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 here is the second part of the original chapter 9. Sorry I am moving slow on this part of the revision. This needed a lot of revision. I hope it is still entertaining. This is a really long day/chapter compared to what I normally post.
Also please note I have something coming up in the upcoming week so I will not be able to work on or get any more revised chapters up until after next Wednesday unless I can get another out before this upcoming Friday. After next Wednesday I will get my bootie going again.
Thank you again to everyone who is reading my story. Another thank you to those who are reviewing. It helps to know that you guys are really there. I appreciate your encouragement and ideas. :)
/mindspeech one on one/
[Group Mindspeech]
Things you need to know:
Remember this is still the day after the attack on Hogwarts
Decree #26 "Teachers are hereby banned from giving students any information that is not strictly related to the subjects they are paid to teach"
Mind links: ok so I admit it's a bit of a plot hole and I have ignored it. So here is what I have finally decided at least for now. I still might change my mind because for some reason I'm still not entirely sure what I want. But for right now only those tied to ancient Egypt have unblocked access to one another meaning the bracelets can't block this. However distance still can and the mages do not keep these links open all the time. Having that many people in one's head would drive someone crazy. As far as this story is concerned I would say no farther than what I have already used which is from the Gryffindor tower area to the Headmaster's office which I imagine isn't that close but yet not that far away. Now for future shadow mages I have a few different ideas in mind for getting a hold of the mages. Since they will be all over the world they need a way to contact the court if they need help. So if I need to make a decision in this story on it I will but not yet.
Potion of Illusion: transfigures a person into the closest person to them for a period of time (this is not a harry potter potion I got it from somewhere else and this is actually what this potion does) I am taking liberties on the amount of time and using images instead of people.
Chapter 19
Friday, January 23rd (still)
"Let's head down for breakfast. Now as for Defense we will continue tutoring at every night. You pick up spells fairly quickly we just have to teach them to you. I do suggest however you speak with Potter and Granger about their weekend extracurricular activities it might be of some help." Severus told the teens once they had finished packing up.
Harry woke up that morning still slightly annoyed at Marik and Ryou for not letting him sneak down to help fight last night. He shook his head at his thoughts slightly confused. Shrugging his shoulders he joined his friends and walked down to breakfast complaining with Ron the whole way about the interference.
The Gryffindors ran into Hagrid on their way to the Great Hall and he looked even more battered and bruised then he did when returned to the castle.
"Hagrid are you all right?" Harry asked concerned for the man.
"It's nothin Harry. I'm fine." Hagrid told the boy.
"Did you revise your lessons, Hagrid?" Hermione asked tentatively hoping that Hagrid did so he could avoid Umbridge's wrath.
"Na, Hermione. It's too late. She already put me on probation. Won't be long before she gets rid of me. So I might as well teach you guys what I want until then. But don't worry about me. Go on now get to breakfast."
Great Hall
The three teens were not thrilled to hear that news but did as they were told. They slowly walked into the Great Hall wondering who was going to get fired first Hagrid or Trelawney.
Theo sat down at the Slytherin table for breakfast with the others and soon got an owl from his father. He opened the letter immediately curious about what his father might want. He paled at the contents. Atem hadn't been completely truthful on why he and the others were unwilling students. He needed to talk to Atem but with the way the schedules were set up he would have to wait until after dinner.
Draco watched Theo and his other friends. He couldn't figure out the boy's angle, hanging out with known neutrals. He saw him receive a letter and wondered if it was from his father. He guessed it probably was since his father was also at the battle last night. Maybe Theo would help him find a way to question the mages. They were not what one would call close but their fathers worked together very closely. Draco then turned his attention towards the objects of his anger and glared hatefully. At least they were eating at their own table for this meal.
The mages made it down to breakfast shortly after the Gryffindor trio and sat down next to them. Harry seemed miffed and a bit distracted by Ginny and Ron so the mages did their own thing. Though Harry looked away from Ron and Ginny every once in a while seemingly contemplating something. Hermione was ignoring everyone while reading the Dailey Prophet along with Neville about the attack last night. The twins grabbed Marik and Ryou immediately upon entrance to plan a new prank.
Daphne got up from the Slytherin table and dragged Tracey Davis with her demanding she get to know her new friends, and made her way over to Mana as soon as the mages sat down. She didn't want to deal with her house and the aftermath of last night's attack.
Mana was looking at a book called, "Muggles, Magic, and Pranks", which the twins had let Marik and Bakura borrow since they didn't understand most of what it was talking about.
Mana greeted the girls excitedly. You have to check this prank out. I think I have to try this!" Mana gushed as she showed the girls the "True Blue Spell" not getting the reference one bit but still excited about the idea of it.
"Aw they are so cute!" Daphne loved the pictures in the books though she totally didn't get the reference either.
Tracey on the other hand had watched television before as a little kid so she was giggling uncontrollably while wondering what kind of chaos that would create.
