Greetings, YuGiOh! fandom! Name's Mayflower - nice to meetcha! Anyhoo, I know this is my first time venturing into the world of YuGiOh fanfictioning, but this story I'm throwing at you was one I couldn't pass up. Strange Liou and I have been working to clean up her mess of a story, "Night Horrors" (which is now epic, so go check it out :D), which puts an AU vamp-and-werewolf spin on the YGO story that we've all come to know and love. As cool as her story is, though, and as much as I LOVE vampires (that aren't from Twilight, 'cause those don't count), I'm not good with AU universes. Hey, if you're going to make up a brand-new world with all sorts of made-up stuff, why use other characters for your own devilish deeds, right?
SO, as a result of all of the madness, a strike of idiocy came down from the skies and inspired me - why not mix vampires AND the canon universe? :D Muahahaha! And so, with that, I bring you my attempt to clash those two totally-unlike ideas and make something amazing to flood your literary senses. This is "The Red Sands"...
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The wonderful idea of mixing vampires and YuGiOh characters that inspired this story (c) Strange Liou and her series, "Night Horrors" - again, check it. :D
The YuGiOh characters (c) Kazuki Takahashi
Vampires (c) Uhm...Bram Stoker, because he's the man. :D
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Warning: Later chapters will include blood, and lots of it. Later chapters may also include swearing and possibly mentions of lusty, "adult implications".
Current Chapter Warnings: None.
CHAPTER ONE: 5000 YEARS
Do you believe in those creatures that go bump in the night? Do you believe in dark magic? Do you believe in devils and demons that live amongst us? Do you believe that there are creatures that thrive on diets of human blood? That burn up like kindling in the sunlight? Do you believe in creatures that can survive an onslaught of bullets, but wither when faced with a silver cross?
Do you believe in vampires?
The history of vampires is an expansive one - it travels back five-thousand years, deep into the tombs of ancient Egypt, during the short-lived rule of the Great Nameless Pharaoh, when dark magic and shadow games possessed the land. Stories remain of these powerful sorcerers who manipulated the shadows for their own greed and corruption, summoning creatures that no man has ever seen before.
These stories have faltered through the test of time. These men were not sorcerers - they were vampires.
The magicians of the past sold their souls to obtain the magic that they did, and once stripped of their soul, the magic left a deadly creature in its place. The blood gathered for their supposed "holy sacrifices" was no more than a sinful buffet for the corrupted, who craved the life of mortal man and quickly went mad with hunger if the desire was squandered long enough. Their meetings and competitions were held in elaborate underground arenas, not because the ground was more spiritual, but because it was safer. The burning heat of the Egyptian sun melted through the flesh of these twisted demons like the fire of a candle melting away wax, leaving nothing but a pile of ash and bone to mark the grave. These monsters would never die, never age - though they did avoid priests and holy congregations - anything related to Ra or religious cleanliness would bring these creatures to their knees, likely due to their devilish nature.
Upon discovering the true workings of this demonic cult, the Nameless Pharaoh made the ultimate sacrifice to stop their bloodthirsty reign.
He followed in the footsteps of these monstrosities, becoming the very creature that threatened to destroy his land. Gifted with the vampire's unlimited power over the shadows, mixed with his own blessings from the gods that all Pharaohs had, the Nameless King was able to destroy every vampire left in Egypt...including himself.
Before performing this feat, though, the Nameless Pharaoh had his priests create six mystical items to contain the darkness, making sure none of the vampire's magic would ever poison the earth again, each sculpted of gold, the metal of the gods. By the Pharaoh's will, the items would withstand the tests of time and continue to protect the world from black magic for millenia to come - the Millenium Items. Each was sealed into the Pharaoh's sarcophagous for safe-keeping - the Eye, the Necklace, the Ring, the Rod, the Scales, and the Key. The seventh item was the Pharaoh's own prized possession, which contained more of the magic than the other six items combined. It was his Millenium Puzzle - the golden keepsake he always wore around his neck, closest to his heart. However, this one was not buried with the others. Instead, once the magic was sealed, the Pharaoh had it broken into its separate puzzle pieces and buried far, far away from the others.
The Millenium Items were designed to last for centuries, and they did, though their rest was not as peaceful as the Nameless Pharaoh had predicted. The vampire's tomb was quickly torn apart by graverobbers, and the seven items were strewn across the planet. Fortunately enough, none have been able to access their dark, but infinite powers...
...Until now.
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