After My Practical Exam Was Over, I Made My Way Out Of The Building, They Would Contact Me Tomorrow To Inform Me Of What Dorm I Would Be a Part Of, As I Continued To Make My Way To The Bus StationI Felt Someone Tapping Me in The Shoulder, It Was Jaden.
"Hey Erwin! Heard You Aced On Your Exam! Wish I Could Have Watched It, But I Was Busy Acing In My Exam"
He Said With a Small Laugh
"Yeah, I Can Hardly Believe It, I Manage To Do It. I Am An Official Student At Duel Academy…."
I Said As a Smile Started To Form On My Face
"I Gave My All To Reach Where I Am, And Finding Out It Was All Worth In The End…..It's Such Good Sensation"
I Closed My Eyes As I Said That.
"Man, Sure Am Glad We Will Both Be Attending Duel Academy…Hey Can I Ask You a Question?"
Jaden Said His Smile Still Plastered On His Face
"Sure, Ask Away"
I Said, As I Opened My Eyes To Look At Him Curious To What He Had To Say.
"Wanna Duel? I Am Still Stoked For A Game!"
He Said, Already Activating His Duel Disk.
"Sorry, I Need To Go Back To The Orphanage To Give Everyone The Good News"
I Said As I Dismounted My Duel Disk From My Hand
"Besides, Miss Martha Would Kill Me If I Showed Up Late"
I Shuddered At The Thought, There Are Things In This World Which You Simply DON'T Mess With And Miss Martha Is One Of Them.
"No Problem! We Can Always Duel When We Arrive In The Duel Academy, See Ya Around Erwin!"
He Said As He Bolted Away, Bumping Into a Few People In The Process, That Guy…..He Is a Piece Of Work.
But I Couldn't Help But Notice a Feeling Of Burning In My Arm, Looking Down My Birthmark Was….Glowing?!
I Rolled Up My Sleeve And Sure Enough It Was Glowing, But Unlike Other Times Where It Was a Very Faint Shimmer, Now It Was Glowing With a Rich Crimson Light And It Felt Like My Arm Was On Fire! Clutching My Arm I Rubbed It In Hopes For The Pain To Go Away, After a While The Glow Ceased And The Burning Sensation Was Gone…..That Was…..New.
"What Are You Doing?"
I Heard a Female Voice Speaking To Me Quickly Turning Around I Saw Who Talked To Me, A Girl With Pale Skin And a Blond Dirty Colored Hair Stood In Front Of Me.
"What 's Wrong? Injured Your Arm Or Something?" She Asked With Her Eyebrow Raised.
"Uh? Oh No Nothing! It Had a…Stain On It But Don't Worry It's Okay Now…"
I Said With a Nervous Chuckle And Quickly Rolled My Sleeve Down. She Gave Me a Puzzled Look Before She Shook Her Head.
"Well If You Say So…My Name Is Alexis, I Watched Your Duel Against Professor Banner, And I Gotta Say, It Was Impressive You Did Not Take Damage Through The Entire Duel" She Extended Her Hand For a Handshake.
"Well, Nice To Meet You, The Name Is Erwin Freig, And About My Duel..I Don't Deserve The Praise"
I Said, Only Too Watch Her Brow Twisting In Confusion.
"Why Not? It Was a Good Duel, You Did Not Lose a Single Life Point."
As She Said That I Closed My Eyes After a Moment I Opened Them Again And Gave Her a Serious Look.
"Alexis, What Good Does Winning a Fight When Your Opponent Barely Puts Up Any? It Was Clear That Professor Banner Had Bad Draw After Bad Draw And Besides The Deck He Was Using Barely Knew Him, So It Did Not Knew What To Give To Him, Unlike My Deck, My Cards Know Me Ever Since I Was a Child, The Bond Between The Duelist And Their Deck Can Dictate The Outcome Of a Duel On The Very First Turn"
I Looked Away From Her For a Moment, Gazing In The City Skyline. Letting My Words Sink, Then I Continued Speaking.
"How Much Time Have You Been Using Your Deck?"
She Then Took Her Deck Out Of Her Holster And Looked At It For a Few Seconds Then She Spoke
"Ever Since I Was a Little Girl"
I Smiled At Her Response.
"See? Bet If We Dueled Right Now It Would Be a Very Different Story Then That What You Saw During The Exam."
I Said, She Then Placed Her Deck Back Into Her Holster And Gave Me a Smile.
"Well That Is One Outlook On Dueling That You Don't Hear Everyday" I Shrugged At That
"I Would Love To Stay And Talk Some More, But I Need To Get Going Before It Gets Dark, Nice Talking With You Alexis, Hope To See Ya At The Duel Academy"
I Started To Walk Away.
"Same Here"
She Then Entered Back Into The Building.

