A/N: I got this idea this idea from a mix of an rp and a dream. It is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal fanfic. And really my first time exploring into this idea. So, I kinda made my oc become Yuma's cousin, because we never hear about anyone in Yuma's family (minus his parents, sister, and grandma) and Cathy gave me the idea of a human Spellcaster. So, onto the-
Astral: "Chanta doesn't own us and she is sorry for not writing in a while."
Been suffering from Writer's Block and dueling.
~Guardian Number 96

[Nightmares and Monsters in My Head][Chapter One: Failed Rituals]

Gabriel closed her eyes. The sun's warmth was so far away from her small form. The floor was hard underneath her. The girl could feel her cool tears running her cheeks. Her Spellcaster friends were all out of her reach, safe in their cards... Except one. The Gagaga Magician. Wesley, her older brother with a love for fiend type monsters, had spent a lot of his money to get his hands on the card. Now, the Spellcaster's soul was there, somehow being bound to her.

"I'm sorry." She whispered to the card. Gabriel had always believed that there were souls trapped in the cards and her 'gift' allowed her to see them. This card's soul met her gaze, trapped in the ritual circle with her. He shook his head before a painful shock traveled through both their forms. Gabriel cried out as the Magician tried to break the circle-

Gabriel Lynn opened her eyes. Why was she still home?…

"School was cancelled, remember?" Galen, the spirit of the Gagaga Magician, closed his eyes. Well, the left one. He hid his right one for some reason. "Which is good, because if I recall, your cousin is suppose to come visit."

"Oh, my gosh, Galen. Why didn't you wake me up!?" The male gave her a glare.

"I'm bound to you, yes, but I'm not your alarm clock." She threw a pillow at him. Which only went through him. "Was that suppose to hurt?" A small girl came in. She had long pale, almost white, purple hair and big jade eyes. It was Gabriel's little sister, Winter.

"Big sissy! Big sissy! It snowed. It snowed!"

"That's great, Win." Galen purred, even though Winter Lynn couldn't hear him. Gabriel have him a death glare. The duel monster raised his hands in surrender and vanished into his card.

"That's really good, Win."

"Will you play outside with me?" The girl let her large jade eyes met her older sister's stormy hues. Gabriel debated it for a moment and then nodded.

"Sure. Just lemme get dressed." Winter rushed down the ladder that lead up to the 'tower' like part of the house. The human spellcaster waited til the door was completely closed. Then got out of bed. "Dark Magic Transformation." [A/N: Yes, I got the idea the idea from Kite's Photon Transformation... except a Spellcaster version.] Her pj's turned into a pair of black jeans with a red hem and an athletic wear jacket, colored in grey and red. Her eyes became heterochrome. The left one turned a shade of argent* with a matching silver scleara**. It was lined in what looked like a permanent purple duel gazer. "Wesley's gonna kill me."

Of course, he is. It took her a moment to recognize the sarcastic purr that was the voice of the Chaos Sorcerer. He, and us, have told you not to use this transformation.

"Hush, Chaos." Gabriel told the Sorcerer as he raised his head from his book, removing a pair of reading glasses. "I have a feeling I'll be dueling some time today."

Oh? Whom exactly, Gabriel Aster? She raised an eyebrow at him and then shrugged. She brushed her lavender hair to cover her left eye. Then she clipped her deck holder onto her belt and slipped her duel disk into her coat pocket.


Winter threw a snowball at her sister. Gabriel waved her hand with a laugh, blocking the ball.

"I think not, Win!" A voice called out to them from across the street.

"Hey, Lynn!" A girl with golden blonde hair walked over to her. This girl was always starting trouble with her. She was dressed ill for the weather. A black dress with boots and a thin jacket.

"Y-Yeah?" She asked, shyly.

"You never dueled me like you said you would." The lavender head paused to think.

'When was that?' She thought.

Last week. After second hour maths. Dark Magician reminded her.

"Oh… um…" Gabriel struggled for words. "I forgot?" That threw the girl into a fit. Good thing that Gabriel had already did Dark Magic Transformation.

"Then you'll duel me now!" This caused her to grit her teeth.

"Listen, Kristen. I don't have time for this. I'm trying to spend time with my little sister." Winter was glaring at Kristen.

"It's fine, Gabriel." She said in a weird growl. "As long as you win." A small smirk formed on her face.

"Well, nevermind." The oldest slipped the purple duel disk onto her arm and slipped her deck into its place as Kristen mimicked her. Then she pushed her hair back to reveal her version of a duel gazer.

"Duel disk, go." Gabriel spoke when they were done. Kristen put on her girly pink duel gazer.

"Duel gazer, allons-y!" Gabriel's markings and her gazer flashed briefly.

"Authentic Reality Vision link established." (Gabriel, LP: 4000) (Kristen, LP:4000)

"Let's duel!" Gabriel smiled as she brought her hand into her line of sight.

'Perfect.'

"I'll get this party started." She drew a card from her deck, leaving a trail of pale purple. "I draw!" Her smirk grew at the sight of her hand. "First off, I summon Gagaga Magician in attack mode. (Atk: 1500. Def: 1000.) The steampunk magician appeared on the field, one bandaged hand in his pocket. "Next, I place two cards face down and end my turn." Kristen drew a card and her frown deepened.

"I summon Shining Angel in attack mode." The blonde angel appeared onto the field. (Atk: 1400. Def: 800) "I end my turn."


(Kristen 800-0) (Win: Gabriel)

The spellcaster was breathing hard after the duel. She'd win by a 100 point margin.

"Yay, big sissy!" Winter cheered. "Yay, big-" The nine year old's d-gazer started to ring. "Huh?" She answered it. "Oh, hi, Yuma!" The older sister turned to her.

'What!?'

"We're out in the backyard. We'll be back in a tick!" Winter hung up after Yuma replied. Then she took her hand. "C'mon, Gabe!" Then basically dragged her back to the house.

"Hey, Gabriel!" She was greeted by her younger cousin, Yuma, but the girl had her eyes on the blue figure behind Yuma.

"Who are you?" She narrowed her eyes. The male figure and Yuma seemed stunned, but he answered with a question.

"You can see me?"

A/N: *Argent: a shade of silver mixed with white.

**scleara: traditionally referred to as the 'white of the eye'. Some species have scleara that match their iris.

Okay. Thank you guys for reading. Oh, Allons-y means let's go. If I got the name of the visual link wrong, please tell me. I was going off the duel between Number 96 and Bronk. *commence fangirling.* Dark Mist's voice! Antiway, good night, all.

~Guardian Number 96