Re-Birth of The Shadow Gamesby Zeno The Black DragonChaptersThe New Students And A New Problem!Sparks Fly! Mystic Vs DemolitionBond Between Rivals!Beginning of The End!Showdown! The Duel Tournament Begins!The New Students And A New Problem!"Hey Dad?" My father looked up from his work desk and turned towards me with his usual grin that always seemed to brighten up a room. "Something wrong Zeno?" "N-No! But.....Um.... I just wanted to ask what exactly makes a great duelist?" My dad always loved to talk about duel monsters! Whenever the topic of dueling popped up he seemed to explode with excitement like a little kid who got a new present. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a card and handed it to me, "WWWWHAT! This card is super weak!" "Hehe! Mystic Egg maybe weak but everyone has to start somewhere! If you don't remember anything remember this Zeno! For a duelist, the number one rule is trust in your deck....No matter what!" The sound of an alarm rang throughout the entire house as a young teen slowly raised his hand over the alarm and silenced it. He slowly got out of bed still bleary eyed and sleepy and just as he was about to open the door to the outside it sudden flew open and struck him in the face. "OWWW! WHAT THE HECK!" "Zeno~" The sing-songy voice of a young woman said as the young man, known as Zeno, shivered from her icy tone. "Ummm yeah sis?" He said with a nervous smile. "YOU'RE LATE FOR SCHOOL! GET GOING YOU LAZY BUM!" She shouted at him as he scrambled to his feet to get dressed. Meanwhile, his sister walked back downstairs and sat at the table and took a bite out of her breakfast. Her brother on the other hand nearly tripped down the stairs as he ran through the kitchen and grabbed a slice of bread. "Ok sis gotta go! Thanks for waking me up! Love ya!" Zeno said in a hurry as he sprinted towards the door, but before he opened the door he suddenly realized something. "Woops almost forgot my deck!" Zeno quickly ran back upstairs and grabbed his card holder and his duel disk and placed them in his bag. With his tools in hand, he quickly ran out the door and made his way to his new school. "CANTERLOT HIGH! HERE I COME!" "And I'm totally late!" Zeno whined as he dragged himself up the stairs and opened the front door to the school. "Ok, so I'm pretty sure there is supposed to someone near the front of the school who was supposed to give me a tour? Ummm...." Zeno looked around the empty hallways and started to panic a little. That was until he suddenly heard a squeaky voice call out to him. "H-Hey Zeno! Where are you! It's real dark in here!!" Zeno reached into his bag and opened his card holder and a tiny ball of light rose from it and suddenly the faded image of a monster appeared. "Mystic Baby Dragon! Just the guy I needed!" Mystic Baby Dragon is well as the name suggests a tiny green dragon with a big cartoonish appearance. "Don't tell me you managed to get lost or something?" Baby dragon asked with a sigh. "UGH! why are you lecturing me! Help a pal out would ya!!" Zeno said with an annoyed tone. Without another word Mystic Baby dragon flew away from Zeno and after a moment of silence he suddenly reappeared and pointed to a hallway which Zeno quickly ran towards. "Thanks bud! I owe ya one!" Zeno walked dow the hallway and suddenly say four girls talking to one another. Three of the girls were dressed kinda awkwardly like a group of punk rockers while the fourth girl's hair caught Zeno's attention. "Woah her hair kinda looks like fire doesn't it!" Zeno said without thinking while the four girls stared at him awkwardly. "Ummm thanks, I guess? I guess you're a new student right?" She asked while Zeno snapped out of his daydream. "Huh!? Oh, snap sorry about that! I'm ah....Zeno! It's nice to meet you!" He said with a bow which caused the girl to blush from the embarrassment. "Y-Yeah my names Sunset Shimmer, nice to meet you." "Smooth~" The girl with the orange hair said before walking away with the other two girls. "Ah man!" "Ugh....Math totally stinks!" Zeno thought as he picked up his plate from the cafeteria and looked around for a place to sit. "Umm, where should I sit?" Zeno looked around the lunch room, however, he quickly realized that everyone was sitting in their own groups. He cringed mentally when he realized that he was on his own, that was until he saw something familiar. "Hey is that duel monsters!" Zeno thought as he sprinted towards the table where a student with sparkling red and orange hair was sitting. "Hey, pal! How's it going!" Zeno shouted as he sat in front of the annoyed teen. "What do you want loser?" "Huh!? What was that for!?" Zeno said in shock as the teen continued to inspect his cards. "Look as you can see I'm busy and not only that but I really don't like anybody at this stupid school anyway. So leave me alone and go talk to someone else!" "Man all I wanted to do was talk! Jeez, I'm new here and seeing as you play duel monsters I thought maybe we could duel sometime?" Zeno said with a defeated sigh as he stood up from his seat. "Hold up you're a duelist?" He asked looking up from his deck with a raised brow. "Yup! Dueling is my passion!" Zeno said with a cheery grin. "Hump.....The names Spark." Spark said with a sigh as Zeno sat back down. "COOL! Names Zeno nice to meet you!" Suddenly the door to the cafeteria flew open as the three girls from before walked into the lunch room while singing a strange song. Suddenly a chill ran down Zeno's spine while the image of Mystic Baby Dragon appeared with a scared expression. "Zeno this is bad! I feel something!" As their singing continued something suddenly snapped inside of Spark as he felt his head began to suddenly feel light. "Spark....let you're anger take control....let me guide you to *VICTORY*!" A strange voice said as an errie purple haze seemed to cover spark. "Hey Zeno?" Spark said in a low tone as the singing intensified. Zeno turned around and felt his blood run cold as Spark pulled out a duel disk. "Lets go ahead and settle that little duel of ours right now! I'll crush you into dust!!" Spark exclaimed with a dark and melicious tone. "Umm right now! You mean right now, right now!!" Zeno shouted in confusion. "Yeah what better time to show everyone that I'm the best than right now!" Spark said as the entire room focused on the two. "Well then.....I'd say...." "GET READY SPARK CAUSE YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!" Zeno said as he pulled out his duel disk and his cards as the singing covered the cafeteria. TO BE CONTINUED! Sparks Fly! Mystic Vs Demolition"Oh, that guy's anger is just delicious! We should see where this goes." Adagio thought as she turned her attention to her sisters. "Sonata, Aria! Focus on that boy over there!" Meanwhile, the two boys squared off against one another as the crowd stared confused as the two wore some kind of strange device. "You ready?" "YOU BET!" "LETS DUEL!" They both shouted in unison. (Zeno: 4000LP) (Spark: 4000LP) "Ok seeing as I was the one who got challenged I'll go first! DRAW!" Zeno said as he reached over to his deck and drew a card. "Alright! First, I'll set a monster face down!" Zeno shouted as he placed a card on the device which suddenly created a picture on the floor of a card. "Next, I'll set two face downs and end my turn! Your up spark!" The crowd watched in shock as two more cards appeared while Spark sneered in aggravation. "This is pathetic! Tsk! Whatever it's my turn! I draw!" Spark looked at his cards and decided to put his plan into action. First I'll activate the spell card Pot of Greed! Which allows me to draw two new cards to my hand!" Spark explained as he drew two more cards. "Next from my hand, I'm activating the effect of my Crash bombs! Seeing as I have two in my hand I can send these guys to the graveyard to inflict 400 points of damage to you!" "WHAT!!" Zeno said in shock as two bombs suddenly appeared on the field and then in a flash of light exploded and sent Zeno tumbling. (Zeno: 3600 LP) "Don't worry I'm far from done Zeno! Next, I'll summon my Carpet Bomber in Attack mode!" Spark said as a monster in the shape of a small cartoon plane appeared on the field. (Carpet Bomber ATK:1400/DEF:1000) "And now my Carpet Bombers Special ability activates! You see whenever my opponent has a monster in defense mode, my carpet bomber can destroy that monster!" Suddenly Spark's monster flew into the air over Zeno's face down monster and suddenly a tiny bomb suddenly dropped on top of it destroying the card. "Now my Carpet bomber can attack you directly!" Spark explained as his Carpet bomber started