It was that refreshing feeling like ice tea on a hot summer day that drew Tea to that spot every night since she had first come across the lake. It was hidden by a circle of trees that completely surrounded it. She wasn't sure why she was drawn to the lake but every night she dreamed of it and those dreams led her there. At nighttime a cool breeze swept through the trees and always sent a chill down her spine. The water of the lake sparkled in the moonlight like it was covered in tiny diamonds. It was the most alluring thing she had every seen.

It was her fifth time coming there and this night was no different. She placed her feet in the cool water and enjoyed what nature had conveniently hidden from everyone else. There was a tug on her foot that caused her to move into the water more. The harder she pulled the harder it was for her to escape the force. She let out a cry as her body was yanked into the crisp water. She flailed her arms in an attempt to stop it, but every attempt she made failed. Two hands latched around her waist and yanked her up. She gasped when her face hit the cool air. Her eyes met that of her savior and she couldn't help, but laugh at her luck. "Seto Kaiba? You saved me?"

He didn't answer her at first. Instead he ran a hand gently across her wet face. "This can't be."

"What? Were you expecting someone else?"

"You're dead."

"No I'm not."

A look of understanding crossed his face. "You're not a vampire."

"What are you talking about?"

"You're in the wrong realm Tea Gardner."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm sorry but you have to go back to you own realm."

"Will you answer me!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Where am I? No, I'm not a vampire. And why do you keep acting like I'm Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz?"

He shook his head and smirked his signature smirk. "You don't know anything. Great. That means you don't know how you got here. Which means I don't have to worry about you telling the enemy." Tea looked at him with an even more confused expression. "My name is Seto Kaiba, as you already know from the me in realm. You Tea have somehow managed to cross the impassable boundaries that separate the realm of the mortals and the realm of the vampires something that Marik and his followers have been trying to do for thousands of years, yet you've seemed to have accomplished this task without even trying."

The sudden realization of what was going on hit her. She looked around her and it all seemed so blatantly obvious. The trees that surrounded the lake were completely gone, all that remained was a few roots. She could see for miles away what looked like a wasteland. In the distance were decrepit buildings and towers where the city of Domino would be in her time. Even the vampire Kaiba was different. His hair was longer messier, his eyes aged, yet he looked amazing. He was dressed in a pair of black pants and a tight fitting black tank. His muscles were large like he worked out every day of his life.

"Wait a second," Tea whispered, forgetting that she was still in the arms of the vampire Seto Kaiba. "If you're in both realms that means that there is another Tea in this realm."

He shook his head. "There was, but she's dead."

Tea couldn't mask her shock.

Kaiba picked her up. "I'm going to take you back to my place. It's on the outskirts of Domino. You'll be safe there for a while. I doubt anyone would truly recognize you except for those close to the vampire you."

"I guess that means you were close to her."

"She married my best friend, of course I would be close to her." He held onto her closely and ran quickly into the night at a speed that was impossibly fast, but maybe not for a vampire.

"Who's your best friend?"

"Joseph."

"Joey?" Tea nearly choked on her own laughter. "You and Joey best friends, me and Joey married?" She laughed harder.

Kaiba looked at her sternly. "You are nothing like Tea, the Lady of Dawn."

"Well maybe because she and I are from two totally different lives." She looked into Kaiba's blue eyes. "Trust me, the Kaiba in my world would have made me walk to your place if he invited me."

"Then he and I are alike. If you were a stranger that is exactly what I'd do, but you're not just a stranger, you're familiar as well." He stopped and Tea realized they had reached his place. It was a huge castle made of gray bricks with two towers that reached high into the sky. It was like nothing Tea had ever seen and it was surrounded by water and plants like an oasis in a sea of nothingness when compared to the wasteland around it. Just looking at the building was intimidating.

"This place is astonishing."

Kaiba smirked. "I know."

"I take back everything I said about you two not being similar."

His smirk increased. "Well Tea, welcome to your new home."