A/N- Great news guys!! I have gotten a huge burst of inspiration for this
story. I didn't necessarily need it to complete the story, but now the
ending with be a WHOLE LOT BETTER!! This newer ending will actually be
COMPLETELY different from the one that I was originally planning, but as
you all know sometimes plans go astray...some for the worse, and others for
the better! This one is definitely for the BETTER!!! WOOHOO!! Oh, yeah!!
*in evil scheming voice* It's EVIL!!!
MWAHAHA AHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHA!!!!
Selina: Serafina...
Serafina: HA HA HA! AHAHA! AHA AHA!!!
Selina: Serafina...
Serafina: AHA AHA HAHA AHA! *cough*
Selina: SERAFINA!
Serafina: WHAT?!
Selina: What are you doing?
Serafina: I'm attempting an evil laugh.
Selina: But, you are a hikari. You can't evil laugh! Besides you are doing it all wrong!
Serafina: Yeah, I know *blushes* =^_^= so...uh, could you perhaps do it for me?
Selina: If I have to. Now this is how it is done, pay close attention! *very evilly* MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Audience: *cringes**dogs growl**cats bark*(no wait, scratch that)*and ppl run screaming in all directions*
Serafina: *finishes cringe* That...was...scary. *in small voice* I think I'll move on to review responses now...
Sorceress Vanessa: Thanks SV! You're the greatest!! I'm glad to have a friend like you and thanks for the encouragement! It really means a lot! I bet U've got Ur seq up now huh? Just so ya know I'm having to restrain Selina from attacking U 4 Ur last remark. *smirk*
Subieko: OH! So that's it! I knew there was something wrong with it. Thanks! Very helpful! You might get to help me again with another word that's in this chapter I believe. Yeah, I got some of the riddles from the Hobbit. But that's just one of the many sources I used! ^_~ Heh, heh. I don't get it myself so that's ok. But we can pretend, it is for the sake of the story after all.
Hazel-Beka: Hey, Beka! I'd probably open doors if I was in a hallway of doors too so Hazel is not the only weirdo! Hehehehe!! Funny! Thanks for everything Hazel! You've been the reviewer that has stuck w/me from the very beginning and I REALLY appreciate that! You're the greatest!
Una: Yup a LOT of doors. What's algo es algo? I know what the es is, but not the algo. We haven't gone over that in Spanish. Hey! I also used Spanish in that duel w/Bakura! Pretty cool huh? Means I'm learn'n! Oh yeah! Go me! Thanks for trying! AHHH! Ok, it's forgotten! I was just curious! No more MS!
hobbit13: He he! You'll just have to find out for yourself! Oh, thanks. Um...Ryou is fine (cause I need him later) he just doesn't remember anything, but he's still there.
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Chapter 11- Doors, Riddles, and Monsters part II
*~*Yami*~*
Yami approached the next door and waited for the dark, mist tendrils to take the form of his next riddle. He was not disappointed as they soon formed the words:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
Yami read the riddle and was pretty sure he knew what it was, but just to make sure he read it over one more time. Once he was sure of the answer he burst out laughing a very evil, foreboding laugh.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!! Why my name means the exact same thing as that riddle's answer! You gave me a riddle with the answer being darkness! AHAHAHAAHAHAA!!"
Yami was not in the least bit surprised when the door opened at the word "darkness" and stepped through to conquer his next challenge.
As soon as he entered the air in front of him seemed to burst into flame of it's own accord. The ball of fire began to twist and bend until it was contorted into an unrecognizable shape. Then it took form and fashioned into a horse, but not just any horse. It was a Firewing Pegasus.
2250/1800
Yami smirked before even pulling the famous card from his deck. It was almost as though he knew what was coming, but on the other hand maybe he did. The Dark Magician appeared in a flash of light.
2500/2100
The purple clad mage turned his staff upon the Firewing Pegasus that was stomping its hooves against the dark ground and tossing its mane of fire back and forth.
"GO DARK MAGIC ATTACK!"
The darkness erupted from the Magician's staff and hit the horse-like creature in its side. It shrieked in pain before breaking into many tiny pieces and dispersing. Yami smirked again and nodded to his favorite monster before summoning it back into its own card.
He continued on to his goal of reaching the Lunar Queen Elzaim card.
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*~*Marik*~*
'Another door, another door,' Marik thought to himself. His thoughts began to drift when he did not immediately see the door he was looking for. 'What's gotten into Yami? He never acts like this. What does he have to gain from all of this? I just don't get it.'
'Maybe we aren't supposed to, yami,' Malik replied in his head.
**Malik! Don't do that! I didn't know you were listening in!**
*Sorry, yami, but you were kind of broadcasting. It wasn't exactly like I was trying to eavesdrop in it was just that you were so loud I couldn't help but listen.*
**I see. Well, that's ok, I guess**
*Oh, by the way, the door is right up there in front of you.*
**Thanks**
*No problem*
(a/n- um...for the sake of the story those two are going to get along, got it? Ok! Great!)
Marik walked up to the next door and awaited the riddle that was to come. It appeared soon enough, revealing the words...
If you are trapped in a room
Without windows or doors
And all that is in the room
Is a table and a mirror
How do you get out?
Marik's heart leapt...or fell considering how you looked at it. He had never heard anything so odd! What kind of a riddle was this? It had to be some trick of Yami. There was no way that could be a real riddle. It had to be some trick to stop him from getting to the card that the winner was to possess.
**NO!**
Malik decided to see what was wrong and appeared in his spirit form beside his aibou. He read the words that were floating in the air and smiled. Looking over at his other he noticed Marik was waiting expectantly.
"Well?" he asked impatiently.
"I've heard this one at school before. It's answer is really interesting." He turned back to the front and said, "You look in the mirror, you see what you saw, you take the saw cut the table in half, two halves make a hole(whole) and you crawl through!"
Marik looked at him in astonishment while the door swung open before them. Malik smirked and disappeared back into his soul room as Marik stared after him. He finally came to his senses and walked forward through the open doorway to face whatever was awaiting him.
