Long ago, when the pyramids were still young, Egyptian kings played a game of great and terrible power. They did battle with magic and monsters, for riches and glory. From these 'Shadow Games' erupted a war that threatened to destroy the world. Until a brave and powerful Pharaoh locked the dark magic away, imprisoning it for all eternity within the mystical millennium items. But even eternity does not last forever. It was never to happen, and for 5000 years, it never did. The secrets of the millennium puzzle remained safely beyond reach, within the imponderable conundrum of its intricate design. For Yugi, the mystery of the millennium puzzle remains just that. The solution, if one exists, eludes him, as it did those that came before. But this time, fate has played a hand; bringing the puzzle and this person together. It was never to happen, and for 5000 years, it never did. But while the desert does it's best to conceal that which should remain buried, it eventually yields it most ancient and terrible secrets.
Yugi picked up the designs of the puzzle he drew up, and wondered how they all fit together. He took a piece and held it to the empty space he thought it went into and it was the right piece.
"Yeah, alright." He said, smiling to the puzzle.
"Maybe this one next." He said, picking up another one. He looked at the puzzle.
"Yes, only one to go." He said.
"I've almost solved the millennium puzzle." He said.
"Grand pa sure is going to be surprised when he sees that I figured this puzzle out all by myself." He said.
"The last piece." He said, looking into the golden box that held the puzzle pieces. He picked up the last piece and looked at it, wondering if this was really it, it seemed too easy.
"This is it." He said, slipping it into the empty space. It went in perfectly and faint yellow light came out of the cracks. He stood up and admired his work.
"Awesome, I did it. The millennium puzzle's complete." The light grew stronger and soon filled the room and shined out of Yugi's skylight in the roof of his grandpa's game shop and house. The stormy sky that had been threatening to rain swirled in the sky around the building. The puzzle began to shake all by it's self.
"Hey, what gives?" Yugi said, holding the shaking puzzle in his hands. He watched as the beautiful and awe-inspiring lights flickered and danced in his hands. Suddenly, shadowy streams came rushing out the puzzle, forming monsters, like those he had seen on his duel monster cards. The monsters swirled around him. They were scary, not like the holograms he had seen before, these monsters looked almost, real. Yugi looked down on the ground and saw a Kuriboh, a tiny furry monster with green arms and legs. He turned to him and looked up at Yugi. He looked really angry. He jumped up and looked like he was going to attack Yugi. Yugi lifted his left arm to block the attack when the puzzle began to glow again. The light was stronger and more golden than before. Yugi heard a sound, like something he had never heard before, some sort of instrumental music that he had never been a fan of. The puzzled swung from right to left and the eye of Horus that was embossed on the puzzle flickered with light. Yugi stared in amazement. He felt something taking over his body, some sort of spirit and then he had the urge to shout.
"Yu-Gi-Oh!" he shouted like he wasn't controlling his own body. The spirit took over his body completely when he did. Someone else was standing in the place of Yugi. He was slightly taller but had the same hair shape. The eye of Horus was glowing on his forehead. His face was shrouded in darkness and when he looked up, his eye color was different from Yugi's. This person wasn't Yugi. He looked around and saw that these monsters surrounded him. Kuriboh looked at him, confused, but continued his attack anyway. Something stopped him a golden circle around this new person.
"Shadow creatures." He said, picking up the puzzle from around his neck.
"Be gone, I command you!" he shouted and lifted up his left arm and showed them the way out. "Return from the dark realm from whence you came." He added and the golden light turned into streams around him. The light filled the room again and when it subsided, it was dark again, and this new person was gone, and only Yugi was there. Yugi looked around and saw that he was alone. "Man." He said, picking up the puzzle.
It was never to happen, but after 5000 years, it did, and with it, the Shadow Games begin again.