Tracey went into a long explanation about the cartoon the book was referencing. They started giggling uncontrollably to the point the boys were looking a bit frightened. The three girls ignored the boys and studied what was needed and planned to bug Dobby for the materials as soon as they finished girls ate quickly and suddenly excused themselves promising to return before the end of breakfast. Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched the girls go curiously.
Everywhere around the Great Hall you could hear snippets of gossip about the Sirius Black, the Death Eater escapees, and the attack they were involved in from the previous night. Except from the mages who really didn't want to deal with last night and all that it entailed.
"Look at this you guys." Hermione said anxiously as she got everyone's attention and showed everyone the article on the ministry worker that died.
"Who was this Bode guy?" Yugi asked curiously after skimming the article.
"It sounds familiar…" Ron said trying to remember where he had heard the name before. "Oh yeah he was in the hospital while dad was in there." Ron said finally remembering.
"Now that you say that he does seem familiar." Fred said pausing in the prank planning with his brother and the twin pyros to listen to the others.
"I remember that plant being delivered to him as a Christmas present." George added.
"I am surprised we didn't recognize it unlike Ronnikins over there we actually know what Devil's Snare looks like." Fred added smirking at his now annoyed younger brother.
"Hey I know what it looks like. It's just who would expect that kind of plant to turn up in the hospital." Ron defended glaring at his brothers who were cracking up at his expense.
"I just read about that plant. Whoever gave it to that Bode guy was definitely trying to kill the guy. There is no way the person who potted the plant would mistake Devil's Snare for anything else." Seto added in remembering one of Snape's recent herbology lessons.
"Kaiba's right it was murder, a clever one at that." Hermione agreed.
Harry sat there thinking while listening to the conversation wondering why that name was so familiar to him and suddenly it came to him. "I remember this guy. I saw him on the day of my hearing."
Hermione's eyes grew wide and spoke loudly as it finally came to her, "Now I remember! He was an Unspeakable and worked in the Department of Mysteries."
"Didn't you say that's the place you have been seeing in your dreams?" Ryou asked curiously.
"Yea, we think there is something that Voldemort wants down there." Harry answered.
"I wonder if the professors know anything more." Yugi mused as he watched three of them converse quietly at the staff table.
Harry's face darkened briefly as he thought about the lack of information they would get. "If they do, we certainly won't find out about it with Decree number twenty-six."
"Maybe she will talk about last night's attack in DADA today or maybe it will change how she teaches the class now that there is proof of danger." Ryou said thoughtfully desperately wanting better defense lessons.
"Doubt it! That toad probably couldn't teach us even if she wanted too." Ron answered while shoving more food in his mouth.
"We seriously need to learn how to defend ourselves. I wish Umbridge wasn't so worthless." Marik whined hating feeling so absolutely defenseless.
The Golden Trio and the Weasley clan all looked to one another and seemed to make a silent decision.
Hermione was the one to speak up, "We can help you with that little issue." She said quietly as she took out some gold coins and gave one to each of the mages.
"What is it that you are doing?" Yugi asked Hermione.
"Well every weekend a bunch of us secretly meet and practice DADA." Hermione whispered barely audible.
"We would love for you all to join us." Harry added hoping that the mages would join them.
Everyone agreed that it would be worth trying and agreed to join. Hermione passed a piece of parchment for them to sign.
Once that was settled Bakura and Marik continued to plan with the twins until the three girls suddenly returned and interrupted.
"Marik, Ryou can you do us a favor today?" Mana asked sweetly smiling at the two crazy priests.
"What is it you need?" Marik asked his future queen.
"Well you see we have a little experiment we would like to try but…we need some potions made. I don't start classes until Monday and well…you two never do the potions assignments anyways so we were wondering if you could make the potion of illusion for at least two people and the potion used for the True Blue spell?" Mana asked smiling excitedly while showing the boys the two potions in the book.
"We already asked Dobby to retrieve everything we need so you wouldn't even have to take anything from Professor Snape." Daphne added hoping they would do this for multiple reasons. One being no explosions for one morning which would be a miracle and this little distraction could prove to be entertaining.
Marik and Bakura had already had plans for this morning's potions class which included destroying cauldrons and looked about ready to protest but then thought better of this decision after one look from the Pharaoh that said you will indulge your future queen or you will have me to deal with which changed their minds quickly. They said yes and the looks of excitement on the three girls' faces actually made their acquiescence worth it.
Breakfast had finally ended and while everyone left the Great Hall to head to class Bakura and Marik snuck back to the dorms to grab the materials Dobby had gotten for the girls along with pigs feet, pigs flesh, and some truffles for a potion they were originally going to make at another time.
Potions Class
The insane mages made it to class barely on time and sat at the farthest table from the front of the room. They needed Snape to ignore them to complete the three different potions they were working on.
Severus walked into the classroom and blatantly ignored the mages. They couldn't do too much damage if they brewed the potion he had planned. It was just a simple antiseptic potion for wound cleaning. They were sitting alone in the back of the room so at least everyone else should be safe if they did manage something.
