Duelists and Friendship - Seven Darknesses

by Prince Dustin Hogan

Chapters

Making Feathers Fly
Seaside Terror
Double Double, Toil and Trouble
Wonder Women
The Dragon's Gamble
Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky part 1
Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky part 2
Girl Power part 1
Girl Power part 2
Beastly Machinations Part 1
Beastly Machinations part 2
The New Guy
Tonight... We Duel... IN HELL!

Making Feathers Fly

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Duel Chant

Making Feathers Fly!

Dustin's POV

It was a bright and sunny day today. And it was also Saturday, so no school today. The weather was perfect so we figured why not spend some time at the beach. I was dressed in a pair of blue jean shorts, a green t-shirt on top and a pair of green crocs.

Emille wore a pink sundress with a while Emile wore a navy blue shirt and black shorts.

Erena carried a cooler full of beverages and cold foods. I held duffle bag I packed our deck boxes and some sunblock. We had our duel disks on as well.

"Alright. We got sunblock, spare clothes, food, drinks, duel disks and deck boxes. Anybody forgetting something?" I asked, Erena and Emille shook their heads in response.

"Okay mom. We’re heading out now." I called out to mom who was in the kitchen.

"Alright honey. You three be careful and have fun." Mom said as me, Erena and Emille got on our bikes and rode off.

***A few minutes later***

We arrive at the beach and got everything set up. Pinkie managed to more than enough cupcakes for each of us, Applejack brought some Apple turnovers, which to put it simply were so good you could feel your taste buds dance in sing. Rainbow brought a soccer ball, a football, mostly things to do other than dueling. The others didn't really bring anything, except their duel disks, their decks, and their Charms of Harmony just in case we run into trouble.

After managing to get everything set up, we sat down and relaxed, had some idle chat. You know, just normal stuff to do on a nice day like this.

"Hey Dustin. Care for a duel?" Spike asked me with his usual smile. I got up when I noticed a girl walking towards our group. This girl had light brilliant amber eyes, short white hair with big bangs with pale, light grayish heliotrope edges, a moderate gamboge jacket and matching pants and yellow gloves and shoes. All in all, this girl looks had a punk look to her.

“Can we help you, miss?” I asked the girl, making the others look to her. However, Rainbow had a surprised look on her face as she looked to the girl.

“Wait. Gilda? Is that you?” Rainbow asked the girl, confusing the rest of us.

“Heya Dash, long time no see.” The girl named Gilda said to Dash as she went up and hugged her.

“Uh…RD? You know this chick?” I asked Rainbow with confusion clear on my face.

“Oh. Guys, this is Gilda. She’s a childhood friend of mine.” Rainbow introduced as Gilda gives a two finger salute. “Gilda, these are my gal pals Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Sunset.” Rainbow then walks us. “This little guy here is Spike,” Rainbow then looks to me, Emille and Erena, “And these three are my newest buds, Dustin Hoga, Erena Honjou and Emille Honjou.”

“Yo.” I said to Gilda with a nod.

“Care to join us?” Erena asked Gilda, who just shrugged as she sat down with us.

“So, Rainbow, How long have you two known each other?” Pinkie asked Rainbow Dash.

“We met in Siberia when I was six-years-old. We were at Duel Prep at the time.” Rainbow Dash said with a nudge to Gilda.

“Really? What deck do you use?” Twilight asked Gilda.

“Winged Beasts are my go-to monsters of choice. But Harpies and Raidraptors are my preferred archetypes.” Gilda said with a smirk of pride. “Just ask Dash, she totally got canned by me a few times.”

“Hey, gimme a break. I was still learning the basics of Duel Monsters.” Dash said defensively.

“So, Gilda, are you visiting from Siberia?” Rarity asked Gilda.

“Just moved here two days ago, actually. Figured a new change of scenery was in order.” Gilda said with a shrug before looking to me. “And you say your name is Dustin Hogan, right?”

“Yeah. That’s me.” I said with a chuckle.

“I thought so. I heard you beat one of CHS’s top students and a teacher.” Gilda said with a smirk. “I actually saw the video of you thrashing that guy. I think his name was …Umbra?”

“You mean Professor Sombra?” Pinkie Pie asked with a giggle, still remembering the crushing defeat I gave Professor Sombra.

“Heh. You can say he got schooled.” I said with a pun, making the others chuckle.

“Yo, Gilda.” Rainbow said, getting Gilda’s attention. “Care for a duel? For old time’s sake?”

Gilda had grin on her face.

“Sure. Why not? But I’ve been improving my deck quite a bit.” Gilda said as she went to her duffle bag before pulling out a Battle City era Duel Disk.

“Aw yeah! Let’s rock!” Rainbow declared as she strapped her duel disk on and brought out her dueling deck.

“This should be interesting.” Twilight said as both Gilda and Rainbow faced each other, their duel disks strapped on and powered up.

“Get ready RD, cause with this new deck, I’m gonna make some feathers fly.” Gilda said as she and Rainbow drew their starting hand.

“This’ll be such fun.” Rainbow said with a wide grin.

“Duel!” Both Gilda and Rainbow declared as many others gathered around to witness the duel.

No POV

Gilda LP – 8000
Rainbow Dash LP - 8000

“I’ll give you the honors to go first, RD.” Gilda said, making Rainbow nod.

“Alright, here goes.” Rainbow drew her card, and she examined her hand to perform a strategy. “First thing I’ll do is play Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus, in attack mode.” Rainbow declared as a white Pegasus with a blue horn appeared in front of rainbow.

[Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus/Lv: 4/WIND/Beast/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1200]

“And since Sapphire Pegasus is brought out, I get to place one Crystal Beast from my hand, Deck or Graveyard to my Spell and Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell. Like my Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise!” Rainbow declared as a massive green crystal appeared beside her. “That just about does it on my part. Your move, Gilda.”

“Alright.” Gilda drew her card and smirked at what she drew. “First thing I’ll do is play my feathered friend, Harpie Lady, in attack mode!” Gilda said as a red-haired woman with green feathered wings, clawed hands and feet, and dressed in a tight purple skin-suit appeared, screeching before taking flight.

[Hapie Lady/Lv: 4/WIND/Winged Beast/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1400]

“I don’t get it. Why would she play that in Attack Mode? It’s not a strong as Saphire Pegasus.” Spike said with confusion.

“I think we’re about to find out.” Sunset said as Gilda selected her next card

“Next, I play the Spell Card called Double Summon, allowing me to perform an additional Normal Summon this turn. And I’ll use it to bring out a Tuner Monster called Delta Flier in Defense Mode.” Gilda declared as a somewhat robotic dragon appeared, roaring in might.

[Delta Flier/Lv: 3/WIND/Dragon/ATK: 1500/DEF: 900]

“Uh oh.” Erena said in slight worry.

“A Tuner?” Rainbow asked with surprise in her tone.

“And one with a nifty effect. It lets me increase the Level of another monster on my field by one each turn. Like the level of my Harpie Lady.” As Gilda said this, Harpie Lady was encased in a green aura.

“What good is that going to do?” Rainbow asked, a bit confused.

“I think Gilda’s planning to use both monsters as Synchro Materials.” I said in shock.

“Correct you are. Now I’ll Tune my Level 3 Delta Flier and my Level 5 Harpie Lady.”

Delta Flier glowed green before splitting apart into three glowing green rings. The rings floated around Harpie Lady and began to spin, while Harpie Lady was engulfed in a massive tornado, causing the winds to pick up.

Gilda smiled. “By aligning the power of my feathered lady and my flying dragon together, I call on the feathered femme fatale coated in metal!” She brought her arm back and raised her duel disk, her hand poised over the back of the device. A card snapped out from it and she grabbed it and placed it on her duel disk. “Synchro Summon! Join the party, Level 8, ‘Cyber Slash Harpie Lady’!”

The tornado finally died down, revealing what appeared to be Harpie Lady, but she was dressed in a golden metal chest-plate, she had two golden rings her biceps, golden leggings, and the claws on her hands and feet were also encased in gold. It was truly a mix of beauty and ferocity.

[Cyber Slash Harpie Lady/Lv: 8/WIND/Winged Beast/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1400]

“Ooohh.” Pinkie said in amazement.

“Incredible. She managed to perform a Synchro Summon.” Twilight said, just as amazed.

“And a very dangerous one at that. Rainbow better be careful.” Dustin said in a mix of worry and wonder.

“Next I play the Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon, so say goodbye to Emerald Tortoise.” Gilda said as the green crystal beside rainbow shattered to bits. “But that’s not all. Whenever the effect of a Spell or Trap Card is activated, except during the damage step, my Cyber Slash Harpie Lady gets to activate her effect.”

“Uh oh.” Rainbow said with slight fear.

“Ah don’t like the sound of that.” Applejack said with wide eyes.

“By targeting 1 monster you control or one Harpie monster I control, that monster is bounced back to its owner’s hand. So, say adios to your Sapphire Pegasus!” As Gilda said this, Cyber Slash Harpie Lady flapped her wings, making Sapphire Pegasus neigh before vanishing in a flash of light. “And with no monsters protecting you, you’re wide open for a direct attack. Cyber Slash Harpie Lady, claw at her life points, with Cyber Slash Talons!”

Cyber Slash Harpie Lady’s claws glowed bright yellow before swiping down, firing a barrage of yellow energy blades at Rainbow.

Rainbow Dash LP - 5400

“Ouch.” Spike winced.

“I’ll end it there.” Gilda said with a smirk, and Rainbow nods in amazement.

“Wow, Gilda. I’ll admit. You certainly have improved. You were good back then, but now you certainly have me on the ropes.” Rainbow said as she drew her next card. “But you’re not the only one with skill. I activate the card I just drew. And that card is Card of Sanctity. So now we both draw until we have six cards in our hand.” Rainbow said as she drew one card while Gilda drew four.

‘Sweet! Just what I needed.’ Rainbow thought to herself as she examined her hand. “I’ll play Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth in Defense Mode.” Rainbow said as a large mammoth with four tusks and an orange gemstone on its forehead appeared, trumpeting in might before kneeling down besides Rainbow Dash.

[Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth/Lv: 4/EARTH/Beast/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1600

“And I’ll play two cards face-down. And that’s about it for me.” Rainbow said with a smug grin.

“So that’s it, huh?” Gilda drew her card, and smirked. “I play Monster Reborn to bring Harpie Lady back from the grave.” Gilda said as Harpie lady emerged and appeared besides Cyber Slash Harpie Lady. “But now I banish both Harpie Lady and Cyber Slash Harpie lady, as well as Delta Flier in my graveyard to Special Summon a better monster.”

“Huh?” Rainbow gasped in shock.

“Oh dear.” Rarity said with a gasp.

“This doesn’t look good.” Erena said in worry.

“Say hello to one of the strongest monsters in my deck. I Special Summon…The Atmosphere in Attack Mode!” Gilda said as a massive bird like creature with four wings, long tail feathers and a green sphere in its midsection appeared behind Gilda, the creature released a bellowing caw to signify its presence.

