Happy holidays, folks! Sorry for not updating as often as you would have liked, but at least I can give you guys an early holiday gift by putting up the next chapter of this fic. Here it is, Chapter 35. Enjoy yourselves and give any feedback you feel is okay, and I promise to bring this fic up to date in the coming weeks.

NOTE: From now on, this story will be given a PG-13 rating for various colors of profanity and violence.

Things have just fallen apart.

Ever since that duel between Machus and Diane, the camp has started to go into total chaos. I'm not surprised, considering how things have been going with Pisaro's tricks.

It started out innocently enough, with what could have been considered a random terrorist hijacking of our plane in. However, after more and more appearances of the Seal showed up, I was sure that there was something behind all this.

The attacks ended after Diane and Twi defeated the Gemini Sisters, or so I had thought. Of course, I didn't expect some nutjob to show up at my station and use the Seal on me again. But from what I heard, he was a loose cannon. Luckily, I had managed to defeat him with some of my home-brewed cards.

But I had never expected our very boss, the headmaster, to be in league with Pisaro.

Even though Slifer the Sky Dragon, the second of the Egyptian God Cards, is now no more, I fear there is more to come. After all, there is still one card left, the Winged Dragon of Ra, and according to Twilight's family history, it was much more powerful than the other God Cards combined. I had also heard about Ra owning some hidden powers.

I wouldn't be surprised if Pisaro held that monster himself.

But one thing is for certain. Diane's his target, and something tells me he won't stop until she's in his cluthces.

Ananstasia, what have you dragged me into?

Yu-Gi-Oh Jr.: Sister of Anansi

Chapter 35: Disappear

Doppler chuckled as she sat on the roof of the Dark Magician Girl cabin, watching an Industrial Illusions copter land and disgorge men and women in black suits with shades. "Silly girl, you think that Pisaro would be scared off by increased security? Fool. And a fool he is to think his plan will succeed." She laughed and turned back into the robed true form he was used to having. His eyes glowed. "Not if I have anything to say about it. But...Diane must be kidnapped for my sabotage to work. If Pisaro senses my motives by any failure in this plan, he will destroy me and, by doing so, his own folly will be destructive to many innocents."

He chuckled and vanished into thin air.

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Lilith was on the phone, her face red. "Patch me to Siegfried Kaiba immediately! This is a state of emer...no, I'm serious this time! The faulty fission rod was a false alarm, but THIS is...no, I will NOT leave a message, you dirtbag! This..."

CLICK.

Lilith screamed bloody murder. "DAMN YOU!" She slammed the receiver down hard enough to crack the desk it was on, then slumped into the chair which Machus had once occupied. She looked around and cursed. "Blast you, Machus! How could you do this to me?"

Lina and Twilight entered. "Excuse me..." said Lina.

Lilith got up and glared at them. "You two, you should be at your cabins, protecting your campers!"

"Be calm, Lilith, I understand how you feel," whispered Twilight soothingly. "I, too, am very concerned about what has happened. But what bothered me is how Machus had the Sky Dragon in his possession."

"Yeah, from what I heard, the original Yugi won those cards in Battle City years ago and then lost them!" remarked Lina. "How could our enemy have two of the Egyptian God Cards? First Janos..."

"Wait, you mean you KNOW about these God Cards cropping up?" interrupted Lilith. She slammed her hands on the desk. "Tell me more!"

"Well..." Lina said. She explained about Brigit's duel with Janos and his possession of Obelisk the Tormentor.

"So, Obelisk too," groaned Lilith, leaning back in her chair. "This is just not my lifetime."

"Do not be afraid," said Twilight. "Obelisk and Slifer have now been destroyed," said Twilight. "I have ensured their destruction."

"Hmph, good riddance," mumbled Lilith. "Pardon my French, but WHAT THE HELL WAS MAXMILLION PEGASUS SMOKING WHEN HE MADE THOSE BROKEN MONSTERS ANYWAYS?"

"It's a long story, one we have no time for," stated Twilight. "Right now, we must find the last God Card, the one used by my uncle."