to fly towards Zeno. "Sorry to burst your bubble Spark but I activate my trap card! Negate Attack!" Zeno exclaimed as one of his face downs rose. "Now your monster can't attack and it ends the battle phase! Better luck next time!" Zeno exclaimed with a chuckle much to Spark's annoyance. "Tsk! Fine, I'll set down a face-down and end my turn!" Spark said as a card appeared on his field. "Thanks! But before that, my Mystic Eggs special ability activates!" Zeno exclaimed as Mystic Egg appeared on his side of the field. "See whenever Mystic Egg is destroyed in battle, at the end of the turn it was destroyed I'm allowed to summon a Mystic monster from my hand or deck as long as it is level 4 or below!" Zeno said as he pulled a card from his deck. "And I think it's time for my friend to make his grand debut! COME ON OUT MYSTIC BABY DRAGON!" Zeno proclaimed as the image of a small green dragon appeared by bursting out of the egg. (Mystic Baby Dragon ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1600) "But don't YOU worry Spark I'm not done yet! Next, I'll activate me second face down! MYSTIC REVOLUTION!" Zeno proclaimed as spark flinched. "W-What!?" "See If I send my Mystic baby dragon to the graveyard I can summon the next level! So come forth MYSTIC DRAGON!" Zeno said as Mystic Baby dragon began to shine brightly before transforming into something a lot bigger! The dragon towered over the crowd as they all stared in awe at the mighty beast! Spark sneered while Zeno smiled ear to ear as he gave a thumbs up to the dragon, however, what surprised everyone was that Mystic dragon turned around and returned the gesture. "Alright, now I draw!" Zeno said as he drew another card. "Sweet! Ok, first I'm gonna summon my Mystic Baby Magician to the field in attack mode!" Zeno said before a sudden puff of smoke covered the field and a small boy appeared twirling a wand before his wizard hat surprisingly fell on his head. (Mystic Baby Magician ATK:1200/ DEF: 600) "Next, I'll play the field spell Mystic Carnival!" Zeno explained as the cafeteria suddenly began to change before everyone's eyes. The room transformed into a vibrant party with streamers and flowers all over the place hung around old buildings with a large castle looming over the mountain in the distance almost like what you would see in a fairy tale story book. "Now all my Mystic monsters are gonna get a boost of about 300 attack and defense points!" Zeno exclaimed with a grin. (Mystic Dragon ATK: 3900/ DEF:1900) (Mystic Baby Magician ATK: 1500/ 900) "Alright! Looks like it's time to throw down the gauntlet! Mystic Dragon attack Carpet Bomber! MYSTIC FURY" Zeno proclaimed as Mystic dragon suddenly shot out a giant torrent of flames at Carpet bomber which caused a small explosion that sent Spark tumbling to the ground (Spark: 1500 LP) "Now Mystic Baby Magician! End this duel with MYSTIC MAGIC BLAST!" Zeno shouted as Mystic Baby Magician pointed his wand at Spark and unleashed a shooting star. "Not so fast! I activate the trap card DRAINING SHEILD!" Spark exclaimed as his face down appeared. "With this card I can negate your monsters attack and I gain life points equal to the attacking monsters attack points!" Spark explained with a chuckle. "WAIT WHAT! THAN THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE ONLY LOST 1000 LIFE POINTS THIS TURN!" Zeno exclaimed with a gasp. (Spark: 3000 LP) "Yup, and are you gonna end your turn? Seriously I'd like to beat you before lunch ends!" Spark proclaimed as the black mist around him thickened. "What in the world's wrong with him? Whatever...I'll place one card face-down and end my turn! Your move!" "Good then it's about time we put a stop to this little show! I draw!" Spark shouted as he drew another card from his deck. "To start I think I'll summon a Bomb Man in attack mode!" Spark said as a black sphere appeared before suddenly extended showing a robot with long arms and stubby legs. (Bomb Man ATK:1000/ DEF: 1000) "Now I'll activate his special ability! If I send him to the graveyard I can destroy one monster on the field and I think I'll choose......YOUR MYSTIC DRAGON!" Suddenly Bomb Man transformed back into a sphere and rolled at high speeds towards Mystic Dragon, who was panicking due to the oncoming danger. "Not so fast I'll activate Mystic Dragons special ability! By discarding him to the graveyard I can negate your monsters effect, and in return my Mystic Baby Dragon comes back to the field to take his place!" Suddenly Mystic dragon disappeared and Mystic Baby Dragon appeared in the air while trying to stay airborne before falling to the ground before Bomb Man disappeared. (Mystic Baby Dragon ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1600) "Heh oh well! No skin off my back! Now I'll activate the spell card MONSTER REBORN!" "Welcome back Carpet Bomber!" Spark shouted as his monster reappeared with a frown on its little cartoon face. (Carpet Bomber ATK:1400/DEF:1000) "Next, I'll use the spell CARD ROTATOR!" Spark proclaimed with a grin. "Now by discarding of one card from my hand, I can change the battle positions of all YOUR monsters from attack mode to defense mode!" Spark explained as Mystic Baby dragon and Magician switched to defense mode. "Next, I'll activate the effect of the monster I just discarded! By sacrificing 1000 life points I can summon this monster to the field from my graveyard!" Spark proclaimed as the ground began to shake. (Spark: 2000 LP) "Now come forth bringer of destruction!! DEMOLITION DRAGON!!" Spark shouted as the mist around him started to pour into the ground! Suddenly in a giant explosion covered the entire area in smoke and suddenly a faint image could be seen rising from within the smoke as well as growling. Then with a fierce roar the smoke was blown away and in its place, a giant dragon stood in its place. (Demolition Dragon ATK: 3600/ DEF: 2300) Everyone stared with a mixture of fear and excitement as the dragon appeared and toward over the Zeno and his monsters. Meanwhile, Spark was in complete extasy at the summoning of his monster while Zeno was trying to control his fear. "Now my Carpet Bombers special ability activates and it destroys both of your monsters!" Spark proclaimed as his monster took to the skies and dropped a bomb on Zeno's monsters. "NO!!!" "HEHEHE...HAHAHAHAHAHA! NOW DESTROY HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL! DEMOLITION BLAST AND BOMBING BOMBARDMENT!" Spark shouted as his monsters began their attack. "Not so fast I'll activate MYSTIC REVENGE!" Zeno said as his trap appeared. "Now for each Mystic monster sent to the graveyard this turn I get to hit you with 1000 life points worth of damage and seeing as I lost two monsters, YOU LOSE 2000 LIFEPOINTS!" Zeno explained as a beam shot towards Spark just as the combined attacks of Demolition Dragon and Carpet Bomber struck. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" They both shouted in unison. (Zeno: 0LP) (Spark: 0LP) DRAW! TO BE CONTINUED!! Bond Between Rivals!"Owwwwwwwwwch...." Zeno said as he picked himself up off the floor as the field began to vanish as well as the monsters. "W-What happened to me?" Spark said groggily as he held his aching head in his hands. "Jeez pal! When you duel you duel with a fire! That was flipping awesome we gotta do it again sometime!!" Zeno said with a child-like grin as he held his hand out to Spark. Spark looked at him for a minute before swatting him away and getting up on his own. "Heh.....You're not worth the effort." Spark said as he walked towards the door, however, before he left he turned back to Zeno with a smug grin. "But if you ever wanna get your but kicked again you know where to find me." And with that Spark left, leaving the whole cafeteria quite as everyone tried to process what they had just witnessed. Magic and monsters battling one another with traps and powerful beasts!? Needless to say......Everyone was pumped!! "THAT. WAS. AWSOME!!!" Everyone seemed to shout as the entire crowd seemed to swarm Zeno with a flurry of questions. Meanwhile, the three girls Aria, Sonata, and Adagio managed to leave the cafeteria without being spotted by the crowd, however, a group of six girls never lost their sight of them. Later on, that day Zeno was sitting on the roof eating his lunch and with a loud burp, he pat is stomach in satisfaction. "PHEW!! Everyone is super pumped! Gotta admit I thought today was gonna suck! But it turned out pretty cool in the end right pal?" Zeno asked as Mystic baby Dragon re-appeared. "Did you forget the part with those three scary girls and the crazy guy with the bombs! Let