[The Atmosphere/Lv: 8/WIND/Winged Beast/ATK: 1000/DEF: 800]

“Oh shit! Now RD is in for a challenge.” I said in total shock.

“Why’s that? What does it do?” Pinkie asked.

“What it does is that I can target 1 monster my opponent controls once per turn, then equip it to him. And the best part is, The Atmosphere gains ATK and DEF equal to that of the monster equipped to him.” Gilda said, making the others gasp in shock.

“Aw man!” Rainbow said in slight fear.

“But the only monster Rainbow has is Amber Mammoth.” Spike said, biting his nails in anxiety.

“That’s right. Now Atmosphere! Work your magic!” and with that, The Atmosphere flew high in the sky, the green orb in its midsection glowed while pulling Amber Mammoth into it. Once Amber mammoth was sucked into the green orb, The Atmosphere glowed a bright orange color.

(The Atmosphere – 2700/2400)

“Aw come on!” Rainbow called out in shock.

“This really isn’t looking good for Rainbow.” Fluttershy said in total worry for her friend.

“And now you’re wide open. Atmosphere, attack! Typhoon of Terror!” Gilda called out at the Atmosphere opened its beak, sending a powerful tornado towards Rainbow’s direction. But Rainbow’s shocked expression changed to a smirk.

“You fell for it!” Rainbow said, confusing Gilda, and us in the process.

“Huh?” Gilda asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I discard one card from my hand and activate one of my Trap Cards called Rainbow Life!” Rainbow said, now Gilda was the one who was shocked.

“No way!” Gilda called out in shock.

“That’s right. With this bad boy, any damage I would take this turn increases my life points instead.” Rainbow said triumphantly as a rainbow glow engulfed her. As soon as The Atmosphere’s attack hit her, the rainbow glow canceled out the attack while her life points increased.

Rainbow Dash LP – 7800

“Wow. Now that is impressive.” Sunset said with an impressed look.

“Nice comeback, dear.” Rarity said with a nod. Even Gilda was impressed

“Yeah. I gotta admit RD, that was truly smart. You really had me there.” Gilda said with a nod. “Alright, I’ll finish it from there.”

“Alright, then it’s my turn.” Rainbow drew her card, and she had a wide smile at what she drew. “I play Pot of Greed. So now I draw two more cards.” Rainbow drew her two cards. “Next I’ll play Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat in Defense Mode, and end it from there.”

A big light purple panther appeared besides Rainbow before sitting on its haunches.

[Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat/Lv: 3/EARTH/ATK: 1200/DEF: 400]

“Wait! That’s all?” Spike asked in confusion. “But all Rainbow’s been doing is playing defense.”

‘I think Rainbow might be planning something.’ Dustin thought to himself as he examined Rainbows field. ‘And I have a strong feeling that other face-down card serves a vital role in her strategy.’

“That’s all you can do? I have a strong feeling you’re up to something, RD. Whatever it may be, It won’t work. Atmosphere, attack Amethyst Cat! Typhoon of Terror!” Gilda declared as The Atmosphere fired another tornado towards Amethyst Cat, the impact causing an immense sandstorm.

The others covered their faces to avoid having any sand in their eyes.

“Sorry Dash. But looks like I got the upper hand again.” Gilda said a smirk.

“Do you?” Rainbow asked, confusing Gilda. Gilda then noticed a glowing green magical circle with seven hovering gemstones of various colors on Rainbow’s side of the field.

“Wait! That circle!” Twilight gasped in surprise.

“By attacking my Amethyst Cat, you’ve just triggered my second Trap Card called Ultimate Crystal Magic!” Rainbow declared, making Gilda gasp in shock.

“No way!” Erena said in amazement.

“When a Crystal Beast I control would be destroyed by battle, I can send seven Crystal beasts with different names from my hand, deck or side of the field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon 1 Ultimate Crystal Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck. And the best part it, the Special Summon is treated as a genuine Fusion Summon.”

“Uh oh.” Gilda said, shaking in fear.

“So, I send Sapphire Pegasus, Ruby Carbuncle, Emerald Tortoise, Cobalt Eagle, Topaz Tiger, Amber Mammoth, and Anethyst Cat from my deck to the graveyard in order to bring out my ace monster!” Rainbow declared as the circle sparked with electricity before a column of multicolored light appeared from the center of the circle. “When all seven Crystal Beasts are together, the bridge to a new future is forged, bringing forth a crystal guardian with no equal!” Rainbow chanted as a pair of wings emerged from the column. “Fusion Summon! Join the ranks, Level 12, ‘Rainbow Overdragon’!”

The rainbow light column dissipated, revealing Rainbow’s new monster. It was a massive white and gold dragon, even larger than Rainbow Dragon, its wings spread across the field and raised its head, its eyes glowing white beneath a gold and silver horned crest. Its stomach was shining violet scales, light in seven colors pulsing within them. It hovered above Rainbow and roaring in supremacy.

[Rainbow Overdragon/Lv: 12/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 4000/DEF: 0]

“Oh… my …God!” Dustin said in both shock and awe.

“Holy shit!” Gilda said in a mix of amazement and fear.

“Gilda, allow me to introduce you to one of my personal favorites. Rainbow Overdragon!” Rainbow said with a smirk. “But why stop there? Since I have seven Crystal Beasts in my graveyard. I can summon another favorite of mine.”

“Wait! You don’t mean…” Gilda said in total disbelief as Rainbow pulled the card in her hand.

