I woke up to a object I hadn't taken notice to the other day. An alarm clock, looking very standard, but with the loudest ring possible, was going off on my night stand. I growled at it from under my covers, my hand flying out and slamming down on the snooze button violently. I turned over on my side, trying to find a more comfortable spot, and settled down. Only to jump as Aunt Shira came crashing through my door.
"Wakey wakey Nura! Today's your first day at Domino High School", she went over and opened my curtains, making the light in the room increase uncomfortably, "You don't want to be late do you?", she asked, tsking as she saw that I was still in bed. I sighed and gave up to her demands, throwing my blankets off of me and standing up. Just for laughs, I stood at attention, "Yes Aunt Shira!".
She gave me a dry look, "At ease soldier", I grinned and slouched back onto my bed. She was still here, which meant she had to have something to say. I raised my eyebrows, awaiting her message.
She was staring at me, studying me before she launched into the dreaded talk, "Listen, I know you got into trouble back in Egypt. Your father had been worried sick about you and he's still scared that you're wearing battle scars from it", 'More than battle scars', I thought, reaching a hand back to rub over my eye mark.
"And I want you to know that I've contacted the school's therapist if you want someone to talk to. Your Uncle and I are also there for you, okay?", she asked me. I was stunned at the look on her face, it was sincere worry. . My own mother had died when I was a little kid, my father had been devastated, and I'd grown up without much of a mother figure. And now, seeing Aunt Shira so concerned over me, I felt touched that she would care so much about a distant niece she hadn't seen in years.
I nodded numbly and she gave me a quick hug before going back to the door, "I have to get breakfast ready, now you go and get dressed alright?", I nodded again, adding a small smile in this time. She mirrored my grin before leaving.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, I stretched out my back, my joints and vertebrae snapping. I reached down into my travel bag and pulled out a few antidepressants. I seriously had to find a place to put them, I had asked my dad to not tell Aunt Shira about them. I didn't want her to think I was unhappy and have to shower me with love, like Aunt Shira had just done. It had surprised me, but I still hated being squashed with happy emotions like that. So now I had to find a place to hide my lifeline. I searched the floor and found a loose board, which I pried up and put the colorful bottle into, after I pulled a few tablets out for the rest of the day.
Then I jumped up and went to the dresser. The clothes I had set in there the night before were sitting there neatly, almost begging me to look my best. I picked out a pair of dark skinny jeans, a red tank top, and a black zipper-up jacket. I knew that there would be a dress code, but since it was my first day, and being uniform-less, I decided to make a good impression. Most of the people at my old school had stayed clear of me, knowing that I didn't want to deal with them at that point in my life, and they probably couldn't deal with me and my problems.
But that was the past, and now I actually wanted people to approach me. Plus, I didn't want to make Tristan look bad. Pulling on a pair of converses, my dog tag necklace, and my leather bands on my wrists, I stepped out of my room and saw Tristan coming out of his. He was dressed in the uniform, and the first thing that came to my mind was 'corny'. A blue suit with a white undershirt, it reminded me a bit of a business suit than a school uniform.
"Mornin'", he muttered, yawning loudly before going down the steps. A delicious smell wafted up from downstairs and my mouth watered from it. But I had one more thing to do before I had to go to the teen ridden institution. Makeup.
I went into the bathroom, pulled my cosmetic bag out from the cabinet and opened it. It was actually a pencil case/bag, but I had been using it to hold my make up and jewerly for years. I picked out a black stick of eyeliner, my mascara, and cover up. Starting with the flesh-colored paint, I went over the bruises under my eyes, and the one that didn't want to disappear from my cheek. Then I pulled the stick of eyeliner under my eye, making the gold tone under the green pop out with the solid black line it left. Finally I touched it up with the mascara.
I put the kit away and pulled a brush through my hair, leaving it slightly curly as it was, and hurried downstairs.
All three of them were at the table, like the night before, looking like a picture perfect family from a magazine or something. I sat down and tucked into a piece of bacon and a few scoops of eggs. Uncle Jethro saw my choice of foods and chuckled deeply.
"Good to know that there's another carnivore in the family", he nodded at me. I shrugged.
"Plants and leaves really don't suit my taste buds", I said sarcastically. He snorted and continued eating. Tristan glanced up at me from his plate with a mischievous grin.
