Hello again to all my past readers! And hello to any new readers! This story was something I actually wrote for my friends a while back, so I decided to edit it a bit and then publish it on here. I hope you all enjoy!
Quick Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or any other references I may use that obvioulsy don't belong to me (I think you can figure them out).
Now, to the story!
Had it been a normal day like any other, it never would have happened. But, I've never had one of those, and I don't plan to start on having them, either.
So, had everyone not left me home alone to go to my brothers STUPID baseball game on my BIRTHDAY, I probably never would have went downstairs to go find something edible so I didn't starve to death. And had I remembered to do the kitty litter BEFORE I saw my black cat, Sphynx, go to the bathroom, she probably never would have been dragged into the whole mess. But things happen the way they do, and as I picked up Sphynx to do the kitty litter, I saw a glowing light coming from my father's work shop.
So, I did what any person who talks to themselves or falls in love with what people call "fictional TV characters" would do and went to investigate the strange glow. From afar, it just looked like a strange sky-blue and lavender glow. But, as I got closer, I realized it was a strange swirly vortex. Of course, by the time I discovered this, Sphynx and I were already being sucked into it. Oh well.
It was CRAZY! There spinning and screaming and spinning and getting distracted by the chance that I probably have either ADD or ADHD and spinning and then I saw some of my friends as I was SPINNING. And they were spinning and screaming and spinning and (SAGE! GET ON WITH THE PLOT!) Oh yes. The plot… OH! Well, these sort of portal things appeared on the sides of the wormhole and my friends went through them.
As I watched my friends get sucked into I found myself ALSO being sucked into one of the portal thingies that had magically appeared on the side. Right before I went in, something scratched my left arm and then…
Next thing I knew, I was falling and then I went THUD.
"Owwwwwwwww," I moaned. What had just happened?
"Are you alright?" asked a strangely familiar voice.
I looked up to have my face net with that of a small, pointy-haired child. Call me slow, but it took me a few seconds to figure out what was going on. Once I did, I let out a loud scream of shock, which then shocked everyone else into screaming screams of shock until the whole island we were on was ringing with screams of shock (confusing, isn't it?). I backed away sharply, thus causing a MAJOR pain in the back of my skull.
Rubbing my head I wailed "What happened? Where am I? Why am I here?" Normally, I would be screaming for joy and be able to answer all those questions (well, except the "Why am I here" one) but, like I said, this wasn't a normal kind of day.
"Well," said Yugi."To start, you just fell from the sky right in front of me. As for where you are, that would be Duelist Kingdom on Maxamillion Pegasus's island"
WAS HE SERIOUS? NO WAY! SQUUUUEEEEEAAAAALLLL!
"As for why you're here, that's obvious!" said a familiar Brooklyn accent. "You're here to duel me! SO PUT UP YOUR DECK!"
"Not now Joey," Said a familiar nag." She just fell from the sky, give her a break."
As Joey and the nag started to get into an argument, I looked at my right hand. On it was a red, finger-less glove with 10 star shaped holes imbedded into a metal ring. NO WAY! I WAS ENTERED INTO DUELIST KINDOM? SINCE WHEN? A familiar stroking around my legs made me look down to see my cat Sphynx do one of her most doggy things and fall over in anticipation of a belly rub.
On my back I felt an extra weight. What was it? I turned around to see my panda bear backpack hanging snugly on my shoulders. I took it off and looked inside. Man, everything was there! My iPod, my deck, cat food, junk food, pencils, pens, paper, EVERYTHING! It was so awesome, but I still wasn't exactly sure what was going on.
A gloved hand much like my own reached down to me. I grabbed hold of it and was brought back to my feet. I looked up the arm to see a face much like the other pointy-haired one, but different. OMG! THE PHARAOH! WHEN THE H*EEP DID THAT HAPPEN?
I had a TOTAL panic attack on the inside. In my world I had a HUGE crush on the Pharaoh, mostly because Yu-Gi-Oh was my favorite manga/ anime in the entire world! So, standing in front of the guy without squealing and jumping up and down was…hard, to say the least.
"Are you alright? What's your name?" The words came out of his mouth like a sweet symphony. *SIGH* Was I really talking to the Pharaoh? Man if my friends were here…speaking of which, where were they? I hope they're alright.
"Oh, yes, I'm fine. Heh heh" Oh god, I was STAMERING! "OH! My name's Sage, Sage Waldgrave." That was my name, right?
"Oh, that's good. I'm Yugi Mutou." Oh no he wasn't. But, no one knew that yet. No point in spoiling it now, we just met.
