Author's Note

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Rank 1: A Dress Fit For A Queen

New years had come and gone. Sunset and her friends were now ready to start the new school term. The girls were making their way to school, talking about what they each got up to over the Christmas holidays. When they got to the school, they turned to look at the plinth which once held up the Wondercolt Statue that was damaged by Midnight Sparkle.

Sunset sighed a little. “Hey, do you guys think there'll ever fix the statue?” She asked.

Before anyone could answer, they all heard a voice from the other side of the plinth. “Don’t worry, sis, there are already plans to get the old thing fixed.”

Sunset recognised the voice instantly. “Oh no, not him.” she groaned.

“Not who, Sugarcube?” Applejack asked.

And then someone walked out from behind the statue base, it was Solar Force.

The girls gasped at Solar Force and then Pinkie Pie gave one of her famous overreactions. “OH MY GOD SUNSET MULTIPLIED!” She screamed at the top of her lungs.

Solar Force gave Pinkie an amused look. “So this is the famous Pinkie Pie I have heard about who has the best overreactions in the whole school. And all of these other girls must be your friends, right sis?

Twilight turned to look at Sunset, “Is he your brother from Equestria?” She whispered.

“We are not siblings!” Sunset shouted.

“Why do you say that, sister?” asked Solar Force with a slight smirk.

“Because your Principal Celestia's nephew!” Sunsat shouted angrily.

Solar Force just laughed. “Man Sunset, you should learn to take a joke.”

Sunset glared at him. “Why don't you buy a better joke book?” She retorted.

Solar Force, still laughing, started to walk away. “Alright, catch you girls later.” He said with a wave.

“You know darling, you and him do look rather alike.” Said Rarity

Sunset groaned, “Yeah I know, he just annoys me that’s all.” She said.

Just then the school bell rang. “Come on y’all, we don’t want to be late for first period.” Said Applejack. The Girls all agreed and headed inside the school.

Once everyone has made it to class and taken their seats, Principal Celestia then made an announcement to the whole school through the PA system. “Attention all Students. welcome back to the new school year. I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and new years. I know this year at Canterlot High is going to be a great year. And now without further ado, all I can say is study hard and have a good day.” Principal Celestia then ended her speech and turned off the PA system.

In Sunsets class, the teacher stood at the front of the classroom. “Alright class, we have a new student joining us today.” Then the door opened and Solar Force walked in. He stood in front of the classroom.

Solar Force introduced himself to the class, “Hi guys, my name is Solar Force, I hope we can all get along.”

Sunset’s face was frozen, but in her head, she was fuming. “Why can’t I get away from this guy?!” She thought in frustration.

The teacher then pointed out a empty seat next to Sunset and told Solar Force to sit next to her.

Solar Force walked over to the seat next to Sunset and sat down. He turned and smiled at Sunset, but she just tried to ignore him.

Throughout the day, Sunset waited for the next time Solar Force would try to tease her, but to her surprise, nothing happened. In fact, Solar Force was nothing but a good Student all day. He worked hard, he was friendly to everyone, and didn’t try to tease Sunset even once.

The last bell of the day had now rung, and Sunset was talking to her friends about Solar Force. “I just can’t believe it.” She said “It was like Solar was a different person.”

“Maybe he’s just buying time before he strikes again.” Rainbow Dash said.

“Or maybe he’s not as bad as you might think.” Said Applejack. “Don't judge an apple by its tree.”

“Well it sounds like this Solar Force has been nothing short of a perfect young gentleman to me.” Said Rarity. “Well anyways darling's, I have to run now.” She continued. “My new sewing machine is coming soon and I want to be there when it gets delivered.”

The girls say their goodbye's and Rarity got into her car and drove to her Boutique.
Shortly after Rarity got home to her Boutique, she here’s a knock on the door. She walks over to answer it. It was the delivery man with her new sewing machine.

The delivery man walks in with her package and put it in the middle of the room. “Okay, here's your package.” He said, holding up a clip board. “Just sign here and here, please?” he asked.
Rarity signed the papers and the delivery man left her to her business.

Just then, Sweetie Belle, Rarity’s younger sister, walked into the room and saw Rarity setting up her new sewing machine, “Oh, is that the new….” Sweetie Belle was interrupted by Rarity.

“Yes it is and you are not allowed to touch it, definitely after what happened last time.”

“Aww, come on Rarity please.” Sweetie Belle pleaded.

“No, Sweetie Belle.” said Rarity firmly.

“And besides, didn't you say you had plans with your friend’s?” Rarity asked.

“Oh, that’s right.” Sweetie Belle remembered.

