A/N- Hey guys! I made it! Whoohoo! Anyways, this may get confusing cuz I'm gonna skip around a lot in this chapter, but I hope you can stick with me. I hope this works and turns out to your liking.

Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Aren't you so proud of me for getting this done on time?

Nicky: Hey girl long time no see! (hehe) Yeah, hm...I didn't really notice that until you pointed it out, but I do see what you mean. But his is little and cute!! (blushes & suppresses a fangirl scream) Here you go! Hope you like!

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Hobbit13: haha! You're the greatest! You know when I did the dream thing it felt wrong for some reason and I just couldn't figure out what it was, but then you told me! Thank you so much. I've been working on a couple of other stories away from FF.N and I've been doing that for dreams and stuff, but when I came back I did that and it felt wrong, but I couldn't figure out why! Thank you so much for pointing that out to me!

Subieko: Hey! I'm glad you liked it so much, I hope you enjoy this one as well! Did I finish reviewing you for your story? I was in school and I can't remember if I reviewed your other chapter or not...hehe! Everyone seems to like Yugi's dream! And to think, I wasn't even going to put it in there!

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Chapter 4- Fear Factor I

A blanket of darkness covered her eyes; preventing her from seeing what type milieu she was in. Thick chains held her back, preventing her from escaping to find the light that she so desperately wanted to see. She struggled against the tendrils of darkness that bound her, wrestled with it, matching her strength of will against its own power 'til she slipped from the grasp of the shadows and charged forward into the light once more.

Serafina opened her eyes and gingerly sat up, wincing as her head began to pound. Looking around, she gasped at the sight she had discovered. She was in a child's room as it was filled with stuffed animals of every size. She stopped short as she saw one of them that lined the walls and noticed a familiar leopard.

When she was younger, that exact same leopard had been given to her by one of her closest friends and she had slept with it by her side almost every night. (That was when she was not pushing it off the bed.)

Shrugging it off as a fluke, Serafina continued her tour of the room. Posters of dragons and other fantasy creatures were pinned up on the walls and even some of them were hand drawn with a calligraphic signatures inscribed in the bottom, left corners. The walls were painted white, while the bed was a brilliant aqua.

Serafina smiled and said, "Whosever room this is sure does have good taste."

With that thought she stopped for a moment and wondered how she got into the room in the first place. She sighed as she realized she must have blacked out again.

That seemed to be happening a lot lately she mused before shaking her head and hoping she did not have some kind of weird condition. Turning to the door, intent on thanking whoever had helped her and getting back home, Serafina turned the knob.

Opening the door slightly, she noticed that everything was completely black, covered with darkness. She sighed, deciding to wait on someone to check on her before she ventured farther and got lost and went back inside the room.

Sitting down on the bed she took a closer look at one of the hand drawn images. One was a picture of a beautiful Japanese Butterfly Lizard Dragon that was hanging from a small stick to drink the nectar from a flower. She frowned at that, remembering the exact same picture hanging on her door at home. Looking down at the signature, her breath caught in her throat and her eyes widened in confusion and surprise.

There, clearly identified were the words: Serafina Moon.

She stumbled backwards, tripping over the edge of a chair and falling to the floor. She scrambled up and out the door into the dark corridor and began running in one direction.

Why did that room bare such a similar resemblance to her own? Why was her name signed on the familiar picture? What was going on?!

Once her heaving breath and the pain in her side became too much for her, Serafina resorted to walking, not really paying any attention to her surroundings as she tried to figure out what was happening.

After a few moments contemplation, Serafina noticed that she seemed to be getting nowhere in this corridor and all she could see around her was the same two brick walls and darkness.

Thoroughly confused and very frustrated, Serafina yelled, "WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

As if in an answer to her bellowed question, a wooden door sprang up. Sighing in resignation and hoping that she was just dreaming this all up, Serafina opened the door.

Serafina looked around the small child's bedroom she found herself in. It was decorated with pictures of dragons and small stuffed animals that had been collected over the years. In a corner of the room by the bed was a young girl. She looked to be about three years old and she was playing with a set of blocks, stacking them on top of each other.

Her face looked almost exactly as Serafina's had when she was little except for two major differences. While Serafina's face was soft and smoothly rounded, this young girl had sharper, more distinct features and her eyes were grayer than those of Serafina's.

Suddenly, the door opened and a man in his thirties walked in. He was carrying a package in one hand and with the other he softly closed the door behind him. He walked over to the girl and knelt down before her, bringing his height level with hers.

"Hey, princess," he cooed. "What'cha do'n?"

"Pway'n wif blocks," she answered back easily.

"Honey, there's something daddy needs to tell you and you aren't going to like it that much, but I want you to know that mommy and daddy both love you. You know that right?"

