Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Those Two Years ❯ Of Wands and the Sphinx ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Cherreh

Cherry: Sorry it took me so long! I'm having a major writer's block for all my stories. They just don't seem to want to be written.

Before I go to the review Thanks and responses I want to say I'm very sorry that it is taking me so long to update this story and Lover's Phoenix. I will not abandon any of my stories so please don't think so. This chapter and Chapter 9 of LP Just aren't going to well here. I will try to update all my stories as soon as possible though.

Review Thanks on FF.net: DHASN, Li, ExBobble06, greeneyeswhitedragon, digisammiegirl, bloody aura, Yami Yami Yugi, yesim@*@k@*m@liklover, Autumn Ann, Dragona 2007, Molly-chan the Anime/game fan, Koishii Tenshi, kiyoko-chan, dark-dragon-princess, DarknesswithinonesHeart, ., Junko the Lost, and Curtis Zidane Ziraa

Yami Yami Yugi- There is one more story after this one is finished. In the end it will have a happy ending. And the pairing will end up as Yami/Yugi. You don't expect to make a story without at least a little of it do you?

yesim@*@k@*m@liklover- They won't show up till the sequel to this. I'm still playing around will the idea of Ryou and Malik showing up but for sure Yami will be there.

Review Thanks on MM.org: Shadow-Specter, Nick, Evil Chibi Malik, Mako, XxNeko_YaoukaixX, and joeyrules

Cherry: Also, I know there was a small error in the last chapter where Harry called Yugi by his real name, it is now fixed. Also, a lot of you are wondering why Voldemort attack Yugi. Since this is when the 5th book is, it's going to be different. Voldemort is now just attacking random muggles and it was nothing to do with Yugi's shadow powers. Okay?

Warning: May have future slash/yaoi! Don't like. Don't read. Also has mild language. And Yugi is a bit OOC.

Disclaimer: Don't Own Yugioh! or Harry Potter. Too bad…..

"speaking"

`Thoughts'

(Annoying Cherry Interrupting)

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Yugi slightly fingered the Millennium Necklace that lay in his pocket as Dumbledore pulled out his wand and muttered to himself pointing to several bricks on a wall behind an old pub. Yugi's was seriously convinced that the old man was crazier the Marik.

Yugi was knocked out of his thoughts as the brick wall began to rearrange them creating a doorway into an alley. "Where are we?" he asked the professor.

"This is Diagon Alley. First let's go over to Gringotts and exchange some of your money," Dumbledore said ushering the small teen over to a large white building. Words were engraved in the second pair of large silver doors.

Enter, stranger but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more then treasure here.

Yugi's thoughts wandered over to Yami Bakura as he read the words engraved on the door. `Bet you anything he'd try to steal from here.'

Yugi quickly exchanged his money at the counter before moving out of the building. `Shit, those goblins are creeping.'

Dumbledore looked amused at his new student. He quickly explained the money system to the teen before moving him to Madam Malkin's for his school robes.

Madam Malkin smiled at the new customer as he walked through the door, gaining quite a shock to see Dumbledore follow in after him. "Albus! Haven't seen you in a long time. What are you doing outside Hogwarts?"

"Just helping a new student get his things. A but of a late starter here and I thought I might escort him myself." The professor replied cheerfully.

"Yourself?"

Dumbledore nodded. A glint in his eye told her not to press farther into the matter.

Yugi was quickly fitted into his new uniform. He shifted uncomfortably as he looked in the mirror. `Now I know how Malik must have felt. How can he stand these things?' Yugi quickly changed his thoughts to something else, not knowing if you could stand to think about his old friends….. and Yami.

Yugi quickly whispered something to Madam Malkin as she passed by. She gave Yugi an odd look before nodding and heading of to do his request. (Yugi: What did I say? Cherry: You'll have to see. ^_^)

Quickly paying Dumbledore helped him gather his other items. Several potion items were quickly bought before they headed to get him some parchment and quills for the year. The two headed into Flourish and Blotts.

Professor Dumbledore went to gather his new student's books as he motioned for Yugi to look around a bit.

The small teen wandered around the store a bit. Occasionally stopping to look at an interesting book or so. He finally managed to find himself near the back of the store. Many of the books here look like they haven't been touched in years. A thick layer of dust covered many of the books, many written in languages that Yugi has never seen.

A glint of gold caught the boy's attention. Yugi looked closer at the book, coughing as he blew away the dust that covered the book. It looked to be made of leather with Egyptian hieroglyphs written on the side. The markings were too small for Yugi to see the title.

Yugi pulled the heavy book off the shelf and rushed away the years of dust to reveal the Eye of Ra on the cover in a gold gloss. Underneath it shown the title of the ancient story.