Then she grabbed her backpack and run out of the Boutique, giving a quick bye to Rarity.

Now that she was alone and able to work in peace, Rarity finished setting up her new sewing machine. “Alright, let’s get started.” She said.

She carefully placed a strip of fabric underneath the machines sewing needle. But when she pushed on the foot paddle to start the machine, it seemed to be jammed. “Oh no, don’t tell me it’s broken?” Rarity said with a frown.

She then took the machine apart and found a what looked a card wedged in the mechanism.
“A card?” Rarity said. “How did that get there?”

Rarity carefully pulled the card out and held it up to look at it. “Is this a Duel Monsters card?” She said.

Rarity then turned the card over to look at the other side and saw it was blank, except for a black outline. “That’s strange, why is it blank?” She said.

But before anything else could happen, a dark mist surrounded her. “What’s happening, ahhhh?!” Rarity screamed as she clutched the sides of her head and fell to her knees.

And then, she could hear a deep, demonic voice inside her head.
“Yes Rarity, let the Number take hold!”

The dark mist surrounding Rarity faded away, and she rose from the floor and smiled as if she was possessed. “Hahahahaha!” She laughed maniacally. “Yes, I’ll make the perfect dress!” She said as a bright number 52 glowed on her chest.

The next day, in front of the school, Sunset and the others were waiting for Rarity.

Twilight looked at the time on her phone. “Classes will be starting soon. Where is she?” She said, looking slightly concerned.

“I don’t know, she’s not picking up her phone, it just keeps ringing.” Replied Applejack.

Just then, running towards Sunset and the others was Sweetie Belle in a panic.

She ran up to Sunset, huffing and puffing. “Sunset, I need your help, it’s Rarity, she won’t stop making dresses and when I tried to get her to stop all the dresses came to life, grabbed me and threw me out of the shop, it’s crazy!” She said frantically.

Rainbow Dash gave a sceptical look. “Ok, making dresses, that’s one thing, but dresses that come alive and attack you, that is just crazy.”

“Alright,” said Sunset, “Here’s what we’re going to do. I’ll go and see what’s up with Rarity and you guy’s stay here with Sweetie Belle and tell Principal Celestia what’s happening.”

As Sunset turned to leave, Sweetie Belle spoke up, “Sunset? I’m worried about my sister. Can you please help her?”

Sunset gave Sweetie Belle a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry. What evers up with your sister, I’ll do everything I can to help to help her?” She said.

“Thanks, Sunset.” Said Sweetie Belle

With that, Sunset ran off toward Rarity’s Boutique.

What none of them realised, was that Solar Force had heard some of the conversation and was watching Sunset as she left. “Where are you off to? And what’s that about dresses that attack you? I think I should investigate this.”

Outside Rarity’s Boutique, Sunset approached the door and knocked. “Rarity?” She called. “It’s me, Sunset! Are you okay in there?”

When she got no reply, Sunset carefully opened the door. Inside, there were dresses everywhere, covering every surface, all of them were exceptionally beautiful. At the back of the shop, she could see Rarity hard at work at her Sewing Machine, making yet another beautiful dress.

Rarity looked very closely at her latest creation, scrutinising every single detail. “NO!” She yelled angrily. “IT’S NOT PERFECT!” She threw the dress aside and immediately began to make a new dress.

With a concerned look on her face, Sunset slowly approached Rarity. “Hey Rarity, are you ok?”

“Yes, I'm fine!” Rarity replied without looking at her, continuing to work on next dress.

“It’s just we're worried about you,” Sunset continued. “And I think you have made enough dresses for one day.”

“I've told you I’m fine!” Rarity snapped at Sunset. “Just get out of my sight and let me work!”

Then, without warning, the dresses floated up off the floor, and started flinging themselves at Sunset, trying to push her back out of the shop.

Sunset ducked and dodged as best she could. “This is just like what Sweetie Belle said happened to her.” She said. “But I don’t understand. Rarity can’t do something like this. How is this possible?”

Just then, Solar Force walked in through the open door of the shop. “Ah,ha!” He said while pointing his finger. “Caught you skipping school.” He froze in his tracks when he saw what was happening. “What the heck?!” He exclaimed.

Rarity looked up at Solar Force with a furious glare. “Why are there so many interruptions while I am trying to create perfection?! Get out!!” she shouted. Then the dresses started to attack Solar Force as well as Sunset.

Solar Force covered his head with his arms. “Whoa, it’s like a scene from Kill La Kill in here.” He said.

As Rarity continued to work franticly at her sewing machine, she could then here that same demonic voice in her head again. “The Key! Challenge that Girl to a Battle. Win the Key from her and then you can achieve your Magnum Opus.”

