Chapter 2

As they walked Yugi noticed that each time they went under a street light, he would see black weird shaped spots all over her body.

"Hey Stephanie, I don't want to get personal or anything, but I have a question."

"Go ahead."

"Um, what are those strange marks all over you?"

"Oh these. Don't worry, about them, my parents said that their birth marks, that only show in the night time."

Yugi then went in his mind chain with his darker spirit Yami. /Pharaoh that's weird. Do some birthmarks that only show at night/

/I doubt it Yugi. I have a hunch that Stephanie is somehow not telling us the whole story./

/Oh, I'm worried. I just hope we don't have to face another evil again./

/Me too./

"Yugi, earth to Yugi, Yugi, are you ok?" Stephanie asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Are we all most there?"

"Yeah it should be just around the corner."

So Stephanie and Yugi walked around the corner, and to Yugi's surprise, there was a medium size house with flowers every where.

"Wow, I guess, your grandma love planting huh?"

"Yeah, she has all different typed of species."

Stephanie opened to gate and walked up to the door opened it.

"Grandma, I'm home." Stephanie came through the door and closed it behind Yugi. She put her book bag on the golden hook under the coat hangers on the wall behind the door. Yugi did the same. She then opened it and took out a duel disk.

"You're a duelist, Stephanie."

"Yeah, It's fun."

"How many duels have you won ever since you got it?"

"Zero. I haven't used it yet. I got it when I came here, but I've won every single duel I came across."

"Me too."

"Hello, Yugi it's a pleasure meeting you again."

Yugi turned around and sees a woman in gypsy clothing and a bandana in her hair. Her hair was grey like the grey in a horse's tail as it flicks it in the air. Her eyes so gently, like ocean sea water. Her smile was pleasant like doves nestled in their warm nest. As she spoke her words twirled around us.

"Hi, Lizzy we were wondering where you where," Yugi said.

"Oh I was just making a fire, in the living room. So shall we." Lizzy then point in the dining room, where a feast of different delicious items, was placed in an orderly fashion.

They all sat on one side of the long table and started to eat. Their mouths watered at they ate the wonderful food. When it was over, everyone was stuffed. No one could eat any more.

"Wow, Lizzy this was the best diner I ever had."

"Me too grandma, this was a very good meal."
"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Now about you help me clean up and then….."Lizzy looked out the window and saw it was a full moon. "….Stephanie you and I have to talk."

"Can Yugi stay?"

"I suppose so. You can a least comfort her through the talk."

Yugi then looked puzzled and he nodded and started to help clear the table.

When they were finally finished, Yugi and Stephanie were both bushed.

"Hey Liz," Yugi said. "I think I know what I'm going to give to you for your birthday."

"What Yugi."

"A dishwasher."

Everyone laughed and Lizzy came over to her favorite sofa and so did Stephanie. As Stephanie gazed at the fire she saw in the corner of her eye that Yugi is sitting next to her. Yugi saw something in her eyes again something unlike her. Yugi then looked at Lizzy and she nodded to begin talking.

"Stephanie. You know about the wierd birthmarks right."

"Yeah."

"Do know how or why you have them?"

"No."

"Ok, I guess that is where my story will have to begin. A long time ago your mother was a very bubbly child and was always loved. But the only person who didn't love her was her father, or my husband. He was a very grumpy and never like happiness."

"Why's that, grandma."

"The reason for that is, he thought that if we would have a boy it would be better for us then having a girl. Boys do more work and are stronger. Boys also carry out the last name of the family. Girls don't. So we did have a boy, a day later, it became a miscarriage. He was really upset. So then we had another boy, but it got tangled in the umbilical cord, and got strangled to dead. That made him angry. So then we tried to have another living boy, but it wasn't a boy it was girl and it lived. That was your mother. She was a very happy child. Now your grandpa was a builder and he would be in the basement making things. The only problem was that he never made anything those years because, he said that he had no time to himself or had no peace and quiet. He was blaming your mother for being to loud and happy. Now, he was also a person who believed in wizardry and did spells. So he put a curse on your mother and on her children and their children ect."

"Wait, so I'm cursed."

"Unfortunately. My dear."

"Oh my god. What does the curse do to me?"

"It makes you miserable and never happy."

"How do I break it?"

"Then you have to get the turquoise stone."

"I've never heard of it," Yugi said.

"Neither have I. What do I do with it, the stone I mean."

"That part I don't know. I guess you're going to have to figure that on your own."

"What are the symptoms of the curse?"

"Black spots, misery, sadness, loneliness, and even depression. It will get worse every two weeks."

Stephanie started tearing again and walked over to the fire and just stared at it, "My life's over, isn't it."

"Wait, not yet it's not. If we can get the stone and figure out how to free the curse from you then you won't have to die. There are cases when depression has lead to death." Yugi said.

"Thanks, I feel sooooo much better," Stephanie said with an attitude. "Wait, you'll help me."

"Yup, I'll help and I know that Tea, Tristen, and Joey will help too."

"Oh Yugi, you're the best." Stephanie said then giving him a hug.

"Thanks, Stephanie. I better go now. I'll pick you up tomorrow and we'll walk to school together."

"How about I just walk to your house? You're closer to school than me.?"

"Ok that's better."

'Ok, see-yeh Yugi."

"Bye."

Yugi went for the door and took his book bag, he closed the door behind him quietly. Stephanie turned to her grandma and looked deep in her eyes.

"Grandma I'm going to go to bed.'

"Ok, sweet dreams, Stephie. If you can't sleep, because of what I said then you just come down here and sit by the fire with me.

"Ok, grandma," Stephanie turned around and stopped at the stairs. "Grandma, I'm glad you told me because I was felling a bit curious about why I'm always miserable."

Lizzy nodded and Stephanie went upstairs and went to sleep.