I Am The Dark Magician Girl

By Anime2000

Disclaimer Man: If you don't know that she doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! by now, then by Ra, you are hopeless.

(kicks Disclaimer Man to the second fic in the 'Magic Trilogy')

Man......... What was that dream about? I can't remember everything, but there was sand—a lot of it—and a palace, and......... a name I can't remember. I wonder who— No, this is crazy. It's just a dream! Nothing special. I'm sure a lot of people have weird dreams like these.

Beep

What?

Beep

Huh?

Beep

I opened my eyes. So that was just a dream. I was having a dream inside a dream? So what was I debating about inside my dream? Oh yeah......... Sand, palace, and that name......... I can't remember. Weird. I closed my eyes and pulled the covers over my head.

Beep

Then I opened my eyes again. What was that beeping? Oh, how could I forget? I installed it in to my clock yesterday, after my Master got the Petit Moth off of him, to keep me from sleeping in......... Aw man!

I jumped out of bed and changed to my usual armor. I started combing my hair, but decided to stop because I was really running out of time. Today I'm still learning to fly! "Ow!" The comb got stuck in one of my tangles. I pulled it out of my hair, but a few strands got caught and I ended up pulling them out too. At the same time, I realized that the clock was still beeping so I hurled my wand at it. My wand let out a few sparks of magic when it made contact, probably breaking the clock in the process. I need a new alarm clock!

"Geez," I said, walking over and picking up my wand. "All this trouble because I slept in?" I looked at my clock. It was broken, but it was clear that I was very late. I ran down the stairs, then back up. I forgot my helmet.

By the time I had gotten outside, it was......... well, I've made it obvious that I was late. "Sorry," I said to my teacher when I saw him. He was waiting outside, as patient as always.

"Don't worry about it," Master said. "Believe it or not, you were pretty fast, seeing how you woke up......... when?" I told him. "You really were fast."

I laughed. "Thanks!" I twirled my wand in my hand like a baton and said, "So let's start!"

"Now remember. You have to concentrate if you want this to work," Master said to me as I sat down on my wand.

"I know," I said, closing my eyes. I took a deep breath and pictured my wand floating higher and higher.

"Excellent! You did it!" I opened my eyes to see if I was really in the air as my master had said I was. And.........

"I—I'm........." I paused, realizing that I was at least thirty feet in the air. "......... Very high above the ground." My grip on my wand tightened. I was scared. What if I fell off? My gave a funny jerk and started moving. "Ma-Master?! What do I do?!" I yelled as it went faster and faster.

"Concentrate! The wand moves as your mind tells it to!" He yelled back.

"I'm not telling it to do anything—WHOAA!" I screamed as it zoomed through the air. It did twirls, spirals—you name it! I fell off when it did the spirals, but I managed to grab it again before I started to drop. It spun around for a few moments before it shot downwards for a dive. I could feel my hands loosening around the wand, but before I let go, the stupid thing came to an abrupt stop. That's when I fell off. "OW!" I yelled as I slammed on to the ground.

"Dark Magician Girl! Are you all right?" Master asked, running towards me.

"Yeah," I said, rubbing my head. "But I swear! That thing's possessed!" I pointed to my wand, which was still hovering over us. As I said that, it let out a shower of sparks and fell to the ground as if it just died. "Or maybe I shouldn't have thrown it at my clock."

"Either way, it was acting strangely," Master said, helping me up.

I nodded. "Uh huh." As I walked towards it, an odd looking Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared in front of me. "What in the name of Ra.........?" I whispered.

"It's a ......... Toon," said Master who was behind me.

"A what?" I asked, completely baffled. I don't know much about Toons. All I know is that they look and act silly most of the time, if not all. The Blue Eyes inhaled deeply as if it was going to attack. I jumped back, but it only sniggered to itself and picked up my wand.

"Hey, that's mine!" I said, making a grab for it. The Toon just leaped out of my reach. It twirled around and winked, as if imitating me. "Okay, that's it!" I yelled, now feeling extremely offended and angry. "Come back here!" I started to run after the mini dragon, but felt someone's hand on my shoulder. "Master, I have to get my wand back!" I said, turning around.