He looked around for the monster he was supposed to beat and found that the air in front of him was starting to glow. 'Hm...that didn't happen in the ones before this. It must be because we are getting closer,' he figured.
The light began to condense until it was a drawn in together forming a glowing ball of golden energy. It then began to take on another shape until it formed a Duel Monster. It was and Empress Judge. A beautiful peach skinned maiden with orange hair. All her clothes were made of gold and she wore a headdress also made of gold. She wore jewelry all over her body and had symbolic designs drawn on her face.
2100/1700
Marik growled at the high attack point monster before drawing a card from his deck. He looked at it and winced, 'Well, maybe it will work. I hope so.'
He summoned the B. Dragon Jungle King. A black dragon with a purple belly and a mouth like a parasite that wanted to bite a hole in its victim and suck out all of the insides leaving the skin and bones to fall lifeless to the ground.
2100/1800
'If only I had Joey's shield and sword card to switch the defense points with the attack points. Oh, well' "Go my dragon! ATTACK!"
The B. Dragon Jungle King opened its mouth and let loose a powerful blast of energy...only to have another blast from the Empress Judge hit the dragon. Both monsters disappeared and Marik felt as if it was him that had been injured out there instead of the monster. He managed to hide it from his hikari as he continued on to the door.
(a/n- wow, there are already three pages and that's not including the a/n at the top. We still have 4 more doors to go! WAHAHAHAAA!! There is no way I'm going to be able to finish this before the birthday slumber party I'm supposed to go to tonight. *sigh* It looks like another Sunday update folks, but I'm trying!)
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*~*Yami*~*
As Yami approached his next door he wondered how his opponent was getting along. He called upon his shadow powers to reveal the whereabouts of Marik. As he walked the air in front of him rippled, and stayed in front of him as he kept walking. After it finished there was a screen-like swell before him and upon its odd surface was a depiction of his "dear" friend Marik.
There were waves moving across the screen heavily, but it was not so bad that Yami could not see what was going on. In a corner of the image was a number. The number four. Yami smiled as the waves became more heavy and consumed the picture. 'He's looking for his fourth door too. This is going to be a close match.'
Somewhere nearby, Selina agreed.
Yami approached his next challenge in full confidence, however. He once again waited for the words to appear. It had now become a routine and he had no problem in the least following it.
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
'Hm...'Yami thought to himself for a moment. 'I haven't ever heard one like this before. It will take some thought. Something that can devour everything...even iron and steel. What could it be?...' He cast around in the chambers of his mind for an answer. The only problem was that his mind began to wander and turned to a memory that had been at the very beginning of it all. When Pegasus had taken Yugi's grandfather away from the small youth they had gone back to get him.
They had been surprised of course when Joey, Tea, and Tristan had managed to sneak aboard in any means necessary. They had earned starchips and made their way up to the castle. The last duel of the finals, against Joey had been bugging him for a while now. They had each pledged their friendship to one another and the card that had really decided it all was a card that Yugi had given Joey out of friendship. Now here was Joey going off with the others and seemingly not caring at all about Yugi anymore. Even when Yugi had called all of them to see if they had wanted to get together they had ALL abandoned him. Too bad Yugi could not just go back and take that Time Wizard card away from him since the friendship they had once had was no longer there.
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*~*Selina*~*
"There, Yami is at the fourth door. I'll just go check on Marik while I wait on the words to form."
Selina was watching Yami on the same screen-like ripple that he had viewed Marik on and now she was having it switch to her opponent. She had to make sure she won did she not? He was looking all around for the entrance with the challenge, but so far was having no such success. He was just walking around in the darkness and was moving in a diagonal direction instead of a straight one. Selina laughed.
"That baka couldn't locate an elephant if it was sitting on him! HAHAHA!"
That was that she laughed until he changed direction for some unknown reason and headed right into the door. "Sheer dumb luck. And I mean DUMB luck." She watched as he began to work on his riddle.
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*~*Marik*~*
"Finally! I found it! Man, those Tomb Keeper instincts can really come in handy once in awhile. If I hadn't have spent so much time in the dark I never would have found this door!" He stopped talking to himself as soon as the next riddle was before him.
I am something that makes everything visible,
But am myself unseen.
What am I?
Marik looked over it once and repeated it to himself. The first part seemed really easy. It actually made sense, but the next part was not so easy. He said the first thing that came to his mind.
"Light."
The door swung open magically and he proceeded inside to face the monster.
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*~*Selina*~*
Selina scowled at the quickness in which he had answered the riddle. She would have to make the next one a really hard one. It was then that she realized she had relaxed her control over Yami and quickly hurried back to see how much damage had been done. Her screen switched back to show him just standing in front of the doorway and fourth riddle with a blank look on his face. She knew it was not because of something she had done so she quickly looked to see what he was thinking about.
She saw him going over the battle he had had with Joey at Duelist Kingdom. That was no good, he might catch on to something if she let him keep it up, but something in his thoughts stopped her and forced her to listen in.
He thought that the others had abandoned Yugi! It was perfect! He did not suspect the truth at all. She looked at the riddle in front of him and realized he was now way behind Marik! She must hurry to catch up and beat her foe. She caught Yami's last thought and realized the answer to the riddle.
'Too bad Yugi could not just go back and take that Time Wizard card from him now that the friendship they had once had was no longer there.'
Time Wizard?! Wait a minute! That was it!!
"Time," Yami was forced to say by Selina's command in answer to his riddle.
Selina was happy to see that the door swung fully open to allow admittance into the darkness.
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*~*Yami*~*
Yami stepped through the doorway and waited for the Duel Monster he was to face to appear. This time there was neither a sudden appearance of a monster OR a ball of energy in any form. This time a spirit seemingly flickered into existence and stood before him.
'What?' Yami thought, 'that's not a Duel Monster card!'
