Here I was, Walking through the forest in the middle of the island. The ghoul or ghaslia or whatever she wanted to be called didn't tell me Exactly where to go, So I've been wandering around for about 25 minutes.
The forest hums with life all around me. I twirl about, gazing up at the canopy, searching for the birds that sing sweetly. The sun breaks through the cracks, lighting up the dirt path ahead of me, decorated with outgrown roots, wildflowers and fallen leaves that crunch beneath my bare feet. I trudge on, taking in the fragrance of minty grass and the damp earth. Each breathe is like water, fresh and cleansing, flowing freely into my lungs.
Though, The place was eerie.
"Huh. A clearing." I came into the middle of the forest, where several pathways converged. The trees and brussels and were seemingly in a perfect cross before the clearing, As if they were told not to grow any further. T he was a sign next to one of the trees which said: "Abandon all hope, Ye who come here."
"That's so ominous." Skye said. She had a bad feeling about this place.
" It's not untrue….." A mysterious voice said.
"Who's there?" Skye yelled.
The ghoul appeared from the shadows, Her porcelain skin was ashen, almost anemic; a cold sweat glistened on her forehead and her recessed cheeks; the moss of her eyes had turned into a leaf that was desperately trying to cling onto the last bit of its chlorophyll, its life. She had hair so black against skin so white and it made a contrast that only served to make the girl look all the more ghostly, all the more haunting.
The ghoul's skin was as rugged and decrepit as in her dreams with her chapped lips and rough hair, it was like looking at the human version of sandpaper.
" You came…." She sheepishly said to me.
"Ah!" I fell backwards. The ghoul was much scarier in real life than in my dreams.
"Y-You're real!" I screeched.
"Of course… I'm real." Ghaslia said.
"-Did you not see the mark on your hand?" She pointed out.
" I did but…. I just didn't think a monster like you could really exist!" I exclaimed.
"Ha! Monsters like me truly do exist…. But we were only just created by you…." She sighed.
"Huh?" I said confused.
"Nothing." She brushed off.
"You want…. To get your friends souls back right!" she got to the crux of the matter.
"Yeah! You stole them, You monster!" I yelled.
" I didn't steal them… Your friends made a wager." She responded.
"Huh?" I said.
"I said that they could either duel me or they'd lose their souls. Is it really stealing if I gave them a choice?" Ghaslia said.
"No! The choice was that they could duel you or basically die! That's not a good choice at all!" I exclaimed.
"-Plus You took their souls anyway!" I continued on to say.
"Why, Of course I did…." She gasped.
"-But at least I made their options available. That's something you taught me, right?" She said. Those last few words didn't seem to make sense though.
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, Nothing…" She smirked.
"I'm going to destroy you!:" I took out my duel disk and strapped around my arm, angrily. I slammed my deck into the card slot and turned it on!
"Ahaha! Your very brave for accepting my challenge! Although it is a bit suicidal to take me on…" The ghoul's duel disk seemed to appear out of thin air, It was gray with green stripes and seemed to be connected her skin. Her cards and deck were also colored the same with several drops of blood on them.
" I will get my friends souls back!" I yelled!
"You will die trying…." She retorted.
"Let's Duel!"