Her words became a scream as the road in front of her disappeared off the edge of the deck. Dark Magician Girl tried to reach for the ledge again, but there was nothing she could do but fall. She woke up in the middle of a dark hallway, with one door on each side.

"Ow… that hurt!" she groaned as she stood up, dusting off her skirt. "Hey… wait a minute… Where am I?"

She looked around, rather confused. She didn't know where she was, or how long she had been there.

"I've never seen this part of the deck before." She wandered down the short hallway a couple of times. The two doors were the only things there. The hallway was dark, dirty, and covered with dust. She coughed lightly. "I don't think anybody else's been down here either."

Not knowing what else to do, she tried the first door. It was locked.

"Hello?" she called out. "Is anybody home?"

Dark Magician Girl shivered.

"I don't think I like this place…" she whispered, walking back across the hallway to the other door. She jiggled the doorknob, and to her surprise, this door opened.

"Hello?" she whispered, a little more cautiously. If master were here, she thought to herself, I would be really brave right now. But if master were here… I wouldn't be here right now either… "Hello?"

She came face to face with a strange boy. His face seemed oddly familiar, though Dark Magician Girl had never seen him inside the deck. He didn't look like any duel monster she'd ever met. His hair was oddly colored, and he wore strange robes without armor. And nothing appeared to be broken or scarred!

"Oh my!" she shrieked, jumping back slightly. Her wand flew out of her hands twice before she finally caught it. "There really is someone home!"

Fortunately, the boy's startled composure signaled that he was just as afraid of her as she was of him.

"Dark Magician Girl?" he whispered, looking at the duel monster standing in front of him. She stepped back timidly at the mention of her name.

"You know who I am?"

"Of course I do…" the boy answered. "You're one of my favorite monsters. Is this a dream?"

"Dream?" Dark Magician Girl repeated, confused. "One of your… oh… Oh!"

She gasped several times, almost dropping her wand again.

"Oh my gosh! I said I wanted to find the Lord and give him a piece of my mind, and I did! But I don't! But I do! You know, I figured you'd be a lot taller…"

"Lord? Piece of your mind?" he asked cautiously, as Dark Magician Girl weakly attempted to calm herself down. "What are you talking about?"

"You!" she answered quickly. "You look like the Lord! That's where I've seen you! In the duel! You're the big guy who looks down on all of us from above! Only… you're not really so big now that I see you up close. Why did you shrink?"

Yugi blinked.

"I'm… not a Lord." He finally answered. "I'm just a high school student. And… and you're a duel monster!"

"Of course I'm a duel monster! Wait… what's a high school student?" she scratched her head with her wand.

Yugi gulped. The 'Lord' that Dark Magician Girl was referring to had to be his other self, the spirit of the pharaoh. How he would explain that, however, Yugi wasn't entirely sure.

"My name is Yugi." He finally answered, deciding that was the best place to start. He held out his hand, hoping the duel monster would take it. She shook it eagerly..

"Dark Magician Girl!" she smiled, and the questions began again. "Do you live in the deck too? How come I've never seen you before? Why do you look like the Lord?"

"I think we'd better talk about a few things…" Yugi answered, leaning against his soul room door. "Maybe that will help."

The young spellcaster nodded, and both told the other what they wanted to know.