me tell you that wasn't very fun at all as far as I'm concerned!" Mystic Baby Dragon proclaimed with an annoyed look on his face. "Awe! Don't be such a Downer Bud! Besides it could have been a lot worse! HAHAHA!" Zeno shouted with a hardy laugh as Baby Dragon sighed in frustration. Suddenly the door to the roof opened as Spark came walking out only to freeze as he saw Zeno watching him. "Why are you in my spot loser?" Spark asked in a frustrated tone but Zeno didn't answer him instead he just gave Spark a big goofy grin. "I guess great minds think alike! The view from up here is awesome so I came to eat some duel fuel!" Zeno said with a chuckle. "Duel fuel?.........Really?" "What!? It sounds cool to me?" Spark laughed as he sat down and started to eat his lunch while Zeno started to throw a ton of questions like an excited kid at Christmas time. Spark listen a little to some of Zeno's questions but the more he tried to answer one question, Zeno followed up with another. At that point, it was best to just to ignore him. "You sure do talk a lot...." Suddenly Zeno felt someone poking him and he turned to see Mystic baby Dragon pointing to the door. Zeno turned towards the door and noticed that it was slightly cracked. "Hey Spark? I think someone's watching us?" Zeno explained while pointing at the door. "You just realized that? Jeez, you're slow..." Spark exclaimed as he took a bite out of his sandwich. "HEY! YOU IN THE DOORWAY! COME OUT ALREADY!" Spark nearly choked on his sandwich because of Zeno's sudden outburst. The door slowly opened as a girl with blue hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing a red and pink outfit with matching boots walked out with a slight blush on her face. "Hey....you were one of those weird girls from earlier!" Zeno shouted without thinking on to get bonked by Spark. "Seriously shut up..." Spark exclaimed as Zeno fell over. "So why are you here?" The girl looked down at her feet and after a moment of silence, she let out a frustrated sigh. "I-I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what happened earlier.... Cause are singing must have created a lot of problems for you both." Zeno and Spark looked at one another with a confused look on their faces, however, after her explanation, they both started laughed uncontrollably. "Naw! It was totally awesome!" Zeno exclaimed with a grin while Spark just waved his hand dismissively. "For a duelist, it isn't anything new to fight over something ridiculous...But I never thought I would have to duel against a total loser like him." "HEY!" As Zeno and Spark argued with one another you could literally see the sparks fly between them. Suddenly the two stopped only to hear laughter coming from their new guest. They looked at one another for a moment and then they both started laughing along with her. "So what's your name anyways?" Spark asked as the girl came over and sat with them. "Sonata....My names Sonata." "Nice to meet ya Sonata! I'm Zeno! And Mr. Grump over here is Spark!" Zeno exclaimed only to get hit by Spark again. "Oh! I completely forgot! The reason I came up here was to get you guy's help!" Sonata shouted as she reached into her back pocket. Sonata pulled out a small deck of cards that the two boys instantly recognized. "You see....I sorta, kinda, really want to.....Learn how to play?" Sonata said with a light blush on her face. "I see so you came here to get some helpful tips about duel monsters." Spark summarized as he reached over and took the cards she had and examined them. "Are theses all the cards you have?" Spark asked with a raised brow as Zeno looked over his shoulder at the cards. "Well....These are the only cards I could get my hands on, cause well my sisters and I aren't exactly rolling in cash." Sonata shakily explained as Zeno nodded his head understandingly. "I guess that makes since! My deck was given to me so in the end, it must be difficult to get quality cards." Zeno said while rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Ugh, you're both morons." Zeno and Sonata's attention shot over to Spark as he stood up and handed her cards back to her and walked off towards the door. "Meet me after school so we can finish your deck." Spark exclaimed in an annoyed tone as he walked down the stairs. "Sorry about Spark he's kinda a grump but I promise he's a pretty cool guy!" Zeno explained with a grin as Sonata stared at him with a confused expression. "Didn't you just meet Spark? How come you're so friendly with him?" Zeno smiled and walked over to the edge of the roof and watched the horizon. Sonata watched him and felt something strange....Almost like a sense of otherworldliness. His bold smile while staring into the horizon with the wind slowly blowing his spiky hair made him appear much more, for lack of a better term, Free? "Well, we dueled! And when you duel someone you tend to learn something new about them! Plus Spark and I have an awesome rivalry!" Zeno explained with a confident grin. Sonata only chuckled at his childish explanation while Zeno sighed before laughing along with her. Meanwhile In an unknown location.... Five large creatures fought with each other with unbelievable power. One of the beasts covered in a red haze shot out a blast of flames that destroyed everything in its path. Another beast shrouded in yellow light roared as the earth rumbled and broke while another monster covered in black fog unleashed a dark haze the killed all life that became ensnared in it. "HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS!" A beast bathed in a blue glow shouted as the beast in yellow unleashed another flurry of stones. "IT'S NO USE AQUARIUS! THEY HAVE ALL LOST THEIR SENSES!" The beast shining in a white light shouted as it unleashed a flurry of white beams. Suddenly a giant explosion covered the sky as the five beasts were sent flying in different directions suddenly the monsters felt somthing pulling them away. "IMPOSSIBALE! WHAT IS HAPPENING!" Five seperate protals opened and started to drag the beasts away, however, just as the dark void sucked away the white beast it managed to escape and flew away. "I promise my comrades! I promise I will save you!" To Be Continued! Beginning of The End!"So Spark what is this place?" Zeno asked while he and Sonata stared at the shop sign as it glowed a faint yellow glow. "This happens to be the only card shop in town. It called 'Big Rigs Duel shop' or at least thats what the owner likes to call it." Spark exclaimed with an annoyed sigh as Zeno rushed over to the window. "WOW LOOK AT THE CARDS!" Zeno shouted like a child at Christmas. Without warning Zeno suddenly rushed into the store without Spark and Sonata, who was chuckling at her new friend's antics. Spark walked into the store followed by Sonata and as soon as they entered they saw Zeno staring at a poster. "Everything ok Zeno?" Sonata asked as she looked at the poster. "The King of games.....The greatest duelist in the world! Yugi Moto!" Zeno proclaimed with sparkles in his eyes. "What I wouldn't give to duel him......" Suddenly the door to the back opened up and a man walked out with a stack of boxes. However, it seemed he was having some trouble judging by his legs and how they were shaking like noodles. "Ummm can one of you help me....PLEASE!?" "Thank you so much! I thought I was gonna get crushed." "Rigs, what were doing moving all that on your own?" Spark asked with an annoyed look on his face. "Well for some reason I got a huge wave of customers this afternoon. The weird part is I'm pretty sure most of them go to your school spark! What was it Canterlot High?" Spark froze as he realized what had happened, however, it appeared Zeno was still oblivious to what had happened. "Awsome! Looks like we got a lot of competition right Spark?" Zeno said with a grin while Spark frowned. "Yeah.....you keep telling yourself that." "Well, then how Can I help you all today?" Rigs asked while Spark put a card with his picture on it on the desk. "For starters it would be great to get these two registered for a duel card, and some cards packs would help to build up their decks." Spark explained as Rigs took his ID. "Hold up! What do you mean by 'our' decks?" Zeno asked while Spark just ignored him. "I think he means you need improvement to Zeno." Sonata said with a nervous laugh. Zeno glared daggers at Spark while he just continued to wait for Rigs to come back out with his merchandise. After a moment, Rigs came back with two separate ID cards with five separate packs of cards for each of them. "Why do we need these cards anyway's? I thought dueling was free?" "That