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Caught in Time

Chapter 2

Anzu stepped off the fairly small bus full of students from every grade level and took in the hot air around her. The sun was blinding, tempting her to close her eyes to shield them from the brightness but she found that she couldn't. It was her second time being in Egypt or the third time if one counted the time she was in Atem's memories.

Mr. Johns was glaring at her from the bus as the other students filed out and onto the sandy earth of gold.

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"Mr. Johns, I'm going with you on the trip to Egypt, I have everything you need." She said sweetly as she and Terra entered the empty room that he was in. Mr. Johns was slightly attractive with blond gray hair and sharp gray eyes. His glasses like walls that held back his emotions and stopped other emotions from affecting him. He was tall with no extra fat on his body. If Anzu really wanted to be a jerk to him, all she had to do was ask if he was having sex with one of the students.

The school did have its share of slut students.

"I don't remember saying anything ab-" he was cut off as Terra smiled.

"Mr. Johns, you weren't lying, were you?"

The man gritted his teeth together. "No."

Anzu smiled. "You know, Mr. Johns, for just doing that, not telling a beloved Honor Student of Principle Marten, I could get you in some very deep trouble." The man paled. "Maybe even fi-"

"Enough! I get it." He snapped, holding out his hand. "Just give me the papers." Anzu did as told while Terra watched with an unwavering gaze.

"Mr. Johns," she said quietly. "If Anzu does not get to go after completing all that she has done I will report this to the Principle and you will lose your job." The teacher scowled and turned back to his desk.

"I get it." He snapped out.

"I hope you do."

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Anzu smiled and turned to her friend. Terra was in boots, tan shorts and a shirt, much like everyone else in the class. Anzu was in much of the same thing, only she added her own thing to it. Instead of brown boots she decided to go for black boots, a white shirt with a phoenix charm on it. Her black shorts also had a matching phoenix threaded into the fabric with gold on her left hip. "Aren't the pyramids amazing?"

"Yes, much like your outfit too I should add," she giggled. "Even though there are greater, much taller buildings than them, the pyramids provide more of a mystery to me due to the fact that, after all, it is still much a mystery on how they were made."

"Yes, it goes to show you just how clever the Egyptians were." Anzu said.

"Everyone get together!" Mr. Johns yelled out so that everyone could hear him. The students drew closer to him. "We will be doing a 'dig', so to say. Though the archeologists say there's nothing here, we'll 'dig' here anyway. After all, we don't truly know if there is nothing here at all. Now, go choose your area and get started!" he said.

Everyone rushed to get their partners while Terra and Anzu looked on. "So Little Yugi could not come?"

Anzu smiled. "If he heard that from you he'd kick you." Terra laughed loudly, drawing the attention of a few students.

She turned to the short-haired brunet. "But he's not here now. My question?"

"He could not come due to the fact that Grandpa Mutou has kept on forgetting to take his medicine lately."

"Ah, yes, the old man. His time is almost up . . . Anzu." Terra turned, a solemn look in her eyes. Anzu was once again reminded of the fact that her best friend could predict the time of death to people. To Anzu, it was a horrifying knowledge but since her friend had grown up with the ability, it did not bother her as it should have.

"Yugi has one more year to go." She pointed out.

"True enough." Terra said softly.

"Terra!" a girl said, coming up to the two young women. "Will you be our partner?" The girl threw a disgruntled look at Anzu, who gave the look back, tenfold. The girl flinched, but not cowed. Terra smiled and turned to Anzu.

"Do you mind working alone?" she asked.

"Its fine, after all, I came to merely have fun, they're getting a grade for this, aren't they?"

"I believe so."

"I'm right here, you know." She snapped. Princess Victoriana came from a very rich family, but she had gotten kicked out of her private school and was forced to come to Domino High. Her grades were not what the school wanted. Private schools wanted only perfection.

Anzu turned to her and smiled. "A plain student telling an Honor Student such an obvious statement it stupid." Princess blushed brightly.

"Honor Student Jerk Queen." She growled. Terra laughed.

"I blame it on you, since you do drive me to be a jerk, Little Princess. You can help them, Terra, I don't mind." The pale girl gave a mocking bow with a smile.

"As you wish, My Lady."

Anzu laughed and went off to another part of the temple they were in. It looked lonely, darker, almost. As she walked deeper into the temple, Anzu became aware of something . . . familiar. Startled, she stopped and looked around, baffled at the sensation of déjà vu. She knew that she had never been here before, she had not dreamed of it nor seen it in pictures.

Looking around the dark area, Anzu noted that the place still had a roof, so that meant that this place was well preserved from the elements, only the sand and earth being its guardian and protector. Looking around, she noticed that there were drawings of a dancer . . . maybe a goddess? She couldn't really tell since the paint was faded due to time ripping the place of its bright colors.

Suddenly Anzu heard the sound of a crystal bell, pure and untainted, ring through the air. Turning on her heel, she tried to follow and pin-point where the sound had come from. Out of her peripheral she saw something glitter. Turning once more, she kept her eyes on the sparkle of light and walked over to it. When she came up to it, she went on one knee and blew the sand away to revel . . . a necklace.

Anzu blinked. Hadn't Mr. Johns said they would probably find nothing here? This necklace . . . if she were to take it and keep it for herself, she would be a millionaire. It was made out of three sapphire stones, the middle one probably bigger than the Hope Diamond. Upon closer inspection, only the middle one was a sapphire, the two on each side were bright and beautifully blue zircons.

Picking it up gently, she touched the stones. Anzu couldn't really believe that she was touching very real, very precious stones. "Pretty . . ." she whispered softly. The crystal bell sounded again, this time louder. "So it was the necklace that made the sound." A sparkle from within caught her eye. That sparkle grew until it lit up the sapphire.

Gasping in shock, Anzu dropped it and stepped back. "Terra!" she yelled out. "Terra, I found something!" Her shout was replied merely by the wind howling. Anzu turned and stared, shocked that her friend had not heard her. "Terra?"

The jewel shinned once more and this time, the blue light reached out to her, curling around her, swallowing her. "No, someone help me!" she yelled out. Anzu reached out for anything, but darkness consumed her as she fell from consciousness.

Anzu opened her eyes slowly, afraid to see what could be waiting for her to wake up. Finding no darkness or creepy person, she slowly got up. The temple . . . was not the same. Far from it actually, though it did look abandoned, the pillars were covered in brightly colored paint.

Walking around, she saw no wall paintings of the dancer or goddess. Anzu looked down to see that she was not in the same outfit as well. "What . . . ?" It was what the peasants of Egypt would wear . . . what in the world happened to her outfit? The outfit in question was a full length grayish straight dress that was slightly itchy and uncomfortable against her skin. Taking a deep breath, she turned and walked outside. It was not what she had expected.

What she did expect was to see her classmates, what she expected was to see her hated teacher Mr. Johns. She didn't see any of them. Turning to where the pyramids were, she was shocked to see that they were all there, but their surfaces weren't ragged due to the wind and time, no, they were smooth and seemed to reflect the light upwards. The biggest pyramid had gold at the very tip.

"What . . . where am I?" she whispered softly, to the wind, to the golden sand, to anything that would listen to her. "Or, more accurately, what time am I in?"

So, what did you guys think?

What will happen to Anzu? What will she do?