry control and attack the school. She was outraged by it. Dolores fire-called the Minister of Magic, who in turn called upon the Aurors to come and fight. Once she had done what Albus needed he stunned her and planted false memories to get her out of the way. She would only remember that after calling in the Aurors she went outside to confront the Dementors in the name of the ministry and passed out. He didn't want her to know about the mages powers since he planned on using them to fight the Dementors. It was bad enough the Aurors would see them.

When Moody, Doge, and Mundungus arrived Albus motioned for them and the professors to follow him and they headed for the inter-house commons since that seemed to be where the mages were at. Meanwhile McGonagall took Umbridge to the infirmary.

Unity Commons
Severus and Remus could be found in a classroom across from Unity Commons keeping themselves occupied but not socializing with one another. Remus was reading a book while Severus was grading some essays.

Severus wanted to keep an eye on the mages who had somehow convinced him and Lupin that they needed a break from tutoring to go hang out in the room with the others. He supposed expecting teenagers to have nearly fourteen hour school days all week long was a bit much and probably wearing them out so he and Lupin conceded for tonight with the understanding that after tonight it would be weekends only. Dumbledore wanted them to learn modern magic for some reason or another and so the demanding schedule was a necessary evil.

He looked up from his grading when Lupin startled from his book. They saw the headmaster, Moody, Mundungus, and a few of the professors enter the common room. Both immediately got up to see what was going on.

"Headmaster is there something wrong?" Severus asked confused to their abrupt arrival.

"Professors please gather and escort all your students to their common rooms. We are going on lockdown. Professor Sherard please escort the Gryffindors to their Tower." Albus said urgently temporarily ignoring Severus's question.

"What is going on Professor?" Harry asked as he came out of the common room with the rest of the students.

"Just get to your tower," Moody snapped irritably.

Lupin obeyed the headmaster and ushered Harry and the other Gryffindor students out of the commons and back to Gryffindor Tower.

"Mundungus please insure the transfer students in the dueling room are not a problem. Do not harm any of them. We need them capable of fighting tonight." Dumbledore told his associate as they all headed into the common room.

Mundungus went to the side room and took his wand out. Yugi, Marik, and Ryou were wary after the students who had been watching them were cleared out by the other professors. They had stopped what they were doing, grabbed their stuff, and were about to return to the main area of the common room when one of their captors came in wand out. It took a few minutes to subdue them but once they were bound he led them out of the dueling room while they grumbled under their breath to see what looked like the end of a confrontation with the others.

Once it was just the headmaster, Snape, Doge, and Moody, Albus looked at the three mages who had been spread throughout the large room.

"What do you want old man?" snapped Atem aggressively still wanting the old fools head on a platter, as he and Seto stood and moved forward to face their captors.

"Insurance and your cooperation. Elphias please bring Miss Nkosi over here." Dumbledore said he gave Severus and Moody a warning look to be ready for the violent outburst that was sure to come.

The reactions were Atem and Seto were instantly heading for Doge to stop him from taking Mana. But Severus and Moody were ready this time. Moody fired off some binding spells as he got closer to the pissed off Pharaoh who dodged immediately allowing his combat training from Kaphiri to kick in while Severus aimed for Kaiba who also took the physical route. Mana had also stood up getting ready to dodge the old man coming after her.

Unfortunately Albus intervened by pulling his wand and pointing it at Mana. She froze knowing she had nowhere to go. "Enough, Elphias take the girl." Albus said angrily not having time do deal with their dramatics.

The mages immediately halted at the implied threat and Doge retrieved the and Moody subdued Seto and Atem quickly after that. Atem struggled a bit, not wanting to be trapped by the man who had tortured him.

"Just give me a reason." Moody threatened. Atem stilled at the threat and glared daggers at Dumbledore.

"Atem!" Mana yelped as she was being dragged away. Mana tried to fight but her magic had not been working right since they put that awful bracelet on her.

"Let her go!" Atem demanded.

"No harm will come to Miss Nkosi if you agree to help us." Dumbledore assured.

"What do you want from us?" Atem asked sounding defeated as he slumped a bit in Moody's grip when Doge disappeared with Mana.

"The castle is under siege from Voldemort and an army of Dementors. Alastor says your magic can take out the Dementors fairly easily." Dumbledore explained.

"Easy? Are you kidding? Those foul creatures are not easy to kill." Seto ground out angrily hating that he was helpless at the moment.

