Hey, new readers! This is MJ, and I just wanted to let you know that this story will probably be cringe to most of you. It's completely fangirl fun and written for no one else other than myself and my friends. I wrote this trying to keep characters to their personality and story as much as possible, but it really is just a romance/drama. So please enjoy and beware the feels and laughs!

PLEASE TRY TO GET THROUGH PROLOUGE BEFORE TURNING AWAY!
I know introductions are dull, but please read the full chapter 1 before giving up.

FORwarD

Book 1: Prologue
Jane's P.O.V

Today. Today marks exactly one year since I've met my best friend, Diana and it has been exactly one year since FORwarD. It's a fan fiction, if you were wondering, the capital FOR and D represents the term "For Diana" who wanted to move "Forward" from a depressing time and we thought this would help her stay positive. It was me, Diana, and others. We were a little crazy when it came to imagination and we loved to bring it to life. But life happened and the four of us didn't last so we had to go our separate ways. When we ended it all those months ago, I was devastated and wishing I could go back but, those friends weren't meant to last. Diana took it the hardest out of all of us and I wanted to help her move on so I came up with this FORwarD idea for closure. She and I decided to put everything related to our old friends a box as a little passage ritual. And so we did. We gathered every single reminder and even wrote out our deepest thoughts about them to add to our collection in that special box of lost dreams and...
We buried it.
It was shortly after that I moved in with Diana into a small home of two storeys. A basic lounge on the main floor and a standard neighboring kitchen under a two bedroom upstairs. The rent was pretty cheap which was good considering that I was going to start the Illustration Program in college soon. Diana was still working at the Muddy Duck, a funky restaurant, and I make some good money on art commission however, we plan to get a job somewhere together eventually. This is good because as the days go by, Diana laughs more and more. She's come so far since our closure ritual and I think I can say she's completely over it.
I'm glad because I wanted to move forward. Forward for her.
Forward for Dee. (*Dee is Diana's nick name)
And we have.
Living with her has been fun, actually... despite this journal being slightly depress-

"Jaaanneee! We are short on parsley...AGAIN!"
There's Diana, screaming. She wasn't mad. I sweat-dropped. (Sweat-dropped, anime term*)

"I'm coming, Dee!"
Well, looks like this journal is going to be cut short. I just had everything in my head after such long time so I wanted to write a quick little something. An update on how well we're doing and how we've changed, but there is something that hasn't changed...and that's our fantasies for our fictional-

"Eggs too?! Jane!"
Dee is still freaking out down there. We both hate grocery shopping, so we decided that we'd do it together. I guess I'll write more later...hm...or not.

"Okay, let's go." I said, tying my hair up for August weather. For those of you who wouldn't know just from reading this journal, I'm 20 years old, 5.2', died blonde hair (though my brown roots are already 2 inches in), long wavy hair, brown-almost-black eyes and white skinned. I'm curvy and, as some had called me, busty. I like girly things and boyish things, just your average college art student who loves to play video games, watch anime, you know, the usual thing. Though I can be pretty blunt at times, I always have the best intentions at heart and make friends easily. People have refereed to me as harsh, talented, preppy, cute, mature, and a bunch of other things but, personally, despite being mature for my age, I rather just be known as Jane.

"Sorry, I like taking advantage that we're finally parent free and I can yell all I want!" Diana giggled with excitement. I agree.

"How could I miss that? You yell everyday." I winked, locking the door behind us as Diana nearly tripped over her feet. Yeah, Dee is more of a clumsy type and refers to herself as my opposite. She's 25 and the same height as me, but she has shoulder length black hair, darker skin, light brown eyes, and she's over weight - a huge factor on her self image, unfortunately. She's more of a tomb boy than I am, wont fix her hair, wears baggy clothes, and basically jokes at everything that's too depressing to handle. She's very shy and will always filter her words before speaking them, she's introverted, less mature and well, I always tease her about all these things, but ultimately, Diana has a really good heart and will accept anyone for who they are.

We're really very happy! My boyfriend Yuu has been on vacation all summer and wont be back till fall, however he's moving into a home down the street which is great. Dee has yet to find a man, but I know she'll find her perfect match eventually, just as she finds the perfect...eggs?

"Oh, look, the markings on this one looks like a smiley face." She said... Face-palm*.

We couldn't ask for a more comfortable life, at least not without feeling spoiled. Besides, we always find ways to escape the harshness of reality, one of them being talking about two of one of our favourite fandoms in the world. Yugioh and The Legend of Zelda.
I personally happen to have a crush on Yami Yugi, the Pharaoh from Yugioh, and Dee is head over heels for the male protagonist of Zelda, Link. Sometime when we are really bored, we imagine what they would say about our terrible behavior and jokes, or what we would do or how we would fit into their fictional world. We do it so much so that it almost feels real. And sometimes I wonder how our lives would truley be like if we ever got the chance to meet people as astonishing as Yami and Link...

