Chapter 7
Secretly, one guest had followed Marie to her room. Once at her room, the guest pushed Marie into her room.
"What the …" Marie began to cry out, only to find a hand quickly covering her mouth.
The guest then pushed Marie even harder into her room. The mysterious guest then quickly shut the door and then turned to face Marie.
"Sorry, but I need to talk to you Marie." came a familiar voice.
Marie immediately recognized the girl that was there by her voice. It was Ishizu Ishtar.
"What do you want Ishizu?" Marie asked in an irritated voice. It was bad enough to surprise someone, but to shove them into their room, making them think something else was going on was just worse.
"I'm sorry if I scared you. I just wanted to give you something. I know that you were destined to own it." Ishizu said.
Ishizu then raised her hands up to her neck and concentrated for a second. In a golden flash, a golden necklace formed around her neck. It had what looked like an eye in the middle of the necklace.
Marie gasped, but surprisingly, she felt as if she'd seen this golden object before her a long time ago. She then said "Wow, how did you do that?"
Chuckling, Ishizu then replied with "That doesn't matter right now. This is my Millennium Necklace. With it, I've gazed into the past and the future. And in the past, I've learned that it was not I that was destined to own it for all time. I learned that you once owned it and was destined to own it again."
Shocked, Marie said "Huh? What do you mean I owned it?"
Calmly, Ishizu then responded with "In ancient times, the times of the pharaoh named Yami, you were one of eight followers that assisted the pharaoh. And for your help, you were awarded the Millennium Necklace."
Not understanding a single word that Ishizu was saying, Marie gave a puzzled look. For some reason though, something deep within her felt as if she understood, but still, she wasn't sure. She then curiously said "Ancient times? Millennium Necklace? One of eight followers? What are you talking about?"
Smiling, Ishizu then said "I'm talking about your destiny. You have a destiny to fulfill in this tournament. And in order to fulfill it, you need your Millennium Necklace back to help fulfill it. You gave it long ago to the Tomb Keepers, which was your own family, in order to keep them safe. In turn, they kept it safe and used it to help guard the pharaoh's tomb for nearly five millennia. It was passed down to each Tomb Keeper till eventually, I was given the Millennium Necklace to help protect the pharaoh's tomb. Now, the Millennium Necklace has to be returned to its true owner. So here, I return your Millennium Necklace to you."
Ishizu then took the Millennium Necklace off of her neck and handed it to Marie. When it was safely in Marie's hands, it suddenly started to glow. This glow triggered something rather deep within Marie. Something that was meant to only reawaken when she had received the Millennium Necklace.
Images flashed through Marie's eyes, giving her a quick glance at her ancient past. Images of herself, of Illidan, of many others she had known, and then so many other different images. This was all that was needed to reawaken her past self.
Marie then smiled at Ishizu and said "Yes, I remember now. It was mine. It has been so long since I've had the Millennium Necklace with me. I thank you Ishizu. Thank you for returning my Millennium Necklace to me."
Ishizu smiled and slightly bowed her head, saying "You are welcome. Good luck in the tournament."
With that, Ishizu left the room. Marie only stood there looking at the Millennium Necklace for a few long moments. She then decided to put the Millennium Necklace on. Slowly, she placed it around her neck, realizing it had been nearly five millennia since she had last wore it.
Once it was on, she decided to look back to the time of the pharaoh. She hoped that the images of the past would help return all of her past memories. Slowly but surely, the Millennium Necklace reawakened her memories. There she sat in her room through the rest of the journey, continuing to slowly remember all of her past and checking into her future.
As they arrived to the island, Marie then stopped looking and used the same technique Ishizu had to conceal her Millennium Necklace. She smiled and then decided she'd have to continue checking the future out later. For now, she had to worry about the present.