Chapter one
First day
"Wake up!" Laurein yelled as she shook her stepsister, "Come on!"
Luana groaned and turned.
"Five more minutes…" she muttered.
"Either you wake up or I'm putting Paws on you!"
Luana let out another groan and Laurein snapped.
"Fine!"
She walked out and came back after two minutes with a snow dog, black with white paws and blue eyes, by her side. The dog jumped onto Luana and began to lick her face.
"Alright!" Luana yelled and pushed the dog off, "I'm up!"
Luana sat up and Laurein had a hard time trying not to laugh. Luana grabbed a mirror on her bedside table and sighed.
"I look like a tornado hit me!" Luana snapped.
"Don't worry," Laurein replied, "It suites you."
Luana threw the mirror at Laurein, who ducked and the mirror hit the wall, shattering into pieces.
Laurein laughed and told Luana that she had less than an hour before class. She then left the Slifer dorm and said that she'll wait at the Yellow dorm.
Welcome to Duel Academy. The large school is located on a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The school takes up about a quarter of the island and the dorms and nature take up the rest. The school is a large building which has three floors: the headmaster's office up top, the classes and shop on the middle floor and the duel arena, which is quite big, on the bottom floor. The building was in a circular form.
The rest of the island had forests, an inactive volcano and three dormitories. You have three ranks here and the dorm has been designed according to that rank. You get Slifer Red (lowest), Ra Yellow (middle) and Obelisk Blue (highest).
The Slifer dorm looked like a forgotten hotel. The brown walls, the old balcony, the red roof and the many doors that led to many rooms with three bunk beds inside, truly gave that feeling, though it was recently renewed.
The Ra dorm was a bit bigger and had a green roof and yellow walls. There were less rooms and each person had a room to himself. There was no balcony and the food was definitely better.
The Obelisk dorm was like a five-star hotel with fancy food, a private pool, a gaming room and private room for each student. The dorm was split into two separate ones, one for the boys and the other for the girls. The white walls and blue roofs gave the impression that royalty lived here and the Blue students were treated as such. They even acted like they ruled the campus.
The uniforms have changed a bit. The boys now wear either white or black trousers and the jacket of their rank. The girls wore black or white short skirts or trousers and a top in the colour of their rank. Shoes were either sneakers or boots in black and accessories were optional.
Paws was the dog of the Yellow dorm while Pharaoh was the cat of the Red dorm, with his fluffy tail and beige fur with black stripes.
Luana sighed, got up and got dressed for their first day as students. Yesterday, new students arrived and were separated into their dorms. Today was the day the learning began, the learning of how to become the next King of games (best in the world) or, as Laurein says, the next Queen.
Here at the Academy, you study and play a game known as Duel Monsters. You have a Duel disk on which you place cards in order to defeat your opponent's cards. Each player had four thousand life points and whoever hits zero, loses. However, the rules were complex and the outcome can never really be predicted. The game was played world wide but this school tried to help you to improve and start a career as a professional duellist.
Luana stood in front of her closet and played with her long, red, very messy hair as she decided what to wear.
"Red top or red top?" she asked herself and then pulled out a top from the closet.
She came out of the dorm a while later with a red top, with straps around her shoulders, and a black skirt and boots. As she came out, she spotted the one person she met yesterday: Jaden Yuki.
"Morning, Luana!" Jaden exclaimed, "How ya been?"
Jaden was in his usual good mood and his brown hair with the orange in the middle seemed to make his head look much bigger than it actually is.
"F…fine , thanks," Luana replied, her sky-blue eyes showing her slight embarrassment as she looked into Jaden's brown eyes, "You?"
"Great, as always! See you in class!"
"Yeah, you too."
Luana walked past and down the stairs, when her foot got caught and she fell down the last two steps.
"Are you alright?" Jaden asked and ran down to help her up.
"I…I'm fine, r…really."
Jaden gave a pout and Luana left for the Yellow dorm.
Luana found Laurein talking to a black haired guy with dark brown, almost black, eyes and a yellow jacket. Laurein then said goodbye and turned to find Luana.
"Does he have a name?" Luana asked and Laurein went bright red.
"Bastion, I…I think." Laurein replied and blushed even redder.
"Oh. Well, shall we head off to class now?"
"Sure."
Luana led the way and gave glances at Laurein. She was wearing the same outfit but her top was yellow instead.
"People are going to think you look strange." Luana commented after a while.
"Just because I have long blue hair and a yellow top?" Laurein snapped, "Hah! I would send them packing in more ways than one!"
"It just looks strange, that's all."
"I know that blue hair and light green eyes don't really go together, but mine is in perfect harmony."
They said nothing further and entered the school.
"Welcome!" the teacher greeted in voice that sounded a bit high for a male, "I am Doctor Vellian Crowler, the head of techniques here and I am the best teacher around here."
Luana watched his long blond hair, tied in a pony, and purple lips.
"You sure you're not a cross dresser?" Luana interrupted.
"No, and you will treat me with some respect!"
"Why?"
"I have a PhD in duelling and I will not tolerate such disrespect!"
Luana sighed.
"Now, take your seats: red in front, yellow in the middle and blue at the back!"
The classroom looked like a hall but the seats were positioned like that of a stadium, going higher. The room was big enough to fit forty students and had white walls, blue chairs and a desk in front for the teacher. The desks were long and white.
"Now," Doctor Crowler began when everyone was seated, "I'll take attendance! Laurein Moyi!"
"Here!"
"Syrus Truesdale!"
"Here!"
"Luana Moyi!"
"Uninterested!"
"Watch your manners! Jaden Yuki!"
"Here!"
"Alexis Rhodes!"
"Miaau."
Crowler looked up and saw Pharaoh sitting on his desk.
"Ahhhh! Cat! I hate cats! Take him away!"
The whole class burst out laughing, except for a shy blond girl who got up, picked up Pharaoh and went to sit back down, her outfit showing that she was in the blue dorm.
"Now, back to class!" Doctor Crowler yelled and continued with taking attendance when silence had resumed, "Ciara Butyre!"
After taking the rest of the class, he began his lesson.
"Today, we'll be learning a bit more about Trap cards. Luana, give me the effect of Just Desserts."
"Uhm," Luana thought, "I think…I think you…I don't know."
"Your opponent loses five hundred life points for each monster on his side of the field." Laurein answered leisurely, leaning on her hand like she was bored out of her mind.
"Correct." Luana responded.
"Who do you think the teacher is?" Doctor Crowler boomed, "Me or you?"
"You?"
"Yes!"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I though you were the Academy mascot!"
Doctor Crowler lost it as the class burst out laughing again.
"Silence! Luana, go to Chancellor Shepard's office, now!"
"Okay," Luana replied and collected her things, "By the way, should I take coffee and cookies?"
"Just go!"
Luana turned and left and Doctor Crowler went on with the class. Luana knocked on the Chancellor's door and a gentle voice invited her in.
"Crowler sent me." Luana said and gazed around.
The walls were white and so was the floor. Near the large window overlooking the campus, was a desk and a pot plant. Behind the desk sat a chubby man with a bald head and a brown short beard.
"Why?" he asked.
"Well, I told him what I thought of him. I thought he was the mascot of the Academy."
"We all do sometimes. Was that all?"
"Yeah."
"Good. You may return and tell him that you were only joking."
"Is that a "he"? I though it was a "she"!"
Chancellor Shepard laughed and told Luana to go. She was just about to leave when she turned and asked: "Would you like some coffee and cookies?"
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