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Chapter #17: The Dreams and the Change of Heart

*~*~*Reader's POV*~*~*

"Yami.....Yami......" A tiny voice called inside his head. "Please, remember! Help me please!!"

A face, much like Pixie's showed up in front of him; her eyes, full of worry, blinked and a few tears fell down her face, wetting her long bluish dress. She appeared to be in a cage....a Nightmare Cage.....with a bright Millennium Symbol on her forehead.

"JUSTI!" Red Magician cried out in his sleep startling everyone around him.

"Red Magician are you okay?" Magician Girl asked quickly.

Without answering, he slowed his breathing and shut his eyes.

"Something's up with him....and he's not telling us what it is!" Purple Magician cried, turning to Magician Girl.

That's when both of them noticed that Red Magician had a glowing eye symbol on his forehead.

"Commander, move over!"

"Aw, shove off Swordsman!"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" Harpy cried, silencing the two boys. "Harpy's need their beauty sleep!"

"Sorry." They both mumbled. Elf stirred a bit and groaned from her healing wound. Commander hushed her and held her in a loose embrace until she stopped.

"Well, I guess that Commander and Elf are getting along, wouldn't you say Swordsman?" Harpy whispered to him beside her.

"Yeah. A little, TOO much if you ask me."

"Oh come on. What's wrong with that?" Harpy asked. "They seem great for each other."

"Yeah well..."

Harpy sighed. "Come on. How could stop them from falling in love? It was obvious that it was love at first sight. Okay, they may be from different worlds, Commander from the Palace and Elf from the Woods, but love can bloom like a flower in the desert. No one expects it to happen, but it does."

"Interesting take on things, Harpy." Swordsman noted turning to face her, and not Commander and Elf.

"Yeah well. I have some pretty cool theories in my mind when it comes to love."

"Really? Do you have one about two monsters who barely know each other but he thinks that she's the coolest thing on this planet?" Swordsman soon realized what he said, tensed up and turned around.

"Nice talking to you Mai.....All that talking sure made me sleepy.....We got a big day tomorrow....Early to bed early to rise....see ya in the morning!" He laughed nervously and faked snoring to show that he fell asleep. He was thankful that it was dark so that Harpy wouldn't see his blush.

[Did he......Did he just say that he likes me?] Harpy thought, smiling. Soon though, she frowned. [Did he just call me, 'Mai'? What is with these guys? First Red over there calls Swordsman 'Joey' and now him too? Who's next, me?]

She peered over his sleeping form, trying not to wake him, and studied his face. [He's...He's so familiar..] Yawning, she took Swordsman's advice and settled down into sleep. A face, with blonde hair and brown eyes flashed within her closed eyes.

["Don't worry Mai," it said, "I'll protect you!"]

["No Joey! Leave me here! Marik's attack is too strong!"]

Purple eyes shot open as Harpy tried to comprehend where that dialogue came from, but her memory was faded. However, it was a lot clearer than when they first arrived.

Pixie looked down at Lord's sleeping, motionless form. [Please be okay. I don't want anything to happen to you...Please be okay!]

She lowered her head softly as she thought of all the bad things that could happen to him. It was then that she barely noticed a tear fell from her eyes. The drop of moisture landed on Lord's cheek and trailed down his face.

His eyes slowly opened. "Pixie.." He whispered.

Startled, she jumped a bit but soon hushed him with her finger. "Sshh! Not another word. You need your rest!"

Lord began to sit up. "Didn't you hear what I just said?! Lay down!"

"No."

"Fine! If you want to be all tired and achy in the morning, be my guest! Why do I bother helping you if you don't take my advice anyways?!" She put her arms over her chest, shut her eyes and turned away from Lord.

And all he could do was laugh.

"What are you laughing about?!" She asked, turning back around.

"You look so cute when you're angry." He stated.

Growling, she turned back around. "You can make your wounds worse, I don't care."

"Sure you do." Lord whispered, moving towards her. "That's why you cried."

Tensing up, she responded. "I wasn't crying...A piece of dust got in my eye."

Smirking, he edged closer. "What do you want from me now? A good-night, sleep-tight, get-well-soon kiss?!" Pixie spat.

"Actually," Lord started but finished his sentence by placing his lips over Pixie's. Green eyes opened to the fullest as she tried to understand what was going on.

"Elaya." Lord whispered, withdrawing his lips from hers.

"Seto?" The words sounded so foreign to her, yet, it was as if she knew exactly what she was talking about. [The boy from my dreams!]

Suddenly, Lord's body grew weak as his eyes shut and his body gave out. Grabbing him in the nick of time before he fell flat on his face, Pixie resumed position--with his head on her lap.

Landstar was also having odd dreams; of an orange-haired girl, a tall brown- haired blue eyed boy and another bunch of people with blonde, brown and spiky hair who he couldn't say their names. But then, something strong bounced into his mind. That something, he could not name; but the people in his line of vision, he could.