“Is she?” Erena asked, dumbfounded.

“She is!” Emille said in total shock.

“When the Seven Crystal Beasts are together, the light that ties the world together is reborn, here and now! Behold, the miracle of the Crystal Beasts! Be reborn! The Ultimate Crystal Beast – Rainbow Dragon!” Rainbow called out as streams of light in the colors of the rainbow rose into the air. It reached the clouds and let out a wave of multicolored light across them. The light in the air above them shone brighter, the silhouette of a long, serpentine dragon appearing within it. With the sound of a mighty roar the light cracked and broke apart. From the shards came a giant white and gold dragon in a rainbow aura, massive white wings spreading into the air, gemstones in seven colors embedded in its scales. It descended behind Rainbow Dash and coiled in the air above her, glaring at Gilda with golden eyes beneath a crested helmet of white and gold.

[Rainbow Dragon/Lv: 10/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 4000/DEF: 0]

“Whoa!” Spike called out in shock.

“She managed to summon two monsters with four-thousand attack points at once!” Rarity said in amazement.

"I-I'll finish from there." Gilda stuttered in shock.

“Then its my move. And if you think it’s bad now Gilda, well I’m sad to say that it’s going to get much worse! First I activate Rainbow Overdragn’s effect! By banishing one Crystal Beast in my graveyard once per turn, he gains attack points equal to that banished monster’s attack! And I’ll banish my Sapphire Pegasus, therefore increasing Rainbow Overdragon’s attack power by 1800.”

A transparent image of Sapphire Pegasus appeared before being absorbed into Rainbow Overdragon, its body glowed an indigo color as it roared.

(Rainbow Overdragon – 5800)

“F-f-fifty-eight hundred attack points!?” Gilda stammered in absolute shock.

“Got that right! Rainbow Overdragon, pluck that oversized bird’s feathers! Spectrum Burst!” Rainbow declared as Rainbow Overdragon fired a beam of multicolored light at The Atmosphere. The feathered beast only cawed in agony before shattering to like glass. The blast was so intense that Gilda was pushed back a few inches.

Gilda LP – 4900

“Rainbow Dragon, you’re turn! Attack Gilda directly! Rainbow Refraction!” Rainbow called out as Rainbow Dragon fired a rainbow beam at Gilda as she shielded herself from the attack as her life points plummeted further.

Gilda LP - 900

“And with that, I’ll end it here.” Rainbow said as Gilda was wide eyed in shock, but she had an impressed smile on her face.

“Wow, Dash. I’ll admit. You really have improved over the years. I don’t normally do this, but…” Gilda said as she placed her hand on her deck, “I’ll give you this round.

“She’s forfeiting?” Spike asked.

“It seems like it, bud.” Dustin said with a nod as both Rainbow Dragon and Rainbow Overdragon faded into nothing. Gilda then walks to Dash, extend her hand.

“You sure kicked some ass, RD.” Gilda said as Rainbow shook Gilda’s hand.

“Yeah. You weren’t too bad yourself, Gilda.” Rainbow said with a chuckle.

But what none of them realized was that somebody was watching the whole duel.

Author's Note

i'm back! I know I've been gone for a while, but I'm back now.I know this chapter is abit short compared to the previous two, and maybe not as exciting, but next chapter will be much more intense.

Here's a Deck profile for Gilda's Harpie Deck:

Monsters

Main Deck

Normal

Hapie Lady
Hapie Lady
Hapie Lady

Effect

Delta Flier
The Atmosphere
Harpie's Pet Dragon - Fearsome Fire Blast
Harpie's Pet Dragon - Fearsome Fire Blast
Harpie's Pet Dragon - Fearsome Fire Blast
Harpie Queen
Harpie Queen
Harpie Harpist
Harpie Harpist
Harpie Harpist
Harpie Channeler
Harpie Channeler
Harpie Channeler
Harpie Perfumer
Harpie Perfumer
Harpie Perfumer
Harpie Oracle
Harpie Oracle

Extra Deck

Synchro

Cyber Slash Harpie Lady
Cyber Slash Harpie Lady

Xyz

Divine Arsenal AA-Zeus Sky Thunder
Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack
Harpie's Pet Phantasmal Dragon
Ice Beast Zerofyne
Lightning Chidori

Link

Harpie Conductor

Spells

Double Summon
Mystical Space Typhoon
Monster Reborn
Hysteric Sign
Hysteric Sign
Elegant Egotist
Elegant Egotist
Elegant Egotist
Harpie's Feather Duster
Harpie's Hunting Ground
Harpie's Hunting Ground
Harpie's Feather Rest
Unexpected Dai
Unexpected Dai
Double or Nothing

Traps

Hysteric Party
Hysteric Party
Harpie's Feather Storm
Harpie's Feather Storm
Harpie's Feather Storm
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence
Infinite Impermanence

So, I hope you guts lile this story so far, and as always, I'll see y'all next time. Adios.

Seaside Terror

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Duel Chant

Seaside Terror

Rainbow and Gilda were talking to one another while the others were playing in the water.

“So Gilda, you said you transferred to CHS yesterday?” Rainbow asked Gilda, to which the girl nods in response.

“Yeah. Even got a tour there, and I’ll admit, I sure as hell beats Siberian Duel Academy.” Gilda said as she and Rainbow laughed.

“Excuse me, I gotta use the ladies room.” Gilda said before she walked off.

“Ok, but hurry back. Me and Dustin are gonna Duel here in a few minutes!” Rainbow called out as she walked to the others.

