Fyre fell back onto her bad. Maybe now they would leave her alone, and let
her live how she wanted to. The phone rang, Fyre slowly picked it up.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hello, I'd like to speak with Miss Lillian Brightwater," said a voice on the other end.
"Speaking," Fyre said. "How may I help you?"
"My name is Elena, and I work with the Diamond Dance and Theatre Company. I was asked to call you by the owner and director."
"Diamond Dance and Theatre?" Fyre asked, slightly awed.
"Yes," Elena said. "The director is friends with the drama and stage director at Black Sapphire, and we are in need of a good actress and dancer to take on a lead role in our upcoming production. The director spoke with Robin, and she recommended that we try to get a hold of you. She says you're quiet accomplished for a young lady, and that you truly enjoy the theatre."
"Yes..."Fyre acknowledged the statement. "I love the stage and theatre, but having Mrs. Robin recommend me, well, it's an honor, she's not free with praise."
"No, she's not, which is why we took her advice, and contacted you."
Fyre looked out her window. This was like a dream come true. Dreams had to be worked for, but could be achieved, as this phone call had just proved. "What production is the Company going to be doing?" she asked.
"Romeo and Juliet," Elena told her.
"Really?" Fyre asked. She loved the story and play.
"Yes really," Elena told her. "I assume you know the story?"
"Line for line," Fyre told her.
Elena's voice held a smile. "We would love to have you join us, and at least do this show. I'm guessing, don't base any hopes on this, but I think the director may invite you back to do other shows with us, if you do well in this one."
Fyre smiled. "When would he like to meet for and interview?" she asked.
"Well, anytime really, I'm still in school, but since it's for a career opportunity, I'm thinking I could get out of it, or weekends work as well."
"May I call you back when I have a possible date and time for you?" Elena asked.
"That would be wonderful," Fyre told her. "Thank you so much, and I look forward to it."
"I look forward to meeting you," Elena told her.
Fyre slowly hung up the phone. "This is a dream. It can't be happening. It's what I've wanted forever. There is no way, it has to be a dream." She walked over to the bookshelf behind the barre, and pushed on the side. It swung inward, revealing a secret door and darkness beyond. Fyre stepped through, pulling the door shut behind her. The blackness surrounded her she placed her hand on the wall, and started forward.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
School, next day
Yugi sat at his desk, looking like he was going to fall asleep.
"Up late?" Tea asked, sitting next to him.
Yugi looked at her. "No, not really. I just don't feel like doing anything, and I really want to be somewhere where I can think, and not have anyone talked to me. I dreamed the oddest dream last night, and I hope it doesn't happen, not that it could. It's just too weird."
Tea sighed. Yugi had these dreams sometimes, she blamed Yami.
Joey walked into the room, looking around. Tristan followed, listening to Bakura and Kaiba argue about something.
"Anyone seen Fyre this morning?" Joey asked, looking around.
"No, why?" Tea asked.
"I don't care what she says, she needs to be more social, and I'm going to ask her to the up-coming dance," he told her.
"I wouldn't," Serenity cautioned. "She's probably not going to be too happy, with you, and it's not going to get you anywhere in her favor."
"She should appreciate our efforts to include her in stuff," Tristan snapped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fyre's place:
Fyre gazed silently around the room. True, it was black, but she knew where everything was. Darkness was a natural part of her life, and it consumed all of her past. She walked to the far wall, pausing to magically light the candle on the wall. She pulled a dust-covered book from her shelf, and gazed at it. Never had she walked into this room with such a strange purpose. Never had she wanted to do what she was about to. She wasn't a girl who thought things like this, ever. But now.... it seemed right. Who cared about her? She was just a girl, no one special. Then she remembered. The call from Elena. Could she leave it all behind, and go on? Knowing that her dream had come, and she'd let it pass? She shook her head. "I can't," she whispered. "I couldn't live with myself if I didn't try. I may not need the world, but there will come a day when they need me."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After school....:
"Where is Fyre?" Tea asked. "I haven't seen her all day."
"Same, and she's in our class," Yugi agreed.
"Maybe we should check?" offered Mokuba, appearing behind them.
"Good idea," Joey agreed.
"Guys, she's going to be so ticked off if you do that," Serenity reminded them.