is true Sonata, however, dueling also has benefits." Spark explained while Rigs nodded from behind the counter. "That's correct you see duel monsters has evolved from being just a game! Nowadays a striking 65 percent of the population plays duel monsters for sport, for fun, and for monetary gain. Basically, people can make a business out of dueling! With these cards, you're registered as a level F Duelist and you start off with 500 DP or duel points." "Basically, when you get a higher rank you can enroll in tournaments and with more benefits. Plus the more duels you have the higher your rank as well as your duel points which you can use to buy more cards." Spark explained as Zeno and Spark looked over their cards. "WOW! This is pretty cool!" "Yeah, thank you Spark." Sonata said with a cute grin which caught him off guard and caused him to blush. "Ohhhhh! Somebodies In looove!" Zeno teased as Spark jumped him. While the boys fought Rigs smiled as he looked behind the counter and handed a duel disk to Sonata. "Here you go dear, this happens to be the last one we have and I think you can use one of these." He explained as Sonata took the duel disk and felt it's weight. "T-This is heavy!" Sonata exclaimed as she struggled to lift the machine while the others laughed. After saying goodbye to Rigs everyone made their way back to the city. "Oh man! This is sweet! I can't wait to try these out!" Zeno said as he looked over his new cards. "Heh, not like their gonna help a loser like you anyway." Spark exclaimed as he and Zeno glared at each other. Sonata looked at everything Spark had given her and felt a tinge of guilt. The boys suddenly realized the sudden change in mood and turned to see Sonata with a solemn expression on her face. "Umm Sonata? You doing ok?" Zeno asked as she suddenly woke up from her daydream. "W-What!? Oh...Sorry...." Zeno and Spark looked at one another as Sonata once again fell into a trance before she tried to say something, however, someone interpreted her. "ZENO!!!!" Zeno suddenly froze on the spot before he slowly turned around to see his very angry looking sister sprinting towards him like a bull. "OH CRAP! SORRY GUYS GOTTA RUN!" Zeno shouted as he sprinted away from his rampaging sister who blew past Sonata and Spark like a tornado. "GET BACK HERE ZENO!!" Both Sonata and Spark sighed as they watched Zeno run further into the distance. Spark coughed which caught her attention but now she realized he had a more serious expression. "Spark.....I'm-" Sonata tried to say before Spark cut her off. "Don't worry about it....Trust me it wasn't a big deal." Spark said passively as he started to walk away. Sonata watched as Spark walked away still choking on her own words. As much as she wanted to tell both of them the truth she just couldn't. She sighed and started back towards home. "So how did it go Sonata?" Aria asked as Sonata placed everything on the table in front of her. "Good going Sonata. With these were one step closer to getting out powers back!" Adagio said with a malicious grin. "Why exactly are we doing this card game thing anyways?" Sonata asked as Adagio grinned and picked up one of the cards. "You see I noticed when those boys fought earlier that our magic had a direct effect on their cards. These duel monster cards have magical properties as well! So if we can get everyone fighting each other with these cards.." Suddenly Sonata realized what she meant and felt a chill run down her spine. "That means we can get all our powers back and then some! I can't believe you thought of that Adagio." Aria said with a sly grin as her sister glared at her. "With this will finally be able to take our revenge! We can't let an opportunity like this pass us by!" Adagio said as a dark purple aura started to cover her body. However, Sonata felt a weight begin to hover over her. She couldn't help but feel bad after all she betrayed the trust of the only friends she ever had. "Please.....Someone.....Help me." TO BE CONTINUED! Showdown! The Duel Tournament Begins!"WHAAAAAT!!!" Early the next day Zeno, Spark, and Sonata meet back on the roof for lunch and it turned out that Sonata had a big surprise for them both. She showed the boys a poster that had a card painted on the front that read "Canterlot High Duel Tournament!" "HECK YEAH!! A DUEL TOURNAMENT! THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME!" Zeno shouted enthusiastically while Spark sighed in annoyance. "I guess that explains the sudden business at Rigs....Ugh, of all the times for everyone to get into duel monsters." Spark whispered as he took a bite out of his sandwich. "Isn't this awesome Spark!" Zeno asked while Spark only passively nodded which didn't seem to bother Zeno at all. "Sonata your entering to aren't you! It would be a great way to try out your new deck!" Sonata only smiled awkwardly and tried to agree with Zeno but he seemed to be off in his own world. However, Spark noticed something different about her today but he couldn't figure it out. "Oh yeah! let's get going!" Later that afternoon everyone gathered in the gym and of course almost everyone in the school showed up to compete. Zeno walked into the gym with stars in his eyes while Spark looked a little skeptical. "I gonna go get some punch." Spark said as he left Zeno's side. Zeno looked around the gym for anyone he might know but suddenly he felt something poking him and suddenly he saw Mystic baby dragon appear. "What's up bud? You look a little scared of something." Zeno asked while Mystic baby dragon looked like he was on the verge of tears. "Don't tell me you can't feel the tension in the air! Something is seriously wrong here Zeno! I say we go home and forget about this tournament thingy, ok?" He begged, however, it looked like Zeno was still to star struck to listen. "Oh man, I can't wait to start dueling~!" "Of course he didn't listen to me..." Mystic baby Dragon cried as he tried drawing circles around his feet. Suddenly the doors opened and Sonata and her two sisters came through. "Yo Sonata!" Zeno shouted as he made his way over to her. However, Zeno suddenly noticed her expression and how sad it looked. Then he felt someone grab him and pull him aside which happened to be Spark. "I guess you just noticed it too?" Spark asked while Zeno continued to stare at her. "Y-Yeah...Kinda." Suddenly everyone went quite when they heard a group of girls shouting. There were six girls all huddled up together each of them holding hands with each other while their leader shouted something about magic? Anyways it was amazingly awkward which caused a few people to start chuckling. "Talk about throwing down the gauntlet! These girls must be serious about winning!" Adagio said with a sly smile while everyone else focused their attention on the girls. "It's almost like they believe they already have this competition all wrapped up!" Suddenly Zeno noticed a strange green smoke start to form around everyone as they began arguing with each other except for himself and those strange girls. Zeno looked around and noticed a strange purple aura begin to form around the Adagio and Aria but strangely not around Sonata. "I've seen that before....Back when I dueled Spark!" Suddenly Zeno realized he hasn't seen Spark and quickly did a double take of his surroundings and after a moment, he saw Spark sitting in the corner watching passively. Zeno ran over to try and see if he knew what was going on, however, when he got their Sparks eyes were.....gone. A plain white void took their place which caused Zeno to gasp as he fell over out of fear. Suddenly a strange mark appeared on Sparks forehead as he pulled out his duel disk. "Attention everyone!!" Spark shouted in a distorted voice as a dark haze appeared all around him. Everyone's attention was now of the girls and now onto Spark as grew a janky and corrupt smile that sent chills down Zeno's spine. "It's time I give you all a lesson in dueling 101! And I believe I'll start with you! ZENO!!" He shouted with glee as his white eye's suddenly turned red like a raging fire. "What!?" "Duel me Zeno unless you don't want your friend to be lost in the darkness forever!" The Twisted voice said which caused Zeno to freeze. "W-What did you do to Spark?" The Twisted version of Spark laughed manically as everyone in the room watched him get crazier and crazier. "Oh, nothing really I'm just borrowing his body for a while! And Must I say it's a perfect fit! HAHAHAHA!!!" Zeno felt his blood boil as he picked himself back up and reached into his bag. "Sorry bud....But looks like we gotta duel this freak...." Zeno said as he pulled out his duel disk and turned it on. "Because......I GOTTA PROTECT MY FRIEND!!" TO BE CONTINUED!