At this, Rarity finally stopped sewing. She then stood up, extended her left arm, and one of the dresses attached her Duel Pad, and placed her Duel Gazer over her eye. The other dresses stopped attacking, and floated behind their creator as Rarity stepped forward. “Sunset, I challenge you to a Duel and if I win you must give me that Key around your neck!” She said.

Sunset starred in confused shock at Rarity. “A Duel? Now? You can’t be serious? And why would you want my Key?” She questioned.

“I think she’s beyond serious here.” Solar Force cut in.

“I am not letting you leave until one of us has won this Duel!” Threatened Rarity.

Sunset could see she had no choice. “All right Rarity. If that’s the way you want it, I accept your challenge. Maybe beating you will knock some sense into you.” Sunset was about to ready herself for the Duel, but then she realised she forgot her own Duel Pad back at her Apartment. “Oh, no!” She said.

“What’s the hold up Darling?” Rarity snickered.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you have your Duel Pad?” Solar Force asked.

Sunset shook her head hesitantly.

Solar Force sighed. “Alright, you can use mine for this Duel.” He offered.

Solar Force then pulled out his Duel Pad and Duel Gazer and handed them to Sunset, but Sunset only took the Duel Pad. “Actually, I do have my Duel Gazer with me.” She said.

Solar Force stared at her for a moment. “You had your Duel Gazer but not your Duel Pad? Unbelievable!” He groaned.

Sunset ignored him, putting on the Duel Disk along with her Duel Gazer. “Alright Rarity. Let’s Duel!” She said.

“With pleasure Darling.” Rarity said with a Smirk.

Rarity and Sunset activated there Duel Pad and Duel Gazers, inserted there Decks into their respective Deck Holders, which were then automatically shuffled, and drew 5 cards into their hands.

“Let’s Duel!!” They shouted in Unison.

Sunset Shimmer: LP 4000 - Rarity: LP 4000.

Solar Force walked to the middle of the Dueling Field. “Alright, this is how we will decide who goes first.” He said. He pulled out a coin, tossed it into the air and caught it, placing it on the back of his left hand and hiding it with his right hand. “Call it!” He shouted.

“Heads!” Called Sunset.

“Tails!” Shouted Rarity.

Solar Force lifted his palm and looked at the coin, which showed Heads. “It’s Heads, Sunset gets the first turn!” He announced. Solar Force walked over to Sunset. “Good luck kid.” He said under his breath.

“All right, I Draw!” said Sunset as she draw her sixth card, and looked at the cards in her hand carefully, planning her strategy. “Ok, looks like i got a good start here.”

Sunset then pulled a card out of her hand. “I’ll start by setting one card in Defence mode, and I’ll set another card as well.” Two set cards appeared in front her, one horizontal, and one vertical behind it. “That ends my turn.”

“About time!” Said Rarity impatiently. “It’s finally my turn! I Draw!” She said as she drew one card from her Deck. She smirked at the card she had just dawn. “First I'll activate the Spell Card Brilliant Fusion! This card allows me to send three of my precious Gems from my Deck to the Graveyard, in order to Fusion Summon a more Brilliant Gem. So now I Fuse Gem-Knights Tourmaline, Emerald and Garnet!”

Three armor clad figures appeared behind Rarity, only to be pulled into a swirling Vortex made up of many Colours.

“Now, Tourmaline, unite with your comrades, Emerald and Garnet, to create the most radiant Gem of them all! I Fusion Summon! Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond!” Rarity commanded with her arms extended toward the sky.

A tall female Warrior descended from the Sky, clad in heavy armor, with a number of large Gemstones covering it, and a short red cape draped across her shoulders. She had a Rapier style sword in her right hand.

Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond: ATK 0/ DEF 0.

“Gaze upon her Radiance!” Said Rarity dramatically.

“Yep. She’s possessed by something alright.” Sunset said, rolling her eyes. “She’s even more flamboyant than usual. But still. A Fusion summon right from the start. And even though it’s weakened by her Spell card, Brilliant Diamond is still one of Rarity’s heavy hitters. What is she planning?”

“Now!” Said Rarity As she continued with her turn, “I activate the Spell card De Fusion from my hand! By sending Lady Brilliant Diamond back to my Extra Deck, I can summon the Fusion material monsters I used to summon her from my Graveyard! Now appear my beauties, Tourmaline, Emerald, and Garnet!” Lady Brilliant Diamond Shimmered and Vanished, and three other warriors took her place, each wearing different colored armour, Red, Yellow and Green.

