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The girl stepped out of her uncle's limo. She stood and looked back at her old home. Her new home. It had been three years since she had been in those halls.

"Miss. Jones let us bring your things inside." Her butler said.

"Thank you Lawrence." She quietly replied.

If you had started to wonder, this girls name was Meredith Ann Jones. She had long, silky and curly blond hair. It reached down to her waist. And also, her being a well known singer in the United Kingdom for her young age, stylists would not let her cut it, only an inch trim every six months. Meredith was considered to be very attractive for a 14 year old. .

Meredith walked slowly into her house. It actually looked the same. She continued to move up the stairs, to her old bedroom. When she opened the door, Meredith thought she was 11 again. Her so called parents really hadn't changed a thing. The covers were the same, the curtains, even all of her old pictures were there. Even the one with her and her best friend Yuugi. Meredith picked it up from its lonely place on the desk and looked at it. They were sitting on one of the benches at their old elementary school. Yuugi was waving and Meredith had her arm around his shoulders. 'I wonder if he still has that puzzle?' she thought. Meredith chuckled and placed it back on her desk.

She looked at the picture for another moment. "Lawrence!"

"Yes, Miss. Jones?"

"I'm going out." Meredith walked down the stairs and grabbed her coat and cell phone.

"But Miss. Jones, your uncle left specific instructions for you not to leave until he arrived." The butler walked after her.

"Well he can yell at me then. I'll be back by 11 ok? See ya!" The girl walked out the door. "What does it matter to my uncle anyway. It's not like he's actually going to live here. I live alone and unfortunately, I stand alone. Ha well not completely alone." Meredith said quietly to herself, "I still have Yuugi. Well, I hope anyway..."

Meredith walked down the old empty street. She remembered where Yuugi lived. In the turtle game shop across the street and around the corner. That's how she had always remembered it. She was actually kind of nervous. She checked her watch, it was only 7:30pm. The shop closed at nine. Well it did when she was younger. Meredith reached the corner and turned. The shop was still there. It hadn't changed at all. Meredith walked up to the door of the shop, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

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The little bell rang. Signalling to the old shop owner, Sullivan Motou, that a future customer had entered. "Hello there!" he said to the girl, "Is there anything that I could help you with?" He asked her.

"Well," the blond scanned the shelves, "do you have any problem solving games? One player preferably." She said.

"Hm let's see... I just may have a few things that you may enjoy." He turned to the shelf behind his desk. "Do you like puzzles Miss?"

"Oh yes! I am a great solver of puzzles. At least I think I am." The teenager still scanned the shelves.

"Really? My grandson likes puzzles too his name is--"

"Yuugi? I know." The girl faced the old man.

Mr. Motou thought for a moment. 'Haven't I seen this face?' he thought. "Meredith?" He asked.

"Hi Mr. Motou. I'm back from England!" She made a slight wave and curtsy.

"Oh Meredith my dear how are you?!" The old man gave Meredith a warm and big hug.

"I'm good. How about you? And Yuugi?" She asked.

"Oh I am well. But you should ask Yuugi yourself." Mr. Motou walked over to the stairs leading to the house. "YUUGI!" He called, "There is someone here to see you!"

"One minute Grandpa!" Yuugi yelled back. Just hearing Yuugi's voice sent Meredith's heart racing. She prayed with all her might that they would still be great friends. Footsteps where heard coming down the stairs. And soon a young boy was seen at the bottom steps.

"Meredith?" He walked up to her. They were the same height now.

"Wow Yuugi, you grew!" Yuugi grabbed Meredith in a big hug.

"Wh-when did you get back from England?"

"Today."

"Oh my gosh Meredith you have to tell me everything!" He pulled her upstairs to the family room

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Mr. Motou had gotten Yuugi and Meredith some cookies, Milk and some candy and left them to talk things over.

"So when did you get back?" Yuugi asked quietly.

"I got back today." She said taking a bite out of her cookie. "But don't worry yourself, I'm really sure that everything will go back to normal soon." Meredith smiled at Yuugi. He smiled back and took a piece of candy. "Oh by the way, do you still have that puzzle?" Yuugi nodded excitedly and left to go retrieve his treasure.

Yuugi came back with a golden metal box in his hands. "I know I've been working on it for going on eight years now but, there's something about it that just keeps me going!" Yuugi set the box down in front of Meredith and opened it. She gasped in awe.

"Oh my god Yuugi it's so beautiful!" She said. "Can I look at it?"

"Sure!"

Meredith gently reached into the box and pulled out the puzzle, the millennium puzzle, if she remembered correctly. Yuugi probably was almost one half of the way done. He had been working on it for so long, she hope that his patience would be rewarded. "Yuugi, tell me the legend again. You know what's written on the box?"

Well there's the end of chapter 1! yeah! P.S. Plz no flaming! constructive criticism is well appreciated though! Thx alot! lyl!