Marik and Bakura ignored the ingredients on the board and grabbed the few ingredients they needed for their own potion and quietly got to work. They quietly finished their potions and stuffed them in their robes trying to be as discreet as possible.
Severus seriously thought he was delusional. He had made it through a class with the terrible twin pyros with no explosions or melted cauldrons. Something must be wrong. That or they were up to something. He watched them suspiciously as they exited out of the classroom.
Once class was finished all the students left the classroom talking about how peaceful the class had been and were completely shocked at this turn of events. Well, all accept for Tracey and Daphne who met up with the crazy transfers and got their potions from the boys. The girls planned on meeting with Mana during the fifteen minute passing period right before lunch so their plan could begin during lunch.
The mages headed for their next class after handing the girls their potions. The Gryffindor students' hadn't waited for them so they spoke freely of their plans for Umbridge.
"So is operation "Make Umbridge Useful" still on our agenda for today?" Atem asked the others.
"Definitely. I cannot stand another minute of her class without something to do." Marik whined.
"I just hope we don't get caught." Ryou said cautiously as they headed towards class.
"It will be fine and besides I need more practice using the rod." Seto stated arrogantly as they walked into the classroom.
DADA
Umbridge greeted the students in her usual patronizing voice and began class. "Today you will read chapter ten and copy it four times over."
Marik glared at the woman and raised his hand. "Yes Mr. Ishtar," came the sickly sweet voice of the toad like woman in too much pink.
"Since we were attacked last night shouldn't we be learning the actual spells since we cannot protect ourselves using theory?"
"As I have stated before theoretical knowledge should be sufficient to get you through your exams. And you have no need to protect yourselves that is what Aurors and the Ministry is for. Last night was dreadful but as you can see we were all safe because we had trained professionals there to protect us. Students do not need to concern themselves with adult matters," lectured Umbridge who was still miffed that the Dementors would dare go against the Ministry and that she had ended up in the hospital wing.
The mages glared at the woman in front of them and Marik looked over to Seto giving him a pleading look.
Seto smirked at the others, took control of Umbridge, and subtly encouraged her to teach them practical defense instead of the theory. This way she should flow naturally into a lesson on a defense spell she knew. After about fifteen minutes of waiting Seto's nudges with the rod kicked in.
"Alright class I have changed my mind. Everyone put their books away and get out your wands. Today we will be learning the spell Everte Statum. This particular spell throws a person backwards so if someone is attacking you physically this spell should help give you more time to properly defend yourself. Now take your wands out and get into partners we will try the spell a few times." Dolores said as she cast a spell to cushion the walls and floor.
The students were staring at their professor like she had grown another head. She chided them to move faster and the students came out of their shock induced fog and did as they were told. Hermione and Malfoy immediately looked over to the mages suspiciously but they were doing what everyone else was doing and didn't seem distracted by concentrating on any other spells.
Draco knew the mages had different magicks but he also knew Dumbledore had limited their access to their magic. He didn't really know much about shadow magick so he couldn't figure out how they were controlling Umbridge but he was positive one of them was. He was also sure that they could not have learned the imperious curse already. He continued to watch them carefully while plotting ways to get one of them alone for his own personal interrogation.
Hermione was also suspicious of the mages. They seemed like nice enough guys and she really liked Mana. Harry also really liked them but she seriously suspected them of using dark magic. She was almost positive they were somehow controlling Professor Umbridge. She decided to head to the library before dinner since she had a free period and do some research. She had to go there anyways to look up stuff about things that could alter personalities because of Harry's odd moods lately.
Class finally ended and everyone left the classroom stunned as they headed down for lunch. They couldn't believe Umbridge had changed her mind. Daphne and Tracey broke off from everyone to meet Mana down in the kitchens. The three girls convinced the elves to add their illusion potions to the Headmaster and Umbridge's drinks. The house elves really held no love for either adult and so had no problem in helping the children with harmless pranks. The house elves had also promised that the images they needed would be on their targets' plates when they sat down for lunch so they would be impossible to miss.
Girls' Prank
The girls quickly left DADA and found an empty room as close to the Great Hall as possible to finish their prank. Mana placed a small blue clay figurine with white pants and a white cap onto the floor. Then she poured the True Blue potion all over the clay figurine. It would provide the personality of the cartoon characters her figure would portray.
Mana, Daphne, and Tracey said the incantation together to finish the first part of the spell by pushing their power through their wands and chanting "Et nunc, cum virtute omnibus praeceptum, Lutum fieri Smurf, et ante me stare," as a jet of blue light poured from their wands into the little blue figurine.
They hoped with the amount of power they were using that it would make the spell impossible to dispel and make the little blue creatures last longer. Based on the spell in the book it should work perfectly.
The next step Mana did on her own. She cast Geminio on her little figurine and it started slowly multiplying. "How many copies will this spell make?" Mana asked the other two as the spell kept slowly multiplying her little creature.
"Um…I think they multiply until the spell is cancelled." Tracey said trying to remember how that spell worked.