"Of course, daddy! You say it everyday!"

The man smiled slightly before going on.

"Yes, he does. What I wanted to tell you is that mommy and daddy are leaving each other and we won't be living together anymore. It's going to be just you and me. S..."

At that moment the thoughts and surroundings seemed to blur together and Serafina could not understand what was going on. Just as suddenly, they thoughts blended back together and Serafina was allowed to view again.

"...is going to be going with mommy so she got a present for you. Open it."

The young girl ripped into the paper and opened the box to find a small, black kitten. She squealed in delight as she held the animal close to her in a hug and she smiled. Thank you, daddy!" she said enthusiastically.

The man smiled sadly before leaving the room saying, "I love you, princess, and I always will, Selina."

The memory seemed to come to an abrupt stop before it was as if someone had pushed a fast forward button and Serafina was absorbing the memories as if they were her own.

A six-year-old girl at a funeral.

Being led to an old decrepit looking building that said, "Domino Children's Home."

Running away from the decrepit building a mere few months after staying in the orphanage, full of anger and hatred for people, as tears flowed freely and unchecked down a girls face.

Sneaking on board a plane and being jostled around, ridding with the luggage before sneaking back out and into a new world.

Running through the streets with an angry looking man chasing after her and the leather wallet she clutched in her fist, luckily she knew the streets well and was a fast runner.

Running into a boy with white hair and chocolate colored eyes.

Sprinting around the city with said boy as they each carried several pounds of money to their secret hiding place.

Being caught by one of the people she had stolen from.

Being adopted by the man that caught her.

Saying goodbye to her friend Bakura.

Traveling to a land covered in sand with odd triangular buildings framed against the sky.

Escaping booby traps and death after finding a bracelet with an eye on it in a dark confined space.

Going into an old tomb with her adopted father only to fall in a trap and be sent to a dark place full of shadows. Her bracelet glowing as it transported the two from the darkness, back into the chamber.

Reading the ancient writing that told a legend about seven mysterious items that could rule the world once brought together.

The man she had come to see as a father move to Japan, where she had been born, to start a business. Him asking her to come with him, but refusing, saying to "keep in touch."

Going back to England to find Bakura, after having remembered a strange ring with an eye symbol similar to the one on her bracelet.

Learning Bakura was in Japan.

Going back to Japan.

Finding out information about a tri-colored-haired boy that was a magnificent duelist and held two of the mysterious items.

Forming plan after plan to kill him and take the golden trinkets he held.

Being sent back to the Shadow Realm.

Escaping once more and manipulating said boy into getting all the items.

Being pulled into the Millennium Bracelet.

Taking control of a girl that looked similar to her and making her set up a trap to ensnare the boy and his friends.

Suddenly, Serafina found herself back out in the corridor, a sense of dread filling her as she puzzled over everything she had just witness.

Apparently this person that looked exactly like her had become bitter from her stay in the orphanage and now she was trying to prove to the world that she was great and she was worth something and that she was someone to be respected.

The only problem with that was she was trying to kill Serafina's new friends in order to obtain that power...

The darkness had encompassed them completely and they each felt the shadows reaching out for them, trying to ensnare them in its grasp.

Finally, Selina said, "Let the fun now begin!"

At her words, the shadows drew themselves up like a great wave, coming between them all, pushing them apart, and sending them off to different portions of the Shadow Realm.

Tea screamed as she and Tristan were pushed apart and all the others yelled for each other as they sank into the darkness.

Only Selina and Bakura remained.

The former turned to the latter and said, "So, are we going to help each other obtain the Millennium Items? I could help you defeat the Pharaoh and together we could rule the world and get the proper respect we deserve. Are you with me?"

A harsh voice replied, "When we were younger I would have taken you up on that, as you well know. I've changed since then and found my own way. Our interests are no longer the same. It's time to go our separate ways, though I still sympathize with you and our friendship remains, but I believe we both need to live our own lives."

Selina turned to the albino and glared, all of the pleasantness was gone from her face now to be replaced with anger.

"If that is the way you feel," Selina said in a low, dangerous voice, "then maybe you should join them!"

And with that, the shadows beneath Bakura's feet began to swirl and pull him under. He sank into the darkness until he was completely covered and transported somewhere else.

Selina stood still, staring out into the darkness, her features cold, arms crossed, and her stance rigid. Tears gathered in her eyes, but she quickly overcame her emotions and said, "The one person I thought would never leave me just did...I swear that I will never come close to anyone else ever again! Everyone I love just leaves me to be alone. Well, if that's the way it's going to be, then it's going to be on my terms! Let the shadow games begin! Fear Factor activate!"

