When I Woke Up The First Thing I Noticed Was The Fact That I Was Not In My Bed, But Once More In Front Of The Same Gate That Has Been Plaguing My Dreams.

Sighing I Took a Torch That Was On The Ground And Once More Braved The Darkness, But This Time It Felt Different, The More I Walked Deeper In The Darkness The More Hot It Became.

After Walking What Felt Like An Eternity I Finally Came Across Something New, Piercing Against The Darkness Stood What Looked Like An Altar Of A Giant Statue Of a Dragon.

The Dragon Itself Resembles More Of a Demon, Two Giant Horns Sprouted From Its Head, With One Of Them Being Snapped And a Third Smaller One On The Top Of Its Pointing Backwards, Parts Of Its Body Sprouting What Seemed Like Parts Of a Armor And Most Notable Detail Was In It's Left Hand, What Seemed Like a Thick Gauntlet, It Was a Bit Hard To Describe This Sight.

Then The Ground Started To Violently Shake And The Statue Started To Crack, a Crimson Light Emerging Through The Cracks.

When I Tried To Make a Run For It, Giant Flames Surrounded The Shrine Preventing Me From Escaping, Then I Heard That Same Roar Again Much More Loud Now.

Upon Turning To Where The Statue Was, The Cracks Kept Appearing And More Of The Crimson Light Shone Through The Cracks…Until.

* In The Real World *

I Woke Up Screaming From The Top Of My Lungs, Cold Sweat Was Running Down My Entire Body, I Was Hyperventilating In A Vain Attempt To Calm Myself Down.

My Screams Ended Up Scaring Chumley So Bad That He Fell Off The Top Bunk-Bed And Face-First Into The Wooden Floor, He Then Got Up And Started To Frantically Look Everywhere.

"What Happened?! Are We Being Invaded By Kangaroos?!" Chumley Said, His Voice Filled With Terror.

After a Few More Minutes I Managed To Calm Myself Down, Then I Took a Look At My Birthmark, But No Glow This Time.

"Sorry Chumley, I Just Had One Hell Of A Nightmare" I Said That While Wiping The Sweat Rolling Down My Face.

"Damm, It Must Have Been a Pretty Nasty One" Chumley's Eyes Them Feel Upon My Birthmark, His Brow Visibly Twisting In Confusion "What's That On Your Arm? Some Kind Of Tattoo?"

I Rubbed The Strange Mark Engraved In My Arm "No, It's a Birthmark, Believe It Or Not." I Let Out a Tired Sigh, Even Though I Just Woke Up I Felt Drained. Then I Glanced At The Clock In My PDA

5:55 AM

Seeing As I Would Not Be Able To Get Anymore Sleep I Decided To Get Ready For My First Day Of Classes, As I Walked To The Wardrobe I Had Two Choices Of Uniforms, One Completely Red With White Details And The Other Was White With Red Details.

I Decided To Choose The White One With Red-Details, It Honestly Looked A Lot More Pleasing To The Eyes.

After I Was Done Preparing Myself For The Day I Decided To Head Straight Into The Main Building, It Was Quite The Walk, But I Did Not Minded, I Used That To Clear My Head And Reflect On What Was Happening To Me.

First It Was My Birthmark Glowing And Second Were These Nightmares.

The Nightmares Specifically Were Getting To Me, Before They Were Pretty Tame, If a Bit Weird, But Now They Were Getting Worse, Especially With That Dragon's Statue.

But I Would Not Trouble My Mind With Such Negative Thoughts, Not On The Very First Day, I Decided That Instead Of Going Straight To Class I Would Rather Walk Around The Main Building.

Through My Little Exploration I Came Across The What Seemed To Be a Shop, Rolls Of Shelves Were Neatly Lined Up With All Kinds Of Duel-Related Products, From Structure Decks To Card Sleeves, And In The Middle Of It All Was a Box Filled To The Brim With Big Packages.

"Oh! I Wasn't Expecting Someone So Soon!" Game a Voice From Behind The Counter, And There Stood a Old Lady, She Was a Bit Overweight But Nothing Too Overboard, In Her Face Resting Comfortably In The Bridge Of Her Nose Was a Pair Of Small Glasses, And She Had a Sweet Smile Plastered On Her Face.

