New Friends

It was just another boring day for the small blond haired Flier. She was hoping to get up to her usual fun and games with "her" Marik; toying with him, and hoping for nothing but praises...but that wasn't to happen, not today. Marik was away and she was on her own; not the best thing really, as she was prone to get into trouble if left alone for any amount of time. Yuganna sighed, Where is my Marik, and why isn't he here?, she couldn't see him in anyone's thoughts, and he was annoying good at keeping her from knowing anything that he wanted to keep from her. She decided to leave the room. Breezing out as if she had something to do, Yuganna decided that she was going to annoy someone, as she was beyond frustrated that "her" Marik was nowhere in sight.

It was then that she noticed the strangest looking person that she had ever seen. The woman had long blond spiky hair and an X shape scar on her face. Narrowly missing her right eye. Yuganna also noticed that the stranger's eyes were silver. What an unusual person Yuganna thought.

Miria sighed, boy was Helen being dumb, not only was she getting over excited about the amount of different apples, she was measuring to see which one was the largest. Can't she just eat one already and get it over with! Tabitha was even worse...if that was possible, Miria was sick of having Tabitha hanging off of her arm, like the stupid child that she was. It was only then that she noticed the small blond haired Flier watching her. Miria managed to get Tabitha to let her go and she went over to the small girl.

Yuganna noticed that the woman was coming over to her; she decided to wait and see what she wanted. A good thing really, as long as she was being nice. Yuganna got the strangest feeling from her as if she was Setonara's soul partner, because she sure acted like him. Confident and strong, very sure of herself.

"Hello, are you ok?"
Miria asked the girl, to which she replied,
"Not really. My Marik isn't here and I'm all on my own."
"Why don't you hang out with us until he gets back?"
Miria asked her, before she could even stop herself, even though the child was brimming with power, Miria had a sense that she was virtually incapable of being on her own, and whoever was supposed to be watching her should have been closer than they were...but; why did she feel the need to help this creature, was it because she was small and seemingly helpless? Miria didn't know.
"Ok, by the way, I'm Yuganna, and you must be Phantom Miria, right?"
Miria's eyes widened in surprise, how did she know that-
"I'm a mind reader, not by choice."
"Ah, I see."
Miria replied, and motioned for Yuganna to follow her.

The rest of the day was spent competing with Helen, the loud mouthed girl, and Helen lost on grounds of appetite, Yuganna easily eating more than her. All in all it was the best day she ever had, except the days when she was with Marik. Helen wasn't amused, as she was used to being the best at eating, but Yuganna didn't complain. Then there was Tabitha...Yuganna wasn't sure of that girl, as her mind was disturbing, all of the things that she was thinking about Miria...Yuganna shook her head. Clare was the easiest to read. Her driving force was mostly a warrior that Yuganna had seen only once when she was with Marik, Teresa of the Faint Smile. Cynthia was very sweet, and Yuma...Yuganna couldn't stop laughing at that one.

Out of all of them the most serious warrior, was a woman named Deneve, and Yuganna admired her style. Deneve was clear from the very beginning that she wasn't up for games. Crossing swords with her was an experience that Yuganna was grateful for. Miria was quick to help her out, explaining techniques that Yuganna couldn't wait to show Marik when he came back. Deneve however paled in comparison to Miria. Miria was not just a phantom, she was an amazing warrior! Setonara was very lucky if he had her as a partner. Yuganna tried her hardest to understand what Miria was both saying and doing.

She didn't realise that she was having fun, until the lunch time bell rung over the grounds. She simply followed the others to lunch.

After lunch, they settled on one of Yuganna's favourite pastimes, Marik hunting, which involved finding the slippery human. That was the rest of the afternoon, and dinner was a quiet affair.

After dinner, Yuganna was back in her room curling up as Miria, Deneve, Cynthia, Yuma, Tabitha, Helen and Clare told her a story, and even as her eyelids started to drop, she swore that she could here Marik...