The Shadows of a Pharaoh

Yugi opened the book curiously, more dust blew in his face from the ancient book. His eyes scanned the hieroglyphs that were written by a pharaoh long ago. Yugi's eyes widen as he realized what the book was.

It was a diary. A diary of a pharaoh. But not just any pharaoh. His pharaoh.

Yugi closed his eyes he came to the name. `Yami…..'

The tri-colored hair teen closed the book before heading to the counter with it.

Professor Dumbledore was just grabbing the last of Yugi's books when Yugi spotted him. Dumbledore looked curiously at the book in Yugi's hands as he walked over to the counter for Yugi to pay.

The cashier looked at Yugi strangely when he put the book on the counter to pay. "Can you read this?" he asked Yugi curiously.

Yugi glared at him, not liking to be questioned. "Yes, why wouldn't I be able to?" he answered coldly. He knew why though. As far as he knew, the hieroglyphs that the book contained were a long dead language. Known only by the yamis, their hikaris, and the Ishtar family.

Dumbledore looked at the book curiously as the cashier silence and told them the final price.

"Eleven Galleons and eight Sickles," The cashier said softly. Yugi quickly paid for the books before leaving the store with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore checked out the list to see if they had gotten all the supplies. "We just need one last thing. We'll go to Ollivanders to get your want. Then if you want a pet or broom we'll go look over those." Dumbledore said after scanning the list.

Yugi perked up at the mention of wand. `This will be fun…..'

The last shop was a bit shabby and narrow. Faded gold letter over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. A single wand lay on a purple cushion in the dusty window.

A small bell rang from somewhere in the shop as the two walked in.

"Good afternoon," a soft voice said. Yugi turned sharply at the sound. `Shit. People shouldn't do that. Almost gave me a heart attack.'

"Good afternoon," Professor Dumbledore said cheerfully catching the old man's attention.

Mr. Ollivander turned sharply to face Dumbledore.

"Ah, Albus. Haven't seen you in awhile. Fourteen inches, phoenix feather, willow, wasn't it?"

The professor smiled and nodded. "Well, anyway, I'm just here to escort a new student to Hogwarts."

Mr. Ollivander raised an eyebrow but didn't question him. If Albus was escorting a new student himself, then something must be going wrong.

Mr. Ollivander turned to Yugi once again, who was looking rather annoyed at the moment. "Well, put out your wand arm," he said.

Yugi looked at him questioningly as he held out his left arm. The old man pulled out a silver tape measure and began to measure his arm.

He started his usually talk about the wands as he did so. Yugi looked rather annoyed as the old man continued to talk. `God, will he ever shut up?' he thought annoyed.

While Yugi had blanked out he failed to notice the tape measurer moving on its own as Mr. Ollivander pulled out several boxes of wands before handing one to the teen.

"Holly, unicorn hair, 10 inches, good for Transfiguration," he said as he handed the hand to Yugi.

Yugi gently took it and just as he barely touched it, the old man grabbed it away before handing him another one.

This continued for about an hour. Yugi tried wand after wand and the longer it took the more excited Mr. Ollivander became.

"A tricky one huh? Haven't had such a challenge since Harry Potter,"" Me said before he handed Yugi another wand. " 14 inches, Egyptian papyrus, and dragon heartstring."

Yugi took the wand and gave it a small wave. There was a loud explosion from somewhere in the shop. Several wands came crashing off the shelves. A single box flew toward the group and stopped in front of Yugi. The beautiful gold cover of the box was adorned with an engraving of the Eye of Ra.

Mr. Ollivander looked curiously at the still floating box before taking it and studying the box.

"I forgot I got this one." He gently opened the box for Yugi to take the wand.

The wand was a swirl of black and white. A pearly white color mixed in with and midnight black. A small ruby was placed on the handle. The Eye of Ra was gently carved in the precious gem.

"A very powerful wand it is. And very different from any other wand I've ever made. 15 inches long. Made from Egyptian white gold and rare black gold.* The only wand I've ever made from those substances. It's got a double core, one of the few wands that I've ever made like that. A unicorn hair a large white unicorn. Along with a thestral hair."

"Thestral?" Yugi asked. He knew what is was but he really didn't think they existed.

Mr. Ollivander nodded. "A large mean one too. Almost died trying to get the hair. Along with the ruby that's in it, it has got to be the oddest wand I've ever made. Well, give it a wave."

Yugi nodded before waving the golden wand slightly. Around the worlds seven ancient items glowed faintly. The Millennium Necklace in the teen's pocket glowed even brighter. A scene flashed before Yugi eyes as the necklace activated.

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"Don't go!" A young slave boy said as he burst through the large doors of the temple.

A nearly identical figured laid on a large stone tablet, waiting for the ceremony to begin sat up as the small boy ran up to him. A blur of tri-colored hair rushed past the several priests up to the taller boy.

