"I'm going after him." Arlene didn't even need to think about her choice - Ethan was her brother and she had to help him. Fay was having none of it.

"Arlene! You can't go after Ethan! You don't even know where he went and it's really dangerous and it wont just be Chester and you don't know how to cure him!"

"Is that all?" Arlene asked, not seeming to care. Fay shrieked at the top of her lungs. Thankfully the two girls were in Fay's room so she didn't embarrass herself.

"Arlene, you just can't! Begia's dangerous!" Arlene looked at her curiously.

"How do you know that Chester was infected by Begia? He didn't say who he was working for." Fay looked stunned. Arlene got up and stared at Fay. "Do you know something about Begia?" Fay bit her lip and scratched the back of her head.

"I...I..." she sighed. "I do." Arlene folded her arms and waited for Fay to say something. "What?"

"What do you know about Begia?" Arlene asked. Fay shook her head, causing Arlene to lose it. "DON'T YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD AT ME! THEY TOOK MY BROTHER! THEY INFECTED HIM WITH WHATEVER GOT CHESTER, AND JUST AFTER WE FINALLY FOUND EACH OTHER! SO YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT BEGIA, OR ELSE!" Fay had recoiled, but moved closer to Arlene apprehensively when Arlene sank to the floor and burst into tears. "It's NOT fair!" Arlene continued. "I only saw him for a few moments before he got taken away!"

"H...how did you two ever get separated anyway?" Fay dared to ask. Arlene looked up at her, eyes shining with tears.

"He just got up one day and left. He never wrote or anything like that, so I never knew why he ran away. I spent two years trying to find him. Then I found out that he was at Duel Academy in his third year, so I convinced my parents to let me come here. I'd never duelled properly before the entrance examination." Fay had a look of awe on her face.

"You'd never dueled before coming here?" Arlene nodded. "Wow! You were able to get into Duel Academy after your first duel!" She thought for a moment. "Okay. We'll go after Begia. You and me. But right now I need to tell you some things about them." Arlene nodded gratefully, and hastily wiped away her tears, becoming her old self.

"Begia isn't really that bad of an organisation as far as things go," Fay began, then smiled sadly. "I know it doesn't seem that way after what they've done..."

"It's funny," Arlene interrupted. "Bryon said the same thing." Fay nodded and continued.

"Begia's supposed to be a really quiet organisation. They've never done anything like this before, so I don't know what it is they're planning. Begia's very concerned with family: everyone looks out for everyone else and everyone's important, and that hasn't changed by the looks of how they burned the island..." She paused. "If what Bryon told you before was true, there are still three people from Begia on the island. They might want to burn down the island again if something's not done." Arlene's eyes hardened.

"Then let's deal with them." Fay shook her head.

"We don't even know who they are. And we're not killers. We'd have to rely on them removing the Fate cards from play and then beating them to do any real damage."

"Do all of the members of Begia have the Fate cards?" Fay shrugged.

"Even that's a guess. I've never seen any of them use the Fate cards before, but with all the changes they've undergone I wouldn't put it past them." Arlene thought for a moment before coming up with an idea.

"We could ask Bryon who the other three members of Begia are." Fay shook her head again.

"No we couldn't. Like I said before, Begia treats everyone as family. He wouldn't tell us. Weren't you listening?"

"I was listening. Still, it was worth a shot." There was silence. "So what's the plan?" Fay looked exasperated.

"Did you listen to anything? What do you think we've been talking about?"

"So we're going after Ethan then?" Fay nodded, glad that Arlene had digested the information without asking for more. "Alright then. We'll get supplies and leave in the morning." Arlene turned to leave, but Fay stopped her.

"Wait! How are we going to get off the island?"

"We'll take the raft Bryon made." Fay looked surprised.

"We can't use that! It took us three days to get to Duel Academy in the first place, and that was with a powerful ship! It'd take us ages to get back!" Arlene sighed.

"Then I guess we can take the boat that brought us." Fay was about to speak but Arlene interrupted her. "It's taking home any students that want to leave tomorrow."

"Why didn't you suggest that in the first place?"

"I don't handle ships so well." Fay's eyes widened.

"Oooooh! Okay then, we leave tomorrow by the ship!" Arlene turned to leave again, but Fay stopped her.

"What is it this time?" Arlene asked.

"You don't have a room anymore since you went missing. Looks like you'll be sharing a room with me tonight!"

"Joy." Arlene muttered sarcastically.

The two girls had boarded the ship in the morning. Fay decided to walk around while Arlene watched Duel Academy Island fade into the distance.

I probably wont be seeing the island for a while. But when we get back we'll have to find the Begia members and get them off the island. She sighed as she remembered coming to the academy. We had to duel to do anything on this ship, but that's not the case now. Maybe I'll go and get some cards. Couldn't hurt to make my deck better before we take on the big guys. Arlene was surprised to see Fay at the card stall, selling all of her old fairy deck cards and buying new cards with the money.