* At The Orphanage*

It Was Already Getting Late By The Time I Arrived At The Orphanage, Miss Martha Was Standing In The Front Door, Her Arms Crossed In Front Of Her, She Was Wearing A Serious Expression.
"So Sweetheart How Did The Exam Went?"
She Asked With Her Eyebrow Raised, I Could See In Her Eyes She Was Full Of Expectation.
"I Managed To Win, Miss Martha I Will Attend The Duel Academy!"
As I Said That a Smile Spread Across Her Face.
"I Knew It! Come On Sweetheart Come In, Go Take a Bath, I Will Prepare Something Special To Everyone Today To Celebrate Your Achievement"
We Made Our Inside The Orphanage While She Went Into The Kitchen To Make The Dinner I Went Upstairs To Take a Shower, Only To Be Stopped By Someone Calling For Me Down The Hall.
"Heeeey! Erwin!"
It Was Rally, And He Was Coming At Me At Full Speed.
"How It Went? Bet You Beat Their Asses To Kingdom Come!"
Rally Said In a Extremely Upbeat Tone
"I Just Know You Beated Then In One-"
I Placed My Hand Over Rally's Mouth And He Just Kept Going Rapid Firing For Several Seconds Before He Finally Stopped To Take A Breath.
"To Answer Your Question Yes. I Did Manage To Pass The Exam. No I Did Not Dueled Three People And Won In a Single Turn"
I Removed My Hand From His Mouth To See Him Pouting a Bit.
"Fine, But What You Gonna Do Now? I Got Some New Cards! And I Am Sure That This Time I Will Beat You!"
Rally Said In a Upbeat Tone.
"Sorry Rally I But I Am Really Tired, Because I Practically Ran The Entirety Of Domino City And I Need To Take a Bath, Miss Martha Said We Would Be Having a Special Dinner Today" As Soon As The Words Came Out Of My Mouth Rally's Eyes Got Wide And a Big Grin On His Face.
" MARTHA IS GONNA MAKE HER SPECIAL TURKEY TODAY?!"
As Soon As The Words Finished Echoing In Walls Of The Orphanage Every Door In The Hallway Burst Open And EVERY SINGLE KID CAME POURING OUT LIKE A HORDE.
IT. WAS. CHAOS. I Did My Best To Try And Calm Them But My Voice Was Being Drown In The Never Ending Sea Of Excited Voices Wanting a Piece Of That Legendary Turkey, And Then She Came Into Scene.
"SILENCE!"
Miss Martha's Voice Boomed And In An Instant Every Kid And Teenager Became Silent, You Could Hear a Pin Fall In The Deafening Silence.
"Listen! Erwin is VERY Tired And Needs To Rest! So Be Good Boys And Girls And Return To Your Rooms! When Dinner Is Ready I Will Call Everyone."
As She Finished Speaking Every Kid Returned To Their Room In an Organized Fashion, Even Rally Quietly Walked To His Room. The Hall Was Empty Save For Me And Miss Martha.
"They Sure Can Get Difficult To Handle Sometimes"
She Said With a Small Chuckle
"Now Erwin I Meant What I Said, Go Take a Bath And Try To Rest a Bit Okay?"
Her Voice In a Munch More Soft Tone.
"Yeah…Okay"
I Made My Way To My Room And Took Off My Jacket, Then I Decided To Inspect The Birthmark, It Was Not Glowing Not Even Shimmering, I Ran My Fingers Across It Trying To Get To React Somehow But Nothing Happened, Sighing I Ran My Hand Through My Black Hair. I Was Extremely Tired After a Bath I Would Catch Some Sleep.

