Unlucky Raffle?

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Kyra and Kairi were both on one knee, heads bowed as Queen Beryl glared daggers at them. "So...you have tried, twice I believe? Everytime, you have failed, no matter what task you are given. Tell me...why I am even letting you two still live?" she asked, slowly and quietly. Kyra lifted her head and looked at her Queen, "You are a merciful ruler who takes pity on the fools who cannot perform their duties?" she asked.

Beryl snarled and raised her hand in the air. Kyra felt herself being lifted off the ground as she did so. The Dark Queen pulled her right to her face and looked hard at her, "Kyra...you know how I am...especially when it comes to failure. I will give both you and Kairi one last chance...and should you fail me...I'll make sure you both enter a sleep of which you will not wake up from! Do I make myself clear?" she hissed.

Kyra nodded frantically and Beryl released the hold she had on her. "Now...do we have any new information on these new Knights and the Senshi?" Beryl barked at her court full of minions. Kairi cleared her throat while Kyra was getting back to her feet, "Um...I'm afraid we haven't uncovered anything about them, your Highness," she said meekly.

Again, the Dark Queen grew angry and clenched a fist. Kairi could see dark energy engulfing it and began to panic, "BUT! But my Queen. That power you've been searching for...we've found information and quite possibly the source of the energy trails!" she said quickly.

"You've already told me you've found something related to those, yet I have nothing in my possession, Kairi," Beryl countered. Kairi nodded, "I know, but if you let us, we will use our last chance to bring at least one of the sources! Each one is very powerful! Please Queen Beryl," she fell back to her knees and bowed her head, "Please, allow us to bring back at least one of the sources!" she pleaded.

Kyra glared at her, Weak fool... she thought to herself as Beryl leaned back on her throne. "If you bring back one of the sources of the power that we've been searching for, neither of you will have anything to fear afterward," she promised. Kairi repeatedly bowed her head, "Thank you, my Queen, thank you!".

After the close call, Kyra led Kairi away on her leash, "You made me look like a fool in there, Kairi" she growled. "I know, Mistress Kyra, please forgive me...but I did get Queen Beryl to let us have one more chance" her servant pointed out. Kyra whirled on her and grabbed her by the throat, "I know that...but you realize that going after those objects will put ourselves in jeopardy should we fail?".

Kairi looked away, "I know...but it's the only chance we could get, Mistress...it's better than nothing right?" she asked. Kyra sighed and let go of her servant's neck, "Right...but we better do it right this time!"

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"Hey...earth to Joey! JOEY!"

Joey snapped his head around to see Duke and Tristan looking at him with raised eyebrows, "Finally...here,". Duke handed him a piece of paper that had brightly colored letters on it. Joey looked at it, wondering what his friends wanted to show him so badly.

This Saturday!

Industrial Illusions Hosting...

Duelist Princess Beauty Pageant!

Joey noticed that it also had a picture of a beautiful woman in an extravagent gown with a tiara on her head and roses in her arms. He looked up at them, "You guys do know I'm a dude...right?' he asked, confused by this. Duke rolled his eyes while Tristan snatched the flyer away from him, "No you ass...we wanted you to see this so Serenity can know about it!" he explained.

"Why would you two want Serenity to know about it?" Joey asked, suspicious of his friends' motives. Duke put his hands on his hips, "Well in case you haven't noticed, Serenity is becoming a beautiful young lady and I think she should show the others of the world her beauty!" he huffed. Tristan nodded and pointed to Duke, "What he said,".

Joey folded his arms across his chest, "I doubt 'Ren would want to do it anyway. As far as I know, she's not into the whole 'girly-girly barbie look-a-like' thing,". Duke smiled, walked over to him and wrapped an arm around his friend, "Joey, Joey, Joey...can you not see that young Serenity is a diamond in the rough? She may not look like she wants to do it, but I know deep down she wants to,".

With an angry sigh, Joey grabbed Duke's wrist and twisted. The dice loving teen yelped and fell to one knee, "OW! Ease up, Joey, ease up!" he begged.

After school, Joey walked around the mall with Serenity, telling her what the others had found out. "Wow...that's wonderful Joey! Do you think I should enter?" his little sister asked him. Joey rubbed the back of his head, "Uh...I dunno if I'm the one that says you should. I mean, there's mom, sure...but if you wanna go, it's because you want to and not because someone else wants you to go," he replied slowly.

