Arc 0: Duel School/Chapter 1: Entrance Exam
"Elements for being late to my entrance exam: 1, Deck, check. 2, disk, check. 3, 2 minutes to get there, checkeroonie!" Drake said as he ran through the crowds. He dodged all the ponies that came in his way, but most ponies just avoided him, since he was a dragon. He was on his way to Duel Academy, a school for teaching ponies "Duel Ponies", the most popular card game in Equestria. Last year, Drake finished Duel High School, and now, he was falling onto the ground, his card falling with him. Wait... what? Drake looked up at the mare he bumped into. She was a unicorn with a lavender coat and a purple/pink mane. Her cutie mark was a 6-point star, with other little stars surrounding it. "Are you OK?" Drake said, offering a hand (claw?).
The mare looked up at Drake. "I'm fine, thank you very much sir" she said, Drake helping her up. She put his deck back together with her magic. "Here you go".
"Thanks!" Drake replied. He was about dash off, when the mare stopped him. "Hold on!" she levitated a card out of her saddlebag. "I have a feeling this card belongs to you". Drake took the card.
"Luster Dragon? Thanks!" Drake exclaimed.
"Glad to help!" the unicorn replied. She walked away. 'She looked like... nah, no way the Queen of Games would give me a card!' Drake thought. He checked his watch. "No! I'm late!" he exclaimed as he ran off towards the center where the entrance exams were being held.
"I am here!" Drake shouted out, causing all the ponies there to stare at him. He smiled awkwardly, and took a seat next to a brown earth pony. "Hi! My name's Drake!" Spike said to the earth pony next to him.
"Time Turner" the earth pony replied in a Trotish (British) accent, Time Turner's name was called over the loudspeaker. "Well, I better get dueling. Nice meeting you!". Drake watched Time Turner duel against one of the testers, who was using an exam deck.
"I play Time Vortex!" Time Turner exclaimed as he place the spell card into the spell slot on his duel disk. "This card skips 5 turns, which means my Shortened Final Countdown reaches 0, which means..." the tester's life points dropped to zero. "I win!". Time Turner walked back up to the stands and sat down next to Drake.
"You managed to beat that guy in only five turns!" Drake praised Time Turner. "And you didn't even use any monsters!".
"My deck is focused on winning within a short period of time, and defending my life points while at it" Time Turner replied. Another stallion sat down next to Time Turner.
"Hi! My name's Drake, and he's Time Turner" Drake said, extending a claw to the stallion. The stallion had a dark green-brown coat, and was wearing a helicopter hat.
"My name's Button Mash" the stallion said. He shaked Drake's claw then turned back to the duels.
"Aren't you D-Pad Mash's brother?" Time Turner asked. Button Mash nodded.
"You must be just as good as him! He's the second best duelist here!" Drake exclaimed. Button sighed.
"I wish. I only just passed the exam with 100 life- hey, did you say second best?" he asked. "Who's the first?".
"Why that would be your's truly!" Drake said happily, pointing at himself. "What kind of deck do you use, Mash?".
"I use a video game-based deck" he replied. "You know, Press Start, Portal Gun, Headcrab Zombie, cards like that. What do you use, Drake?".
"Dragons, of course!" Drake exclaimed. Then Drake's name came over the loudspeaker. "Well, time to get my game on!" he said as he ran down the stairs. He approached the arena, the tester waiting for him. Drake turned on his duel disk, as his opponent did.
"DUEL!" they both exclaimed, drawing five cards each.
Drake vs. Tester
Drake: 4000
Tester: 4000
Drake's turn
"I'll start!" Drake exclaimed. "Draw!" he drew a card. "I summon Magna Drago (ATK:1400/DEF:600) in attack mode!" the monster appeared on the field, ready to attack. "And I throw down a face down" Drake said as he placed a face down card in the spell/trap zone. "Your move!"
