Me: Teehee, lots more explaination

Friend: But even more questions . . .

Me: I looooooove writing this fanfic

*Luna*

Star was lost. It was a reality that seemed to put a heavy weight in all of our hearts. It didn't even make any sense either. We've only known the girl for a few weeks and yet there was a connection. It was like we were waiting for her, but that didn't make any sense either. I mean, all of the Signers were accounted for, did that mean that there was something missing?

I looked around at everyone else. Jack was pacing with an angry look on his face. Crow was making coffee in the kitchen. Akiza looked shocked and hurt while Leo was next to me, holding my hand. Yusei was the worst of us all. He wouldn't eat, or sleep. There were rings under his eyes as he sat in his chair and pressed his thumbs together. I didn't dare look at his eyes. Everything was a mess. I winced at the pain in my arm but continued to ignore it. I was trying to think of something, anything that could help Star.

She was like a friend to me. Not like an older sister, who had some sort of superiority over you, but an equal. She saw Leo and I as people, not children. It was just like how the Signers saw us. Complete equals. Not many people could do that.

Please, let there be a sign. Help us . . . ! I begged, although not to anyone in particular. Religions had died out long ago, so I wasn't sure who I should have been praying to. I felt a warmth against my side. It wasn't like a physical warmth but something that made my insides tingle. I looked over at my deck that was sitting next to me. Hesitantly, I reached over to pick up the top card. It was Ancient Fairy Dragon.

I heard Crow walk in the room but I kept looking at my card. It started getting warmer and warmer within my fingertips. A light came from the heart of the dragon until everyone noticed it. "Luna, what's going on?" asked Leo, but I didn't get a chance to answer because soon the light engulfed all of us.

The familiar feeling of my soul leaving my body was still something that I could not get used to. A wind blew through me as my feet landed in a green meadow. The same one where I met my dragon in human form. I spun around to see that Leo was next to me. I looked behind me to see everyone else. Yusei, Akiza, Crow and Jack. Just what was going on? Wasn't I the only one able to go to the Duel Monster's Realm?

"Luna." I turned back to the familiar voice. It was Ancient Fairy Dragon, only now she was Altus Iustus Extraho. Her pink eyes look faded, as if she had been crying and her robes that were once glorious looked worn down and old. Her hair sprawled everywhere as the wind blew by and it's emerald shade was now a dark green. She wasn't alone either.

"Luna, I'm glad you're here." she said with a small smile. I felt heartbroken at watching her become like this. "I-Iustus." I said, having difficulty pronouncing the word. "Who-?" I started to ask but she raised her hand to stop me. "Luna, do you know what Iustus means?" I shook my head. It had never occurred to me to research the name. "It means 'Fairy' in Latin. If it becomes to hard to speak please just call me that." I nodded. Grateful for her kindness. "Who are they, Fairy?" I asked, turning my head to the strangers behind her.

Fairy smiled and started introducing. "This is Red Dragon Archfiend." She said as a man stepped forward. He had a striking resemblance to Jack, only his hair was bright red and had beads hanging from only one side of his hair. His eyes were black, but not cold. They actually seemed to be laughing, but his face had a stern look. Yup, just like Jack.

He had on black pants and shirt with a red overcoat. The overcoat had a black design on the back, at which I couldn't recognize as anything. His ears were also pointed, but at the ends there was a black color. "Just, Arch." He said in a totally different voice than Jack's, which surprised us all.

"This is Black Rose Dragon." A woman stepped forward this time. She was not what I was expecting. Her hair was a deep purple but it was placed into a ponytail. Roses were planted in between her head and her ponytail. Her eyes were a light green and they were very warm. Her dark green robe was hanging on only one shoulder as she rest of it flowed like petals. A red sash held all of this together, similar to how it held Fairy's. Her ears were also pointed, except with purple at the tips. "Call me Rose." was all she said.

"Finally, this is Black Winged Dragon." A teenaged boy (couldn't be older than Yusei or Crow) came forward with a childish grin. His hair was pitch-black and spiked in every which direction. It came down to his shoulders, expect for his bangs that only slightly covered his golden eyes. He had three piercing in each ear and one on his lip. He had a white feather hanging from one of his earrings.

His pants were also black, but they only came to his knees. He had a black shirt on but there was a golden crow on it. He was the only one with gloves on, but they were fingerless, and only went to his wrists. His ears were a bit different from the others. Instead of them being pointed there were black feathers coming from the tips. "Ah, just call me Wing!" he said excitedly.

I looked at them in amazement. All of our dragon's were humans! Or at least in human form. They had at least some resemblance to us, which is what made it scary. I bit my lip in confusion. "Fairy?" I asked, unsure of how she wanted us to react. "So, it's true." interjected Yusei. "Star really is Stardust Dragon." I glanced at Yusei. We had all been unsure about Star's true origin.

