Me: Yay, my second Fan Fiction has begun! Seriously, please read my other one. All of my friends laughed their heads off at it. (Walks off and continues ranting)
Crow: Doesn't someone have to do the disclaimer?
Yusei: I'll do it. Shimmering-Sky doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds. She only owns her OC.
Me: Note, I have started revising the chapters (seeing as how the first good chunk was written when I was in sixth grade, and I'm going to high school this year). I will leave the original character-author conversations as they are unless they aren't related to the edited version whatsoever, and if I have anything to add, it will be after one of the existing conversations, in both bold and italics. Exactly like this. Enjoy the improved version of chapter one (because I don't feel like calling it the prologue)!
Chapter 1
Sky's POV
I'm so tired that as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm asleep. As it turns out, sleeping wasn't exactly a good idea tonight.
Emergency sirens and lights flash around me, and I feel scared. Mom looked scared, when she took us out of the nursery and handed us to Dad. Dad looks scared now, holding tightly to Yusei with one arm and pulling me along with his other hand.
"W-What's going on Daddy?" I ask, even more terrified than before.
"Something bad. We need to keep running," he answers. The long hallway finally comes to an end at a room that seems fitting in several of the sci-fi movies I secretly watched, complete with an escape pod, or what seems to be one. The room itself smells horrible.
We stop running, and Dad presses some buttons on a machine next to the escape-pod-thingy. The pod opens up, and he places Yusei in it. "Sky, get in next to Yusei."
I climb into the pod and only once Dad straps me down do I realize an important fact, and I struggle to release myself from the straps. "What about you, Daddy?"
He smiles sadly at me. "Listen to me Sky. I love the both of you so much, remember that."
"But-"
"And promise me you'll keep Yusei safe."
I swallow, but it doesn't help. I'm already crying, I can feel it. "I promise."
Dad presses a Deck into my hands. "That's for Yusei," he says. "Goodbye now, Sky. Yusei. Stay safe."
The pod shuts, and Dad presses another button. "DADDY!" I cry, the same moment everything around me turns white.
XXX
It takes me a few moments to register the change in my surroundings. Now it seems like I'm hovering over a slightly ruined building that's next to a cliff, and what seems to be a violent argument nearby. I can't hear what's being said, but I can see a guy, maybe fifteen years old, with icy-blue hair and gold eyes harassing some other kid who probably wasn't even half as old as him.
The kid starts whimpering in fear as the teen goes near him. The teen stops, and it looks like he was going to kick the kid. That's when another teen shows up, black hair with yellow highlights and deep blue eyes, and tackles the angry teen. The poor kid runs away as fast as he possibly can.
Now both of the teens get in a fight, wrestling on the ground, punches thrown, feet kicking everywhere. Soon enough, the dark haired teen is cornered against the edge of the cliff. The icy-blue haired teen takes two steps closer, and that's all he's given. The cliff collapses, dust everywhere, and when it settles, only the icy-blue haired teen is standing, staring in disbelief at the spot the other teen had been standing just seconds before.
XXX
I jerk awake, gasping for breath like someone had been suffocating me. My surroundings are blurry, so I blink several times and I discover that I had been crying in my sleep.
Considering the rate my heart is pumping at, I know I won't be able to sleep at all the rest of tonight, so I open my window. High places seem to comfort me, so I carefully climb out and once I spread my wings, I glide over to an old tree near Martha's house.
To be continued…
Me: Okay, so the original version of this chapter had a cliffhanger. But still, you have to admit this was a much better introduction. As always, I'd like you guys to review this story!
Crow: No! Don't review it! Reviews feed her evil muse!
Me: Yeah. Wait, Rudolph isn't always evil!
Crow: …You named your muse…Rudolph?
*A tiny dog appears on Shimmering-Sky's head*
Rudolph: Arf!
Crow: Are you telling me that little thing is responsible for all of your evil ideas?
Me: No. Only since May 24th.
Crow: How does that make any sense? You've been writing for practically three years before that date!
Me: I know. My previous muse is currently reloading. Too many evil ideas. Lucy overloaded herself. *Pauses, then smiles* But that's beside the point! I've gone on long enough, so review if you want to make Rudolph happy!
Rudolph: Arf! Arf!