Serenity smiled, "I do want to enter but...," the smile disappeared from her young face, "Usually people have to spend a lot of money and stuff just to get into shape and then they have to pay a lot more to enter...," she said sadly.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't help overhear...did you say you wanted to enter the Duelist Princess pageant?"

The two of them looked to the side to see a woman with dark brown hair sitting behind a table with a few piles of papers on it. "Um...yeah...I do want to enter," Serenity said slowly. The woman beamed at her, "Well you're in luck, young lady! You see, we are having a raffle and whoever draws a winning ticket, is automatically entered in the contest. Everything will be paid for, make-up, hair, even a dress of your choice!".

Serenity's eyes widened while Joey's jaw dropped and hit the floor, "Really?" they asked in unison. The raffle woman nodded, "Oh yes! Would you like to try your luck?" she asked. Joey looked at Serenity and she looked at him. He smiled, and knew that they couldn't pass up a chance like this. "Go ahead, 'Ren...," he told her.

His little sister walked over to the table as the raffle lady pulled a small red machine out from under the table and spun it around, mixing small pieces of paper inside. After a few moments of mixing, the machine stopped and a large opening popped open. "Just reach inside, miss and see if you get the winning ticket!" the lady instructed.

Serenity put her hand in the machine and felt around until she found one she thought was right. She pulled it out and saw that it had a gold star with a Dark Magician Girl on it. "Um...is this good?" she asked, holding the ticket up. The raffle lady smiled and clapped her hands, "Well done, miss! That is a winning ticket, meaning...you're in!".

Joey's jaw hit the floor again as Serenity squealed and hopped up and down happily. You gotta be frickin' kiddin'...guess luck runs in the family, he thought, but at least Serenity's happy.

"Excuse me, sir? What is that?"

He snapped back to reality to see the raffle lady looking at something around his neck. He looked down to see his Knight Insignia was sticking out of his shirt. "Oh...that's just something I got at an arcade. Prize ya see...," he said quickly, tucking it back in. Serenity snatched the crescent moon pendant and held it out in front of her, surprising Joey in the process.

"Wow...this looks like real diamond, Joey! I heard rumors that stuff like this was used as arcade prizes...but I didn't know that is was true! You're really lucky!" she told him as she looked it over. Joey carefully pulled it away from her and put it under his shirt again, "Yeah...luck runs in the family I guess. I mean look at you! Free entry and all expense paid, Serenity!" he said quickly, hoping to change the subject.

She nodded, "I know! OH! We gotta go and tell mom about this!". Joey was taken by surprise when Serenity latched onto his arm and practically dragged him towards the exit. The raffle lady watched them leave, smirking.

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Tea and Brian walked through the streets of Domino, eating an after school snack of fries and cokes. "Man...you think they got these salty enough?" Tea asked in slight disgust before blowing lightly on her fries. Brian glanced at her, "Hey, give them credit. Besides the greasy fried-ness of the fries...the salt is what gives them their taste and flavor!" he informed.

The brunetted eyed him, "Yeah, well...I don't like a lot of salt on my fries," she huffed. Brian shrugged, "Hey, to each their own, Tea. I don't care if you like mayo on your fries, whatever you want, you eat,". Tea shook her head, "I gotta get new girl friends...," she told him. As she continued walking, Tea noticed that Brian wasn't walking beside her anymore. She looked back to see him on his knees, holding his chest.

"Oh my God! Brian, are you ok?" she asked worriedly. He was breathing heavily and holding himself tightly, "Y-yeah...I just...I just got a chest ache is all...don't mind me," he panted. "Are you having a heart attack? I bet it's because of all those burgers you eat!" she scolded. He waved her off, "No...I'm not having a heart attack, Tea! Just some chest pains...I get them every now and then, it's no big deal...,"

She helped him up, "Have you seen a doctor about that?" she asked him. Brian nodded, "Yeah. He said that I only get them when I have a lot of stress or things on my mind...,".

"And you do?"

He nodded again, "Yeah...family stuff back home, going over my deck, school...all this weird shit that's been going on lately. I'm surprised I haven't keeled over yet!" he cracked. Tea nudged him, "Don't joke like that!".

"Oh, don't worry...I won't joke anymore...," Brian promised as he kept holding onto his chest. Stress my ass...what the hell is wrong with me...

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