Golden hair streaming out behind her, Nzinghai bounded up the ramp to take the Duel Academy entrance exam. The students stared at her wild hair and multicoloured eyes as she entered the hall. Breathless, Nzinghai started absentmindedly combing her hair, seemingly unaware of all the attention. The girl had long blond hair the colour of beaten gold. It tumbled down her shoulders, hanging around the silver hem of her pure white dress. Just then, a loud announcement was made. It was time for the girl's duel.

All eyes turned as the Academy students watched the strange newcomer. She was taking out a silver and blue lined duel disk, strapping it on her wrist. The opponent was no other than Dr. Crowler. Ever since his (or is it her) humiliating defeat, he had been led fuming onto the duel grounds to battle every newcomer. In the end, almost all of them beat him.

"Hi slacker. I hope you're ready to win." Crowler said sulkily. "I sure ain't. Go on, give it a shot. This academy's full of flunkies anyway." Strapping on his duel blazer half heartedly, Crowler strode reluctantly on the field. Nzinghai smiled, and nodded in appreciation but otherwise didn't say a word.

Crowler, after glaring at the students to make sure they weren't laughing at his attempts to polish off his ego, commenced the duel. After a relatively short round, Crowler ended up getting squashed under Ancient Gear Golem again.

Ok, now the story really starts. The intro was for you to get an idea of how Crowler changed. After getting beaten so many times (by Judai (Jaden), Pegasus and that Vampire girl), Crowler was bound to get disheartened. P.S Judai is still in Duel Academy. This is the untold version of Season 4, what happened before Darkness.

"Nice dorm." Nzinghai muttered, looking at the Slifer red dormitory. "Sweet view but… no." Turning her head, Nzinghai looked towards the tall cliff and the forest beyond. Grinning like a maniac, Nzinghai headed over to a huge oak tree. At the base, she took out a very special card. For a moment, her silver eyes flickered into deep hazelnut as the spirit of Dark Magician Girl took over for a moment.

"What do you think?" Nzinghai murmured, looking up at the tree.

Dark Magician girl materialised beside her.

"Nice…" she mused, "Perfect for a base."

Opening her backpack, Nzinghai took out a big bulldozer. "Well, let's get started!"

Jaden was shaken out of bed by an indignant Kuriboh and the earth quaking underneath him.

"Kuriboh, what's wrong?" Jaden said, wiping the sleep out of his eyes.

"Kuri kuri!" Kuriboh cried, heading out the door.

Picking up his duel disk, Jaden hurried outside. (Och! Jaden never goes anywhere without his duel disk these days… you never know who could pop up.)

"Hey! It's the Sarge, Sirus!"

As Jaden entered the main hall of Duel Academy, he was greeted by Sirus and Hassleberry.

"Whoa guys, what's going on?"

"Don't you know?!" Sirus cried, his little fists bunching up. "Somebody cut down that giant oak tree down by the pond!"

"And," added Hassleberry, "A student's missing."

Jaden ran to the window and peered outside. What he saw knocked all the breath out of him. Pushing past his friends, Jaden sprinted helter pelter outside. He had spied a lock of golden hair caught on the branches. While he ran, he was thinking, not her again!