Prolouge
Prolouge
I took up the newspaper and skimmed through most of it. I didn't find anything unusual at first glance, as always there were reports of robberies, murders, kidnappings, burglaries and of course celebrity scandals, but then when I came to the page with the ads I saw the most unbelievable advertisement. "Real holographic Duel Discs". At first I gave it off as a silly little hoax someone was trying to pull, but then I saw down in the corner that they were going to have a demonstration downtown at electronic store. The time was supposed to be at three. I checked my watch. It was 10 minutes until three o clock. I threw the newspaper at the pile of clothes that were beneath my desk on the left side of my bed and jumped into my new dark blue sneakers, grabbed my deck and ran down the stairs and was almost out through the door when I heard my dad calling from the living room: "where are you heading off in such a rush son?"
Not now dad, I am in a hurry, Ill explain later. When I finally were there at the store I saw a huge crowd and someone talking at the front. Great, they have already started, I thought silently to myself. I tried pushing myself to the front but only got a place at the side. " Now as you all can see this is the Duel Disc we at Visualtech has been developing in co-operation with Konami who are the ones who release the TCG here. The Disc is foldable so it takes up less space when you are not dueling. The Deck slot can hold from 40 up to 80 cards, same goes for the graveyard area. Life point calculator is on top of the deck holder of course, and there are buttons for activating facedowns and and an extra slot for the field spell. But instead of explaining all the features of the Disc as you all are probably well aware of, I am now going to demonstrate the holographich projections." The businessman walked out of the crowd and stood at a spot where he had enough space. "Good" he said. "Now the Disc has an in-built microphone here on the side which you declare Duel Start when you want to start and the Disc activates." Just as he said that the Duel Disc lit up and something that looked like holographic projectors started to shine. He then placed a card on the disc and in a flash Blue Eyes White Dragon emerged from the ground giving a high roar as it spread out its wings. Everybody who had come to see the show suddenly gasped in awe over the magnificent projection in front of them. "Now all who are interested in buying this product line up over there" he said and pointed to the cash register in the back of the store. Everybody ran over pushing as many others on the way. Halfway there I spotted my friend Mark, wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black jeans. Hey Mark over here! I shouted and he came over as he saw me across the crowd. Hi Jim. You also here to buy a disc? He said with a typical grin across his face. Of course, I wouldn´t miss this for all money in the world. How do you think they did it by the way? Beats me, he said looking at the long line impatiently. Want to play a few duels later? I asked. Sorry I cant, I promised my brother helping him with preparations for the wedding, he is getting married this Saturday. But I am free tomorrow. Okay I said, but be prepared, my new spellcaster deck is so fast you wont even have time to build up a defense I said with a smirk. You better watch yourself too, my new machine deck is unbeatable Mark said with great confidence. They were at the front of the cash register and picked up their Duel Discs and left. See you around then Mark said as they left. Right back at you. When I got home the door was locked so I guess my dad had gone to work. I unlocked the door and went straight up the stairs ignoring the loud TV that still was on in the living room. I went in to my room and took out my deck and began to adjust it. I did it for almost the rest of the afternoon until I heard careful steps outside and the loud slam from the mailbox. I went downstairs and out through the door and checked the mailbox. There was only one little note and it said: " Come to the park at midnight and bring your deck and Duel Disc with you or else….." written in what seemed like human blood. He looked around but there was not a person in sight. This must be some cruel joke I thought to myself, but despite that I put the note in my pocket and went inside again. Later when it was getting closer to midnight I took on my shoes and went outside, not forgetting to lock the door. The walk to the park only took about 5 minutes cause I only lived 1 block away. When there I called out: Anyone here? The park stayed as silent and dark as before. But then a mysterious light started to shine just ten feet away from me. I went closer to see exactly what it was, and when I did, I saw something that looked like a portal. At the ground beneath the portal I saw a card and picked it up. The card was blank but had a golden frame. Strange I thought, no card in the entire game has a golden frame, what is this. Suddenly I felt two hands pushing me straight into the portal and I felt like I was being washed away by a flood of water even though there was none. Then the light disappeared and everything went dark at the same time as he started to fall down to what seemed like a bottomless hole.