"You mean, the Winged Dragon of Ra?" gasped Lina. "But that's crazy! We can't win it from whoever owns it! The others were nothing to Ra!"

"Indeed, it is powerful," stated Twilight sadly. "Yugi the First barely held it off with both Obelisk and Slifer. My uncle Marik knew how to use it well. The demon in him used its God Phoenix and One-Turn Kill powers to cause massive damage to his opponents."

"God Phoenix? One-Turn Kill?" said Lina. "I haven't watched the Battle City finals much, so I don't know much about Ra's powers. The only thing I saw about that golden chicken was when it turned into a flaming bird of some kind."

"You saw its God Phoenix power," said Twilight. "With the payment of a thousand life points, Ra could immolate any monster and destroy it! That was what the demonic part of Marik used against Wheeler. Joey barely survived and even then, he colllapsed from shock."

"You mean, Mary's father?" asked Lilith in horror. "But why isn't he dead? How come Mary exists?"

"Because of the strength of his heart and his favorite card, the Red Eyes Black Dragon, appearing when Yugi dueled Kaiba," said Twilight. "Anyways, the One-Turn Kill power allows the controller of Ra to drain all but one life point into Ra, increasing its attack by a one-to-one ratio. For example, if the controller had all 8000 life points, he could increase Ra's attack by seven-thousand, nine-hundred, and ninety-nine."

"Oh...my...God!" cried Lina. "Nothing could withstand something that strong!"

"And it would be added to Ra's attack, which would equal the total attack of all the monsters tributed for it," said Twilight. "Also, another ability allows Ra to devour monsters on the controller's field and gain their attack points. It would gain virtually infinite attack!"

"So if Kaiba had Ra and sacrificed all his Blue Eyes White Dragons for it, Ra would be...holy crap!" said Lilith, eyes bulging. "No wonder Pegasus came to his senses and had them sealed away! Ra's broken to the nine levels of Hell and ten levels of Heaven!"

"Unfortunately for Pegasus, my uncle got his hands on them thanks to the power of his special...abilities," muttered Twilight. "Yugi Senior won them fairly, but sadly, they were stolen...stolen by the man who you trusted too implicitly...Mr. Saro."

Lilith was shocked. "You mean, the guy who funded the camp...he's a crook?"

"I'm afraid it's worse than that," said Lina. "We think he's the jerk who sent those crazies to trap us," said Lina. "You know, the Gemini Sisters."

Lilith was shuddering. "Machus told me about them, but...to think he was in LEAGUE with those crooks!"

"We were all fooled by his honeyed smile," sighed Lina. "But Pisaro picked well. Anyways, we need to warn you that we're dealing with a powerful adversary."

"Then go and guard your campers," scowled Lilith. "I appreciate your concerns, but we'll deal with this nutcase. Now, if you don't mind, I'll try to get contact with Mr. Kaiba AGAIN." She picked up the phone, but then Twilight's hand grabbed it. "Hey!"

"We must not inform Siegfried of this," scolded Twilight. "He is having problems of his own, ones which could be fatal to himself..." And will, she added to herself.

"Look, Mr. Kaiba has got to know about this!" said Lilith. "If he doesn't know that some nutcase is on the loose stalking the campers, then the parents will..."

"Go to court, I know, I know," sighed Lina, shaking her head. "It's common for parents to react like that when their kids are in danger or seeing things they shouldn't be seeing. I've heard it all before. It leads to ruin of a company, or at least the tarnishing of their name." She sighed. "But do you think that alarming Siegfried would be wise now? He's in the middle of a big tournament, and if the parents find out, they might demand the closure of Duelatopia to tend to their kids, which would cancel the tournament and be a bad scratch on Kaiba's rep. That in turn would get YOU in trouble and Duel Monsters itself would end up being boycotted. You'd go bankrupt."

"I...never thought of it that way," mumbled Lilith, hanging her head.

