Darkness Within
Note: This is a new thing for me, and it has not really been thought out as much as the others. Prepare yourselves for something that could get pretty weird, and very, very random. I might need your help with this one, so review ASAP with your thoughts, comments and suggestions. I hope you like this!
Disclaimer: Do I look like the kind of person who would own Yu-gi-oh to you? Didn't think so… I can totally claim Fiacha's character, although not her name (anime sweat drop) I got that from Sevenwaters, which is also not mine!
Chapter One: Domino City
As she stepped out into the light, Fiacha's eyes narrowed from the brightness. That there was a world beyond what she had always known was still difficult to fathom. Those first fourteen years of her life, all a waste. Serving some idiot pharaoh, and waiting for his return. Even when the Ishtar family had left, she had remained behind, in the shadows, believing that nothing was more of an honor than to serve the pharaoh. And look at what that had gotten her.
"Fiacha," a voice from in the darkness called. "You should not go. The world up there is not the place that destiny stated you were to live. Have you forgotten the prophecy?"
She narrowed her eyes and then looked back into the light. "You know that I could never forget. But I know who is to blame for the doom that is placed over me. I will seek him out and he will end this, or his own end will be met."
"Fiacha, it is not wise to threaten the pharaoh so. He is all that this family has."
Her hand tightened on the sword in her hand and it radiated a purple aura. "The pharaoh," she spat, "has given us darkness, pain, and a lifetime in his service. I will not stand for this."
"Sister… do not leave me here. I… We… need you. You alone can-"
"I have forsaken that life! I will not be a pawn in some game of a pharaoh who thinks himself powerful. He shall pay."
The man shook his head but did not try to stop his sister. She could, after all, forge a path free of the destiny that bound others. He could not stand in the way of such a force. "Then you know where to go. But heed at least this one warning; before you can defeat this pharaoh, you must first know the pharaoh. No one expects an innocent girl of a high crime such as this one. Be discreet."
"You know that I will, brother. And know also that I will win."
He shook his head and sighed, stepping forth to embrace his sister for what might be the last time. "Take this with you," he said, handing her a powerful jewel. "I knew that this time would come; it was written in the deep inlays of the prophecy, but that is why they say I am the best at what I do. It holds all my love, and therefore, will be a light to you in the dark. Be careful, little raven."
"I will be, but now, I have a plane to catch and a weapon to conceal in shadow. Do not worry, I will send the messenger when the time is right."
He nodded and watched as his sister unwittingly stumbled onto the path that he had sought to keep her from. The dark destiny over her was at last coming to claim her, and she would not be stopped. It flowed in her veins to seek the shadow.
"Please hand me any keys or other metal items you have, miss." The woman said, waving her through the metal detector.
Shadows ringed her sword, hiding it from even the machine. She smiled and accepted her wallet and the precious few things that it held.
"We are now preparing to land in Domino, Japan. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the landing."
Fiacha clipped the belt around her and stroked the dark weapon that kept her company. Even the pharaoh believed that the millennium items were the only magical creations still around in the present time, but he was wrong. There was a dark sword created by the traitorous sorcerer with his last breath and it was said to contain the darkness that was his essence. She knew her sword; it had chosen her to wield it, she ought to know its secrets, and it had no such soul bound to it. But it did have some sort of shadow magic, and she knew only that it would help her to defeat the pharaoh. That was all she needed to know.
"Please claim your luggage at the baggage area and have a wonderful day. Thanks for flying-"
But to what she was being thanked for flying was not heard by Fiacha. She was trying to sense the presence of the pharaoh, and it took all of her concentration not to use the mind power to threaten him the moment she sensed him.
"I am coming for you," she whispered as she stepped into the glowing city of Domino. "There will be no escape."
End note: Well? Tell me what you think, and whatever ideas or suggestions you may have. Bye for now, everyone. Stay tuned!
The name Fiacha means "little raven" and this is what her brother calls her. Perhaps it carries more significant meaning...