"Don't leave me," the small slave said as he hugged his older lover.

The crimson-eyed figure brought the other to a small hug. "I'm sorry. I have to do this." he said sadly.

The smaller figured sobbed on his lover's shoulder. "Why do you have to go? Why can' you get someone else to be the stupid sacrifice?"

The priests looked sadly upon the smaller boy. The young pharaoh brought his lips up to his lover's in a small chaste kiss. "I have to be the one to be sacrificed to seal the Shadows away. I'm sorry," the older boy said softly. Giving the young slave a final kiss he whispered his last words into his lover's ear. "I love you, forever. We'll be together again sometime, I promise."

The young slave cried silently as the guards gently pulled him away from the young pharaoh.

The six priests chanted a spell as a bright glow surrounded the young pharaoh. When the light faded one priest gently removed the puzzle hanging around the pharaoh's soulless body before shattering it into pieces.

The cry of a small boy could be heard from the temple as the final puzzle pieces fell to the ground.

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Yugi fell forward to his knees as the vision from the necklace ended. He was painting heavily as he closed his eyes and replayed the scene in his head.

Mr. Ollivander and Professor Dumbledore looked at him worriedly, curious about what had happened. The new student had just suddenly gone in some kind of trance for a few minutes before falling forward.

Yugi opened his eyes slowly as he stood up. The figures in the past vision were so familiar. More of his thoughts floated over to Yami,** knowing that was who the sacrifice had been. A tear escaped his eyes at the thought. Quickly straightening up he looked over at the two adults in the room, both with a look of confusion on their face.

Mr. Ollivander was the first to speak. "I guess that wasn't the right wand then," he said softly, making a move to take the wand.

Yugi shook his head, "No, it's the right one. I just know it is."

Both of them looked at him oddly but nodded. Yugi quickly paid eight Galleons for the wand before exiting the wand shop quickly, still fazed by the past vision the necklace had given him.

Dumbledore guided then into the pet shop, thinking that if he wanted a broom, he could get one later in the year.

Yugi brightened slightly as he looked at the several animals in the small shop. He had always had a soft spot for animals.

A loud crash was heard from the back room as a large sphinx jumped over the counter and tried to run out of the door. Several wizards quickly followed it pointing their wands at the sphinx trying to stun it. Her large wings shone brightly in the shadows of the store. The female sphinx cursed at the wizards in Egyptian not noticing Yugi looking amused as the sphinx's `colorful' language.

<My, my,> Yugi said with a small laugh, catching everyone's attention. <You really should watch your language. Especially when there are people who can understand you.>

The sphinx looked surprised at the teen before it spoke, <How do you understand the language I speak. For only few humans can understand it,> she said.

Yugi laughed again. <Well then, maybe I'm one of those few humans.>

The sphinx smiled at him. <Ah, a smart one too. How about we play a little game?> she said.

Yugi smiled, <A game? How fun. What will the prize me?>

Yugi nodded at the sphinx with a smirk on his face, always having enjoyed games and riddles.

The sphinx nodded again before saying the riddle in English:

"With potent, flowery words speak I,
Of something common, vulgar, dry;
I weave webs of pedantic prose,
In effort to befuddle those,
Who think I wile time away,
In lofty things, above all day
The common kind that linger where
Monadic beings live and fare;
Practical I may not be,
But life, it seems, is full of me!

What am I?"

Yugi took a moment to think about the riddle. Everyone in the shop crowded around the two, looking in curiosity. A few looked in deep thought, trying to solve the sphinx's riddle.

After a moment of though, Yugi smiled at the sphinx, "The answer is a riddle."

The sphinx smiled at the boy before it nodded and walked over to Yugi.

Many of the wizards that followed her out of the back room made a move to stop her but was stopped by Yugi. "She will be going with me," he said as he turned to the shop owner. "How much would it be to buy her?"

The owner looked in deep thought about this. He wasn't planning on selling the sphinx but by the look of it he really didn't have much of a choice. He named a price of 50 Galleons.

Yugi laughed as the heard the sphinx say something along the lines of `I'm worth more then that.' He nodded to the shop owner before pulling out the desired amount of money before leaving the store with his new pet.

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*- I don't know if there is something such as black gold. I just made that up.

**- Yugi is still in love with Yami and always will be so he will be thinking about him a lot, okay?

Cherry: Again so sorry it took me forever to update and the fact that this chapter stinks. I hope the length makes up for a bit of it. Again I will put that this story is not meant to be very long and in complete detail in the two years. This is only to give you a brief idea of what happens to Yugi after he leaves Domino.

I will be trying to update Lover's Phoenix as soon as possible so lease don't think I've abandoned it.

I really hope everyone liked this chapter. Please review!

R&R