My Little Yu-Gi-Oh: Card Games are Magic

Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro, Yu-Gi-Oh belongs to  Kazuki Takahashi, and Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series belongs to LittleKuriboh.

“In tonight’s episode, the part of Tristen Taylor will be played by Tristen Taylor.” Yami said as an image of him surrounded by cards is shown. The cards cover the screen before uncovering a classroom in the school.

An Earth Pony stallion with light brown eyes, a white mane, and a white coat with a heart that is pink with an angel wing on one side and black on the other with a bat wing as a cutie mark wearing the Millennium Ring around his neck was seen watching Yugi and Joey’s normal card game. His name is Bakura. He asked in a British accent, “I say, Yugi, can I play too?”

“Sorry, Bakura, main characters only.” Yugi said with a smug expression.  “Playing card games sure does beat doing schoolwork!” Joey commended. “Math is for losers. Now, I gotta subtract my attack points from my defense points and…uh, wait a minute, how do I do that?”

“It’s official, you’re an idiot.” Téa commented.  “I love you, you love me!” Tristen sang.  Later on, outside, Joey told Yugi, “Tristen’s song taught me a valuable lesson. I need to learn to be a better duelist.  You gotta help me out, Yug!”

“Let me see your deck.” The Earth Pony requested. He looked through it and thought, Oh man, his deck is even more powerful than mine. Whoa, the Dark Magician! I just gotta have that! “Jeez, Joey, your cards are worthless!” Yugi commented out loud.  “I’ll tell you what, why don’t I get rid of these and we’ll go visit Gramps and set you up with a new super special awesome deck.”

“Thanks, Yug. You’re always looking out for me.” Joey grinned. Later, in the game shop, Grandpa was seen running his fore hooves on a poster while saying, “Oh, Black Luster Soldier, nopony must know of our forbidden love…”

“Hey, Yugi’s grandpa! How about training me to become Duel Monsters champ over here?” Joey asked as he walked into the game shop with Yugi.  “Very well, but it’ll take hours of off-screen practice.” Grandpa agreed.  “Really? I don’t even get a training montage?” The Manehatten Earth Pony asked.  “Who do you think you are? Rocky Balbomare?” Grandpa questioned.

The next scene showed a card game arena on TV as two ponies are seen dueling. The first one was an Earth Pony stallion with purple-blue eyes, a brown mane with dyed purple strands near his forehead, and a yellow coat with a dinosaur as a cutie mark wearing a red cap. His name is Rex Raptor. The second one was a Pegasus stallion with dark blue eyes, a turquoise mane, and a light green coat with three beetles as a cutie mark wearing a red bowtie and gold glasses. His name is Weevil Underwood, Rex’s best friend.

“Welcome to the regional championship where the comic relief villains are having a meaningless duel! I can’t believe we’re actually airing this on TV, folks!” The announcer declared.  “Man, I love the Card Game Channel!” Joey chuckled.  “It’s almost exciting as the Watching Paint Dry Channel.” Yugi commented.  “There’s a package here for you, Yugi.” Grandpa said from the doorway while carrying a package in his mouth. “You’d better not be using my credit card to buy Duel Monsters merchandise off of eBay again.”

“It’s from Industrial Illusions.  They’ve must’ve heard about my victory over Kaiba.” Yugi explained, taking the package.  “Yeah, those card games are big news. It completely overshadows that fact that he kidnapped and hospitalized your grandpa.” Joey nodded.

“Hey, look! I’m on TV!” Tristen yelled.  “What are you talking about, Tristen?” Joey asked while staring at the TV. “That’s just a purple dinosaur.”

On TV, Rex had summoned the Two Headed King Rex. “Uh-huh-huh. Hey, Weevil, check it out, my dinosaur’s got two heads. Uh-huh-huh, get it?” He asked. “Yeah, heh-heh-heh, yeah, heh-heh-heh…” Weevil laughed.  “It’s, like, your move or something?” Rex questioned.  “Heh-heh-heh, bugs are cool, heh-heh-heh!” Weevil said as he summoned the Basic Insect.

