CHAPTER 2

A young girl with short brown hair, and blond roots sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Hm. wha' time's it?" she asked tiredly.
"3:30! Time to get up Mysti!"
Mysti muttered something about hating the morning. "3:30? How can you be so chipper at 3:30 in the morning, Beth?"
"I've been up since 2:00. Fancy some tea?" Bethany asked dragging her sister from the bed and taking her to the kitchen.
Mysti sat down on at the table and laid her head down, using the table as a pillow, and attempted to sleep. After about 2 minutes, she found it hard to breath; she sat up quickly chocking on a piece of toast that Bethany had shoved in her mouth. "Are you trying to kill me or something you stupid git?!" Mysti snapped, and sat back into the seat.
"I had to wake you up somehow!" Bethany grinned. "C'mon, we need to do our chores, eat!"
Mysti sighed and ate her toast, then started cleaning the kitchen.
After about 3 hours of working they were done. And the two had to go to school.
On the way to school, they came across a tent that hadn't been there yesterday. "What's this?" Mysti poked her head into the tent, and saw a strange man in a white robe, with a turban; he also had a big blue and purple bruise on his left cheek.
"Mysti, what if that had been like the tree of judgment, or the Egyptian Scales of Ma'at? You'd be dead!"
"Beth, shut up and get in here." Mysti whispered.
Bethany rolled her eyes, and entered the tent, seeing the man.
"Hello chosen ones, I am Shadi. Please follow me to aid your destiny," he said walking down some steps that sure as hell hadn't been there yesterday.
Mysti followed him curiously, and Bethany followed Mysti so that she could drag her back to the surface.
Upon reaching the landing, Mysti and Bethany saw the Statue that Taylor and Ryou had seen hours ago. This time Shadi was faster though, he took the Tauk and the Scales and tested them both before they know what was going on. As soon as they woke up, they where in the lot, where the tent had been.
"Ow. did you get the tag off the car that hit us?" Mysti asked, as she stood up.
"Nope. must'a been an 18 wheeler." Bethany stood up as well, rubbing her head.
The two started walking towards the school again, when Mysti, being the klutz she is, tripped over a wooden box.
"What's this?" Bethany asked walking over and picking up the box. "Harpy Lady, Harpy Lady Sisters, Harpy's Brother, Harpy's Pet Dragon, God is that all there is? Oh wait. Obelisk the Tormentor?" She picked up the card and it burst into blue fire. The flames formed into the Giant Creature, and then darkness swallowed it, taking Mysti and Bethany along for the ride.
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"Man, we got to quit falling for that." Mysti muttered.
"Just for the record, this is your fault!"
"My fault? You opened the box!"
"You tripped over the box!"
"You read the cards!"
"You went in the tent!"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"You made us late for school!"
"How can you be thinking about school?"
"Would you two shut up?" A new voice entered the argument. They looked over to see a girl with pale skin, and long white hair, she was about 10. She wore a light-blue tee shirt, and blue jeans. In one of her belt loops sat the Millennium Rod.
Next to her stood a boy, about 2 years older than Taylor, he had long, spiky, white hair, a long sleeved red shirt, and blue jeans on.
"Taylor?" Mysti asked, surprised to see her old friend here of all places.
"Welcome to the middle of bloody nowhere!" Taylor said spreading her arms in a welcoming manor.
"How did you get here?" Ryou asked, and then he noticed the Millennium Tauk around Bethany's neck.
"He got you two, too, huh?" Taylor asked, also noticing the Tauk. "Shadi, I mean, also known as 'weird Egyptian man who tries to kill kids by piercing their hearts'."
Mysti and Bethany looked at each other with confused looks.
"Never mind. forget it." Ryou muttered, pushing Taylor. "What happened, how did you get here?"
Mysti was about to explain but before she could open her mouth, they heard a scream of terror. The group ran off to see what had happened, and who was there.