I Am The Dark Magician Girl
By Anime2000
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
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I sat up, but was still extremely drowsy. Geez......... I didn't think that being summoned would cost me this much energy. I rubbed my eyes and grabbed my wand. Wow! After all it's been through, it's still in one piece! I waved it around. "Huh?" Nothing happened. I tried again. Still nothing. Maybe there IS something wrong with it.
I really wanted to worry about it later and just go back to sleep, but decided not to in case there was an emergency in which I would probably need my wand. I got up and trudged out of my room. I slapped my wand against the palm of my hand repeatedly, wondering what might have happened. Anyhoo, Master would know what to do.
"Master? Master!" But apparently, he wasn't home right now. I walked around the house, checking the kitchen, living room, about everywhere! Even the library. Yes, we have a library. A small one, compared to the Dark Sage's! Our—well, technically, his—house is a pretty big, though it might not look it from outside.
I stopped in front of the door to my Master's room. I never looked in there. I wasn't allowed to go in a couple of years ago. But I didn't really mind because he was always up before me, so I never had to go in to wake him up. Though, he was almost always in there. So, I'd usually knock and he'd come out. Maybe if he was in a good mood. Now, maybe I could go in. What am I thinking? I felt two little voices starting to say, 'If he's really in here, should you disturb him for a minor problem?' I knocked, but there was no reply. I guess he isn't here. 'But are you POSITIVE?' I was about to walk away, but.........
My curiosity was overwhelming. For some reason, I really really wanted to go in. Should I? My hand was on the doorknob. Ah, heck with it! I pushed the door open.
Wow! There's the Magical Boxes! And the Magical Hats and all the other training equipments! He had a fairly clean room if you ignored the fact that—"Eep!" If you ignored the fact that books were scattered everywhere. And I was just fortunate enough to trip over one.
That door right in front of me had a picture of the Millenium Eye on it! What's behind it?
Only one way to find out! I opened it, revealing a not too dimly lit corridor. I walked in and closed the door.
"Whoa!" I exclaimed. There were huge slabs of stone with carvings of Duel Monsters on it! I wonder if I was on one of them. Let's see, we have Celtic Guardian......... Curse of Dragon......... Blue Eyes White Dragon......... I wonder if there's a Dark Magician Girl one! I stopped at a door.
Hm......... A little—no TWO little voices started chattering in my head. It was them again! 'Go in!' one encouraged. 'Don't! That's not a good idea!' Another one said. I felt some weight on my shoulders. I looked at both sides and saw two little creatures, each holding a die while sitting on my shoulders. One looked like a doll and the other a little demon.
"Who are you?" I asked, thought I knew.
'I'm your conscience!' the doll answered.
'And I'm your curiosity!' said the demon.
"No, you're Graceful Dice," I said looking at the doll. "And you're Skull Dice." I turned my gaze at the demon.
'It doesn't matter!' Skull Dice said furiously as he lifted his red die.
'Yes it does! You could get in serious trouble!' Graceful Dice protested. 'You just can't! Think about what's on the other side!'
'Oh shut up!' Skull Dice growled as he threw his red die at him. It hit Graceful Dice on the head and he was temporarily knocked out. 'Here's your chance before he wakes up!' I looked at him skeptically.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
'Just go in!'
I sighed and opened the door. I let out a gasped. "Look! It's a labyrinth—"A huge stone block fell from out of nowhere. If I hadn't jumped away, I would've been......... it's a horrible thought.
My 'conscience' had woken up and said in a I-told-you-so sort of voice, 'What did I say?'
Skull Dice replied by throwing the red die that seemed to have magically reappeared in his hands. Then they both disappeared.
"Ah, okay, that was fairly weird," I said, not very sure if they actually existed. But what was weirder was what I saw. It truly WAS a labyrinth! I've never seen anywhere as complicated as that place. Stone stairs went in every direction, and from my experience, a trap probably lurked in every corner. I decided I didn't want to stay here any longer.
But here was the problem. How do I get out? There wasn't a door in sight besides the one I tried to go in. Which direction did I even come from? Now I was really worried. I started running past all of the huge stone tablets, looking for ones that seemed familiar. Blue Eyes White Dragon......... Curse of Dragon......... Celtic Guardian.........
Dark Magician.
I stopped running. That carving. It triggered something in my mind. I put a hand to my head as I tried to tug a memory from the back of my head, but it pulled back. You know what it's like to have a thought in your head and then lose it? That's how it was right now. I concentrated harder to remember.
I think I must have won that mental tug of war because suddenly memories started pouring in. They didn't seem like mine, though. There were happy moments and there were times that made me want to cry.
One just stayed in my mind the longest: I was staring at the slab of stone with my master's picture carved on it like right now. Except that my vision was blurred by tears and two people were talking to me. One was male and the other was female. I can't remember at the moment, but if I tried really hard, I could probably remember they were. But I didn't want to. It made me so sad; I wished I could make that memory disappear forever.