"The only way we were able to take out those dark creatures was by using light attribute monsters." Atem commented with an air of concern in his voice at what Dumbledore was getting at.

"Bakura and I don't even have light attribute monsters in our decks," Marik said. (I have no idea if that is the case or not in the anime)

"Neither does Yugi." Atem bit out thinking quickly and hoping Yugi didn't fight his decision. He didn't want Yugi fighting those creatures again. He could barely handle them the last time. He wasn't sure if Yugi could keep his mental shields up after exposure to them if Dumbledore attacked their minds after this was all over. If it wasn't for the puzzle he was pretty sure he would have as much trouble as his priests against those creatures. He also just wanted to keep Yugi safe and as far from the fighting as possible.

Yugi looked about ready to protest but took one look at Atem and agreed with what had been said. Atem didn't want him fighting those creatures that he understood but he didn't want to leave Atem and Seto to fight alone. There was nothing he could do. He wouldn't fight the Pharaoh's decision in front of their captors. But he wished he understood Atem's reasoning.

"You two have these light monsters?" Albus asked Seto and Atem. He was a bit frustrated since he had hoped to use all five mages.

"We do," Seto answered crisply really not wanting to fight those creatures again. He struggled the last time they fought them.

"Fine you two will come with me and I will release your powers." Albus said. "Severus please escort the other three to the Gryffindor tower. Mr. Potter and his friends have a tendency to find trouble and this time I want them to stay put. Alastor and Mundungus I need you to help fight off the Death Eaters." Albus directed.

Moody and Severus released Atem and Seto and went to follow their orders. Seto and Atem quietly followed the Headmaster to the front doors. Albus quickly released the mages magic and the three went outside. When they arrived near the main gates Seto and Atem paused briefly at the sight before them. Beams of light could be seen coming across the grounds from both sides as the Aurors, a few order members, and Death Eaters fought against each other. The Dementors came in droves blackening the sky as they came towards the school entrance.

They snapped out of their daze as a few Dementors' noticed them and immediately came at them. As they came closer it grew colder and memories began to surface the mages thoughts. Atem and Seto quickly reinforced their mental shields hoping it would be enough to allow them to stand and fight.

Seto immediately called a Blue Eyes White Dragon and Atem called out his Chaos Command Magician. Their monsters were holding their own for a bit but the mages were having trouble dodging all the Dementors that seemed determined to get to them. There were just too many coming at them at once for their monsters to be able to protect them.

Albus was throwing up protection shields on himself and the mages along with using his patronus. Seto and Atem asked Albus how to cast that spell and he quickly told them to think of something happy and say expecto patronum. They quickly tried the spell and were somewhat successful. Silvery mist came out of their wands and helped keep some of the Dementors at bay. The Death Eaters and Dementors were slowly overwhelming the order members. A group of Dementors had managed to surround the mages while their monsters were fighting close by.

"There are too many of these creatures," Atem said backing up against Seto's back.

The two mages and Albus were running out of room. And the Dementors were definitely targeting them.

"It's getting so cold and it's getting harder to concentrate," Seto gritted out as memories of Gozaburo Kaiba came to the forefront of his mind.

Seto quickly called out his other two Blue Eyes White Dragons and Atem called out The Herald of Creation and Queens Knight to come to their aide. The monsters were taking out Dementor after Dementor but there were just more swarms of them everywhere. At one point Atem called out Swords of Revealing Light just to give them breathing room and for their monsters to take more out at a time.

"This is ridiculous," Seto yelled to Atem. Atem growled out in frustration. He didn't want to call a God or use his holy magick but they were running out of options.

/What about the shadow realm? I wonder if we took them there if it would help us destroy them, Atem suggested/

/It might but I am not sure showing the old fool the shadow realm is worth the risk, and we can't be sure it wouldn't strengthen these creatures. Seto responded/

The Dementors were slowly overwhelming them and Seto was starting to weaken from the bombardment. He felt a cold hand close around his wrist and turned to see a dementor that had gotten close enough to grab him. It started to try and drag him away from Atem and the headmaster.

Atem saw Seto in trouble and immediately reacted not caring about the consequences. He focused on his holy magick once again and shot a blazing flame of pure white fire at the creature that disintegrated upon impact.

"Atem. Don't it's not worth it." Seto admonished not wanting the Pharaoh to use that magick. It was too draining which would be dangerous with this many enemies still out and about.

