I know I said I was taking a break, but you know what I got done during said break?

Half a valkyria chronicles chapter.

Yes folks, half of a chapter. *nods* so, with much awaited…well, probably not awaited but…Oh, behold

And, in other news, I've now caught up with 5d's…so I think I might give one particular idea a good go *evil smile* but how to pull it off is not an easy thought

Pathway to darkness

Season 2:

Second chance

Prologue

Condition: Critical

"I'm …sorry"

"…if we stand you up you'll be right as rain"

"You didn't give up back then"

"DARRRKKK!!!"

"Come on, we need to get him to the doctors!"

"It's not a doctor he needs…"

"Not NOW, I'm not losing him!"

The scenes following the duellist, Craig 'Dark' Appleby; Partaker in the Ocean Star tourney; Black knight of Dueling; after his lose to the champion J.W

In the medical wing of the academy, everyone, along with a doctor and nurse, are standing around a bed. A young boy with a leather jacket on is on said bed, breathing through a ventilator.

From left, James, his older brother, Elendil, his rival and friend met in America, Simon, his trusted friend from school, Ryan, a musician and friend from school, Justin and Andrew, two friends that they met in America, were surrounding him. Elendil sat on a chair due to shock, everyone keeping silent. All that could be heard in the room was the medical equipment working. The doctor decided to break the silence.

"He's in a critical condition. How did he get like this?" was his question, to which Andrew and James just looked at him.

"We don't know" they both answered at the same time, Andrew stopping to let James speak. "One minute, he was duelling, the next he was like this"

"An' this was?" he asked, his Scottish accent showing.

"About 10 minutes ago"

"An' he hasn't shown any sign of this kind of thing before?"

"No"

"My diagnosis…" the doctor started, walking away from the bed a bit. "Is one of three things"

"Go on" Simon told him.

"1. A condition knows as SDS or sudden death syndrome"

"He's not going to die" Elendil told him.

"2. The physical wounds are evidence that he might have been attacked"

"That definitely didn't happen" Justin told him, not turning away from the patient.

"Well, then number 3 is probably even worse"

"Just say it" James told him, the groups Duel spirits, including Craig's, appearing to listen, the doc not seeing them.

"If this happened suddenly and for no reason, as you claim, then maybe he is stuck in a coma"

"Coma? Craig? Please, it'll never…"

"Happen? That's what they all say, and then they wind up like this ol' boy here"

Everyone looked away, excluding Elendil, who just kept looking at Craig, hoping that he would recover. The doctor walked over to her, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Have patience, if he recovers, he'll be back on the road and playing before you kno' it"

"I hope so doc…" she told him, looking at her friend's face. "I hope so…"

Ok, now 1st POV

Ok, here's the info on what has happened.

My name is Craig Appleby, but my friends call me Dark. I'm a duellist in the Ocean Star cup and known as the Black Knight of Duelling. I'm from England and proud owner of a D-Wheel and Deck of warriors.

Upon entering this tourney, me, my brother, James, and my friends, Simon, Jack and Ryan, met Justin and Andrew, 2 pros at the game who are always willing to give a hand or strategy or two. On the stay in the hotel, I found out something about me and my deck.

I can see duel spirits, while 4 officially exist in my deck. The brave, strong and demon blooded Darkblade (the holy and Shadow saviour), the magnificent and beautiful Silveneste (Archer of the winds and fallen angel) Darkblade's brother, the sneaky yet powerful Lightblade (the chaotic and Death Demon) and Ruby, the magical, intelligent and beautiful sage (Magician of Light, Mage knight of Light and Elendil's sage of Light)

Now, if that weren't strange enough, it turns out that Andrew and Justin can see them as well. However, on the first day of the tourney, I found out that someone didn't want me in. they set up a duel I wasn't meant to win to kick me out.

Why…maybe because I could be king. Who really knows? I don't really care anymore. But then, further along the day, I spoke to the spirits for the first time, learning about them and what's going on. However, at night, my friends were kidnapped and held hostage by Elendil, a duel mercenary. She forced me to duel her without the aid of the blade series Synchro, equip or special monsters (I.E. Darkblade, Silveneste and Lightblade at the time)

I somehow beat her, finding that the game we had been playing would have been lethal. I freed my friends and we headed to the hospital for a check over. Elendil was out cold, I couldn't leave her there.

Eventually, at the hospital, I got some rest from going 24 hours with no sleep. I ended up in a dark duel with her again in some weird dream duel, trashing her in one round. When I got back, she was in cardiac arrest.

I blamed myself, but she pulled through. After a while, we became good friends. Then, on the way to the second round, we were all attack by a Kraken and a villain I refer to as 'Squiddy'. He held James, Ryan, Simon and Jack hostage, forcing me to duel yet again.

This was where I found a piece of my hidden side…my Yami as it were. But I also found out he was a demon. Later on, after telling the guys all I knew, we made it to the second round. After exams, I had a challenge from J.W, to which I accepted.

I wish I hadn't now. He dragged me into the shadow realm and only just beat me.

Now, I stand here in a grassy field, looking around in a blind panic for any kind of Life. I can't see any trees, so that's that out the way…but in my sight range, nothing is moving, not even the grass.

"HELLO!" I shout, hoping someone hears me. I walk around a bit, mostly in a circle. "HELLLOOOO!!!" no response, not even an echo. "ANYONE HEAR ME?!!!"

I tried that for 5 minutes, then giving up as I got not response. I decided to check over my stuff, making sure it was still there.

Duel disk…not on my arm. Deck, in case, boots, on, Leather jacket, torn but wearable (in fact it looks better then before) jeans, perfect, shirt, survived. Duel sight…missing. Ok, so far it seems everything I use in duelling is gone except the deck. I wonder why.

"Where the hell am I?" I asked myself, walking in a random direction. "This is like that Elysium field thing" Wait a second. Aren't the Elysium fields…no. "Am I…dead?"

Now, this seems to be the weird moment so far. The world around me 'collapses' (if that is the right word) and the grass seems to fly up as little shards. I remained standing where I was as this happened, nothing happening to me…

Mean while

Back in the real world, Simon was pacing the room, Ryan had his guitar and practising a specific song and Justin had gone outside for air. Andrew and Elendil were by Craig's side.

"He'll make it…right?" Elendil asked. Andrew looked at her, unsure how to answer.

"All we can do is believe" he told her. Elendil looked back at Craig, tears in her eyes.

"He'll make it" she told him, grabbing Craig's hand and holding it. "He brought me back…"

Dun dun dun. As an all new seasons start, we need a recap. Done, saved time. Now then, shall we see where this leads?

By the way, that SDS thing, I think it's called that, but it's real and is supposedly where your heart just stops…suddenly.