Duel 00, Goodbye earth, Hello unknown world
(Bogotá City, 8:47 P.M, near the Simon Bolivar Park)
The rain fell steadily, drops spilled heavily over the concrete, the dark of the night interrupted by the constant flashing lights of emergency vehicles and the remains of a motorcycle with a few cards and a deck scattered over the pavement, on the ground, facing the sky without actually seeing a figure was lying there, shredded clothes and a backpack not far from the accident, however, this is the beginning of our history, our hero, he was destined to end its cycle in this world.
Canterlot, Equestria 8:48 P.M
In a parallel universe, the night is clear, the moon and the stars cast their soft light over the houses, however, a sudden burst of sound and color interrupted the serene darkness, a couple of hooded figures trying to flee a second group, their armor reflecting the pale light with every movement.
"Why’d we have to steal from THAT house? Lucky, we aren’t common thieves, because of this; we have a whole night-watch on our heels" One of the figures, obviously female with how feminine her voice sounds, was whining while running and jumping over rooftops, dodging several arrows that their pursuers were shooting in their direction.
"Because now we have one of the most powerful cards in the game! Wicka, more than deny it, but right now we are thieves. Besides, the old coot wouldn’t miss his super-rare card, and we’ll give it a better purpose then have it in a glass-case in lock and key." The other hooded figure, a black stallion, was answering, his voice clear in the howling wind and the hiss of arrows over their heads.
"I call upon the Noble Knight, Borz!," One guards shouted, his voice shows authority that he has on the squad of warriors, the two thieves stopped suddenly when a figure dressed in metal, with a chalice in his hands, suddenly appeared in front of them.
"So, is this how we will settle this gentlemans, with a duel?"
"You two are under arrest on behalf of her serenity and highness, Princess Celestia. Your charges are burglary and entering private property," the Soldier who has a duel disk on his left arm said. "However, as apparently one of you is a duelist, if he wins this duel, he could leave without being arrested."
"And what guarantees we have, Metal Head, that you keep your word?" The women spat, taking off her coat to reveal a pegasus mare with a bandaged wing.
"I can guarantee this," Third voice interrupted. A mare with both horn and wing her coat of a dark blue, and her ethereal mane waving in an unexisted wind. Both sides were stunned, seeing an alicorn appear in view and her claim.
"Princess Luna!" The thief said.
However, before any more can continue, a distant and strange light projected over the dreaded Everfree Forest near the outskirts of Ponyville, attract the attention of the princess and her guards. Taking the opportunity, the burglars jumped at ground level and disappeared into the night, however the princess and the guards did not pay more attention to the retreating rogues, too distracted by the strange phenomenon.
“By Faust; what was that!” Bellowed the night princess, looking away, concern plastered on her face, before frowning, turning around, she addressed the now distracted guards, pointing to the retreating thieves.
“I want those two apprehended for thievery, please see to it!”
Everfree forest, 9:25 P.M.
Twilight Sparkle, Princess of friendship, a former disciple of Princess Celestia and current Element Bearer of Magic, was in a good and bad mood right now, after being awakened by an urgent letter from her former mentor, the young librarian had to go look for her friends, and armed with flashlights and their respective decks, venture off to the untamed forest known as, Everfree Forest.
Searching for an strange and unexpected source of light that was seen near Mount Canter which is near the base of city of Canterlot, the capital of Equestria and seat of power of the diarchic sisters; Celestia and Luna; was located.
"Remind me again why we have to be out here, exposing ourselves to dangers around wild animals; only to seek a 'towering light in the sky,' in the middle of the night," One of Twilights friends; Rainbow Dash said. Suppressing an incoming yawn for having been awakened at this late hour. "also, why not Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack with us; hmm?" The athlete continued her monologue; and questioned on why their other friends aren’t here.
