When he was young and foolish, he remembers wanting to befriend the Princess of Light.

A little girl with glorious white hair reaching her lower back stands near the wall of the room, looking over it all with an icy stare. She's colder and brighter than any 11 year old little girl should be, but such is the life in the royal court. You grow up fast and die young.

He walks over to her, smiling at her with golden eyes and an outstretched hand, "Hi. I'm the Prince of Darkness. Who are you?"

The Princess of Light gives him a dirty glare and turns away from him, her nose up, "I don't want to associate with a beast of the Darkness. Father says you'll destroy us all and I'm not foolish."

The Prince of Darkness laughs, "Mother says that the beings of Light will seal away my soul and use my body as a puppet. Perhaps that makes me foolish, but I still want to be your friend, Princess."

The Princess of Light stares into his eyes deeply, as if searching his soul for lies.

She huffs and stalks away.

20 years later they met again on the battle field, exhausted, desperate, needing to destroy the other for destroying all they held dear. But they were too injured to do anything.

The Princess of Light whispers, "Could we have been friends, if our fates weren't tied like this, Prince of Darkness?"

The Prince of Darkness remembers that night, that ball, the icy glare and the blinding hair now tipped in blood and laughs, "Maybe in the next life, Princess of Light. I'd like that."

She laughs bitterly, "If only fate were so kind."

And so their souls left this world for the next, one knowing this time would be different, the other knowing things would stay the same.

Yuuna wakes up with Syrus gently shaking her arm.

She yawns and smiles down at him, "What's up?"

"We landed, Yuuna, I don't know how you slept through all that." Syrus shakes his head, smiling at her, "What were you dreaming about?"

Yuuna thinks for about 3 seconds, "I don't remember."

Syrus groans, shaking his head at her, "Yuuna…."

Yuuna gives a sheepish chuckle.

Her nerves had been on a trigger for the last three days, trying to act like a perfectly normal "boy" with her parents who hate her and hiding the few clothes she felt okay wearing, in a rucksack she was ready to grab and run with if an emergency came. That emergency came the night before the helicopter was meant to take them to Duel Academy. Her parents tried barging into her room, drunk and angry because they thought she stole her mother's dress. Jumping from the two story window is never fun, but she survived the landing and escaped those maniacs.

Then she ended up hiding in a tree in the park, until the stadium opened and she could finally get on the helicopter, safe and sound. She was the first one there and managed to get changed on board, free to be herself, finally. Yuuna was awake to see herself flying, finally having her freedom. But the adrenaline crash was too strong and she passed out soon after.

Syrus and Yuuna are the last ones off the helicopter as a consequence of him staying behind to wake her up. She keeps her rucksack to her chest, waving off the officers who offer to take it to her room. She doesn't have much, but it's hers and she won't lose it. Introductions on a big screen to Chancellor Shepard, (which she slept through standing up, but not letting go of her rucksack), everyone was given their uniform, PDAs and room numbers.

Yuuna can't help but fall in love with her Slifer Red jacket the second she sees it. Red has always been her favorite colour, bold, courageous and firey. It helps her feel braver wearing it. Not to mention, with the long sleeves and it being a size too big, in the winter, it'll help her hide on the days she doesn't feel like putting socks in her bra.

"Yuuna!" Syrus waves to her.

Yuuna waves back, rucksack safe on her back, beaming when she walks up to him. Syrus in a red jacket too, "You're in Slifer too?"

Syrus nods, "Yeah! I'm so excited to meet my roommates!"

Yuuna smiles, relief releasing in her heart. She really is living the dream.

She's in the school of her dreams, chasing the carer of her dreams and her Destiny, with her Duel Monster family in her Deck and her first human friend sharing a dorm with her. It's everything she's always wanted and more.

But best of all…

She won't have to see Mother or Father until summer. Maybe not even that if she can convince the faculty to let her stay during holidays.

Yuuna laughs, and spots Bastion making a corner, "Hey Bastion, are you in Slifer too?"

But he's wearing a yellow jacket and a teasing grin, "Let's see, yellow sleeves, yellow buttons, I don't think so."