His doubts were answered when the spirit elongated, and shifted its features till it had wings and claws and had formed the blue and white, Serpent Night Dragon.
2350/2400
It was then that Yami realized he had no more monsters with 2500 attack points. He did not have any cards with 2400 attack points either. The closest he could get was Gaia the Fierce Knight 2300. It was that card that gave him an idea.
He pulled three cards from his deck and called upon Gaia the Fierce Knight, Curse of Dragon, and finally...a Polymerization card.
"Go! Form Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
The two separate cards overlapped and then began to swirl together as the Polymerization started to work. The only problem...it was going too slow. The Serpent Night Dragon had hung in the air waiting for him to draw his cards and when he did not immediately summon a card for it to fight it began to attack the next best thing...Yami.
It formed a ball of dark energy in its mouth before releasing it at the target. Yami looked up in just enough time to throw himself in the opposite direction and roll sideways to avoid becoming Yami shish-ka-bob. Enraged at missing Yami the Serpent Night Dragon went berserk and firing blast after blast at the Pharaoh. Yami had managed to dodge all of them so far, but he was tiring fast. Beads of sweat dripped down his face from the heat of the near misses.
Yami was very grateful when his Gaia the Dragon Champion came to his rescue. It charged the Serpent Night Dragon just as it was firing another discharge. It struck the beast in the side and made its head snap up as its body tilted and started to fall out of the sky. The only dilemma with this was that it made the beam curve upwards and right into the one that had been trying so hard to get away. It hit Yami on his left side and he fell limply to the ground. Luckily his clothes did not catch on fire, but the burn where it had gotten him had really hurt.
=Get up slave!= Yami heard in his head. Yami had no choice, but to obey his master. He got unsteadily to his feet to notice both his Gaia, Dragon Champion and the Serpent Dragon were gone. He limped to the next doorway and with every step was able to hide his limp better and better. He could not let Marik see him like this of course.
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(a/n- 8 pages starting at the line I just made! *whines* I've still got TWO MORE DOORS!! And then what happens after that and THEN! My a/n. *sigh* I really need to hurry.)
*~*Marik*~*
The monster Marik was to fight had just appeared before him and he was just drawing his card. He looked at the card in his hand and cried, "YES!" It was just the card he needed.
He looked at his opponent, a Javelin Beetle. It was a large, blue beetle with its pincers being the most predominant feature on its "face." It was wielding a yellow four pronged shaft, with two prongs on top and two on bottom that looked like it could eat a person as well as the Javelin Beetle itself could, in its green slimy-looking hands. Its attack point strength was low compared to the card he just drew.
2450/2550
His card? The Garma Sword a warrior using six swords to defeat its enemies. Attack point strength?
2550/2150
Marik summoned it to the Shadow Realm to fight for him. It appeared in the blink of an eye and immediately went in for the kill. All six swords flashing as the Javelin Beetle was chopped up and made into an appetizer. Marik smirked and called his monster back before setting off for the last task he had to complete.
(a/n- *pant**pant* must...not...stop...writing!...Must finish...*faints* Selina: Oh, stop with the dramatics! It's not THAT bad. You don't have too much farther to go anyway. Serafina: *gets up* Well, fine then! *stomps back over to computer*)
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*~*Yami*~*
The last door. Yami stepped up to it to find the riddle already hanging in the air. Things were happening more rapidly. By this time he had completely hidden his limp, but it took a lot of effort and many years of hiding his emotions. Yugi would have trouble with it when he went to school the next day.
What is as black as night
But has no stars?
It can been seen,
But not felt,
Can take on the appearance
Of a man, bird, or even a tree?
It is only around in the light
And disappears at dark.
(a/n- I made up this one, so this pitiful riddle belongs to me.)
Yami thought for a few minutes. (a/n-I'm really getting tired of repeating myself. Why did I ever come up with this idea? AND WHY! Did it have to be FIVE doors each?) It was something that was dark like night, but did not have stars. So it was just something dark. It could be seen, but not felt, (a/n- OH! This song is so sad! Sorry, I'm listening to Christmas Shoes I think its called and I actually cried when I heard it at the concert. Well, teared actually, but still it really takes a lot to get me to do that even so yeah. Ok, I'll get back to the story now. *tear, tear*) well that one was easy. It can change its shape to be many things. It was only around in the light and disappears in the darkness.
Yami pulled all his clues together and looked around at the shadows around him to help him figure out what would meet that criteria. Yami smirked as it all fell into place.
"A shadow."
The last door opened before the game king and he saw off to his right the last of Marik's doors. It was still safely shut. He looked back to the front and noticed his monster already standing there. It was the Cosmo Queen, a spellcaster that ruled over all the stars in the universe. It seemed appropriate considering the riddle he was given.
2900/2450
This one unlike all the others did not even wait for Yami to draw his cards before it attacked.
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*~*Marik*~*
Marik found his next door quickly enough unlike his last one and this time the riddle was hanging in midair waiting for him.
What's the beginning of eternity?
The end of time and space?
The beginning of every end?
And the end of every race?
Marik's eyes went wide. He had never heard anything like this one before and he had nothing to associate it with to help him come up with his answer. Maybe he would get lucky again like he had done with Quiet. Or maybe not. He thought about it and shouted out the first thing that popped into his head.
"Nothing!"
The door did just that. Nothing at all, no opening, just sitting there like it had before his answer. Marik sighed, he tried his next thought.
"Time?"
Still no response from the door. He began to get panicked. What if he could not find the right answer? He'd be stuck there forever thinking of how Yami beat him once again. That thought got him going. He read over it again. 'Hm...maybe race didn't mean people, but an actual race,' he mused. But what would that have to do with eternity and time and space? He thought about the other lines again and came up with another answer. Well, third time's a charm is it not? Not for him it seemed.
"Chaos?"
You could almost hear the "please?" at the end of that. But still no such luck. He did not think it would be. That was actually a stretch, but nonetheless what could it be if it was not one of his first two choices? He cried out in sheer frustration at the situation. Then he remembered he was not alone.
