1 When it Rains it Pours

Yugi dived out of the way as the truck came barreling past him. "What the fuck" Yugi said as he picked himself off the ground. "I am having the worst day," Yugi said understating the type of day he had. Dodging potted plants falling from second story buildings, a tire roiling down a street almost hitting him in the head and now a truck. 'It's almost like someone up there is trying to kill me' Yugi said looking up into the bright, clear and cloudless sky. As Yugi reached his apartment building, he started to climb the stairs to his apartment. Yugi's foot landed on the top flight of the steps only to step on a banana and start to fall backwards. As Yugi's body tilted back, strong arms reached around his sides, catching him, "watch where you are going Yugi" Simon, Yugi's neighbor said. Yugi now centered, looked back to Simon, "Thanks man, I almost got myself killed" Simon laughing "Well looks like I am your guarding angel today. Lucky you, to have such a handsome angel looking after you." Simon responded as they both walked down the hall to their apartments. "Thanks Simon" Yugi gratefully said as he unlocked his door and headed inside his one bedroom apartment. Yugi, thinking about the shitty day he had, walked up to his window and looked outside, to the world below his apartment. As he stared out the window, a bullet burst through the glass and right into Yugis head.

"Ahh" screamed Yugi, his eyes closed and hands raised in a defensive position covering his face. "That has to be the highest pitched squeal I have ever received in this office." Heard Yugi as he opened his eyes and peaked through his fingers as a picture of the women in front of him came into view. She had long black hair draping down the side of her face and back, clear creamy skin that formed an oval face that contrasted with her lush blood red lips. Her violet eyes could light a dark room with a purple glow. She sat behind a desk, in a white long sleeve blouse with a few top buttons undone. "You were a very hard man to kill, Yugi." She sighed "Why couldn't you die quicker?" still sighing as she suddenly perked up, "although, you being hard to kill is a good thing for me." She smiled licking her blood red lips, eyeing her new prey up and down. "Does the name 'Harry Potter' mean anything to you?" she asked as Yugi shook his head no. "Hmm" she hummed to herself as she opened her folder, as her slender finger started to glide down the page she was reading from. "Your world is remarkably similar to that of Harry's" she mused "Well we can't have everything we want, now can we Yugi? You may not know the wizarding world but you can learn it quickly I suppose." As she clapped her hands together and met his eyes "how would you like to be a wizard?"

"Who the fuck are you" Yugi asked, as the smile faded from her face. "Veronica" Yugi heard as he watched her. "I am an angel of death and work for the Grim Reaper" she replied as all her playfulness was gone. "You see, there is a man and at this very moment is defying his death, thus defying my boss. My boss, as you can probably tell by the name, isn't the happiest person even on his best days." She shuddered "He wants this person dead and the person tasked with the job kept failing. No matter how I tried to help, he never made it past his fourth year at school and that now brings us to you." She pointed at him, so let me ask you again "how would you like to be a wizard?" Yugi starred into her violet eyes, "No thanks that really sounds like a not so much fun time." She slammed her fist into her desk as her other handed pointed at Yugi's forehead "let me rephrase, you are going to become a wizard, you are going to kill the man my boss wants dead named Tom Riddle, and you are going to do all that without dying." She ordered Yugi using her most serious, serious voice.

"So let me get this straight, you" he points to Veronica "murdered me, so I" he points to his chest. "Can kill one man that the rest of the wizarding world won't or can't kill, so you" pointing to Veronica. "Can get rid of one little file that your boss is hounding you about?" Yugi states waiting for the answer. "Good you understand" Veronica smiles, "I have very little power but I have just enough to give you a head start. You have two choices, you can gain all Harry's previous memories while he was at school, or I can have fate intervene and give you a teacher?" Yugi brought his hand under his chin as he began mulling over the options. "How long would the teacher help me?" Yugi wondered out loud "not up to me so I do not know" Veronica replied waiting on his answer. "Teacher" Yugi said as Veronica grimaced "I guess I'll have to call those stuck up bitches" she muttered under her breath reaching for the phone.

"Hey beautiful, It's Veronica, I need to cash in that favor you owe me, I need you to intervene in the life of a child called Harry Potter." As she paused and listened to the other end of the phone, "Yeah, he needs a teacher, the best one you can find, I'll owe you." As she listened some more and hung up the phone. "You ready to get out of my office and never see me again?" She asked, without waiting for an answer she waved her hand and Yugi started to disappear.