I yawned as the candle light in the kitchen flickered when the wax shortened. It was the secound weekend of duel academy and my disguise still held up, which makes me happy.

Tonight Jaden 'persuaded' me to play a game in the kitchen. The rules were you draw a card and tell a scary story based on the level you drew. So you put some of our cards in the random deck mostly weak ones due to Chumley, (the koala man I scared earlier) and Syrusbeing the only other players.

After Syrus drew his card, a pretty good one I might add, he told a story of a greedy boy who drowned.

It wasn't good as the only person he freaked out was Chumley.

Now it was my turn and I drew red eyes black dragon, a level seven monster.

"Oh crud she's going to make me faint!" Chumley shouted as Syrus nods quietly.

Truth is I don't know anything scary related, well unless I'm angry. I tried to think of something, then I remember one moment in my life.

"Well." I started with slight shivers. "One time when I was eight, my parents accidentally left me home." I tried to think what happens next, but it was really blurry. "So I freaked out, thinking they left me for good. I hid in my closet for something, anything to comfort me." I touch my right shoulder which now seams alien to me. "Then, I felt a chill on my shoulder and some whispers."

Chumley was freaking out like always while Syrus and jaden listen closely. "What happened next?" Jaden asked sudddenly more interested in the tale then the fright.

"Well I felt, relived if that makes any sense. Like a friend comforting a friend." I gripped my shoulder further. "Then it stopped when my parents arrived, truly a weird experience."

I gestured to Jaden in a quick motion. "You will not tell anyone of this, anyway it's your turn." Jaden drew sinister serpent, level one, well he doesn't have to work hard.

He told us a memory similar to mine, except he heard voices from his duel deck, weird. Actually now that I think about it, I had a deck in my closet when I was eight. Are these two events related somehow? Maybe, not, it's impossible and childern hear stuff all the time.

When jaden was finished the sliding door opened revealing professor Banner. Banner smiled and walked over to us in his usual relaxed way.

"Hi childern, what are you doing here this late at night?" He sat down besides the four of us with his cat just now entering the kitchen.

Jaden smiled. "We're playing a scary game, you draw a card, the higher the number the scary the story!" He pumped both of his fists in the air. "Wanna play?"

Banner nodded and drew, five headed dragon, a twelve star monster which I forgot I had that card put in. I was slightly nervous on what Banner would say, he has lived here after all.

Banner chuckled slightly as Syrus whimpers in terror. "Well it's time for bed, see ya!" Syrus started to walk with Chumley following.

"But, don't you want to hear about the abandoned dorm?" Banner smiled in a sly cat fashion.

"What's the abandoned dorm?" I feel like he was going to tell us anyway, Jaden.

Banner humpfed in a happy fashion. "Well childern, the abandoned dorm was originally the blue dorm, until strange things happened." Chumley was already scared, guy would probbly think scapegoats are terrifying. "Staff and students started to disappear. and when students wonder if anchient shadow games were involved, Seto kaiba himself foreclosed the dorm and warned that anyone going inside would be punished.

No, something is more to the story then Banner led on. "I have a question, Banner." He looked at me with interest. "Why didn't Seto just demolished the dorm?"

Banner nods. "Yes that thought has crossed my mind once or twice. Then I realized that Seto did try, but the demolishen crew wouldn't go near it because of the spirits of students that haunt the dorm." He stood up and walks out of the kitchen giving us one last look of creepiness and snickers before leaving.

Jaden claps both his hands. "Well, let's go to the abandoned dorm!" Jaden made all of us wear shocked faces, you are truly the most unpredictable person of this generation.

"Jaden!" Me and Syrus yells at Jaden's careless decision of going to the cursed place.

I lightly tap on my head in frustration, something I now tend do since I met Jaden. "Jaden, not only do you not know where it is, but you'll get expelled if you're caught." I reminded in a forcefully calm tone.

