Exams

At the Kaiba corp headquarters, two teenagers stood at a desk where someone was taking names on a checklist. Today was the entrance exams for the one of the top dueling academy in the world. Duel Academy.

One of the teenagers was a girl of around 16 years old. She had long ebony hair which went down her back and she had pale blue eyes. The other teenager was a boy with thick shoulder length black hair like the girl, only he had green eyes. Both teenagers wore red shirts with grey trousers and jumpers.

"Name." The man behind the desk said.

"Solona Amell." The girl said

"Daylen Amell." The boy added a few seconds after the girl.

The man looked at his checklist. "Ah, Solona and Daylen Amell. Brother and sister. You're in time for your entrance exam so head on inside."

Solona and Daylen entered the dome where they saw several duels taking place. They stepped beside a girl with short blond hair and a thin body.

"So you two just got in for you tests?" The girl asked

"Yes." Daylen said. "My sister and I passed our written tests and we're getting ready for the field test."

"The written test was really hard." The girl said. "My friend and I barely passed" she then pointed to a boy next to her who had very short black hair. "I'm Kallian Tabris by the way. This is my friend Faren Brosca."

"I'm Solona Amell." Solona said. "This is my twin brother Daylen."

"Wait." Faren said. "Did you say Amell. Are you related to the great card designer Aristide Amell?"

"He was our father." Daylen said. "We haven't seen him in three years ever since he went missing"

"Oh" Kallian said "I heard about that. "Even after several months of searching he was never found."

"Hey check out those two guys there." Solona said and she pointed to a field. Two duelists were facing their opponents. One had thick black hair while the other had short brown hair. The black haired boy had one monster on his field while his opponent had two monsters on his field.

...

"Okay, you got two monsters staring you down. Do you A; throw in the towel, B; beg for mercy or C; run home to Mama." The duelist asked

"I'll go with D; none of the above." The boy said as he activate his trap card. Ring of Destruction. Which destroyed his monster and sent his opponents life point down to zero.

"A great move. Welcome to the Academy."

"Thank you."

...

"Wow." Daylen said. "That guy really did great."

"I agree." Solona added.

...

Up in another area of the dome, two teenage boys looked at the scene. They both had spiky hair though one had brown hair while the other had bright blue hair.

"Wow that last guy really tore it up." The brown haired boy said

"That's Bastion Misawa, he got a perfect score on the written exam." The blue haired boy said

"Wow, I barely passed mine."

"Yeah me two. My name is Syrus by the way. I have test anxiety; I don't know how I passed my test."

"I'm Jaden. Jaden Yuki. So this means that you are in. Congratulation, I'll be in as soon as I finish my duel."

Then Syrus looked at Jaden. "Wait, you haven't done you duel yet?"

"Nope."

"Well then, you have a problem." Syrus stated. "As soon as the duel down there is finished, there's only two more left and they're about to start"

"What!" Jaden shouted

...

Down in the duel field, the boy with short brown hair had two small wolves on his field. These were Grey Wolf monsters (Level 4, Attack: 1500 Defense: 1300) and he had 2500 LP left. His opponent had one monster which was 'Valkyrion the Magna Warrior' (Level 8 Attack 3500 Def: 3850) and he had 1500 LP left.

"Okay then, it's your move. Let's see how you get out of this one."

The brown haired boy just drew his card. "I activate the spell card 'Forest Awakens' by sacrificing a Level 4 beast monster on my field and discarding the top 3 cards in my desk to the graveyard, I can summon a level 7 or higher beast type monster from my deck. So I sacrifice my Grey Wolf and summon my 'Great Forest Bear' in attack mode." A large brown bear appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack: 2500 Defense: 2100)

"A clever move except your monster is still weaker than mine" the duel proctor said

"Not after I play 'Wild Nature's release' from my hand which increases my bear attack points to 4600. Then I'll attack you monster." The proctor life points were decreased to 400 "Then Grey Wolf will finish the rest of your life points."

"Well done. Welcome to the academy."

...

Solona looked at the beast duelist. "Sacrificing a lower level monster to summon a higher level monster. A good trick."

Faren looked at her. "That's Theorn Maheriel; he got a very good store on his written exam. He's an expert at Beast Type monsters."

Just then, there was a loud voice over the loudspeaker. "Can Solona Amell report to duel arena 3. I repeat can Solona Amell report to duel arena 3."

"That's me." Solona said

"Good luck sister." Daylen called as she went off to the duel arena.

...

When Solona arrived at the duel arena, she saw one of the proctors standing on the opposite side of the arena.

"All right then." The proctor said. "What's your name?"

