Unwilling Students

Yugioh/HP Crossover

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

AN: Original Chap 14. Ok so while there are not a ton of changes the things I did add and make changes to in this chapter are important to where I am heading with this story.

/mindspeech one on one/

[Group Mindspeech]

Thank you again everyone for all your support!

Thank you Warden97 for your help with a certain spot in this chapter.

One of my Guest Reviewers: First off thank you for taking the time to review. Second it was never my intention to make the Medjai seem weak that's for sure. Are you referring to them just now taking action or the fact I killed two of them off? I am not sure what additional defenses I could implement. I have some magical ones that will be implemented over all of Egypt towards the end of the story.

If it's the latter let me try to explain. Please remember this is their first direct contact with the Death Eaters.

There were 3 of them and 6 Death Eaters though I suppose Pettigrew doesn't count for much. First shot rings Macnair goes down. Now we have aks coming in and bullets flying. Now a 9mm at least the one my husband owns holds 15 rounds and yes I have shot it maybe I am too ocd with accuracy but it takes me a few seconds to switch and shoot the next target. It even takes him time to switch and he is one of the best shooters around. He is in law enforcement so therefore trained to do this sort of thing.

Picturing spell fire and dodging the spells plus aiming at your target I feel like your gonna have some misses. Chaos is literally raining down in the middle of a museum. Now since they are in an exhibit and not just a hallway there was potentially concealment (not cover) available. I say concealment because I don't feel like anything in an Egyptian exhibit is gonna be bullet proof.

Practicality wise I thought 3 dead death eaters, 2 dead Medjai, and one stunned death eater was a semi-realistic ending to that scene. Now regardless of practicality I need Rookwood to stay alive.

With all that being said even though this is the second time I have written this scene it could probably be written better.

As for them now just taking action…Back in the beginning of the story I had Shadi tell them to hold off. Why have them wait so long to go against that... I guess because it's not at the forefront of my mind for the story. I chose now because I couldn't hold off a response from them any longer. They have not heard much from Shadi, Kaphiri is in America, Samira and the Egyptian muggle govt. have no clue what is going on…

Now as for Isis…did you mean the fact I blatantly had her go against the Pharaoh's wishes? I have nothing. I wasn't aiming for stupid that's for sure. Willful yes. Following her necklace yes even though I think in the anime outside of Seto no one has ever managed to change what she sees in the necklace. I think the concept is that only item holders can change what she sees.

Things you need to know:

Realistically I feel like they wouldn't be done with first year material I am not sure what a reasonable timeline would be to get through 1st-4th year material.

Chapter 24
Original Chapter 14

Hogwarts, Friday January 30
Ron, Hermione, and Harry had finally received their letter from Bill late Friday evening when Bill's screech owl tapped on the window outside the Gryffindor tower. Ron quickly went over to the owl and took the letter. The trio gathered around the fireplace to read the letter. They all frowned at the news.

"That wasn't very helpful at all," Hermione commented while frowning and thinking about what was said.

"What do you mean Hermione? He told us that they are evil and should not be friends with them. What more is there to say?" Ron asked.

"Seriously, Ron sometimes you can be so thick." Hermione said disgustedly. Ron just looked at her in confusion.

"Well he did confirm that they are shadow mages." Harry piped in trying to stop the impending fight that was bound to happen.

"True but he didn't tell us why they are here, what did they do to catch the attention of Bill and Professor Dumbledore in the first place, what shadow magic is, and if they are dark mages then why have they not been turned into the Ministry of Magic? It makes no sense why the professor would protect dark mages. I don't even understand why Vol..Voldemort is even after them. They certainly don't seem to be working for him." Hermione stated what she had been wondering about for a while now. Nothing added up.

"We don't even know if the mages know why Voldemort is after them. All they ever said was something about him being after their magic but that doesn't really make any sense. We do know they are not here willingly but they don't seem like such bad guys. I mean Atem and Seto seem really intense, Marik does seem a bit off is rocker, Ryou is kinda weird I mean one minute he seems shy and quiet and the next he seems as crazy as Marik, but then there is Yugi and Mana who seem completely innocent." Harry said to the other two.

"I guess what we really need to decide is if we really want to help them escape. If they are evil as Bill says we should not help them and I suppose trust that Dumbledore knows what he is doing." Hermione rationalized.

"Dumbledore kidnapped people and even Remus and Snape helped…It just seems so wrong… but…he is trying to save the Wizarding world…" Harry said eyes shaded in doubt about the mages.