Gem-Knight Tourmaline: ATK 1600

Gem-Knight Emerald: ATK 1800

Gem-Knight Garnet: ATK 1900

“Now the time has come to show you my greatest masterpiece!” Said Rarity with a flourish.

Sunset was confused. “What is she doing? Summoning a Fusion monster just to un fuse it? That’s not something she’d normally do. She may have three level Four monsters but…” She gasped. “Can it be?”

“I now Overlay my Three level Four Monsters to Build the Overlay Network!” Continued Rarity. Her three Knights turned into three streaks of Brown light which shot into the air, as a Galaxy like portal appeared on the Field, which the three lights shot into. “In order to XYZ summon my Number Card!” From the Portel, emerged a huge diamond, which transformed into a beautiful woman with crystal like skin and wearing a white, Diamond encrusted dress. On her chest, was a symbol which resembled the number 52. Circling her were three points of brown light. “Behold! Number 52: Diamond Queen Adamant! Gaze upon her beauty!”

Number 52: Diamond Queen Adamant: ATK 2500 / DEF 2000

Sunset could not help but gaze in awe at the Magnificent creature that Rarity had Summoned. “Wow! She’s beautiful! But where did Rarity get this Card? I’ve never heard of it. She definitely didn’t have it before. And what’s a ‘Number Card’?” Upon a closer look, Sunset noticed something strange. The woman’s head was slightly bowed, and she had a deeply forlorn look on her face. “That’s weird. Why does she look so sad?” She asked.

“She is sad because fool’s like you keep getting in my way from making her the most perfect dress that she deserves!” Rarity Yelled.

Rarity then continued with her turn. “Now I’m going to remove one of her Overlay Unit’s to activate one 1 of her 3 possible effects, and I choose the first one! Now Darling, my fabulous Queen Adamant can attack you directly!” One of the circling points of light was absorbed into both of of her hands and became a pile of crystals. “Time for Battle! Attack! Adamant Barrage! Number 52: Diamond Queen Adamant threw the crystals at Sunset, most of them hitting her and sending her flying backwards towards Solar Force.

Sunset Shimmer: LP 4000 - 2500 = 1500

Sunset struggled to get back on her feet as Rarity just laughed at her sadistically. “You should just stay down, Dear. After all, there’s no way you can beat now! I Set one card and end my turn!”

Solar Force run up to Sunset. “Hey, are you okay?”

Sunset was now back on her feet. “Yeah, I'll be fine.” Sunset replied. She looked up at Diamond Queen Adamant and saw what seemed to be tears streaming down her face. “Do you see that? It looks she’s crying.” Sunset questioned

“Yes, she is indeed crying.” Said an unfamiliar voice.

Sunset looked at Solar Force “Did you say something?” She asked.

Solar Force looked at her in confusion. “Ummm, no. Why?” He asked back.

Sunset looked around in confusion herself. “Well if not you, then who?”

Then she looked to her other side and blinked at what she saw. Floating next to her was a light blue, semi-transparent being. Her body was covered in different patterns, and her eyes were mismatched, the left eye was white, while the right eye was amber. Her arms were folded as she looked back at Sunset. “You do know it is your turn now right?”

Sunset started at this mysterious Blue girl. “Who are you?” She asked.

“I do not remember who I am or where I came from.” The girl replied.

Sunset just gave her an awkward look. “Um, okay.” She muttered.

Solar Force was now concerned. To him, it looked like Sunset was talking to thin air. “Umm, Sunset? Who are you talking to?” He asked.

Sunset looked back at Solar Force “The weird blue girl who’s floating right next to me? Can’t you see her?”

“Who?” Solar Force asked, giving her a weirded out look. “There’s no one there. You must have hit you head or something like that.”

“Well if that’s the case then..”

Rarity then interrupted them. “Come on! I have got better things to do after this is over, so hurry up!” She said with a very impatient tone.
Sunset knew this was not the time to think about whether she was hallucinating. “Alright girl, focus!” She told herself. “Just ignore the shiny floating blue girl for now. She’s just a figment of your imagination. That or the result of mild concussion.” She thought a moment. “I hope it’s just concussion.”

Focusing back on the Duel, Sunset assessed the situation. “In just her first turn, Rarity has managed to take away more than half of my Life Ponts and she’s got a powerful monster I have never heard of. She said It has 3 effects, and it still has 2 Overlay Units left. So I need to be careful. Who knows what else it can do. It’s my turn! I draw!” She drew a card from her deck and looked at her hand.