Yuuna rolls her eyes, "Sorry, sorry, couldn't see since I'm colorblind."

Bastion blinks at her, "You're colorblind? That would certainly explain it."

Yuuna lets out a laugh, "Kidding, kidding, hahaha!"

Bastion rolls his eyes and shakes his head, walking away.

"See you around the dorms!" Yuuna waves to him.

Bastion turns to her, "I doubt that very much, your Dorm isn't particularly close to the others."

He points over his shoulder at the cliff, where a small building with a red roof sits.

Yuuna grins at Syrus, "Race you there?"

Syrus gapes at her, "No fair, you've got longer legs!"

"But I'm wearing heels." Yuuna snickers, "And I'll give you a 5 second head start, deal?"

Syrus hums, then nods.

Yunna counts down with her fingers, "Ready, set, go!"

Syrus takes off and Yuuna counts to 5 in her head before racing to catch up. While catching up to him, Yubel comes flying from around the school building, to fly at Yuuna's side.

"There appears to be traces of the Light of Destruction here, but I can't pinpoint the source." Yubel gives the volcano a suspicious look, "Though that's rather ominous."

"We'll keep an eye out for the Light of Destruction, then." Yuuna hums and shrugs, "As for the volcano, I heard Seto Kaiba likes to be dramatic, so I'm sure he just did it for the aesthetic. He wouldn't actually put our lives on the line."

Yubel shakes their head, "You have too much faith in a man you've never met."

Yuuna nods again, "True, but so does everyone else here."

Yubel sighs and rolls their eyes, "Humans."

Yunna giggles and rolls her eyes, "Duel Monsters."

Yubel glares at her and Yuuna laughs, sprinting ahead and finally catching up to Syrus, while Yubel disappears into her Deck. They climb to the second floor of their new dorm and it's the most beautiful place Yuuna has ever seen.

"It's like an outhouse with a deck." Syrus whimpers, hand on the crummy yellow paint job.

Yuuna smiles, leaning over the railing, "Look at the view though! I can't even see the mainland!" She turns back to Syrus with a fist raised in excitement, "This place is great!"

With the mainland out of sight, that means her parents will never find her and there's no way they could know she's here. She really is free. It's like a dream come true.

"What room number is yours, Yuuna?" Syrus calls, looking at his PDA, "I've got room 15."

Yuuna hums, pulling her own out of her pocket and gasps. And she wakes up, because that's her room number too.

Oh no.

Oh no, no, no, she can't share a room with him, he's going to notice that she's different within a few days if she's lucky and she can't have Yubel hypnotize him!

"Yuuna?" Syrus walks over to her.

Yunna groans and pockets her PDA, "It's broken, it won't tell me!"

"That's a bummer." Syrus shrugs, smiling, "You can sleep in my room if you still don't know yours by tonight, if you want."

Yuuna blinks at him, "You serious?"

Syrus nods, then turns bright pink and covers his face, "I'm sorry, that was really creepy! I swear I wasn't trying to perve, I'll even stay outside when you're changing and stuff, I didn't mean to be gross, I'm sorry!"

Yuuna stares at him and she remembers her screaming father who'd regularly break her door locks and rip her things to shreds the second she put one foot out of line and she...

She laughs, heart lighter, "It's alright, Syrus, I knew you weren't being pervy. You were being sweet." She smiles at him, "Thank you."

Syrus blinks at her like he can't believe she said that. Yuuna can't believe she said that either. No human has been sweet to her since before she learned she was a girl and even then, they weren't nice. It's good to know there are good people out there.

Maybe ending up as Syrus' roomie won't be too bad.

"You think we knew each other in a past life? Like you were the Ancient Pharaoh and I was the Guardian Priest Seto?"

She takes it back.

Yubel is laughing at them now, like they can't believe the field day they're having.

"I don't think so Syrus, we're too cool for that. They broke the mold when they made the two of us." She smiles at him a little awkwardly, while glaring at Yubel.

They sit on the desk, cooing and giggling, "Oh yes, how I fondly remembered Guardian Priest Syrus watching over you and trying to follow in your footsteps, but he was just too weak to have any hope of getting to your strength."