Thanks for reading this far! I know introductions can be boring at times, but you gotta get to know the characters am I right? This story is pretty close to my heart, I've been writing it since 2014 and still going. It's a great reliever to my inner fan girl that just has to come out once in a while.

Before you read on, I want to mention that this first chapter is based on a true story. (Apart from the fictional characters part). Jane and Diana really have been in this situation, in fact, it was this day where this fan fiction started. Thanks so much! -MJ

FORwarD
Book 1: Chapter 1: Careful What You Wish For

SuperMarket
Narrator's P.O.V

"Don't buy the corn dogs..." Diana said in an annoyed tone and completely ignored by Jane. She threw all kinds of frozen foods into the shopping cart and named each label on the boxes before tossing them in and sometimes throwing in doubles. Just minutes ago Diana was drawing on the egg shells with permanent marker and it seems like her silly side has magically transported to Jane. It's true. They take turns being the mature one.

"Pizza pockets?" Jane asked, holding the box over her chin and making goo goo eyes at Diana.

"Fine." She replied, checking the time.

"Sweet," Jane said, purchasing many boxes.

"What would Yami say about your behaviour?" Diana asked, starting another imaginary scenario. The girls always wonder what it would be like with their favourite characters in their presence. Jane brought her hand to her chin to think.

"Hmm.. this time, I'm really not sure. He's used to Yugi's youthfulness, so I suppose he'd be used to mine." She smiled hopefully and took over Diana's roll in driving the cart.

"Ah, Yugi." Diana started as they continued down the isle with all things cold. "Imagine if we ran into him like...right now."

"Please, Dee. I wish. Don't get my hopes up even in a hypothetical way. I'd probably smother him to death over his cuteness..."

Crshh**

From being absent minded, the girls had crashed the front of their cart with the front of another as if the carts were mirrored. Diana and Jane couldn't even begin to fathom who it was driving the cart.

"Uh,whoops! Sorry about that." Yugi said with a shy hand scratching the back of his spiky head. The girls blinked at the boy, wondering if they had made an unintended wish upon a powerful God.

"Okay..." Diana said loud enough only for Jane's ears, "I wish we had a million dollars. Will that work too?"

"I'll just get out of your way." Yugi pulled back the cart and made a full U-turn in the isle. As he was about to turn out of their sight, he stopped when a familiar Egyptian face appeared at the end of the hall, loaded a few things into the cart and left from the girls view with Yugi.

After a few short seconds of silence and awkward stares from passer-by's, Diana finally spoke.

"We need to cut down on the fantasies. It's bad for our mental health." She said, completely forgetting all about it.

"That was not a hallucination." Jane argued.

"Ok, maybe they were really good cosplayers." Diana theorized as her eyes scanned the low-fat labels on the potato chips.

"At No Frills? That's out of the ordinary, don't you think?" Jane said, "Why don't we ask them?"

Diana laughed.

"Yeah right. If you were so courageous, why didn't you smother Yugi's cuteness like you said you would?"

Thinking about how right Diana was annoyed Jane... but then again, she didn't really see Yami closely and even though Yugi sounded and looked like the real Yugi, she had to come to her senses and realize that these were fictional characters that she had seen. Maybe they were cosplayers...or maybe they really were hallucinations.

"Forget about it. What else is on the list?" She asked, deciding to drop it. Diana grabbed a jug of orange juice.

"This." She said without taking her eyes off the paper and throwing it in the cart.

"Dee! You'll crush the fruit!" Jane complained and Diana shrugged without care in response.

"Oh, woops." Diana started when she noticed something on the crumbly piece of paper. "I forgot rice at the other isle."

"You're always in a hurry to finish, that's why you always miss items." Jane said without a change in expression. She knew this would happen, in fact, it happens every trip to the grocery store. Diana took control of the cart and took the lead to the third isle. The noisy cart jingled till it stopped near all of the rice options and she quickly started scanning them with her eyes.

"What do you think?" She asked Jane.

"Hm? I don't know, don't we usually get the same one every time?" She responded, leaning on the cart lazily.

"Yeah, but they have 3 others on sale. We could save like, five bucks. Think it's worth it?

"Psh, don't ask me. I don't really know all that much about spaghetti." When Jane and Diana realized her fail in saying spaghetti rather than rice, they both burst out into instant laughs.

"Clearly!" Diana said through her laughs and Jane rapped her stomach with both arms, trying to control herself. They were soon silenced however, when they were joined in on the laughter by another voice.

"Haha, well, at least they're both grain products so you know something about it." Yugi said as he stopped next to Diana with his cart. Both girls turned around to see Yugi and Diana brought her hand to her mouth in surprise but lucky for her, it looked like she was laughing over the rice again.

"Heh, yeah..." She said awkwardly. Jane blinked a few times before taking a step back in fear. She was afraid to believe her eyes and be crushed later if she was mistaken...but as she stepped backwards, she bumped into someone.