The blue girl floated behind Sunset to take a look at her hand as well, and tried give a suggestion for her next move. “You know it might be wise if you summoned…”

But she was interrupted by Sunset. “Look I know your not real and I don’t need your help. I know exactly what I'm doing so just watch!” She said in a dismissive tone.

“Alright! First, I tribute my set monster to special summon Gogogo Golem-Golden Form in attack mode!”

Sunset’s face down monster disappeared and a giant figure in golden armour appeared on the field.

Gogogo Golem-Golden Form: ATK ???? - 4000 / DEF 1500

“I can summon this monster by sending one Gogogo monster from my side of the field to the graveyard, and the monster I sent was Gogogo Giant. Now my Golem gain’s double my Giant’s attack points, which was 2000, so my Golems ATK is now 4000! Now for my Battle Phase! I attack your Queen with my Golem! Take her down!”

Gogogo Golem-Golden Form charged towards Diamond Queen Adamant. He pulled back his huge right fist and delivered a powerful punch to Diamond Queen Adamant. Then an explosion covered the field with smoke, obscuring the two monsters from view.

Sunset gave a confident smirk. “Alright, I got her! Although, it’s not all bad news for you Rarity. Due to my Golems effect you’ll only be taking half the damage you’d normally take. Now all I have to do is…” Sunset stopped in her tracks. “What the?”

As the smoke cleared, Sunset’s eyes widened in shock. Diamond Queen Adamant was still on the Field, and Rarity had not lost any Life Points!

“What’s going on? Why haven’t your Life Points gone down?” She questioned Rarity. “And why is your monster still standing? I thought I destroyed her!”

Rarity let out a snobbish laugh with the back of her hand by her face. “Hohoho! Simple Darling. There are two reasons for that. First of all, Diamond Queen Adamant is a Number Card. And Number Cards can only be destroyed by other Number Cards!”

“That still doesn't explain about your Life Points!” Sunset shouted

“I agree. That makes no sense!” Solar Force cut in.

“I’m getting there, hold your horses. Oh and Sunset, pun completely intended!” Rarity chuckled sidisictly.

Sunset scowled at Rarity.

“Umm, what did she mean by that?” Asked a confused Solar Force.

Sunset looked at Solar Force hesitantly. “Umm, well you see… can i tell you later?” She said.

“Yeah, I think that might be for the best.” said Solar Force

The blue girl looked at Sunset. “Are you not going to tell him the truth about your place origin?” She asked.

Sunset turned and looked at the blue girl in disbelief. But before she could say anything, without warning, a crystal spear flew toward her, grazed her right side, and hit the wall next to Solar Force, missing him by an inch.

“Woah! What the heck was that?! Sunset, are you alright?” Solar Force asked, a bit shaken.

Sunset had collapsed to her knees, and was holding her hand to her to the right side of her waist, her face clenched in agony. “Do I look alright!?” She shouted. “Ow, that really hurt! What was that?!”

“Serves you right for ignoring me!” Rarity shouted with a deep scowl. “Now like I was saying, the answer to your second question, the reason why my Life Points remained untouched is because I activated my queen’s second effect, which allows me to negate all damage I would have taken and send that same damage back to you instead!

Sunset Shimmer: LP 1500 - 750 = 750

The blue girl suddenly groaned, and started to phase in and out. “Something is wrong. I feel... weak. She floated in front of Sunset and looked at her pleadingly. “I think It might be something to do with how low your Life Points have become. Please? Whatever happens, you must not lose this Duel!” She begged.

Sunset managed to push herself back on to her feet, and fixed Rarity with a glare. “Rarity, I really don’t like what you have become!” She declared. “But believe me, I’m going to win this Duel, and snap you back to your senses! I set two cards face down, and end my turn! Your move!”

“About time, Darling.” Rarity sneered. “I’m now going to end this Duel, and I’ll then be taking your Key!”

“It’s my turn! I draw!” Rarity drew her next card from her Deck. “I now skip straight to my battle phase! This is it! Go my Queen! I use your last Overlay Unit to activate your first effect once more! Now attack Sunset directly and win me that Key!”

“Not yet!” Sunset interrupted. “I’m activating my Trap card Negate Attack! Not only does this card negate your attack, but your Battle Phase is now over!” Sunset said.

“Ugh! How annoying! Fine! I will now set one card and end my turn, and I will end you in my next turn! Then I can finally achieve my perfect masterpiece!” Rarity threatened.

A tear fell from Sunset’s eye as she gazed sadly at the fanatical girl that was her friend. “This isn't you Rarity. You used to be a nice person, but now you are just like a selfish child obsessed with perfection. And all because of this darkness that has taken hold of you. But I am going to fight it and set you free! That is my promise to you!”