"Oh how do we cancel it when we get enough?" Mana asked curiously.
"The caster has to cancel the spell with finite incantatem, I think," Daphne answered not entirely sure since she had never cast that spell before. All she knew was that the caster had to cancel the spell.
"Hmmm….ok well I will cancel it after we get into the Great Hall so that way we have a lot of these cute little guys."
"Now to animate them!" Daphne stated excitedly.
The girls again did this part together so they could all control their creations. They chanted Vivifors unum diem together and watched the magic flow over their creation and come to life.
The girls giggled excitedly and gave their orders to the blue creatures.
"Ok Smurfs your job is to find Papa Smurf and stay with him as much as possible. He will protect you from the evil Gargomel." Mana began.
"Now, he may play hide and seek with you but make sure you always find him." Tracey added smirking wickedly.
"Oh, and he loves answering questions so make sure you ask lots of them. And when he does answer a question, make sure to always ask why to show him you are trying to learn everything he has to teach." Daphne said unable to control her laughter as she said this.
"Also he loves the Smurf song so feel free to sing that whenever you are not asking him questions. In fact when you come into the Great Hall you should come in singing!" Mana said gleefully.
"Now beware their voices might be different. But do not be fooled. Papa Smurf is still the Smurf to follow and Gargomel is still out to get you." Tracey told the cute little creatures.
Daphne conjured a timer and told the Smurfs to wait until the bell went off before coming to find Papa Smurf. The girls then exited the room and went to lunch deciding to sit with the Gryffindors so they could get a good look when the Smurfs came marching in.
Meanwhile the mages had arrived and sat down with the Gryffindor students.
"What the bloody hell just happened in defense?" Ron asked as everyone sat down. He was glad the transfer students decided to sit where they belonged for once.
"Language Ronald! It was a bit odd though how she just suddenly changed her mind almost as if someone was controlling her." Hermione said nonchalantly while looking at the mages directly.
"Hmm…that is odd." Atem said completely ignoring her look and in a tone that said drop it now.
Hermione dropped it for now but figured she could broach the subject again in a not so public place.
Atem greeted Mana warmly when she and the two Slytherin girls arrived at the Gryffindor table. All three were smiling and giggling. Hermione looked at them questioningly not knowing what was going on because she had been reading the Daily Prophet when they planned their little prank.
The girls watched as their two targets looked at their plates in confusion at the pictures they saw. Both moved the pictures aside and began to eat and drink. The change didn't take long. Soon Dumbledore's skin had turned bright blue and his beard had shortened considerably. When the transfiguration had finished he couldn't reach the table anymore. Umbridge's transformation was a bit more drastic since she turned into a balding man with black sideburns and a black robe similar to Snape's only a bit rattier. Both took on the full physical features of the tv characters.
The entire Great Hall watched on in shocked silence once they realized something was going on. Then suddenly the doors to the Great Hall opened and in came hundreds of little blue Smurfs singing.
Smurfs: (sung in unison) La la la-la la la, sing a happy song. La la la-la la la, Smurf the whole day long. La la la-la la la, Smurf along with me!, La la la-la la la, Simple as can be, Next time you're feeling blue just let a smile begin, Happy things will come to you... So smurf yourself a grin!
Seto got an idea and remembered Mokuba watching this show when he was a few years younger. So he knew the song way too well. He discreetly used his rod and mind controlled Umbridge to say Gargomel's part.
Gargomel/Umbridge: (spoken) Oooooo I hate Smurfs! I'll get you, I'll get all of you if it's the last thing I ever do! Hee hee hee hee ha ha ha ha!
Mana and the other two girls got a surprised but delightful look on their faces when Umbridge stood up and played her part. Though Daphne and Tracey were a bit confused since they were pretty sure the potions didn't do that.
The muggle-born and half-blood kids who had watched tv in their younger years started laughing hysterically as the life-like Smurfs made it up to the head table and stopped singing only to clamor around "Papa Smurf".
Albus tried finite incantatem but unfortunately for him it didn't work and he had hundreds of little blue creatures trying to get close to him and talk with him. Chaos ensued as the Smurfs were chatting and singing vying for Dumbledore's attention while Umbridge tried blasting them but for some reason there just seemed to be more of them. Someone may have forgotten to stop the Geminio spell…
Daphne realizing they were still multiplying poked Mana and quietly asked her if she had remembered to stop the spell.
"Oops!" Mana took her wand and discreetly cast Finite Incantatem. "Uh oh…um Daphne it didn't work! What did I do wrong?" Mana asked quietly.
"That's not good…well we will have to look up the counter curse if Finite isn't it." Tracey told the other two.
"Well at least we only cast the spell to last for 24 hours." Mana said hoping they could find the counter-curse before the school was overwhelmed with Smurfs.
Their attention was drawn once again to Albus fleeing the Great Hall with hundreds of Smurfs following him and a pissed off Umbridge chasing after trying to blast as many as possible.