After Gilda finished her business, she was about to walk back to the others, but then she felt somebody grab her from behind. Gilda was about to scream for help, but a hand covered her mouth.

Suddenly, Gilda began to lose consciousness.

Dustin and the others were waiting for Gilda to return, but it’s been over a minute.

“Hey, guys? Do you think Gilda is ok? She’s been gone for about a minute.” Erena asked, starting to feel worried.

“I’m sure she’ll be fine.” Spike said with a shrug.

“Well, I’m afraid not, lad.” A voice called out, making the others look to see a man in a pirate uniform.

“Uh, it’s a little too early for Halloween, dude.” Rainbow said with a raised eyebrow. But Dustin sensed something off about this guy. But upon closer examination, this man definitely had some bad vibes emanating from him.

“Uh…guys, I don’t think this guy’s messing around! I sense an evil aura from him!” Dustin said, shocking the others.

“Yeah, I can sense it too!” Twilight said in alarm.

“And as for yer friend…” The pirate man said before snapping his fingers, causing some of the ocean water to form a tentacle. The sight alone shocked the gang, but the shock soon turned to horror at what they saw next.

They see Gilda tied up and gagged.

“Gilda!” Rainbow exclaimed in worry at seeing her childhood friend tied up.

“Give us back our friend, dickwad!” Dustin growled to the pirate man.

“If you want your friend back, then you’ll have to defeat me in a duel.” The pirate said with a sinister chuckle.

“Defeat you? I’LL FUCK YOU UP!” Rainbow yelled in rage.

“Oh, but you’re not my opponent lassie. It’s your bespectacled friend here that’s gonna have to defeat me to rescue her from a watery grave.” The pirate man said as he pulled out a Duel Disk that was golden with red gems, a skull and crossbones symbol, and the blade looked like a fin.

“What do you say, laddie? Think ya got what it takes to save your friend?”

“How about we find out, Jack Sparrow?!” Dustin said before reaching for his Duel Disk and one of his Deck boxes. He then straps his Duel Disk on and inserted his chosen Deck into the Deck slot.

“Jack Sparrow? Clever nickname. But me name is Levi Ethan.” The now named Levi said with a wicked grinned.

“Dustin, be careful. Something tells me this guy’s going to be a real challenge.” Erena said with worry in her tone.

“You have no idea, lassie.” Levi said as both he and Dustin drew their starting hand.

“DUEL!” Both Levi and Dustin called out, and thus, the Duel has begun.

Dustin Hogan – 8000
Levi Ethan – 8000

“I’ll start things off!” Levi said as he drew his card, and he had a wicked smile when he saw what he drew. “I play the Field Spell, A Legendary Ocean!” Levi announced as he slaps the card into the Field Spell card slot, and shortly afterwards, the holograms activated. Large ruins rose from behind Levi as the air turned into crystal clear water. Seaweed spurt from the ground as fish swam through randomly. Dustin had to swat at a jellyfish that was getting kind of close. It still looked real instead of a hologram though. Kaibacorp tech at its finest.

"With this card out, the levels of all WATER monsters in both our hands are lowered by one and their attack and defense are both increased by 200 points." explained Levi. "I will be taking advantage of that effect by summoning The Legendary Fisherman in attack mode!". A flash of light appeared before a mam holding a harpoon while mounted on the back of a shark with dark blue skin and a white underside appeared on the field. The shark gnarled its teeth aggressively before while the fisherman himself held his harpoon at the ready.

[The Legendary Fisherman/Lv: 5-4/WATER/Warrior/ATK: 1850-2050/DEF: 1600-1800]

“Oh crap!” Dustin said with a look of shock.

“That’s right, lad. And while Umi is on the field, to which A Legendary Ocean treats itself as, he’s unaffected by any Spell Effects and cannot be destroyed by battle.” Levi said a chuckle. “I’ll just finish it from here. You’re move lad.”

“Right.” Dustin said before drawing his card. He examined his hand before formulating a plan. “I play Polymerization! I’ll use this to fuse both Elemental HEROs Avian and Bubbleman from my hand.” Dustin said as the images of both Fountain and Avian appeared before getting sucked into a vortex.

“Winged hero of wind and Aquatic hero of bubbles, combine your power and form a HERO with the might of a tsunami!” Dustin chanted as whirlpool formed in the water, a humanoid figure clad in blue and golden armor visible, shocking everybody present.

“What!?” Levi said in total shock.

“No way!” Sunset said more out of amazement.

“Is that a…” Applejack asked with total surprise.

“Fusion Summon! Make it rain, Level 8, ‘Ultra HERO Cascade’!” Dustin called out as the new hero emerged from the watery tornado before descending down beside Dustin.

[Ultra HERO Cascade/Lv: 8/WATER/Warrior/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500]

“Oh great! Ultra HEROs!” Levi said with a bit of worry.

"That’s right! And as long as he’s out, all monsters on the field, except HEROs, become WATER-Attribute monsters, he gains 500 ATK for each WATER monster I control, and all WATER monsters you control lose 500 attack points, also any effects they have are rendered null and void!” Dustin said as The Legendary Fisherman was engulfed in the same blue aura.

“Well then it’s a good thing I’ve got just the thing for that little guppy you call a monster,” Levi declared as he held up a monster card with a picture of a jellyfish on it.

"By discarding this Nullifying Jellyfish, I can cancel out the effect of all monsters you have out for the rest of the turn. Which means your Ultra HERO Cascade is all washed up!”

“Well that would normally be a bad thing, if one of the abilities you negated didn’t grant him immunity to all spell and trap effects. Since Cascade is a WATER monster, he gains a 200 point boost to his attack and defense." explained Dustinn as Cascade glowed in a bright blue aura.