Albus paused at the complete annihilation of the dementor that had gotten to Mr. Kaiba. There was no way that was shadow magick. But he had never seen a spell like that before.

"Mr. Ishtar if there is a way to stop the Dementors now would be a good time to do so," Albus said as he backed up closer to the mages trying to fend off a few more Dementors from all three of them.

"Fine," Atem growled out. The golden eye on his forehead began to glow once again as he chanted something in Egyptian.

Albus did not understand what was said but he could feel the boy's magic pulse and raw power surging in waves.

A golden sphere appeared and unfolded into a giant bird of fire. Ra was in his phoenix form.

"Winged Dragon of Ra obliterate these shadow creatures." Atem commanded.

While Ra decimated the Dementors with the other duel monsters, Atem decided on one more divine spell that would get all the ones closest to them. He would pay for using this magic, having his monsters, and Ra out but it might tip the balance just enough. He once again focused internally on what he wanted. It was an explosion of pure holy light that surrounded them and engulfed the Dementors that were too close. They immediately burst into flame and turned to ash.

Seto caught Atem as he began to fall. "You should not have done that."

"It worked didn't it." Atem said cockily to his protector.

Seto rolled his eyes. Though it was true most of the Dementors that were left were retreating after that stunt so they had a chance to look around and see what was going on elsewhere on the grounds.

Atem saw some Death Eaters hanging back and a snake looking man.

/Seto, I think that's Voldy./

/Do you have enough strength to end this? Seto asked not sure Atem could handle much more magick at the moment./

/No. Not to kill him at least. But I can pull off a Soul Fire spell. At least then he will be in the shadow realm until we can deal with him./

/I can cast that also, Pharaoh./ Seto said sardonically.

/No, one of us needs a shred of energy after this. The puzzle protects my mind better. You need to have your strength to protect yours. That old man will try something I can feel it./Atem ordered going into pharaoh mode to get his way.

/Fine./ Seto acquiesced still not overly thrilled but he trusted Atem's instincts.

Atem concentrated and instead of a white flame a purplish-black shadow flame erupted from his palm. He aimed directly for Voldemort. He put all his remaining power, energy, and pent up anger behind that single shadowy flame to make sure it not only worked but the man felt the punishment. Dumbledore felt the power surge and panicked when he realized where it was heading not knowing what the spell could do.

"NO!" yelled Dumbledore suddenly. Albus quickly cast any and everything he knew trying to throw the shadowy flame off its course.

"What are you doing you old fool. Let me end this." Atem bit out furiously.

The attack flew off target and hit Lucius Malfoy who screamed in agony as his soul was literally burned out of his body. He collapsed to the ground as the last shreds of his soul were sent to the shadow realm. It would be a while before his soul put itself back together again.

Voldemort backed off realizing that Lucius was either dead or unconscious and he had been the target. He wasn't actually sure what had just happened but it wasn't good. That mage would pay once his usefulness ran out. Nott bent over the blond trying to figure out if he was still alive. Casting several diagnostic spells and gasped at what he discovered.

"My lord, he is alive but…it's as if he received a Dementor's kiss. There is no soul. It's gone." Nott said anxiously shuddering at what happened to his comrade.

Voldemort glared at the mage that tried to take him out. "I want those two mages," screamed Voldemort.

"My lord please, what's left of the Dementors are retreating and we can't defeat Dumbledore.

Voldemort glared at his follower but refrained from punishing him only because he was correct. He couldn't sacrifice his followers yet and they were not fully healed from their stint in Azkaban. He scowled but signaled for a full retreat. He quickly apparated away so as not to be seen by anyone else. It was not time for the Wizarding World to know of his return.

Atem and Seto dismissed their monsters and supported one another as the Death Eaters and Dementors made a hasty retreat. Albus motioned for them to follow him back into the school. The tired and confused mages followed quietly dreading having their powers rebound.

Meanwhile in Gryffindor Tower….
Remus escorted the confused teens to the tower and disappeared just as quickly to go and help the order. McGonagall appeared shortly thereafter and told them the school was on lockdown and no one was to leave the tower until they were notified that it was safe. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and the Twins huddled together trying to figure out what was going on.

When the portrait opened again the seven Gryffindors saw Yugi, Ryou, and Marik being escorted in by Severus who left as soon as he dropped the boys off. The three mages quickly made their way over to Harry and the others.