Yuuna glares at them, annoyed beyond belief. Syrus could be strong, that's why they're here at Duel Academy. To become stronger Duelists.

"Yeah, for different reasons." Syrus sighs, looking down.

Yuuna rolls her eyes and says aloud, turning to face him, "Syrus, I'm giving you a mission. You have to repeat what I say, okay? It's very important."

Syrus gives her a funny look, "Okay?"

Yubel blinks, then shakes their head with a chuckle, "And here we go again."

Yuuna inhales, looks him dead in the eye, grabs his hands and says, "Syrus Truesdale is a capable Duelist!"

Syrus gapes at her, jaw dropping, blushing, "What?! Why do I have to say that?!"

"Because you agreed to copy me, now do so!" Yuuna lets go of his hands, to clap hers, "Syrus Truesdale is a capable Duelist!"

"Sy…" Syrus swallows, clenching his fists, "Syrus Truesdale is a capable Duelist?"

"Good. If we're going to be working on that confidence, I want us doing stuff like this daily. With that done…" Yuuna grabs the curtains and pulls them back, "Let's work on your pad!"

"Those were closed for a reason!"

Yuuna yelps and turns to Yubel with a glare, hissing out between her teeth, "Why didn't you tell me someone was here?!"

Yubel cackles and disappears into the floor. Yuuna hates it when they do that.

"Sorry, we didn't see you there!" Syrus grabs the curtain and closes it.

Yuuna nods, blushing a little, "Yeah, sorry."

"Well do you see me now?" The voice calls and an angry koala-like head appears on the top bunk.

Syrus screams and jumps into Yuuna's arms, who holds Syrus just fine. This guy is way too light, she has to get some food in him.

The koala headed boy is grumpy about sharing his room with two newbies, so he explains the rules of Duel Academy's dorms. How the Obelisk Blue students were the best of the bunch due to grades and being rich asshol- sorry, having "connections". How the Ra Yellow were the younger students with the potential to back it up. Finally, how the Slifer Red students were one failed exam from being expelled. Syrus was disheartened by this, but what the boy, Chumley, said near the end was what worried Yuuna the most.

"What's a girl doing in our dorm anyway?" Chumley huffs, looking her up and down.

Yuuna feels nerves brew in her gut and she folds her arms, "What's wrong with me being here?"

"Duh! All girls go to Obelisk Blue the second they show up." Chumley rolls his eyes, shaking his head, "You get special treatment because boys and girls shouldn't be dormming with each other."

Yuuna feels all the color drain from her face and remembers the paperwork she had to hand in, unable to fake her identity, all the papers with the wrong marker and the wrong name and-

"Maybe they wanted to branch out." Yuuna finds an excuse, "Give girls more opportunities to join in at Duel Academy, I don't know. I didn't even know there was a girls' only dorm until just now."

Chumley gives her a suspicious look and huffs.

Syrus hums, finger on his lips, "He does have a point though. I heard that all the Slifer Reds were supposed to be sharing dorm rooms with each other and I don't think it's fair you have to share it with the rest of us."

Yuuna lets out a silent breath, thankful he believed her. Now, she needs to find whoever handles the paperwork and let Yubel work their magic, before her secret gets out. She hates having to use it, but it's an emergency. She's going to be the first Queen of Games and save the world from the Light of Destruction, she can't let paperwork keep her out of school.

"I'm gonna go explore then, see if I can find my dorm room." Yuuna waves at Syrus, heading for the door, "Later."

Syrus waves his hand, "Later Yuuna! That offer is still open, by the way!"

Yuuna smiles, heart warming from his kindness and nods to him in return. She walks out the dorm room and finds Yubel waiting for her, leaning against the wall. They float at her side as she starts walking towards the main Duel Academy building, grabbing her rucksack straps, just to remember it's there.

"I thought classes didn't officially start until Monday." Yubel inquiries, looking at the building in confusion.

Yuuna grits her teeth, "Girls only belong in Obelisk Blue. I'm in Slifer Red."

Yubel gasps.

She turns to them, "If we don't find out who handles the paperwork and get them to shut their mouths, I'm in trouble. A lie about opening opportunities in Slifer Red will only work for so long."