"She's a classmate, and she needs someone to be there to fall back on," Joey argued.
"She has someone."
Everyone looked at Seto. "What?" many of them asked.
"She has someone to fall back on if life gets too hard," he told them. "I don't' think she needs us. And if she did, don't you think she would have told us what's happening, and what's happened in the past?"
"He's got a point," Yami said.
"I'm going, if you guys don't, that's fine, but I'm worried," Joey started off towards Uptown.
"You're not going to get in," Kaiba called after him. "You're not with a resident of Uptown, and you're not sure where you're going even."
Joey stopped. "Come on then," he called impatiently.
Yugi sighed. "He's not going to give up the idea, we may as well go." He followed his friend.
Kaiba shook his head, but followed anyway. "This is going to get us so on her bad side, and I'm not sure I want to see how nasty she can get," he thought.
They reached the gates, and then followed Serenity to the gate of Fyre's driveway.
"Seto, can you hack the code?" Tea asked, testing the gate, and finding it locked.
Kaiba studied it for a moment, and then nodded. He stepped back from the gate a moment later, and pushed it open. "You first, Joey," he said. "It was your idea."
Joey confidently walked up the drive, and rang the bell. "No answer," he said after a few moments. "Any way to know if she's in there?"
Yami closed his eyes. "She's there, somewhere. Where I don't know."
"think we could get in?" Tea asked. "if something's happened, then she should have someone who knows where she is at the very least."
"Then in we shall go!" Mokuba cried.
"And if you have no one who has been there before?" Kaiba asked. "You're going to get lost, guarantee. That place is bigger than mine."
"That's possible?" Tea asked.
"Yes, I've been in this place, it's huge, the corridors are long and twisty, and secret doors are everywhere," he warned as Bakura opened the unlocked door.
"The door's open?" Yugi asked himself. "that can't be a good sign.
"Come on, what are we waiting for?" Joey asked, stepping into the entry hall.
The whole place seemed dead, and black. Nothing moved, nothing seemed alive. No noise like there should have been, it was like no one lived there, or ever had.
"is there a light somewhere?" Tea asked.
As if in answer, lights shone softly. Serenity screamed.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hello, I'd like to speak with Miss Lillian Brightwater," said a voice on the other end.
"Speaking," Fyre said. "How may I help you?"
"My name is Elena, and I work with the Diamond Dance and Theatre Company. I was asked to call you by the owner and director."
"Diamond Dance and Theatre?" Fyre asked, slightly awed.
"Yes," Elena said. "The director is friends with the drama and stage director at Black Sapphire, and we are in need of a good actress and dancer to take on a lead role in our upcoming production. The director spoke with Robin, and she recommended that we try to get a hold of you. She says you're quiet accomplished for a young lady, and that you truly enjoy the theatre."
"Yes..."Fyre acknowledged the statement. "I love the stage and theatre, but having Mrs. Robin recommend me, well, it's an honor, she's not free with praise."
"No, she's not, which is why we took her advice, and contacted you."
Fyre looked out her window. This was like a dream come true. Dreams had to be worked for, but could be achieved, as this phone call had just proved. "What production is the Company going to be doing?" she asked.
"Romeo and Juliet," Elena told her.
"Really?" Fyre asked. She loved the story and play.
"Yes really," Elena told her. "I assume you know the story?"
"Line for line," Fyre told her.
Elena's voice held a smile. "We would love to have you join us, and at least do this show. I'm guessing, don't base any hopes on this, but I think the director may invite you back to do other shows with us, if you do well in this one."
Fyre smiled. "When would he like to meet for and interview?" she asked.
"Well, anytime really, I'm still in school, but since it's for a career opportunity, I'm thinking I could get out of it, or weekends work as well."
"May I call you back when I have a possible date and time for you?" Elena asked.
"That would be wonderful," Fyre told her. "Thank you so much, and I look forward to it."
"I look forward to meeting you," Elena told her.
Fyre slowly hung up the phone. "This is a dream. It can't be happening. It's what I've wanted forever. There is no way, it has to be a dream." She walked over to the bookshelf behind the barre, and pushed on the side. It swung inward, revealing a secret door and darkness beyond. Fyre stepped through, pulling the door shut behind her. The blackness surrounded her she placed her hand on the wall, and started forward.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
School, next day
Yugi sat at his desk, looking like he was going to fall asleep.
