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Chapter 3: Liana
"Liana?" Atem ran through a forest of beautiful trees looking for the mysterious girl. "Liana! Where are you?" He stopped as he heard the sound of water splashing. He turned his head in the direction that the sound was coming from and saw a humongous waterfall. Liana sat on one of the big boulders of rock with her feet dangling in the clean water. "There you are." Atem sighed and breathed heavily trying to catch his breath. "Why did you run off like that?" He panted.
Liana looked away tears still fresh in her eyes. "I do not belong here."
Atem thought for a moment before sitting next to the girl. "Neither do I." he said softly. "But it seems that you have made a bunch of new friends here. You said you've been here for a while, right?"
She still didn't look up. She kept her gaze fixated on the sparkling water. "Five years." She almost whispered. "I've been here five years…" She looked up at Yami. "This place is evil. You should get out while you can. At first everything will seem so perfect and beautiful like a forbidden paradise, but once you're here…you can't leave."
Atem's eyes widened. "What do you mean by 'can't leave'?"
"Well, I loved this place when I first arrived. It was great. I made lots of friends. But, then I started asking about where I had came from and they didn't like that."
"'They' being the people in this world?"
She nodded. "Yup. They always say it doesn't matter who I was before I came here. All that matters is that I am here now. But I'm afraid that I won't be for much longer…"
"Why is that?" Atem shifted his weight and crossed his legs.
"She didn't tell you?"
"Who?"
"Kelsey." Liana sighed. "I'm the new sacrifice…"
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"Yugi, where da hell are we?" Joey asked as he stood.
"I don't know." Yugi looked around. Trees, trees, and some more trees. There wasn't much too look at. "It looks like we're in some sort of forest."
"I wonder where Tea is." Tristan said with a frown. "This place is enormous. She could be anywhere."
"Yeah…" They all stared up at the canopies of the huge forest. Yugi sat down on the grass. "Guys, where do you think the pharaoh is?"
Joey and Tristan shrugged. "I don't know man."
Yugi frowned. "Don't you worry, Yuge. I'm sure dat Atem is fine." Joey grinned. "He's probably off flirtin' with hot babes as we speak."
Yugi smiled and laughed. "The sad thing is, you're probably right!"
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Atem was shocked when Liana told him that it was she who would be the next sacrifice. Why would they do that? She was too young. Why not sacrifice a sick and elderly person? He just didn't get it.
"Why have they chosen you?"
Liana didn't answer right away. She seemed to be thinking. "I don't really know…" She swung her feet in the water childishly. "But the people here say that it is a great honor…Personally, I don't see what's so great about it."
"How old are you?"
Liana looked up at him. "Fifteen. And you?"
"Sixteen." Atem said. Liana smiled.
"I remember meeting someone who was your age. He sounded like you too…"
Atem studied her expression for a few moments.
"He had the same deep voice you have." She continued. "And he gave me this." She held up a diamond ring that was on her finger. It shone beautifully and gave of a prism of colors through the sun. "I met him in a dream…but I never got to see his face." Liana took her feet out of the water and stood. "Could you be that man?"
Atem didn't know how to respond. True, something about the girl was very familiar, but he hadn't actually met her before, had he? "I don't think so…"
The girl frowned. "Oh…If you were then maybe I could finally leave this place…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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