"Sorry!" She said quickly as she turned to see the victim of her clumsiness. It was the Pharaoh himself. The Pharaoh was standing in front of her, grabbing a few cans off the shelf and dropping a bag of rice due to the impact from her.

"That's alright." He said in his godly voice while leaning over to pick up the bag. For Jane, it was like a moment of slow motion. She took in his perfect hair, his defined eyes, his slim arms and she was mesmerized by him in an instant. Was he really just a cosplayer? When she heard his voice, it was like an instinct in her to serve a very suitable king.

"Duh- I'll get it!" She said in a hurry, bringing herself to the ground near the Pharaoh and getting to the bag before him. She dusted it off and handed it to him while still near the ground and as he took it from her, he noticed a specific key chain hanging on her neck with her keys. As she stood up, Yugi noticed the Pharaoh's expression and quickly picked up on the key chain as well and gasped.

"Is that...the millennium puzzle?" Yugi asked and Yami's expression became serious.

Jane looked at her key chain, then at Diana, then at Yugi and the Pharaoh.

"Yeah, I bought it at a convention center." She said, confused by the gaze they were giving each other.

"Excuse us, we have to go." Yugi said, quickly ending the conversation and in a hurry to get Yami alone. As they walked off, Jane became instantly sad.

"Let's follow them." Diana said.

"Are you crazy? They'll think I'm with you."

"Ha-Ha." Diana laughed sarcastically and grabbed Jane's arm to check out.

Meanwhile, with Yami and Yugi...

"I thought that no one knew about the millennium puzzle in this world." Yugi told the Pharaoh, worried.

"I know, Yugi." Yami replied, paying the cashier with his debit card.

"You know what doesn't make sense? Why would she have a key chain of the puzzle? I mean of all things... it's like the millennium items are famous here."

"Then they're even more known about than we feared. We have to return to our world, Yugi. Before anyone discovers who we are." Yami grabbed the shopping bags from the counter and handed a few to Yugi so that he could get his keys.

"But what about Link? He's our friend and we made him a promise to help him find Midna! We can't just leave him by himself." Yugi said, reminding the Pharaoh that they've settled too deep into this new life style. Yami unlocked the trunk of their Susuki and loaded it with their purchases. Then, his third eye appeared.

"We've got company." He said displeased, shutting the trunk and entering the drivers seat. He didn't want to have to save this world from destruction as well. He's tired of being a super hero.

"Hello again." Yugi said to the girls who were walking by the car with their bags.

"Sorry, we left on a strange foot that we didn't get to introduce ourselves." Jane said, "I'm Jane."

"Yugi." He said with a smile and taking her hand.

"Diana." She waved, awkwardly.

"Uh, Yugi?" Jane struggled to say out loud as she removed the plastic puzzle from her keys, "Here. I don't want you to think we mean any harm."

Yugi examined the trinket and sighed heavily. He didn't want to believe that these girls were planning anything dangerous. How could they be? Although, it was definitely odd that Ishizu Ishtar, the Pharaohs tomb keeper, told them that in this world, no one knows the true existence of the millennium items...wait a minute... true? That's it!

"Where are you guys headed?" Yugi asked as they were leaving.

"We're going to walk home." Diana answered.

"You're walking? Come on, we'll give you a ride!" He said, smiling. Diana instantly brought Yugi into a tight hug between her bosoms.

"You're soooo cute!" Diana said, smothering Yugi into her clutches, refusing to let him go. Yami watched all of this from the side view mirror.

"Dee, stop. We can't. Would it be alright with Yami?" Jane asked. As soon as he heard his name when he had never given it to them, he came out of the car and joined in on the conversation. Jane stepped back, frightened when he approached her.

"Tell me. How do you know my name..." He said in a deep voice. Jane shivered.

"I uh-" She could barely find life in her when faced with him. As Yami starred at her with suspicious eyes, Yugi cut in.

"Wait, Pharaoh!" He said, stopping him from scarring the girls. "They don't know anything, trust me. Ishizu said that in this world, no one knows of the true existence of the millennium items. Get it? In this world, they don't exist for real."

Yami blinked a few times before catching on with Yugi's understanding of what Ishizu said and he felt vulnerable. That made perfect sense. This is why she recommended them to this world - one where the items are fiction and no one would have any dark plans of possessing them because no one truley believes in their existence. How could he have not seen it before?

"You're absolutely right Yugi." He said with a smile, "I apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusion."

Still, he wanted to know how the items were known at all and how Jane came to know their names. Maybe it's wiser to become aquainted with them instead of pushing them away so that he may get those questions answered.

"It's ok." Diana said when Jane had no words. Yami nodded, throwing his keys up and catching them in his palm. "Where to, girls?"

Diana and Jane smiled in excitement.

"Your house!" Diana said, running into the back seat without being afraid of looking rude. Jane laughed sarcastically in shyness.

"Uh... we live a few streets down. I'll talk you through it." She finally managed to say.

"Alright, sounds good." He nodded.