"Oh, I know where it is." I continued to get shocked by Jaden, how the hell does he know this!?

"What, How and where!?" I yell finally reaching my calm limit.

"Oh, well when Syrus, ahem, took your 'things'. I ran to the girls dorm to save him, however during the run I noticed a rundown building." He scratched his head. "Back then I thought it was a broken matinence building. Now I'm positive it's the abandoned dorm!" He smiled brightly. "Now who's coming with me!?"

I clinched my fist tight in irritation and mild anger. "Why the hell would I go with you!? I could get expelled and ruin my chance of becoming the next best duelist!" He just stares back at me, taken back a tad, but he stared calmly into my eyes.

"Well, what if we encounter strong duelists?" I twitched, did he just, noooo. He trying to manipulate my values, god dammit! "Or maybe we can find those missing kids, we could be detectives!" Fuuuuu...dammit, you win Jaden, you're the winner and the prize is my anger and my vote to go.

"Fiiiine, but only for a minute or two." I wanted to punch him so hard, but that too would get me in too much trouble.

Jaden looked at the two frighten boys with the same face he gave me. "Syrus, Chumley?" They tensed up at Jaden's voice, jeez is he lucifer's incarnation!?

Syrus and Chumley shook thier heads. "N-No way, that place might have g-ghosts! You even heard Banner s-say that information!" Syrus whimperd as he was nearly forced into a ball of fear. "I-I don't even like the game we're playing, I would defiantly hate stuff like THAT!" Truly Syrus was the mouse that was afraid of an elephant.

Jaden smiles and that scares me now. "Oh, com on Syrus what would your brother think?" Goddamn it Jaden you pulled the one think Syrus is insecure about.

Syrus closes his eyes and that makes me a bit sad. "I-Its only the outside r-r-right?" Well at least he shows he's afraid of the dorm without losing anymore dignity.

Jaden nodded. "Of course Sy, I would never push you further then that." Well least he's sincere, wonder what he's going to do with Chumley? "Hey Chumley old pal."

Chumly shook his head in swift motions. "No way, nuh uh, I'm not going anywhere near that!" He sat down, like a sumo who will not budge, even from the earth itself.

Jaden thought about that which also scared me. "Well that's too bad, I guess I'll get a years worth of grilled cheese all by myself." He was then instantly tackled by Chumley like he took a bear's honey covered cub.

"What time and what should I bring?" I think Chumley took that tone from me breaking into his dorm room.

And so Jaden the hero deck player, convince us all with unheroic, but clever means. I really need to use that thief leverage when I really need it.

...

Remember when I said this place is really easy to get lost, well I wasn't lying. I should have asked from the start if he remembered the location.

"Jaden...are we lost?" Ask a very scared and jumpy Syrus. I personally don't blame him, deep in the woods, lost, and possibly full of dangerous wildlife.

Saying that, I'm scared of not finding a way out, imagine a death trap except dying of boredom or starvation instead; horrifying.

"Nah Sy, we aren't lost." Jaden had the look of confusion. "It's just...when we see a new place, we aren't running in circles." Jaden pointed ahead in the dark. "And in that darkness is a new place, so let's hurry amigos!" Jaden then runs into said darkness.

I really hate him, I swear he's going to die from a bear or something. "Wait up, jaden!" I ran after him with Syrus and Chumley following and losing pace with me. They really need a workout, seriously does Chumley eat twice his mass in cheese!?

Luckily while I was busy mentally criticizing Chumley's weight, I crash into Jaden, full throttle. We tumble down onto the ground and I was momentarily blinded by orange and brown.

When I came to and hopefully Jaden, I felt his hair on my face, like a weird kuriboh. I grew a bit irritated at his carelessness and got off of him in a swift motion. "Dammit Jaden, you're hopeless!" I yelled with anger and slowly rising fear. "First you convince us to go on a death trip, run off into the dead of night alone, and suddenly stop just to make made me collide with you!" I did a slow take on everything on this trip. "Why do I even bother with you anymore?"