"Solona Amell" Solona called

"All right then Miss Amell, you know the rules. Win and you're in. Lose better luck next year."

Solona and the proctor activate their duel disks and they drew their starting hands.

"DUEL"

**Solona: 4000 LP**

**Proctor: 4000 LP**

"Students first." Solona call as she drew her 6th card. "I'll start by summoning my 'Dragonling' in defense mode" A baby dragon monster came onto the field (Level 4 Attack 1000, Defense 2000) "Then I throw two cards face-down and end there."

"My turn" the proctor called "I summon 'Battle Ox' in attack mode (Level 4 Attack 1700, Defense 1000) "Then I'll equip him with 'Axe of Despair to increase his attack points." (Attack 2700) "Then I'll attack your Dragonling."

'Battle Ox' then swung his axe at Solona's Dragonling. But Solona activated a trap "I active my trap card 'Negate Attack which negates your attack."

Battle Ox's attack stopped "Fine, I'll just set two cards face down and end there"

Solona drew her next card. "First I'll summon out 'Lord of D' in attack mode (Level 4, Attack 1200 Defense 1100) "Then I'll activate the spell card 'Flute of summoning Dragon which allows me to summon out two dragon monsters. Say hello to my Young Dragon and my Ferelden Frostback." A small red dragon was summoned to the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) followed by a larger Dragon monster (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defense 2200) "Then I'll activate Card of Sanctity so we both draw until we hold 6 cards." Both players drew until they had 6 cards in their hand "Now I'll activate Double Summon which allows me to sacrifice Lord of D in order to summon my Majestic Dragon." A larger red dragon appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defense 2000) "Then I'll active my spell card 'Call of the Dragon Rider.' This card allows me to sacrifice 2 level 4 or below dragon monsters and summons a level 7 or higher monster from my deck, hand or graveyard, so I summon out my Northern Hunter" (Level 8 Attack 2900 Defense 2700)

Solona now set her plan in motion. "I have Northern Hunter attack your Battle Ox"

But the proctor activated his trap. "I activate my trap card Mirror force which destroys all your monsters"

Solona chuckled. "Sorry, but I activate my trap card 'Seven Tools of the Bandit.' By paying 1000 life points, I can negate the activation of your trap."

**Solona: 3000**

**Proctor: 4000**

Northern hunter destroyed Battle Ox

**Solona: 3000**

**Proctor 3800**

"Then I'll attack with my Ferelden Frostback."

**Solona: 3000**

**Proctor: 1200**

"And now my majestic Dragon will end this."

**Solona: 3000 (Winner)**

**Proctor: 0000**

"A clever move." The proctor called. "Welcome to the Academy"

...

Up in the stands, Jaden and Syrus watched as Solona finished her duel.

"Wow, she's good." Jaden said. "I've got to duel her someday. Who is she?"

Bastion had sat down next to Syrus. "That's Solona Amell; her father was the card designer Aristide Amell. They saw that she as well as her twin brother duel with cards that their dad created."

"**Can Daylen Amell report to duel field 2. I repeat can Daylen Amell report to duel field 4."**

"Speaking of her brother, I think we're about to see him duel." Syrus said.

...

On the balcony above, 3 students watched the duels. One was a boy with bluish green hair. The other two were girls; one had long blond hair while the other had short thick black hair.

"Wow, I didn't think I would see the Amell twins again." The short haired girl said

"You know them Sereda?" The blond haired girl asked.

"Yeah Alexis" Sereda said. "My father knew them so I used to see them often when we were on business. How do you think her brother will do Zane?"

"I guess we will just have to wait and see." Zane answered

...

Daylen walked down to duel field 2 where there was another Duel Proctor standing there.

"All right kid, you know the rules, you win and you in. You lose, better luck next year."

"I won't lose." Daylen said as he activated his duel disk and drew five cards.

**Daylen: 4000**

**Proctor: 4000**

"I'll start this duel." Daylen said and he drew his sixth card. "I summon Fire Mage in attack mode." A female spellcaster wearing red robes and carrying a red staff appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "Then I'll throw down 2 cards face down and end there."

"My turn." The proctor called. "I summon Queen's Knight in attack mode." A female warrior appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1600) "Then I activate the spell card Double Summon which allows me to summon out King's Knight then I can special summon Jack's Knight." Two warrior monsters appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400, Level 5 Attack 1900 Defense 1000) "Then I'll have my Jack's Knight attack your Mage monster." Jack's Knight attacked but Daylen activated his trap

"I play a trap Negate Attack. This card stops your attack and ends the damage step" Daylen said

"Well then, I get you next turn" The proctor called "I set a card face down and end there."