"Where are the others?" Hermione asked in concern.

"They are with that Ra dammed Headmaster of yours." Marik said angrily not liking the situation at all.

"Why are they with the Headmaster? Do you guys know what is going on? Harry asked.

"We are supposed to babysit you guys to make sure you don't wander off on any adventures while the school is on lockdown and the High Pri…er Seto and Atem are off with Dumbledore helping him fight off the Dementors that are attacking the school." Bakura said grimacing at his slip up.

"What about Mana? Where is she?" Hermione asked catching the slip up. She was going to have to look up High Priests and see if she could make some connection. Why would they use such ancient titles unless they actually held those titles? She was beginning to think she was looking at the wrong time period. Maybe she needed to look at modern magical Egypt to figure these teens out.

"Umm…she's with them also," Marik said fumbling through his lie.

"How are those guys supposed to help fight Dementors off?" Ron asked curiously not completely understanding why Dumbledore would want the transfer students' help.

"It's hard to explain but we guess it's because our magic is slightly different than English magic. Our magick allows us to destroy Dementors not just chase them off." Marik said lamely hoping Ron and the other boy Neville would leave it at that. He did not want to explain that Duel Monsters were real to them.

"Remember even though we are in 5th year with you guys we are a few years older than you all." Ryou said after he kicked Bakura out of control, trying to make Marik's excuse more convincing.

Ron left it at that. Harry paced for a few minutes looking out one of the tower windows trying to see what was going on out there but couldn't see anything seeing as they were too far up.

"We should be down there helping them," Harry grumbled furiously. Harry was seriously wondering if he could sneak off and grab his cloak without getting caught. He was not sure whether the mages would actually make him stay as they were ordered to do.

"Well that is not an option seeing as Dumbles told us to make sure you all stay put until this is over." Marik said wishing he could be fighting too but was not willing to risk his future queen by disobeying the old man.

"What! You're going to listen to him when you should be out there fighting too not just babysitting us!" Harry said indignantly and letting his pent up frustrations get the better of him. Though a small part of him was wondering why he was making such a fuss. He blocked that part out immediately squashing that thought.

Bakura resurfaced angrily. He grabbed Harry by the shirt and shoved him against the wall. "Don't you dare question us. You don't know the whole story. You will stay put in this tower. Bakura warned dangerously in a low voice.

Harry gulped. This was the part of Ryou that terrified him.

"Boys! Stop this at once! Hermione cried out. Harry listen to reason. You can't actually be serious about wanting to go out there. It's far too dangerous out there." Hermione said worried for her friend's irrational behavior.

Bakura backed off and switched with Ryou again.

"I thought you didn't want to fight this Dark Lord of yours?" Yugi asked looking at the scowling teen in confusion.

"I don't." Harry admitted now completely confused with himself. "I just feel…I don't know. I just feel the need to be down there." Harry snapped and scowled as he went over to sit in front of the fire place.

Ron and Ginny quickly joined him. Fred and George looked over at the trio in suspicion. Something odd was going on and they were now determined to find out.

"What on earth was that about?" Ryou asked concerned for the boy who was acting rather strangely.

"I have no idea" Neville said speaking up for the first time wondering himself what was going on with his friend.

"We will find out." The twins said together worried for their friend.

"We may need your help Hermione. You are the best in the research department." Fred told the young witch.

"Alight I will go to the library tomorrow. Do you have an idea on what I should be looking for?"

"Anything that has to do with behavior changes or moodiness" George said stating their suspicions aloud.

"I can help too." Neville shyly said wanting to help Harry.

"Harry, don't listen to them. I think it's brave that you want to go down and help protect the school. You are a true Gryffindor and that's just what we do. Don't let anyone tell you differently." Ginny said sighing and leaning on Harry's shoulder. Harry cringed at the contact from Ginny but at the same time he felt strangely grateful for the support.

"I could maybe sneak upstairs and grab your cloak Harry," Ron whispered conspiringly. Harry perked up at that. No one would suspect Ron of grabbing the cloak.

Ron got up quietly and attempted to sneak up to his room. What he didn't know was that a certain spirit is suspicious of everyone and so followed the unknowing boy.

[That Ron kid is up to something.] Bakura sent the others as he watched Ron grab a shimmery cloak that when he put on made him disappear.