"C'mon mate even if you don't like what Dumbledore is doing you have to realize we are on the brink of war and like you just said he is just trying to save our world. Besides I would think that we could trust my brother, why would he lie about them?" Ron asked logically in his mind.

"Oh Harry, we just don't have enough information to go on. We should just stay friendly with them and find out as much as possible. Once we have more information to go on we can decide for ourselves. I will dig deeper and see what I can find on shadow magic. Besides we have other important worries at the moment like the fact that we need to be ready for our O.W.L.S., Professor Umbridge is hindering our learning, and she also is trying to ferret out the D.A." Hermione finished slightly exasperated.

The boys nodded in agreement and dropped the topic for the time being, each deep in thought as they headed to their rooms.

Mages Dorm (Saturday, January 31st)
It was finally Saturday and the mages were going stark raving mad due to the quarantine that had been imposed on the student body due to the epidemic that Akefia and Marik had created. On the plus side classes had been cancelled for the entire week. While the mages thought the pig epidemic was entertaining they were beginning to go stir crazy. It seemed that the cancelation of classes did not stop their captors from insisting on working on more first year lessons with them.

"You would think these idiots would figure out that casting magic on the pigs was what was spreading our little epidemic." Bakura complained wondering at the idiocy of the wizards as he came out in solid form since their captors had yet to come and give them breakfast.

By the gods this is worse than attending classes. At least we could see the others." Marik whined bored out of his mind even though they hadn't been awake all that long yet.

Mana giggled at the others antics while relaxing on the couch next to Atem.

"Hopefully the quarantine will end today." Yugi piped in as he sat on one of the squashy chairs and pulled his duel monster cards out and shuffled through them for something to do.

"Seto, will you please check your email and see if there is any news before our babysitters arrive." Atem asked wanting to know if Isis was alright. They had not heard anything from Mokuba in almost a week, not that they had much time alone to try and look at email without fear of discovery.

Seto pulled out his laptop and checked his private email. He frowned at everything he read. Isis was safe but had been attacked by that Bill character and the Medjai were coming. Seto sighed and read it out loud. He realized his mistake immediately.

Marik was livid after hearing everything that had happened to his sister. He began pacing and ranting in Ancient Egyptian. He swore up and down that he would kill Bill (maybe even with a sword) if he ever saw him again. He was relieved that his sister was ok but he was also worried that the spells still might be lingering on her from that red headed fool. He briefly told Seto to remind someone to have her checked for any additional spells and then went back to ranting.

The others just let Marik rant. They felt he had every right to be upset. Atem on the other hand sat quietly contemplating everything that was said in the email while Marik ranted loudly. He was relieved that Isis was alright but seething that Weasley had dared attack her. He was also concerned about the decision the Chieftains had made. More information was a good idea but these magic users could be dangerous against his non-magical Medjai spies. He hoped they didn't get caught.

Remus came in announcing that the quarantine was over and they could go down to the Great Hall for breakfast but stopped talking when he noticed the Ishtar boy ranting and raving. The boy was having a fit and speaking in a language he did not understand. Wonderful thought Remus what could possibly have the mages riled up at this time of morning. It's not like anyone had seen them since Monday.

Seto quickly put his laptop away, keeping Lupin from seeing him use it and smirked a bit. The stupid wizards still seemed to have no idea they were using his laptop to communicate with the outside world.

Mana and Yugi were sticking close to Atem watching Lupin's reaction to Marik nervously. "I think I am gonna head down to breakfast. Wanna join me Mana?" Yugi said softly thinking that leaving and letting Atem and Seto help Marik calm down might be the best plan of action.

Mana looked to Atem in question who nodded his head and she quickly agreed to go with Yugi. Atem mentally asked Bakura if he would watch out for Mana and Yugi so the three quietly exited the tense dorm and headed down to breakfast.

Severus was heading towards the mages dorm and saw three of the mages heading for the Great Hall. He eyed Bakura warily still not over the fact he had been turned into a pig for a twenty four hour period of time.

"Where are the others?" Severus asked while glaring menacingly at the white haired teen.

"Still in the dorm." Yugi answered quietly under the intense gaze of their captor.

'What are they up to?" Severus demanded not trusting the teens one bit after the last bit of chaos.

"Nothing. They are just moving slower than us this morning." Mana lied hoping the stern man would just turn around and head towards the Great Hall.

Severus picked up on the lie. "I will get them moving then." Severus said slightly worried that Lupin might not be able to handle the teens if they got aggressive.