And then, a bright light shot out of Sunset’s deck holder on her hip. Sunset reach down and opened it. Inside, the glow was coming from a card that was not there before. Sunset pulled it out and the glow vanished. She held up the card and stared at it. “What is this?”

“A Number.” The blue girl responded. “It’s a Number Card!”

“A Number Card?” Sunset asked

“You must play that card! It’s your only hope for victory!” The blue girl pleaded desperately.

Sunset gazed at the blue girl then back at the card. Her face set into a determined frown “Alright Rarity! It’s time to end this! It’s my turn! I Draw!” She drew her next card. “I Summon Gagaga Magician!” A wizard in dark blue robes and wielding a chain appeared the field.

Gagaga Magician: ATK 1500/ DEF 1000

“And now I overlay my two level 4 monsters to build the Overlay Network!” Her monsters transformed into two streaks of light and shot into the air, as a galaxy like portal formed in front Sunset, and then the lights shot down straight into it. “I XYZ summon Number 39: Utopia!” A bright Number 39 appeared in the sky, as a huge Gold and white device emerged from the a portal. The Device shifted and unfolded until it took the form of a giant gold and white warrior, with the number 39 on his shoulder and two swords across his back.

Number 39: Utopia: ATK 2500/ DEF 2000.

“Wow!” Said an awestruck Solar Force. “That’s gotta be the coolest monster i've ever seen!”

“Hmm, yes.” Said Rarity. “I will admit he is indeed an impressive specimen of a monster. But let’s face the facts. Compared to my Queen Adamant, he is not even second best!” She said with a wicked chuckle. “And don’t go thinking it escaped my notice that both of our monsters have the same Attack Points. You may have summoned a Number card, but with equal points, they would just destroy each other!”

Sunset just smirked. “I move to my battle phase! Now Utopia! Attack Diamond Queen Adamant!” Utopia unsheathed his swords and charged forwards.

“What?!” Shouted Rarity “You fool!” Why are you attacking?! Didn’t you hear what I said?! Their attack points are equal so they will both be destroyed!”

“That’s actually the point Rarity!” Sunset shouted back.

“What?!” Shouted a shocked Rarity.

“Both of our Monsters are Number Cards!” Sunset stated. “And I can now see that they are two dangerous to be used! So I’m going to get rid of both of them!”

Rarity Scowled. “I don’t think so! I activate my face down card! Sakuretsu Armor! When you declare an attack with a monster, I can destroy that attacking monster! Say goodbye to Utopia!”

“Not so fast!” Sunset shouted. “Now I activate Utopias effect! By using one Overlay Unit, I can negate one monsters attack! And I’ll negate my own attack!” Utopia stopped in his tracks and his swords disintegrated. “And now that Utopia is no longer attacking, your Sakuretsu Armor no longer has a target to destroy!” Rarity’s trap faded away harmlessly.

“What was the point of that?” Asked Rarity “Were now back where we started.”

“Not quite.” Said Sunset. “I figured that one of your face down cards would be able to destroy Utopia if I attacked with him. And it looks I was right.”

Rarity’s eyes widened as she realised what Sunset had done. “You tricked me!” She yelled, pointing at Sunset accusingly.

“Yeah, I suppose did a little bit.” Said Sunset with a smirk. “Anyway, I think it’s time for me to end this Duel. Since my monsters attack was negated this turn, I can now activate this card from my hand! The Spell card Double Or Nothing! And I’ll use its effect on Utopia! Now he can attack again, and when he does, his attack points are then doubled!”

Number 39:Utopia: ATK 2500 x 2 = 5000

“Now let’s try this again. Go Utopia! Destroy Diamond Queen Adamant with Rising Sun Slash!” Once more, Utopia rose both of his swords and charged at Diamond Queen Adamant. This time the attack struck home, and Queen Adamant let a death scream as she was finally vanquished.

Rarity: Life Points: 4000 - 2500 = 1500

“You'll pay for that!” said Rarity “I activate my other face down card, Call Of The Haunted! Return to me my Queen!” With that, Diamond Queen Adamant reappeared on the field. “Let’s see you end the Duel now!”

“Sorry Rarity.” Said Sunset. “But that was a desperate move. One that will cost you. When I said I was going to end this Duel I meant it. I activate my face down card, Ring of Destruction! And i’ll use it on your Queen!”

A large metal ring with what looked like red grenades materialised around Queen Adamants neck. “With this card,” Sunset explained, “I can destroy one monster on the field, and then we both take damage equal to that monsters attack points.”

“You want to end this in a DRAW?” Asked Rarity.

