Early morning...
"Rebecca wake up!" a hand roughly shook me.
"Jaden, let her sleep!" I heard a voice protest. "And besides, we're not meant to be here."
"Not meant to be where Sy? The girls dorms?"
"Exactly!" the other voice squeaked.
"Well, she's always in our dorm and..."
"Ok, guys I'm awake," I said, finally sitting up.
"Good morning to you too!" Jaden grinned.
"Sorry, we woke you" Syrus apologized.
"No worries." I forced a smile. I still didn't feel fully recharged for the day ahead. "Oh!" I suddenly remembered. "Who won the duel?"
"It was a draw." Syrus blurted out before Jaden could say anything. "It could've gone either way."
Jaden slightly frowned. "No way! I would have totally won if I got to draw my next card."
Syrus and I giggled as Jaden attempted to justify himself.
"Anyway, enough of that," I said, stepping out of my bed. "I've got to get ready for class."
Jaden and Syrus nodded and sat down on the adjacent bunk bed.
"That means guys, I've got to change!" I said, playfully shooing them.
"Ok, we'll see you in class Bec," Jaden said walking to the door his cheeks slightly red.
I laughed to myself as I closed the door behind them. Then I began to change into my uniform.
In Class...
Sitting in Crowler's class had me bored out of my mind. "So many things to remember." I thought to myself, as I struggled to keep up writing notes. I always preferred the practical component of dueling in comparison to the theoretical component. "I doubt Yugi Muto thinks of all this stuff when he duels." I murmured to myself.
After finishing a long tangent on the Egyptian God Cards, Dr. Crowler began to call out students from the class and ask them questions. "Not this" I grumbled to myself, trying my best to avoid eye contact with him.
Currently, Alexis Rhodes was answering one of his questions.
"Duel monster cards can be grouped into normal monster cards, fusion monster cards, ritual monster cards, effect monster cards, trap cards and spell cards," she answered confidently. She then took a breath and continued. "Trap cards can be divided into normal traps, counter traps, continuous traps."
Just when I thought she had finished... "Spell cards can be separated into normal spells, continuous spells, equip spells, quick play spells, ritual spells and field spells."
"Perfect!" Dr. Crowler sang, "Well done Alexis. Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from my blue Obelisks."
"Yes Dr. Crowler." she said seriously, as she sat back down.
"Hmmm now who else to question?" he pondered, prodding chin with his index finger.
Unexpectedly class was interrupted, as someone entered the room. Squinting my eyes to take a better look I saw that it was Zane.
"Good morning Zane." Crowler politely acknowledged the boy's presence.
"Good morning Dr. Crowler." Zane replied back.
"Ah here's a good idea." Crowler chuckled to himself. "Why don't you ask a question to one of the students, huh Zane?"
"Sure Dr. Crowler." Zane obliged obediently.
Then his eyes slowly began to scan the class...
"Anyone but me, anyone but me!" I prayed.
I looked up and saw Zane's eyes. They were fixated on me.
"Shit!" I thought to myself trying to look away.
"Rebecca." he said.
"Huh?" He remembered my name. I was shocked.
"Yeah." I said, my voice wavering nervously.
"Stand up Anderson!" Crowler mocked. All of the obelisk students started to laugh.
"Shut up losers!" I thought to myself, standing up.
"Explain to me what a field spell is?" he asked in a serious tone.
"Um let's see..." I thought for a few seconds. I took a large breath. "A field spell card is able to change the entire state of play for both you and your opponent. They can be activated anytime during your main phase, fields spell usually serve the purpose of boosting the Attack and Defence attributes of certain types of monsters. Any card that is currently occupying the field zone must be sent to the Graveyard first in order to activate a new one."
After I finished speaking there was a long silence. Impatient to know the outcome I broke the silence. "So how'd I do?"
"Very impressive," Zane mumbled to himself softly, but loud enough for me to hear.
"Dr. Crowler as always you've proved yourself to be an excellent teacher." Zane praised.
"Oh yes, I um, well...thank you!" Dr. Crowler was chuffed.
Zane then bowed to Crowler, turned his back and walked out of the class.
"Wow, Bec." Jaden nudged me whilst winking. "Two days into Duel Academy and Zanes hung up on you."
"Every girl's dream right?" Syrus muttered to himself, rolling his eyes.
Overhearing them both Alexis began to scowl behind me.
"Don't be silly guys" I reassured them. "Nothing is going to happen between us"
I sighed "But that doesn't mean I don't want anything to." I thought to myself.
Hours after class...
It had yet again been another long day at the academy. I had just finished having dinner at the dining hall, so I thought it would be a good idea to go for a bit of a walk.
I spotted a lighthouse in the distance. "Seems like a nice quiet spot to go and think." I thought, heading down to the building by the deep blue sea. "Oh man! The view was absolutely beautiful, just seeing the way the moonlight hit the water. Closing my eyes and taking a deep breath of the ocean, I heard footsteps.
There standing next to me was Zane.
"So you like to come out here and think huh?" he questioned.
"Yeah I guess so," I replied looking up at him.
"That makes two of us," he smiled. This time a large one.
There was a brief moment of silence between us.
"You know." he began. "Ever since you've arrived at this academy, I've been keeping an eye on you." he gazed out towards the ocean.
"But why?" I asked quite puzzled.
"Your dueling skills are unprecedented and you've only joined the academy," he said, looking back at me. "What do you hope to gain when you graduate?"
"One day I hope to be the best duelist there ever was. The King of Games, but a female version." I replied.
He laughed softly to himself. "So you hope to enter the Pro leagues?"
"Yeah, that's my dream," I said. "I just hope it's something I can achieve."
"With your dueling skills, you've got nothing to worry about." he assured me.
"Thanks," I said smiling.
Then suddenly I glanced down at my watch, "Oh crap it's midnight already, I've got to get back to my dorm!" I turned around to start walking away when Zane grabbed my arm.
"Rebecca." he said fixing his gaze on me.
He said my name again!
"I wish you the best of luck with all of your ventures." he continued.
"Thanks and you too," I said now sprinting off fast as I could towards my dorm.
Reaching my dorm room, I quickly changed into my pajamas and hopped into bed. Wow. I thought to myself. That was the first time I actually talked to Zane outside class and he seemed like a really nice guy. "I wonder if he's this nice to all of the other Slifers." Closing my eyelids, I fell asleep.
