Okay, disclaimer:

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, only Sadie and the plot of this story.

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"Two nine year old kids, one boy and one girl, decided that they would skip school that day to visit the local caves. Once they were inside the cave, however, the mouth of the cave collapsed, leaving the two trapped. They traveled farther into the cave, hoping to find another way out. They came to a dimly lit room that had a few torches, and the door behind them suddenly shut, trapping them again. A man stepped out of the shadows, and challenged the boy to a duel. The girl stepped in, insisting she should be the one who dueled.

"The man accepted, and told her it would be a shadow duel, and the loser's soul would be trapped in the Shadow Realm. After a well-fought duel, the girl lost. Before the girl's soul was taken, she threw three cards to the boy, saying he'll need them someday. She disappeared into the shadows, and she hasn't been seen since," Jaden finished his story.

Jaden looked up to see Syrus and Chumley holding each other, shaking, "What? I drew a high level monster card, so I told a scary story."

"Jaden? Did that really happen?" Syrus asked, still shaking.

Before he could answer, there was a knock on the door. Jaden looked up and saw Professor Banner stepping through the doorway.

"Hello, everyone. Have you seen Pharaoh anywhere?" as soon as he asked, an orange cat jumped down from the roof beams into Professor Banner's arms. "Never mind. What are you three up to?" he asked, noticing the expressions still on Chumley and Syrus's face.

"We're playing a game," Jaden told him.

"You have to tell a scary story, and the higher the level of the card you draw, the scarier the story has to be," Syrus explained.

"May I take a turn?" Professor Banner asked, taking a step closer to the desk.

"Sure, Teach," Jaden answered. Professor Banner leaned forward and drew a card from the top of the deck.

"Wow," Syrus said shocked, "that's a high level card."

Professor Banner thought for a minute, and then seemed satisfied with a story to tell.

"Okay, out in the woods of Academy Island, there is an abandoned dorm. It used to be a working dorm, that is, until some of the students disappeared. They went out to the dorm one day, and they never came back. People went out there to search for them, but no one was successful. This is why the Abandoned Dorm is off limits to all students," Professor Banner finished speaking and quietly kept stroking his cat. All three of the boys' mouths were wide open, but for different reasons. Syrus and Chumley were terrified, but Jaden seemed excited.

"That really happened, Teach?" Jaden asked excitedly.

"Yes, it did. Well, I'll leave you to your game now," and with that, Professor Banner stepped out of the room to leave the three to ponder over his story.

"I've seen the Abandoned Dorm," Syrus piped up.

"You have?" Jaden asked, getting even more excited by the minute.

"Yeah, I got lost one day in the forest, and I saw this creepy, old dorm," Syrus answered.

"So you know how to get there?" Jaden questioned further.

"Yes, but—"

"Then it's settled. We'll go to the Abandoned Dorm tomorrow night," Jaden stated.

"What?" Syrus shouted. "We can't go there!"

"Yeah, that place is not 'licious," Chumley agreed.

"Come on, guys. There's nothing wrong with that place. There's no way that those kids would just disappear. There's got to be a reason, and we're gonna find it," Jaden encouraged.

"There's no chance that we are going to talk you out of this, huh?" Syrus asked, almost begging for Jaden to reconsider.

"Nope. I'm going," he said simply.

"Fine, I'll go with you," Syrus reluctantly agreed.

"I guess I will too," Chumley agreed as well.

"So tomorrow night, we will go to the Abandoned Dorm."

at the dorm

"Be at peace, Brother, wherever you are," Alexis sighed as she placed a red rose by the gates of the dorm. She turned to leave, but before she could start heading back toward her own dorm, she heard some noises coming from some nearby bushes. She pointed her flashlight towards the source of the sound, only to find Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley climbing out of the bushes.

"Next time, we don't take the shortcut, Sy," Chumley said once he got the leaves and twigs off of himself.

"Sorry," Syrus smiled weakly. "I thought it was closer than this."