**Malik! Quick, I need your help with this one!**
His partner heard the desperation in Marik's voice and decided not to pick on his yami, because if Marik was stuck here where would that leave him? He apparated (a/n-whaaaah! My computer and dictionary won't tell me how to spell that right! Help!) beside Marik in his spirit form and read over the poem. If only Marik had called on him sooner because Malik had heard this one before.
"It's the letter E," he said out loud and the door opened. Marik looked like he could have hugged Malik he was so happy, but he restrained himself and rushed ahead to see Yami had gotten there before him. The sight was amazing though. I looked as though the monster would not let him draw any cards. The Cosmo Queen would through magic attack after magic attack at him and not let him have any chance to fight himself. In fact it looked like it had already gotten ahold of him once. He was having a hard time with his left side. Marik was brought back to his own situation as the monster in front of him roared. He looked up and saw...
A Twin Headed Thunder Dragon.
2800/2100
This monster also looked like it was not going to cut him any slack. It also began its attacks immediately.
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*~*Yami*~*
(a/n- man! It's 5:30! I need to leave soon! *cries*)
He looked to his right as he heard a mighty roar and saw Marik had joined him at last. He set his face. He had to take this monster down *now* if he wanted to win. He immediately drew some cards as the Cosmo Queen paused for a very few short seconds to recharge. He trusted in the Heart of the Cards to help him win. It was the only way.
He looked down at his hand.
(a/n- sorry guys. I tried. I have to go.) (a/n- I'm back. I had a lot of fun too. But now I can't update like I had planned)
It was perfect. He had to throw himself to the left to avoid another blast from the Cosmo Queen, then he was back on his feet and summoning his new monsters to the field. First off he laid down a magic card that he would reveal later. Secondly was the one that had saved him from destruction many times. Kuribo.
300/200
The last card he played was another magic card. Reborn the monster. He brought back his Gaia the Fierce Knight, then before Cosmo Queen could attack one more time he activated his face down magic card. (I think this is right, but if not just play along.) It was the Black Luster Ritual. Two caldrons appeared on the field and flames shot up out of them. Then two twin swords crossed each other in between the caldrons. Both Gaia the Fierce Knight and Kuribo were digitized and pulled into one of each of the caldrons.
Just then the Cosmo Queen decided to get rid of Yami before he could cause any damage. He was kneeling on the ground, panting and holding his side. She powered up her biggest magic attack and took careful aim. Yami was unable to move out of the way so the Cosmo Queen was sure to finish him off for good. She let her blast fly right at Yami...
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*~*Marik*~*
Thunder bolts rained down from the sky all over. Marik was having a very hard time trying to dodge them since they were so numerous and it was next to impossible to figure out where they would strike next.
'This is no good,' he thought. 'I have to get an attack in! The only problem, Yami now has the only card that was in my deck strong enough to beat this thing. (a/n- I'm just going to say Yami has all the egyptian gods) There had to be some way to get rid of this beast though! There just had to be! No matter what had happened to Yami he could not be allowed to win and claim all the Millennium Items for himself! He MUST be stopped!'
Then Marik remembered the one magic card in his deck that he needed to win. After trying to dodge three lightning bolts at once he quickly drew a card and looked at what he pulled.
A Dragon Capture Jar...
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She let her blast fly right at Yami, but just then the flames in the caldrons rose and formed a wall in front of Yami protecting him and canceling out the discharge from the Cosmo Queen.
The queen backed up a step and looked at the flames in anger. Before they knew it the flames themselves were gone as well as the caldrons and the swords. Instead there was only the legendary Black Luster Soldier that had the same capabilities as the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon.
3000/2500
Yami was so relieved that a small sigh escaped from his lips. The Black Luster Soldier slashed downward with its sword cleaving the Cosmo Queen in half where it split and disappeared leaving Yami free to go after the Lunar Queen Elzaim card.
He looked quickly over at Marik and saw he had a smirk on his face as he looked up at the Twin Headed Thunder Dragon. Yami quickly ran over to the dais on which the card had been placed. He could not stop himself, however, from looking back at what was happening behind him when a mighty roar split the silence.
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*~*Marik*~*
He smirked up at the dragon and quickly played the card of its destruction. The Dragon Capture Jar's effect was to destroy any and all dragon cards on the "field" and that was exactly what it did. Marik quickly got up and saw Yami had stopped to look at what was going on. He had to be no more than ten feet away from the card they needed to win! Marik had to stop him fast! He ran and when Yami saw what he was doing, he smirked at his opponent, then turned around and got the card with Marik only a couple of feet/meters away.
He was horrified. He would not only lose his precious Millennium Rod, but he would also be stuck here forever and the world was certain to be destroyed now. It could not be possible, but it was made possible as Yami took the Millennium Rod right out of his hands and disappeared with the card he just won. Marik could not move, he was so stunned in his shock. It just could not be happening to him.
After everything he had gone through! NOOOOOOOOO!
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Yami returned to the real world beside Selina as Marik's body fell lifelessly to the ground for someone to find later.
Selina leered into the darkness. Everything was going exactly like she wanted it to.
"Good, my slave. Now hand over that Millennium Rod that you just won for me."
Yami just stared blankly as the held out the Millennium Rod for Selina to take. She chortled as she took it into her hands. "Perfect. Now go home, my pet. We'll wait for Shadi to come and then I'll have need of you again." The two split up, each going there different ways. Selina to wherever she hid at night and Yami to sneak back up to his room.
Neither person noticed a shadow separate itself from the other shadows and walk over to the form of Marik who was still alive, but was unconscious from losing one of it's two souls. Whoever it was wore only a simple white robe and turban. The shadow knelt down beside the figure and checked it over.
"What is happening to you, my Pharaoh?" someone whispered into the darkness...
A/N- Well, I hoped you liked it. That was the longest 1 I've done so far. 13 pages. Woah, that was so long. Well, my mom wants me to go shopping w/her so buy! I mean bye! Leave a review on the way out please.
