Welcome to my first fanfic! This is about my OC entering Duel Academy with an archetype that I made myself! Before we start, let me explain something: when a monster is summoned, I'll present their stats like this (Level/Attack/Defense).

And if their ATK of DEF changed, I'll do this: (Original Level/Original ATK/Original DEF) - (New Level/New ATK/New DEF).

P.S: If you want to send in an OC that might appear later in the story (no promises,) then write a personal message with this info:

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Remember, this takes place in the GX era, so no cards from 5Ds or Zexal (Synchro monsters, tuner monsters, XYZs monsters, etc.)! And please do not use cards that are other people's Aces or signature cards unless you have a good reason.

New Update (4/6/13): Please do not send in any OCs who use OC cards. I have accepted many OCs who do, but I'm afraid that people will become annoyed with amount of fake cards in this story.

Please enjoy and leave behind a review to tell me how to improve!

A teenager jogged down the halls of Kaiba Dome. He wore a black vest with a clock face on the breast pocket with a white long sleeved shirt underneath. He also wore black pants with black shoes and a black band on his left wrist, and the white deck box attached to his hip indicated that he was a duelist. But the most interesting thing about the lad was the device he wore. He wore a red visor that covered his eyes that ended with white ear pieces on each ear. He rushed to find the correct door to the Duel Academy entrance exams. "151, 152, 153, ah! 154!"

The teen opened the door to where the tests were to be held. A large room that was reminiscent to a gymnasium appeared before the duelist. The room was divided into various duel arenas with Proctors and newcomers. Spell and trap cards were revealed, monsters were summoned and destroyed, and everyone was having a great time. The teen walked up to a desk next to the door where he entered and the lady behind the desk smiled, "Hello! How can we help you?"

He removed his deck from its box and handed it to the lady, "I'm here for the dueling portion of the entrance exams Miss…." The nametag on the desk said Fonda Fortaine, "Miss Fortaine."

She took the deck and put it on top of a small machine connected to a computer that scanned for any illegal cards, "Okay. What's your name young man?"

"Tempus Grace, at your service," the teen announced, his dark green hair bouncing as he gave a casual salute.

The lady typed on the computer for a few seconds until the records appeared, "Ah, Mr. Grace. While your written exams weren't the best out of the bunch, I have a hunch that your dueling skills will more than accommodate for your average written exam." A small window appeared listing the cards in Tempus's deck and indicated that they were all legal, "Huh, I've never seen this archetype before."

Tempus smiled and slipped his deck back into its box, "These cards are… special. Oh, and before I forget, can you check my duel disk?" He slid off his black band and placed it in front of the lady.

Ms. Fortaine held up the small metal band, a questioning look in her eyes, "This is your duel disk?"

Tempus smiled and pressed a button on the bottom of the band, which caused a metal disk to slide out and construct the rest of the duel disk. Miss Fortaine gasped, "Amazing! Who made this?"

Tempus smile, "I did! But it's regulation to check to see if I made my disk any different from the school regulated one."

Miss Fortaine nodded and inserted a small USB cord that was connected to the computer to the disk. She typed for a few seconds then unplugged the cord, "Well, it looks like it has the same exact programming as any other school duel disk, so you can use it. But remember: we will know when you alter its programming, and you will be kicked off of the island."

The newcomer nodded, "Of course Miss Fortaine."

Tempus slid the black band back on his arm and walked up to the next table where a man in a purple coat sat with a white duel disk on his left arm. Multiple decks laid on the table facedown, waiting for other decks to fight. The Proctor looked up and picked up a deck, "Are you here for your dueling exam?"

"That's right," Tempus said, nodding.

The Proctor put on the deck in his duel disk and stood up, "All right then, let's go to duel arena number 2."

OoOoO

Tempus and the Proctor stood on either side of the duel field, facing each other, "You ready new guy?" the Proctor asked.

Tempus smiled and activated his duel disk, "Of course."

"DUEL!"

"DUEL!"

Tempus: 4000

Proctor: 4000

"I go first!" the Proctor announced and drew a card, "I summon Giant Soldier of Stone in Defense Mode!"

A hologram of a giant stone soldier with two stone swords knelt on the ground (3/1300/2000), "Then I place a card facedown, your move."

A facedown card appeared on his side of the field and Tempus drew a card. Tempus grinned, "I play Quick Time!"

The picture of a clock appeared on the field in a form of a Spell card; the clock's arms moving so fast that they were a blur, "This card allows me to Special Summon a "Time HERO" monster whose level is 4 or lower from my hand as long as I discard one card from my hand, so I'll send this card to the Graveyard to Special Summon Time HERO Creature- Clockers!"

Tempus placed a card on his duel disk which summoned a small pink cat with a clock hanging around its neck (2/300/200). "But sadly, he won't be staying long, because I sacrifice him to summon Time HERO- Clockman!"