Yami was the sort of person that never panicked and always had a cool head in any situation. He was never one to wear his emotions on his sleeve, but was always calm and collected...except when Yugi was in danger.

Well, Yami's sweet, little aibou was in grave danger. Selina had somehow manipulated the Shadow Realm so that it separated everyone, including Yami and Yugi. Unfortunately, Yugi was a hikari, which made him more susceptible to the darkness of the Shadow Realm more than any other.

Thankfully, the properties of the Millennium Puzzle, which he was wearing another copy of, could somewhat block the properties of the darkness, but that did not mean that it would not weaken him. The sooner Yami got all of them out of this place the better off they would all be.

Yami had been walking for some time, trying to find the others, but to no avail when his surroundings began to change. The shadows began to lengthen as a light formed in the distance.

Yami ran to it, hoping to see the light of his hikari so he could protect him in this forsaken place.

What he saw made his heart stop and his step falter.

Yugi was lying on the ground, not moving, not even a sign of breathing, as the light surrounding him began to dim.

Yami ran over to him, one word repeating in his mind, 'No. No! NO!' until he screamed it into the darkness, "NO! YUGI! Wake up, come on, you have to be ok! Please be ok! Please, Yugi, wake up!"

Yami searched desperately for his connection to Yugi, but all he could feel was emptiness.

Tears ran down his face as he held his aibou close to him and his shoulders shook with his release of emotions. Suddenly, he stopped crying, straightened up, and glared into the darkness as anger began to take over and rule his body. He would kill Selina for what she did to his partner.

Yugi hated the Shadow Realm with a passion, and for good reason too. He hated going back to feeling that weakness he experienced when he had been picked on as a freshman at Domino High.

Indeed, he felt as if he had been dealt several blows to the ribs and stomach as his torso felt pinched and squeezed so that his breathing was severely labored. His feet dragged as he tried to continue walking and fatigue was clearly evident in every move he made. Dark bags were forming beneath his eyes and his hands were already starting to shake. If the hold of the Shadow Realm were already beginning to make such drastic effects on him then it would not be long before the shadows claimed him completely.

He had to do something to get his friends out of this place and as quickly as possible.

Yugi sat down for a moment in the darkness, attempting to regain his breath and rest for a moment before going on. While he rested it seemed as if the darkness began to elongate and warp him forward through it till it brought him right where it wanted him.

Chains began to snake out of the darkness and wrap themselves around his arms and legs. Yugi scrabbled to get away, but the Shadow Realm had made him so weak that his movements were slow and lethargic. He was not able to dodge out of the way in time and the chains caught him and held him steadfast.

Yugi struggled against them as best he could, but he knew he was fighting a losing battle and his heart wasn't really in it. Just when Yugi began to consider giving in he heard voices coming closer through the darkness. He strained to listen, to identify who the voices belonged to when his friends came into a clearing of light.

"What do you suppose we do?" Tea asked the two people by her side.

"Well, we can't seem to find anything by just walking around, but I haven't a clue as to how to get out of here," Tristan pointed out.

Joey walked out into the middle of the light and called out, "I'm right here, Selina! If you want someone to pick on, take me! Come and get me!!"

"Joey, Shut up!"

"No! If she's going to be keeping us here then I'm gonna wait right here until she comes to me herself! I'm tired of her hurting my friends and I'm not going to stand for it anymore! You hear that, Selina! If you want to get any of my friends you'll have to go through me first!"

"That can be arranged," said a voice hidden in the shadows. Selina stepped out of the darkness and held up her arm, the Millennium Bracelet glowing as she did so.

Joey was thrown back into Tea and Tristan and they all fell to the ground in a heap. Selina laughed, closing her hand into a fist and all three of them started screaming.

Yugi, who had been watching from the sidelines, screamed for his friends and fought harder against the chains of darkness that bound him, but he was still to weak to break free. His stomach jumped as he was filled with a familiar emotion and the Millennium Symbol appeared on his forehead and the Millennium Puzzle glowed.

Light surged from his body and broke through the bindings that held him, setting him free as he ran to his friends, intent on helping them, only to run right through them.

He gasped and tried to touch them again, but his hand just passed through Tea's forearm before all four figures disappeared into the shadows.

Yugi sighed in relief and said, "It was just an illusion," before an intense, all encompassing pain consumed him and forced him to his knees, holding his head in agony.

A/N- Ok, I'm going to leave it here for now b/c I'm getting really tired of writing this. I hope you all enjoyed it and please let me know if you think I'm rambling on too much. I'm trying to get better at description, but I also know that too much description can put you to sleep and I don't want to do that. Please let me know what you think!

Until next time!

PS: I've put up a 1-shot (Yes, Beka, it is a one shot!) for any of you that like Harry Potter or just want to check it out.