Angel, and the other two Magicians were also stirring in their sleep. [Such familiar faces..]

Elf and Commander, in each other's arm smiled as warm, happy memories of them together--in a different place and time--flooded their thoughts.

[Sweet dreams everyone] Red Magician said as the Millennium Symbol glowed brighter. [Justi, thank you.] He thought, sending back a message to his captured wife. [I hope these memories will help...]

*~*~*Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*

Sighing with relief, Justi fell back against the Nightmare Cage, content for the time being. [As long as Yami continues to give them memories of one another, sooner or later they'll be able to break Dieen's spell...And I can see that it's already working!]

Dark clouds poured onto the floor. "I see the Queen of the Shadows has returned." Justi said mockingly.

"I see that my bitch of a sister hasn't died yet." Dieen retorted with anger hitting every word. She came closer to the Cage with noticeable speed. "I know what you've done, you wicked wretch!"

Justi, sustaining her emotion of fear, remained calm. "I'm surprised you figured it out."

"How dare you mock my intelligence!" Dieen screamed as she put one of her hands through the Cage's bars and pulled on her sister's glowing blue robes. "I would of killed you right after I caught you!"

"Why didn't you?!" Justi shouted back.

"Because, as horrible as it may sound, I need you. I need you to destroy every last one of your pathetic little friends." Dieen grinned evilly.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM!" Just screeched, pulling Dieen's hand away from her robe and pushing her away from the Cage.

"Funny. All I have to say is that I'm going to kill your friends and you get all upset. Do you want to hear what I'm going to do to them?"

Justi growled low in her throat and narrowed her eyes.

"I'm going to make you blast large holes into their puny, defenceless bodies with your new found power of that blue sceptre, and I'm going to watch every pint of blood leave their system. It'll be so much fun, won't it? To watch your friends die at the hands of you."

"I'll never do that!" Justi cried.

"I know that. That's why I have something in store for you, precious sister." Dieen began to walk away. "Something that will surely change your heart on this matter."

*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*

"EVERYONE WAKE UP!" Landstar cried. Everyone jolted awake at the loud voice. "We have to move! We gotta find Black Rock WITHOUT getting into any more battles!"

"No kidding." A few male voices mumbled.

"Alright, let's go." Angel announced, standing and stretching. She turned to Harpy, who was coming up beside her, and said, "I don't know about you, but I had a heck of a sleep last night."

"I know. I felt like I haven't slept like that in years!" Harpy said. [I had such a great dream too...staring Swordsman...or that guy who looks like him...] She thought as she turned her eyes towards him.

He of course, looked away and blushed.

Elf and Commander woke up at the same time.

"You okay?"

"Yeah. A lot better, thank you." Elf responded.

After staring into each other's eyes for about an eternity, Swordsman comes up and shouted, "ALL RIGHT! Break it up!"

Both blushing, Swordsman led Elf away, pulling her towards the front of the group.

Pixie shoved Lord off her lap, causing him to wake up.

"What was that for?!"

"FOR PULLING MY GODDAMN TAIL THAT'S WHAT!!!" Pixie shouted. Once again, he smirked. "Stop doing that."

She stood, brushed herself off walked ahead.

"Magician Girl?! Come on! We have to go!" Purple Magician said, shaking her.

"Mmphm.." She mumbled.

"GET UP!"

Startled, she replied, "No need to yell!" Extending his arm, he helped her up.

"Sorry about that. It was the only way you would wake up." Purple Magician stated shyly. She giggled. "It's okay. Come on. Let's go."

Red Magician took the lead of the gang, with Lord--fully healed--and Commander at his sides.

"Where are we going?" Angel asked.

"Wherever the King over there feels like." Pixie giggled in reference to Red Magician.

"I can hear you." He called.

"Whoa! Busted!" Swordsman laughed.

Flying ahead, Angel came beside Red Magician. "Where are we going?"

"I can feel the way to Evil Storm's hide-out." Red Magician smirked. Unknown to the others, Justi was telling him where to go.

"You sure you know where you're going?" Landstar asked.

"Why wouldn't I?" Red Magician answered.

"'Cause we all think you're nuts!" Swordsman shouted from the back. A quick elbow in the stomach from Harpy shut Swordsman up instantly. "Ow."

"Do you know who I am?!" Red Magician narrowed his eyes at the blonde- haired boy who was currently holding his abdomen. The Millennium Symbol reappeared and glowed fiercely and Yami hoped it would bring some sense to Joey who was inside Flame Swordsman's body.

"Yeah, you're little Yugi's other half." Startled at what he said, he hushed up and looked away.

"Yes, you're right." Red Magician whispered to him. Looking up, Swordsman's memory snapped. He knew exactly who was standing in front of him, Yami! The spirit within the Puzzle! The haze in his memory lifted to reveal Yami's face and any stories Swordsman knew about him.

Staying silent, Swordsman just nodded. [If I start calling him Yami, the others'll think I'm the nutso one!]

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"Are we there yet?" Pixie asked Lord

"No."