"Fine, but take this," he said, handing me a key.

"It's one of those De-spell keys!" I whispered, holding the golden object in my hand. It gleamed in the sun and the gems sparkled brightly. "Why are you giving this to me?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Master replied. "Now, don't you have a dragon to catch?"

"Oh yeah!" I exclaimed, putting the key away. "Thank you!" I said and ran after the Toon.

How could something with such short legs be so fast? "Hey, somebody! Stop that Toon!!" I yelled at everyone I saw. Unfortunately, all I got was a few strange stares. Yeah, that REALLY helped me!

The Blue Eyes White Dragon made a face at me. Then it jumped up and sped way ahead of me leaving behind a dust cloud in the shape of itself and a trail of dust as well.

"Wha—wha—wha.........?" I stopped running. "This isn't fair!" I said angrily. "It's way too fast! How am I going to be able to........." I blinked. "Duh!" I said, slapping myself on the forehead. "Follow the trail that it left behind!" I started running again, knowing that the dust would settle down soon.

"Where did it go?" I asked myself. The trail just ended right here in front of this old mansion. Maybe it's gone. Or maybe it went......... I looked at the house. Eeep, it was creepy! There were broken windows, dead plants, and cobwebs everywhere......... My ideal haunted house! Well, there was no proof that it actually went inside!

That idea was gone the second someone from inside yelled, "It's a ghost! Another one!"

"It's a dragon, you idiot! And it's the same one!" Another yelled back. Oh......... Well, there's my proof! I took a deep breath and walked inside.

"No way!" I said, my eyes widening. This place was scarier from the inside than out. I looked at the ground, realizing that there was a blood-red carpet underneath my feet. It was so dimly lit here even though there was a huge and elegant chandelier hanging above me. There was a desk in front of a huge stairway that led to the second floor. Odd-looking portraits were hanging on the cream colored walls. It felt like they were staring at you! Still, I have to admit, it was a beautiful sight.

"May I help you?" I froze for a second. Then I turned around. I saw that it was the Baron of Fiend Sword.

"Uh......... N-no! That's okay!" I said nervously. He was creepy! Just like the house! But of course, that could be just me. I never liked ghost stories. Does it look like I would want to be in one? He turned around to leave. "Um......... sir?" I asked, hesitantly. He was scary, that's true. But maybe he knows where I could find that Blue Eyes. "Did you see a Toon—" There was a crash from upstairs. A few screams followed it.

"No, not again!" The Baron muttered, running up the stairway. "That's the third time!" 'The third time'? I dashed after him, but he was already gone.

"Why does this always happen to me?" I asked, walking through the mansion. And why are all these paintings staring at me? "I wonder if........." I said walking to one that was a portrait of someone. I read the caption under it. "Portrait's Secret........." Huh? Isn't that the name of a Duel Monster? Then that might be a—Kya!!

I ducked just in time. A large hand came out of the portrait made a grab at me, but missed. This whole hallway is covered in paintings. And I'm pretty sure that all of them are possessed! I got up and ran for dear life. Without my wand, my magic is definitely weaker. For now anyway!

"Whew!" I sighed in relief when I had gotten to a safer place. Well, I hope. "Man, I'm gonna get killed if I........." I stopped. The Toon Blue Eyes, using its tail like a spring, bounced in front of me. It made a face at me. I stared at it for a few seconds before making a jump at it. Naturally, it bounced away and I landed on the ground. As usual.

"Dark Magician Girl! Is that you?!" I looked up.

"Mystical Elf?!" I exclaimed. "What are you doing here?!" My elfin friend smiled.

"Well, um........." She paused. "Hey, did you see that Toon Blue Eyes?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, it's got my wand!"

"Oh! So that's why that stick looked familiar! Very interesting........." She mused, holding a hand up to her chin. "Hey, remember that time when—"

"Mystical Elf, this is NOT the time to talk about......... whatever you were going to say! And it's not a stick! It's my wand!" I said, running out of patience.

