Attara: Hello, everyone!
Aria: Hurry up with the fic!
Attara: Yeah, of course. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh and last time we left off where Aria and Devi went to school.
"Miss Aria, here is the mail." Our butler handed me a pile of envelopes.
"Thank you!" I grabbed them eagerly.
Let's see…trash, trash, trash, definitely trash, ah, what is this? I quickly opened a blue envelope.
"Who: Seto Kaiba
What: Birthday Banquet
When: Today
Where: Kaiba Residence"
This was interesting… I would expect Seto Kaiba to be the last person in the world to hold a birthday party. Must be Mokuba's doing…
I immediately informed Devi of this invitation, and she of course accepted it. We wore a somewhat formal in clothing…just a couple of dresses, plain, but still dresses. Devi's was white and mine was black.
This time we left in a white limousine and reached the Kaiba mansion in five minutes. Devi knocked on the door and rang the bell twice. Mokuba opened it and smiled.
"You came!"
"Yup!" I said.
"Come in."
Devi and I saw a lot of people from other companies chatting in the room to moment we stepped in.
"I guess this was a business party." I observed.
I started to look for Seto around the house. When I finally saw him, I motioned to Devi to follow. We saw Seto sitting on a sofa, watching television.
"Hello!" Devi greeted.
"What? Who invited you here?" Seto asked when he saw me.
"Mokuba did."
"Why?"
"I don't know, he's your brother, go ask him." I snapped.
Seto continued to watch TV. This should be fun…
"So, Seto, how was school?"
"It was good."
"What did you think of the fire?"
"I don't know. It was just a fire."
"Okay, how old are you?"
"I'm sixteen."
"Are you going anywhere today?"
"I'm taking out Mokuba to a restaurant to celebrate."
"Can we come?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you are annoying."
"What about Devi?"
"I know very well that if she comes, you come."
"So? I won't talk."
"Your presence is irritating."
Hm…not as entertaining as I deemed it would be…but that's okay. Soon, everyone started to leave, I guess Seto isn't much of a host. One of Seto's executives probably planned the whole thing for business or something. Well, we were the only ones left, and by "we" I mean Devi, me, Mokuba, and Seto.
"Well, Aria, looks like we're going to have to go." Devi told me.
"Devi, can you come to the restaurant with us?" Mokuba asked immediately.
"If it is accepted by Seto." She answered.
"Mokuba, do you really want that?" Seto asked.
"Definitely!"
"But you realize that Aria would come, too, right?"
"Of course I know that!"
"All right, then."
All of us rushed into the limousine. I pushed Seto out of the way and ran in first. Seto angrily shook a fist at me, but he didn't touch me. Next went in Mokuba, and Devi sat on the seat facing all three of us. After a half an hour, we had arrived at the restaurant.
"Eww, this food is really nasty!" I commented when I saw snails everywhere.
"Aria!" Devi scolded.
"It is!"
"Well, just order stuff that you like."
"How may I help you?" A waiter greeted us at the door.
"Ah, yes, we need a table with four seats." Mokuba said formally.
"This way." The waiter led us to an empty, round table.
"The waiter will be with us shortly." He smiled and left.
"Come on, Mokuba, we better wash up." Seto reminded.
"That's right…Devi, can you watch our things?" I asked Devi.
"No problem." She smiled.
I rushed to the bathroom, trying to make as least time as possible from leaving Devi. Anything could happen here…
Suddenly, there was a hand that covered my mouth. I grabbed it and used my magic to burn the person's face, but before I could call the magic, there was a heavy blow on my shoulder…
The next thing I remembered was a scene where Devi was talking to an identical girl…the girl we had encountered at Duke's dance. I looked around and found Mokuba and Seto tied next down next to me. Devi was wearing her formal clothing: a white outfit that had white pants and a sleeveless, white shirt with many gold bracelets on her arms that had sashes leading to her shoulders. In her hand was a staff with the infamous direth, the stone of Mornedra with mysterious power not yet revealed, and on her head was the royal crown of Mornedra. She was wearing white boots that reached her knees.
"What have you done to these beings?" Devi was asking.
"We have just tied them up…" The woman grinned evilly.
"Let them go." Devi commanded quietly.
"I will, for a price."
"What will it be?"
"You."
"What do you wish from me? You already have my powers."
"But you are still very valuable. I am quite aware of the fact that the Mornedraians are dedicated to you heart and soul. I want to rule Mornedra!"
"You evidently have the ability to take my realm with your own tactics."