The New Students And A New Problem!"Hey Dad?" My father looked up from his work desk and turned towards me with his usual grin that always seemed to brighten up a room. "Something wrong Zeno?" "N-No! But.....Um.... I just wanted to ask what exactly makes a great duelist?" My dad always loved to talk about duel monsters! Whenever the topic of dueling popped up he seemed to explode with excitement like a little kid who got a new present. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a card and handed it to me, "WWWWHAT! This card is super weak!" "Hehe! Mystic Egg maybe weak but everyone has to start somewhere! If you don't remember anything remember this Zeno! For a duelist, the number one rule is trust in your deck....No matter what!" The sound of an alarm rang throughout the entire house as a young teen slowly raised his hand over the alarm and silenced it. He slowly got out of bed still bleary eyed and sleepy and just as he was about to open the door to the outside it sudden flew open and struck him in the face. "OWWW! WHAT THE HECK!" "Zeno~" The sing-songy voice of a young woman said as the young man, known as Zeno, shivered from her icy tone. "Ummm yeah sis?" He said with a nervous smile. "YOU'RE LATE FOR SCHOOL! GET GOING YOU LAZY BUM!" She shouted at him as he scrambled to his feet to get dressed. Meanwhile, his sister walked back downstairs and sat at the table and took a bite out of her breakfast. Her brother on the other hand nearly tripped down the stairs as he ran through the kitchen and grabbed a slice of bread. "Ok sis gotta go! Thanks for waking me up! Love ya!" Zeno said in a hurry as he sprinted towards the door, but before he opened the door he suddenly realized something. "Woops almost forgot my deck!" Zeno quickly ran back upstairs and grabbed his card holder and his duel disk and placed them in his bag. With his tools in hand, he quickly ran out the door and made his way to his new school. "CANTERLOT HIGH! HERE I COME!" "And I'm totally late!" Zeno whined as he dragged himself up the stairs and opened the front door to the school. "Ok, so I'm pretty sure there is supposed to someone near the front of the school who was supposed to give me a tour? Ummm...." Zeno looked around the empty hallways and started to panic a little. That was until he suddenly heard a squeaky voice call out to him. "H-Hey Zeno! Where are you! It's real dark in here!!" Zeno reached into his bag and opened his card holder and a tiny ball of light rose from it and suddenly the faded image of a monster appeared. "Mystic Baby Dragon! Just the guy I needed!" Mystic Baby Dragon is well as the name suggests a tiny green dragon with a big cartoonish appearance. "Don't tell me you managed to get lost or something?" Baby dragon asked with a sigh. "UGH! why are you lecturing me! Help a pal out would ya!!" Zeno said with an annoyed tone. Without another word Mystic Baby dragon flew away from Zeno and after a moment of silence he suddenly reappeared and pointed to a hallway which Zeno quickly ran towards. "Thanks bud! I owe ya one!" Zeno walked dow the hallway and suddenly say four girls talking to one another. Three of the girls were dressed kinda awkwardly like a group of punk rockers while the fourth girl's hair caught Zeno's attention. "Woah her hair kinda looks like fire doesn't it!" Zeno said without thinking while the four girls stared at him awkwardly. "Ummm thanks, I guess? I guess you're a new student right?" She asked while Zeno snapped out of his daydream. "Huh!? Oh, snap sorry about that! I'm ah....Zeno! It's nice to meet you!" He said with a bow which caused the girl to blush from the embarrassment. "Y-Yeah my names Sunset Shimmer, nice to meet you." "Smooth~" The girl with the orange hair said before walking away with the other two girls. "Ah man!" "Ugh....Math totally stinks!" Zeno thought as he picked up his plate from the cafeteria and looked around for a place to sit. "Umm, where should I sit?" Zeno looked around the lunch room, however, he quickly realized that everyone was sitting in their own groups. He cringed mentally when he realized that he was on his own, that was until he saw something familiar. "Hey is that duel monsters!" Zeno thought as he sprinted towards the table where a student with sparkling red and orange hair was sitting. "Hey, pal! How's it going!" Zeno shouted as he sat in front of the annoyed teen. "What do you want loser?" "Huh!? What was that for!?" Zeno said in shock as the teen continued to inspect his cards. "Look as you can see I'm busy and not only that but I really don't like anybody at this stupid school anyway. So leave me alone and go talk to someone else!" "Man all I wanted to do was talk! Jeez, I'm new here and seeing as you play duel monsters I thought maybe we could duel sometime?" Zeno said with a defeated sigh as he stood up from his seat. "Hold up you're a duelist?" He asked looking up from his deck with a raised brow. "Yup! Dueling is my passion!" Zeno said with a cheery grin. "Hump.....The names Spark." Spark said with a sigh as Zeno sat back down. "COOL! Names Zeno nice to meet you!" Suddenly the door to the cafeteria flew open as the three girls from before walked into the lunch room while singing a strange song. Suddenly a chill ran down Zeno's spine while the image of Mystic Baby Dragon appeared with a scared expression. "Zeno this is bad! I feel something!" As their singing continued something suddenly snapped inside of Spark as he felt his head began to suddenly feel light. "Spark....let you're anger take control....let me guide you to *VICTORY*!" A strange voice said as an errie purple haze seemed to cover spark. "Hey Zeno?" Spark said in a low tone as the singing intensified. Zeno turned around and felt his blood run cold as Spark pulled out a duel disk. "Lets go ahead and settle that little duel of ours right now! I'll crush you into dust!!" Spark exclaimed with a dark and melicious tone. "Umm right now! You mean right now, right now!!" Zeno shouted in confusion. "Yeah what better time to show everyone that I'm the best than right now!" Spark said as the entire room focused on the two. "Well then.....I'd say...." "GET READY SPARK CAUSE YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!" Zeno said as he pulled out his duel disk and his cards as the singing covered the cafeteria. TO BE CONTINUED!
Sparks Fly! Mystic Vs Demolition"Oh, that guy's anger is just delicious! We should see where this goes." Adagio thought as she turned her attention to her sisters. "Sonata, Aria! Focus on that boy over there!" Meanwhile, the two boys squared off against one another as the crowd stared confused as the two wore some kind of strange device. "You ready?" "YOU BET!" "LETS DUEL!" They both shouted in unison. (Zeno: 4000LP) (Spark: 4000LP) "Ok seeing as I was the one who got challenged I'll go first! DRAW!" Zeno said as he reached over to his deck and drew a card. "Alright! First, I'll set a monster face down!" Zeno shouted as he placed a card on the device which suddenly created a picture on the floor of a card. "Next, I'll set two face downs and end my turn! Your up spark!" The crowd watched in shock as two more cards appeared while Spark sneered in aggravation. "This is pathetic! Tsk! Whatever it's my turn! I draw!" Spark looked at his cards and decided to put his plan into action. First I'll activate the spell card Pot of Greed! Which allows me to draw two new cards to my hand!" Spark explained as he drew two more cards. "Next from my hand, I'm activating the effect of my Crash bombs! Seeing as I have two in my hand I can send these guys to the graveyard to inflict 400 points of damage to you!" "WHAT!!" Zeno said in shock as two bombs suddenly appeared on the field and then in a flash of light exploded and sent Zeno tumbling. (Zeno: 3600 LP) "Don't worry I'm far from done Zeno! Next, I'll summon my Carpet Bomber in Attack mode!" Spark said as a monster in the shape of a small cartoon plane appeared on the field. (Carpet Bomber ATK:1400/DEF:1000) "And now my Carpet Bombers Special ability activates! You see whenever my opponent has a monster in defense mode, my carpet bomber can destroy that monster!" Suddenly Spark's monster flew into the air over Zeno's face down monster and suddenly a tiny bomb suddenly dropped on top of it destroying the card. "Now my Carpet bomber can attack you directly!" Spark explained as his Carpet bomber started to fly towards Zeno. "Sorry to burst your bubble Spark but I activate my trap card! Negate Attack!" Zeno