Tester's turn
The tester drew a card. "I summon Burning Knuckler - Glassjaw (ATK:2000/DEF:0) in attack mode!" he exclaimed as the boxer monster appeared on the field.
"I play a trap!" Drake exclaimed. "Threatening Roar! Now you can't declare an attack this turn!". The tester frowned angrily.
"I end my turn" he said.
Drake's turn
Drake drew a card. "I summon Lord of D. (ATK:1200/DEF:1100) in attack mode!" he exclaimed as he summoned the monster. "Then I use Ancient Rules! It allows me to Special Summon a level 5 monster or higher" Drake took a card out of his hand. "And with it I summon Cyber Dragon!" the robotic dragon flew down onto the field. "Now Cyber Dragon, destroy his boxer!" the dragon took a hard bite at the monster, and completely destroyed it.
Tester: 3900
"Wait, can't you only summon Cyber Dragon if I have no monsters on the field-"
"Screw the rules! And now, Lord of D. and Magna Drago, direct attack!" the monsters attacked the tester.
Tester: 1300
"Argh!" the tester cried in (minimal) pain.
"I throw down a face down and end my turn!" Drake exclaimed.
Tester's turn
"I place a face down card and end my turn" the tester said with no emotion.
"That's it?" Drake asked, confused.
"You got a problem with short turns?" the test said with a raised eyebrow.
"Nope! It just makes my turn come faster!" Drake replied excitedly.
Drake's turn
Drake drew a card and smirked. "I use Ponymerization to fuse together Lord of D. and the Divine Dragon Ragnarok in my hand to summon... King Dragun (ATK:2400/DEF:1100)!" the giant dragon king came down and let out a ferocious roar. "Now King Dragun, destroy his life points!" the dragon went for a full blown attack, but the tester had other plans.
"I play my face down, Final Destiny! I discard my hand so I can destroy you monster!" he said, grinning.
"But due to my monster's effect, it doesn't effect it!" Drake exclaimed.
"WHAT!?!" the tester said, surprised. The dragon clawed at him, knocking him to the ground.
Tester: 0
"That game!" Drake said. He walked back up to where he was sitting before.
"That was impressive, Drake" Time Turner praised.
"Yeah! A flawless victory!" Button Mash added. Drake grinned.
"All in a day's work" he said. As the 3 continued to celebrate, another watched from above. She was standing next to D-Pad Mash, Button Mash's brother.
"A flawless victory, that I haven't seen in a long time" the mare said.
"He's only going to get into Slifer" D-Pad replied.
"Why?" the mare asked.
"Because he said 'screw the rules'" D-Pad answered.
Author's Note
What do you guys think? This is my favorite one yet!
Chapter 2: Academy Island
"WHAT!?! I'm only in Slifer!? I got a flawless victory!" Drake complained to the stallion who told him what dorm he was in.
"I'm sorry, but you did 'screw the rules'" the stallion replied.
"Ugh, fine. I guess I can live with it" Drake took his blazer and continued to the Slifer dormitory. When he got there he was greeted by a familiar face. "Hey Drake!" Button Mash called to Drake. "Looks like I'm your new roommate!".
"At least I'm not in a room with a complete stranger!" Drake said, relived.
"I know! It wouldn't be good" Mash replied. (A/N: That's right, there is no ponified Chumley. Sorry). They walked up to there room and opened the door. They unpacked there stuff and put on their blazers. "How about we take a look around?" Mash suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Drake agreed. The walked out of there room and walked down to the Ra Yellow dorm. There they saw a familiar face. "Hey Time Turner!" Drake yelled to Time Turner, who now donned a Ra Yellow blazer.
"You only got into Slifer Red, I see" Time Turner said. Drake scratched his head.
"Yeah, I still don't get that" Drake replied with a confused expression.
"Well, you did say 'screw the rules'" Time pointed out.
"Ye-Yeah!? So!?" Drake replied angrily.