I held my hand up to touch the rock tablet. It went right through. Hold on! This had to be the door that I came from! I quickly jumped through and landed back in Master's room. I've never been so glad to be here. Even if this was the first time I've ever been here! I let out the breath that I hadn't known I was holding. Maybe I should ask my teacher about this. But then again, he'd know I was in his room. I stopped thinking that at once. Just in case my 'conscience' and 'curiosity' came back.
As I walked out of the room, I realized that I had just come back to where I started. I was still magicless!! Urg, I was so anxious to get out that I forgot all about my problem!
But then again, thinking always helped me out. I folded my arms and closed my eyes. When did I first feel weird or drained? Well, after my Duel, or course. Hold on! It was that De-Spell key! I remembered that after that, I felt tired. So that's probably when my magic first disappeared. Then Yugi's equip item during his and Bakura's Duel must have given me some magic back. After being used as a tribute, I'm pretty sure that that used up almost all of my magic— and that mini Duel in the Graveyard took up the rest.
My eyes snapped open and I clapped my hands together. "Wow! That really did help!" Then my expression changed from a happy one to a depressed one. "So now what do I do?" I snapped my fingers and exclaimed, "Find Master!" Anyone who didn't know me and saw me probably would've thought that I had interesting mood swings.
After locking the door, I hurried out of the house. [I hope she remembered her key this time] But, as fate would have it, I ran in to the Magician of Black Chaos. Well, almost.
"Yo, watch where you're going!" He said, after jumping out of my way.
"Sorry," I said, taking a deep breath. Hey, if I'm stopping, then I might as well take a break! "Have you seen my master?"
"Nope," he replied, folding his arms behind his head. "But he's in the virtual world right now, so searching the Shadow Realm wouldn't help you."
"Okay, thanks—"I said, starting to run away. I stopped in my tracks and said, "WHAT?"
He seemed surprised by my sudden outburst, but answered, "This really weird thing happened, and now Yugi and his friends' minds are in a computer game Dueling to regain control of their bodies. Although, I don't see why he chose Kuriboh as a Deck Master though." He frowned. "His ability is pretty good, I guess, but that's expected considering what's buzzing around about Kuriboh being the 'ultimate defense'."
I gawked at him, trying to keep up. "Say what?" I asked. He had obviously lost me.
"Okay, let me explain," he said slowly as if talking to an eleven-year-old who didn't understand how to multiply fractions. "Yugi and his friends are stuck in this virtual game—slash that. Their minds are trapped in the virtual world. Now, they had to choose brand new decks. They have to have Deck Masters. Deck Masters stay by their Duelist's side at all times unless they're summoned to the field. They can have special abilities, but if they're sent to the Graveyard, the Duelist loses no matter how many Lifepoints they have. Got it?"
I nodded slowly; analyzing all the information he gave me. "Okay, so that's about it?"
"Yeah, if you're just worried about the Duel," he said. "And I'm just wondering......... why are you looking for Dark?"
"Well—"I closed my mouth. I can't tell him! This is the Magician of Black Chaos here! Not as nice as you'd hope. If I told him, he might be able to help me, seeing how he's a full-fledged mage. But he might tell me that since I don't have any magic, I'm not qualified to be a Spellcaster! I can just hear him now! 'What?! No magic?! And you still call yourself a Spellcaster?! Hope you're battling skills are good, because you're nothing more than a Warrior!'
"DMG?" I snapped out of my thoughts to see him with a smirk on him face. "What's the matter? You look like you've just swallowed a Petit Moth."
My eyes widened in horror at the thought of it. "Are you nuts!? Those things are huge!!"
"Okay, cool it!" He said, his grin staying on his face. "Just an expression. So answer my question already!"
"Okay," I said, still weighing my options. "Okay......... okay......... okay........."
"While we're still young."
"All right!" I took a deep breath. What do I have to lose? "I lost all my magic!" I paused, waiting for an answer.
"That's all?" I looked at him in disbelief.
"What do you mean 'That's all?'" I asked.
"Well, that just means that you did something dumb like......... press the big purple gem on a De-Spell key, right?" I bit my lip. "Yeah, I thought so. Anyways, that's happened to me before."
I couldn't help but grin. "Seriously?"
"Hey, I was just a kid back then! Maybe younger than you, but that's not the point. The point is that your magic will come back in a given amount of time."
"Like?"
He paused and then said, "A day or two."
I sighed. "But I don't have a day or two! What if I get summoned to a Duel or something like that?"
He started twirling his staff as he thought about it. "Hey! I got it!" He exclaimed, twirling it quicker. Uh oh. I know that attack......... He stopped and stabbed the ground with all his strength. His staff emitted a powerful wave of dark magic, which was headed for me! Before I had time to run, it had exploded under me. I screamed as I tried to block my eyes. It felt like fire!
When all the energy had faded, I fell to the ground, groaning, "What was that for?"
He ran over and said, "So did it work?"
"Did what work?!" I yelled, jumping up and pointing my wand at him. "Why'd you do that, you jerk?!" A small burst of magic exploded from the tip of my wand and at him. He dodged it with ease.
"Don't you see?" he asked, pushing my wand down so that it wasn't pointed at him anymore. "Since we're both dark magic users, our magic was almost the same. So by attacking you like that, I sorta powered you up. You should be thanking me."
