Why don't I take it from here, Tanya? I think it will make a little more sense if I tell this part. Just in case you don't remember, my name is Emily Lawrence. Here's how it happened…
I looked up to see Master Zorc forming what looked like a spear of energy! But to my dismay it was pointing at me! I was so frightened that I turned away awaiting the final blow that I knew would soon come. But for some odd reason it never came.
Excuse me! I never said you could take over, this is my story!... Now where was I…
I saw Emily turn away awaiting the blow that was supposed to end her life! Zorc pulled back and released the spear letting it fly at its victim! Suddenly something rushed past me and I saw Pharaoh standing in front of her! Sadly I saw the spear pierce through his heart! Emily turned not really realizing what had just happened her eyes showing both shock and sadness at the sight before her. The spear dissolved and Pharaoh fell backwards onto her lap. Somehow she realized what had happened and was free from Zorc's mind control. It seemed it take her a little time to process the situation. Then she started screaming.
" PHARAOH! WHAT HAVE I DONE! COME BACK TO ME PLEASE!" she screamed. She sat up and hugged Pharaoh tightly to her chest. The rest of us gathered around her trying to pry her hands away from Pharaoh's lifeless body (it wasn't working very well). I could see a fire light in her eyes and quickly pulled everyone back while Emily began to glow a white color. The light began to become too intense for our eyes so we turned away hoping our best friend would be alright. When she emerged from the light Emily was dressed in a pure white gown with wings. Sarah stared mouth agape.
"Wow." She choked out
"ZORC! You will pay for what you have done!" and she started attacking him over and over again. We stood there watching helplessly. Suddenly there were three gold flashed of light that landed right next to us! I jumped away, startled before realizing that it was Joey, Yugi, and Tristan.
"YUGI!" I cried running over to him and engulfed him in a hug and began to cry my eyes out. Yugi stared at me stunned my outburst.
"Tanya?" inquired Yugi "What's wrong? What happened? Where's Pharaoh!" Yugi's voice was gaining urgency with each word. I looked up at him sobbing helplessly.
"Yugi...he's dead." I whispered.
"What?" he asked, unable to hear me
"HE'S DEAD!" I cried out with all my might. Yugi stared at me as it began to sink in.
"N..no..."he whispered, barley addable, then screaming "NO PHARAOH! WHY COULDN'T I HAVE GOTTEN HERE SOONER! AIBOU COME BACK!" " He began to sob uncontrollably and sank to his knees. I knelt down and held him until he had calmed down just slightly.
"Yugi, we need to help Emily." I whispered quietly "What's Pharaoh's name?" Yugi looked up at me and tried to control himself.
"We couldn't read it..." he replied quietly "It was in Egyptian." I nodded and made him look at me again.
"Try to concentrate on putting it on Pharaoh's cartouche." I directed all of them "Maybe Emily can read it." Yugi nodded and they began to concentrate on it and slowly but surely it began to form on the cartouche. Once it was there I turned to find that Emily had temporarily knocked Zorc out.
"Emily!" I called to her "We know Pharaoh's name! It's on his cartouche!" She looked at me in disbelief.
"And how exactly is that supposed to help us now!" she cried, floating down all the same.
"Just read it!" I growled annoyed. She sighed and tenderly picked up the blood-soaked cartouche from around Pharaoh's neck. I saw the look in her eyes and sensed a problem.
"No offense Emily, but right now is not the best time to be depressed. Just read the cartouche and get this over with. There will be plenty of time for mourning afterwards!" I cried to her. She shook her head and read the name. Suddenly she began to glow (again), brighter this time. I turned away to shield my eyes, shielding Yugi from it in the process. When the light had faded I turned around to find a very tall woman towering over Zorc, glowing in a pure light.
"This is for you Atem" She whispered to herself.
"It's the creator of light!" I cried excitedly "Wait...Emily's the creator of light!" I was suddenly very confused. The creator of light held out her hand and shot light out at Zorc, destroying him instantly! We stared at he in awe. She slowly began to shrink, retaining her powerful aura. Once she was human sized she knelt down and took Pharaoh in her arms holding him gently. She held her hand over him, covering him in a healing light.
Then her aura began to fade and left Emily in her original form still holding him in her arms. She curled around him and began to cry profoundly. I heard Yugi begin to cry again, now that the danger was gone. I pulled Yugi to me and watched Emily, helplessly. Suddenly I heard a low moan. I looked around trying to find the source.
"Uh...Emily" a familiar voice said uncomfortably "You're strangling me." Emily's head shot up and looked at Atem who was miraculously awake and looking at her. She stared at him for a moment before taking him in another hug and beginning to cry again.
