The Eye let him see certain things so easily about the apprentice mage—the bounce in her steps, her magic abilities, her energy and passion for life. How easily she cried and laughed in equal measure. Her relative innocence.

But it refused to tell him her name. Pegasus wasn't sure why it bothered him at first—many monsters didn't have proper names, and that included the Dark Magician he'd made from the snippets he'd seen of her master.

They were real people once, at least those two. He thought, turning over the visions in his mind. He'd have to make changes, of course—the robes a different color, identical to the monster she summoned instead of the girl herself. Pegasus wondered if that monster had a name as well, or if it matched her own.

He squinted, trying to see and hear, and the Eye, for once, obliged.

The spirit monster's name he was able to hear, at least, and the Dark Magician's apprentice became Dark Magician Girl. The girl's loyalty to her master and the all-too-brief visions of her crying before a tablet of some kind inspired her effect.

She would gain power for every Dark Magician in the graveyard, making herself stronger through loss. She would be a worthy addition to any deck, supported even further with spells and traps.

But he still didn't know the girl's name, and it haunted him.

Later, he found out why.

It reminded him of how none save himself had known Cecelia's name after she died.


Card: Dark Magician Girl