Daylen drew another card. "When Fire Mage is on the field, I can special summon Frost Mage in attack mode." A female spellcaster wearing blue robes appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defense 2100) "Then I'll activate the spell card 'Spell combination' By discarding two spell cards from my deck, I can activate their abilities. So I'll send the spell, Fireball and Frost sword to the graveyard. Fireball allows me to destroy one of your monsters so I'll destroy your Jack's Knight. Then Frost sword increases the attack points on all the monsters on my field by 500 points. Next up, I'll summon Earth mage to the field." A male spellcaster wearing brown robes appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 1100) "Then I'll activate the spell card 'Earthquake' in my hand. By discarding the top two cards from my deck, I can destroy two cards on your field, so I'll destroy your Queen's knight and your face down card. Now my Fire Mage will destroy your King's Knight." Fire Mage sent a fire ball from her staff which destroyed King's knight.

**Daylen: 4000**

**Proctor: 3600**

"Now Earth Mage will attack you directly."

**Daylen: 4000**

**Proctor: 1300**

"And now Frost Mage will end this duel."

**Daylen: 4000 (Winner)**

**Proctor: 0000**

"That's game." Daylen said. "So this means that I'm in."

...

Back up in the stands, Faren, Solona and Kallian watched as Daylen left the field.

"Your brother seems to be really confident in him." Faren said

Solona laughed. "Daylen has always been a bit arrogant but he really likes to summon his ace monster."

"What is his ace monster?" Kallian asked

"You'll see." Solona answered.

...

In another part of the duel field, a boy with black spiky hair, wearing a blue jacket was watching the field. There were two other boys next to him. Both wore blue jackets though one had brown hair while the other had blue hair and glasses.

"Wow, those last three were good." The blue haired boy said

"I guess the rumors about the Amell twins being really good duelists were true." The brown haired boy said. "Don't you think Chazz?" He then asked turning to the spiky black haired boy

Chazz snorted. "They're punks. We went to the duel prep school for 3 years; we're ready for the academy. These punks don't know that they're getting into. But they'll learn the hard way. The Chazz Princeton way."

"You need to stop acting so arrogant Chazz." A voice from the row above called. "You'll end up making a mistake and making yourself look like a fool."

Chazz glared at the owner of the voice. The owner was a boy the same age as Chazz; he had long auburn hair which reached his shoulders. "Shut up Aedan!" Chazz growled. "You end up becoming one of those slackers one day if you carry on"

Aedan sighed

*'Why am I still friends with you.'* He thought to himself.

...

At the bottom of the arena, several teachers were sitting near the dueling floor.

"Looks like we have a pretty good crop this year." One teacher said

"Yes indeed." Another one agreed.

One of the teachers was not paying attention. This was a man who had long blond hair which went down his back. His hair was so long that he could be mistaken for a woman.

Just then, one of the dueling proctors approached him. "Excuse me Mr Crowler, but there is another student here who has not taken his exam."

"Did you just call me Mr?" Crowler roared

"I'm sorry Miss, I'm new here but..." The proctor continued but was cut off by Crowler

"That Doctor to you!" Crowler raged "And this student is late so no duel for him."

"But Dr Crowler, that's unfair." One teacher complained

"Yeah, we give people who are just a few minutes late a chance." Another stated

"Late is rude! I have no time for Slackers so let's just..." Crowler was cut off by the beeping of his phone so Crowler reached into his pocket and pulled it out "What is it!"

"Crowler, it's Sheppard." A voice on the other side of the phone called

"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard." Crowler answered changing his angry tone to a calm one.

"I was just calling to see how everything was going." Sheppard said. "After all; we wouldn't want a repeat of last year when you turned out a third of the students for some strange reason. Calling you Mr or Mrs was it. Whatever just make sure you give everyone their fair shot?"

Sheppard stopped his call and Crowler looked at the other teachers.

"Well then, this Slacker gets a chance after all then." He said

"Who should be the one to duel him and which test deck should we use?" One teacher asked

"Leave that to me." Crowler answered as he stood up and walked away.

...

Up in the stands, Jaden Yuki stood next to Syrus as Bastion and Theorn came over.

"Hey Bastion, tight duel there." Jaden said to him. "You might just be the second best duelist here. Theorn too is a good duelist, as were those Amell twin. I hope I get to duel you sometime."

"Thank you." Theorn said. "I'll be glad to duel you at the Academy."

"But wait" Bastion started. "If I'm second best, who's the first."

"Why yours truly." Jaden said

"**Can Jaden Yuki report to duel field 3, I repeat can Jaden Yuki report to duel field 3?"**

...

