Chapter 12
Ancient Magic at Play
Yami ran towards the scream, Kara followed closely behind. Tristan and Ryou were holding back a hysterical Joey who was trying to claw at a frightened ten year old. "You took the last cotton candy!!!" Joey screamed maniacally. A few minutes earlier Tristan, Ryou and Joey were waiting in line for cotton candy, just when it was Joey's turn to get the candy, the rough looking vendor closed the stand. Joey annoyed asked him to make an exception and let him buy the cotton candy; the rough man said "sorry kid, I ain't got no more" he pointed a grubby finger to the little boy that was in front of Joey in the line "he got the last of the fluff" Joey screamed in panic and hunger, and lunged at the child; luckily Ryou and Tristan were there to hold him back. Yami sighed heavily and Kara stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of them. Suddenly Kara felt odd, something was not right.... the little boy unexpectedly stopped looking scared and turned to Kara, smiling nastily. Her swirling green-blue eyes widened with dread and disbelief. The boy's eyes turned, from a sky blue to a dead hollow brown. His lips twisted into an ugly sneer. He snapped his fingers and everything stopped. Kara gazed shocked at a motionless Joey who had a look of pure insanity plastered on his face with his mouth open in a way that did not flatter him whatsoever, Ryou was frozen in a moment of pure strain; his eyes were shut as he desperately tried to hold onto Joey while Tristan was fixed in the position of holding Joey by the torso; he also had his eyes closed in obviously powerful concentration. She turned to stare at a stiff Yami whose red-violet eyes were wide in surprise and astonishment, his mouth gaping open. She angrily turned to the smirking child "Anuk!!" Kara growled low and threatening, her dazzling eyes changing from a clear topaz blue to a brilliant dark purple; her millennium scales and her third eye glowed menacingly. The boy cruelly laughed out loud and mist swirled around him and he morphed into a tall somewhat pretty young lady with dull black hair and vacant brown eyes. "KaRaah.... I did warn you that I would be back...." Anita snickered meanly. Rage coloured Kara's cheeks as she clenched and unclenched her fists, "unfreeze them, bitch!" she seethed quietly and dangerously, Anita faked fright and gasped, "what if I don't? Will the great KaRaah hurt me?" That infuriated Kara beyond her limit, her third eye blazed, her sleek glossy black, silver and gold hair swirled around her in a nonexistent wind. Her eyes morphed from a deep purple to a glittering quicksilver colour that glowed with an inner radiance that would put the sun itself to shame. The sky darkened to a blue-purple grey; Anita breathlessly waited to see what would happen next. You see she knew what immense power Kara was able to control if she were agitated enough. Anita smiled nastily and snapped her fingers again. Yami blinked and gazed around, he gasped as he noticed that they were in the shadow realm; he looked over at Kara and Anita, and major deja vu washed over him. He squinted his eyes at the scene 'wait a minute....this happened before...' He thought anxiously. Meanwhile Tristan, Joey and Ryou all fell down into a heap because they had all been frozen in a leaning position. "oowww..." Moaned Ryou as he pushed a heavy Tristan off of him, he pulled himself up and looked around "oh shit......" he murmured as he saw where he was, he felt Bakura take over his body "double oh shit!" Bakura finished for him with malice in his voice. Bakura smiled meanly and saw Kara and Anita staring at each other. He sneered under his breath with contempt, for he never liked Anuk. They mutually hated each other; they had their reasons. When Kara realized what she had done, conjuring up the shadow realm, her churning eyes dimmed to their normal luminance and her shimmering hair settled back down around her hips; she stared at Anita with cold silver eyes and keeping her fury in check she calmly addressed her "sorry Anuk. You aren't going to get under my skin like that.... I have matured since that last we have met.. unlike you... My sister.." Anita looked as if she were about to explode "don't call me that!" she hissed angrily. The sky returned to the normal blue and the warm sun shone on them, Anita murmured heatedly and disappeared into the shadows. Kara sighed with relief. Joey, Tristan and Bakura stared at her in disbelief "what are you?' Joey asked