exclaimed as one of his face downs rose. "Now your monster can't attack and it ends the battle phase! Better luck next time!" Zeno exclaimed with a chuckle much to Spark's annoyance. "Tsk! Fine, I'll set down a face-down and end my turn!" Spark said as a card appeared on his field. "Thanks! But before that, my Mystic Eggs special ability activates!" Zeno exclaimed as Mystic Egg appeared on his side of the field. "See whenever Mystic Egg is destroyed in battle, at the end of the turn it was destroyed I'm allowed to summon a Mystic monster from my hand or deck as long as it is level 4 or below!" Zeno said as he pulled a card from his deck. "And I think it's time for my friend to make his grand debut! COME ON OUT MYSTIC BABY DRAGON!" Zeno proclaimed as the image of a small green dragon appeared by bursting out of the egg. (Mystic Baby Dragon ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1600) "But don't YOU worry Spark I'm not done yet! Next, I'll activate me second face down! MYSTIC REVOLUTION!" Zeno proclaimed as spark flinched. "W-What!?" "See If I send my Mystic baby dragon to the graveyard I can summon the next level! So come forth MYSTIC DRAGON!" Zeno said as Mystic Baby dragon began to shine brightly before transforming into something a lot bigger! The dragon towered over the crowd as they all stared in awe at the mighty beast! Spark sneered while Zeno smiled ear to ear as he gave a thumbs up to the dragon, however, what surprised everyone was that Mystic dragon turned around and returned the gesture. "Alright, now I draw!" Zeno said as he drew another card. "Sweet! Ok, first I'm gonna summon my Mystic Baby Magician to the field in attack mode!" Zeno said before a sudden puff of smoke covered the field and a small boy appeared twirling a wand before his wizard hat surprisingly fell on his head. (Mystic Baby Magician ATK:1200/ DEF: 600) "Next, I'll play the field spell Mystic Carnival!" Zeno explained as the cafeteria suddenly began to change before everyone's eyes. The room transformed into a vibrant party with streamers and flowers all over the place hung around old buildings with a large castle looming over the mountain in the distance almost like what you would see in a fairy tale story book. "Now all my Mystic monsters are gonna get a boost of about 300 attack and defense points!" Zeno exclaimed with a grin. (Mystic Dragon ATK: 3900/ DEF:1900) (Mystic Baby Magician ATK: 1500/ 900) "Alright! Looks like it's time to throw down the gauntlet! Mystic Dragon attack Carpet Bomber! MYSTIC FURY" Zeno proclaimed as Mystic dragon suddenly shot out a giant torrent of flames at Carpet bomber which caused a small explosion that sent Spark tumbling to the ground (Spark: 1500 LP) "Now Mystic Baby Magician! End this duel with MYSTIC MAGIC BLAST!" Zeno shouted as Mystic Baby Magician pointed his wand at Spark and unleashed a shooting star. "Not so fast! I activate the trap card DRAINING SHEILD!" Spark exclaimed as his face down appeared. "With this card I can negate your monsters attack and I gain life points equal to the attacking monsters attack points!" Spark explained with a chuckle. "WAIT WHAT! THAN THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE ONLY LOST 1000 LIFE POINTS THIS TURN!" Zeno exclaimed with a gasp. (Spark: 3000 LP) "Yup, and are you gonna end your turn? Seriously I'd like to beat you before lunch ends!" Spark proclaimed as the black mist around him thickened. "What in the world's wrong with him? Whatever...I'll place one card face-down and end my turn! Your move!" "Good then it's about time we put a stop to this little show! I draw!" Spark shouted as he drew another card from his deck. "To start I think I'll summon a Bomb Man in attack mode!" Spark said as a black sphere appeared before suddenly extended showing a robot with long arms and stubby legs. (Bomb Man ATK:1000/ DEF: 1000) "Now I'll activate his special ability! If I send him to the graveyard I can destroy one monster on the field and I think I'll choose......YOUR MYSTIC DRAGON!" Suddenly Bomb Man transformed back into a sphere and rolled at high speeds towards Mystic Dragon, who was panicking due to the oncoming danger. "Not so fast I'll activate Mystic Dragons special ability! By discarding him to the graveyard I can negate your monsters effect, and in return my Mystic Baby Dragon comes back to the field to take his place!" Suddenly Mystic dragon disappeared and Mystic Baby Dragon appeared in the air while trying to stay airborne before falling to the ground before Bomb Man disappeared. (Mystic Baby Dragon ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1600) "Heh oh well! No skin off my back! Now I'll activate the spell card MONSTER REBORN!" "Welcome back Carpet Bomber!" Spark shouted as his monster reappeared with a frown on its little cartoon face. (Carpet Bomber ATK:1400/DEF:1000) "Next, I'll use the spell CARD ROTATOR!" Spark proclaimed with a grin. "Now by discarding of one card from my hand, I can change the battle positions of all YOUR monsters from attack mode to defense mode!" Spark explained as Mystic Baby dragon and Magician switched to defense mode. "Next, I'll activate the effect of the monster I just discarded! By sacrificing 1000 life points I can summon this monster to the field from my graveyard!" Spark proclaimed as the ground began to shake. (Spark: 2000 LP) "Now come forth bringer of destruction!! DEMOLITION DRAGON!!" Spark shouted as the mist around him started to pour into the ground! Suddenly in a giant explosion covered the entire area in smoke and suddenly a faint image could be seen rising from within the smoke as well as growling. Then with a fierce roar the smoke was blown away and in its place, a giant dragon stood in its place. (Demolition Dragon ATK: 3600/ DEF: 2300) Everyone stared with a mixture of fear and excitement as the dragon appeared and toward over the Zeno and his monsters. Meanwhile, Spark was in complete extasy at the summoning of his monster while Zeno was trying to control his fear. "Now my Carpet Bombers special ability activates and it destroys both of your monsters!" Spark proclaimed as his monster took to the skies and dropped a bomb on Zeno's monsters. "NO!!!" "HEHEHE...HAHAHAHAHAHA! NOW DESTROY HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL! DEMOLITION BLAST AND BOMBING BOMBARDMENT!" Spark shouted as his monsters began their attack. "Not so fast I'll activate MYSTIC REVENGE!" Zeno said as his trap appeared. "Now for each Mystic monster sent to the graveyard this turn I get to hit you with 1000 life points worth of damage and seeing as I lost two monsters, YOU LOSE 2000 LIFEPOINTS!" Zeno explained as a beam shot towards Spark just as the combined attacks of Demolition Dragon and Carpet Bomber struck. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" They both shouted in unison. (Zeno: 0LP) (Spark: 0LP) DRAW! TO BE CONTINUED!!
Bond Between Rivals!"Owwwwwwwwwch...." Zeno said as he picked himself up off the floor as the field began to vanish as well as the monsters. "W-What happened to me?" Spark said groggily as he held his aching head in his hands. "Jeez pal! When you duel you duel with a fire! That was flipping awesome we gotta do it again sometime!!" Zeno said with a child-like grin as he held his hand out to Spark. Spark looked at him for a minute before swatting him away and getting up on his own. "Heh.....You're not worth the effort." Spark said as he walked towards the door, however, before he left he turned back to Zeno with a smug grin. "But if you ever wanna get your but kicked again you know where to find me." And with that Spark left, leaving the whole cafeteria quite as everyone tried to process what they had just witnessed. Magic and monsters battling one another with traps and powerful beasts!? Needless to say......Everyone was pumped!! "THAT. WAS. AWSOME!!!" Everyone seemed to shout as the entire crowd seemed to swarm Zeno with a flurry of questions. Meanwhile, the three girls Aria, Sonata, and Adagio managed to leave the cafeteria without being spotted by the crowd, however, a group of six girls never lost their sight of them. Later on, that day Zeno was sitting on the roof eating his lunch and with a loud burp, he pat is stomach in satisfaction. "PHEW!! Everyone is super pumped! Gotta admit I thought today was gonna suck! But it turned out pretty cool in the end right pal?" Zeno asked as Mystic baby Dragon re-appeared. "Did you forget the part with those three scary girls and the crazy guy with the bombs! Let me tell you that wasn't very fun at all as far as I'm concerned!" Mystic Baby Dragon proclaimed with