Chapter 1: Hart's Introduction
Brighty sat in front of her vanity mirror, brushing her hair. She had faint circles under her eyes from not sleeping well the night before. Sighing, she laid her brush aside and again she glanced at the little, clear glass box that contained the strange looking bead.
"Where did it come from?" Brighty wondered aloud, "And that weird dream...why does it all feel so familiar?"
A knock at her bedroom door interrupted her thoughts. "Miss Hart, you breakfast is ready and the car has been called for to take you to school."
Brighty stifled a giggle at her ever-so-proper butler, "Thank you, Martin. I shall be right down." She gave one last apprehensive glance at the bead and then headed downstairs for breakfast.
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Brighty snapped her head back up as she tried valiantly not to fall asleep in history class. This was always her last class of the day and the most boring. The teacher could put himself to sleep.
Truthfully, she didn't need to be in this class, or in school for that matter. She had been tutored since a very young age. Brighty could almost hear her mother now, "I don't understand why you choose to go to that school. With your breading, money and brains you could be in a respected private school." That was all true, but at least here at Domino High School she could be a normal girl. Brighty had only been coming here for about a week now and had yet to make any friends, but she was determined to.
The bell rang and there was a collective sigh of relief from the whole class. Finally, freedom was at hand! Brighty stretched and collected her books to leave. Thankfully she didn't have a board meeting to attend today and had some free time to explore the town at her leisure.
"Hey, Joey! Want to stop by the game shop this afternoon?" Brighty overheard the kid that sat in front of her say to a tall blond guy. "Grandpa just got some new cards in yesterday and there are some really good ones."
"Yeah, sounds cool, Yugi. I'm needing a few new cards for my deck." Brighty rolled her eyes slightly at this Joey characters' tough guy act.
"Tea, Tristan, How about you two? Want to come?" Yugi asked a bubbly, brown haired girl and a tall guy with a funky brown hair-do, though his hair wasn't as bad as his friend Yugi's.
"Sorry, Yugi, I have to work." Tea said with a sigh, "and it's a new job so I can't be late. See ya all tomorrow!" She waved to her friends as she ran out the door.
"Bye, Tea!" Yugi waved back and then turned back to his other two friends, "What about you, Tristan?"
"No can do. My sister roped me into babysitting for her tonight." Tristan scowled at thinking of having to put up with the little brat.
Joey laughed and punched Tristan in the arm, "Poor Tristan. Got suckered, huh?"
Tristan smacked Joey upside the head, "It's easier than babysitting you." The two friends bickered back and forth as they trailed Yugi out of the classroom.
Brighty finished gathering her stuff together and headed out herself. "Hmmm….a game shop, huh?" She speculated, "Well, why not. I have nothing better to do today. Besides, my deck could use a new card or two as well."
