Chapter 2
New Mother and Sisters
Yugi, now the age of sixteen, is admiring the perfect weather while he sits outside, under the shade of his favorite tree, with one hand holding the pendant around his neck. Ever since his mother gave it to him the day she died, Yugi has cherished the necklace as he had cherished her. When he was alone, he had it out, but when around others, Yugi keeps the beautiful necklace hidden.
He was just watching the birds fly by and listen to them sing when he heard footsteps and heard Malik call for him, "Yugi, your grandfather wishes to see you."
"Okay, I'm on my way." Yugi said with a smile and the fairy smiled back. Growing up after his mother passed away, Yugi also became good friends with Malik. Often when the fairy didn't have chores to do around the house, the two along with Ryou would spend some time together at the market place, so the three became really close and good friends.
Heading inside, Yugi slipped the necklace inside his shirt and found his grandfather in the drawing room. Seeing his beloved grandson enter the room, Solomon said with a smile, "Ah, Yugi, I have some news." When he sat down in a chair across from him with a smile, Solomon continued, "I'm afraid to tell you that since business has been slow recently, I was told that I need to find someone that can take care of the house along with Malik, otherwise we will have no choice but to sell the house."
To hear the bad news, Yugi's smile turned into a frown. "So you were threatened, grandpa?" Yugi asked a little worried for his grandfather's business and the possibility of losing his home.
"Unfortunately. But I was able to find a woman who would love to help run the house while I am gone on a few business trips to find a way to get my game shop back on its feet. She'll help Malik with the house and she'll take care of you like your mother would. She also has two daughters about the same age as you."
Noticing the not-so-sure look on Yugi's face, Solomon placed his hand on his shoulder and said with a reassuring smile, "Don't worry, you're going to love Vivian and her daughters." Still not so sure, Yugi just gave his grandfather a smile.
Within a few minutes they heard the sound of a carriage stop in front of the house. Leaving the drawing room with Malik right behind them, Yugi and Solomon went outside to greet the new family members. The first to exit the carriage is a woman with black hair in a bun on each side of her head, some of her bangs left down, brown eyes and wearing a yellow dress.
However when she saw the house, the woman said as her daughters soon joined her, "Is this the right place?" While one of the girls looked at the place in disgust and the other girl thought it was cute, the woman changed her frown to a smile the instant she saw Solomon.
"Welcome, my dear." Solomon said with his arms open and the two hugged each other.
When they released each other, Vivian noticed Yugi standing next to his grandfather. "Well, you must be Yugi Muto."
Getting a terrible vibe from this woman and one of the girls standing behind her, Yugi simply smiled and said with a bow, "Yes ma'am. Welcome to the Muto residence." Not liking the sense he is getting from two of the females in front of him, Malik also smiled and bowed, secretly making hateful expressions toward Vivian and one of her daughters.
Noticing the girls behind Vivian, Solomon smiled and said, "And these two are your daughters, Vivian?"
Smiling, Vivian turned toward the girls and said, "Yes, my precious Téa," referring to the girl with short brown hair, blue eyes and wearing a red dress who simply grinned. "and my special Serenity." referring to the girl with long reddish-brown hair, green eyes and wearing a white dress who politely curtsied.
Approaching the two girls, Yugi said with a smile, "Welcome, I'm Yugi."
"Thanks." Téa said in a tone that sounded nasty and had a hint of disgust.
Ignoring her older sister's behavior, Serenity smiled to Yugi and said kindly, "Thank you, Yugi. It's wonderful to finally meet you after hearing so much about you from your grandfather."
Sensing that she is more likeable than her sister, Yugi returned the smile and said, "To be honest, I never got word about you three until a few minutes ago. But I am glad to have some new siblings."
Crossing her arms, Téa said with an eye roll, "Well don't get used to it."
"Téa! Don't be so mean to Yugi." said Serenity, hating how her sister is behaving toward Yugi.
Doing the best he can to ignore how mean Tea is, Yugi came up with something. "Would you like me to show you to your rooms?"
With a smile, Serenity said as she gently took Yugi's hand, "Oh yes please."
With another eye roll, Téa only replied with, "Sure whatever."
As the three walked inside while Solomon and Vivian went to talk and Malik went back to his daily chores, Serenity leaned closer to Yugi and whispered in his ear, "Don't let my sister's behavior get to you, Yugi. The trip might have tired her out."
"It's okay Serenity," Yugi whispered back, "I'm used to being bullied."
And so, the first room they arrived at is Serenity's. The room made Serenity smile; the room wasn't so big, but it had a four-poster bed with white sheets, pink comforter and white pillows, a marble wardrobe and vanity, and frilly curtains over her windows. With Serenity really liking her new room, the three continued until they arrived at Tea's room. Glancing around to see a four-poster bed with black sheets, red comforter and black pillows, a maple wardrobe and vanity, and silky curtains over her windows, Téa just shrugged and said with that nasty tone of hers, "It's small, but I suppose it'll do."
Taking out some rolled up parchment papers, Téa went straight to work of putting them up on the walls. Seeing the pictures on the posters of the handsome prince, Yugi couldn't help but be curious as he secretly admired the pictures, "What is with those posters of the prince?"
Standing closer to her new brother, Serenity said, "She is the president of the Prince Atemu Fan Club. Almost all of the young girls in the kingdom are obsessed with him."
Feeling bad for him having to deal with so many fan girls, Yugi asked, "Are you one of them?"
"No, I prefer to find someone that I'll love for who he is and he'll love me the same. Although, Téa believes that searching for love is foolish and that appearances and status are everything. So in other words, she and her fellow fan girls only want him for his good looks and for his crown."
Then at the corner of her eye as her sister and Yugi talked for a moment after finishing putting posters up, Téa noticed a light had shined on a chain that is barely visible around Yugi's neck. "What do you have around your neck, Yugi?"
Not one to show his treasure, Yugi took out the hidden necklace anyway and showed it to his new sisters. "This used to be my mother's." Yugi said as he showed them the silver heart with the amethyst sparkling in the center.
"It's beautiful, Yugi. You must really cherish it if it used to belong to her." said Serenity as she admired the beautiful heart and gem stone.
"I really do." Yugi reply with a smile as the happy memories of his mother run through his mind.
"I really like it." came Téa's reply.
Getting a terrible feeling from her, Yugi clutch the pendant with one hand as if to protect it from getting destroyed. "Can I have it?" Téa asked with a tone of greed in her voice.
"No."
"That can be your welcome gift for me." she continued, ignoring Yugi's protest.
"Téa, don't, he already said no."
"Just hand it over." Téa added, holding her hand out, expecting him to do just that.
The spell kicking in, Yugi removed the necklace from his neck and gave it to her reluctantly. Seeing that he did give her the necklace, Téa looked at him with surprise on her face and Serenity looked at him with shock, Téa then said, "Well, glad to see you finally gave in."
Still feeling bad about handing his treasure over to this bitch even though being as innocent as he is, he could never call her that, Yugi left the room to see his grandfather off. "I promise Yugi, the moment I have my shop up and running again, I'll be be right back."
"I'll miss you grandpa." Yugi said as he hugged the elderly man.
"And I'll miss you, my boy." Kissing Yugi on his forehead, Solomon gave him one last pat on the shoulder and left the house. A little bit after his grandfather left the house, Yugi could hear Téa talk purposefully loud, saying that he is so weird with Serenity trying to stop saying such bad things about him. Letting out a deep sigh, Yugi then realized that he is glad that he has a stepsister that cares for him.