Duel Academy was suddenly full or rumours and speculation following the arrival of three legendary duellists on the island. What made things worse for Alexis is that everybody knew of her summons upon their arrival. Because of this this made all of the rumours focus on her. Some speculated that she was going to be trained by the three. Others suggested she was the illegitimate daughter of one. The rest, which was very few, suggested that she was to be betrothed to one of them.
Alexis had taken to hiding in the forest clearing where she and Harry had become friends. Between the rumours, the questions, and Jaden asking her about what it was like to meet his idols all at once. She began to feel the pressure. She felt angry that even after all of this nobody was focused on finding Harry.
'Well," she thought to herself 'That's not entirely true.'
Pegasus, while staying on the campus, had deemed that his own guard join that of the campus security on the off-chance that Harry reappear. Kaiba had also increased the security budget deeming that he didn't want something like this to happen again. Duel Academy was now one of the well-guarded places on the planet.
She stood from the tree she was leaning against and walked to the male blue dorm stopping only when she was standing outside Harry's room. Unfortunately with no way in.
"Can I help you Ms. Rhodes?" Came the deep voice of one Yugi Muto
She turned slowly to face the intruder of her thoughts only to find he wasn't as far away as she thought. He eyes met the chest of the duelling legend and she couldn't help but blush at the proximity.
"I…" She began only to fall short. How could she even begin to explain herself here, in the male dorm, outside Harry's room?
Yugi only smiled before moving past her to the door she was staring at previously. "Would you like to come in? Chancellor Sheppard has given me permission to search the room for any sign of where Harry has gone to."
Alexis merely followed though the earlier blush was now gone replaced by a look of suspicion unseen by Yugi. She knew he was lying, but he didn't know she knew, the question on her mind was simply thus. Why was he lying?
"Harry has never been one to just disappear." Yugi said once the two were in the room. "This isn't the first time he's gone off on some crusade. He once travelled across the world to compete in a tournament."
"Why?" Alexis couldn't help but ask.
"The tournament, the prize was one of the five pieces of Exodia. The head actually."
Alexis couldn't help but wonder. "The head of Exodia? Was that all?" Exodia pieces were assembled very few times. But they weren't the rarest cards. The hard part was finding a way to get all five.
"It wasn't the card he was after." Yugi smiled. "In the finals there was a duellist. A duellist with powers similar to Harry's. He already had the limbs of Exodia, all he needed was the head. Once he assembled the pieces he intended to release the spirit from his chains and let him loose upon the world."
"How did you find out?"
"Harry left clues. Tell me Alexis, do you see anything out of the ordinary?"
"How would I know?" She said immediately. Rather than admitting to the king of games that she spent liberal amounts of time in his apprentices room.
Yugi just chuckled. "From your experience with Harry of course."
Alexis looked around the room for the first time since she stepped in and just as Yugi said, there were things out of the ordinary. Harry's room, normally the epitome of mess and in truth to the nature behind his powers, was normally chaos. But as Alexis looked around the room she did not see paintings unfinished, nor did she see his cards lying around the floor. Harry's room was completely tidy.
"That git!" She screamed. "He hid my shirt." At seeing Yugi chuckling she blushed but said nothing else choosing instead to look around the room for anything else out of the ordinary. "His cards, they're missing."
Yugi hummed and walked towards the desk. Bending to reach underneath it and returning to his full height with the aforementioned shirt in hand. A light pink plain, shirt was neatly folded. Seeing it sitting in the hand of the king of games made Alexis blush and look away.
By the time she looked back Yugi was handing the shirt to her. As she took it she noticed him slipping something in to his pocket. Looking back and forth from the now unfolded shirt in her hand and Yugi, she easily deduced what had happened.
"Well I guess I should tell Pegasus there was nothing to be found. Please lock the door when you leave."
And with that Yugi left her alone in her friend's room with nothing but questions.
In our other world duel
Harry: 2100/Brron: 400
"I believe it's my turn." The mad king said after several moments of silence. He reached to draw his card but waited just to be sure. "I draw."
Still Harry said nothing.
"I activate the spell card ego boost. This handy little card gives me a thousand more attack points for the duration of my turn. And since I'm now stronger than all of your monsters I'll go ahead and attack your Dark Magician."
Harry: 1500/Brron: 400
Brron created a ball of plasma in his hands before hurling it at the Dark Magician but even as he screamed in pain before exploding. Harry said nothing.
"And since I dealt damage to your life points I can discard one card from my hand, in this case my Sillva, Warlord of Dark world. But he just loves to be helpful because he comes straight to my field when he's discarded from my hand. And thanks to my field spell he's stronger than your Sorcerer so I think I'll take back my servant."
Harry: 1200/Brron: 400
The Chaos Sorcerer was torn to shreds by the dark beast under Brron's control leaving Harry without a monster on his field. His Chaos monsters were gone, trapped within the confines of his graveyard leaving him defenceless, and alone.
But Harry did not react. The sky above them was becoming brighter and brighter by the second. The once dark world was now as if the sun had risen. Illuminating the entirety of Harry's face rather than just his eyes. It showed his expression to be blank.
Finally Harry spoke.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked the mad king, his facial expression not changing one iota.
Brron stood still for a moment, his own face not changing, for truly it barely did. "I'm not laughing. I should be. You're about to lose and there's nothing you can do about it."
"But you are laughing." Harry said in response. "You're laughing, and I feel angry. And sad. Why is Alexis here?"
"Who?"
"Where is she going? What is that light?"
He could see her further in the courtyard screaming in pain as she slowly vanished alongside others whom he didn't recognise.
"NO!" He screaming in anguish. His powers exploding outward from him sending the surrounding guard to the ground where they stayed. Wisps of shadow and a strong wind kept him.
The winds didn't calm even as he drew a card from his deck, no longer under the compulsion to show it to Bronn he simply played it instead. As pot of greed rose from the ground and shattered Harry drew two cards without a word as he was entitled to.
"I play the spell card graceful charity, now I can draw three cards so long as I discard two." Harry drew his cards and paid the cost leaving him with two cards in his hand once more. "I lay down one face down and place one monster face down and end my turn."
"My draw then." Bronn drew his card and gathered energy in his hands soon after. "And I'll, attack your monster."
The card flipped over to reveal an aged sorcerer with a scowl on his face. As he was destroyed energy flew from him towards Sillva who subsequently exploded after.
"When my Old Vindictive Magician is destroyed he takes one monster with him and I choose your Sillva."
"Then I place one card and end my turn. Now make your move."
"I draw and with what I have. This. Duel. IS. OVER!" More power poured from Harry and shadows wrapped around his for the final time as placed a card. "I Monster Reborn!" He screamed. His body glowed as he lost a thousand life points. " I revive my Dark Magician. ARISE!"
Harry: 200/ Brron: 400
A vortex of white energy opened on the field and from it sprang the true Dark Magician of Harry Potter, the once light sky began to darken.
"You hurt my friends and now I'll hurt you. I play my face down card. Jar of greed. I beg of the heart of the cards, hear my plea, and allow me to finish this so that I may return home. With the bond I share with my monsters and the power in my soul, I draw." Harry drew the final card and without even looking at it he played it. "Dark Magic attack, destroy his spells and traps."
The wall of revealing light shattered along with the gates to the dark world leaving Bronn standing alone.
"And now I attack you with my Dark Magician. Finish this with Chaotic Magic Attack!"
The duel never finished.
The light in the sky shone brighter then every before blinding the monsters of darkness for as long as it stayed. When it cleared, Brron was still standing.
And Harry was gone.