"She is correct, we must exercise caution," said Twilight. "Pisaro will no doubt do everything in his power to complete his schemes, and if we panic, he will use that to his advantage. We must remain calm and figure out what he wants. We must wait for him to make his move."

Lilith rubbed her chin, then nodded. "Okay. I'll wait until the Duelatopian finals are over, but after that, no deals. Siegfried must know what's going on at all costs. I don't want him breaking ties with us because of a lunatic!"

"I'm afraid Siegfried himself is in danger," whispered Twilight.

"Twi, no," said Lina, shaking her head violently.

Twilight sighed. "It's a long story, but suffice it to say that what will happen in the future will cause a lot of tragedy, too much for Siegfried to handle both this and your problems. I know it's not wise to go it alone, but for now, we must, we must wait for Pisaro to move. Otherwise, he'll lay seige. He has great patience and will wait until we drop our guard."

"All right," said Lilith. "But if anything happens to a camper, anything at all, I'm holding you two responsible for stopping me! Good day." Turning around, she crossed her arms and waited for them to leave. It was clear that the conversation was over.

"As you wish," said Twilight, who left the room with Lina.

"Oh god, I thought I was through with this crazy magic after Anastasia died!" groaned Lilith, hanging her head.

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Ares checked his watch and then looked up at the Dark Magician Girl cabin. Almost time. Nothing personal, Diane, but my boss wants to meet you. Don't worry, we'll fix it when it's all over.

Donald arrived. "The plan is set," he said with a familiar smile.

"Yes, it is time for Operation Arachne-snatch," grinned Ares. The two walked towards the window to Diane's room.

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Diane looked over the cards she had just obtained. Lina had come in and handed over Machus' deck, explaining that since Machus was comatose and had violated the rules of the tournament, his deck would be confiscated and all the cards in it(except for Slifer, which Twilight was taking to her mentor, and the Seal, which was immolated in a hasty fire) would be given to Diane to do what she wanted. She took out the three cards she was now holding and gave the rest of the cards to the other campers in her cabin. "King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight. Really interesting monsters, and they would be killer in my deck with their swarming powers!" She shuffled the cards into her deck, then removed a few to the side deck. "Man, it's going to be boring now that the tournament is over and we can't leave our cabins until camp is over. But I guess if Pisaro is after me, I should stay here. Maybe Giselle would like an unofficial duel with me, after she lost the chance to meet me in the finals."

The window clinked. "Huh? Who's there?" Diane got up, went over, and threw open the curtains. "Ares? Donnie?" She opened the window. "What are you...?"

"Shhhh," hissed Donald, putting a finger to his lips.

"We saw what happened, it was horrible," fibbed Ares with a concerned look. "We decided to find a safer place for you to stay, and we found a great spot, not even Pisaro can't find you there!"

"Huh? How do you know about Pisaro?" asked Diane, cocking a brow. "Do you know him?"

"Well...you can say...yes, I've heard of him," said Ares, weeping crocodile tears. "He was responsible for...killing off my parents."

"Oh my gosh," said Diane, pale in the face.

"You can trust Ares, he's my best friend and never let me down in a crisis ever since we met on the plane here!" grinned Donald. "Ares found a safe spot which is impossible to locate, even with magic!"

Diane paused to think about it. "Well, Giselle does trust you, Ares, and if Donnie says you're fly, I'll go with it!" She grinned, then frowned. "Oh, I'd better write a note for the others, just in case they wonder where I am."

"No, you..." Ares said, but Donald shushed him. "Oh okay, but make it quick, we have to hurry."

Diane scribbled off her note. "There." She put the notepad and pen down,.

"Bring your deck, you might want it," said Donald. "I'll even duel unofficially with you."

"Wow, that's cool!" said Diane, thinking about her duel with Donald in the tournament. It wouldn't be as fun as the tournament had been, but it would be something to do to pass the time while in hiding. She couldn't wait to show her boyfriend the new monsters in her deck!

Ares carefully removed the window screen. "Come on, sneak out here with us. That way nobody will see you."

"Uh, okay," said Diane. "But why all the secrecy?"