"I Am Sorry To Say Sweetheart, But We Are Not Yet Open" She Said While Frowning a Bit.

"Nah, It's Fine I Am Just Taking a Look Around, I Arrived Yesterday I Am Taking a Look Around..You Don't Mind Do You?"

She Then Waved Her Hand Is a Dismissive Manner "Of Course I Don't Sweetheart, Go On Take a Look Around. Oh And Where Are My Manners? My Name Is Dorothy" She Says With a Small Chuckle.

After Making a Few Rounds Across The Shop I Had a Hard Time Containing My Bewilderment , There Were So Many Cards And Rare Ones At That…If Only The Shop Was Open I Could Buy a Few…..

"We Could Buy More Grave Squirmers Ya Know…..Just Saying It Would Help a Lot With Your Deck" Grave Squirmer Said In a Nonchalant Way ( Or At Least He Tried To ).

I Decided That It Was Enough Of Torturing Myself And Decided To Continue Walking, God I Was So Tired.

"Little Buddy? What 's Wrong?" He Said With Concerned Written All Over His Eyes

"I Had a Nightmare Last Night, Like a Really Vivid And Nasty One" I Rubbed Off My Eyes In a Vain Attempt To Banish The Sleepiness Away, I Would Have To Use Every Ounce Of Strength I Had To Stay Awaken, Specially During Classes.

"Well, Just Remember To Take Care Of Yourself, If You Are To Achieve Your Dream, You Gotta Be On Tip-Top Shape, Mentally And Physically" Then He Disappeared, Back To…Wherever He Goes And He Is Not Around Me.

"Are You Feeling Unwell Mister Freig?" Came a Familiar Voice Behind Me.

Upon Turning Around, There He Was The Vice-Chancellor Of The Duel Academy, Rex Goodwin, In The Flesh.

"Oh, Vice-Chancellor….Sorry I Didn't See You There, But To Answer Your Question, Yeah I Am Fine Don't Worry" I Did My Best To Try And Muster a Smile.

"Very Well, If You Are In Fact Feeling Unwell, Don't Hesitate To Visit Miss Fontaine On The Infirmary, The Last Thing We Want Is a Student Under-Performing Due To Health Related Problems, Specially On Their Very First Day Of Class" He Then Closed His Eyes For a Moment Before Opening Them Once More "That Will Be All, Mister Freig, Good Luck On Your First Day Of Classes" He Then Walked Deeper Into The Corridor, Disappearing Upon Turning Left.

I Pulled My PDA And Checked The Time.

6:12 AM

I Better Go To Class, With Any Luck I Will Be Able To Catch A Quick Nap, And Hey Maybe It Will Be A Fun Class.

* During The Class *

I Take Back What I Said, This Class Is Boring. Doctor Crowler Was a Piece Of Work, He Would Be a Good Teacher If He Actually Gave The Damm Lessons, Half Of The Class He Spent On a Rant About Us "Slifer Slackers" And How We Would Never Get Anywhere Because We Were a Bunch Of Slackers….

"Bold Words Coming From a Fool Wearing Jester's Makeup" I Heard Someone Saying, I Looked To My Side and Jaden And Syrus Were Asleep.

"Hey, Did You Hear Someone Say Something?" I Asked a Group Of Girls Sitting Above Me, If Memory Serves Me One Of Them Was Called Alexis.
"Other Than Doctor Crowler's Voice? No." She Then Turned To Her Two Friends "Did You Two Hear Something?"

The One With Black Hair Thought a Bit Before She Shook Her Head "Like Other Than Crowler's Voice No, Jasmine Have You Heard Anything?" She Asked Her Friend With Orange Hair.

"No Mindy I Did Not, And Why Are You Wasting Your Time Talking To a Slifer Slacker? You Too Alexis." The Now Named Jasmine Angry Said, She Turned To Me Once More " A Slifer Like Yourself Should Know Your Place And Not Address The Queen Of The Obelisk's Blue".

"Fools, Weaklings, EVERY Single One Of Them, They Don't Know What You And I Have Been Through, Victory Was Handed To Them From The Very Start." Came The Voice Once More, And I Know For a Fact That It Was Not Grave Squirmer.