an annoyed look on his face. "Awe! Don't be such a Downer Bud! Besides it could have been a lot worse! HAHAHA!" Zeno shouted with a hardy laugh as Baby Dragon sighed in frustration. Suddenly the door to the roof opened as Spark came walking out only to freeze as he saw Zeno watching him. "Why are you in my spot loser?" Spark asked in a frustrated tone but Zeno didn't answer him instead he just gave Spark a big goofy grin. "I guess great minds think alike! The view from up here is awesome so I came to eat some duel fuel!" Zeno said with a chuckle. "Duel fuel?.........Really?" "What!? It sounds cool to me?" Spark laughed as he sat down and started to eat his lunch while Zeno started to throw a ton of questions like an excited kid at Christmas time. Spark listen a little to some of Zeno's questions but the more he tried to answer one question, Zeno followed up with another. At that point, it was best to just to ignore him. "You sure do talk a lot...." Suddenly Zeno felt someone poking him and he turned to see Mystic baby Dragon pointing to the door. Zeno turned towards the door and noticed that it was slightly cracked. "Hey Spark? I think someone's watching us?" Zeno explained while pointing at the door. "You just realized that? Jeez, you're slow..." Spark exclaimed as he took a bite out of his sandwich. "HEY! YOU IN THE DOORWAY! COME OUT ALREADY!" Spark nearly choked on his sandwich because of Zeno's sudden outburst. The door slowly opened as a girl with blue hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing a red and pink outfit with matching boots walked out with a slight blush on her face. "Hey....you were one of those weird girls from earlier!" Zeno shouted without thinking on to get bonked by Spark. "Seriously shut up..." Spark exclaimed as Zeno fell over. "So why are you here?" The girl looked down at her feet and after a moment of silence, she let out a frustrated sigh. "I-I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what happened earlier.... Cause are singing must have created a lot of problems for you both." Zeno and Spark looked at one another with a confused look on their faces, however, after her explanation, they both started laughed uncontrollably. "Naw! It was totally awesome!" Zeno exclaimed with a grin while Spark just waved his hand dismissively. "For a duelist, it isn't anything new to fight over something ridiculous...But I never thought I would have to duel against a total loser like him." "HEY!" As Zeno and Spark argued with one another you could literally see the sparks fly between them. Suddenly the two stopped only to hear laughter coming from their new guest. They looked at one another for a moment and then they both started laughing along with her. "So what's your name anyways?" Spark asked as the girl came over and sat with them. "Sonata....My names Sonata." "Nice to meet ya Sonata! I'm Zeno! And Mr. Grump over here is Spark!" Zeno exclaimed only to get hit by Spark again. "Oh! I completely forgot! The reason I came up here was to get you guy's help!" Sonata shouted as she reached into her back pocket. Sonata pulled out a small deck of cards that the two boys instantly recognized. "You see....I sorta, kinda, really want to.....Learn how to play?" Sonata said with a light blush on her face. "I see so you came here to get some helpful tips about duel monsters." Spark summarized as he reached over and took the cards she had and examined them. "Are theses all the cards you have?" Spark asked with a raised brow as Zeno looked over his shoulder at the cards. "Well....These are the only cards I could get my hands on, cause well my sisters and I aren't exactly rolling in cash." Sonata shakily explained as Zeno nodded his head understandingly. "I guess that makes since! My deck was given to me so in the end, it must be difficult to get quality cards." Zeno said while rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Ugh, you're both morons." Zeno and Sonata's attention shot over to Spark as he stood up and handed her cards back to her and walked off towards the door. "Meet me after school so we can finish your deck." Spark exclaimed in an annoyed tone as he walked down the stairs. "Sorry about Spark he's kinda a grump but I promise he's a pretty cool guy!" Zeno explained with a grin as Sonata stared at him with a confused expression. "Didn't you just meet Spark? How come you're so friendly with him?" Zeno smiled and walked over to the edge of the roof and watched the horizon. Sonata watched him and felt something strange....Almost like a sense of otherworldliness. His bold smile while staring into the horizon with the wind slowly blowing his spiky hair made him appear much more, for lack of a better term, Free? "Well, we dueled! And when you duel someone you tend to learn something new about them! Plus Spark and I have an awesome rivalry!" Zeno explained with a confident grin. Sonata only chuckled at his childish explanation while Zeno sighed before laughing along with her. Meanwhile In an unknown location.... Five large creatures fought with each other with unbelievable power. One of the beasts covered in a red haze shot out a blast of flames that destroyed everything in its path. Another beast shrouded in yellow light roared as the earth rumbled and broke while another monster covered in black fog unleashed a dark haze the killed all life that became ensnared in it. "HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS!" A beast bathed in a blue glow shouted as the beast in yellow unleashed another flurry of stones. "IT'S NO USE AQUARIUS! THEY HAVE ALL LOST THEIR SENSES!" The beast shining in a white light shouted as it unleashed a flurry of white beams. Suddenly a giant explosion covered the sky as the five beasts were sent flying in different directions suddenly the monsters felt somthing pulling them away. "IMPOSSIBALE! WHAT IS HAPPENING!" Five seperate protals opened and started to drag the beasts away, however, just as the dark void sucked away the white beast it managed to escape and flew away. "I promise my comrades! I promise I will save you!" To Be Continued!
Beginning of The End!"So Spark what is this place?" Zeno asked while he and Sonata stared at the shop sign as it glowed a faint yellow glow. "This happens to be the only card shop in town. It called 'Big Rigs Duel shop' or at least thats what the owner likes to call it." Spark exclaimed with an annoyed sigh as Zeno rushed over to the window. "WOW LOOK AT THE CARDS!" Zeno shouted like a child at Christmas. Without warning Zeno suddenly rushed into the store without Spark and Sonata, who was chuckling at her new friend's antics. Spark walked into the store followed by Sonata and as soon as they entered they saw Zeno staring at a poster. "Everything ok Zeno?" Sonata asked as she looked at the poster. "The King of games.....The greatest duelist in the world! Yugi Moto!" Zeno proclaimed with sparkles in his eyes. "What I wouldn't give to duel him......" Suddenly the door to the back opened up and a man walked out with a stack of boxes. However, it seemed he was having some trouble judging by his legs and how they were shaking like noodles. "Ummm can one of you help me....PLEASE!?" "Thank you so much! I thought I was gonna get crushed." "Rigs, what were doing moving all that on your own?" Spark asked with an annoyed look on his face. "Well for some reason I got a huge wave of customers this afternoon. The weird part is I'm pretty sure most of them go to your school spark! What was it Canterlot High?" Spark froze as he realized what had happened, however, it appeared Zeno was still oblivious to what had happened. "Awsome! Looks like we got a lot of competition right Spark?" Zeno said with a grin while Spark frowned. "Yeah.....you keep telling yourself that." "Well, then how Can I help you all today?" Rigs asked while Spark put a card with his picture on it on the desk. "For starters it would be great to get these two registered for a duel card, and some cards packs would help to build up their decks." Spark explained as Rigs took his ID. "Hold up! What do you mean by 'our' decks?" Zeno asked while Spark just ignored him. "I think he means you need improvement to Zeno." Sonata said with a nervous laugh. Zeno glared daggers at Spark while he just continued to wait for Rigs to come back out with his merchandise. After a moment, Rigs came back with two separate ID cards with five separate packs of cards for each of them. "Why do we need these cards anyway's? I thought dueling was free?" "That is true Sonata, however, dueling also has benefits." Spark explained while Rigs nodded from behind