"Duh!" said Donald as Ares replaced the screen. "Pisaro would find you if we weren't secret!" He handed Diane a blindfold. "Oh, you gotta wear this. We're going to someplace like the Batcave, so you can't see where you are going!" He grinned wickedly at Ares.

Diane sighed, shook her head, and tied the blindfold on, then reached out. "This is nuts, I can't see!"

Ares took her hand. "Stay with me, Diane. We'll escort you safely." He winked to Donald, who chuckled slightly as the three left.

Dione and Sonja walked into the area and saw the three leave. "Hey, isn't that Ares and Donald from the Penguin Knights, escorting Diane away?" asked Sonja.

"Oh my! She's nuts!" said Dione. "Bonkier than a boggart! Doesn't she know that we're supposed to remain in the cabins?"

"Well, I think we should have stayed in our cabins instead of following a letter's instructions," said Sonja. "I mean, come on, it's fishier than Norus."

"I know, but Ares told us in the letter that it was for the good of the camp," said Dione, looking about. "Come on, let's follow them before something happens!" She ran off.

"Dione!" cried Sonja, chasing after her. "Honestly!"

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Pisaro chuckled as he watched the groups enter the woods. "My plan is ready, the players are moving into place. Circe, you have your instructions."

"I do indeed," said Lady Circe, smirking. Wait until he sees what I have ready for him when I get back! She giggled and left the room with Kitsune.

"Soon...Diane will be mine..." grinned Pisaro with flames of ecstasy in his eyes. "And then I will make her my duelist slave! HA HA HA!"

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Norus was mulling in disgust over his life. He had been caught violating the rules of the camp, cheating, cussing, and stealing, and now he was going to pay. His parents would no doubt be furious, and that was his problem; for all the manipulative lies he had used to worm out of trouble before, he knew he couldn't do so with his mom and dad. After all, Siegfried had hired them on as part of the Centurions, because they knew how to deal with troublemakers.

"Maybe, for once, I should humble myself," grumbled Norus, rubbing his backside and wincing. "Man, that Lina chick has a mean backhand!"

"Careful, Sonja," said a voice from his window. "If Twilight sees us, we're busted!"

"You're the idiot who wanted to follow those guys," said another voice.

"Dione and Sonja?" asked Norus. He paused. "I wish I could get out of here, then I could confront Sonja and...ugh...apologize for threatening to get rid of her Exodia. Man, Brigit's behavior towards me because of what I did...well, too bad I can't leave."

Suddenly, the lock on the detention cell snapped open and the door creaked a bit.

"Huh?" Norus turned to see the door ajar. "Well, looks like fate is being kind to me. Let's see what those two are up to..." He smirked as he opened the door and strode out...not noticing somebody behind the door.

The figure giggled and vanished in a flash of light as soon as Norus was gone.

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Lina sighed as she tapped the owl's beak and gave her password. When she entered, the first place she went was to Diane's room to talk to her. "I need to warn her about...huh?" She looked in and saw the room empty, with the window open and the screen gone. "What the heck...where is she?"

Giselle and Brigit entered. "Is something wrong, Lina?" asked Brigit, adjusting her glasses.

"Yeah..." said Lina, entering the room. She took the notepad and read it aloud. "Lina, Giselle, Brigit; I am being escorted by Ares and Donnie to a secret place where Pisaro would never find me. Don't try to find me, or else..." She cussed under her breath. "Diane, you idiot! It's a trap!" She dropped the notebook and dashed out of the room.

"What's with her?" asked Giselle as Brigit read the notepad Lina had dropped.

"Something tells me that it's not good," said Brigit in worry. "Come on, Gissy, let's find Di!"

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"Okay, how long have we been walking?" mumbled Diane as the three stopped in a small clearing. "Are we there yet?"

"Almost," said Donald, snickering as he melted into a familiar form. He waved his hand and a figure emerged.

"Ares, you're going to regret this," growled the person.

"Just do what I told you, or else..." snarled Ares.