Yubel nods, "I'll do whatever I can to help you, Little Princess."

Yuuna smiles at her old friend and nods, "Okay then."

The two continue to walk into the building, Yuuna doing her best to look casual. She takes a few glances in the Duel Arenas, seeing a few different students in different jackets doing practice Duels in each Arena. So far, she's only seen students in Red in one room, the Yellows in the other. There's another Duel Arena coming up and a few Obelisk Blue students walk out it.

"Man, what a waste." The one in the middle scoffs, "That girl's best card isn't even that good."

Yuuna slows a little, watching as he gives the card in his hand a nasty glare.

"Yeah, you said it Chazz." The one with blue hair on the left nods along.

"Yeah, it's worthless. I say you trash it." The brunette on the right says.

The boy in the middle scoffs and drops the card right in front of him. Yuuna hears a scream and she acts without thinking, even as Yubel tells her to stop. She rushes and catches the card before it can hit the ground, knocking Chazz to it instead. On accident, she swears.

"What the hell?!" Chazz snarls, coughing on his ass, staring at her like a wet, angry cat.

Yubel flies to her side, giving her a glare, "Yuuna, that was reckless."

Yuuna knows, but she doesn't care. The card she's holding is a little kitten called Rescue Cat and he gives a little purr when she gently rubs his card art, "It's okay. You're safe now."

"What's your deal, Slifer Slime?!" Chazz stands up, looking down at her, fists shaking at his sides.

"Yuuna, don't antagonize him!" Yubel hisses, flapping their wings in worry.

Yuuna faces him head on, holding the card to her chest, "I just think it's rude to drop someone's precious card, that's all."

"What?" Chazz glares at her, then his eyes widen and he smirks, "Well what do you know, you're the kid who beat Dr. Crowler with your cheap 0 ATK monster."

Yubel groans, dropping their head into their hands, "Now he's done it."

Yuuna's eyebrow twitches, "Yubel isn't cheap and neither are any of my other Monsters, Blue Blood. Now who did you take Rescue Cat from?"

Chazz's grin widens and she gets a gross feeling when he looks her up and down like a piece of meat. Yuuna stands her ground, protecting Rescue Cat from his sight with her hands. His friends are surrounding her, so she can't take off running in any directions without knowing any of them down. Looks like she'll have to fight her way out of this one-

"Princeton!"

Yuuna, Chazz, Yubel and the two Obelisk Blues look at the call of the name and see a girl with red hair marching up while a girl with black hair follows behind her, pulling on her friend's arm. Both are in Obelisk Blue uniforms suited for female students.

"Duel me right now!" The red hair demands, "Give Mindy back her Rescue Cat!"

"Jasmine, please, a deal's a deal!" The black haired girl looks frantically between the red head and the boy.

Chazz scoffs, turning to her fully, hands on his hips, "Yeah right, Jasmine. I'll beat you just like I've beaten every single Obelisk Blue in our year already. Besides, I don't have her stupid Rescue Cat anymore, I never cared about garbage cards."

"What?!" Mindy shouts, looking frightened and scared.

"He's here." Yuuna shoves past Chazz, knocking him into the wall accidentally and offers Mindy the card, "Chazz was going to drop him, but I caught him. I hope he's okay."

Mindy takes the card with a relieved smile, "Oh thank Gods, he IS okay." She gently kisses the card art and slips it into her Deck box, "Thank you so much, Miss?"

"Yuki." Yuuna offers her hand, "Yuuna Yuki. Mindy right?"

Mindy nods and takes her hand, pressing her other one to her heart, "Yeah, Mindy Hamaguchi." She uses her free hand to gesture to the other girl, palm up and open, "And this is Jasmine Makurada."

Jasmine waves, smiling in approval, "Thanks for getting Mindy's card back." She narrows her eyes a little, "I didn't know girls could be in Slifer Red…"

Yuuna laughs nervously, rubbing the back of her head, "It's news to me too."

Shoot, she needs an out. She looks to Yubel, hoping for a distraction or something-

"Don't ignore me, Slifer Slacker!"

