Author's note:Got another story for you. For some reason, it struck me that, despite the weirdness about the Yugioh 5Ds English dub version of what happened to Toby, that in itself had the potential to turn into something very interesting. The reason... well, you'll see. In the meantime: Welcome to the Void.

Chapter 1: Arrival

Sometimes I wonder, what would have happened if things were different. What if I was strong enough? What would have happened then? Would I, Toby Tredwell, still have my sister with me? Would I have made something positive of my Psychic Dueling powers like I aspired to do? Could I have avoided this?

How did this all begin? I was looking forward to being in the Arcadia Movement, along with the woman I looked up to. Why don't I remember her name? I just remembered torture. I remembered pain. I remembered shocks. I was told that I needed to take tests to judge my worthiness to join the movement. I was stripped, with only my pants on, as I lay in the bed and had various pads attached to me. It started as a tingling, but soon I tensed up and screamed from the pain. To feel those electrodes connected to you, to feel the current flowing, coursing through your body, to feel as though you were nothing but a circuit, more than seventy percent of your body being a conductor. No matter how much you protested, no matter how much you screamed, you were never going to get relief.

Arcadia continued with their 'testing'. I couldn't see a thing. I couldn't hear anything above my own screams, my desperate cries for release. My whole body was twitching, twisting, trying to shake off the cables that were connected to me. All the while, I was tense, every action quick, but momentary and brief. All the while, to feel such power stampeding through every neuron in my body; was it supposed to strengthen my own powers? Was the Arcadia Movement trying to boost my powers to a point where my cards could not only heal paper cuts, but also mend broken bones in a fraction of a second? Maybe this pain was a good thing? Good or otherwise, the pain was still pain, and that pain was still extremely torturous.

It started lessening at some point. I was told to 'pack my things' and get ready to leave. Apparently, I had been selected to go to a training school that would help boost my Psychic Powers. I wanted to tell my sister the good news: I had passed the tests! They were going to train my powers. They told me that they would take care of informing my relatives, and just told me to pack up, and to also remember my Duel Monsters Deck. Maybe I was going to go to a special Duel Academy.

The next morning arrived, and I saw a car by the Arcadia Movement. I was told that I needed to go with that car, and they would take me to a truly amazing place. I was so excited when I got in the car, I was shaking with anticipation. We drove for quite a while, outside New Domino City even. We kept driving into the countryside, where I saw whole acres of green land, and lots of trees. It was beautiful. I enjoyed the journey in that car.

We arrived at what seemed like a private air-field. The guards there and my escort started conversing, and soon I was transferred to the care of the former. They led me to a jet, and I couldn't contain myself. I just wanted to memorize everything, and enjoy this journey to its fullest. Boarding the jet, I was even more amazed, although I wished that there were windows so that I could see the view of the landscape below.

"Please may all passengers and crew go to their seats and strap on their seatbelts until further notice," the captain sounded over the intercom. I could see a sign light up that said 'Fasten Seat Belt" and I followed the instructions. So now I was flying. I could soon feel the plane move from underneath me, and I felt myself sinking further and further back into my seat as the journey continued. This was amazing, so why didn't the jet have windows? I would have really loved to see the outside. It felt just as though I was still rising. How high were we right now? Were we above the clouds? It just felt as though we were going higher and higher.

At some point, the Fasten Seat Belt sign got turned off and I stood up. A stewardess was waiting for me by my seat, and asked me for a food order. "Pork dumplings," I couldn't help myself. This trip seemed like a dream come true, and what better way to further better the day than with my favorite food? When she returned with my order, she had even brought me my favorite drink, saying that it was complementary. This was the best flight ever!

Just as I had finished my meal, the fasten seat belt sign came back on, so I once again complied. This was it, I was finally going to arrive. Soon enough, I felt some impact beneath me. We had landed, and the doors opened some time later. Something I found a bit strange was that, when I looked out of the exit, I was expecting to see a flight of stairs leading down to the ground, but instead I saw a tunnel. A long, white tunnel was in my sight. I was ushered out of the jet by the guards, with my bags in hand. Walking through these passageways was a little bit disturbing. I was expecting something a lot more vibrant. The guards took me into a lift, and soon I was on another floor, being pushed forward again. We were walking for so long that I was glad when I got a chance to sit down upon reaching the office of a "Warden Brutus Angustia".

"So, this is the most recent failure, eh?" this Warden spoke to the guards. Right now, I cannot remember him too well. "Welcome to the Void, kid!"

"Where am I?" I remember asking, frightened. Why did they say 'failure'?

"Like I said, kid, welcome to the Void."

"Didn't I pass the tests? Does my sister know about this? Where is this place?"

"We got a talkative one, I see. And he's annoying, too. It's going to be entertaining to watch him adapt to here. Get him a local flavor of the dress-code… then throw him to the Carnivore!"