Before I Had a Chance To Respond Alexis Glared At Her Friend "What's Wrong With You Jasmine? He Simply Asked a Question, And Besides I Don't Need You Two Babysitting Me Around" She Then Turned To Me "Look, I Am Really Sorry For That, They Are Just Trying To Protect Me That's All"

"It's Fine Really, I Am Used To This Kind Of Thing" I Then Turned My Attention To Class, It Seems Like Crowler Finished His Little Rant And Was Actually Ready To Give The Class.

Everything Went Smooth, But There Was a Tough On The Back Of My Mind, Who Or What Said Those Things?

After We Were Dismissed From Class I Joined With Jaden And The Others.

"Oh Hey There Erwin! How's It Going Buddy?" Jaden Greeted Me With His Trademark Smile "We Were Going To The Card Shop, Wanna Join?"
"Sure Thing, I Can Lead The Way If You Want, I Have Been There Early Today"

And So We Made Our Way To The Card Shop, And It Was Filled With People From The Most Various Ranks, Some People Were Eating And Others Were Buying Cards.

"Sooooo Little Buddy, Are You Still Gonna Buy More Grave Squirmers? Like Just Saying" If His Mouth Wasn't Covered With Bandages I Am Sure He Would Be Either Giving Me an Innocent Smile Or Whistling Innocently.

I Then Remembered What Professor Banner Said About DP, So I Decided To Check My PDA

Welcome To Your PDA
Status
Name Of The Student: Erwin Freig
Dorm: Slifer Red
Age: 15
Dueling Status
Wins: 0
Loses: 0
Draws: 0

Win Ratio: 0%

DP: 1000

It Seems Like They Made The Deposit Already, Well Time To Go On A Mini Shopping Spree..Wonder If They Have Some Archfiend Support ... .Oh And That Monster Seems Useful…

After a Bit Of Shopping I Had Settled For a Few Booster Packs And a Pack Of Card Sleeves, But When I Was In The Line To Pay For Those Things I Am Suddenly Pushed To The Ground.

"Out Of My Way Slacker! The Chazz Has No Time Waiting In a Line!" As I Feel To The Ground All The Booster Packs Got Scattered All Over The Floor.

"Little Buddy! Are You Good?! Did You Break Any Bone?!" Grave Squirmer Kneewled Besides Me, Looking For Any Thing That Might Indicate That I Was Hurt.

After I Got Up I Glared Daggers At This So Called "Chazz"

"What The Hell Is Your Problem?!" I Said As I Got Up, Dusting Myself In The Process.

"Shut It Slifer! You Are In The Presence Of The Chazz, So Beat It!" As He Said Two Of His Goons Appeared Besides Him "Yeah! That's The Chazz For You!" Said The One With Brown Hair.

"Fools…..Every Last One Of Them, They Don't Deserve The Title Of Elites….No.." The Voice Said Again, And Now My Suspicions Were Confirmed, That Was In Fact Not Grave Squirmer, But I Had Other Things To Worry About, Like The Pompous Fool In Front Of Me Who Thinks The World Should Bend Towards His Every Whim.

"Listen Here You Snoob, I Don't Care Who You Are, You Could Be Yugi Muto Himself, But No One Pushes Me Around And Gets Away With It" I Said While Getting Right Up To His Face.

"Psh, Whatcha Gonna Do Slacker?" He Said With a Smirk On His Face, But He Was Backup a Bit.

"A Duel, How About That? Of Course, Unless The Chazz Is Afraid To Duel a Slacker?" I Said As I Glared Straight Into His Eyes.

"The Chazz Is NEVER Afraid Of Taking a Challenge! But Don't Get Your Hopes Up Slacker! I Will Wipe The Floor With Your Ass Turn 1!" He Then Turned To Walk Away From The Card Shop, His Two Goons Following Right Behind Him.
That's When I Noticed, Everyone Bewilderment, I Guess No One Expected a Slifer To Be Direct And Confrontational Against His "Superiors", Some People, Namely The Ones In Blue, Were Scowling While Others Were In Shock, Their Jaw's Hanged Wide Open.

I Then Decided I Was Done With All That Bullshit And Decided To Head Straight To The Duel Arena, Jaden And The Others Can Catch-Up If They Want, I Had a Duel To Get Ready.

"Little Buddy! But What About The Caaaaards?!" Came Grave Squirmer's Protests From Behind, Only For Them To Get More And More Distant As I Continued To Walk Down The Corridor.