a little awed, Kara turned to look at all of them and then at Yami. She saw great love swimming in his red-violet eyes for her; that gave her a lot of courage as her heart filled up with love for him as well. She heaved a sigh and was about to finally explain whom she was when suddenly the clouds blocked the sun and a very harsh cold wind blew strongly past them. They were totally unprepared for the extremely strong gale, and they all lost their balance and fell onto the ground. The strong wind blew up the sand and dirt from the playground and they had to cover their mouth and eyes to protect them from the stinging sand. A shiver went down Kara's spine and she weakly looked up and she saw a vast shade of a creature above them. She stared in wonder at the belly with all the colours of the setting sun, twinkling and sparkling with all the brilliance of all the diamonds in the world. The creature was a legendary Phoenix. She whispered in Egyptian, for she knew that it was an omen. This was a good omen. The Phoenix looked intently at her, straight in the eye. But its eyes were churning with all the colours of the rainbow.....like hers....Kara's bright green eyes widened in newfound wisdom, and she muttered in Egyptian again for she knew.... The Phoenix was actually Ra, the sun god in another form..... He came to her once before when she was a starving child in the streets of Cairo. He lead her to safety and to her destiny.... the massive creature continued to stare her in the eye, sending her message that only one could fulfill that particularly difficult destiny, through the magical power of eyes. The only one that could fulfill that destiny was the one that was the seed of Ra.... it was her destiny.....when Kara understood, the Phoenix nodded slightly and slowly faded away into the sky. Kara stood up determined to fulfill the prophecy that was foretold thousands of years ago... Yami, Joey, Tristan and Bakura groaned as they lifted themselves up into a standing position. They were rubbing their heads when they heard a bloodcurdling shriek, "oh not again.." muttered Yami "that sounds like Tea!" Joey exclaimed worried, they turned to run towards the source of the scream. 'I hope Tea's all right!!' Kara thought to herself as she ran....
Yami ran towards the scream, Kara followed closely behind. Tristan and Ryou were holding back a hysterical Joey who was trying to claw at a frightened ten year old. "You took the last cotton candy!!!" Joey screamed maniacally. A few minutes earlier Tristan, Ryou and Joey were waiting in line for cotton candy, just when it was Joey's turn to get the candy, the rough looking vendor closed the stand. Joey annoyed asked him to make an exception and let him buy the cotton candy; the rough man said "sorry kid, I ain't got no more" he pointed a grubby finger to the little boy that was in front of Joey in the line "he got the last of the fluff" Joey screamed in panic and hunger, and lunged at the child; luckily Ryou and Tristan were there to hold him back. Yami sighed heavily and Kara stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of them. Suddenly Kara felt odd, something was not right.... the little boy unexpectedly stopped looking scared and turned to Kara, smiling nastily. Her swirling green-blue eyes widened with dread and disbelief. The boy's eyes turned, from a sky blue to a dead hollow brown. His lips twisted into an ugly sneer. He snapped his fingers and everything stopped. Kara gazed shocked at a motionless Joey who had a look of pure insanity plastered on his face with his mouth open in a way that did not flatter him whatsoever, Ryou was frozen in a moment of pure strain; his eyes were shut as he desperately tried to hold onto Joey while Tristan was fixed in the position of holding Joey by the torso; he also had his eyes closed in obviously powerful concentration. She turned to stare at a stiff Yami whose red-violet eyes were wide in surprise and astonishment, his mouth gaping open. She angrily turned to the smirking child "Anuk!!" Kara growled low and threatening, her dazzling eyes changing from a clear topaz blue to a brilliant dark purple; her millennium scales and her third eye glowed menacingly. The boy cruelly laughed out loud and mist swirled around him and he morphed into a tall somewhat pretty young lady with dull black hair and vacant brown eyes. "KaRaah.... I did warn you that I would be back...." Anita snickered meanly. Rage coloured Kara's cheeks as she clenched and unclenched