"That may be true, however, it is something else I seek to obtain. Out of all of your telepathic abilities, you still don't know who I am?"
"Not really."
"I am your passion, Devi!"
"How is that possible?"
"Unlike you, the Drenites welcomed me in open arms. You abandoned me! But the prophecies had foretold of this desertion. Don't you know what else they have said? They have predicted that one of the two beings of the ruler of Mornedra will dominate the other. Don't you know that your passion is stronger than you? Don't you know that I am stronger than you? You should have considered the consequences the day you made that deal with that witch. You must be wondering why I am in a body. Well, I assume you know that the former ruler of Mornedra has been banished. He had incredible power. The Drenites welcomed him in open arms as well. He became the leader of Drena. One day he heard of your separation from your passion. He created a diversion that led you to the mortal realm while his loyal subjects would steal me. His abilities created me a body to reside in. And here I am!"
"You still have not responded to my question."
"I'm getting to that part. Well, the king had a vast knowledge of the history of power. He remembered that an old and wise wizard had told him that if one of us would rule the other, we would have abilities beyond anyone's imagination! This is what I want. I, the queen of Drena, want you, the queen of Mornedra, to become my loyal servant for the price of these wretched human souls. Aria was the most rebellious one as I remember. The people I sent after her had been knocked unconscious in the attempt of abducting her, but I had to come down to the mortal realm myself and give her an overload of power, as you have seen from the blackout."
At that moment, the other two captives woke from their trance by a snap of the passion's fingers.
"Whoa, is that really Devi?" Mokuba admired.
"Come to think of it, I have not really seen her dressed like that for over a millennium!" I exclaimed.
"She looks like-" Seto started.
"A queen?" I rolled my eyes.
"Even at our moment of weakness, you continue to act like a nuisance."
"Shut up, bonehead!"
"Your undeveloped mind has just been shown at its lowest measure."
"Whatever."
I growled and tried to punch him, but my hands were tied down…tightly.
"I will not agree." Devi answered the woman.
"What? And give up friends like these?"
"It's for a greater cause."
"Very well, I see that the first plan is a failure, let's move to the second one."
"What's that?"
"A threat to your entire kingdom!"
"You shall not touch them."
"I obey my king, but your kingdom is chaotic with such a worthless ruler."
"Do not speak to me in this way."
"Do you not want to know my plan to destroy your kingdom?"
"I know quite well what you can do."
"Although you know what is possible, I shall explain it to these foolish mortals. You see, I am the passion of this pathetic Mornedraian. Passion is quite powerful as a stone after it has been extracted from the person's heart, being able to kill any living creature within a hundred-mile radius. But after it has a vessel to inhabit, it will have devastating effects, having the capability to destroy an entire realm. This is possible once the blood of the current ruler is mixed with mine. Obviously Devi doesn't bleed without having the liquid disappear, so I have decided to withdraw it from Aria. Aren't I the clever one?"
"No, you're as dumb as the rest of them!" I shrieked.
"Shut up!" the passion yelled.
"What is your name?" Devi asked all of a sudden.
"Why do you want to know?" the woman asked.
"If I want to serve someone, I might as well know their name."
"Seraph."
"That's ironic." I commented.
Seraph turned around and summoned her own outfit as queen of Drena. Seraph's dress was probably the complete opposite of Devi's. Hers was black with rubies circling her waist. The dress was also sleeveless, and there was a cape that would drag on the floor, but she used her magic to let it levitate. Seraph had a staff of pure gold with a ruby the size of a golf ball at the top. This stored a lot of her magic, but most of it was inside her own body. Instead of a crown, Seraph had a tiara. Her tiara had a small direth in the center and diamonds all the way around. At her feet, Seraph wore black sandal high heels.
After this transformation, Seraph pointed her staff toward me and an explosion occurred next to my head. I gave a slight yelp, but I hoped that no one heard it. I didn't want to give Seraph the satisfaction of scaring me. Apparently Seraph did not have complete control over her abilities.
"Let these people go and do not harm Mornedra, so you may have my kingdom." Devi said solemnly.
"I thought so." Seraph replied.
That moment, Mokuba, Seto, and I all fell down from our shackles. Devi sadly watched us leave the realm as her own wrists were chained.
"Goodbye, my friends." She waved.
Attara: How was that for a cliffhanger?
Aria: Is that the end?
Attara: No! Of course not!
Aria: Darn…is it close?
Attara: Actually…yeah, it is!
Aria: YAY!!!
Attara: Oh shut up! You know you like it!
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