"HEY! Are we going to duel or what?" Normally I would have slapped Joey for ruining that moment, but my cheeks must have been neon-red at that point. So, I secretly thanked him instead. I looked over to see the nag (aka Tea) almost exploding in anger. That made me smirk because I had always hated that nag and the fact she couldn't decide whether she loved Yugi or the Pharaoh. Which reminded me, what was the Pharaoh's name again? Hm…
"Uh, yah, sure. But, would you mind explaining the rules to me?" I said. Hey, I wasn't an idiot. I knew the rules in season one were different than those of later on, so I wanted to play the game right.
Joey looked confused but shrugged and grabbed my arm. He pulled me over to a giant box (Authors note: the giant box I mention is what they use in the manga in place of the giant dueling arenas they use in the anime. I decided as the author of this story, I liked the boxes better then the dueling arenas) and whispered in my ear "You a newbie too?"
I shook my head 'yes' and he dragged me into the clear box. He plopped me down on a chair, and took the chair across from it. There was a table between us that had the dueling mats I sometimes used back at home, but the only difference was that they weren't duel mats but actually part of the table.
"To start," He said. "We take out our decks of 40 cards." Oh SH*EEP. Seriously? I think mine has like, 55. I hope he doesn't notice…
"Then, we fill our hands with 6 cards each, like so:" And he drew 6 cards from his deck. "I may now summon one monster." He laid down a baby dragon in attack mode. "And I decide to lay two cards face down on the field." He then laid two more cards on the field, face down. "Now it's your turn," He said.
"Do I need to sacrifice?" I asked.
"Need to what? No." He responded.
"I think I get it now," I said eagerly. 'Let's duel!"
"Hold up," He said. "We need to wager star chips."
I looked at my glove. Somehow, I had accumulated 6 star chips. I laid 4 on the table. Joey looked shocked and then put down all 4 of his on the table as well. He then took all his cards and reshuffled them. I shuffled my cards as well, and we dueled.
Blah, blah, blah. Boring, boring, boring. Face down, face down. Ah, here it is.
"NOOOO! I lost!" Shouted Joey. Everyone looked shocked. Joey really wasn't that hard. 4 turns and I had beat him.
He looked really sad. Then I remembered why he entered the tournament: for his sister.
"Look," I said, trying to act like I didn't know why this loss was so important. I mean, I was just a stranger to them at this point. "I'll let you keep your star chips if I can hang out with you guys. I'm not with anyone else, and you guys seem nice."
Joey looked at me, and then at everyone else. "Isn't that breaking the rules?" He asked.
"No. If you give me something in return for my win, you can still say you bet it. There's no rule against it." I answered back. Please say yes. PLEASE!
Joey looked at his friends again.
"I've got no problem with it," said a white-haired and (sadly) gay-looking guy I knew to be Ryo from reading the manga and watching the anime a billion times.
"Me neither. She beat you and didn't even know the rules. I just didn't know you sucked that much Joey," Said a guy with a weird hair spike sticking out right in the front all Yu-Gi-Oh fans would know as Tristan, or Honda, if you were Japanese.
"THANKS A LOT TRISTAN!" Yelled Joey.
"Welcome aboard, Sage!" said the Pharaoh. OMG! I COULD HAVE DIED! HE SAID MY NAME! Wow, talk about being a fan girl for Ra's sake.
I noticed the only person to not say anything was the nag, who looked like she might murder me in the night.
Just then, HAIR GUY CAME! (I'm sure all Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged fans know who I'm referring to) Out of the bushes…from nowhere…okkkkkaaaayyyy…
"Are you Miss Waldgrave?" Asked Hair guy.
"Yes, I am," I said. Uh oh. What did I do?
"HERE!" He yelled. I had barely stepped out of the duel box when he chucked a card at me! With my horrible catching skills, I missed and it landed in the bushes.
"I suck at catching," I said, blushing.
Embarrassed, I ran into the bush and got the card. I stopped cold.
"It's from Master Pegasus. Now you have something to fight for. HARDYHARHARAHARAHARHAR!" and he left like that, just laughing.
"Sage, what is it?" asked Ryo.
I still couldn't speak. I just turned the card for everyone to see. On it was a picture of a screaming girl with straight, medium brown hair, a button nose, cat-like mouth, wire-rimmed glasses, brown eyes, and a light sprinkle of freckles. The top of the card read "Soul Prison". Everyone gasped.
"Who is it?" Nag whispered.
"DJ…" I said solemnly, recognizing the person on the card to be one of my friends. "Oh no…YOU CAN'T BE THERE! DJ!"
OH NO! DJ! Will she be ok, even though only Sage knows who she is in the land of Yu-Gi-Oh! And how did Sage and her firends end up there anyway? I can promise you not all your questions will be answered anytime soon, btu I hope you come back and read what happens next anyway!
Thanks for reading! Please comment, I love reading those things, good and bad!
'Till next time (hopefully), goobye!