Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or its characters. I only own Sapphira Takaru, Marina Takaru, Toran Takaru and Zahara.

Sorry that I took so long to update. Writer's block is a killer. Not to mention that I was also working on other fanfiction stories and my own personal book series that I'm working on. Thankfully, I'm close to finishing the last book in the series, so I should be getting back to my own stories on fanfiction pretty soon. I'm sorry for anybody who has been wondering what's been taking so long for me to update. So I hope that I don't disappoint any of you. Now, on with chapter 1!

Chapter 1

Marina's Thoughts

General P.O.V.

"Hey Mom, look what I found on the ground!" Sapphira cried out as she ran to her mother who was in the living room. " I think that it's a cool card!"

Marina smiled as she looked down at her daughter from the chair in her living room. Marina wore a light blue tube dress that reached her knees and wore black dress shoes. She also had golden armbands on her arms and a saphhire pendant with a silver chain around her neck.

Sapphira looked to be around eight or nine. Her blonde hair with silver highlights reached her shoulders and she had an aqua blue headband in her hair. She wore a sea green tube top with a light pink skirt and sienna brown hiking boots. She had a bright lavender choker around her neck with a sea green diamond gem hanging grom the choker. Her bright sky blue eyes sparkled as she held out the card for Marina to see what she found. What neither noticed was her birthmark glowing faintly before it stopped.

It was a picture of a dragon with red eyes on the card. Marina immediately recognized it as one of the cards in Duel Monsters. Marina gently handed it back to Sapphira with a gentle smile. " So, do you plan on starting to play Duel Monsters?" Sapphira gave a bright smile and nodded her head.

"Yeah," Sapphira began with a small smile as she looked down at the card. "I can't help but feel like this card is important to me. It's like I knew it from somewhere before, or maybe in a past life."

Marina smiled at her words before she stood up. She picked up a biefcase and opened it up and took something out of it before she held it out to Sapphira.

"Then you will be needing some of these, don't you think princess?" Marina began with a smile on her face as she handed her several packs of cards."You can't use a deck with just one card, now can you?"

Sapphira shook her head with a small smile at that. She opened them and smiled at some of the cards that she got. She saw another Red-Eyes Black Dragon in there, a Meteor Dragon, Summoned Skull, and a few other cards. She smiled at what she saw before she looked up to her mother.

"Thanks Mother," Sapphira began. " I promise that I will put these to good use."

Marina just smiled at that. She leaned down and ruffled her hair slightly, earning a small whine from her daughter for messing up her hair.

"I know that you will, my little princess" Marina began. Now hurry along. I believe that you said that you were going to pay Marik, Ishizu and Odion a visit today. You don't want to be late. You do remember what today means for them, don't you?"

Sapphira nodded before she took a small blue backpack off of the kitchen and put it on before she ran out the door. Marina watch her go off with a small smile. She knew that she looked at the her cousins like they were her siblings. They all sure acted like it enough for them to be mistaken for such on multiple occasions.

She knew that even though Sapphira acted so happy a lot, she was actually sad deep inside. She supposed it was because of the bullying that the other children would do to her when they weren't around. Marina shook her head at her thoughts.

Just because her daughter didn't look like them didn't give them a reason to torment their daughter. So what if her hair color was different from them. It still didn't give them a reason to harm her for being different from her.

She only hopes that she finds someone who will understand that some day. Goodness knows that she needs someone besides her cousins that she can turn to when she feels sad and needs comfort. If she doesn't she may just become lost in her despair and may not be able to come out of it. She only hopes that it doesn't come to that. After all, she is her mother. And mother would she be if she let her daughter succumb to a fate such as that.

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