Author's Note Part 1: Well, here's the story, just like I promised. I have to tell you a couple of things before hand, though. All of the Signers are Psychic Duelists, Angel and Leo are Signers, Sky is the Envoy of the Crimson Dragon (more on that in this story and in Rewind), and this is definitely not following the same storyline of 5Ds. Similar in places, but not the same. With that out of the way, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds, but I do own my OCs. Enjoy the prologue of Crimson Feathers!

PROLOGUE

Ever since The Split, life in Satellite and Neo Domino hasn't been the same. It certainly changed when suddenly, everyone hated Psychic Duelists. Before The Split, most Psychic Duelists were very helpful. And then after… In Neo Domino City, if you were a Psychic Duelist that wasn't one of the Varas you were treated as a criminal. In Satellite, you were either killed or enslaved by a Duel Gang. Many lived in fear and avoided Dueling at all cost if it was with a Duel Disk. The lucky Psychics who weren't captured or killed had to live in secret.

This was how life worked for Angel, her brother Crow, and her two best friends Jack and Yusei. And in the City, it was how life worked for Leo, Luna, Sky, and Akiza. Until one day…

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"Angel! Angel! Can you hear me? Where are you?" Yusei shouted as he ran down yet another alley in Satellite. The orange-haired girl had gone out to run an errand for Martha, and hadn't come back yet. Crow had started freaking out, and so they all had to go look for her. But she didn't seem to be anywhere, at least not in the part he was looking at.

He had to stop when his right arm started burning. This wasn't the first time—it would hurt and glow in a strange pattern that looked like a dragon's head when his friends were in trouble. They also had marks on their arms, not like his, but similar. It was pretty useful at times, because when the marks glowed, they could communicate telepathically.

But this time… This time it felt different. Yusei could sense where Angel and the others were, but he couldn't communicate with Angel. At least he knew where Angel was, though. She wasn't too far away. Still, something had to be wrong if his mark was glowing. He started running again. Shortly after that, the sound of an explosion reverberated through Satellite. His mark burned worse as he approached the site of the explosion.

Yusei stopped when he saw what was going on. Angel stood, unbalanced, with a Duel Disk strapped to her arm, and no cards on her field. Yusei couldn't see her opponent, but he saw a giant green dragon that looked like it had a skeleton on the outside of its body. The monster's claws and the edges of its wings were dark yellow. And the dragon was midway through its attack, its claws surrounded in a green light and just about to hit his friend.

Angel locked eyes with Yusei. 'Stay away Yusei,' her voice echoed in his head. 'Tell Crow I'm sorry, alright?'

The attack hits, and there was another explosion that sent Yusei flying backwards. He twisted in the air and managed to land on his feet, painfully, and looked back to where Angel was.

Both the dragon and his friend were gone. And so was whoever was Dueling Angel.

To be continued…

Author's Note Part 2: So, this is how I'm setting the stage. Before anyone asks, "vara" means "authority" in Latvian (what a fun language), according to Google Translate. More on what makes them different from other Psychic Duelists later. I have the next chapter written, by the way, so the more reviews equals the faster I put up chapter 1. Oh, and I'm not doing character-author conversation parts in Crimson Feathers because it's going to be quite… evil and I don't want to deal with two angry OCs that want to strangle me. I hope you enjoyed the prologue!