"Rainbow, as I said before. I received a letter from Prin-Celestia a few moments ago about a strange light happening over Mount Canter. I know it's a strange time, but Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy have jobs and occupations in the morning. Besides, wasn’t it you who told us that you had nothing else to do since there was no weather patrol tomorrow?" The purple mare replied, raising an eyebrow and smirk at the now sheepish look on the athlete face.
Any further discussion was interrupted by a gasp of surprise from Pinkie Pie; the always cheerful party extraordinaire and friends of Twilight.
"Girls, Girls come QUICK!" The party animal exclaimed, pointing forward. "Look, there is someone on the ground." When they approach, the three friends could see a stallion, lying on the ground.
However, when they saw the state he was in, his torn, bloodied clothes, and a huge motorcycle apparently destroyed against a tree. But the most strangest thing on the scene were the cards scattered on the site, many of which had apparently combined the typical orange and green colored frames of the duel monster’s franchise.
Pinkie approached the unconscious stallion, and lifting him with care, and Rainbow pick up and drag his demolished motorcycle. Twilight bent down over, reaching one of them two colored frames. Curiosity peek her interest, examining over it in her poor lit lantern, while her friends began trekking back home.
"Odd-eyes Pendulum Dragon" The girl whispered. "I’m not familiarized with this index card.. More-or-less, I had never seen this kind of Monsters in the game!" Purple librarian squeak softly in awe, amazed with the weird card in her hands. After a moment of complete mesmerized intrigue, she shook herself out of her trance and gathered all the cards that were scattered over the tiny glades floor, she ran after her friends, but glance back; making sure that she didn’t forgot anything. The colt, what has happen to him? What is with these cards? She was thinking about the strange cards that she now had in her hands, a foreboding feeling running through her mind.
Was this stranger related with the light, what in the world are this strange cards, and what about the motorcycle? A myriad other questions plagued the librarian’s head, she snap out of her thoughts and ran over to her friends.
But this, my friends, is a story for another occasion.
NEXT ON “DUELIST IN EQUESTRIA”
“Where in the world am I?”
“HEY MY NAME PINKIE PIE A PLEASURE MEETING YOU YOU LOVE PARTIES BECAUSE I…”
“Ok, why the buck a horse is talking, and why is she pink… wait a moment…”
“WHY I AM A TALKING WHITE HORSE!!!!”
The morning breeze flows through an open window that's halfway open in Ponyville hospital. For a couple of days, the strange stallion that Princess Twilight Sparkle and two bearers of harmony; Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had brought in for medical assistance was on observation.
However, the poor soul had not regained consciousness ever-since leaving the Everfree, the other girls- as told by the princess of friendship- were standing guard at the hospital, hoping that the unknown stallion would wake up soon.
But soon wasn't what the athlete mare has been hoping for.
"Ugh I'm bored." Rainbow Dash said, tucking the feathers of her wings in place, as had been unable to preen in the morning as it should because, ‘the stranger had priority over anything else.’ as Twilight said. Also said that the cards and deck of this unknown stallion found in the Everfree forest were valid, but none of the experts she consulted could give her a satisfactory answer about the cards, except that the they give out a weird energy signal.
Rainbow wanted to play against the stranger, those strange cards must be promising for a very interesting fight, and the reckless athlete was bored of winning almost all the duels that every other duelists in Ponyville had to offer her.
"Hopefully he wakes up today," murmured the athlete, "everyone knows that hospitals give me the chills, moreover boredom,” she continued talking alone, putting her hand on the deck of the stranger in the bed across the room. “I know these cards are powerful!"
"Hello dashie!" A cheerful voice interrupts her thoughts out of the athlete mare, while giving her a little scare.
"GAH! By Celestia; Pinkie- don’t do that!" The athlete yelps, putting a hand over her chest, trying to calm her galloping heart. "I still remember the incident with Mr.Eisenflower." She said angrily without thinking, narrowing her eyes, while her free hand was pointing at the party girl. Suddenly; Rainbow Dash realized she had made a mistake by making that comment, because the Ponyville Party Animal suddenly began to sob loudly, her blue eyes full of tears and her mane fully deflated.