He continued on after a few more words of warning about staying out of trouble. Not that he thought that would honestly do much good. He wondered what the other three were up to. He was also surprised that Mana was without Atem. She seemed to stick by the boy pretty closely since she arrived at the castle. Hewondered all these things until he foolishly walked into the dorm.

Atem and Seto were speaking in a language he did not understand while Marik was yelling in a language he didn't understand. It looked as though Remus was trying to figure out what had the violet eyed mage so upset in the first place. Trying to question the mages was useless they just ignored their captors and continued on with their own conversation.

Meanwhile in Dumbledore's office…
Bill had finally escaped the Medjai warriors and had made it to Dumbledore's office.

"Bill what happened? Are you alright?" Albus asked the red head when he entered his office. The boy looked awful with bruises and cuts seemingly all over.

"I am fine. I had a run in with the inhabitants of Upper Egypt and they were not happy with me. They would like their King and priests back in Egypt and tried to get information from me. I escaped with my emergency port key and came here." Bill explained.

"What do you mean they want their king and priests returned?" Albus asked concerned with what it implied.

"We have kidnapped the Pharaoh of Upper Egypt and part of his council of priests. At the end of the school year Atem Ishtar is also expected to take the throne of Magical Egypt."

"This indeed is not good news. How much political clout does Upper Egypt have?"

"Upper Egypt is governed by their Pharaoh who is on equal footing as the President of muggle Egypt. It is like two separate countries for those who know some of Egypt's secrets but a single entity to the rest of the world.

"That's not all…" Bill continued telling the Headmaster about the mysterious room and the book that held pictures of seven strange items and hard to translate hieroglyphics.

Bill finished his account on everything he had learned. "I am going to confront the boys and see if I can get any information out of them. I also want to see if they are somehow communicating with Isis and the others," Bill declared while grumbling about the loss of Isis.

"Now Mr. Weasley you may do as you wish, however I do not foresee this as a successful venture nor a wise choice..." Albus stated distractedly trying to process everything he had been told.

Bill didn't really care. Those mages would tell him where Isis was. "Good day, Headmaster." Albus let the fiery red head go. He assumed Remus and Severus could handle it.

Dumbledore had a grave look upon his face and was concerned by the news he had heard. He hardly noticed when Bill left his office. So the Ishtar girl was a shadow mage and was attacked for a gold necklace that matched a picture Bill saw in the book she was hiding in that secret room of hers.

He really hadn't paid much attention to the boys gold trinkets or so he thought that's all that they were. He would have to take the items. From what Bill was saying these items were completely dark and evil.

Albus thought back to his youth when he had been young and foolish. He had sought powerful magical objects then and even now was a master of one of those objects, one of the Deathly Hallows, but what good had that done him. He even had the second sitting in his desk drawer but he didn't dare touch it since it was now one of Voldemort's horcruxes.

He thought about how he had lost Arianna, why his brother loathed him, and how he had been forced to fight the one he loved. Aberforth had been right all those years ago. Wizards couldn't afford to start a revolution against the muggles. Subjugating muggles would never work. So instead he did everything within his power to keep powerful dark objects and magic that was too dangerous away from the foolish masses no matter the cost. This would keep muggle-borns and their parents from fearing wizards and exposing them to the world. Wizards and other Magical Species needed to be controlled and saved from themselves so it was his job to lead them down the proper path.

Albus sighed loudly and garnered the attention of a portrait he had sitting on his desk. "What are you thinking about?" asked a young voice coming from his desk.

"Many things. It seems I will be leading others into another war. I feel as though I have seen too many wars in one lifetime. However I will end this war as quickly as possible even if I have to sacrifice a few to do it."

"Don't tell me it's that upstart who thinks he is the most dangerous Dark Lord of all time." the portrait huffed indignantly.

"Yes, I am afraid so. But this time I have a prophecy child and some powerful mages that I am trying to persuade to join the cause."

"Prophecies are worthless unless both parties are actively trying to fulfill it. And Mages? I thought all mages had been executed in England during the founder's time." the figure asked.

"They are not from England. They are from Egypt and yes they are just as dangerous if not more so than the mages of the past. They seem to have very dark powers but they have no interest in Tom. My goal is to use them and then dispose of them. They are far too dangerous to keep around. They have proven to be unpredictable and uncontrollable. Even with the mage restraints I have placed on them. Though, disposing of them has just become more difficult."

"Why is that?"

