Many, many years ago—3,000 years in fact, in the land of Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh and his council had created the seven-millennium items as a way to manifest power and defeat evil.
Each item had a special gift. The millennium eye gave its holder the ability to read minds and see past their own dimension.
The millennium scale has the power to judge the evil in one's heart and proclaim whether evil or good was prevalent.
The millennium tauk allows its owner the ability to see the past and future.
The millennium rod grants its beholder the ability to use mind control and seal away the souls of people into stone tablets.
The millennium ankh allows its beholder the ability to enter someone's mind and see their soul for what it is.
The millennium ring allows its beholder to find what they truly seek.
The millennium puzzle grants its beholder intelligence and the power to wield darkness.
Together, these items and their owners are nearly unstoppable.
Which would you wield?
"Definitely NOT the millennium puzzle! Sounds lame!"
"I know right? What does that even mean? I mean, if it helps me pass all my classes I guess I'll take it."
"Psh! Why pass your classes when you could take over your Sensei's mind? I want the rod!"
"The tauk would be really cool!"
"I want the eye!"
Yugi blushed at the thought of how cool it would be to have his own millennium item. He turned over to Ryou, watching the student smile to himself while deep in thought.
"Which would you pick, Ryou?"
Ryou shrugged softly, grinning all the while. "I think I would like the millennium ring," he stated calmly.
"Really? Why?"
"I don't know," he looked off into the distance. "The ability to always find what I'm looking for...what I desire...."
The way he projected it was like honey dripping off a spoon. His voice was light and yet rich with meaning. Yugi shivered at the sound.
"I'm always losing my socks, anyhow. It'd be nice to see where they go," Ryou topped off, almost with a sad finish. The addition threw Yugi off guard.
"This sounds fake, Sensei," a student interrupted the peer discussion. The whole class quieted down in response. "I've been studying the history of Khemet for a long time now, and I have never heard of any of this. Where do you get your information? Which Pharaoh was this, anyway?"
Kumi-Sensei giggled softly at her student's objection. "This is merely legend. There is no proof that any of this happened, however, a huge part of Egypt's history is stories and legends. I could avoid telling you these stories, but they are what make the magic of this civilization so special."
Legends. Maybe all legends are from another universe. Real things that happened that no one can prove, merely because the gods didn't want their creation to be found out.
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