"Are we there yet?" She asked again.

"NO!"

"How about now?" She giggled.

"NO! Will you stop asking me that?! I'LL TELL YOU WHEN WE'RE THERE!"

"Okay. Sheesh! Didn't have to get so loud."

Rolling his eyes away from Pixie, he converted his gaze to Red Magician. "Are you leading us in the right direction?"

"Of course." Red Magician stated calmly. "Look. We are here." There, in front of them in the clearing from the forest, stood a large black rock covered in smoke and fog that it was almost impossible to see it. Surrounding the rock was a pool of water, which got depressingly darker the further away it was from the shore.

Squinting in the bright light that the forest shielded them from, Landstar asked, "How will we get across?"

"Everyone, get a partner who has wings!" Angel replied, taking Landstar in hand. "Ready to fly, partner?" The tiny solider smiled. Purple Magician, noticing how fragile Angel's wings looked, told her that he would help her across.

Red Magician took Commander and Magician Girl took Elf. And there stood Lord and Swordsman, deciding who to go with: Pixie, or Harpy.

"Oh screw this!" Pixie grabbed Lord and pulled him towards her. Swordsman, head down, walked over to Harpy.

"Ready?" Angel asked. She watched as the flying pairs took their positions over the shore.

"No way I'm flying with you, Pixie." Lord snapped.

"Why not?"

"I can get on the other side by myself." He countered.

"Sure you can." Pixie said, rolling her eyes.

"Just watch me." Lord made his way past the group and near the shoreline of the water. Just as Pixie was going to fish him out of the water, she noticed his reflection. [It's the boy from my dreams again! Se.....Seto!]

Swordsman, walking over, noticed this too. "Kabia?" He looked over at Pixie's reflection. "Elaya?! What's going on?!"

"Joey?!" Elaya cried.

The others, rushing over to the water to see what was wrong, noticed all of their reflections as well. Instead of seeing the monster's clothing they were currently in, they saw real people.....with jeans and T-shirts and trench coats. Their memories exploded all at once as everything came back to them.

"Serenity!"

"Big brother!"

"Oh Joey!"

"Yugi!"

"Mai?! How did you--?"

"Téa!"

"Oh my goodness! E!"

"Mokuba!"

"Mom!"

"Tristan! Dude! What's happening?!"

Suddenly, they all stopped and noticed bright lights coming from the centre of Yugi and Elaya's chest. The light morphed into the Millennium Items they currently possessed.

"Yami?!" Yugi said to his other half dressed in Red Dark Magician's costume. "How can you be outside the Puzzle and have a human form?"

"I'm not sure." Was his response. "I'm glad that it finally came to you; your memories that is."

"Why are we here? Where is here? What are we wearing?!" Joey asked noticing he was partially wearing a dress, that Mai looked like bird and that his sister had blue skin.

"Calm down Joey. Our minds and souls were brought here by--"

"Dieen..." Kaiba growled.

"Yes. She brought us here in the forms of our favourite duel monsters...."

"Oh! Like Backura did back in Duellist Kingdom!" Yugi said.

"Huh? He did what?" Téa, Joey, and Tristan asked at the same time.

"Nothing."

Yami nodded. "We also have the powers of our monsters as well as their stats."

"Oh. So that means that I can fry Kaiba like a turkey on an open fire, right?!" Joey asked grinning at Kaiba, realizing that Flame Swordsman had 600 more ATK points than Lord of Dragons.

"Think nothing of it mutt." Kaiba responded coldly.

"As I was saying," Yami continued. "We need to destroy Dieen in this Duel Monsters world once and for all using our combined attacks."

"I doubt it'll be that easy." Teresa whispered sadly.

"What do you mean?!" Tristan asked. "No matter what monster she is, no way she can withstand over....over...."

"10, 000 ATK points?" Elaya concluded, doing the math.

"Yeah!"

"If monsters exist here, that means that all magic and traps cards do too. And so do all effects of monsters." Teresa explained. [I just hope that we can win.]

*~*~*Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*

[YES!] Justi screeched in thought. [They've finally figured out who's who! Yes! Yes! Yes!]

"Dearest sister, what have you done now?!" Dieen's voice changed from evil- happy to evil-angry. Coming into the room, she shouted, "HOW DARE YOU BREAK MY SPELL?!"

"Simple. I just did. Father taught me all I need to know about spells and how to break them." Justi smiled.

Dieen's expression changed. She began to laugh. "I have a surprise for you."

She left the room quickly then returned. Behind her, Justi noticed a demon wing on the right of Dieen's shoulder and an angel wing on the left.

[No! She can't!]

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Evil cliffie! MUAH HA HA HA!

Okay, I'm sorry....but I have to keep you all interested, no? Well, If I'm lucky, I can write and post chapter 18 by next week....IF I'm lucky.....I am going to Cuba next Saturday, so I'm praying that between family and eating and shopping, I can get another chapter done PLUS do all my homework.....

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