May the Millennium Force be with you.
This is the prologue to one of my brainchildren. This story stems from watching too many action/adventure movies and reading romance novels. Well, at least a little. I don't own YGO, it belongs to Takahashi Kazuki. You know the guy. Oh, and it might take a little while in the story for recognizable characters to actually show up, but you'll get the drill.
"Bali! Are you reading your Egypt encyclopedia again?" A young mother asked her precious little girl. Said little girl (who was already an excellent reader, despite being five years old) looked up from the giant book to smile hugely.
"Daddy says that there are always tiny facts we miss when reading, so the more we read, the more we can find!" Bali explained, carefully putting her princess bookmark in place and shoving the book out of her lap.
"But I thought you've read it three times already!" Her mother exclaimed, amazed at her child's early interests and logical passion. Bali beamed.
"Egypt's too cool to just leave it alone!" She replied, twirling around in excitement. Bali had loved Egypt from the first time her father had taken her to a museum exhibit. Her parents thought that since she was a child, the interest would be fleeting. They were surprised when they learned she had been asking her preschool teacher to teach hieroglyphics "like what the Egyptians wrote."
"I just hope nothing happens to you, Bali. How about you let me tell you a story." Her mother suggested, and Bali nodded her head vigorously. Bali loved her mother more than anything else, even Egypt.
"This one has to do with a pharaoh a long, long time ago. You wanna know how long?" She started out, pulling Bali into her lap and stroking her black hair.
"How long?"
"5,000 years ago."
"Wow! That was, um… in 3,000 D.C.?" Bali calculated in wonderment.
"B.C., my dear. Anyhow, this pharaoh was a great sorcerer, using what was called 'shadow magic.' Now, under the reign of this pharaoh, Egypt was peaceful and prosperous. With the Millennium Puzzle situated around his neck, he ruled with great judgment over his empire."
"One day, however, an evil man with great shadow powers challenged the pharaoh and his court, trying to gain control of the powerful Millennium Items. A great battle was held, and nearly all of Thebes was destroyed and the world taken by the evil man. But the pharaoh, who was brave and loved his country above all else, sealed himself and the evil sorcerer inside the Millennium Items."
"No one knows where these items are today, for they are protected by ancient forces. But throughout the thousands of years since the incident, the desert winds utter whispers of the time when history will repeat, as per Egyptian belief. What do you think Bali?" Bali's mother ended softly, slowly rocking her sleepy child in her arms(it was close to nap time, after all).
"I don't know Momma. … Momma?"
"Yes Bali?"
"What was the pharaoh's name?" Bali gave her last intelligent phrase before sleep claimed her. Bali's mother smiled sadly.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that."
-America, the year nineteen-hundred and twenty one-
May I just say that the first chapter will be full of fun little surprises? Reviews are what I long for, and don't flame me. I have a very fragile ego.