Oh thank Gods, Chazz is being an ass. She can work with this.

Yuuna turns to him, dropping Mindy's hand, blinking at him owlishly, "Sorry, Blue Blood, who are you?"

"He's Chazz Princeton and he was the number one Duelist in Duel Prep School!" The blue haired Obelisk Blue huffs, wrists on his hips as he gives Yuuna a pointed stare.

The brunette cheers, pumping a meaty fist, "Yeah, he's going to be the next King of Games!"

Yuuna shares a secret smile with Yubel and shakes her head, "Sorry, but I'm not sharing that throne with anyone."

"Excuse me?" Chazz's eyebrow twitches, like he wants to punch her.

Mindy and Jasmine look at her in surprise.

Yuuna smiles, turns to Chazz fully and points to herself, "I'm going to be the first Queen of Games, Mr. Princeton. And I'm not sharing the throne with a Blue Blood like you."

They all look at her in varying degrees of shock, awe and surprise.

"This sure is a motley crew."

All heads turn to the new girl on the scene, Yuuna locking eyes with her in a heartbeat.

Then time pauses, a feeling running through their veins like electricity. It's strong and makes them look each other up and down, assessing the other if she's an enemy or a friend. Sight, sound, smells, all other stimuli disappear as the pair look at each other, images of a white haired girl and a golden eyed boy overlapping in their minds' eyes. Yuuna feels something like hope fill her heart, while the girl stares her down like a stranger.

"Alexis!" Mindy cheers, snapping the moment the second it formed, "I got Rescue Cat back from Chazz!"

The blonde girl blinks and looks at her friend, "Oh?"

"Yeah, Yuuna got it back for me." Mindy turns to her with a smile.

Yuuna nods and offers a small smile of her own, "No problem."

Jasmine pouts a little, folding her arms, "I was still ready to get him back for you, Mindy."

Mindy giggles, turning to her with a small smile, "I know, Jazz. Thanks."

Jasmine blushes a little, but Yuuna nor Alexis pay any attention to the pair. The two walk a little closer to each other, that same feeling from before demanding something of them. Yuuna doesn't know what this feeling is and Yubel has vanished, so they can't tell her anything.

"So you're the infamous Yuuna Yuki." Alexis offers her hand, "Alexis Rhodes."

Yuuna nods, a little suspicious but takes her hand all the same, "Nice to meet you."

The two stare each other down while shaking hands still. Yuuna distantly notices a small scream breaking out in the back of her head.

Alexis is the one who backs down first, breaking the handshake, "Part of me wants to Duel you here and now, to see how I stack up against the girl who beat Dr. Crowler."

Yuuna grins, reaching for her cards, "Then let's get our game o-"

"However, the Obelisk Welcome dinner is about to start and I came here to make sure none of you were late." Alexis walks around Yuuna, leaving her absolutely hanging.

Yuuna turns on her heel and watches Chazz scoff and walk away with his lackeys, "Yeah, great. Whatever Rhodes. See you there."

Mindy and Jasmine sigh, then smile at Yuuna.

"It was nice meeting you." Jasmine smiles at her, nodding.

Mindy waves, grinning wide, "Thanks so much again, for getting my Rescue Cat, Yuuna!"

With that, the pair walk back to the Obelisk Blue Dorms, leaving Alexis and Yuuna alone in the hallway. For her hurry to get the others out of here, Alexis doesn't look ready to go anywhere, staring at Yuuna with ice in her eyes. Yuuna wonders distantly if the hallway got colder just because of the intensity.

"The Slifer Welcome Dinner is going to start soon, Yuuna." Alexis says.

Yuuna nods, "I'll see you around then. I really want to have that Duel now."

Alexis nods and turns on her heel, as if it never happened in the first place.

Yuuna stands in the hallway for a while and feels cold all over, then she starts rubbing her arms to get some warmth. But nothing chases away the chill and Yubel hasn't returned either. This isn't like them at all.

Yuuna grits her teeth and starts running for the Slifer Red dorm.

"Yuuna, you made it! I saved you a seat!"

Yuuna sees Syrus waving her over, an empty seat at his side with a plate of food there too. Yubel emerges from their card art as Yuuna takes her seat, taking off her rucksack and putting it on the chair next to her.

