Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Magician Girls Escape Trick ❯ The Escape ( Chapter 1 )

Standard Disclaimer: I don’t own Yugi-oh, nor will I profit from using its characters.

Tea held it in her hands. She couldn’t believe that Professor Hopkins had insisted on giving it to her. Mind you, they were selling them in the museum gift shop, it’s not like he gave her the original. Still it was a $50 value, and besides there are many copies of every duel monster card in circulation and each one can access the power of the spirit they possess. Did this book have some power? Was it connected to the spirit of its writer? It must be! Just reading it made the girl come alive to Tea. She was no longer a fable, or a myth, but a real person who led a real life, a more interesting life than Tea expected, particularly because she had a love affair with Pharaoh Yami Atem.

Tea didn’t want to believe that part, especially since the diary described Mana as just one of many lovers the pharaoh had sent to his chambers on a whim from time to time. Yami’s spirit now resides within her friend Yugi, and both had always been perfect gentlemen. No more that that! Tea had purposely thrown opportunities there way but Yugi would only blush and act oblivious, worse Yami would snort and change the subject. Yet here it was in the diary. On the right there was the original Egyptian, and on the left a Japanese translation describing in depth what a great lover the pharaoh was.

Things sure were different back then. Mana was the apprentice to Mihado, the first sorcerer to the Pharaoh, a respected career girl even in those times. Yet she described being called to the Pharaohs bedchambers as a rare honor. To her the pharaoh was a link to god, and not bound to the morality of mere men. He could call whatever girl he wanted, dismiss her when he pleased and they would do as he wished with smiles. Tea was getting angry just thinking about it. Worse, she felt jealous, and ashamed.

It was a school night and Tea needed to get some sleep. According to the myth Mihado’s spirit became the dark magician card when he died and Mana’s spirit became the dark magician girl card. Since this was Mana’s diary Tea took a Dark magician girl card from her deck and between pages 34 and 35 she placed it as a bookmark. Not a very smart move actually. The diary was a snapshot of her mind. Mind and spirit where united. All that was missing was a body.

In a world between worlds, neither earth, nor the shadow realm, the Dark Magician Girl stood at her masters’ side and waited. Being the spirit of a rare card could be really boring sometimes. Out of the six billion people in the world over one billion have played duel monsters, and over a hundred million were playing right now, and yet not one person had played her card in three weeks.

Though coveted as the as a rare card, few recognized the value of her special abilities. There’s some fat pimple faced nerd in New York who has five Dark Magician Girl cards in his deck because summoning them is the closest he’s ever come to getting laid, and the really pathetic thing is that she was beginning to miss him. There’s a little girl in Tuscany who barely knows how to play and only keeps her card because she thinks it is so pretty. She won three duels for that kid last month, great kid. Then there’s Yugi and Tea. Tea doesn’t duel often but her and Yugi make for the truly meaningful battles. After all when they duel lives and worlds are at stake.

Suddenly, her reminiscing was disturbed, by the opening of a portal. It was not like the regular portals that lead into a duel. No this one was orange instead of blue. Also she wasn’t being pulled into it, but did feel tempted to pass through. She looked to her master, who gave her a slight nod. With that simple gesture he commanded her to pass through and like a faithful servant she leaped into the unknown.

Mana awoke to the sound of ringing. It was coming from one of those telephone machines. She recognized it because Mana had won a duel last year where the opponent forgot to turn his cellular phone off in the battle arena. Slowly she got up. It was a strange feeling. Her body seemed so heavy that she could barely float off the ground. There was a moist feeling on her head, somewhat like sweat. Suddenly the answering machine came on and she heard the voice of the pharaohs’ avatar.

"Hey Tea, this is Yugi. Sorry if I woke you, but I felt something weird happen last night. Kinda like a disturbance in the heart of the cards. If you’re there…"

Mana grabbed the receiver, forcefully pulled it to her ear. "Pharaoh, this is Mana the Dark Magician Girl. It’s wondrous; somehow I’m in the physical world without a dueling arena. Did you summon me Pharaoh?"

There was a pause and Mana wondered if she was using this modern device properly. Finally Yugi, in Yamis’ voice responded. "Mana, I’m calling Teas’ room. Is that where you are?"

She looked around. The name Tea wasn’t written anywhere, but there where posters of famous ballerinas on the walls, and a picture of Yugi on the nightstand. It had the feel of Tea, from what little she could tell. She responded with a reluctant "Yes."

"Is Tea there?" Yugi demanded.

"No."

"I’m coming over. Please stay in that bedroom." Yugi begged.

Mana thought about this. Pharaohs are linked to the gods. Yami-Yugi must have the power to summon a spirit from other realms. Moreover she was summoned to a bedchamber while his regular mistress is absent, and asked to wait there. What an encouragable man she mused. Still she responded "I will perform my royal duty my Pharaoh."

"Good, I’ll call Joey and Tristan! We’ll be there soon." Yugi responded.

"Eeeek!" Three guys! How could the pharaoh just pass her around like that? Royal duty my butt, she thought.

Meanwhile in New York a duel was taking place between two rivals. On his turn one rival drew a card. Damn he thought. He had wanted to get Dark Magician Girl. Instead there was something he didn’t even remember having. Still he had no other monsters, so he placed it on the field. "I summon Ballerina Girl Tea."

Suddenly, in a flash of light, Tea appeared on the field. She was dressed in dancing shoes, a tutu, a pink dress, which cut off below the shoulders, and pink gloves that extended above her elbows. Her cheeks were rosier than normal. Her eyes sparkled and her eyelashes fluttered.

Suddenly Tea was jolted awake. "Where am I? What happened?"

"Tea attack," her current player screamed.

"Attack what?" she responded.

Tea then looked to the side opposite her player. Then up. Then up some more. There he was Slifer the Sky Dragon. "Eeeek!"

Well that’s it. Just an idea I couldn’t get out of my head. I can understand why no writer wants to narrate a duel, but it seems odd that no one else ever tries to treat Dark Magician Girl like a real character in there stories.

I might continue this; I might not, depending on audience response.

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