* Arrival* " Nessa. Nessa! Wake up! almost there." I heard my sisters voice saying. I let my eyes flutter open to see my sister's facenear my ear.

"Hey sleepyhead!" she said cheerfully.

I smiledand sat up. I picked my blanket and pillow off the floor and placed them one of my bags.

"So how long till we get there?" I asked my voice full of excitment.

'About 10 minutes." she anwsered, also excited.

" Aww, your finally awake are you?" I hear Alexis teasing from in front of us.

I rolled my eyes and giggled. " So are you excited Alexis?" I asked my friend.

"Please call me Lexi, and yes I'm super excited." she said, her voice matching ours almost exactly.

*10 minutes later* "And if you look out the window to your right, you'll see your home for the next four years." Another bored sounding vocie said over the intercom once agine.

Lizzie and I crowded around our window as Duel Academy came into veiw. I touched the heart pendent around my neck. " I'm here now mom. I'll make you proud, I promise that I'll shine like a star." I said silently to myself.

*Welcoming Ceremony* My friends and I stood with the rest of the students in the large aditorun, staring at a large screen.

Suddenly an older man appered on the screen with a happy smile on his face.

" Hello my students. My name is Sheppered, the headmaster here and you are the best and birtest young duelists in the world." he explanied. "Now please get setteled into your assined dorms. I asume they'lkl be quite cofterable, depending on how you ranked. Hahaha."

he laughed, but I knew that he wasn't joking. After the moniter turnrd off, I stood together with my friends. Together, we promised both ourselves and each other that we would have the best year ever.