Prologue

The doors were opening as the duel was over and the pharoah had called out his name...Atem...a name I'd never forget...I'd felt weird rushing forward, but I had to tell him...only Tristan held me back and shook his head. The doors closed and the place began to crumble...

Three long years had passed and somehow...it seems like an eternity...

"Tea...TEA!"

Startled, the twenty year brunette bombshell turned to face Joey, Tristan, and Serenity. Blushing, she placed the three trays onto the table and sat down next to Joey.

"Sorry..."
"You know...you'be been acting weird Tea...are you ok?" Serenity asked.

Tea sighed...wierd wasn't even beginning to sound like that right right word. For the past couple of nights, her once pleasent dreams had been made into nightmares. She was seeing things that just didn't seem right...

"Just daydreaming I guess..."
"Well stop! We have a surprise for ya, Mrs. I-Went-to-New-York-And-Made-It-Big!" Joey exclaimed.

It was ture. When she'd graduated, Tea Gardner had been excepted by one of the best dance academies in the U.S. and had been going there ever since. Tea had recently returned to Domino City for summer break of three weeks. Her old boos at the resturant she'd been working at had let her back on during that time.

"A...surprise?"
"Yah, let's go!" Tristan said, grabbing ahold of Serenity's hand.

Tea smiled. Tristan and Serenity had been going strong together for about two years now. Joe had been seeing Mai for about two and a half. Surprisingly, Duke had been talking with Ishizu about woking with different ideas for Dungon Dice monsters, which had led to about four months of dating. They hopped into Joey's car and headed to Yugi's.

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"Surprise! Welcome home Tea!"

She didn't know what to say. Everyone she knew, even the Kaiba's, had shown up. Speaking of the Kaibas...when the gang had called to say Seto Kaiba had a beautiful girlfrien...they weren't kidding.

At 5'7, she was almost Tea's height withh bright blue eyes and long shoulder-length blonde hair. Yugi had told her she'd been a famous singer from America and had traveled to Domino to perfom for Kaiba Corp's company party, Mokuba's idea. Soon Liz, as she was known by, had been visiting more and more...and she and Kaiba were soon dating. Tea had to admit...it was nice to see someone other than herself keeping Kaiba under control.

As everyone went around talking to each other, with the exeption of LIz pulling Kaiba around everywhere, the party was going great. Tea was in the middle of talking with Liz about living in America when suddenly the floor began to shake, the lights flashing, and outside going black.

"What's going on?" Serenity said.

"Earthquake?" Mai said.

.....Tea...

Said person looked around and finally noticed a light shining bright from the windows as the doors opened.

...Tea...it's time...

Tea's eyes widened at the sight in the doorway.

"...p-pharoah..."

Atem smiled and held out his hand.

....Tea....help me...

When she took his hand, her eyes shut and she surcummed to the darkness.