"No harm done, Sy. We're here now," Jaden told him. It wasn't until then that Jaden noticed Alexis standing there. "Oh, hey, Alexis. What are you doing out here?"

"I was about to ask you three the same question. Do you know that this place is off limits?" she asked.

"It didn't stop you," Jaden retorted.

"I have my reasons!" Alexis shouted back.

"Whoa, sorry Alexis. You don't have to blow up like that. Look, we just want to check out the dorm," Jaden attempted to calm her down.

"Haven't you heard about the missing students?" she asked.

"Yeah, I heard the rumors, but none of that is real, is it?" Jaden replied.

"Yes, it is," Alexis answered simply.

"How do you know?" Jaden asked.

"Because one of the missing students," she paused shortly, "was my brother."

"Wow, Alexis. We didn't know," Jaden said, uncertain of what else to say.

"All I can say is that this place is bad news, and you guys shouldn't go in there," and with one last glance, she started to walk back down the path.

"Well, that just makes me want to go in even more," Jaden smiled.

"Are you serious? Didn't you hear what Alexis just said?" Syrus asked worried.

"Yeah, and I want to check it out," and with that, Jaden walked past the gates with Chumley on his tail.

"I'll just wait here for you guys," Syrus said in a shaky voice. Suddenly a howl could be heard in the distance. "On second thought, wait up guys!"

with Alexis

After leaving the three boys, Alexis was heading back to her dorm. Suddenly, she heard some rustling behind her in the bushes. She turned around and saw a man towering over her, his face hidden in the shadows.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

back with Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley

"Did you hear that?" Syrus asked in a frightened voice.

"Yeah. It sounded like Alexis!" Jaden replied, already sprinting down the hallway toward the sound. The three Slifers ran into a dimly lit room, torches lining the wall. Jaden scanned the room, until his eyes found a coffin lying against the wall.

Inside the coffin was…Alexis.

"Alexis!" Jaden called out. He started to run to her, but stopped when he heard a man laughing.

"Prepare to be defeated by the shadows!" he said, pulling out a duel disk.

"Give Alexis back!" Jaden yelled to the man.

"Only if you defeat me in a duel," he replied.

"Fine, get your game on," Jaden challenged.

near the end of the duel

"You are about to lose this duel, and you still don't remember," the man taunted.

"What are you talking about?" Jaden asked, puzzled.

"Do you not recall the event that happened seven years ago to this day?" he said, taking pleasure at Jaden's confusion.

"Of course I know what happened today, but how would you…wait a second. It was you. You trapped her in the Shadow Realm," Jaden realized, anger welling up inside him.

"Indeed I did. And you will soon join her!" the man shot back.

"Do you have any idea what they are talking about?" Syrus asked Chumley.

"No clue," he answered dully.

"I have a deal for you," Jaden started. "If I lose, my soul gets trapped in the Shadow Realm, but if I win, you let all five of us go."

"Fine, you have a deal."

end of duel

"That's game, now let her go!" Jaden yelled at the man. But all the man did was laugh as he was sucked into the shadows. "No! You promised you would let her go!"

"Jaden, don't worry, Alexis is fine," Syrus reassure, confusing the meaning of Jaden's outburst. He went over to Jaden and put a hand on his shoulder, but Jaden shook it off.

"Leave me alone, Sy. I need to be alone for a while," and with that, Jaden walked out of the room, leaving confused faces in his wake.

Jaden walked out of the dorm, out of the forest, and headed towards the cliffs behind the Slifer Dorm. Once he got there, he sat down, and released his anger. "I thought I got you back! And what happens? You get taken away again!" Jaden yelled, slowly subsiding. Then he started to cry, letting seven years of hatred and sorrow flow out of him.

"You know, Jaden. You never were the one to cry," a voice said behind him.

Jaden's head shot up, but still stared out at the ocean, "Is that you? Sadie?"

"I'm glad you haven't forgotten," she replied. Jaden slowly stood up, and then the two embraced each other.

"I missed you, Sadie," Jaden told her.

"I missed you too, Jaden," she replied.

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