Thank you for these characters and their stories, Kazuki Takahashi. Requiescat in pace.
Chapter One
Alexandria
I slammed into the stone, bringing the once powerful wall down to its knees. This wall had stood for so many centuries, protecting the city from any invaders. Aknamkanon had the Millennium Items forged to keep the last army of Syrians from taking over our homeland and protect this wall. Now, it was nothing more than rubble.
"Come out, come out wherever you are my little Queen. I have not finished with you yet."
I shook the dust and dirt from my eyes. This was not supposed to happen. Fate was not leading us this way. I would kill the stupid fool who brought out Zorc.
"My Lady! Are you well?" Shimon came to my side and helped me rise from the rubble.
"Shimon, where is the Pharaoh?" He looked back into the city and pointed to the center of the city. "Please be careful." I smiled and kissed his forehead, for this would be the last time I would see him for many, many years.
"There you are, my dear." A shadowy figure surrounded me and before I knew it, I was in the air, carried by the shadows. He pulled me through the black sky, up to his ugly face. He gave me a cruel smile.
"Ah Alexandria, Queen of Egypt. Or shall I call you Tyche, she who controls fate?"
I glared at him. "It matters not what you call me. You and I both know that you will not succeed." Something sharp cut across my face, leaving a deep cut in my cheek.
"Silence, you wench. I will rewrite what you consider to be permanent. I will bring the world into the shadows!"
"Alexandria! Release her at once Zorc! I am the one you want." I looked down towards the ruined city. There stood my Pharaoh, my husband.
But Zorc only laughed. "But Pharaoh, I want both of you."
The shadows lunged towards him, an outstretched hand ready to destroy him. I shut my eyes, fearing that the worst was about to happen. But I reopened them less than a second later. What was I thinking? I was afraid of the future?
"Slifer, protect him!" My dragon brother came straight out of the sky, hurling towards the Pharaoh at light speed. Zorc's hand was too close.
My eyes shot open as I sat up in bed. My face was covered in sweat and my hands were shaking. I shoved the sheets of my bed off me and headed into the bathroom. "Dear? Are you alright, Dria?" Pegasus opened the door to my bathroom.
My name is Alexandria Isis Pegasus. No, I am not the biological daughter of Maximillion and Cecelia Pegasus, just their adopted daughter. They adopted me two years before Cecelia fell ill. She was the only creature (you would be surprised as to the range of beings I have lived with) I have ever truly enjoyed addressing as mother. Then, she fell ill to an awful disease. That had been nearly 12 years ago now.
I was 4 when the couple found me, at least that was what they believed. They had just gotten engaged and, for reasons unknown to me, wished to adopt a child. Fate had brought them to the orphanage I was in, where Cecelia immediately chose me. I never truly understood why. I was the quiet child, sitting by herself in the corner with only a book for company.
To make a long story short for the moment, I am a master magician from the time of Atlantis. I was a part of the city as one of the defenders of the land, until one of my closest friends betrayed me and caused the complete destruction of Atlantis. Unfortunately, I didn't perish alongside my friends. My father, trying to spare me from a demise that he believed I didn't deserve, placed a spell on me, allowing me to live an immortal life so long as I never gave it up for another. 5,000 years passed before I came close to breaking that spell to save the man I loved. Even so, he sacrificed himself so I could survive.
But he gave me a special Millennium item, the Millennium Pendant. Within it, he gave me all the memories he would wipe from his own mind, so I could restore them to him when the time was right, whenever that was. The Pendant was in the form of the Feather of Ma'at with the Millennium symbol in the middle.
After that, I simply wandered the earth, watching over various kingdoms and peoples, keeping the darkness away as much as I could. Finally, 12 years ago, I grew sick of my lonely existence, so I used my magic to make myself a child again. Then, the Pegasus couple adopted me. I spent two amazing years with both of them. When Cecelia died, Maximillian and I were devastated. I knew he needed something to do, so I began drawing the shadow creatures that had cared for me when I was actually a child.
At first, it was just a way to pass the time. Father was always locked in his room, spending time with his paintings of Mother. It didn't really bother me in the beginning, but after a while it began to frustrate me. Not because I felt that he needed to move on, but because it made me remember all those whom I lost over time. I hated watching him suffer alone, knowing I had experienced the same many times over. So, I gave him my drawings and told him stories about whatever monster or magical item I had "created." He was impressed with them to say the least.
Less than a month after that, he took us to Egypt to try and bring Mother back through magical means. I thought he was crazy, but he ignored me. At least until he spoke with Shadi and saw the drawings on the inside of the pyramids. It was then that he gained the Millennium Eye, an Item I hadn't seen since I had buried it deep within the pyramid. After that, he came to me with all kinds of questions, asking me how I knew about these monsters and if I could help him make more. That was how the reappearance of Duel Monsters began, as well as the reappearance of Shadow magic.
Unfortunately, Pegasus became obsessed with the ancient game and the magic behind it. He asked anyone he could about the game and how the magic worked. The more he learned, the more he asked me to draw the monsters from the tablets.
Not too long after that, we moved from our southern country estate to Los Angeles, California to be closer to his new company, Industrial Illusions. It was through this company that he made my game famous. Even though I was only 7 at the time, Pegasus still gave nearly all the credit to me. From that moment on, he and I became two of the most renowned people in the world.
As I grew older, Pegasus became more and more infatuated with the ancient magic. He returned to Egypt to learn more about the Millennium Items. When he returned, he began looking anywhere he could for the other 7 items. As I said, I have the 8th and unknown Millennium Pendant. I kept it closer to me than I ever had before from then on. I knew I couldn't hide it forever. He would one day try to collect all the Millennium Items, to try and restore Cecelia to this world. I just didn't realize how soon that day was.