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Chapter One – The Angel of Dreams
The sun was just peeking out from behind the clouds as the rain slowly came to an end. Not far into the distance, a rainbow appeared. The magnificent colors slowly faded into one another as it stood proudly in the sky. Flowers were blooming beautifully, the grass was green, and it was a new day.
Sixteen year old Serena Pegasus hummed quietly as she began to finish packing the few things she had. It had been ten years since her uncle had brought her to this boarding school, nine years since she had seen him last. His wife had passed away, causing his heart and his inspiration for life to grow dim. Serena focused her mind on happy thoughts, the main one being that she would finally go out into the world. She could finally participate in a real duel monsters game. She had learned through a letter, three years earlier, that her uncle had taken ill. Slowly, he had begun to recover, but strangely, it wasn't until he had his millennium eye back that he was completely well. His heart was still cold from the loss of his beloved wife, but day by day, he was able to slowly move on. Through letters and brief phone calls the past year, she had learned much about duel monsters, and had even received a deck from her uncle. She was the top duelist in her school, and was looking forward to going and participating in the third Battle City tournament, as she had missed the first two.
She slowly sat down on her bed, now stripped of all its sheets, as she glanced around the room. Everything was packed and ready to go to her uncle's mansion. She was planning on going to Domino City, soon to be known once more as Battle City. Her hand slowly went up to her neck, her fingers softly flowing over the necklace she wore. She couldn't remember much of her past, except for the day her mother had been killed – the scar on her neck, an ugly reminder that it was more than a bad nightmare. She remembered her mother telling her she loved her, and secretly giving her this necklace. She had known this was something important, and had kept it close to her from that day on. She remembered spending two weeks in her uncle's mansion, before coming to the place she learned to call home. But today, she would call it home no longer; it would be the school and life of her past.
She sighed gently as she pulled her knees up to her chin and closed her eyes. She had had no close friends the whole time she had been in the school. She understood that trusting people was hard for her, but she didn't understand why she couldn't trust them beyond superficial friendship. The only person she had truly begun to trust was someone she had really never met, just someone she had started writing to after a year of being in the school. Her name was Téa Gardner and she was Serena's pen pal. Over the years, they had continued to keep in touch and talk about more personal matters; Serena never truly scraped the surface of her past though. She knew it was strange to trust someone she had never met, but somehow, they had connected. She was looking forward to finally getting to meet her pen pal when she made her way to Domino City. Maybe for once, she would find a real friend, someone she could depend on and trust. She opened her eyes and glanced out the window of her room once more, smiling softly as she saw a robin fly by. Today held promise; the promise of a new life, and new friends.
"Miss Serena," the voice of an elderly gentleman spoke, opening the door slightly, "your uncle is here to take you to the train station."
"Thank you Bernard," she said quietly, gathering her last two bags and walking down to the main door.
No words were exchanged between the two except for the formalities. It wasn't until they reached the train station that Pegasus found himself speaking. "You are sure this is what you want?"
"Yes Uncle Max," Serena said confidently, using the name she had first referred to him as.
"Then I want to give you this," he replied, pulling a small box out and handing it to her. "This is a special card," he continued, "the only one of its kind. I had planned to hold another duel and give this as part of the prize, but I think it is more appropriate that I give it to you. I named it "The Angel of Dreams," after your mother. Her attack power is 3750 while her defense is 3350, a strong card, regardless of the position of attack and defense; and she's a level eight. She also contains a special effect – when sent to the graveyard, either by battle or sacrifice, you are allowed to summon any monster with attack points between 1500 and 2500 and 150 points of damage is inflicted to your opponent if the card is lost in battle. As you can tell, it is powerful and will make a great asset to your deck."
Serena smiled at her uncle, her eyes bright with joy and excitement. "Thank you Uncle Max!" she exclaimed, hugging him for the first time in her entire life.
He responded to her hug, tightening it slightly, knowing he may not see her for a long time. "I wish you luck Serena. Win one for me," he smiled at her. And your mother whom you look like more and more each day.
"I will Uncle Max. Thank you so much for everything," she said, the light dancing in her eyes. As tears threatened to be released, she scrambled out of the limo and ran to catch her train which was calling one last time for passengers. She waved to her uncle before boarding the train headed for Domino City.