"Syrus, I could kiss you right now." Yuuna beams at him, grabbing her chopsticks.

Syrus gives an adorable yelp and blushes to the tips of his ears, which makes Yunna giggle. Yubel is laughing at him, cooing and teasing, but luckily he can't hear them. Yuuna sees the man at the top of the room start addressing the group, but she can't wait anymore.

She starts eating, mumbling through her mouthfuls, "This is great!"

She hasn't eaten this great in years!

Syrus gives her a panicked look, "I think we were supposed to say something about ourselves before we started eating, Yuuna."

"I'm starving, does that work?" Yuuna gives him a cheeky grin.

No way she's stopping now, not for anything.

Yubel shakes their head, wings flapping softly, "You'll be lucky if you don't get in trouble with your teachers, Yuuna."

She doesn't mind, they can't be any worse than her parents.

"I'm serious Yuuna, he's walking over here!" Syrus looks up, just as a shadow crosses her plate.

Yuuna looks up to see a man with long black hair in a ponytail looking over them. He's got a cat in his arms, his eyes narrowed like he disapproves and yeah, Yuuna's getting detention on the first day, what a world!

"Since some of us don't feel like sharing…" The man smiles, "Let's just eat."

Yuuna looks up at him gratefully, "Thank you, uhh…"

"Professor Banner. I didn't realize I'd be getting my first female student this year." He hums, "I thought everyone had a roommate though."

Yuuna laughs nervously, "Yeah, I couldn't find my dorm room earlier, because my PDA stopped working for a bit. So I don't know if I have roommates or not."

"Well everyone else here is a boy, so we can't have that." Banner nods and straightens up, "I'll show you too a free dorm room after you've eaten."

Yuuna gapes at him, "You're serious?"

"Yes, it is important you feel safe at Duel Academy and you really should have your own room." Banner smiles at her, "It wouldn't be appropriate to have you share with a boy."

Yuuna can't believe it, she...

She smiles at him, "Thank you, sir."

Banner nods with a smile and goes to sit at the head of the room. It quickly dissolves into light chitchat, with everyone getting to know each other, mingle with upper classmen and classmates. A few cards get traded around too, with soft laughs and friendly smiles. Yuuna even shares a few words with Syrus and a few other classmates between her stuffing her face with food. She's so used to just getting it all down her as fast as possible, she's done while Syrus is still halfway through his food.

Yuuna shares a smile with Yubel while watching everyone enjoying their first meal as a dorm together. When everyone's finished, Banner asks for a volunteer to help do the dishes.

"I will!" Yuuna raises her hand first.

It's the least she can do after changing the plans earlier.

Banner hums, "Okay then. Would anyone else like to help me and Miss Yuki?"

Suddenly practically everyone else in the room raises their hands, waving to get his attention. Yuuna wonders why they didn't before…

"Would you like to pick who helps, Miss Yuki?" Banner chuckles, "We need a 4 student team on this."

Yuuna hums and sees Syrus has his hand up while Chumley has his hand only half raised. She picks the pair of them and two more boys she thinks are in her year, then they get to work, while everyone else turns in for the night.

"Nice work everyone, boys go ahead to your rooms now." Banner claps, taking off his apron.

Most of the boys walk out, yawning and stretching. Syrus pauses in the door way, turning around at the last moment, "Yuuna?"

Yuuna hums, taking off her apron, "Yeah Sy?"

Syrus smiles and waves a little, "Good night."

Yuuna feels her heart warm and she waves back, "Sleep well, Syrus. Thanks for a great first day."

Syrus nods and he walks out of the room. Yuuna yawns and bends down to grab her backpack, which Yubel has been guarding all this time. Yuuna shoulders her bag as Banner finishes putting away the last glass. The two make towards the cafeteria.

"So Miss Yuki, what do you think of Duel Academy so far?" Banner asks, walking out the room with her.

Yuuna hums as she adjusts her rucksack, "It's amazing! The Duel Arenas are incredible, the rooms look pretty awesome. Other than one or two Obelisk Blues, everyone is really friendly, too. Not to mention, my home room teacher is awesome."