The small cat disappeared and a man wearing dark green armor and wielding what looked like the two hands of a clock appeared in its place (6/2500/2000), "That's not all! When Clockers gets sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a "Time HERO" monster from my deck or hand that has 4 levels or lower, so come on out, from my deck, Time HERO- Micromork!"

At this, a speck of black appeared on the field in attack position (2/800/500). The Proctor took a step back, "What is this?"

Tempus waved his hand, "I'll show you! Clockman, attack his Soldier!"

Clockman seemed to disappear, only to appear right in front of the Giant Soldier of Stone and slashed him twice, causing the Soldier to explode. "Now, Micromork, attack him directly!"

The small speck jumped over to the Dueling Proctor and punched the Proctor in the chin.

Tempus: 4000

Proctor: 3200

"And because Micromork dealt damage, I get to discard a card from your hand, and I choose the one on the far left!"

The Proctor discarded the chosen card, "I'll then play two facedown cards and end my turn."

The Proctor smiled, "That was some stellar moves there kid, but now I draw!"

He scanned his hand, which only consisted of 4 cards now thanks to Micromork's effect, "First, I activate my facedown, Mystical Space Typhoon! I destroy your facedown card that's on my left!"

Tempus' card flew away into the Graveyard as Mystical Space Typhoon destroyed it, "I then summon Earth Energy, in Attack Mode!" The Proctor placed a card on his duel disk and a ball of stone appeared, pieces of it sliding in and out which showed a glowing core in the center(4/100/2000), "I then play Double Summon, which allows me to Normal Summon or Set another card this turn!"

He activated the mentioned card and sent it to the Grave, "I'm doing this to Summon Mechanical Hound in Attack Mode!"

A golden robotic dog with a silver tail appeared, howling into the air (7/2800/1500), "Now normally, I would have to sacrifice two monsters, but Earth Energy counts as two sacrifices if he's used to summon an EARTH type monster!" The Proctor laughed and pointed at Micromork, "Now Mechanical Hound, attack Time HERO- Micromork!"

The robotic dog charged and bit Micromork, eating the monster and destroying it which caused it to explode. Tempus covered his face as the explosion blew back his hair.

Tempus: 2000

Proctor: 3200

"Well," Tempus said, "I'll reveal my facedown, Time Signal!" A spotlight with a giant letter "T" shone unto the ceiling, "This card allows me to Special Summon a "Time HERO" monster that's Level 4 or less from my hand or Deck when a monster's destroyed, and I Summon Time HERO- Time Stream Surfer!"

A man wearing red and blue swim trunks with yellow hair knelt, holding his red and yellow surfboard in front of him (4/900/1900), "And then his effect activates! When he surfs unto the field, then he lets me draw two cards!" Tempus did just that, "And normally, I would have to shuffle one of the cards in my hand back into the deck, but since I have another Time HERO monster out on the field, I can keep my card."

The Proctor frowned at the effect, "Fine, but I have no cards in my hand, so Mechanical Hound doesn't let you play any spell cards! Your move."

"With pleasure," Tempus said, drawing a card, making the number of cards in his hand 3, "I sacrifice Time HERO- Clockman and Time HERO- Time Stream Surfer to Summon Time HERO- Genesis!"

Both Time HEROs evaporated in a golden light and a humanoid figure in a green jumpsuit with white lines running across the suit who wore a silver helmet with a single green lens appeared, letting out a laugh and crossed his arms (8/0/0). The Proctor laughed, "Are you cracking under the pressure kid? This guy has no ATK points!"

Tempus smiled, "I know that, but that's how it's great! Now, in order to attack, I gotta toss out a card, but it's worth it because when this card attacks, you take the damage!"

The Proctor gasped, "What! You can't be serious!"

Tempus nodded and discarded a card, "Oh I am! Now Genesis, attack Mechanical Hound!"

The Dueling Proctor revealed his facedown card, "I activate Negate Att—"

"I reveal Time Rip!"

"What!" the Dueling Proctor exclaimed. Tempus smirked, "Time Rip is a trap card that negates and destroys a trap card when there's a Time HERO monster on the field, so Genesis can still attack!"

Time HERO- Genesis shot two wire cables that were aimed at Mechanical Hound. Mechanical Hound swiped the wires, but they instead hit the Dueling Proctor, causing the Dueling Proctor to fall to the ground.

Tempus: 2000

Dueling Proctor: 0

Tempus = Winner!

The Dueling Proctor got up a shook his head, "That was a great duel there!"

Tempus grinned as the holograms disappeared, "Thanks, you too!"

The Proctor walked over to Tempus and shook his hand, "Congratulations and welcome to Duel Academy!"

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