Despite it all Mahaado wasn't going to let his wife intimidate him. She was a mouse when he first got her. He couldn't believe she'd turned around and eventually became a lion! He didn't believe her about the ring expanding up his arm. No way, too many people would question it. So despite her warning he opened up a new vision portal, this time spying on Maura. He did his best to try to hear the conversation between her and Yami but the pounding pain in his arm made it nearly impossible. He looked down and it had encased his arm in armor. Panic, he ran to find his assistant Dylan.

"Dylan, you have to get the stupid ring off my finger, look at what it's done to me!"

Dylan was surprised he rarely did the King call him by his first name. He looked at his hand and said, "What exactly is wrong with your arm, sire?"

"Can't you see? That stupid ring Diana put on me has made my arm look like it's encased in a suit of armor."

"Aye yes, of course how blind of me not to notice something so obvious."

'What in the world is he babbling about? Other than the ring looking like it's about to cut off circulation to his finger nothing else seems to be wrong.'

But of course he didn't want to get yelled at or have his King spout things like 'Do you think I'm lying or something?!'

'I don't believe him to be lying, but I have a feeling Lady Diana had a spell put on it where only he and possibly she could see the results. Our spell caster Tiyou said that this was possible.

"What the hell's wrong with you?! Get started on that stupid spell already!"

"Oh uh yes sire!"

Despite Dylan's spell nothing happened except for the ring loosing up enough that it wasn't cutting off the circulation anymore. Mahaado tried but still was unable to get the ring off.

"What am I going to tell King Kaiba when he sees my arm?!"

"Perhaps sire, you should discuss this with Lady Diana."

Mahaado wasn't happy but knew it was his only option at this point.

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Meanwhile Yugi was still dumbfounded as to how they got there. His finding spell had never caused him to be transported anywhere before. But then again this was the first time he'd ever tried to find something for someone else by using their memories of the object and where it was last seen. Could this be a side effect of that? He found it hard to believe as all the spell books give clear warnings on what might happen and this wasn't one of them!

While Yugi was trying to figure out how they got there and what to do, Mokuba continued to dig in the spot that was glowing. He didn't think it'd snowed that much since he had last been there. Finally just as his hands felt like they couldn't take anymore he saw a small patch of brown. With renewed strength he dug even more till he got it and held it up in triumph before hugging it close. He had missed it. First it was his first toy, it was precious to him, second it reminded him that Yami once loved him.

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Zariah was relaxing in her nice warm tent inside her shielded invisible bubble. When she felt two magic's collide at once and knew that was trouble. She decided she should check on Mokuba and be sure he wasn't involved. What she failed to tell Mokuba about his bracelet was that it also had the ability to call to her much like his cloak does when he's in danger or feeling threatened. But also acts as a homing beacon allowing her to find him anytime she wants. It can also sense danger before Mokuba does. She appeared invisible and only those with strong magic can see her before she wants them too.

Seeing Mokuba here in this area with no coat digging in the snow she was confused. She was even more confused when Mokuba held up his baby dragon.

Mokuba was hugging his dragon when he sensed something and looked right at Zariah causing her to start wondering how he could see her. Truth was he didn't see her, he sensed her. Stunned, she lost focus and her invisibility shield lowered enough that Mokuba did see her!

"Zariah!" Mokuba got up and ran over to her, throwing his arms around her.

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Yami and Maura meanwhile were searching the castle.

"Yami, why didn't Mokuba come rock hunting with us?"

"It was the first time I'd ever opened a portal anywhere before and was worried about getting in and out. Despite having the spell in hand to open the portal. I was nervous about going in there."

"Did Mokuba ask to go before I came in?"

"Maura…"

"So that's a yes. If you didn't want to take us both that was your choice but it's not fair to Mokuba if you keep promising him he can do things and then changing your mind when I ask to do it. Sure I'd have been disappointed not getting to go but I'd have been more upset if at the time I'd known you were going to let me go and not him and he asked first!"

"You didn't exactly give me a choice, you ran on ahead into the portal."

Maura rolled her eyes, "Our country might not have been big on magic but that doesn't mean it wasn't done. I hung around Marastia. She was like Yugi in our country. Though she didn't get to really do a lot because my stepmother hated magic and my father for some reason just went along with anything she said. But she used to open portals to different worlds like the rock world to collect herbs and things. Sometimes she even let me go with her!"

"That's why you had no fear of the portal."

"Exactly. I wanted her to teach me magic but she refused saying if my stepmother ever found out, she might get fired or worse."

"Maura you talk a lot about your stepmother but I never hear you talk about your mother. Why is that?"

"You remember I told you about the time I accidentally burned my mother's doll?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"My mother died a month later. My stepmother started ordering us and everyone else around acting like she was the boss of things the day after my mother died, then two weeks after that she moved in and started ordering everyone around more. Then two months after my mother's death she was constantly complaining that my father wouldn't marry her. We still don't know if he was cheating on my mother or if she cast a spell on him. There have been rumors that she somehow killed my mother and wove a spell on my father. But I don't know anything for sure. She was married to my father less than a year later."