-Note: readers that this is not a true story, the events are made up. I have had these duels these are how the out come of the duel came, The out come of the story is based off of those duels. Enjoy it-

I am standing in line on a Friday morning in the middle of the summer. There are about 20 people in front of me and I look over my deck in my hand. I skim though such spell cards that give me life points. My steelswarm monsters and I could dominate any player in this state. I was always second guessing myself on almost everything I am doing in duel monsters. I have won a few matches, yes I have. I perfected my deck more by each battle I play in.

It was finally my turn and the young woman with the blond hair was sitting on her chair behind the table said to me "Name, age, born in what state, and deck."

I said to her with a nervous smile "Names David Cabtra, age 16, born in Ohio, and I have a steelswarm deck."

"Well hello David, age 16, born in ohio. Happy you would join us in this tournament. Over there on your right you will find kids around the same age group as you. I would advise you not to give your deck away, good luck." Said the woman pointing to a group of 4 kids. I walked over there thinking what kind of age she might be. I would say about 21 maybe 20 years old. She had the prettiest hair. It was like Goldilocks hair and looked so very nice. The walked over to the group and one girl said to me "Hi, what's your name?"

I looked at her and said "David"

"Oh you're another David!" said the girl with the short brown hair.

"He's a David?" said one guy

"Yeah he is a David."

The guy extended his hand out to me. I shook his hand and he said to me "Names David Servan, Age 18, born right here in this city. And you David?" said David

"David Cabtra, age 16, born-"

"Born here?" asked David interrupting me

"Yes"

"Ah," started David "good to know."

He had blond hair that looked like the color of that woman at the desk. I just smiled at him and turned to face the line of people waiting to be registered into the tournament. There are a lot of people going to be in the tournament, I said to myself.

"You looking at the compaction?" asked a boy a little bit younger than me. I turned to him and said "There's going to be a lot of people here, in the tournament."

"Yeah I would think so." Said the boy, "You want to know people that are in your age group?"

I looked at him and said "If you know any of them."

The boy pointed to David with the blond hair and said "He's David Servan, youngest out of his siblings. He has a harpie deck and is a very tough fighter. He is known for his battle with the states leader and won. He is a good person to be friends with."

The boy then pointed to the woman taking everyone's name down. "That's Isabel. She is David's sister. She is signed up for Tag team with David's older brother tommy. She has a Battery man deck. She is signing up people that are solo, so she's not cheating or anything.

"Then there is Susan, Emily, Steven, Josh, Spencer, Jack, Louise, Emily's twin sister Sarah, You know David, and lastly Jake. Jake is my brother that is 2 years older than me."

"Might I ask what your name is?" I had said to him he stopped pointing to the people he was talking about and said "call me Shadow."

The boy then gave me a smile and I said to him "real name?"

The boy started to laugh and said to me "Why would I give you my real name? I watch people in the shadows and know everything about them. There is possibly no need to give my real name. If I know yours then it's good enough."

The boy smiled again, "Who wants to be called David?" the boy said, "for you want people to call you that? Why I chose my name after my first battle I can beat anyone in a flash and is gone like your shadow in the light."

I laughed at him and said "could you even beat me?"

"Look David I maybe younger then you and you may think of me that I don't know any better but you need friends David in this tournament more than ever. I can be your friend I can find out everything about anyone." Said Shadow and leaned closer to me

"Want to know who you're dueling first?" said Shadow

I looked at him and had said "Now how did you find out who is I was dueling?"

"See that door right there?" he said and pointed to the door at the end of the hall, "That door there has all the info on who you are battling and everyone else in this tournament. I'm telling you, I recommend that you find this person and know their deck maybe even see their deck."

"But Shadow," I said "Who is the person I'm dueling?"

Shadow walks a little bit forward and whispers "Behind us is a man with short black hair. He is wearing a hat and calls himself 'master of chance'. Now his name is Adam but you SHOULD call him 'master of chance. Now he is…I would say… about 17. He is a really good dueler and I KNOW that he will not show you his deck but if you get to talk to him maybe you could…get some info out of him."

"If he will not show me his deck how would I get stuff about his deck?"

I was a little disappointed on how that Shadow didn't tell me anything helpful. It was like I was at square one. I had nothing. Knowing that I was going to duel Adam in duel monsters, it meant nothing. Now knowing what he had in his deck and how I could counter it, now that was something. It was a waste of time to speak about this when I could be doing so much other things.

"David you may think I'm giving you nothing." Said Shadow

You read my mind, I thought and chuckled.

"But I'll help you in anything you need."

There must be a catch, I though yet again to myself.

Shadow continued with "Truth is that…"

Shadow had sighed and put his fingers though his hair and running the fingers to the back of his head. I had just seen now that he had brown hair and was a little bit shorter than me. He was a skinny guy; I would say and most likely didn't really know anyone here.

"I, umm, well I-I'm a very different person, to tell you. I know what you're thinking, duh, that's why I know what you're thinking and answering it. But I can transform myself to anything I want. Like a person or a clock or a pen. The list goes on. Anyway…to get what I was saying. For that, really not a lot of people like me. I mean who would like a person who can read people's minds. I would think that that's insane and wouldn't be friends with that person. The people usual walk away or run I've seen people run before… it was really quite hilarious."

Shadow then laughed and then continued with "David you're all I have. If you were to be my friend, if only for the tournament, so I have someone to talk to. Please be that person! Half the person here hate me the other half don't know me."

He then smiled and said "What do you say?"

I thought about it for a moment thinking. He is not such a bad guy he is the first decent person I know. He's not half bad. I could help him out and he help me out. We'll could work together. I had decided that I would be his friend and he said to me "Thank you David!"

Shadow then smiles and I smiled back at him. He was the person that I had a normal conversation with and he's not selfish at all. Yeah sure he wants someone to talk to. Heck, even I want someone to talk to but he needs my help and I need his. We could work together to win the states. We could even win one of the big titles in the national ranks. That's what I want to go for that's what I want to become. I want to become the best dueler in history. With the help of Shadow and I, we can do it. Even if it means cheating or doing things that are cheap. That's how we will role, which is how a 16 year old I can win the tournament.

On the load speaker they call out "first match of the day will be… David Captra and Adam Neinet report to the red doors for your first duel. Repeating, please will David Captra and Adam Neinet report to the red doors for your first duel…For anyone who would like to watch, go through the silver doors to be seated. Thank you for your time."

My heart was rushing and my hand was shaking. I didn't know what to do. I slowly walked to the red doors and Shadow came up to me "Good luck man, now remember you need to win this it's a double elimination. You don't have to win it but…I would win."

Shadow then patted me on the back and smiled at me. I then stated to walk to the doors. Adam was right next to me walking with me side by side.

I walked thought the red doors and I turned around to see Shadow with a scared look on my face. He just waved to me with a smile. I could slowly see his face disappear and soon it was darkness.