When everything had calmed down the other teachers banished the bits of blue clay that landed everywhere from Umbridge blasting the little creatures. The students continued to eat while the muggle-born students were smirking and laughing as they explained the joke to the ones who had no clue what had just happened.
The rest of the day went by fairly smoothly except when a bunch of Smurfs wandered through classrooms looking for Papa Smurf who seemed to be hiding from them. Most teachers began banishing as many as possible since there were gobs of them running all over the school at this point. Someone really needed to figure out the counter-curse to the Geminio spell.
McGonagall was so annoyed and desperate she actually stooped to bribery saying if someone would lift the Geminio spell they would not get into trouble for their creative prank. Unfortunately for the teachers the girls had no intention in getting caught and none of them knew the proper counter-curse.
Library
After transfiguration class Hermione could be found in the library looking into Harry's odd behavior from last night but so far she wasn't having any luck. While she was focused on her research she didn't see the person who walked into the library and was now sitting across from her. She felt as if she was being watched and looked up startled to see Atem sitting across from her.
"Atem what are you doing here?" Hermione asked quietly surprised to see the mage alone. The mages were rarely seen on their own.
"The others are working on homework in Unity Commons with other students who do not have an elective this period and I decided I wanted to study some other topics so I came here. The schedule we are working at is a bit exhausting and it's nice to get away once in a while." Atem explained while ranting internally about having been escorted by one of his priests since they didn't want him wandering without at least one of them because of last night's attack. At least he convinced him that he was safe in the library and his link worked just fine in there should he get into trouble.
"What are you going to study?" Hermione said as she tried to see what books Atem had set on the table.
"I was going to look into current laws, the set-up of your enclave's government, and maybe some recent history." Atem answered.
The two sat quietly reading their books for a few minutes until Hermione couldn't stand it anymore. She had so many questions. She wondered if he would talk to her since they were alone.
"Why and how are you guys controlling Professor Umbridge?" Hermione just finally bluntly asked.
Atem looked up not in the least bit surprised she asked one of her many questions that was eating at her but he was surprised she hadn't gotten the hint to drop this one.
"What would it matter if someone was controlling her? I certainly liked today better than her previous lessons." Atem argued not really answering the question.
"It's illegal. It's one of the three unforgiveable curses." Hermione admonished.
"What's an unforgiveable curse?" Atem asked not having heard of that term yet.
Hermione sighed and went into lecture mode. "There are three curses that are considered very dark and some of the most powerful curses in our world. There is the Killing Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Imperious Curse. The first one well obviously kills you. The second one is a torture curse and the third one controls the mind of another."
"Magic is not as black and white or strictly good versus evil like you wizards seem to think. Magic is simply a form of energy that can be used for good or evil. The spell itself doesn't make it good or evil but the intent. For example if someone threatened my life or that of someone I cared about I wouldn't hesitate to protect them or myself by any means I have and if that means taking the enemy out then so be it." Atem said in their defense. Though he admitted to himself influencing Umbridge's mind was probably not the nicest of things but that didn't make them evil just practical they needed defense lessons to survive in this world.
"That is true," Hermione said thoughtfully actually thinking of scenarios in her head where the killing curse and imperio curse could actually be beneficial or needed for defense. Though, she couldn't think of anything beneficial for the torture curse.
"You know we have different magic and that we were kidnapped because of it. Do you think we are evil?" Atem asked the overly curious girl.
"What? No..," Hermione stammered. She didn't want Atem to know of her suspicions or that she was attempting to research them. "But it's not like I understand what your magic is or how or why it's different from ours here in England. It's not like you have been very forthcoming about it."
"That is true." Atem conceded but refusing to give any information. The girl was too smart for her own good.
Hermione gave up out of frustration. She knew Atem was right there were definite grey areas in the world. The muggle world was full of grey areas but in the wizarding world it was easy to forget that since everything seemed so black and white. You were either good or bad with no in-between. However, with his lack of answer she was even more convinced one of them was doing something to Umbridge.
"We should probably head to dinner." Atem suggested realizing he would get no research done today. He could tell Hermione had more questions and probably ones he didn't want to answer. The left the library and headed to the Great Hall only running into a few Smurfs in the hallway which made both of them smile.
Great Hall Dinner
During dinner the mages all sat with their Slytherin friends much to the disgust of Ron. Harry and Hermione stayed at the Gryffindor table not wanting to abandon Ron and Ginny.
The twins not really caring what anyone thought left their friends and joined the mages at the Slytherin table.
Draco glared hatefully at the mages. One of them was responsible for what happened to his father. He needed to find a way to get one alone and find out who did it. He was still waiting for an opportunity to strike. As long as he didn't leave any permanent damage he would technically still be obeying the Dark Lord's orders. One of those mages would belong to him when the Dark Lord was through with them. That mage would pay.