her fists, "unfreeze them, bitch!" she seethed quietly and dangerously, Anita faked fright and gasped, "what if I don't? Will the great KaRaah hurt me?" That infuriated Kara beyond her limit, her third eye blazed, her sleek glossy black, silver and gold hair swirled around her in a nonexistent wind. Her eyes morphed from a deep purple to a glittering quicksilver colour that glowed with an inner radiance that would put the sun itself to shame. The sky darkened to a blue-purple grey; Anita breathlessly waited to see what would happen next. You see she knew what immense power Kara was able to control if she were agitated enough. Anita smiled nastily and snapped her fingers again. Yami blinked and gazed around, he gasped as he noticed that they were in the shadow realm; he looked over at Kara and Anita, and major deja vu washed over him. He squinted his eyes at the scene 'wait a minute....this happened before...' He thought anxiously. Meanwhile Tristan, Joey and Ryou all fell down into a heap because they had all been frozen in a leaning position. "oowww..." Moaned Ryou as he pushed a heavy Tristan off of him, he pulled himself up and looked around "oh shit......" he murmured as he saw where he was, he felt Bakura take over his body "double oh shit!" Bakura finished for him with malice in his voice. Bakura smiled meanly and saw Kara and Anita staring at each other. He sneered under his breath with contempt, for he never liked Anuk. They mutually hated each other; they had their reasons. When Kara realized what she had done, conjuring up the shadow realm, her churning eyes dimmed to their normal luminance and her shimmering hair settled back down around her hips; she stared at Anita with cold silver eyes and keeping her fury in check she calmly addressed her "sorry Anuk. You aren't going to get under my skin like that.... I have matured since that last we have met.. unlike you... My sister.." Anita looked as if she were about to explode "don't call me that!" she hissed angrily. The sky returned to the normal blue and the warm sun shone on them, Anita murmured heatedly and disappeared into the shadows. Kara sighed with relief. Joey, Tristan and Bakura stared at her in disbelief "what are you?' Joey asked a little awed, Kara turned to look at all of them and then at Yami. She saw great love swimming in his red-violet eyes for her; that gave her a lot of courage as her heart filled up with love for him as well. She heaved a sigh and was about to finally explain whom she was when suddenly the clouds blocked the sun and a very harsh cold wind blew strongly past them. They were totally unprepared for the extremely strong gale, and they all lost their balance and fell onto the ground. The strong wind blew up the sand and dirt from the playground and they had to cover their mouth and eyes to protect them from the stinging sand. A shiver went down Kara's spine and she weakly looked up and she saw a vast shade of a creature above them. She stared in wonder at the belly with all the colours of the setting sun, twinkling and sparkling with all the brilliance of all the diamonds in the world. The creature was a legendary Phoenix. She whispered in Egyptian, for she knew that it was an omen. This was a good omen. The Phoenix looked intently at her, straight in the eye. But its eyes were churning with all the colours of the rainbow.....like hers....Kara's bright green eyes widened in newfound wisdom, and she muttered in Egyptian again for she knew.... The Phoenix was actually Ra, the sun god in another form..... He came to her once before when she was a starving child in the streets of Cairo. He lead her to safety and to her destiny.... the massive creature continued to stare her in the eye, sending her message that only one could fulfill that particularly difficult destiny, through the magical power of eyes. The only one that could fulfill that destiny was the one that was the seed of Ra.... it was her destiny.....when Kara understood, the Phoenix nodded slightly and slowly faded away into the sky. Kara stood up determined to fulfill the prophecy that was foretold thousands of years ago... Yami, Joey, Tristan and Bakura groaned as they lifted themselves up into a standing position. They were rubbing their heads when they heard a bloodcurdling shriek, "oh not again.." muttered Yami "that sounds like Tea!" Joey exclaimed worried, they turned to run towards the source of the scream. 'I hope Tea's all right!!' Kara thought to herself as she ran....