Back with Solona and Daylen, the watched as the announcement was heard.

"I thought that we were the last ones to duel?" Daylen said confused.

"Apparently, one more student reported in after you just before they stopped letting in new students." Faren said

...

Jaden went down to the duel field where he saw his opponent.

"All right, test time." His opponent said. "So son, what's your name?"

"Jaden, Jaden Yuki." Jaden answered

"Well then Mr Yuki, I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, head of Obelisk Blue Dorm" Crowler replied

"Let's start with the duel." Jaden said and he and Crowler activate their duel disks, Jaden stared at Crowler's disk. "Sweet! Where can I get a sweet looking disk like that?"

"If you do well at your school years, then you might just win one." Crowler answered

"All right then Crowler. Get your Game On!" Jaden shouted as the duel began

**Jaden: 4000**

**Crowler: 4000**

"All right then, I'll start" Jaden said. "I'll start by summoning 'Elemental hero Avian in defence mode. (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000) "Then I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn."

"My turn" Crowler said. 'And since I'm using my personal deck instead of a test deck, I'm make sure that this duel is quick' he thought to himself "I think I'll start by playing the spell card 'Confiscation'"

...

Solona watched as Crowler played his spell card "Confiscation, I don't think that's a test deck."

"Why do you say that sister?" Daylen asked

"Yeah." Kallian muttered. "What does that card do?"

...

Crowler answered the question to Jaden. "It's quite simple, by paying 1000 life points, I get to look at your hand, then I select 1 card and that card goes to the graveyard."

"Crowler looked at the cards in Jaden's hand. "Oh yes, I remember some of these. Hmm, I think I'll send Monster Reborn to the Graveyard." Jaden was forced to discard his card "Then I'll set two cards face down, then I'll play the spell card. "Heavy Storm, which destroys all spell and trap cards on our fields."

Jaden gasped as his trap card, 'Draining shield' was destroyed a=but he was shocked when he saw Crowler's two face down's were destroyed "Whoops, did you forget that you had two trap cards as well."

Crowler laughed. "Yes, I knew that I had face downs." And then the field turned dark.

"What's happening?" Jaden asked

"Nothing." Crowler sniggered. "Not yet, but that's all about to change." Then two snake like monsters appeared on his field.

...

Up in the stands, Syrus watched as Crowler's monsters appeared "I don't get it. What just happened?"

Bastion answered. "The two trap cards that Dr Crowler had were called 'Statue of the Wicked'. It a special trap card that creates a token monster when destroyed."

"That's why he played Heavy Storm, he must be planning something with those tokens." Theorn finished.

...

Over with Chazz and his group, they watched as Crowler played Heavy Storm.

"A card that strong couldn't be in one of the test decks, Crowler must be using his own deck." The boy with glasses said

"Then this is over, no applicant could beat the deck of an expert like Doctor Crowler." The brown haired boy said

"Yeah, it's impossible, don't you think Chazz."

Chazz smirked. "I think I'm going to enjoy watching Doctor Crowler wipe the floor with this slacker. I just wished that he would treat all the other second rate duelists the same."

Aedan watched. "I just wonder how this kid is going to beat Doctor Crowler. He may seem reckless, but the duel has only just started."

...

Up with Sereda and Alexis, they glared at Doctor Crowler.

"What an elitist snob." Alexis scowled. "Bullying some applicant with his very best cards."

Sereda agreed. "That's totally unfair. This kid is at a great disadvantage."

"You're both too soft." Zane said. "I just hope we get to see this legendary rare card that Crowler says he has."

...

Daylen and Solona watched the duel.

"How do you think this kid is going to pull through this duel?" Daylen asked

"We'll just have to wait and see." Solona answered

...

Crowler the continued with his turn. "I sacrifice my 2 wicked tokens in order to summon my Ancient Gear Golem." A large metal monster appeared on the field. (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 3000)

...

Alexis gasped when she saw Crowler's monster appeared "There it is."

"The legendary rare card" Sereda finished

...

Crowler then chuckled. "And now my Gear Golem will attack your little hero. And even though it's in defense mode, my monster's ability makes you take damage for the difference between my monster's attack points and your monster's defense points"

Ancient gear golem destroyed Jaden's monster and took a chuck of his life points.

**Jaden: 2000**

**Crowler: 3000**

"Oh don't feel bad" Crowler mocked. "After all, not every duelist can be good, but I'm sure that..." He was cut off by Jaden who was laughing

"Are you kidding me, I definitely want to come to this school now. And I've always wanted to face down a monster like that." Jaden laughed

Bastion and Theorn watched as Jaden laughed "He sure is confident" Theorn muttered

"Let's see if he has a plan to take out that Golem." Bastion added

Syrus looked worried. "Either Jaden's very brave or very nuts."