“No, I’m ending this with my victory. I activate my other face down card! Ring of Defence!” Then another ring with four shields appeared in front of Sunset and began to spin round very fast. “This card will reduce the damage I take to Zero! It’s over Rarity. This will finally set you free.”

Sunset looked up at Diamond Queen Adamant, and for a brief moment, she saw something that made her pause. “Is she… Smiling?”

But before she could look again, the ring around Diamond Queen Adamant’s’ neck exploded, taking her with it. Sunset was protected from the explosion.

Rarity was not, and she took the full force of the impact, flinging her off her feet.

Rarity: LP: 1500 - 2500 = 0

Winner: Sunset Shimmer.

The moment the Duel ended, the blue girl returned to full focus. She then raised her hand, and a sphere of light rose out of Rarity’s chest, and floated toward the blue girl. The ball of light landed in her hand, and then faded away. In its place was Number 52: Diamond Queen Adamant. “Hmmm, is this how we obtain Number Cards? And if so, can I count on this human to fight all of the upcoming battles?” She thought to herself.

Rarity let out a groan as she sat up and rubbed her head. “Oh, Goodness. What’s going on? What time is it? And why am I on the floor?” She asked, confused.

She looked up and saw Sunset and Solar Force standing above her.

“Are you alright now, Rarity?” Asked a concerned Sunset.

“Of course I’m alright Sunset. But what is going on? The last thing I remember is having my new Sewing Machine delivered last night.” It was then that Rarity noticed the wound in Sunsets side through a tear in her shirt. She gasped and shot to her feet like a rocket, starting to panic.

“Never mined if i’m alright! What about you!? How did that happen?!” She said, pointing frantically at Sunsets exposed and slightly bloody stomach.

In the intensity of the Duel, Sunset had quite forgotten about the injury and the slight throbbing pain in her Side. “Oh that.” She said. “I guess I forgot about it.”

“How can you forget about something like that?!” Rarity said disbelievingly.

“Don’t you remember anything that happened here today?” Asked Solar Force.

“What?” said Rarity, confused.

In the back room of the shop, Rarity was watching the footage from the shops security cameras. Her jaw dropped in shock and disbelief as she saw the obsessive, and down right sadistic way she had acted, first toward her sister, and mostly toward Sunset. But what really made her feel guilty, was when she saw the moment that Sunset was injured. Knowing that she had been the cause almost made Rarity want to run over to Sunset and beg for forgiveness. But she stayed where she was and continued watching till the Duels end.

Meanwhile, Solar Force was helping do First Aid on Sunset. “Your lucky it was a only a scrape.” He said, as he finished applying the bandages around her waist. “A couple of inches to the left, and you could of been killed today. Are you sure you don’t want to go to the hospital?” He asked in a concerned tone.
“No way.” Said Sunset firmly. “If I did that, I’d have to talk to the police and I don’t want to do that to Rarity. There’s no way they’d believe us anyway. And to be honest, I’m still having trouble believing it myself.”

“Yeah, me too.” Said Solar Force. “What happened back there was crazy.”

“Wasn’t the main reason they developed the Duel Pad and Duel Gazer to prevent stuff like this from happening?” Sunset asked.

“I think so.” replied Solar Force. “Because the holograms were not really there, no damage would be caused, and no one could get hurt.”

“So how could holograms that aren't really there, suddenly be real enough to cause this?” Sunset said, pointing to bandaged stomach.

“I don’t know.” Said Solar Force. “Maybe we should ask my Aunts about it. They did used to be pros when they were younger. So they would have used the previous generation of Duel Disks a lot.” He then got back to his feet. “Ok, that should do it. Just don’t do anything to extreme for a while and you’ll be back to your old self in no time.” He Joked.

Sunset rolled her eyes, but then she smiled. “Thanks for the help Solar.” She said.

“No problem.” Solar Force chuckled.

It when then that Rarity came out of the back room and walked slowly toward them. She stopped in front of Sunset, and looked at her with a look of deep guilt on her face. She couldn’t contain her emotions, as she started to cry. “I’m sorry! I’m so so so sorry! I don’t know what happened to make me to do any of this!” She sobed.

Sunset leaned in to give her distraught friend a hug. “It’s okay, Rarity. I don’t blame you. You weren't yourself. Now stop crying. Your going to ruin your Makeup.” Sunset said with a forgiving tone.

Just then, the shop door opened again, and the other girls came into the beautique. They all stopped and stared as they saw the mess.

“What in tarnation!” Exclaimed Applejack. “It looks like there was a Hurricane in here!