"It's true." Fairy responded with a straight face. "Will that affect how you feel about her?" My eyes flew in her direction. What was she asking? "Yes." Yusei said with no hesitation. I looked at him in shock. Would he feel awkward about her now? Star's going to be heartbroken!

A small smile was placed on Yusei lips as his eyes went distant. "But it could only make me love her more." No one had been expecting that. Not even Fairy, who now had complete shock written on her face. "You don't understand," he began, "After my parents were gone, she wasn't only a memento that my family left me. Stardust Dragon was the only thing my parents left me and for years she was the only thing that stood by me completely. It was . . .devastating to say the least when I was separated with her. Now that I know where the familiar feeling I had been getting from Star was coming from, how can I not help but love her more?"

I watched as he took a deep breath and finished his speech. His eyes closed for about ten seconds before reopening them again. I had no idea how big of a connection Yusei had with his cards. It seemed to surpass any of ours. I turned to our dragons, expecting the shock on their faces to be continued but I only saw smiles. "You're . . .ready then." Fairy said as she shook her head and stepped forward. "I have a story to tell you all. One that may give you answers as to how we all look like this. I cannot tell you everything though, for I myself am only slowly gaining my own memory, so do not worry. I am not hiding anything from you." She took a deep breath before beginning, "It all started about five hundred years before Atlantis was created . . . ."

*Narrator*

Before the time of the Great Pharaoh, and even before Atlantis, there was a society known as the Dragonites. During this time, dragons and legendary creatures roamed the Earth. Eventually, these creatures evolved to either become dinosaurs or duel monsters. It was by pure chance that the creatures we deemed legendary today were the same ones to become duel monsters.

Time passed and as it did these Duel Monsters created a separate home, away from our world. Although separate, our world held the strongest connection toward the Duel Monsters realm. As our world was the rightful mother of the world the Duel Monsters called home.

Then the time came when humans began to roam the Earth. Humans were never the strongest or the fastest of creatures but they were considered the most intelligent. With this intelligence, they developed the ability to summon Duel Monsters and even house them within their own bodies. This led to the humans themselves to become Duel Monsters and sometimes to even drive them to insanity.

Civilizations rose and fell as time passed, creating more Duel Monsters and even more chaos. Five hundred years before the city of Atlantis even existed, there was a peaceful country, (the largest in the world at the time) a Kingdom named after the Dragonites. Drakesroot. It was ruled by a kind and fair King, who took pleasure in loving and adoring his only family left. His daughter.

When the King died at the young age of twenty-six, the entire Kingdom mourned his death, but no one mourned it as fiercely as his daughter, who was left alone in the world. The King also had two brothers. A younger and an older. The older, being the one who had relinquished his right to the throne, feared that the youngest brother would manipulate the young princess for the throne.

Normally, as she was the only heir, she would immediately assume the throne, but she was far too young. The older brother decided to send the young girl away from the influence from the younger. He hired two of the best soldiers, an educator, and even one of the servant boys to look after her. They were to take care of certain responsibilities until the five-year-old came of age. Until then, she would be taken away from the castle and the royal life that came with it. There were many nobles who would kill the young princess in order to gain favor with the youngest brother, for fear of his power, but the few loyal ones provided their protection for her.

The princess grew as a commoner. Learning to read from her teacher, learning to defend herself from the two soldiers who were posing as her parents, and learning compassion and joy from the servant boy, who she called brother. Magic was a natural thing to her. She could summon Duel Monster's spirits as easily as she could breathe. Being that of royalty, she mastered many things at the age of fifteen, never knowing of her heritage.

During these ten years, a strange darkness spread across the land. Secretly engulfing the seemingly peaceful country. No one sensed it. No one except five people, who were haunted with nightmares of this darkness and eventually taken by it. These five people came to be known as Dark Signers.

The god of the Duel Monster's world also sensed this. The god was a being of fairness, and so as five people were cursed five were blessed. The Signers were also born, blessed with the pieces of the god. The Crimson Dragon.

*Yusei*

Of course it all made sense now. Bits and pieces were coming together as I retold the story in my head, over and over again. I had to be sure. I just had to be. "What was the princess's name?" I asked, trying to be calm. This had obviously surprised everyone, but I knew what I was asking. "Yusei, I don't think . . ." Akiza started but I interrupted her. "What was the princess's name?" They still didn't seem willing to answer me.

Crow placed a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down, Yusei. Let's just think about this for a min-"

"WHAT WAS THE PRINCESS'S NAME?" I shouted, now I was absolutely sure I was right. Fairy sighed as she looked upon me with sad eyes. "Her name was Star Cluster NightDust."