I need those ideas about what should pop out at you and stuff that I told you about last update and let me know if you update a story. I'll try to get the next chapter out ASAP. Lata!
MWAHAHA AHAHA AHA AHA AHA AHA!!!!
Selina: Serafina...
Serafina: HA HA HA! AHAHA! AHA AHA!!!
Selina: Serafina...
Serafina: AHA AHA HAHA AHA! *cough*
Selina: SERAFINA!
Serafina: WHAT?!
Selina: What are you doing?
Serafina: I'm attempting an evil laugh.
Selina: But, you are a hikari. You can't evil laugh! Besides you are doing it all wrong!
Serafina: Yeah, I know *blushes* =^_^= so...uh, could you perhaps do it for me?
Selina: If I have to. Now this is how it is done, pay close attention! *very evilly* MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Audience: *cringes**dogs growl**cats bark*(no wait, scratch that)*and ppl run screaming in all directions*
Serafina: *finishes cringe* That...was...scary. *in small voice* I think I'll move on to review responses now...
Sorceress Vanessa: Thanks SV! You're the greatest!! I'm glad to have a friend like you and thanks for the encouragement! It really means a lot! I bet U've got Ur seq up now huh? Just so ya know I'm having to restrain Selina from attacking U 4 Ur last remark. *smirk*
Subieko: OH! So that's it! I knew there was something wrong with it. Thanks! Very helpful! You might get to help me again with another word that's in this chapter I believe. Yeah, I got some of the riddles from the Hobbit. But that's just one of the many sources I used! ^_~ Heh, heh. I don't get it myself so that's ok. But we can pretend, it is for the sake of the story after all.
Hazel-Beka: Hey, Beka! I'd probably open doors if I was in a hallway of doors too so Hazel is not the only weirdo! Hehehehe!! Funny! Thanks for everything Hazel! You've been the reviewer that has stuck w/me from the very beginning and I REALLY appreciate that! You're the greatest!
Una: Yup a LOT of doors. What's algo es algo? I know what the es is, but not the algo. We haven't gone over that in Spanish. Hey! I also used Spanish in that duel w/Bakura! Pretty cool huh? Means I'm learn'n! Oh yeah! Go me! Thanks for trying! AHHH! Ok, it's forgotten! I was just curious! No more MS!
hobbit13: He he! You'll just have to find out for yourself! Oh, thanks. Um...Ryou is fine (cause I need him later) he just doesn't remember anything, but he's still there.
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Chapter 11- Doors, Riddles, and Monsters part II
*~*Yami*~*
Yami approached the next door and waited for the dark, mist tendrils to take the form of his next riddle. He was not disappointed as they soon formed the words:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
Yami read the riddle and was pretty sure he knew what it was, but just to make sure he read it over one more time. Once he was sure of the answer he burst out laughing a very evil, foreboding laugh.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!! Why my name means the exact same thing as that riddle's answer! You gave me a riddle with the answer being darkness! AHAHAHAAHAHAA!!"
Yami was not in the least bit surprised when the door opened at the word "darkness" and stepped through to conquer his next challenge.
As soon as he entered the air in front of him seemed to burst into flame of it's own accord. The ball of fire began to twist and bend until it was contorted into an unrecognizable shape. Then it took form and fashioned into a horse, but not just any horse. It was a Firewing Pegasus.
2250/1800
Yami smirked before even pulling the famous card from his deck. It was almost as though he knew what was coming, but on the other hand maybe he did. The Dark Magician appeared in a flash of light.
2500/2100
The purple clad mage turned his staff upon the Firewing Pegasus that was stomping its hooves against the dark ground and tossing its mane of fire back and forth.
"GO DARK MAGIC ATTACK!"
The darkness erupted from the Magician's staff and hit the horse-like creature in its side. It shrieked in pain before breaking into many tiny pieces and dispersing. Yami smirked again and nodded to his favorite monster before summoning it back into its own card.
He continued on to his goal of reaching the Lunar Queen Elzaim card.
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*~*Marik*~*
'Another door, another door,' Marik thought to himself. His thoughts began to drift when he did not immediately see the door he was looking for. 'What's gotten into Yami? He never acts like this. What does he have to gain from all of this? I just don't get it.'
'Maybe we aren't supposed to, yami,' Malik replied in his head.
**Malik! Don't do that! I didn't know you were listening in!**
*Sorry, yami, but you were kind of broadcasting. It wasn't exactly like I was trying to eavesdrop in it was just that you were so loud I couldn't help but listen.*
**I see. Well, that's ok, I guess**
*Oh, by the way, the door is right up there in front of you.*
**Thanks**
*No problem*
(a/n- um...for the sake of the story those two are going to get along, got it? Ok! Great!)
Marik walked up to the next door and awaited the riddle that was to come. It appeared soon enough, revealing the words...
If you are trapped in a room
Without windows or doors
And all that is in the room
Is a table and a mirror
How do you get out?
Marik's heart leapt...or fell considering how you looked at it. He had never heard anything so odd! What kind of a riddle was this? It had to be some trick of Yami. There was no way that could be a real riddle. It had to be some trick to stop him from getting to the card that the winner was to possess.
**NO!**
Malik decided to see what was wrong and appeared in his spirit form beside his aibou. He read the words that were floating in the air and smiled. Looking over at his other he noticed Marik was waiting expectantly.
"Well?" he asked impatiently.
"I've heard this one at school before. It's answer is really interesting." He turned back to the front and said, "You look in the mirror, you see what you saw, you take the saw cut the table in half, two halves make a hole(whole) and you crawl through!"
Marik looked at him in astonishment while the door swung open before them. Malik smirked and disappeared back into his soul room as Marik stared after him. He finally came to his senses and walked forward through the open doorway to face whatever was awaiting him.
He looked around for the monster he was supposed to beat and found that the air in front of him was starting to glow. 'Hm...that didn't happen in the ones before this. It must be because we are getting closer,' he figured.
