shadows

13

Harry stared at them with wide eyes. He couldn't process what he had just heard. Not only did she just admit to being on Voldemort's side, but in order to kill him was for them to die as well. Harry felt empty as he stared at them. Sure. he had suspected that he would end up dying because of this war, but that didn't mean that he wanted too. on top of that he really could not picture Voldemort of all people building an orphanage. None of this made any sense. 

"harry" Bella started to say. 

"Please start explaining because my head is not able to comprehend right now" Harry said holding tightly onto his wand. 

"I...I'll explain what ever you want me to." Bella replied standing up carefully eyeing his hand with the wand. "where do you want me to start?" she asked. 

"The beginning would probably be the best" harry said wearily. 

Bella nods a little bit and looks down. "Tom...is my uncle. i know this might sound very confusing but...My...one of my parents name is tom...They are siblings. their name really isn't Tom so please forgive me if i slip and call them both Tom." she started. 

"your father's name is Tom?" Harry said looking confused. 

Bella nods. "yes..they called...that is the name that she goes by, Her real name is Marie. long story short. their parents tried to kill them when they were younger so their aunt and uncle adopted them. there was this baby sitter who sold their aunt drugs and Tom found out so Tom ended up in a muggle orphanage because they were afraid that the baby sitter would do something to him. Marie, my mom, was being tormented by the guy, i am not going to go into detail about what happened, too fucked up, Tom found out told the uncle." Bella explained before taking a large breath of air. "geeze. anyway. tom grew up decided to make an orphanage for magical children. cause the one he was in wasn't and it sucked or so i heard" Bella explained. "he got involved with Lucius and his friends and things started to spiral. but by then ha had already put a piece of his soul into me. making me what is called a horcrux. and later on made you into one on accident" Bella explained. 

"and there is no way to...take it out?" Harry questioned. 

"not with out killing you" Bella replied with a sigh. "there is something you must understand Harry. I agreed to being a horcrux. at the time i agreed with everything he was doing. until he became friends with Lucius." she said shaking her head. 

"what about everything else he has done...the chamber of secrets." Harry started to say. 

"Sasha, is..no...was. Dumbeldore told me you had killed her" Bella said with a sigh. Harry flinched a little and grabbed his arm where he had been bitten. "Sasha was a protector of this school. She was Salazar's familiar. Each founder had one. That's where the got their house symbols. Even Merlin him self had one. A phoenix. a little fun fact here, said phoenix is the mother of Fawks by the way" Bella explained. 

Harry stared at her stunned at hearing what she said. "Professor Dumbledore's phoenix came from Merlin's?" he questioned in surprise. 

Bella nods. 

"wait wait. let me get this straight" Bakura stopped them waving his hands in a time out. "There was a basilisk in the school....and you killed it?!" Bakura yelped looking at Harry with a 'are you fucking crazy?' look. 

"uh...yes" Harry replied staring at him with a slightly frightened look as 'Salazar' bakuras Occamies lifted his head up and stared at Harry as if sizing him up. 

Yugi's niffler, Jinx, was trying to gain Atem's attention, while The Doxy princess, Elina, was laying curled up asleep in Zorro's fur. 

Bella sighed a little bit. "kura, really?" she questioned. 

"what?! I mean...A basilisk" Bakura started to say. 

"Anyway. Salazar was a healer back in the back, he did most of the potions and finding cures for things. that is where the snake symbol originated from" Bella explained. 

"That makes sense. they have the snake symbol on hospitals" Harry said nodding in thought. "how do you know all this?" he asked. 

"i am really old" Bella replied thoughtfully. "i may have accidentally time traveled to king Arthur's time and spent a couple years there because i couldn't figure out how to get back," she replied looking a little sheepish. 

"he was in king Arthur's time?" Harry asked shocked. 

"hence why he don't like muggles very much" Bella replied with a nod. "but just because he didn't like them didn't mean that he wanted them all dead" She added sharply as Harry sat down on the bed across from them. He really seemed like he was interested in what she was telling him. 

"can we get back to Voldemort here" Marik asked looking a little bored. Bella flinched a little bit. 

"I told you all there really is to know" Bella said looking over at Marik. "Lucius is our enemy" She emphasized each word. 

"i could have told you that" Harry muttered to him self, his dislike for Malfoy was very clear. 

"well, that Dumbledore guy never said anything about Voldemort being the bad guy...he only really talked about this Malfoy person" Marik spoke up. 

Hey...Tomb keeper has a point" Bakura says in realization. 

"So then what does this Voldemort guy have to do with anything then? is he an ally? or not...you said he was trying to mess with the shadows" Atem asked. 

Bella scowled a little.*does anyone ever listen?* she wondered.  "oh that reminds me" she said suddenly as she got up. "Selene brought us our books and stuff for class" She explained as she walked over to a desk where there was piles of books and other materials. She looked through the stuff and handed them their separate piles. 

"am i the only one who didn't take care for magical creatures?" she questioned looking at her pile and then to the others. 

"ummm, i guess so" harry said looking amused. 

Bella grumbled a little bit. "you guys are mean" she mumbled tossing her stuff in a very small looking bag which had everything of hers in it. 

"how?" Marik said examining the bag. 

"extension charm" Bella replied. "easier and better than having a trunk, plus you can keep everything with you and don't have to worry about anyone stealing." she added. 

"I need one of those" Harry said thinking about his cloak and map. 

"Already made you one" Bella said pulling out a small bag and tossing it to him. Harry caught it quickly and looked it over. 

"thank you" harry said sounding grateful.