A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THEIR CREATORS!

Chapter 1: Discovered

A four year old boy with tan skin, an average looking physique, black hair with gold highlights, and royal blue eyes ran through the woods one day after a storm. He laughed as he passed by trees. Yusei found his way to a small, peaceful clearing and leaned against a tree. But as his arm touched the tree, he jumped away as it lit on fire.

"What did I…?" he muttered. He heard someone step behind him and he turned to see an African American man with white eyes walking up.

"Well look what we have here?" commented the man. "A little Peculiar just discovering his power."

"Peculiar?" the boy repeated. "Who are you?" He then noticed a giant creature behind the man. It stood on pinpoint legs and its arms were pinpointed as well. It had a white-grey skin tone and had no eyes, just a large mouth filled with sharp pointed teeth. It roared a bit to reveal tentacles in its mouth. Yusei backed up and into the tree, trying not to light it on fire. "What… What is that?"

"Oh? You can see my friend, huh? Well, that means you have two peculiarities. Never heard of that before. Well, might as well introduce you. Kid, meet a hollow. Hollow, meet your next meal," the man responded.

"Yusei!" called a young boy's voice.

"Yusei, where are you?!" called another.

The hollow and man, however, seem unaffected by the fact that two children were coming. The hollow stepped forward and went to stab the boy, Yusei, grabbed the claw lighting it on fire. The hollow screamed in pain as the fire climbed up its body, burning it.

Yusei watched in fear as it fell to the ground, charred over. No doubt able to be seen as the man was looking at it in shock. The man turned to Yusei, stepping forward, "Well, it seems you've shown you're quite the dangerous little Peculiar."

"Yusei! Come on!" called the second boy's voice.

Yusei turned and noticed two boys coming into view. And him, the dead hollow, and the man into theirs.

"Yusei!" called the first boy as they hurried up. The stepped beside Yusei. "Who is this guy? What's wrong?" He looked at the dead creature on the ground. "What is that?"

"Two friends, eh?" the man cut in. "They aren't Peculiars and I don't feast on non-Peculiars."

"Uh, what?" the second boy retorted.

"Don't worry - Yusei, is it? - I'm certain we'll meet again. And when we do, I'm sure we'll have a grand time seeing you die," the man responded before walking away and disappearing.

"God, who was that guy?!" the second boy exclaimed.

"Yusei, do you know him?" the first asked.

"No, Jack," Yusei answered. "He came up to me with that creature, saying even he couldn't see it. Just I could."

"Then why can we?" the second asked.

"I'm not really sure, Crow. Maybe because it's dead?" Yusei suggested.

"How did it die?" Jack asked. "It's burnt to a crisp."

"I'm not really sure," Yusei answered.

"Well, we can talk about this later," Crow responded. "Let's get back to Martha's. It's time for dinner."

"R-Right," Yusei agreed and they hurried away from the area. 'What's a Peculiar? And why can I do that stuff?'

. . .

That night, Yusei was tossing and turning in his bed. So many things were swirling around his head after the day's events. Questions, concerns, fears… too many things.

"Yusei…" called a voice from outside. "Come outside." Yusei stood up and looked out the window to see a woman there. She wore an older-fashioned outfit, maybe from the early 2000s. She was looking at his window. "Come, Yusei. We need to talk."

Yusei took a deep breath before silently slipping on some outdoor clothes. He then just as quietly moved out of his room, shutting the door and making his way outside. When he entered the bitter night air, he noticed the woman had disappeared. Suddenly, he heard the calling of a Merlin falcon. He looked to see it and it looked at him. It gestured for him to follow before flying off.

Yusei quickly followed it back to the clearing, with no sign of the hollow, where he found the falcon turn into the woman from before. "Who are you?" he asked her.

"My name is Miss Mei Merlin, you can call me Miss Merlin. I am a Ymbryne, a type of Peculiar," she greeted. "As an Ymbryne, I can change into a type of bird as you saw. I can also create and maintain time loops."

"Time loops?" he questioned. "What is a Peculiar?"

"A Peculiar is a person whose recessive gene gives the person a power. You have two recessive genes in you from two Peculiars. Each were your grandparents. It is rare for even the recessive offspring of two Peculiars to get both powers, but you managed it," Miss Merlin explained. "As a Ymbryne, it is my task to find and protect all Peculiars. I assume you met Bannor."

"Is he the man who had that 'hollow' with him?" Yusei asked.

"He is," she answered. "You're very lucky to escape with your life. I create time loops to keep Peculiar children on one day of life forever while protecting them from hollows and people like that man you met. Yusei, I understand this is a lot to ask, but I need you to come with me to my time loop and come into my home to stay."

"But… what about my friends? I can't just abandon them!" Yusei retorted.

"I know. But you would be putting them in worse danger by staying. Hollows eat the eyes of Peculiar children mainly," Miss Merlin responded and Yusei went wide eyed in fear. "They also do not refrain from other people and children."

"Meaning my friends would also be targets…" Yusei realized.

"How about this? You come to my time loop for three days and see what you think. If you still want to leave, alright. But I'll be ready to help you should a hollow try to attack you again and until you can master your powers," Miss Merlin suggested.

"Alright," Yusei agreed. "I'll go for three days, I guess."

"Good," Miss Merlin responded. "Follow me, Yusei."

Yusei looked back once before following her away.