Bakura was drooling he wanted that item and wanted it now. Oh the chaos he could cause with an item like that. He warned the others that Ron was coming down invisible and to keep an eye on Harry. Just as Ron reached Harry under the cloak Ryou and Marik came towards them and Ryou "accidently" fell into the general area of where Ron was standing. A loud oomph could be heard as Ryou collided with Ron who fell on his bottom. Marik grabbed the cloak off of Ron while Ron huffily went and sat back on the couch next to Harry glaring at Ryou the whole time who stood their innocently.

"Nice try. But not good enough," smirked an amused Marik.

Hermione chastised them also but Ron and Harry just glared and began playing chess to get their minds off of what was going on outside with the others watching.

Dumbledore's Office
When they returned to the office Albus immediately bound their powers using some sparkly powder that infused itself into the bracelet and chanting something neither boy understood. It didn't help that he spoke so quietly that it sounded like mumbled gibberish.

"Why did you stop me," Atem finally asked confused and angry as he felt the spell take affect which made him feel even worse than he was already feeling. He was mentally, magically, and physically exhausted.

"You see Mr. Ishtar Voldemort cannot die. He is not quite mortal and I believe he is close to immortality. There are some items that need to be found and destroyed before he is killed. One has been found and destroyed but I suspect there are more." Dumbledore explained not wanting to give too much away since they were fairly friendly with Potter.

"What are these items?" Seto asked tiredly feeling lost as he realized that if they didn't escape who knew how long they would be prisoners of this old man.

"Ah my dear boy that is an explanation for another day." Albus said refusing to answer that question. Potter wasn't ready to know the truth yet.

Atem and Seto were royally ticked off at the old man's refusal to answer the question. They stood arms folded across each other glaring at Albus.

"And now onto other matters. I sensed quite a bit of power coming from the two of you. Its odd neither Bill nor I sensed that much power when we first brought you in. Which means you are hiding it. Now why would you hide your true magical strength?" Dumbledore asked gravely.

"We don't know what you are talking about." Snapped Atem who was getting slightly nervous at where this conversation was going. He was starting to regret calling upon Ra and his divine magicks.

"Ah but I think you do Mr. Ishtar. It seems to me there is more to learn about you and your mysterious magics. Seeing as I am almost positive you used some other form of magic tonight to kill those Dementors. A magic that I have never seen before. What was it? What did you do?" Albus said as he approached the mouthy young pharaoh and grabbed his chin roughly forcing the boy to look into his eyes trying to use legilimency. Albus was unable to get through the maze that protected the boys mind. It baffled him to no end he had never seen anything like it.

Atem flinched back a little not wanting the crazy old man near him. He could feel the invasion and thanking Ra the puzzle protected him. He was not sure he could protect himself at this point in time.

"I will find out more about you, your shadow magic, and everything you know about it one way or another," Threatened Albus dropping his facade and pushing a bit of his own power at the boy.

"We don't know anything more about our magic then you do. Our ancestors didn't exactly leave us a handbook with instructions. All we know is what you have seen. So back off!" Seto said aggressively stepping in between the headmaster and the Pharaoh.

Albus took advantage of the boy glaring directly at him and tried to break into his mind hoping he would be more successful. Albus could feel a slightly weakened mental state but all he got were some surface thoughts from the icy brunette.

Seto felt the intrusion and decided it was worth a minor headache to let the man see his current thoughts. He was thinking of all the different ways he could kill Dumbledore and make it look like an accident. After a few of those thoughts he quickly looked away from the old man and reinforced his shields the best he could.

Albus backed off and was a bit pale. "Well Mr. Kaiba that's quite creative. Hopefully we can come to an understanding sooner than later."

He sighed giving up for the evening quite exhausted himself and a bit disturbed from seeing his death in quite a few unusual ways. He fire-called Elphias to escort Miss Nkosi back to the dorm.

"Come I shall take you back to your dorm. We will have another discussion about your magic at a later time and I expect you two to be more cooperative and forthcoming." Albus told the teens in warning.

Seto and Atem didn't even bother to respond. They were exhausted and just focused on walking back to their dorm room so they could pass out.

When the two teens arrived back to the dorm the others were already back and waiting anxiously for the return of the Pharaoh and High Priest. Mana ran immediately to Atem and hugged him. As the adults left, all the mages slumped on the squashy couches and they filled each other in on what had happened.

They soon went to sleep dreading what Dumbledore had up his sleeves to get the information he wanted.