"They are born of royal blood and the rulers of Egypt. We cannot afford to go to war with Egypt and Tom at the same time."

"No that wouldn't do at all would it. What methods are you using to gain control over them to guarantee their participation and avoiding a secondary war?"

"They are here in the castle attending classes with the students. I was hoping they would make strong enough connections with the students that they would be inclined to help and protect them. But with what I have just learned and the limited time I have I do not have time to wait for them to create strong enough bonds that they would fight willingly."

"You were always too kind Albus. There are other ways to put them under your control. You need to exploit their weaknesses and force them into an unbreakable vow or if that is not to your tastes there are always loyalty potions. When you dispose of them you will have to make it look like an accident or they need to die fighting or else you will still have a war on your hands."

"Yes that is true. I will have to tread carefully. I will think about your suggestions. They have so many secrets too. I need to know more about them, these dark artifacts they are in possession of, and what it is they are hiding."

"Why not use Veritaserum or Legilimens?"

"I already tried Veritaserum and I believe the boy somehow beat the potion though once we gave him a double dose I think I got answers closer to the truth. Perhaps I should try again. And my attempts to enter any of the teens' minds have failed. I think I would need to weaken them considerably to break into their minds."

"Oh please. You are one of the best. If you have not gotten through then you are not putting your full power into your spell."

"Perhaps, but the one who is Pharaoh. His mind…it is a maze I fear that if I broke through his mental shields my mind would get trapped in that maze. I have never seen anything like it. But the others, you are correct I have not put my full power into it. Shattering such strong shields could destroy their minds or put them in a coma. They are of no use to me like that."

"You should have stayed by my side. Together we would have been unstoppable and I could have made all your problems disappear."

"You know I couldn't do that. Not after…It was an impossible goal."

The two old friends left it at that and Albus went back to thinking about the dark objects the boys had. He wondered what powers they possessed though he decided destruction of the items was way more appealing then tinkering with them once he attained them. Dark objects like those were better off destroyed.

He assumed the mages were not the ones who created the items but it was possible. Most likely their ancient ancestors sacrificed all those people and handed the items down as heirlooms. Albus sat back in his desk chair contemplating everything while downing a strange red and white substance.

Meanwhile…
Bill stormed down the hallway and up many sets of stairs to get to the mages dorm. He entered the room ready to interrogate the mages but did not get very far. There was this brief moment of dead silence as everyone looked at the newcomer in the dorm and then all Hell broke loose.

"I will kill you!" roared a psychotic looking Marik as he lunged for Bill as soon as he saw and recognized the red head.

Severus and Remus immediately jumped up from the couches to intervene. Remus had almost made it to the struggling boys when a voice interrupted him.

"Do it and you will regret interfering," Seto threatened harshly as he stood and squared off with the werewolf with a shadow bolt erupting from his palm.

"No I have to stop them." Remus said as he kept going readying himself to dodge anything that came his way.

Unfortunately while he was able to dodge the first attack he was not so lucky against the second. He managed to get slammed into the opposite wall from the impact of the second shadow bolt.

Severus had his wand out with a spell on the tip of his tongue when Atem sent a wave of shadow magic at the dark professor and knocked the wand out of his hand.

Marik and Bill continued to wrestle on the ground while Remus got back up and Severus retrieved his wand. Seto was feeling the drain already but he would be damned if their babysitters were allowed to interfere with Marik. He briefly checked on Marik and the Pharaoh while the werewolf was recouping.

Remus noticed the brunette's slight distraction and pulled his wand out sending a stunner towards Seto. Atem turned away from Snape long enough to see the stunner go off just in time to warn Seto who promptly dodged the spell and cast two shadow bolts consecutively at Lupin. Remus crashed again and fell to the floor unconscious. Seto felt a wave of dizziness but stayed standing long enough to throw out a warning to the Pharaoh of impending danger from behind before passing out from exhaustion.

Atem turned to face the potions master once again and dodged a red beam of light. He quickly rolled to one side and crouched low ready for another attack.

"This is foolishness. Let me stop them," Severus bit out while readying for another attack.

"I cannot let you do that. This is Marik's fight and you will not interfere."

Severus growled in frustration. He knew he had to end this standoff soon before the Ishtar boy killed Bill.

"Arretica," Severus cast the spell at Atem in hopes of stopping the boy without harming him.

Atem quickly dodged the net coming out of Snape's wand. He cast a shadowflame which quickly surrounded the dark professor. Atem felt the drain of power for holding the hot purplish flames but he was not ready to give up. He was determined to keep Snape busy for as long as possible.

