A/N: Sorry for the rather late update! A lot of things happened and I caught a fever in the middle of it all, so I had to rest for awhile, but here I am now!
Thanks for everyone's support!
With seven years old, Yugi joined a children's tournament and slaughtered everyone with her skills.
People were astounded at her games and children jealous. Everyone wanted to talk with her and tried to get contact with her, but the security assured that they didn't.
But Yugi didn't care about that all. Pretty words from strangers were nothing to her.
But her father's proud voice as he complimented her was everything to her. She knew that it wouldn't stay that easy to make her father proud and happy, but she would try.
That's all she could do, after all.
Maybe she didn't realize it because the adoption happened so fast, because everyone was keeping her occupied, giving her work to do and playing with her. Because her mind was filled with thoughts of games, duels, her new brothers that she still had to meet, her puzzle.
Yes, that's why she probably didn't realize anything, didn't understand.
But as she sat on the bed in her room, after winning the competition, defeating everyone, her mind was surprisingly empty.
No thoughts about homework or studies, neither did she remind herself that her brothers would visit next week, there also wasn't one thought about the man she once called father, her mother or her daddy.
There was nothing, only silence and it continued for one hour. Her daddy would only arrive in two hours from work.
So she looked at the dueling cards on her table, read the descriptions she could remember by heart and then she smiled. These cards accompanied her since she was four, they were always there. They would always be there. Her eyes wandered to the golden box on the table, and she stood up to put it away. She hated leaving it valuable like that. She felt the cool metal, as she admired the box's shine from the light. Beautiful. And then she put it away.
Like she did with her memories, with the facts before her.
And suddenly it crept through her mind, as if it always was there. It was natural.
Her grandfather was dead. Dead.
Yes, a she knew this. Yes, she saw his corpse, the dried blood and the broken lamp. She screamed.
But she never felt the pain, never really cried, because she didn't realize, she couldn't - everything happened too sudden.
It took her one year and more to understand that her grandfather was truly gone.
Why?!
Pegasus came home earlier than he anticipated, but he was relieved about it.
His sweet daughter was screaming and crying in her room, refusing to get out or tell someone why.
So he stepped into her room, with the help of a key, and tried to comfort her. To realize one thing.
He didn't know how.
What was he supposed to do? And how? So he did the only thing he could think of. He hugged her.
Cecelia always did, so it might help. And it did.
Her crying turned into sobbing and slowly it vanished completely.
"What happened," he asked, his voice filled with worry.
"N-nothing," came the quiet response, "I-I'm sorry f-for being a bother."
Pegasus narrowed his eyes, looking at his little daughter, "Don't think so. You're not a bother." Then his eyes softened as he repeated the question.
At first, the girl only starred at the floor, reminding silent, but then she swallowed, before speaking up. She asked him something. It was a simple question, but it froze him over with the impact.
In her quietest voice she spoke the words, "Why did grandpa die? Why wasn't it me?"
Pegasus wanted her to tell that her grandfather was in the false place at the false moment. That it wasn't her fault. He wanted to tell her all these things, because, frankly, they were the truth, but...
... He doubted it would have helped. It was too late for that.
She calmed down eventually, but Yugi changed a bit. She didn't eat enough for her age and she refused to talk. Tough whenever you passed her room by night you could hear voice, whispering about either events of the days or beginnings and endings of lullabies.
She looked tired and the employers feared she lacked sleep, had a form of insomnia. But Pegasus knew better - too much time had her spent in her room sitting there and telling her fairytales, until she fell asleep.
He sighed as he watched her stubbornly look at the food on her plate, probably wishing for it to vanish in thin air.
He tried to distract her by buying her new games and giving her cards, but she refused them and ignored them. How much dust must they have caught, lying in her room unused?
"You need to eat, dear," he said seconds later.
But she only shook her head, her eyes hidden under the mess she called her hair. But moments later she looked up, as she heard steps from outside the dining area. Then she looked at him, showing her unique eyes.
"Who...?"
He smiled slightly, "See for yourself."
And the door opened to reveal two identical looking people.
The twins finally arrived to the party.