* A STRANGE DREAM HAPPENED ONCE MORE ON THAT NIGHT *

I Found Myself Standing In Front Of The Gate, But This Time It Was Different, The Stone Doors Were Already Open And On The Ground There Was a Lit Torch. Taking The Torch In My Hands I Headed In The Apparent Never Ending Darkness Only To Be Stopped Dead On My Track When I Heard a Voice.
"ERWIN….."
The Booming Voice Said. I Quickly Turned Around Using My Torch In a Desperate Attempt To Find Whoever Said That.
"ERWIN…..ERWIN!"
Following That a Roar So Loud That Shook Me To My Very Bones.
"ERWIN!"
Then I Woke Up With Rally Standing Besides My Bed.
"Erwin! Come On! Martha Already Made The Turkey, She Said No One Eats Until You Sit On The Table!"
He Said Practically Dragging Me Out Of The Bed.
"Okay! Okay! Just Let Me Put on a Shirt Jeez!."

* AT THE DINING ROOM*

After Putting On a Simply White Shirt I Headed Down, Only To Be Welcomed By Cheers From Every One In The Orphanage.
"Hey There Mister Student Of The Duel Academy!"
"Way To Go Man!"
"Sorry For Placing a Betting Against You !"
"Show The Duel Academy What The People Satellite District Are Made Of!"
Were Among The Things I Heard When I Sat At The Table, And I Was Filled With Joy, It Was Thanks For Their Support That I Got Where I Am.
"All Right Kids, Calm Down. What Are You Waiting For Sweetheart You Are The Only One Missing Here"
Miss Martha Said As She Pulled a Chair Besides Rally, Who In Turn Was Drooling All Over The BIG Turkey. As I Took My Seat On The Table Miss Martha Picked a Big Knife And a Fork And Cuted One Of The Legs From The Turkey, Thick Brow Sauce Dripping From The Cut Limb Making My Stomach Growl Even More, After I Had My Portion Miss Martha Allowed Everyone Else To Have Their Share. It Was A Fun Dinner Everyone Eating And Having Fun. Man…I Will Miss This.
My Daydreaming Was Broken By Rally Who Was Poking Me Non-Stop.
"Hey Erwin, Since I Know You Gonna Be Away For a Long Time, I Want To Give You Something"
Rally Reached From Within His Oversized Coat And Pulled a Single Duel Monster Card, It Was Called Grave Squirmer

Grave Squirmer (Type-Fiend/Attribute-Dark/Effect/ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
If This Card Is Destroyed By Battle And Sent To The GY: Target 1 Card On The Field; Destroy That Target.

"Rally…Where Did You Find This Card?"
Rally Gave Me a Smile
"While You Were Out Like a Light Me And The Other Kids Got Together And Bought One Of The New Booster Packs That Came Out, And This Card Was Among Them, So We Decided That This Card Would Be The Symbol Of Our Friendship! Now Even When You Are Far Away You Still Have Something To Remember Us By!"
As I Stared At The Cardwork I Could Swear That It…Winked At Me? But That Is Neither Here Nor There, What Is Important Is That My Friends Gave Me a Symbol Of Their Friendship, And I Would Go To Extreme Lengths To Protect This Symbol.
"Rally..I…I Don't Even Know What To Say…."
Rally Simply Smiled Upon Hearing My Words, Then Miss Martha Spoke
"If You Can't Find Words To Express Those Feelings, Then Convey Your Feelings Through Actions Sweetheart"
As I Continued Staring At The Card I Could Feel The Fire In My Soul Burning Even More!
"In That Case I Promise Each And Every Single One Of You That I Will Stand At The Very Top! I Will Become The Best Of The Best! And I Will Use This Card To Get There!"
After My Little Speech The Rest Of The Dinner Was Very Uneventful. After Everyone Was Stuffed With Miss Martha's Legendary Turkey We All Went To Our Rooms To Turn In For The Night.
Tomorrow The Duel Academy Will Contact Me…Wonder In Which Dorm I Landes…..But That Is a Worry For Tomorrow, Today I Would Sleep With a Bellyful Of Turkey.