"Up late?" Tea asked, sitting next to him.
Yugi looked at her. "No, not really. I just don't feel like doing anything, and I really want to be somewhere where I can think, and not have anyone talked to me. I dreamed the oddest dream last night, and I hope it doesn't happen, not that it could. It's just too weird."
Tea sighed. Yugi had these dreams sometimes, she blamed Yami.
Joey walked into the room, looking around. Tristan followed, listening to Bakura and Kaiba argue about something.
"Anyone seen Fyre this morning?" Joey asked, looking around.
"No, why?" Tea asked.
"I don't care what she says, she needs to be more social, and I'm going to ask her to the up-coming dance," he told her.
"I wouldn't," Serenity cautioned. "She's probably not going to be too happy, with you, and it's not going to get you anywhere in her favor."
"She should appreciate our efforts to include her in stuff," Tristan snapped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fyre's place:
Fyre gazed silently around the room. True, it was black, but she knew where everything was. Darkness was a natural part of her life, and it consumed all of her past. She walked to the far wall, pausing to magically light the candle on the wall. She pulled a dust-covered book from her shelf, and gazed at it. Never had she walked into this room with such a strange purpose. Never had she wanted to do what she was about to. She wasn't a girl who thought things like this, ever. But now.... it seemed right. Who cared about her? She was just a girl, no one special. Then she remembered. The call from Elena. Could she leave it all behind, and go on? Knowing that her dream had come, and she'd let it pass? She shook her head. "I can't," she whispered. "I couldn't live with myself if I didn't try. I may not need the world, but there will come a day when they need me."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After school....:
"Where is Fyre?" Tea asked. "I haven't seen her all day."
"Same, and she's in our class," Yugi agreed.
"Maybe we should check?" offered Mokuba, appearing behind them.
"Good idea," Joey agreed.
"Guys, she's going to be so ticked off if you do that," Serenity reminded them.
"She's a classmate, and she needs someone to be there to fall back on," Joey argued.
"She has someone."
Everyone looked at Seto. "What?" many of them asked.
"She has someone to fall back on if life gets too hard," he told them. "I don't' think she needs us. And if she did, don't you think she would have told us what's happening, and what's happened in the past?"
"He's got a point," Yami said.
"I'm going, if you guys don't, that's fine, but I'm worried," Joey started off towards Uptown.
"You're not going to get in," Kaiba called after him. "You're not with a resident of Uptown, and you're not sure where you're going even."
Joey stopped. "Come on then," he called impatiently.
Yugi sighed. "He's not going to give up the idea, we may as well go." He followed his friend.
Kaiba shook his head, but followed anyway. "This is going to get us so on her bad side, and I'm not sure I want to see how nasty she can get," he thought.
They reached the gates, and then followed Serenity to the gate of Fyre's driveway.
"Seto, can you hack the code?" Tea asked, testing the gate, and finding it locked.
Kaiba studied it for a moment, and then nodded. He stepped back from the gate a moment later, and pushed it open. "You first, Joey," he said. "It was your idea."
Joey confidently walked up the drive, and rang the bell. "No answer," he said after a few moments. "Any way to know if she's in there?"
Yami closed his eyes. "She's there, somewhere. Where I don't know."
"think we could get in?" Tea asked. "if something's happened, then she should have someone who knows where she is at the very least."
"Then in we shall go!" Mokuba cried.
"And if you have no one who has been there before?" Kaiba asked. "You're going to get lost, guarantee. That place is bigger than mine."
"That's possible?" Tea asked.
"Yes, I've been in this place, it's huge, the corridors are long and twisty, and secret doors are everywhere," he warned as Bakura opened the unlocked door.
"The door's open?" Yugi asked himself. "that can't be a good sign.
"Come on, what are we waiting for?" Joey asked, stepping into the entry hall.
The whole place seemed dead, and black. Nothing moved, nothing seemed alive. No noise like there should have been, it was like no one lived there, or ever had.
"is there a light somewhere?" Tea asked.
As if in answer, lights shone softly. Serenity screamed.