"Okay, okay!" she said, grinning nervously. "Just stop yelling!" All right, maybe I was yelling, but I just wanted my wand back! How come these weird things always happen to me?! "It went that way! So that would mean it's going down to the first floor. The quickest way to get there is this Dark Hole. It should be somewhere around here........." She trailed off, walking across the hall, stopping once in a while to see if she would sink in. Sometimes she would touch a pattern on the wall.

"But don't Dark Holes destroy all monsters?" I asked, starting to feel afraid.

"Well, not all the time—Aaah!!" She disappeared.

"Oh Ra, what happened?!" I cried, running to the spot where she disappeared. "Where are you? Mystical Elf?" I was very alarmed. Did she get destroyed? Wait a second; what am I thinking?! I took a deep breath. I can't panic. If I do, it'll make me more vulnerable and confused. If I can relax and just calm down, I'll be able to think this through. I saw her vanish here, but where did she go? She had her hand on this flower on the wallpaper and she was standing right......... here.

I let out a startled cry as I sank through the ground. When my head went under the crimson carpet, I realized that this was kind of fun. It wasn't frightening at all! In fact, it felt like I was underwater, but I could breathe! But before I could actually begin to enjoy it, I landed on the floor. "Ow!"

"I was beginning to get worried about you!" Mystical Elf said to me as I rubbed my back. "But I landed on the couch. How did you get on the floor?"

"Did you see it?" I asked, getting up. "The Blue Eyes White Dragon?"

"Yes," she replied. "It flew past me. I guess it got bored of bouncing."

"And you didn't try to catch it?!" I asked, trying to not believe what I was hearing.

"I was waiting for you."

"Oh," I said. I sighed. Well, I have to admit, she is a loyal friend! "Looks like it's gone."

"Yeah, it went out the back door," she said, nodding. "If we go now, we might still be able to catch it!" She walked to a white door that had been opened.

"Great!" I said, following her.

"Let's see, we should walk that way," she said as she gestured to a row of dead trees. As we walked past the second tree, a pine, Mystical Elf stopped in her tracks. "Oh wait," she said slowly. "No, we should've gone over there!" She motioned to a wilted flower garden.

"Why?" I asked, but that was dumb. I got my answer one second after that. A bony hand punched out of the ground near the roots of the tree. Another came from near the oak tree that we had walked pass. "Tell me, do they grow zombies instead of flowers here?" I asked. I don't know how I thought that up. To tell you the truth, I was terrified! I mean, LOOK! Corpses were popping out of the ground!

"Come on, run!" Mystical Elf said in a rush. She didn't have to tell me.

"How many trees are there?!" I asked. See, a zombie was climbing out of the ground near every tree.

"Thirteen!" Came her fast reply.

"The 13th Grave," I said, laughing sarcastically as well ran past the elm that was the last tree. "How clever."

"Yeah!" she said, taking deep breaths. "And there is your tour of our haunted house! Next time, if you want a better guide, please say so at the front desk! Please visit our other attractions like the House of Adhesive Tape! We hope you enjoyed your visit and thank you!"

"You're not serious, are you?" I asked, gasping for breath. "But—but it was a haunted house! Don't tell me that you......... work there! You're not a ghost," I blinked and added suspiciously, "or are you?"

"No, I'm no ghost!" Mystical Elf said, smiling almost embarrassedly. "It's just that......... well, I needed a job because I needed some money. Are you telling me that you don't have one? Even the Magician of Black Chaos is looking for one!"

My jaw dropped. "That's crazy! He's a full-fledged spellcaster! Why would he......... No, never mind! Did you see the Blue Eyes?"

"I had almost forgotten!" she said in a surprised tone. I almost did too. Funny, huh? Haha......... yeah, let's all laugh at me. "I did see a flash of blue heading towards town. Maybe that was it."

"All right then!" I said excitedly. "After that Toon!"

"Wouldn't it just be easier to get a new wand?" asked Mystical Elf who looked a little tired.

"Um," I didn't know how to explain it. "You see; I really like mine! It kinda makes me who I am and......... Well, it's mine and no one else can have it!" I said, finally making up my mind. Mystical Elf gave me a strange look. "Sorry, that came out of nowhere, I know." I said, laughing at myself.

"Anyway, come on! I'm sure that it's already terrorizing everyone!" She said, heading towards town.

R&R, please!