(Ultra HERO Cascade: ATK: 3000-3200,DEF:2500-2700)

“DAMMIT!” Levi growled in fury.

“Next I play Pot of Greed. Allowing me to draw cards.” Dustin announced as he drew his next two cards. “And one of the cards I pulled is Terraforming. Now I can add 1 Field Spell from my Deck to my hand. And while I’m at it, how about I put it to good use?” Dustin then drew card he needed before slapping it onto the Field Spell Zone. “I activate the Field Spell called Watershine City.”

As Dustin announced this, a massive futuristic city appeared behind him.

“Water-what now?” Levi asked in total shock.

“Allow me to explain how this card works. Much like your Field Spell, Watershine City also counts as Umi. But it reduces the Levels of all WATER monsters in our hands by 2, and the ATK of all WATER Monsters on the field become doubled.” Dustin exclaimed as the blue aura on Cascade glowed even brighter.

(Ultra HERO Cascade: ATK: 3200-6400,DEF:2700-5400)

“WHOA!” Pinkie and Rainbow exclaimed.

“6400 attack points?!” Twilight asked in absolute shock.

“Alright! Damage Time! Cascade, turn that Legendary Fisherman into Sushi!” Dustin declared as Cascade outstretched his arms, causing a vast multitude of bubbles to appear. “BOOMING BUBBLES!” Cascade then thrusted his arms forward, causing the bubbles to move towards the Legendary Fisherman at impossible speeds. Once they hit their mark, they created an immense explosion.

Levi Ethan – 3650

“Talk about a wipeout, am I right?” Dustin said with a smug grin, much to Levi’s disdain. "I'll end it here, so now your Nullifying Jellyfish's effect has expired, and Cascade's effects are active again, but his attack power is now back down to 3000."

(Ultra HERO Cascade: ATK: 6400 - 3000)

“Smile while you still can you scurvy bilge rat!” Levi drew his next card, and when he saw the card he drew, he chuckled in satisfaction. “But I’m gonna be the one getting the last laugh. “First I’ll set a card. Next I activate the card I drew Graceful Charity. So now I draw three cards, but I must discard two in the process.” Levi said as he did as instructed. “And now I activate one of the cards I drew with Card of Sanctity’s effect, Pot of Greed. So now I get to draw two more cards too.” Levi said, and his smile grew even wider. “But now I summon a monster unlike ya seen before!”

“Huh?” Dustin said, getting a bad feeling about where this was heading.

“From me graveyard, I Accumulate me Legendary Fisherman, along with me Metalizing Parasite – Lunalite and Metalizing Parasite – Soltite that I discarded with Graceful Charity, in order to perform a Necron Summon!” Levi said with a maniacal laugh, shocking Dustin and the others.

“Oh boy!” Dustin said with fear.

“That’s not good!” Sunset said, getting real scared.

“By offering the essence of me Legendary Fisherman, Metalizing Parasite – Lunalite and Metalizing Parasite – Soltite, the gateway to the other side is now opened!!” Levi chanted as the transparent images of the three monsters appeared before turning into streaks of pale green light and colliding into each other, morphing into a large sphere of dark energy. Suddenly, the share expands, and the the ground begins to shake.

“Uh…what’s happening?!” Emille said with fear.

“From the deep depths of the sea, I call upon the beast of the great abyss! The one whose breath boils the ocean waves, whose coils envelop the word, arise mighty Demon Lord of Envy!” Levi continued to chant as the sphere shattered, revealing a massive creature, massive enough to coil around the super bowl. The monster was green all over, the lower half resembled that of a snake with multiple spines trailing down, but the upper half resembled that of a person with lighter green skin, long jet black hair, a pair of horns that pointed downwards, a pair of bat-like wings, and from its mouth came fire like its insides was a furnace. “Behold! 'LEVIATHAN, THE COILED ONE!'”

As soon as Levi said this, the leviathan released a bellowing roar loud enough to break the sound barrier, despite being submerged in water.

[Leviathan, the Coiled One/Mk: 10/ENVY/Sea Serpent/ATK: 2550/DEF: 2350]

“Wait! I’ve never even heard of this card before!” Spike said in shock.

“Well, this is one of seven cards that are based on both the Seven Deadly Sins, as well as the Seven Princes of hell!” Levi informed the group. “But I’d rather focus on the Duel. Now I play the Equip Spell Effect Vaccine!” Levi said with a grin.

“Effect Vaccine?” Dustin asked in shock.

“That’s right, this card grants the equipped monster complete immunity to other card effects. Like me Leviathan.” Levi said with a grin, and Leviathan was glowing a bright green aura. “And now that he’s immune to Cascade’s effects, I can use Leviathan’s special effect! By targeting a monster you control once per turn, I can equip it to Leviathan, and in doing so, he gains that monster’s attack and defense points, and the best part is that he also gains that monster’s effects!”

“SHIT!” Dustin swore in shock.

“Leviathan, let’s show him how it’s done! COVETOUS VORTEX!” Levi declared as Leviathan inhaled, sucking Cascade into his body. Once Cascade was fully absorbed into Leviathan’s body, the aura enveloping his body changed from bright green to electric bright blue.

(Leviathan, the Coiled One: ATK: 2550-5550/DEF: 2350-4850)

“5550 attack points?!” Spike muttered in both shock and fear.