“These two sound awfully familiar.” Yugi commented.  “So, like, I’ll attack or something?” Rex asked.  “You, like, activated my trap card, plotmunch, heh-heh-heh.” Weevil said.  “Uh-huh-huh, no way.” Rex chuckled.  “Fire! Fire! Yeah, heh-heh-heh!” Weevil yelled.

The Basic Insect destroyed the Two Headed King Rex in an instance which ended the duel. “This sucks. I’m going to go, like, get some nachos.” Rex groaned. “Fillies and Gentlecolts, let’s hear it for Maximillion PEEEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGGASSSSUUUUS!” The announcer yelled.

The TV screen showed Pegasus, his silver mane shown in all it’s glory. “Congratulations, Mr. Underwood. Here’s your trophy.   Now, allow me to render your victory utterly pointless by announcing a far more interesting contest.” Pegasus said while giving Weevil a trophy.

“Whoa, heh, this mare is hot! Heh, heh…” Weevil commented, taking the trophy from Pegasus. Meanwhile, Yugi had opened his package and put in a videotape. “Hey, there’s a video inside!” He exclaimed.

“I just hope it’s not one of those cursed videotapes that are all the rage these days…” Grandpa said while looking at the TV. Suddenly, Pegasus’s image appeared on screen and said, “Seven days…”

“Oh snap! I knew it!” Grandpa exclaimed in shock.  “That’s right, Yugi boy, there’s seven days left until Duelist Kingdom! And in order to get you to enter, I’m going to force you to play a Shadow Game.  Win in 15 minutes and I’ll release your friends.” Pegasus explained as he sucked Yugi into the Shadow Realm, freezing his friends.

“That’s fine by me, Pegasus! I’ll beat you with the cards I took from…I mean, the cards that Joey gave me!” Yami declared while preparing to play a card. “You won’t beat anypony with that Dragon card.” Pegasus said, his Millennium Eye glowing.

“You can see into my mind?!” Yami gasped.  “Yes, Pharaoh boy! And I can see that you and I have a great deal in common.” Pegasus nodded.  “What’s that supposed to mean?” Yami asked.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Pegasus questioned. “Look, pal, just because I inhabit the body of an Earth Pony stallion doesn’t mean I’m—“Yami began.   “Oh come now, Pharaoh boy, don’t be silly! I was referring to our Millennium Items.” Pegasus corrected. “Oh right, I knew that.” Yami said.

The 24 theme began to play while it showed shots of Pegasus and Yami’s duel. “What if I told you that I didn’t create Duel Monsters and that it’s actually based on mystical duels held by powerful pharaohs thousands of years ago?” Pegasus asked.  “Whatcha talkin’ about, Pegasus?” Yami questioned.

“These pharaohs battled with REAL monsters, so as you can imagine, it was a great deal far more exciting than the product I created.” Pegasus explained.

“Wait a minute, you’re just using this monologue to stall for time!” Yami yelled while the clock hit one second.  “Well, it worked, didn’t it?” Pegasus smirked as the clock hit zero seconds.  “You’re a cheat!” Yami exclaimed.  “No, my strategy was merely—“Pegasus began, but was interrupted by Yami.

“Hey, everypony! Pegasus is a big stinky cheater!” Yami called out.  “Ooh, so that’s the way it’s going to be, is it? Well, let’s see how your grandpa manages…without his soul!” Pegasus said, blasting a beam from his Millennium Eye which took Grandpa’s soul from his body.  “Oooh, I’m so over the top!”  “Yugi…” Grandpa’s soul called out with his hooves placed against the TV screen.

Yami suddenly changed back into Yugi and everything unfroze while Grandpa’s body collapsed. “You monster! You’ve turned him into a mime! Grandpa! GRANDPA!!!” Yugi panicked.

“Hey, Yug, step away from the TV, will ya?” Joey asked. “Yeah, we were watching that!” Tristen added.