the counter. "That's correct you see duel monsters has evolved from being just a game! Nowadays a striking 65 percent of the population plays duel monsters for sport, for fun, and for monetary gain. Basically, people can make a business out of dueling! With these cards, you're registered as a level F Duelist and you start off with 500 DP or duel points." "Basically, when you get a higher rank you can enroll in tournaments and with more benefits. Plus the more duels you have the higher your rank as well as your duel points which you can use to buy more cards." Spark explained as Zeno and Spark looked over their cards. "WOW! This is pretty cool!" "Yeah, thank you Spark." Sonata said with a cute grin which caught him off guard and caused him to blush. "Ohhhhh! Somebodies In looove!" Zeno teased as Spark jumped him. While the boys fought Rigs smiled as he looked behind the counter and handed a duel disk to Sonata. "Here you go dear, this happens to be the last one we have and I think you can use one of these." He explained as Sonata took the duel disk and felt it's weight. "T-This is heavy!" Sonata exclaimed as she struggled to lift the machine while the others laughed. After saying goodbye to Rigs everyone made their way back to the city. "Oh man! This is sweet! I can't wait to try these out!" Zeno said as he looked over his new cards. "Heh, not like their gonna help a loser like you anyway." Spark exclaimed as he and Zeno glared at each other. Sonata looked at everything Spark had given her and felt a tinge of guilt. The boys suddenly realized the sudden change in mood and turned to see Sonata with a solemn expression on her face. "Umm Sonata? You doing ok?" Zeno asked as she suddenly woke up from her daydream. "W-What!? Oh...Sorry...." Zeno and Spark looked at one another as Sonata once again fell into a trance before she tried to say something, however, someone interpreted her. "ZENO!!!!" Zeno suddenly froze on the spot before he slowly turned around to see his very angry looking sister sprinting towards him like a bull. "OH CRAP! SORRY GUYS GOTTA RUN!" Zeno shouted as he sprinted away from his rampaging sister who blew past Sonata and Spark like a tornado. "GET BACK HERE ZENO!!" Both Sonata and Spark sighed as they watched Zeno run further into the distance. Spark coughed which caught her attention but now she realized he had a more serious expression. "Spark.....I'm-" Sonata tried to say before Spark cut her off. "Don't worry about it....Trust me it wasn't a big deal." Spark said passively as he started to walk away. Sonata watched as Spark walked away still choking on her own words. As much as she wanted to tell both of them the truth she just couldn't. She sighed and started back towards home. "So how did it go Sonata?" Aria asked as Sonata placed everything on the table in front of her. "Good going Sonata. With these were one step closer to getting out powers back!" Adagio said with a malicious grin. "Why exactly are we doing this card game thing anyways?" Sonata asked as Adagio grinned and picked up one of the cards. "You see I noticed when those boys fought earlier that our magic had a direct effect on their cards. These duel monster cards have magical properties as well! So if we can get everyone fighting each other with these cards.." Suddenly Sonata realized what she meant and felt a chill run down her spine. "That means we can get all our powers back and then some! I can't believe you thought of that Adagio." Aria said with a sly grin as her sister glared at her. "With this will finally be able to take our revenge! We can't let an opportunity like this pass us by!" Adagio said as a dark purple aura started to cover her body. However, Sonata felt a weight begin to hover over her. She couldn't help but feel bad after all she betrayed the trust of the only friends she ever had. "Please.....Someone.....Help me." TO BE CONTINUED!
Showdown! The Duel Tournament Begins!"WHAAAAAT!!!" Early the next day Zeno, Spark, and Sonata meet back on the roof for lunch and it turned out that Sonata had a big surprise for them both. She showed the boys a poster that had a card painted on the front that read "Canterlot High Duel Tournament!" "HECK YEAH!! A DUEL TOURNAMENT! THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME!" Zeno shouted enthusiastically while Spark sighed in annoyance. "I guess that explains the sudden business at Rigs....Ugh, of all the times for everyone to get into duel monsters." Spark whispered as he took a bite out of his sandwich. "Isn't this awesome Spark!" Zeno asked while Spark only passively nodded which didn't seem to bother Zeno at all. "Sonata your entering to aren't you! It would be a great way to try out your new deck!" Sonata only smiled awkwardly and tried to agree with Zeno but he seemed to be off in his own world. However, Spark noticed something different about her today but he couldn't figure it out. "Oh yeah! let's get going!" Later that afternoon everyone gathered in the gym and of course almost everyone in the school showed up to compete. Zeno walked into the gym with stars in his eyes while Spark looked a little skeptical. "I gonna go get some punch." Spark said as he left Zeno's side. Zeno looked around the gym for anyone he might know but suddenly he felt something poking him and suddenly he saw Mystic baby dragon appear. "What's up bud? You look a little scared of something." Zeno asked while Mystic baby dragon looked like he was on the verge of tears. "Don't tell me you can't feel the tension in the air! Something is seriously wrong here Zeno! I say we go home and forget about this tournament thingy, ok?" He begged, however, it looked like Zeno was still to star struck to listen. "Oh man, I can't wait to start dueling~!" "Of course he didn't listen to me..." Mystic baby Dragon cried as he tried drawing circles around his feet. Suddenly the doors opened and Sonata and her two sisters came through. "Yo Sonata!" Zeno shouted as he made his way over to her. However, Zeno suddenly noticed her expression and how sad it looked. Then he felt someone grab him and pull him aside which happened to be Spark. "I guess you just noticed it too?" Spark asked while Zeno continued to stare at her. "Y-Yeah...Kinda." Suddenly everyone went quite when they heard a group of girls shouting. There were six girls all huddled up together each of them holding hands with each other while their leader shouted something about magic? Anyways it was amazingly awkward which caused a few people to start chuckling. "Talk about throwing down the gauntlet! These girls must be serious about winning!" Adagio said with a sly smile while everyone else focused their attention on the girls. "It's almost like they believe they already have this competition all wrapped up!" Suddenly Zeno noticed a strange green smoke start to form around everyone as they began arguing with each other except for himself and those strange girls. Zeno looked around and noticed a strange purple aura begin to form around the Adagio and Aria but strangely not around Sonata. "I've seen that before....Back when I dueled Spark!" Suddenly Zeno realized he hasn't seen Spark and quickly did a double take of his surroundings and after a moment, he saw Spark sitting in the corner watching passively. Zeno ran over to try and see if he knew what was going on, however, when he got their Sparks eyes were.....gone. A plain white void took their place which caused Zeno to gasp as he fell over out of fear. Suddenly a strange mark appeared on Sparks forehead as he pulled out his duel disk. "Attention everyone!!" Spark shouted in a distorted voice as a dark haze appeared all around him. Everyone's attention was now of the girls and now onto Spark as grew a janky and corrupt smile that sent chills down Zeno's spine. "It's time I give you all a lesson in dueling 101! And I believe I'll start with you! ZENO!!" He shouted with glee as his white eye's suddenly turned red like a raging fire. "What!?" "Duel me Zeno unless you don't want your friend to be lost in the darkness forever!" The Twisted voice said which caused Zeno to freeze. "W-What did you do to Spark?" The Twisted version of Spark laughed manically as everyone in the room watched him get crazier and crazier. "Oh, nothing really I'm just borrowing his body for a while! And Must I say it's a perfect fit! HAHAHAHA!!!" Zeno felt his blood boil as he picked himself back up and reached into his bag. "Sorry bud....But looks like we gotta duel this freak...." Zeno said as he pulled out his duel disk and turned it on. "Because......I GOTTA PROTECT MY FRIEND!!" TO BE CONTINUED!