"Emily?" inquired Atem worriedly "What's wrong?"
"I..I'm just glad you're ok..." she choked out. Atem gently tried to push her away so he could get up. Emily seemed to just think of something and jumped up looking away from him, extending her hand to help him up. Atem took it and stood up. The minute he was on his feet he found himself in another large group hug, minus Emily. When we had all pulled away from him I noticed that Emily was off to the side looking away. Atem must have noticed too because he walked over to find out what was wrong.
"Emily?" he asked putting his hand on her shoulder. She pulled away from him and looked the complete other way. This seemed to worry him because he tried to move her around to face him, to no avail.
"Emily look at me!" he cried worried. Emily slowly turned towards him, looking down. He reached down and tilted her head up so she was looking him directly in the eyes.
"Why don't you hate me?" whispered Emily "I got you killed."
"Is that what this is all about?" whispered Atem chuckling "You think I hate you, because I took a blow for you by my own choice and I got killed?" He chuckled again "Man, you've got it all wrong."
"But if it wasn't for my getting brainwashed you wouldn't have gotten killed, because you were trying to save me." she protested "I don't even really deserve to live!"
"Let's set some things straight." sighed Atem "Yes I got hurt because you were brainwashed but you couldn't help that. And you're right if I hadn't have tried to save you I wouldn't have gotten physically hurt but my heart would have been destroyed either way. But the one thing you are very wrong about is you do deserve to live!" Emily started to protest again but Sarah interrupted.
"Can you finish this when we're back in our own time period?" she growled impatiently. I nodded and directed everyone towards the palace. We began to walk to what was left of the palace, with Mana leading the way. When we reached the palace we found both Setos waiting for us, along with the rest of the priest, as well as Megan and Kristen.
"My Pharaoh!" cried Isis "You're alive!" Atem smiled and raced to give her hug (as a friend). The Egyptian Seto began to pull Atem back into what remained of the palace.
"Where are we going?" asked Atem.
"The palace." Isis responded.
"Why?" questioned Emily.
"We've got to finish the wedding." stated Mahad.
"NOOOO!" both Emily and Atem screamed. But we ignored them, we all knew they were really happy about it. I followed them quietly. Soon Emily and Atem found themselves back at the altar. We went through the vows (again). Soon we found ourselves, after the wedding, standing on the palace balcony.
"Seto," started Atem, facing the Egyptian Seto "I'm going to have to leave soon so I'm going to leave you as the new Pharaoh."
"WHAT!" screamed Seto "But the kingdom needs a strong leader."
"Exactly," stated Atem calmly "You're the only person I can trust to keep this kingdom together." He smiled reassuringly and turned around to face us, already gaining a spirit like appearance.
"Let's go." said Sarah as she began to float towards the pyramid in the sky, that led to our time period. I giggled and followed her, the rest of our little gang followed us up, up, and away.
"Bye guys, I'll miss you!" called Mana, waving happily.
Next thing I knew I felt a hard stone floor beneath me. I opened my eyes to find that I was back in the room that held the tablet. I jumped up and looked around to see that the others were starting to wake up.
"Where's Atem?" cried Emily panicked.
"Let me look." said Yugi evenly. He closed his eyes and we waited. When he opened his eyes small light shot out of the puzzle and formed into Atem, who was smiling brightly.
"I'm still here." He said reassuringly. Emily tackled him in a hug, laughing. Laughing, he pried her off and directed her towards the door. We headed to the stairs, but stopped because someone was coming down.
"It's you!" cried Sarah when she saw it was Bakura. Bakura looked up and his legs gave way. He fell down atop Sarah causing her to crash into the ground.
"Uh, guys." I said slowly "I think it's Ryo." Sarah shook him gently.
"Are you ok?" she inquired worriedly.
"Need food..." moaned Ryo before falling unconscious.
"Hey, I'm hungry too you don't hear me complaining." grumbled Joey.
"Oh be quiet Joey," I growled "and help me carry him up.
"Ok, you take his legs and I'll take his arms." said Joey moving to Ryo's arms.
"No," I said flatly "you're taking his legs, I'm taking his arms." Joey resigned and picked up Ryo's legs as I picked up his arms. Together we carried him up the stairs and back into the sun.
"My Pharaoh, my Queen!" cried Ishizu "You are back! Did you find your names?"
"Yes, Ishizu..." grumbled Atem.
"What next?" inquired Joey.
"Now Pharaoh must journey to the spirit realm." replied Marik sadly. Emily looked away and Joey, Yugi, and Tristan stared open mouthed.
"He has to leave!" cried Joey "That's not fair!" Ishizu ignored him and led us to a boat that was waiting for us.