"Man I can't wait until you meet Tea, you two are going to get along swell", he smirked at his waffles, I raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. The rest of the meal went on silently, until Aunt Shira announced that Tristan and I should leave unless we wanted to be late. I gulped down a glass of milk, grabbed my book bag, and followed Tristan out the door.
He seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere, and it took nearly two of my own strides to match his long ones. Finally, when I caught up to him at a red light, I sputtered, "Why are we practically running to school?", leaning against a pole as we waited until we could walk. Tristan glanced over at me in surprise.
"Oops, sorry Nura", he said sheepishly, "I guess I forgot to tell you that we're meeting my friends and THEN going to school hehe", he shrugged, "You okay with that?", I nodded.
"Just give me some warning when you're going to sprint", I muttered, taking a step to be next to him as we crossed. I really didn't know this city, and I didn't want to get lost in it. There were people here in the shadows, dangerous people, I even saw one smirk as I passed his particular alley.
"Oh, there they are", he waved to a group of people who were standing outside of a gaming store. I smiled as we approached them. A blond, guessing he was the 'Joey' Tristan had been talking about, was greeting him very loudly. He was tall, had light brown eyes, and seemed to radiate a fake strength.
"Hey! There's my man, what's up?", he yelled, gave Tristan a slap on the back, then he glanced at me, "Who's the chick?", I took a bit of offence at the 'chick' and glared at him. Then a girl, with short hair and kind blue eyes, gave him a smack over the head.
"Hey! What was tha' for?", Joey demanded. She just huffed, "Sexist pig", she met my eyes and we both giggled as Joey fumed, "Still, I wanna know who she is!".
"She's my cousin, Nura", Tristan sighed at Joey, "Nura, this is Joey, our main attraction", he pointed to him and Joey smiled widely, taking a bow, "This violent person is Tea", the brown haired girl gave me a small wave, "And this Yugi".
He had to be the shortest high school student there, but he was nice, and definitely quiet. Multicolored hair rose up in three spikes, and purple eyes met mine shyly. He was the only one that strayed from the uniform and wore a upside down pyramid and a spiked collar. He flashed me a grin, "Nice to meet you Nura", I grinned back, "Feelings mutual".
"We'd better get to school", Tea said suddenly, looking on her wristwatch. We all nodded and started walking in the direction of school. I eventually faded into the background as they all started talking about random subjects, walking behind him and taking the sights of the city in. I nearly jumped when a question was directed at me.
"So Nura, where are you from?", Yugi asked, coming back and walking next to me.
"Um, Egypt actually", I replied, glancing down at my feet nervously, "My dad's an archaeologist over there".
Yugi eyes widened, "Really? My grandfather used to be an archaeologist too, in fact, that's where he found this", he held up the pyramid that was around his neck. It seemed simple, but when he turned it, I saw that there was an Eye of Ra imprinted on it. My eyes widened considerably.
"Y-You have a Millennium Item?", I stuttered. Those wretched objects had been forged into my mid. Involuntarily, a memory cropped up and I could help but see it's contents again.
"These are my desire, and they are the things that will gain me my power over that idiot Pharaoh", my master growled, waving his hand over a stone tablet. The light from the oil lamps we carried, light up the pictures that had been carved into it. An eye, a necklace, a rod, a ring, a key, a scale, and finally the puzzle. The tomb we were intruding on had many of these stone tablets, all of them showing a past that would soon become the future.
"I will do all that I can to posses them", he flashed us, who were shrouded in cloaks, an evil grin, "And you all will be mindful to watch out for them, their location has been lost over the thousands of years since they have been seen by mortal eyes". He gazed back at the tablet in greed, before turning away and leading us out. I was the last to leave, my lamp gave off strange shadows over the stone walls, but before I did, I read the hieroglyphs over the tablet. 'A War for the World', it said and I had shuddered as I guessed the meaning of those words.
"Are you alright?", Yugi brought me back from my train of thought, and I realized that they all were starring at me. I was shaking and I could feel sweat beads over my skin.
Clearing my throat I nodded, "Yeah, I just feel a little weird, I probably still have jet-lag", I lied. Tristan looked me over in concern before accepting my lie.
"Well alright, but go to the nurse if you start to feel sick okay?", I forced a grin on my face and nodded. They all turned back and started walking toward the school, which was in sight now. Yugi went back to the front and was conversing with Tea. I shook my head, I want to get away from Egypt and I find a Millennium Item instead, what luck.