The teens were conversing about the day, the Smurfs stalking Dumbledore even though he had somehow reversed the illusion potion, and the success of Unity Commons. Students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw had already begun intermixing seating arrangements at meal time. Most of the Gryffindors seemed to still be holding out along with a large portion of Slytherins. Though, Katie Bell, Alicia Spinnet, and Angelina Johnson could be found at the Ravenclaw table hanging out with Cho Chang.
At the Slytherin table you could hear Daphne complaining to Mana about Ryou and Bakura's normal potions activities and her explaining what DADA would be like when she started classes on Monday.
Theo was unusually quiet this evening because he was still contemplating the letter from his father. He finished his meal and finally spoke. "Atem, can I talk to you privately please?"
The question got all the mages attention who were hesitant to let the Pharaoh go too far from them alone where his link seemed to not work. Especially after Snape's lecture from earlier that morning about pissing off the Slytherins because of Atem's attack. Not that the Slytherins knew who took out the elder Malfoy but still.
Atem spoke before his priests took the choice from him. He could see it in their eyes. "Yes. Why don't we go now since not everyone is finished with dinner yet?" Atem glared at his priests daring them to go against his wishes.
Mana just looked worried but he smiled reassuringly at her. The others backed down keeping their protests silent but were still obviously concerned. Terrence and Adrian looked at the non-confrontation a bit confused wondering if their new friends still didn't trust them because of them being Slytherins.
Atem and Theo made their way out of the Great Hall and headed for the Slytherin dorm rooms. Severus watched the two boys leave and immediately began to stand up himself but was stopped by the Headmaster.
"Leave them Severus. I believe Mr. Ishtar will learn that Slytherins are not people to be consorting with after tonight if we let things play out. Mr. Nott's a faithful servant of Voldemort and I am guessing the letter young Theodore got this morning was from his father about last night." Dumbledore told his professor quietly so as not to be overheard by the others. Though with the Smurfs stalking him and chattering constantly he was pretty sure no one could hear him outside of Severus who was directly next to him. He had put up a proximity ward to keep the blue singing creatures at bay during dinner but they were still very loud.
"Headmaster you cannot be serious. Some of the Slytherin students will surely seek revenge." Severus said not really thinking Theo was the real issue though he was not one hundred percent sure where the boys loyalties were.
"Be that as it may a lesson needs to be learned tonight. Why don't you and Remus round up the others and seal them in their dorm room until whatever happens tonight concludes." Albus ordered.
Severus glared but acquiesced.
Back at the table Adrian questioned the other transfers. "Why didn't you want Atem to go with Theo?"
"Do you not trust us because of our house?" Terrence asked with slight hurt in his grey-blue eyes.
"No! That's not it at all." Yugi stated trying to convey his sincerity to the four Slytherins still sitting with them.
"It just after last night we are bit concerned about some of the other students." Ryou said quietly trying to emphasize that he really did mean others and not them.
"What about last night? It's safe I put up a privacy charm." Adrian said while putting up a Muffliato Charm from underneath the table once he realized that this conversation was probably sensitive in nature.
"You read the newspaper this morning correct?" Marik asked the others.
They nodded their heads affirmatively and waited for him to continue.
"Well two of us were involved in defending Hogwarts and one of us may have taken out Lucius Malfoy." Marik stated trying not to give too much away.
The four Slytherins paled.
"We will go keep an eye on things." Daphne told the other transfers.
"Yea it will be less obvious if we leave now. And if something happens we can come get help." Tracey agreed.
They all agreed that would be a good idea and relaxed a little bit.
Draco watched as Theo and one of his targets got up and left the Great Hall. Where could those two be going? They might be headed to the common room. Maybe Theo was helping him get his answers. His father was as loyal as his own father to the Dark Lord so even though they themselves were not close his father may have requested that Theo help Draco out. He had made it clear earlier today that he wanted to get one of them alone to the rest of the Slytherins so that would explain why Theo left with one of them.
Draco quietly signaled his friends and they left in pairs a few minutes spread apart so it didn't look too suspicious. Draco had decided that while he wasn't technically allowed revenge a little pain never hurt anyone too much and he wanted to know who had taken his father's soul.
Slytherin Dorms
Atem and Theo could be found in the 5th year dorm room so as to avoid any other Slytherins who may have been finished with dinner early as well and his roommates were still in the Great Hall so he wasn't too worried about them.
Atem took a moment to look at the dorm room. It was dark but oddly peaceful with its dark walls and high vaulted ceiling. The five beds lay along the walls of the rectangular room. On the furthest wall from the entrance were tall cathedral like windows looking out into the depths of the lake. In the middle was a large window with two pillars with emerald eyed snakes coiling around them and a window seat in between the pillars where Atem made himself comfortable waiting patiently for Theo to start talking. Theo paced for a minute and then finally turned and looked at his new friend.
"I want to ask for right of asylum before we talk about anything. I know you have enough authority in Egypt to grant this." Theo began knowing he would be called traitor once he allied himself to this Pharaoh.
