Author's Note: Now we begin the Two Wild Cards Arc. After that, I'll start Aigis' journey (she will gain a new persona during that but that's another story then continue from where the prologue left out (I wanted to start things off kinda like Wild Arms 3. I forgot to mention this earlier but if the text is in bold, it will mean that the person is either thinking or their persona has awakened. If its in italics then its representing the time of day, location, weather, and moon phase. The characters actions will be represented by *. But any who, lets start the story. Also note that as soon as I add the princess resurrection characters in the story, this will also be put in the crossover section.

Two Wild Cards Arc: Chapter 1 - The Beginning

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Damien looks around and finds himself in some sort of mysterious luxury first class train car (Author's Note: For some reason I forgot what they're called) with a table in the the back end of the room in front of. In one of the seats, there's a bizarre looking long nosed old man and in the seat next to him (think about the position Igor and Margaret were in on Persona 4 when souji was in the velvet room) is a blond haired woman wearing some blue outfit. The man looks at Damien and says, "Welcome to the velvet room my dear young man."

Damien looks at the man and thinks to himself, "I really need to stop drinking Cielo Mist before I go to sleep"

The mysterious man says, "Ah…It seems that we have a guest with an intriguing destiny…*chuckle* My name is Igor…I am delighted to make your acquaintance." He introduces the woman with him to Damien and says, "This is Margaret. She is a resident here like myself." Margaret says, "Pleased to meet you. I am here to accompany you through your journey"

Damien nods then looks Margaret up and down, smirks, and thinks to himself, "Heh, you can "accompany" me anytime cutie" Then Damien looks at Igor and says, "Velvet Room? What type of place is this?"

Igor answers, "This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter…"

A confused Damien asks, "So based on what you just said, I'm both here and dozed off on the train heading to Sasanagi-Cho?"

"That is correct", Igor answers. "This is a room that only those who are bound by a "contract: may enter…It may be that such a fate awaits you in the near future. Now then….why don't you introduce yourself…?"

Damien introduces himself. "I'm Damien Kurosaki".

Igor replies, "Hmm…I see. Now let's take a look into your future, shall we?"

Damien says, "Sure"

Igor puts his hand over the table and all of a sudden a light shines and some tarot cards appear in the middle of the table. Then he asks, "Do you believe in fortune telling?".

"Well lets just say that all considering what I've been through up til now, I'm pretty open-minded about things involving the supernatural", replied Damien.

The cards scattered into a hexagon like position around the deck of tarot cards as Igor says, "Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the result is always different…*chuckle* Life itself follows the same principles, doesn't it?"

"You could say that again", Damien thought to himself.

Igor picks up the first card and says, "Hm….The Tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. It seems that a terrible catastrophe is imminent. The card indicating the future beyond that is…" Igor picks up the next card. "The Moon in the upright position. This card represents "hesitation" and "mystery"….Very interesting indeed. It seems that you will encounter a misfortune at your destination, and a great mystery will be imposed upon you."

*shrug* "Story of my life I guess", was Damien's response.

"In the coming days, you will enter a contract of some sort, after which, you will return here. The coming year is a turning point in your destiny…If the mystery goes unsolved, your future may be forever lost. My duty is to provide assistance to our guests to ensure that does not happen."

He waves his hand over the table again and the cards disappear. Then he says, "We shall attend to the details another time. Until then, farewell..."

Wednesday, April 3rd 2010 - Train heading to Sasanagi Station - Morning

Damien wakes up and finds himself in his train seat. "That had to have been one of the weirdest dreams ever. Heh, its better than those reoccurring nightmares I've been having at least." Damien thought to himself. Damien looks outside and notices a golden butterfly flying next to the train. Then he notices the "kohryu birthmark" on his arm react to it, glowing golden. As confused as Damien was about that, he somehow felt some sort of peaceful aura and kept looking at the butterfly til he heard the following announcement.

"Now approaching Sasanagi Station, I repeat, now approaching Sasanagi Station. Make sure you have your belongings with you upon exiting."

"Well, time to jet", Damien says to himself and gets up to leave the train and into the train station.

Closing Author's Notes: I'm gonna end this here since, I'm getting kinda sleepy. But be ready for the next chapter since a princess resurrection character or two will finally show up for this arc. afterwards, this story will go in the crossover section. On a side note, You guys might recognize that I typed almost the same thing Igor said to Souji when he first went to the velvet room on persona 4. Read and Review peoples. Thanks in advance. Peace out and rock on.