"Calm down Drake, it's nothing to be angry about!" Mash tried to calm Drake down. Drake sighed.
"You know what Mash, you're right. I like to think that what color you wear doesn't define your dueling skills!" Drake exclaimed.
"I beg to differ" a cocky mare's voice said behind him. Drake turned around to see two mares. One was pink, with her mane covered by the tiara she wore. The other was grey, and had a light grey mane. "And who might you be?" Time asked.
"The name's Diamond Tiara, and this is Silver Spoon" Diamond Tiara introduced her and her "friend" to them in the same cocky voice as before. "And I beg to differ with your argument. If you're a Slifer slacker, you obviously are a terrible duelist".
"Really?" Prove it!" Drake exclaimed. "In a duel!". Diamond Tiara laughed.
"You must be joking! There's no way I would waste my time dueling a Slifer slacker!" she exclaimed. Drake put on his duel disk.
"I don't care if you think dueling me is a waste of time. Plus, I got a flawless victory on my entrance exam!" Drake replied.
"You did say 'screw the rules'" Diamond Tiara said with a smirk.
"Sh-Shut up and duel me!" Drake angrily exclaimed.
"If you insist" Diamond Tiara said, putting her duel disk on.
"DUEL!!!"
Drake vs. Diamond Tiara
Drake: 4000
Diamond Tiara: 4000
Diamond Tiara's turn
"I'll start. DRAW!" Diamond Tiara drew a card. "I'll play Gem-Turtle (ATK:0/DEF:2000) in defense mode!" the turtle, made mostly of emeralds, appeared on the field, it's head and legs inside it's shell. "Then I use Gem-Knight Fusion to fuse Gem-Turtle and the Gem-Knight Sapphire in my hand to create Gem-Knight Zirconia! (ATK:2900/DEF:2500)" the giant knight made of zircons appeared on the field.
"I must say that is an impressive move" Time Turner complimented Diamond Tiara's skills.
"Yeah, such a powerful monster on the first turn? What's next, is she going to play a card that allows her to attack on the first turn?" Mash sarcastically asked.
"Now I play First Strike, allowing me to attack you on my first turn!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed. Drake, Time Turner and Button Mash gasped.
"Called it" Button Mash said.
The giant knight's arm cannon opened and shot a large gem at Drake.
Drake: 1100
Diamond Tiara: 4000
Drake fell over due to the attack, but quickly got up. "I'll play a face down, and now I believe it's your move, not that you can do anything to stop me destroying your life points!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed. Drake just smirked.
Drake's turn
"I draw!" Drake exclaimed as he drew. "I summon Montage Dragon (ATK:0/DEF:0) in attack mode!". Diamond Tiara laughed.
"What? A monster with zero attack points? You're so stupid, just like the rest of Slifer Red!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed.
"Hey!" Mash yelled, insulted by her comment.
"Yes, it has zero attack points... unless I sacrifice the 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand!" Drake exclaimed, sending said cards to the graveyard. Everypony gasped.
"You have THREE Blue-Eyes White Dragons!?!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed.
"Yes I do! Now, after sacrificing them, I add the levels together and times that by 200, and that's the new attack! So 8 plus 8 plus 8 times 200 is..." Montage Dragon gained attack (ATK:7200)
"7200!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed.
"Yep, now Montage Dragon, attack!" the dragon shot a burst of fire at the monster, the rest covering Diamond Tiara, knocking her to the ground.
Drake: 1100
Diamond Tiara: 0
"And that's game!" Drake said. Diamond Tiara slowly got up.
"Lucky" she said as she walked away with Sliver Spoon. Drake turned to his friends.
"You've got rather good cards, Drake" Time Turner praised.
"Yeah, you could easily beat my brother!" Mash exclaimed. From a distance, D-Pad Mash had been watching the duel.
"We'll see about that" he said as he walked away.
Author's Note
And you thought I stopped this one, didn't you?
