"Mike, duel me," said Kimo.

Of all my friends, I really can't figure out why he is just so annoying. I mean really, he's an ok friend but that annoyance can really urk one's nerve. God, can't this kid get a clue.

"C'mon Mike, let's duel! Don't be scared!"

"Shut up, Kimo!" I said, "I would like to eat my breakfast." It is just tough to be me. Let me give you a brief synopsis. I'm Mike! I am your very unusual teenage kid. I'm 16 years old and I live in New York City. I am, and without a doubt a dark and mysterious soul. I play the game Yugi-Oh! Duel Monsters and my preferred type of monster is fiend, better known by its Japanese translation as demon. I stand at 5'10" tall and weigh in at 200 lbs. even. I have a bad temper but I am usually a calm and very collected person to deal with. Ok, why am I telling you my life's story? Back to the mix.

"Are you going to play or not, Mike?"

"Alright, alright! I'll play but only after I open my new booster pack... Hmmm.... I drew a Guardian Baou. This nifty little number can be my luck charm. Ok let's play..."

"You know, I had the strangest dream the other night, and somehow this card was in it."

"What card?"

"Gaurdian Baou."

"You are just making this up."

"No, seriously. Let me tell you the story. I was in Egypt and a man mysteriously appeared. He told me to follow him to an ancient temple. I was unable to refuse the invitation, but I could feel that I was in no danger. So as I traveled for what seemed to be an eternity, I saw my life flash. When I finally reached the temple, I stared into the sky to see the top of it. It bore the symbol of Osiris. At once, I grew terrified as I enter the temple but I was told not to fear. As I enter deep within the temple I noticed an ancient prophecy. It read 'A soul come to pass through walls and souls of the fallen shall be heard. If this man can commune with the dead and not be corrupted, if he can commune with the evil in man and still remain unchanged, then he shall ascend. When I arrived into the chamber, men surrounded me. Then a man chanted

" Anubis, Osiris, please heed my call

See now a man who comes to fulfill a prophecy"

Suddenly, the ground shook and the air became a deathly green. The gods appeared.

'What manner brings you here? Have you come to claim such power that only Amun-Ra and I can bestow?'

'Yes, I have come, because my soul hath brought me.'

'Then, if you can open my gates, then I shall let you take the challenge'

Suddenly my hands we clasped and a knife slashed my palm. As the blood dropped to floor below, an eerie green and red glow lit the floor.

' You can open my gate! Then perhaps you are ready to take the challenge. In six suns, you receive the opportunity to attain this in your physical body."

Then I woke up...

"Your really funny, Mike"

" No, I actually dream this, see this is where.... Oh my god! The marks, there here in my palms...

" You probably..."

"I didn't slash my own palms you twit! This felt real and it may happen."

So as it may be, I left it alone, but every night for five nights, I had dreamed of all things that this had brought me. I dared to tell no one of my dream, because your mom would think of sending you to get a check up from the neck up. So I never tried to analyze it, I only dismissed the idea, so that may continue to be a young man. On the six day, coming home, I got a call on my cell. It was my mother

" Michael, I have some good news. "

"What is it, mom?"

"Wait until you get home. I'll expect you here in the next hour."

'OK, I'll see you when I get there."

................... So I as I traveled home, I wondered what this could be and what it means. But when I got home, nothing could prepare me for all of this suffering I would soon face.

"Mike, you've won a trip!"

"To where, may I ask?"

"To glorious Egypt!"

After hearing that, I felt that this was not real and I was only dreaming. But to my surprise, I was not.

"What's the matter? Are you..."

I'm fine mom. Just peachy!"

Little did I know that through all of this, this could be the end to it. Or a new beginning...