The light began to condense until it was a drawn in together forming a glowing ball of golden energy. It then began to take on another shape until it formed a Duel Monster. It was and Empress Judge. A beautiful peach skinned maiden with orange hair. All her clothes were made of gold and she wore a headdress also made of gold. She wore jewelry all over her body and had symbolic designs drawn on her face.
2100/1700
Marik growled at the high attack point monster before drawing a card from his deck. He looked at it and winced, 'Well, maybe it will work. I hope so.'
He summoned the B. Dragon Jungle King. A black dragon with a purple belly and a mouth like a parasite that wanted to bite a hole in its victim and suck out all of the insides leaving the skin and bones to fall lifeless to the ground.
2100/1800
'If only I had Joey's shield and sword card to switch the defense points with the attack points. Oh, well' "Go my dragon! ATTACK!"
The B. Dragon Jungle King opened its mouth and let loose a powerful blast of energy...only to have another blast from the Empress Judge hit the dragon. Both monsters disappeared and Marik felt as if it was him that had been injured out there instead of the monster. He managed to hide it from his hikari as he continued on to the door.
(a/n- wow, there are already three pages and that's not including the a/n at the top. We still have 4 more doors to go! WAHAHAHAAA!! There is no way I'm going to be able to finish this before the birthday slumber party I'm supposed to go to tonight. *sigh* It looks like another Sunday update folks, but I'm trying!)
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*~*Yami*~*
As Yami approached his next door he wondered how his opponent was getting along. He called upon his shadow powers to reveal the whereabouts of Marik. As he walked the air in front of him rippled, and stayed in front of him as he kept walking. After it finished there was a screen-like swell before him and upon its odd surface was a depiction of his "dear" friend Marik.
There were waves moving across the screen heavily, but it was not so bad that Yami could not see what was going on. In a corner of the image was a number. The number four. Yami smiled as the waves became more heavy and consumed the picture. 'He's looking for his fourth door too. This is going to be a close match.'
Somewhere nearby, Selina agreed.
Yami approached his next challenge in full confidence, however. He once again waited for the words to appear. It had now become a routine and he had no problem in the least following it.
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
'Hm...'Yami thought to himself for a moment. 'I haven't ever heard one like this before. It will take some thought. Something that can devour everything...even iron and steel. What could it be?...' He cast around in the chambers of his mind for an answer. The only problem was that his mind began to wander and turned to a memory that had been at the very beginning of it all. When Pegasus had taken Yugi's grandfather away from the small youth they had gone back to get him.
They had been surprised of course when Joey, Tea, and Tristan had managed to sneak aboard in any means necessary. They had earned starchips and made their way up to the castle. The last duel of the finals, against Joey had been bugging him for a while now. They had each pledged their friendship to one another and the card that had really decided it all was a card that Yugi had given Joey out of friendship. Now here was Joey going off with the others and seemingly not caring at all about Yugi anymore. Even when Yugi had called all of them to see if they had wanted to get together they had ALL abandoned him. Too bad Yugi could not just go back and take that Time Wizard card away from him since the friendship they had once had was no longer there.
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*~*Selina*~*
"There, Yami is at the fourth door. I'll just go check on Marik while I wait on the words to form."
Selina was watching Yami on the same screen-like ripple that he had viewed Marik on and now she was having it switch to her opponent. She had to make sure she won did she not? He was looking all around for the entrance with the challenge, but so far was having no such success. He was just walking around in the darkness and was moving in a diagonal direction instead of a straight one. Selina laughed.
"That baka couldn't locate an elephant if it was sitting on him! HAHAHA!"
That was that she laughed until he changed direction for some unknown reason and headed right into the door. "Sheer dumb luck. And I mean DUMB luck." She watched as he began to work on his riddle.
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*~*Marik*~*
"Finally! I found it! Man, those Tomb Keeper instincts can really come in handy once in awhile. If I hadn't have spent so much time in the dark I never would have found this door!" He stopped talking to himself as soon as the next riddle was before him.
I am something that makes everything visible,
But am myself unseen.
What am I?
Marik looked over it once and repeated it to himself. The first part seemed really easy. It actually made sense, but the next part was not so easy. He said the first thing that came to his mind.
"Light."
The door swung open magically and he proceeded inside to face the monster.
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*~*Selina*~*
Selina scowled at the quickness in which he had answered the riddle. She would have to make the next one a really hard one. It was then that she realized she had relaxed her control over Yami and quickly hurried back to see how much damage had been done. Her screen switched back to show him just standing in front of the doorway and fourth riddle with a blank look on his face. She knew it was not because of something she had done so she quickly looked to see what he was thinking about.
She saw him going over the battle he had had with Joey at Duelist Kingdom. That was no good, he might catch on to something if she let him keep it up, but something in his thoughts stopped her and forced her to listen in.
He thought that the others had abandoned Yugi! It was perfect! He did not suspect the truth at all. She looked at the riddle in front of him and realized he was now way behind Marik! She must hurry to catch up and beat her foe. She caught Yami's last thought and realized the answer to the riddle.
'Too bad Yugi could not just go back and take that Time Wizard card from him now that the friendship they had once had was no longer there.'
Time Wizard?! Wait a minute! That was it!!
"Time," Yami was forced to say by Selina's command in answer to his riddle.
Selina was happy to see that the door swung fully open to allow admittance into the darkness.
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*~*Yami*~*
Yami stepped through the doorway and waited for the Duel Monster he was to face to appear. This time there was neither a sudden appearance of a monster OR a ball of energy in any form. This time a spirit seemingly flickered into existence and stood before him.
'What?' Yami thought, 'that's not a Duel Monster card!'
His doubts were answered when the spirit elongated, and shifted its features till it had wings and claws and had formed the blue and white, Serpent Night Dragon.
2350/2400
It was then that Yami realized he had no more monsters with 2500 attack points. He did not have any cards with 2400 attack points either. The closest he could get was Gaia the Fierce Knight 2300. It was that card that gave him an idea.