"What happened to your fairy deck?" Arlene asked.

"It reminded me too much of bad times, especially the duel with Hayden. Even with a revamp it didn't feel right, sooo I made a new deck!" She held up some cards to Arlene's face. "Maybe we can have a duel later!"

"Yeah, maybe." Fay walked off, leaving Arlene to look at the cards on sale. Her eyes widened when they came to a small group of Balance Warrior cards for sale.

There's Warrior of the Dark Aura - Kirud, and some of the other fusions as well. Have I gotten over my duel with Hayden enough to get the card? She thought for a moment. If I'm scared to even buy it I'll be stuck being scared by Hayden. I need to get over it. Arlene bought some of the cards and walked off, slotting them into her deck as she went.

Hayden watched the ship leave Duel Academy Island.

Not many students left on the Academy. And with that traitor gone, the rest of us can afford to torch the island again. Hayden's phone started ringing.

"Hello? Hayden speaking."

"Hayden, this is Guerra. We've heard from Adela and Clayton that more students have left after Chester beat some students. I also understand that we have a new infected recruit."

"That's correct, Mr. Guerra." Hayden heard a grunt of approval from the other end of the line.

"How many students are left exactly? More than 50?"

"There's 60 students and 5 teachers left on the island." There was a pause.

"In that case, here's the plan. Adela is going to destroy the rest of the ships and Clayton will take care of the aerial means of escape. For now, your job is to use the Fate cards on the 5 teachers on the island, and then the students. The other two will help you after they've done their job. You will begin as soon as this call is finished."

"Yes, sir."

"Good luck." Hayden hung up and made his way to the Duel Academy Building.

I've been stuck on this island for far too long. It's time to move the plan along.

"So, how do we know where to find Ethan?" Fay asked. They had docked on the mainland and were moving through a large city. Arlene stopped dead in her tracks.

"I thought you knew where we would find them."

"I thought YOU knew where to find them." Arlene growled and started walking again.

"I can't believe this." Fay caught up with her and started talking.

"Relax! I'm sure we'll get some hints about where to find them! They're going to be battling some people and using the Fate cards so we'll find them!"

"You'd better be right." Arlene told Fay as they kept walking, unaware that someone was following them.

Fay and Arlene had found a relatively cheap hotel to stay for the night. Arlene had immediately gone to sleep, but Fay wasn't tired.

This feels so strange, being away from the Academy. I'll get to sleep eventually... There was a light knocking on the hotel room door. Fay jumped and stared at the door. After a few moments the knocks came again, slightly more urgently. Fay walked hesitantly up to the door, wondering who it could be. She opened it to find a woman dressed a long grey coat, a hat and dark glasses.

"I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep," the woman said in a thick french accent. "I 'eard you talking about ze Fate cards, and I may be able to help you." Fay perked up.

"Okay! I'll just go and wake up Arlene..." the woman stopped her.

"No. Eet ees dangerous enough zat one of you would know. Two of you would be disastrous."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I will explain everything. But for now you need to get dressed and follow me."

The woman lead Fay to a deserted alley.

"Zis should be safe enough. Now, let us duel." Fay was puzzled.

"Duel? How is that going to tell me anything?" The woman sighed.

"Will you stop asking zese questions? I will explain as we duel. Eet ees easier zis way." Fay shrugged.

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Fay: 4000

"Umm, what's your name?" Fay asked. The woman silenced her.

"I will play ze magic card Preparations for ze End. Now I pay half my life points to remove from my hand, deck or graveyard all cards with Fate in zeir name!"

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Fay: 4000

"You...you're one of Begia, aren't you?" The woman smirked.

"I am amazed zat a gullible girl like you could be giving us so much trouble. Even on Duel Academy Island. After we burned eet and chased you, you still found a way to escape. But no more! Now zat I have played ze Fate cards, if you surrender or walk away before the duel ees finished zey activate! So now you must duel for your life!" The woman took off her hat and glasses to reveal luminous white hair and dark eyes. "Eet wont hurt to tell you my name now. I am Marie Machaud. Now I will continue my turn, by setting two cards face down. Make your move!" Fay picked up her card.

"Alright then, I..."

"I activate my face down card!" Marie announced. "Eet ees a card called Destiny Board. At ze end of each of your turns, I place ze next Spirit Message card from my hand or deck to ze field. So when you end your turn eet will be Spirit Message I. Once Spirit Message I, N, A and L are on ze field along with zis card, I win ze game, so you 'ad better be prepared!" Fay looked on as a giant letter appeared on Marie's field, which would soon seal her fate.

Another member of Begia reveals themself...and if any of you people reading would like to submit a character to swell the organisation's ranks, simply write the following details into a review:

Name, age, gender, appearence, character traits, background and deck type. If you want them to be infected as well, put that in after all the other details. Until the next part!