“Well that’s a story and a half.” Replied Solar Force.

But before he could say anymore, Pinkie Pie instantly took over.

“It's so obvious! Rarity found a spooky evil card that took her over and made her go on a dress making rampage and then Sunset came to see if she was ok but she wasn't and when Solar Force came in then things got weird when the Dresses Rarity made started to move on their own like in Kill la Kill but out of nowhere Rarity challenged Sunset to a Duel to try and win her golden key and somehow Sunset won the duel and set Rarity free and now she’s a crying mess and that’s when we walked in! Isn’t that right?”

“Wow! That was really accurate.” Said a stunned Solar Force.

“I know. You never get used to it.” Said Sunset.

“Ok, so what now?” Asked Rainbow Dash.

“Well, I’m sure Rarity can find something to do with all these dresses.” Said Sunset. “I’ll fill you guy’s in on all the details tomorrow. I’m just too exhausted right now. You guys don’t mind waiting do you?”

“Of course not Sunset. You should go home and rest. After all, it looks look like you got the worst of it.” Said Twilight.

“I’ll walk her home.” Volunteered Solar Force.

Sunset and Solar Force walked to Sunset’s apartment. “Thanks again for all your help today.” Said Sunset.

“It’s cool.” Said Solar Force. “Who’d have thought that I would go from thinking you were skiving off School to helping you with, well, that! Oh, by the why. I just figured out what Rarity meant by ‘pun intended’.”

“You- You did?” Stuttered Sunset.

“Yeah! You used to work on an Equine Farm, didn’t you?” Asked Solar Force.

Sunset was both surprised and relieved. “Umm, yeah. You could say I worked with Ponys at one point.” She said awkwardly.

“Well, this is my stop.” Said Sunset as she and Solar Force stopped in front of Sunsets apartment. “Thanks again Solar. Can you please tell your aunts I’m gonna skip school today?”

“Yeah Sure.” Said Solar Force. “Think nothing of it. But are you sure about not seeing anyone about..?”

“I’m fine! I’m a tough girl.” Sunset insisted.

“Well just in case here’s my number. Call me if you need me alright?” Said Solar Force. He handed her a piece of paper with his number on it. “I’d better get back to School. Take care!”

Solar Force turned and walked away.

“Well that was considerate of him.” Said the blue girl, who had been following Sunset since they left Rarity's shop. “He must care about you a great deal.”

“Yeah. He’s a pretty nice guy once you get to know him. Now the question is, what should I do about you?” Said Sunset.

“We do need to talk about important matters. But before that, I can tell you that I have remember my name. I am Cosmo.” She introduced herself.

“As I have recently discovered, my missing memories and the Number Cards are linked somehow.” Cosmo explained.

“So you regained part of your memory after getting Rarity’s card?” Asked Sunset.

“Yes. I remember a very beautiful woman calling me by that name. She said that I was named after the Cosmos. But that is all I remember for the moment.” Said Cosmo.

“How do you know she was beautiful?” Asked Sunset.

“I do not know. I just know that she was. It is like a feeling I have that I cannot identify. I just know.” She said Solemnly.

“Oh, I see.” Sunset couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. “Okay, listen. It’s obvious you want your memories back, and it looks there’s only one to do that. Also, these Number Card are dangerous, and I don’t want them ending up in anyone else’s hands. So let’s make a deal. I’ll help you get back your memories and you’ll help me track down and collect all the Number Cards. Deal?” Said Sunset

“That sounds fair.” Said Cosmo.

Sunset extended her pinky finger. “Ok, let’s make a pact on it.” Said Sunset.

“Hm? What are you doing?” Asked Cosmo.

“This is called a pinky promise. In a nutshell, when two people make a pinky promise, they can never break it.” Sunset explained.
“Are you truly willing to make such an Oath?” Asked Cosmo.

“You bet, I am.” said Sunset with a smile.

“Then I will also make the same pledge.” Said Cosmo as she smiled back.

Cosmo reached out and linked her finger with Sunsets, both fingers passing through each other.

With there promise now official, Sunset then stretched her arms over her head and yawned. “Man, I didn’t realise how tired I was.”

“Yes indeed. You need rest.” Agreed Cosmo.

Sunset and Cosmo then entered the apartment to get some well deserved rest.

Sunset Shimmer has now witnessed the mysterious power of the Number Cards, but who or what is Cosmo, and will Sunset be able to keep her promise? Can she and her new friends overcome the obstacles in there way? For the struggle to obtain Divinity has only just begun.

To Be Continued...

Numbers obtained: 2

Number 39: Utopia
Number 52: Diamond Queen Adamant