He pulled three cards from his deck and called upon Gaia the Fierce Knight, Curse of Dragon, and finally...a Polymerization card.
"Go! Form Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
The two separate cards overlapped and then began to swirl together as the Polymerization started to work. The only problem...it was going too slow. The Serpent Night Dragon had hung in the air waiting for him to draw his cards and when he did not immediately summon a card for it to fight it began to attack the next best thing...Yami.
It formed a ball of dark energy in its mouth before releasing it at the target. Yami looked up in just enough time to throw himself in the opposite direction and roll sideways to avoid becoming Yami shish-ka-bob. Enraged at missing Yami the Serpent Night Dragon went berserk and firing blast after blast at the Pharaoh. Yami had managed to dodge all of them so far, but he was tiring fast. Beads of sweat dripped down his face from the heat of the near misses.
Yami was very grateful when his Gaia the Dragon Champion came to his rescue. It charged the Serpent Night Dragon just as it was firing another discharge. It struck the beast in the side and made its head snap up as its body tilted and started to fall out of the sky. The only dilemma with this was that it made the beam curve upwards and right into the one that had been trying so hard to get away. It hit Yami on his left side and he fell limply to the ground. Luckily his clothes did not catch on fire, but the burn where it had gotten him had really hurt.
=Get up slave!= Yami heard in his head. Yami had no choice, but to obey his master. He got unsteadily to his feet to notice both his Gaia, Dragon Champion and the Serpent Dragon were gone. He limped to the next doorway and with every step was able to hide his limp better and better. He could not let Marik see him like this of course.
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(a/n- 8 pages starting at the line I just made! *whines* I've still got TWO MORE DOORS!! And then what happens after that and THEN! My a/n. *sigh* I really need to hurry.)
*~*Marik*~*
The monster Marik was to fight had just appeared before him and he was just drawing his card. He looked at the card in his hand and cried, "YES!" It was just the card he needed.
He looked at his opponent, a Javelin Beetle. It was a large, blue beetle with its pincers being the most predominant feature on its "face." It was wielding a yellow four pronged shaft, with two prongs on top and two on bottom that looked like it could eat a person as well as the Javelin Beetle itself could, in its green slimy-looking hands. Its attack point strength was low compared to the card he just drew.
2450/2550
His card? The Garma Sword a warrior using six swords to defeat its enemies. Attack point strength?
2550/2150
Marik summoned it to the Shadow Realm to fight for him. It appeared in the blink of an eye and immediately went in for the kill. All six swords flashing as the Javelin Beetle was chopped up and made into an appetizer. Marik smirked and called his monster back before setting off for the last task he had to complete.
(a/n- *pant**pant* must...not...stop...writing!...Must finish...*faints* Selina: Oh, stop with the dramatics! It's not THAT bad. You don't have too much farther to go anyway. Serafina: *gets up* Well, fine then! *stomps back over to computer*)
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*~*Yami*~*
The last door. Yami stepped up to it to find the riddle already hanging in the air. Things were happening more rapidly. By this time he had completely hidden his limp, but it took a lot of effort and many years of hiding his emotions. Yugi would have trouble with it when he went to school the next day.
What is as black as night
But has no stars?
It can been seen,
But not felt,
Can take on the appearance
Of a man, bird, or even a tree?
It is only around in the light
And disappears at dark.
(a/n- I made up this one, so this pitiful riddle belongs to me.)
Yami thought for a few minutes. (a/n-I'm really getting tired of repeating myself. Why did I ever come up with this idea? AND WHY! Did it have to be FIVE doors each?) It was something that was dark like night, but did not have stars. So it was just something dark. It could be seen, but not felt, (a/n- OH! This song is so sad! Sorry, I'm listening to Christmas Shoes I think its called and I actually cried when I heard it at the concert. Well, teared actually, but still it really takes a lot to get me to do that even so yeah. Ok, I'll get back to the story now. *tear, tear*) well that one was easy. It can change its shape to be many things. It was only around in the light and disappears in the darkness.
Yami pulled all his clues together and looked around at the shadows around him to help him figure out what would meet that criteria. Yami smirked as it all fell into place.
"A shadow."
The last door opened before the game king and he saw off to his right the last of Marik's doors. It was still safely shut. He looked back to the front and noticed his monster already standing there. It was the Cosmo Queen, a spellcaster that ruled over all the stars in the universe. It seemed appropriate considering the riddle he was given.
2900/2450
This one unlike all the others did not even wait for Yami to draw his cards before it attacked.
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*~*Marik*~*
Marik found his next door quickly enough unlike his last one and this time the riddle was hanging in midair waiting for him.
What's the beginning of eternity?
The end of time and space?
The beginning of every end?
And the end of every race?
Marik's eyes went wide. He had never heard anything like this one before and he had nothing to associate it with to help him come up with his answer. Maybe he would get lucky again like he had done with Quiet. Or maybe not. He thought about it and shouted out the first thing that popped into his head.
"Nothing!"
The door did just that. Nothing at all, no opening, just sitting there like it had before his answer. Marik sighed, he tried his next thought.
"Time?"
Still no response from the door. He began to get panicked. What if he could not find the right answer? He'd be stuck there forever thinking of how Yami beat him once again. That thought got him going. He read over it again. 'Hm...maybe race didn't mean people, but an actual race,' he mused. But what would that have to do with eternity and time and space? He thought about the other lines again and came up with another answer. Well, third time's a charm is it not? Not for him it seemed.
"Chaos?"
You could almost hear the "please?" at the end of that. But still no such luck. He did not think it would be. That was actually a stretch, but nonetheless what could it be if it was not one of his first two choices? He cried out in sheer frustration at the situation. Then he remembered he was not alone.