"Do you honestly think you can win against me? You foolish boy you chose your shadow magick instead of going for your wand. How long do you think you can honestly last before you lose consciousness?"

"Hopefully long enough for Marik to Kill Bill." Atem quipped while being forced to allow his shadowflames to finally flicker out. The energy cost was too high with the bracelet draining all his energy.

Severus dodged a couple shadowbolts from the powerful mage who finally slumped to the floor out of sheer exhaustion.

While all this was going on Marik and Bill were pounding on one another until Marik finally gained the upper hand. Marik called upon the shadows which created a pretty solid looking dagger made from pure shadows. He was about to attain his goal in killing Bill when Severus cast carpe retractum. Marik was too injured to put up much of a fight against the strong potions master so Snape forced him away from the red head. Severus quickly cast a sleeping spell on the crazed teen just in case he got another bout of energy.

"Dobby!" Severus called getting immediate results.

"Yes, Master Snape sir, how can Dobby be of help?"

"Get Madame Pomfrey here now!" Snape ordered while turning his attention to the three unconscious mages.

He frowned in thought. Their instincts were to use their shadow magic no matter the consequences. He needed to get them to depend on their wands or they didn't stand a chance against anyone. He quietly took each boy up and put them to bed while waiting for Madame Pomfrey.

She finally arrived and frowned at the sight before her. "What happened here, Severus?"

"It's a long story. Can you please just take them discreetly to the infirmary without Umbridge finding out?" Severus asked silently pleading she let the matter drop.

Luckily she was more concerned about her patients and cast a concealment charm on them and took them to the infirmary without any further questions. Severus had Dobby bring some potions for the Ishtar boy to heal him up. He left the teens soundly sleeping to report everything to the Headmaster.

"I warned Bill that it might not be a wise decision to confront the mages," Albus said as he sighed tiredly. "How is Remus?"

"He is unconscious at the moment but I believe he will be fine." Severus said tiredly.

Albus frowned but continued on. "Severus have you noticed any gold trinkets the boys have on them?"

"I know Atem wears a golden pyramid around his neck and Marik also seems to wear a necklace of gold with Egyptian symbols. I am not sure about the others, Headmaster."

Albus clasped his hands together in deep thought. Bill had mentioned seven trinkets. One was in Voldemort's hands. The mages definitely had two others. He was curious as to where the others might be but as long as the mages didn't have them he was satisfied.

"Alright Severus while the boys are sleeping I need you to retrieve those items and bring them to me. Be careful though we do not know what dark powers they hold." Albus dismissed the potions master who went back to the dorm to retrieve the items before the others got back from breakfast.

Severus went to the mages dorm and quietly went back up to their bedroom. He removed the pyramid easily and the weird eye necklace. He then went over to Seto. He saw something glinting gold and reached for it. What he found was an interesting rod like thing with the eye of Horus on it. He took all three items and returned to the headmaster's office.

"Ah thank you Severus I will put these somewhere safe until I find time to destroy them." Albus said as he took the three dark items from his potions master. "Please keep an eye out for any of the other mysterious items. The mages might have them hidden."

"As you wish Headmaster." Severus stiffly replied as he exited the office to go back to the dorm and explain what happened to the three conscious mages.

Slytherin Common Room (before breakfast)
Draco sat on his bed bored out of his mind from the quarantine.

Stupid bloody mages, thought Draco. It was all their fault the entire school had been quarantined. They would pay for turning them into swine.

He sighed and re-read the letter he received from the Dark Lord and growled in frustration. Unharmed! That was complete and utter crap. He wanted his revenge. Last weekend's altercation was not enough but instead he was stuck waiting until the next Hogsmeade trip or so he hoped to do anything. Severus had been furious that he had gone against his instructions so he figured he wouldn't be able to do much. He knew his Godfather had to play nice but it was infuriating.

Draco thought about Hogsmeade and how he could proceed to do as he was told. He had Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise, and Pansy for sure helping him out. But if all the mages went to Hogsmeade then they would have to figure out how to get the two targets alone. The girl could be useful. Ishtar was definitely protective. Draco found the girl quite attractive. Maybe if he did well he could have the girl after all was said and done. He decided to keep a close eye on the mages and learn what he could. He would see them destroyed sooner or later and if he accidentally injured one or more of them in the next couple of weeks before the Hogsmeade trip no one would be any the wiser as long as he was careful.