Jaden apparently was just now waking up from my collision with him. "Mmm...sorry I didn't catch that, what did you say?"

My anger flew up again, then simmered down a peg. "I said I don't that why even bother coming with you to...the." I look at where jaden paused and my mouth was agape.

Two stories tall and too wide to go around, not that I would. It's windows were broken and it and the surrounding shards were covered in overgrowth. It grayish-black paint signaled it has been rotting for a long time, so have the falling roof tiles.

"The abandoned dorm..." I was speechless and terrified by the sight, truly the winner of all haunted houses. "I hate you so much Jaden."

Jaden just chuckled. "Yeah, but you really don't." Sh-well he has me there, I can't really hate him, even if it dragged me here. He didn't want me to be scared or harmed, or any malicious intent whatsoever on purpose. It was just his curiosity and I guess he didn't want to leave us behind cause he's scared too, maybe.

"Hmph!" I cross my arms as Syrus and Chumley actually caught up. "Looks like koala and fright train made it." I noticed they more more focused on the dorm then my words. I didn't care if he brought me, but those two! He could get them expelled or worse if the rumors are true.

We looked at the dorm as we heard footsteps from behind us. we turned around and saw a obelisk ranked girl with long dirty blond hair. "What are you doing here!?" She yells at us, could ask you the same question, ms. Obelisk.

Jaden jumped back then regained a friendly face. "Alexis, long time no see. Haven't seen you since, err, circumstances?" I knew he was talking about, God just shut up Jaden!

Alexis sighed annoying at us, mostly Jaden. "You do know that you'll get expelled for just being here, right?" Seriously, pot meet kettle's grandfather!

"We could ask you the same Alexis." I called her out, maybe I could get leverage on this conversation.

She closed her eyes and then looked at us with droopy eyes. "I have...special permission, from the chancellor." She looked a bit distressed as I tried to fit pieces of the puzzle, then it hit me.

"Wait did you lose someone here Alexis?" Jaden asked it first, I give up on understanding how his brain works.

She nodded. "My brother, he disappeared with the other students. Chancellor said I can visit to pay my respects, but only at the entrance." She quietly sobbed in a rapid stream of emotions. "I guess I can ask for that much, I really miss him." From the start she seamed well control, but it appears she has a softer inside, very soft and a emotional disturbed inside.

I nod my head in respect for her lost. "I'm sorry for your lost. Let's go guys, let Alexis and the dead rest." They understood and we left Alexis in her moment of depression.

...

Not only moment later, Alexis set a yellow rose for her brother. She heard footsteps from behind. "I thought I told you guys-!" She paused as she saw a lone cloaked figure, face obscured by darkness.

"Hello, Alexis."

...

We were walking back to the dorm, slightly sadden by Alexis' lost and grief. Well at least we are going home, no scary ghosts and no damn dorm.

"AHHHH!" It was Alexis and it sounds like she's in trouble. I hate my mouth for jinxing me and my life.

We ran back to the dorm hoping Alexis was all right and not in some life threatening danger. Crap I did it again, bad mouth, bad mind!

To be continued in duel of darkness part two...

(A/N: my fifth chapter on this story and more the 10k words, I feel proud. Legion I know I am not a great writer which is why I put the grammar warning in the summery. I'm still in high school with creative writing being a few months away for me to take. So yeah my pacing is a...tad more fast then you think is normal because I don't know what a good pace is. I tried to take it a little more slow and emotional in this chapter, besides the Alexis part for obvious reasons of them not being invasive jerks. I extended the scary story scene and the trip, also made a change of jaden noticing the dorm instead of Syrus due to Syrus being in a love haze. I do so hope you keep reading, my writing is getting better every chapter and day I do a sentence or two. Pretty impressive for someone doing this on an iPad till my birthday.)