Atem paled. Somehow Theo had learned quite a bit about him and his priests. "Do you understand what you are asking? If I grant you asylum you would return with us to Egypt and be under my rule. And being under me…there are so many secrets that you would learn. Once you returned to England I am not sure I could allow you to remember everything you would learn about me and my people. You would lose your family, friends, and your home here until such a time it was deemed safe for you to return. And there is no way to know if there will be anything left for you here once your wizarding war ends. What could you possibly have learned that is worth giving up everything you have ever known?" Atem questioned wanting to make sure the teen understood what he was asking.
Theo looked at the royal in front of him with determination. He didn't want to fight at the age of fifteen in the service of a sociopathic whack job. He wanted freedom from the corruption that plagued this land and from what he could tell of this person he was getting to know was that this king was worthy of his title.
"I understand what I am asking for and what that might entail from one such as you. Again I ask for asylum in the land of Egypt." Theo stated confidently.
Atem sighed wondering if this would drain him magically. But he would not refuse the teen. The Medjai had taught him what to do if someone sought sanctuary under his rule. "Alright if that is your wish. Come here and we will say the oaths to put you under my protection."
Theo stepped closer and knelt before the Pharaoh. Atem grabbed the boy's wrist gently and concentrated.
"I Theodore Nott seek sanctuary and swear on my honor and my magic, that I will in the future be faithful to Pharaoh Atem and his court, never cause him or his harm and will observe my homage to him completely against all persons in good faith and without deceit for as long as I remain under his protection. So mote it be."
Theo watched as the eye of Horus appeared on the Pharaoh's forehead and began to glow as he said his part of the magical oath. Both of their hands and wrists were connected by thin gold magical cords.
"I Pharaoh Atem son of Pharaoh Aknamkanon, swear on my honor and the Gods of Egypt that I will in the future protect Theodore Nott from his enemies to the best of my abilities. So it is said, so it is written."
The glowing cord sank into them and pooled around Theo's wrist as an eye of Horus tattoo appeared there.
"The Gods have accepted our oaths and have bound you to me." Atem told his younger friend.
"Thank you my Pharaoh." Theo said respectfully to his new king relieved he no longer was bound to the Ministry or Voldemort. "So I guess now I owe you an explanation of what is going on." Theo said as he sat down next to his king.
"It would be appreciated." Atem commented drily smiling at his friend.
"My father is a Death Eater and he sent me a letter early this morning telling me everything he knows about you and your priests. I felt there was more to it so I immediately called my house elf and sent him to Egypt and got my hands on some Egyptian newspapers from the last year. Then I spent my day pretending to be ill and found the missing information from the Dark Lord's Intel.
"So what exactly does the Dark Lord know about us?" Atem asked
"He knows you are prisoners of the headmaster, your shadow magick has been diminished, that you are descendants of some nameless pharaoh and other ancient Egyptians from 3,000 years ago though I think there is more to that story since none of the death eaters can find much information on that time period. I know that you are supposed to be coronated officially this summer as Pharaoh over magical Egypt but again I think there is more to that story as well."
"It appears you are more informed than Dumbles and Voldie. You are right that there is more to my story than meets the eye. The Nameless Pharaoh's reign and history should have stayed buried in the sands of Egypt but there are many who know the truth. It is not time for me to reveal that particular secret but you are correct that I will be taking my rightful place as Pharaoh of Magical Egypt and of Upper Egypt which is inhabited by the twelve Medjai clans who have been serving Egypt and its Gods for thousands of years. You will be staying in clan territory so it would be best if I and the others teach you about them and our ways."
"So tell me what drove you to ask for sanctuary. It couldn't just have to do with the truth about me and my priests."
"No, as disturbing as it was to find out that you were kidnapped by Dumbledore and the Dark Lord was after you it isn't the main reason I ask for sanctuary. In the letter from my father he insisted that I use our friendship to aid the Dark Lord and then he informed me that I would be taking the mark when I turn sixteen which isn't that far off. I have no interest in helping the Dark Lord acquire you or your priests, nor do I want to become a Death Eater."
My father also told me what you did to Lucius Malfoy. He was there right beside the Dark Lord and Malfoy. He told me about how you fought off the Dementors."
"I was aiming for Voldie. My spell got thrown off its course." Atem growled darkly.
"Regardless you took out Lucius Malfoy one of Voldemort's top ranking Death Eaters. Draco is apoplectic and wants to know what happened. So I should probably get you out of here before he and the others return from dinner. This maybe one of the safest places to talk to avoid the Headmaster and his people but I should have thought this through better with Draco on a rampage. We need to get you out of here." Theo said standing up from the window seat.
Draco, Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle entered the room just as the two boys were standing up to leave.
"Well done Theo. And here I thought you were a traitor. I guess I was wrong if you brought me his majesty himself to question about last night." Draco said looking pleased that he was right and Theo had led the mage to the Slytherin dorms.