"I didn’t mean to give Mr.Eisenflower a heart attack,*sob* just wanted to give him a gift for his birthday." Pinkie said between sobs. "Be-besidesss, he forgave me for that little accident." The girl continued, he tears rolling down her cheeks. Unbeknown to her, Dashie rolled her eyes, muttering something by the lines of “yeah, little.”
"Damn, sorry Pinkie, you know I'm no good at socializing," Dash said, smiling apologetically, "Anyway..." Any more comments was halted when they heard a grunt of pains and moans coming from the bed in the back of the room.
The mysterious stranger had finally awakened.
(??? First Person POV)
I woke up on a hard bed, the thin sheets and the smell of disinfectant telling me I was in a hospital. My head was spinning as I tried to focus my eyes on objects or people around me.
After a couple of minutes, the first thing in which I could focus was the hand in front of my face. My skin now had a whitish tone, and when I touched my hand with the other, I could feel a thin coat, also I noticed the fur being thicker on my forearms, and if I had to guess, this coat was all over my body.
The second thing I could register was the smell, granted; the smells of the hospital were predominant. But my nose right now it was really sensitive. But when I finally focused my eyesight, I noticed that now my face was a little more elongated, almost like the snout of an animal, if I had to guess, I'd say a horse.
"Hello Mr. Unknown," A voice said directly to my right, startling me, making me turn my head toward its source. Noticing for the first time of other occupants in the room, a couple of strange girls; also with features similar to mine.
The first one had her back support against the wall, her dark clothes emphasizing her blue coat and her hair (mane?) was of all colors of the rainbow, she was wearing pretty loose cargo pants, a belt and a tank top. She also wears a vest and a bulky device on her left arm, and her wings are fluttering nervously…
Wait a second… wings?
Ok what the hell?! Is this a hallucination or seriously ended up high on drugs, or am I dead? My mind is thrown into a turmoil, at that moment; I began to panic.
"Hey, Mr.WeDon’tKnowWhoYouAre, are you okay?" Twisting my head toward the direction of the voice, my eyes focused on another girl, her bright pink coat obscured by the darker pink of her mane, she was dressed in jeans and a yellow shirt with a patterned balloons upfront, the same device of the other girl; but this time on the right arm.
"Uhhh..." I said. ‘God, good start; you moron.’ I told myself mentally, "This is going to sound strange, ladies, but uhh.. where am I? and who are you?"
"We’re the girls who rescued you from the forest." The blue girl began to explain, push herself off the wall and walking with a dragging a chair along, sitting near my bed, her voice gave out a weak bored tone, as if a mother had to explain to a small child. "And my name is Rainbow Dash, and-" Point her thumb toward the other girl behind her, "she’s Pinkie Pie."
At that moment, my brain decided in a rather subtle way to remember a certain program for young children that was causing furor in my country, in addition to a fairly large community spread throughout the world. Wincing in pain, head place over my hands, I weakly nodded, before the information settled in.
"Wait just a sec.." I said, raising my hand away from my forehead, palm out out of gesture, "By any chance, do you have some friends called Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle?” I asked, tilting my head slightly to one side.
A moment of silence accompanied my question, suddenly, Pinkie was on top of me, with a look of wonder and eyes open wide.
"Oh my gosh," She exclaimed. "you know us! How is that possible?! If we don’t know you then-wait; I was going to ask if you like parties and mhfmhmmhf." Anything she was going to tell me says was lost, because Rainbow's hand covering the mouth of the girl with pink fur.
"Ok, Mr.Unknown," she began, with a chilling voice, staring at me. "no more games, who are you, or even better," she continued, smiling in a sinister way." I want to know how much you actually know about us, but before we do..." She resumes, raising her hand, fearing the worst, I closed my eyes, bracing myself for some blow or worse.
"Let's have a duel!"