"Ares? What's going...?" Diane began to say, second before Ares shoved her into the arms of a counselor, who muffled her. "MMMPH!" Her eyes went wide behind the blindfold as she recognized the feel of who was holding her tightly.

"I'm sorry, Diane...but I have no choice!" cried the counselor as he applied a moist rag to her nostrils.

Diane screamed briefly before the chloroform took effect. The counselor removed the blindfold from her eyes and gathered her in his arms.

"Good work, boy," said Doppler, chuckling wickedly. "Now, let's go see the Master."

Brandon snarled as he carried Diane. "I swear, when this is all over, your Master is dead!"

"We'll see about that," said Ares. "Now let's move." He took out a cell phone and dialed a number on it. "This is Seviper calling Mewtwo. We've got the goods."

A vortex of blood-red light opened up before the three and they stepped in just as Dione and Sonja entered. They saw Brandon sigh in disgust, turn, and enter. "Oh my gosh! That's Diane!" cried Sonja. "Brandon's taking her somewhere!"

"That's weird," said Dione. "I never expected a magical portal before. Let's stop him!" She stepped forward...and a red-haired girl stepped in front of her. "Oy, get out of the way! We're trying to save Diane!"

"I'm afraid you cannot," chuckled a feminine voice. The two turned to see a blonde-haired beauty in a silver kimono appear from the bushes. "You see, your friend is now the guest of our lord, Pisaro the Great. Normally, you'd need an appointment to see him! Heh, heh, heh!"

Norus entered the clearing just in time to see this. His eyes widened. "Sonja's in trouble!" He paused. "Wait, why do I give a damn about her? She's a nut!"

"What do you want?" demanded Dione, clenching her fists.

"I'm here to invite you to the Crystal Tower in the Realm of Void-Time, aka Pisaro's Castle," grinned Circe. She waved her hand. "Of course, since I can't trust you to come willingly, you'll have to be subdued." Dione and Sonja backed up.

Norus gasped. "Wait, if Sonja is kidnapped, I'll never be able to humble myself! Damn it!" He dashed out of the bushes.

"Now, who to transform first...how about you, Exodia girl?" grinned Circe, flinging her hand at Sonja. Sonja turned to flee...and Norus threw himself between them!

"AH!" cried Norus as he felt his body tingling.

Sonja whipped about. "Norus?"

"I...sorry...Exodia..." groaned Norus, clutching his chest in pain. He glowed and melted into a pile of light, which shrank. When it faded, a badger stood there, squeaking up a storm.

"Norus?" cried Sonja in horror.

Dione was shocked. She turned to Circe. "What did you do?"

"Oh dear, that wasn't supposed to happen," mused Circe with a smirk. "I was trying to transform your friend. No matter, I'll go after her next." She made to gesture.

Dione was stunned. She was seeing a real witch with transfigurative magic in action! She stepped between Sonja and Circe, activating her duel disk and slapping down a card. "Witch of the Black Forest!" The purple-haired spellcaster emerged with a cackle. (1200/1100)

"Trying to hold me off with illusions?" grinned Circe.

"Run for it, Sonja, take Norus with you!" hissed Dione. "I'll try to hold this witch off!"

Sonja nodded and turned to the girl. "Get back..." The girl shook her head furiously.

"Okay, I'll play your little game," grinned Circe, searching her deck. She smirked. "Perfect." She summoned her duel disk, activated it, and slapped down a card. "Enraged Battle Ox!" The hulking minotaurian appeared. (1700/1000) "Crush her witch!"

The bull-man roared and swung his ax down, shattering the witch.

"Heh, you forgot about my Witch's special ability, which lets me bring a card from my deck with a defense of 1500 or less," said Dione, pulling a card from her deck. "And this will do, Sangan in defense mode!" The three-eyed furball fiend appeared with a trilling screech. (1000/600)

"Big deal," said Circe, slapping a card down. "Vorse Raider in attack mode!" The bestial warrior appeared, hefting his curved scimitar. (1900/1200) "Destroy Sangan!" The warrior tore into the fiend, shattering it. "Enraged Battle Ox, attack her directly!" The ox sliced through Dione, cutting a holographic gash in her.

