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(The Tome opens to a picture of a man walking through the desert.)

Edward (voiceover): Dreams... modern psychology offers only unproven theories... Some see them as the meaningless tossing and turning of a brain settling into a restless sleep. Others see them as laden with symbols of our unconscious desires. To still others, dreams represent the upwelling of the archetypes, normally hidden deep within the recesses of the collective human unconscious... Of one thing I am certain. After a brush with the Ancients however, our dreams metamorphosize into nightmares...

(Karim trudges through the desert, half-exhausted. He glances up at the scorching sun, and recalls the events which brought him here. He remembers his encounter with Chandra in her audience room.)

Karim: I have implored you for years, yet you ignore all my advances. You dominate my dreams, and I can think of nothing else. I fear I desire you a hundred times more then you love me...

Chandra: My life has become a waking dream, Karim. For weeks I have dreamed of an ancient treasure so precious that it changes all life around it. It must be mine, Karim. If you truly desire me, as you say, then you will find this for me. Bring this treasure to me, and I will be yours. Both our dreams will come true...

Karim: I need nothing more than you. You have enthralled me to the point where I can think of nothing else... Promise. If I leave you, you will not forget about me...

Chandra: You need not worry. I desire nothing more than the treasure that I seek. Leave now, Karim, and I shall await you.

(With a close-up of Chandra's mysterious eyes, the scene fades back to the desert, and Karim comes upon the circle of five monoliths that Pious had found centuries ago.)

Voice (distant): Karim...

(Karim enters the circle of monoliths and is teleported away by yellow lightning from the stones.)

I watch as he is taken to a place that looks where Pious once was, I watch as he makes his way through the catacombs, defeating Zombies and monsters of all sorts! He found some new ruins and spells and I watched as he fought. He was a very skilled fighter! I shivered a bit, a chill running up my spine. There wasn't much that was new about this, I had seen it all before, but it still disgusted me, how would I find out what killed my grandfather this way?

(Karim approaches the artifact. As he reaches out he hears Chandra's voice..."

Chandra: Karim... We will be together forever...

Karim: Chandra?

(Karim sees not the real Chandra but a ghostly apparition)

Karim: What... what happened to you?

Chandra: Things change, my dear Karim... But even though my body is ravaged, I await you...

Karim: Who did this to you?

Chandra: You were gone so long... I... gave myself to a nobleman with a jealous mistress. She had me dragged from my bed, and in cruel revenge, flensed with knives!!

(As Chandra speaks her face changes to show what she looked like at the time of her death.)

Chandra: As the last blades were drawn across my body, and my blood cooled upon the floor, she cursed that I would only be with another in death...

Karim: So much for thinking only of me! I should never have left...

Chandra: I have seen my folly, and have paid dearly for it. I see so much more, now. In death, I know the true value of the artifact I asked you to find, and it is not for us to possess. If we are to be together again, you must make a sacrifice. Only when that is complete will we be together.

Karim: Sacrifice? Why should I do ANYTHING for you? You LIED to me! BETRAYED me! And you really don't look so good anymore...

Chandra: You must forget the past. Despite who you are now, you will also become something more, just as I have. But the sacrifice must be made. We must remain here and guard the artifact. Dark things will come to claim it and you must be strong to keep it from them. Without your sacrifice the world will fall into eternal darkness!

Karim: (Pauses) The things I do for love...

(The spirit of Chandra approaches Karim and embraces him in a kiss. Blue lightning forms at their mouths. Karim screams and the picture stills.)

Flash

I closed the tome and shook my head.

"Katy, are you hungry?" Yugi asked, coming in with a sandwich.

"No, not really why?" I asked.

"You've been back here for a while, and you haven't had anything to eat or drink. I'm getting worried..." he said and I smiled at him.

"I'm fine, thanks for worrying though," I said.

"I'll leave it here then?" Yugi asked, coming forward slightly.

"No, that's okay," I said, "I wouldn't want it to go to waste..."

"Don't let whatever your doing possess you, alright?" Yugi asked, kissing me slightly on the lips, "I don't want you to be obsessed to the point of no return. Let it go if it becomes too much, promise me this..."

"It won't love, I'll be alright..." I said and he smiled slightly.

"I'll hold you to a promise nonetheless... you've already changed so much over this in such a short amount of time," he said.

"Alright, if it makes you feel better, I promise..." I said.

"I'll check up on you again," Yugi said and with another quick kiss he left. I sighed, he was so loving and caring and I thanked him for being so much like that. I needed to find the next chapter though, and soon. I wasn't obsessing, I really wasn't!

Flash

(Pious stands in the portal chamber, and casts a Magical Pool for an audience)

Pious: My liege, the future is yours. The Light in the Age of Darkness has been extinguished. The Pillar of Flesh has been constructed. The Master of Chaos, the "Keeper of the Ancients" is long dead. The planets will be in alignment soon. All is prepared for your arrival. I will begin the final incantation that will bring you into our world within days. The next millennium will truly usher a new age. Your Guardians now prepare the gate!

End Chapter 4: The Gift of Forever

TBC

A/N: Haven't updated this in over a year I think. Oh well, tell me what you think!