“Now, the tides have turned on me favor! And since ya have no monsters to protect ya, yer defeat will be sooner than I thought. Leviathan, attack this barnacle directly! TIDE OF DISPARITY!” Levi declared as Leviathan inhaled before breathing a stream of fire directly at Dustin, making him roar in absolute pain.

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!” Dustin yelled at the top of his lungs as his life point dropped.

Dustin Hogan – 2450

“ONII-CHAN!!!” Erena and Emille called out in worry as Dustin was on his knees, panting heavily.

“Shit! That really hurt like hell!” Dustin groaned as he struggled to getting back up on his feat.

“Well, ya got me Stone of Sin ta thank for that, lad!” Levi said as he raised his right hand, showing a golden ring with a seafoam green teardrop shaped gemstone on it.

“Stone of Sin?” Twilight asked in confusion.

“This is one of seven stones that give the user dark magical powers. They powers they grant vary, but they have a few things in common. The most notable is that they can bring Duel Monster to life, and inflict real damage to the opponents whenever life point damage is done. Like ya seen with Leviathan’s attack.”

"Much like the Shadow Games used by the Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt!" Sunset gasped with shock and worry for Dustin.

"Smart lassie, ya are! If her friend loses, he loses more than just the duel. He loses his life as well. Anyway, I’ll finish it from here. You’re move lad." Levi said, but Dustin held his head high.

“I may be down, but I’m not out!” Dustin drew his next card. “First I play a Spell Card known as Effect Recycle!” Dustin said as he slapped the card down on his duel disk.

“Effect what?” Levi asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Effect Recycle! What this card does is allow me banish one card from either one of our grayevards per turn, then activate any of the two effects, depending on the banished card. If the banished card is a monster, I can bring out a Recycle Token with the same stats, Type, Attribute and effects as the banished monster. But if it was a Spell or Trap, this card copies that card’s effects. And I’ll use it to banish your Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards.” Dustin said before drawing his two cards.

“Next, I’ll play a face-down card, and end it there.” Dustin said.

“What!? That’s all!? He didn’t even play any monsters to defend himself!” Pinkie said in shock.

As the Duel went on, Gilda observed, a look of worry for Dustin's safety visible on her face.

‘I sure hope you know what you're doing, dude!’ Gilda thought to herself as she watched the duel progress.

“Finished, eh? How unfortunate. I was expecting more of a challenge! Leviathan, send this fool to Davy Jones locker!” Levi announced as Leviathan inhaled. “TIDE OF DISPARITY!” And with that, Leviathan followed his master’s command and fired another fire stream at Dustin.

“NO!” Fluttershy called out in fear and worry.

“Not this time! I activate my Trap! Rainbow Life!” Dustin revealed his trap card, much to Levi’s shock.

“WHAT!?” Levi gasped as the events that took place.

“Now I gain life points equal to any damage I take for the rest of this turn! And all I need do is discard one card from my hand!” Dustin said with a grin as his body was encased in a rainbow aura, and as soon as the fire touched him, he felt no pain as his life points rose back to 8000.

Dustin Hogan – 8000

“AH, GODDAMMIT!!!” Levi roared out in rage.

“He managed to buy himself some time!” Applejack said with a sigh of relief.

“That was a clever move boy. I’ll just end it there!” Levi growled in anger as Dustin drew his next card.

“I play Card of Sanctity. So now we both draw until we have six cards in our hand.” Dustin said as he and Levi both did as the card instructed.

“Next, I set a monster, and end it there.” Dustin said with a grin. “Alright, Long John Silver, you’re up.” Dustin said, but Levi had a grin of his own.

“I activate another effect of Leviathan’s. During me main phase, I can send 1 card equipped to him to the graveyard in order to destroy 1 card I choose on the field. And I know for a fact that Effect Recycle is going to be an issue, so I'll remove Ultra HERO Cascade from Leviathan to get rid of it!” Levi said as a blue streak emanated from Leviathan, destroying the Spell card. “And with both our fields spells, all WATER monsters in our hands are reduced by three in total. Which makes it perfect for me to bring out this sea beast, Kairyu-shin, in attack mode!”

A massive blue serpentine creature with a yellow underbelly, a mouth full of sharp teeth, and no eyes appeared beside Leviathan.

“Leviathan, destroy his face-down monster!” Levi declared as Leviathan blasted a stream of fire at Dustin’s face down monster, only to reveal Winged Kuriboh before it shattered to bits.

“Big mistake. By attacking Winged Kuriboh, any battle damage I take is null and void for the rest of this turn.” Dustin said, making Levi growl again in rage.

“Yer really pissing me off, ya low life barnacle!” Levi seethed in rage. "I’ll just have ta finish from there!”

“Then it's my move.” Dustin said before drawing his next card, smiling at what he drew. “I play another Polymerization. This time, fusing Elemental HERO Burstinatrix and Elemental HERO Blazeman from my hand.” Dustin said as both HEROs appeared before vanishing in a spiraling vortex.

“Burning heroine of fire and blazing hero of fire, meld your burning strength to form a hero with the fury of a raging inferno!” Dustin chanted as a massive column of fire erupted from the ground, despite being underwater. “Fusion Summon! Rise from the ashes, Level 8, ‘Ultra HERO Supernova!’”

The column of fire then dissipated, revealing a humanoid clad in reddish-silver armor with blue lining and glowing red eyes.

“NO! NOT ANOTHER ONE! THIS AIN’T HAPPENING!” Levi said in total fear.

“Oh, it is! And much Like Cascade, Supernova turns all monsters on the field, except heroes into FIRE-Attribute monsters, he gains 500 attack points for each FIRE monster I control, and all FIRE monsters you control lose 500 attack points, and their effects are negated.” Dustin said with a grin.