"Dione!" cried Sonja, trying to bypass the girl.

"Good girl, Kitsune, don't let her escape!" laughed Circe. "Well, give up?"

"Far from it," snarled Dione, drawing a card. She smirked. One of the special cards Twilight gave me! This will cut that witch down some! "I summon Ron Weasley in attack mode!" The card exploded into light and a wavy-haired teenager with freckles and wearing a black robe appeared. (1300/1400)

"Eh? I've never seen this card before," said Circe.

"Industrial Illusions created it just for me," smirked Dione. "Consider it one of the Harry Potter characters come to life! My cousin owns the Hungerian Horntail..."

"Wait, did you say Hungerian Horntail?" asked Circe. "From what I heard, your cousin Terone ditched it!"

"Well, it's a long story, but very interesting," said Dione. She slapped another card down. "There, you go."

Circe chuckled. "Even so, it'll be crushed before my army. Hitosume Giant in attack mode!" The green cyclops appeared. (1100/1200) "Vorse Raider, take out that loser of a brat!" The beast-warrior raised his sword and slashed Ron...only to bounce off an invisible shield!

"Nice try, but my Mirror Force takes out all your monsters!" laughed Dione as Vorse Raider, Enraged Battle Ox, and Hitosume Giant shattered into bits.

"You'll pay for that!" snarled Circe. "Nobody destroys my monsters like that!"

"Well, too bad," said Dione with a chuckle as she pulled another monster out and placed it. "Hermione Granger in attack mode!" The curly-haired Gryffindor brainiac appeared besides Ron. (1500/1300)

"That witch is no match for any of my monsters!" cackled Circe.

"Well, since you have no monsters left, you get hit with a Gryffindor double attack!" grinned Dione. "Oh, and their special ability allows each of them to gain eight hundred attack for each other, similar to Lava Battleguard and Swamp Battleguard!" Ron rose to 2100 attack and Hermione rose to 2300 attack. "Now, attack!"

The two spellcasters raised their wands and fired blue flames from them, burning Circe's robe.

"Ah!" shrieked Circe.

"Sonja, get out of here!" screamed Dione.

"Right," said Sonja. She side-stepped Kitsune, who matched her step, then sighed. "Okay, time to play dirty! CATCH!" She threw Norus' new form at the girl, who shrieked and ducked. Sonja grabbed Norus from the air as he fell. "Sucka." She dashed off into the woods.

"Damn it!" hissed Circe. She snorted. "Well, I'll get her later. Right now, I'll deal with you, Harry Potter fangirl!" She drew a card and set it. "There."

"Well, looks like you're finished," said Dione, taking a card from her deck. "I sacrifice both my spellcasters to summon the strongest of my new cards, Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived!" She swapped cards and Ron and Hermione melted into light, revealing a stout black-haired boy wearing glasses and a similar robe to his companions, as well as sporting a lightning-shaped scar over his right eye. (2100/2100)

"Ha, that is no match for my strongest beasts," chuckled Circe.

"True, but his special ability allows him to gain 400 attack for every Spellcaster in my graveyard, and I have three!" Harry Potter's attack rose to 3300. "Harry Potter, blow that card away with your Patronus Charm!"

The boy waved a wand and a glittering silver stag of light shot from the wand and exploded into the card, disintegrating it. A flying squirrel exploded.

"Thanks for destroying my Nimble Momonga," chuckled Circe, drawing two cards from her deck. "Thanks to its special effect, I can summon two more in defense mode!" Two more squirrels appeared.

"Heh, I'll just destroy them too," said Dione.

"Not for long, because they aren't sticking around." She removed a card from her deck and swapped cards for it. "I sacrifice both my Nimble Momongas for Behemoth, King of all Animals!" A giant horned monster with pink skin and a man of pink hair appeared, roaring loudly. (2700/1600)

"He's still too weak," said Dione.