...

"All right then." Jaden stated "My draw." Jaden drew his next card and then he hummed to himself as if he was thinking. "All right then, I summon 'Winged Kuriboh in defense mode" A small flying creature appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 300 Defense 200) "Then I'll set one card and end there."

Crowler then began his turn. "Well then, it seems you didn't learn your lesson by summon that furball, even if it's a rare card. But oh well, my Gear Golem will destroy your monster."

Ancient Gear Folem destroyed winged Kuriboh but Jaden took no damage.

*'Sorry Winged Kuriboh.'* Jaden thought to himself.

Crowler was shocked that Jaden took no damage.

"Check your gear." He demanded. "Your life points haven't changed a bit."

Jaden chuckled. "My gear's fine, on the turn that Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I take no damage."

Crowler was shocked. He didn't know that.

...

"Check that out." Alexis said. "An effect that Crowler didn't know."

"Well, you can't know every card effect." Sereda said

"Even an expert like Doctor Crowler can't know every card."

...

Crowler laughed. "Oh well, that lame little furball saved you this turn."

Jaden wasn't too happy with Crowler calling his monster lame. "Hey, just because my monster is a low level, doesn't mean you can call it lame!"

"Oh yeah. I forgot." Crowler mocked. "You youngsters form a bond with your cards."

"Anyway, you activated my trap, Hero Signal; this allows me to summon one elemental hero from my deck. I chose my 'Elemental hero Burstinatrix." A red monster appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1200 Defense 800)

"Well then" Crowler finished. "I end my turn"

"My draw." Jaden said as he drew his next card. "I'll start by activating the spell card 'The Warrior Returning Alive' this card allows me to bring my Avian back to my hand. Then I'll activate the spell card 'Polymerization' which allows me to fuse together my Avian and Burstinatrix together in order to form the 'Elemental Hero Flame Wingman'." A green and red monster appeared on Jaden's field with a dragon head for a hand (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defense 1200)

"A rookie mistake, your monster's still weaker than mine." Crowler mocked

...

Bastion, Theorn and Syrus watched as Jaden summoned his Flame Wingman.

"Crowler's right" Syrus said. "Jaden's monster is still weaker than that Gear Golem."

"Yeah but Flame Wingman's ability causes the player to take damage of the monster that wingman destroyed attack points." Bastion said

"I think Jaden's got a plan." Theorn finished

...

"I now activate the field spell, Skyscraper." Jaden said and the field changed into a city. "Now Flame Wingman, attack Crowler's Gear Golem."

Crowler laughed. "Big mistake, your field spell hasn't lowered my Golem's attack points by one point."

Jaden chuckled. "I know teach. What it has done is raised my Wingman's attack points by 1000."

"Wait time out!" Crowler yelled as he realized what was about to happen. Flame Wingman's attack points increased to 3100 and Wingman tore through Gear Golem.

**Jaden: 2000**

**Crowler: 2900**

"Impossible, he was my best card." Crowler muttered as his Gear Golem crumbled, a piece of metal hit him on the head as Gear Golem collapsed and Wingman's effect took place which caused Crowler to take damage equal to Golem's attack points.

**Jaden: 2000 (Winner)**

**Crowler: 0000**

"So, this means that I'm in?" Jaden asked

Crowler looked mad that he had been humiliated.

...

Alexis smiled at Jaden. "That kid's got a career here."

"I agree." Sereda said

Zane said nothing as he walked away.

...

Solona, Daylen, Kallian and Faren watched as Jaden left the field.

"That Yuki kid is a skilled duelist." Faren said

"Let's just see how well he does at the academy." Daylen said. "Well, Solona and I have to be going now."

"It was good to meet you two, Kallian and Faren." Solona finished as she left with her brother.

...

After Solona and Daylen got home, they were met by their mother Revka Amell.

"So?" Revka asked. "How did the entrance exams go?"

"They went fine mother." Daylen said. "Solona and I got in."

"Well that's great." Revka said. "Your father would be proud. You two should start packing; you leave in a few days."

Solona and Daylen went up to their rooms. They each had their own rooms. Solona opened the draw on her desk and she pulled out a small stack of cards. After she looked through them, she pulled out one of the cards and she looked at it. This card was a level 12 dragon monster. It was a dark red, almost purple monster.

"I'm ready for duel academy." Solona said to herself. "But is Duel Academy ready for the Old God cards."

**Solona: 4000 LP**