Chapter 3
I stood to walk to my locker as the last bell rang. Yugi and the rest of our friends trailed behind me talking. I looked over at them with a smile. "Hey guys, I have to go home. My mom says it's important. Call me later" They all waved me goodbye as I ran off towards my house. "Mom I'm home!" I called out. I looked into the kitchen to see my parents sitting at the table looking at a strange package with worried expressions. "Hey, what's going on? What's wrong?" I asked worried. They looked up at me and pushed the package towards me. "This came for you today." My mother said, her voice shaking. I looked at the package and back at my parents. "Mom, what's going on? Why are you looking at me that way?" She looked at my dad and they motioned for me to sit. I sat down keeping my eyes on the package. I wanted to know what was inside that made my parents act this way. I looked over to them and saw that my father was ready to speak. "Tea, We need to speak to you about something of importance." I held my breath, bracing myself for the lecture about my low test scores or having a fight in school with Kaiba. But it didn't come, silence was all one could hear. "Tea…" My mother started. "We need to speak to you about our family. You arnt really our daughter…" I looked at them shocked. "W-What do you mean I'm not your daughter?" My breath caught in my throat trying to choke the tears that I felt coming. I looked over at my father who was looking at the table in silence. "Tea we arnt your birth parents, we actually bought you when you were eight. We wanted a child and on our trips we ran across these men who were selling you as a slave, we couldn't bare the thought of you being enslaved so we bought you and raised you as our own. We never thought that there was more to you than just being a normal girl until you were twelve. We wanted to find out who you were but there wasn't a record of even your birth." I couldn't hold my tears any longer. They flowed down my face as I tried to keep from sobbing. "So…" I whispered. "Are you telling me that you don't want me anymore?" I looked at the two of them and saw shock on their face. Mother was in tears trying not to get up and run away. "We're so sorry Tea. We should have told you sooner but you're almost eighteen and we couldn't keep it secret anymore." I stood up and looked back at the package. It was addressed to me but there wasn't a return address on it. I picked up and looked back at my weeping mother. "What's this?" I asked. They shook there head and stared at me. "We don't know but we think it came from where we found you." I took a deep breath and stormed to my room. I didn't want to be down there any longer. I sat on my bed and opened the package. Inside was a letter and a choker. I gasped in surprise as I lifted up the choker. It looked just like the other millennium items! I picked up the note to see what it said:
My Dear Teana,
If you are reading this then you are near the age of eighteen. I am sorry that your father and I aren't with you and I feel strongly that we couldn't protect you. Inside this package is the millennium choker. This necklace is your destiny and everything will become clearer soon. We love you and remember your duties to the Pharoah.
Love,
You're Parents
I put the letter down and put the choker around my neck. Tears threatened their way out of my eyes, my heart heavy with sadness. I wish I could have known them. To know who they were and what they did. I wanted to know who I was.