"True, but..." Circe drew another card. "I'm afraid you're in for it. I knew you'd try to challenge me, so I packed a card which would be detreminental to your deck!" She slapped the card in. "LAST DAY OF WITCH!" A card showing a crossed-out witch appeared.

Dione paled. "No! That destroys all spellcasters on the field!"

"Sayonara, Harry Potter," laughed Circle as Harry clutched his chest and exploded. "I did what that stupid Lord Voldemort failed to do during his seven years in school! I killed Harry Potter! Ha, ha, ha! Now, Behemoth, direct attack!"

The beast roared and pounced on Dione, knocking her prone.

"Enough of this," grinned Circe, deactivating her disk. "It's time for you to meet my dear friend..." Her eyes gleamed eagerly as she gestured.

Dione groaned softly. "Sonja..." Her head fell to the ground as she passed out.

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Sonja ran into Lina into a comical Bumstead display, knocking both of them down. "Ow!" cried Lina, nursing her head. "Watch it, Sonja... huh?" She blinked. "Sonja, what are you doing here? And why are you carrying a badger?"

Sonja sniffled and sobbed, covering her face. "Lina...Brandon kidnapped Diane!"

Lina gasped. "No..."

Brigit and Giselle raced up. "What happened?"

"Norus...something happened to him..." whispered Sonja, pointing to the badger. "Crazy woman in silver kimono turned him into that!"

"A woman turned Norus into a badger?" asked Giselle. "Sonja, are you all alright?"

Lina frowned. "Wait, a woman turning a person into a...oh my gosh..." She gulped. "It has to be Circe."

Twilight came up and frowned. "Yes it was." She consoled Sonja. "Sonja, where is Dione?"

"Dione held that crazy woman back, but I don't know if she is okay now!" sobbed Sonja profusely.

Twilight shook her head. "The fool." She got up. "This is a crisis. I knew it would happen, but this..." She sighed.

"Diane's been kidnapped," whispered Lina in worry.

"Oh great..." said Giselle. "We're screwed."

The sky turned cloudy and lightning flashed.

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Brandon snarled as he threw Diane's body to the stone floor. "Okay, you jerk! I did what your spy made me do! Now let mom go!"

Pisaro chuckled and turned around. "Well, I see Ares was well-trained."

"Shut up and let my mom go now, you freak!" screamed Brandon.

Ares and Doppler stood behind him. "He did well," said Ares. "It was a clever plan, making him do what we wanted by taking his mother hostage."

"Ares, Doppler, escort our honorable guest to her accomodations, while I deal with this," chuckled Pisaro. He revealed a golden duel disk with green markings.

"You wanna duel me, jerkwad?" hissed Brandon, activating his duel disk. "Fine. I'll crush you!"

"I'm afraid you will be the one crushed," said Pisaro, watching as Doppler and Ares worked together to drag Diane out of the room. He inserted his deck. "I've been dueling far longer than you, boy." He drew a card. "And this will be your final duel." He slid a card into the field slot.

"Wha...?" asked Brandon as a ring came down around the two men. "Oh no..."

A blood-curdling scream was heard as the Seal of Orichalcos formed above the tower.

NEW CARDS

Ron Weasley

Type: Light/Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1400
Effect: If "Hermione Granger" is face-up on your field with this card, increase this card's attack by 800. Whenever it attacks a face-down monster, you may discard a card from your hand to negate the effect of the monster attacked.

Hermione Granger

Type: Light/Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300
Effect: If "Ron Weasley" is face-up on your field with this card, increase this card's attack by 800. Whenever this card is face-up and attacks, you can discard a card from the top of your deck to negate and destroy a magic or trap card activated by your opponent. This can be done as many times as you want.

Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived

Type: Light/Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 8
ATK: 2100
DEF: 2100
Effect: This card is immune to magic cards that target this monster. This card gains 400 ATK for every spellcaster in the controller's graveyard.

NEXT CHAPTER: The gang rushes out to save Diane, but will they be biting off more than they can chew? Find out in "Assault on GHQ!"