**Malik! Quick, I need your help with this one!**
His partner heard the desperation in Marik's voice and decided not to pick on his yami, because if Marik was stuck here where would that leave him? He apparated (a/n-whaaaah! My computer and dictionary won't tell me how to spell that right! Help!) beside Marik in his spirit form and read over the poem. If only Marik had called on him sooner because Malik had heard this one before.
"It's the letter E," he said out loud and the door opened. Marik looked like he could have hugged Malik he was so happy, but he restrained himself and rushed ahead to see Yami had gotten there before him. The sight was amazing though. I looked as though the monster would not let him draw any cards. The Cosmo Queen would through magic attack after magic attack at him and not let him have any chance to fight himself. In fact it looked like it had already gotten ahold of him once. He was having a hard time with his left side. Marik was brought back to his own situation as the monster in front of him roared. He looked up and saw...
A Twin Headed Thunder Dragon.
2800/2100
This monster also looked like it was not going to cut him any slack. It also began its attacks immediately.
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*~*Yami*~*
(a/n- man! It's 5:30! I need to leave soon! *cries*)
He looked to his right as he heard a mighty roar and saw Marik had joined him at last. He set his face. He had to take this monster down *now* if he wanted to win. He immediately drew some cards as the Cosmo Queen paused for a very few short seconds to recharge. He trusted in the Heart of the Cards to help him win. It was the only way.
He looked down at his hand.
(a/n- sorry guys. I tried. I have to go.) (a/n- I'm back. I had a lot of fun too. But now I can't update like I had planned)
It was perfect. He had to throw himself to the left to avoid another blast from the Cosmo Queen, then he was back on his feet and summoning his new monsters to the field. First off he laid down a magic card that he would reveal later. Secondly was the one that had saved him from destruction many times. Kuribo.
300/200
The last card he played was another magic card. Reborn the monster. He brought back his Gaia the Fierce Knight, then before Cosmo Queen could attack one more time he activated his face down magic card. (I think this is right, but if not just play along.) It was the Black Luster Ritual. Two caldrons appeared on the field and flames shot up out of them. Then two twin swords crossed each other in between the caldrons. Both Gaia the Fierce Knight and Kuribo were digitized and pulled into one of each of the caldrons.
Just then the Cosmo Queen decided to get rid of Yami before he could cause any damage. He was kneeling on the ground, panting and holding his side. She powered up her biggest magic attack and took careful aim. Yami was unable to move out of the way so the Cosmo Queen was sure to finish him off for good. She let her blast fly right at Yami...
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*~*Marik*~*
Thunder bolts rained down from the sky all over. Marik was having a very hard time trying to dodge them since they were so numerous and it was next to impossible to figure out where they would strike next.
'This is no good,' he thought. 'I have to get an attack in! The only problem, Yami now has the only card that was in my deck strong enough to beat this thing. (a/n- I'm just going to say Yami has all the egyptian gods) There had to be some way to get rid of this beast though! There just had to be! No matter what had happened to Yami he could not be allowed to win and claim all the Millennium Items for himself! He MUST be stopped!'
Then Marik remembered the one magic card in his deck that he needed to win. After trying to dodge three lightning bolts at once he quickly drew a card and looked at what he pulled.
A Dragon Capture Jar...
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She let her blast fly right at Yami, but just then the flames in the caldrons rose and formed a wall in front of Yami protecting him and canceling out the discharge from the Cosmo Queen.
The queen backed up a step and looked at the flames in anger. Before they knew it the flames themselves were gone as well as the caldrons and the swords. Instead there was only the legendary Black Luster Soldier that had the same capabilities as the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon.
3000/2500
Yami was so relieved that a small sigh escaped from his lips. The Black Luster Soldier slashed downward with its sword cleaving the Cosmo Queen in half where it split and disappeared leaving Yami free to go after the Lunar Queen Elzaim card.
He looked quickly over at Marik and saw he had a smirk on his face as he looked up at the Twin Headed Thunder Dragon. Yami quickly ran over to the dais on which the card had been placed. He could not stop himself, however, from looking back at what was happening behind him when a mighty roar split the silence.
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*~*Marik*~*
He smirked up at the dragon and quickly played the card of its destruction. The Dragon Capture Jar's effect was to destroy any and all dragon cards on the "field" and that was exactly what it did. Marik quickly got up and saw Yami had stopped to look at what was going on. He had to be no more than ten feet away from the card they needed to win! Marik had to stop him fast! He ran and when Yami saw what he was doing, he smirked at his opponent, then turned around and got the card with Marik only a couple of feet/meters away.
He was horrified. He would not only lose his precious Millennium Rod, but he would also be stuck here forever and the world was certain to be destroyed now. It could not be possible, but it was made possible as Yami took the Millennium Rod right out of his hands and disappeared with the card he just won. Marik could not move, he was so stunned in his shock. It just could not be happening to him.
After everything he had gone through! NOOOOOOOOO!
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Yami returned to the real world beside Selina as Marik's body fell lifelessly to the ground for someone to find later.
Selina leered into the darkness. Everything was going exactly like she wanted it to.
"Good, my slave. Now hand over that Millennium Rod that you just won for me."
Yami just stared blankly as the held out the Millennium Rod for Selina to take. She chortled as she took it into her hands. "Perfect. Now go home, my pet. We'll wait for Shadi to come and then I'll have need of you again." The two split up, each going there different ways. Selina to wherever she hid at night and Yami to sneak back up to his room.
Neither person noticed a shadow separate itself from the other shadows and walk over to the form of Marik who was still alive, but was unconscious from losing one of it's two souls. Whoever it was wore only a simple white robe and turban. The shadow knelt down beside the figure and checked it over.
"What is happening to you, my Pharaoh?" someone whispered into the darkness...
A/N- Well, I hoped you liked it. That was the longest 1 I've done so far. 13 pages. Woah, that was so long. Well, my mom wants me to go shopping w/her so buy! I mean bye! Leave a review on the way out please.
I need those ideas about what should pop out at you and stuff that I told you about last update and let me know if you update a story. I'll try to get the next chapter out ASAP. Lata!