Yubel rolls their eyes, "Everyone's so friendly because you're a pretty girl, Little Princess."

Banner laughs, "Yuuna, you flatter me!"

Yuuna beams at him, blushing a little, "I try my best."

She really is lucky to be here. Incredibly lucky.

"Now, this will be your room." Banner fishes out a key from his pocket, "As your home room teacher, I'm required to have a copy of each key, but I'll only use it in an emergency."

"Makes sense." Yuuna nods, holding her rucksack to her chest.

Yubel chuckles, "One little spell from me and that key will be useless at the drop of a word."

Yuuna rolls her eyes at them. Yubel will do no such thing.

"I hope you like it." Banner opens the door and gestures that she go in.

So she does. It's exactly the same as Syrus and Chumley's room, with a small kitchen inside, a desk and a triple bunk bed. Yubel immediately flies for the top bunk and trots around it in a circle, like a cat going to sleep. Yuuna has to stop herself from giggling at the adorable sight.

"This is great, Professor Banner. Thank you." Yuuna puts her rucksack on the desk, spinning once to see the whole room.

"Not a problem. You'll find your key in the top draw and the times food is served in the mess hall on your PDA when it starts working again. The showers are outside unfortunately, so everyone can use them at any time. However, we can arrange it so you have an hour where you're the only one permitted to use it. If there's anything else you need to be sorted, just let me know." Banner calls, hand on the door knob.

Yuuna smiles and bows to him, "I will. Thank you so much for everything already."

Banner nods and closes the door. Yuuna straightens and lets out a sigh. She's safe. She takes off her jacket, prepared to turn in and unpack tomorrow. She's barely got anything it won't take her long. But she can't stop smiling as she changes into the school academy PJs.

"Sleep well, Little Princess." Yubel hums, yawning on the end of their sentence.

Yuuna giggles and calls quietly, "Night, Yubel. I love you."

"Love you too." Yubel mumurs and then they're out for the night.

Yuuna closes her eyes and smiles. She's safe.

Alexis turns on every light and lamp in her room, making it as bright as possible, before drawing her card. She looks to see, she drew exactly the card she wanted to see.

"Ice Princess." Suddenly, a voice echoes from the card.

Alexis swallows, "Yes, White Night Queen?"

The temperature of the room seems to go down. Alexis is used to the cold though.

"Why didn't you destroy the Prince of Darkness right then and there? It was daylight, you were in your element. You would have destroyed him easily." She sounds disappointed and it makes Alexis want to curl in on herself.

"I didn't expect the Prince of Darkness to be masquerading as a girl. Convincingly too, if she managed to make my friends think she was one." Alexis looks at the card seriously, trying not to shift her eyes too much, "I would have blown my cover if I challenged him right there. I have to wait until the time is right to reveal myself."

An angry scoff, "Just remember to do it soon, Ice Princess. Your brother's fate hangs on you defeating the Darkness that trapped him."

Alexis feels fear spike in her gut, "I know, White Night Queen. I'll begin my investigation into his hide out, too."

"The abandoned dorm? I've already told you you'll find nothing but rubble and pain there. You are a strange child, to seek out a useless place." White Night Queen sounds annoyed, now.

Alexis glares at her, "I just want to make sure he isn't using that cursed place to store his power, or destroy it if it is being stored."

"How very clever, my dear. How very clever…" White Night Queen doesn't sound impressed, "Be swift about your investigation. You never know what agents of the night the Prince of Darkness will be using. If he's gone so far as to fake his identity, he must be desperate to hide who he truly is and his intentions with your people. Don't let him win, Ice Princess. I choose you to fight for a reason."

Alexis looks at her bedside table. On it is a picture of a boy with brown hair and brown eyes, who wears a wide grin while hugging a little blonde girl, who Alexis once was. The boy is her brother and when he came to Duel Academy, the shadows swallowed him up, taking him from her. The darkness stole her brother.

She is the light and she will get him back, or die trying.

No one messes with her family. Certainly not the Prince of Darkness.

He could not be in more danger than he is right now, as she plans his demise.