Theo paled considerably and made a snap decision. He grabbed Atem and pushed him forward towards the other four. "I was wondering if you were going to actually show up. Took you long enough Draco." Theo drawled as he strolled past the others to head out. "Have fun with your interrogation but don't forget he belongs to the Dark Lord." Theo added as he walked out the door ignoring Atem's look of betrayal.
Crabbe and Goyle had Atem subdued as soon as Theo had pushed him their way. Atem was cursing his stupidity. With the events of last night he probably should have been more cautious. With his link not working he had no way to call for help so he had to hope help would get there soon.
"Well your royal highness it looks like you need to pick your friends better. Now you will be answering a question I have been wanting to ask since I found out what happened during last night's little foray against the Dark Lord." Draco sneered as he and Blaise got closer to their captive in a threatening manner.
"Release me at once!" Atem ordered trying to stall for time.
"Not until I get the information I want. Who took my father's soul?" Draco snarled out barely containing his anger as he pulled out his wand and pointed it at Atem. "Tell me now!"
Atem stayed silent. There was no point in denying anything but at the same time he didn't want the boy to know it was him.
"Fine! Everberus!" Draco said lazily enjoying the surprised and pained look on his captive's face.
"I will tell you nothing." Atem responded in clear defiance though slightly out of breath from the magical punch to the ribs.
Draco got an evil glint in his eye and smiled at his captive. Though there was no warmth on the blonde's facial features just cold malice. "Fine you don't want to talk, then I suppose I can try some new spells I learned over Christmas, Electricum Impulsae"
Draco cast a few more painful spells and Atem grunted in pain. The only thing holding him up were the two gorillas restraining him. He decided to tell the boy the truth. It's not like he planned on returning the soul to the body even if he could. Odds were it would be a long while before the soul would put itself back together again.
"Fine you want to know what happened to your father last night!" Atem said wincing from the pain. He was pretty sure the brat broke some of his ribs.
"Your father experienced an overpowered Soul Fire spell that was meant for Voldipants. The spell was thrown off course and hit him instead."
"What is that spell and who cast it?" Draco asked impatiently but glad to be getting some answers.
"It's a nasty shadow spell that literally burns the victims soul from their body and sends the tattered soul off to put itself back together from its shattered state." Atem told the boy nastily deciding on bluntness for sheer vindictiveness. He was in too much pain at the moment to care. The boy would seek his revenge on him regardless once he knew it was him anyways.
"And who did this to him?" Draco pushed.
"I did." Atem whispered looking directly at the boy with cold indifference.
"Lacero" Draco cast in a fit of rage. Luckily his aim wasn't spectacular and Blaise stopped him before he could do too much damage to the young royal.
Draco couldn't believe it the one the Dark Lord needed for the ritual was the one responsible. He wanted to throw more cutting curses at the Pharaoh but didn't have the opportunity to cause any more damage.
Snape suddenly stormed into the dorm room looking like the evil vampire everyone claimed him to be followed by three Slytherin boys.
"What is going on here?" Snape roared scaring the four 5th years while observing his injured charge.
Crabbe and Goyle immediately released Atem who dropped to the ground breathing heavily. Theo immediately headed for the Pharaoh and helped him up on the side that wasn't bleeding.
"Sorry that took so long. Getting around some of the 6th and 7th years proved to be difficult. I can tell you more later. Luckily Professor Snape, Terrence, and Adrian arrived and got the others to back down." Theo said feeling awful for leaving Atem to Draco's tender mercies.
"I think you made it just in time. I think I really pissed off Malfoy. Pretty sure he was going to ignore his orders of keeping me alive." Atem rasped out quietly hanging onto Theo just to keep himself standing.
"Detention! All four of you for a week with Filch and 80 points from Slytherin for attacking a fellow student." Severus raged at the four 5th year students.
"But that's not fair we were just having a conversation." Draco argued.
"I think not. Do not argue with me or I will add more days and deduct more points. Now get to bed. Boys get Mr. Ishtar to Madam Pomfrey immediately." Severus ordered worried over the state of his charge. It was going to be a long night.
Smurf Prank
1. Make a Smurf: either by hand or Transfigure clay
Blue and White clay mold them into smurf figurines
2. Make a Smurf act like a Smurf: (True Blue Spell)
Potion: Once the ingredients have been added, an incantation must be said before a wand is used to finish the spell. The incantation goes:
"And now with the power of all I command, clay become Smurf, and before me stand."
Et nunc, cum virtute omnibus praeceptum, Lutum fieri Smurf, et ante me stare
3. Make a Smurf Army:
Multiply clay figures: Multiplicamini lutum figuris or Geminio: (juh-MIN-ee-oh) Duplicates an object until caster cancels it. Bellatrix used this curse on her vault.
nolite multiplicare=stop multiply
4. Animate Smurf Army:
Vivifors: VIH-vih-fors (one day: unum diem)
A charm which causes an object to spring to life for a short amount of time. The animated object can be commanded by the caster to do his/her bidding.
Show ran 1981-1990 target age range that watched show approx. 5-11 older kids watch this too so that's just approx.
5th year took place in 1995-96 school year