I was still a little upset about him attacking me so quickly like that. "I am NOT a rechargeable battery!" I said crossly. Then I smiled. "But thanks. That was really nice of you."
He just frowned. "What?" I asked, perplexed. "Did I say something wrong?"
His frown turned into a look of understanding. "Oh......... You're being summoned. To the virtual world, no doubt."
I looked at my hands. They were disappearing. "Wha—what do I do!?" I cried shocked.
"Duel, of course!" He yelled as I vanished quickly. "What else could you be summoned for?"
"Magician of Black Chaos!!"
I was summoned so I grinned and jumped in a pose. It was pretty basic because I didn't have time to think about my entrance. All right, if what the Magician of Black Chaos said was true, then I must be a Deck Master ......... Do I even know my special ability? Yes, I do! Great!
"Okay, I'll start off with one card face down. Then I'll play Ancient Elf in attack mode!" My Duelist said. That's not Yugi's voice! Then I recognized it to be Tea's. Hey, isn't she the girl that Yugi has a crush on?
Her opponent is......... a penguin. You have got to be kidding me. But then again, he was an accountant for KaibaCorp before, right? Hm, I just want to know one thing! How does he hold his cards? He doesn't have any fingers so—why am I thinking such thoughts right now? Okay, I see that he's summoned a fish. Though, if I'm right, that's not its original attack points. I can only assume that that penguin's special ability must have altered it.
He's attacking Tea's Ancient Elf! That was not good. And why didn't Tea use her facedown trap card? That would've saved her! But then again, I wasn't paying attention to the Duel before, so he might have been a magic card that her opponent played to prevent her from using it. She lost a pretty big amount of Lifepoints. Tea looked as if she was freezing. Hold on, she is! Her feet were frozen in ice! The jerk finally said that if anyone lost any Lifepoints, they would start to freeze.
Tea used Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy on of the trap cards he had facedown. Though the other one he also had wiped out all of her traps. I hope that the one she lost wasn't a very good one. She finally set a monster down in defense mode. I wish I could help her, but I'm only a hologram......... or am I?
I put my hand on Tea's. So I AM real........ or as real as I could possibly be. I can help! From the looks of it, Tea wasn't a very experienced Duelist. Neither am I, but if I work together with her, we'll win for sure! "Tea," I said watching her expression. She was must have been shocked that I could talk to her. "My Deck Master ability allows us to talk mentally," I explained. She nodded. "I'm here to guide you." ......... Not really, but I'll do my best!
"Right," she said, smiling. She held up the card in her/our hands. "Tribute to the Doomed!" Now this is getting good! That just destroyed his only monster on the field, allowing Tea for a direct attack! She switched the monster to attack position. For a little girl, she was turned this icy Duel into a heated battle! Her fire warmed Tea up a little......... and myself. I didn't realize that it was so cold until now! I watched her attack the former accountant with her flames. Hehe, penguins don't like fire! We watched him dance around to avoid the flames.
He recovered surprisingly quickly as his feet started to freeze like Tea's. He didn't mind at all. He just summoned Flying Penguin. Hm, you can sort of see a resemblance, huh? Anyway, he equipped it with......... Penguin's Sword? Was that what it was called? There's a sword designed especially for those flightless birds?
Once again, I ask how does that little penguin hold that big huge sword? It doesn't have any fingers so how does it grip that weapon and bring it down with such force that......... it sends Tea's only monster on the field to the Graveyard. Poor kid. I hope she'll be okay.
"I have a question," said Tea. "What is it with you and penguins?" I couldn't have said it better myself. The former accountant of KaibaCorp said that he was neglected as a child and found an interest in counting and penguins. I'm just curious, but why does every single Duelist I'm up against have issues? First it was Arkana, then it was Strings, as I found out later that he was controlled by Marik. Lastly, it was Bakura. Well, Bakura didn't have any problems that he actually said, but he was working with Marik who I believe is trying to take Yugi's puzzle from him. That means the spirit of the puzzle as well?
I find it hard to believe. He tried to ask Kaiba to create a penguin theme park. Even I know that that seems just ridiculous!
Great, Tea's freezing again! The ice has already frozen most of her legs. I frowned as I tried to think up more Dueling ideas. If my teacher were here, he'd know what to do. But he's in Yugi's virtual deck, so I'm on my own for now. He's been training me for so long that I know many of his strategies. And I am NOT about to let my real Duelist or Master OR Tea down by letting her lose!
Watch out, you web-footed jerk. You're going down!
Or we all hope he is! I know that many people don't like Tea because she rants a lot about friendship, but this really funny thing happened! (ignores bored looks given by DMG) Yeah, see, my friend was playing this video game! And he only had about 1/10 of his energy meaning that he was just about to lose while his opponent(the computer) had a least 1/5 of his. So I was wondering if Tea's rants really did anything, so I started yelling, "You can do it!" and "You're friends are right behind you! We'll never give up on you!" and other things that Tea might say. So my friend ACTUALLY won as I was yelling that kinda stuff!! And that was the last boss at the last level of the game! He won the entire game!
Er... sorry, I got sidetracked...
R&R, everyone!