“But Leviathan is still equipped with Effect Vaccine! So Leviathan is still untouchable.” Levi said with a grin.

“True, but while it grants your big snake effect immunity, that doesn’t mean he’s immune to attacks!” Dustin shot back with a triumphant grin, making Levi gasp.

“But why stop there? Next I play the Spell Card called Self-Duplication.” Dustin said, slapping the card down.

“NO! NOT THAT!” Levi uttered in horror as he knew he was on the losing end.

“Yes! Now one Supernova is becoming three!” Dustin said before Supernova created two duplicates.

“Supernova number one, send that Leviathan back to Hell where it belongs! SCORCHING BLAZE!” Dustin declared, and Supernova followed the order by shooting a stream of fire at Leviathan, making the beast roar in pain before shattering to pieces.

Levi Ethan – 3200

“Supernova number two, you’re up! Turn that Kairyu-shin into tuna salad!” Dustin ordered as the second Supernova fired a fiery stream at Kairyu-shin.

Levi Ethan – 2000

“Woohoo!” Pinkie cheered in excitement.

“That’s right, dude! Show ‘em who’s boss!” Rainbow Dash cheered Dustin on.

“Supernova number three, attack Levi directly and end this Duel!” Dustin commanded, and the third Supernova blasted another fiery stream at Levi, making him roar in a mix of agony and defeat as his life points were now depleted.

Levi Ethan – 0

“Game, set, match!” Dustin said with a thumbs down.

“NO, NO, NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!” Levi roared out in complete outrage.

“YEEHAW!” Applejack cheered as Gild was released from her bondages. Gilda sighed in relief, but not before she was tackled by Rainbow in a tight embrace.

“GILDA! Thank God you’re ok!” Rainbow Dash said, getting all teary eyed.

“Hey, come on. Don’t get mushy on me now, RD.” Gilda chuckled, rubbing Rainbow’s back.

“I…I can’t believe…I lost!” Levi said, completely shocked by his defeat.

“Believe it, bud.” Dustin said with a smug grin. Levi just gets up on his feet before casting an angry glance at Dustin.

"You win this round, lad. But mark me words, next time ya won't be so lucky!" Levi growled angrily before disappearing in a cloud of black smoke.

"We'll just see about that." Dustin muttered. Gilda then was to him.

"Thanks for saving me dude. I'll admit, those Ultra HERO Cards are something." Gilda said with a smile, patting Dustin's back.

"How'd ya even get such rare cards, anyway?" Applejack asked Dustin with a perplexed look.

"You can say they're a gift from a friend." Dustin said with a bashful smile.

"Trust us, he has every single Ultra HERO." Erena said, further shocking the others.

"Seriously!?" Rainbow Dash asked with shock.

"No way!" Pinkie said, finding the info hard to believe.

"Who was the friend that gave you those cards?" Rarity asked.

"I have a relative that works as a card designer at Industrial Illusions." Dustin admitted with a hint of pride, shocking the others even more. "But that's enough about me. We still got a few more minutes of fun in the sun left."

"Anybody up for some volleyball?" Rainbow Dash asked with a smirk.

"I'm game." Gilda said with a grin that screamed competitive.

"You and me both, sistah." Dustin said with a nod.

"Make this a two on two?" Applejack said as she got next to Rainbow Dash.

"Hope you two can keep up." Rainbow Dash said with a wide grin.

"Bring it, Skittles." Dustin said, making the others laugh at that nickname.

"Pfft. Really?" Rainbow asked, still laughing.

"I like you already dude" Gilda said as she wiped a tear, still laughing a bit.

Within a dark lit room, we see Levi kneeling down.

"Forgive me, boss, but I've fails ya." Levi said, but a deep chuckle caught his attention.

"Fail me? Quite the contrary, you served me well." A figure obscured by the shadows said to Levi in a deep voice.

"But, boss, your orders were..." Levi was about to as, but the figure stopped him.

"I merely ordered you to challenge the boy to a duel. But the purpose was to test his skill. And I must say, he certainly is more skilled than I thought." The figure said.

"So what now?" A female voice asked. Levi looked behind him to see a woman with blonde hair dressed in a red gown.

"He's with those seven hussies, who each possess those Charms of Harmony." The woman said with a perplexed.

"She's got a point boss." Another voice said before a man with white hair, green eyes, a mustache and clad in a purple suit.

"Yes. I'm well ware of those girls." replied the figure.

"Regardless, how do you suppose we deal with these scalawags?" Levi asked, the figure then let out an evil chuckle once again.

"Oh, I have an idea. Gather everyone else for a meeting, and I shall explain." The figure said, making the three nod.

"Yes, sir." Both levi, the woman and the suited man nodded before walking off to follow their order.

The figure sat on his chair, chuckling still.

"Prepare yourselves, foolish children. For soon, you will meet your end." The figure laughed, a pair of red glowing eyes visible through the darkness.

Author's Note

Uh oh, looks like danger is afoot for our young heroes. Now for this story, I wanted to make a series of cards with powers similar to the God Cards, but not quite os OP. But what they to base them off of was the challenge.

But after reading the MLP fan comic on Mauroz's deviantart, it came to me. And 5hus, the Seven Sinful Lord cards came to be. Much like the Egyptian God Cards from the original Yu-Gi-Oh anime, they serve as the driving force for this story.

For mor info about the Seven Sinful Lord Cards, click here.

Also, if you're curious and want to know more about Necron Monsters, click the link here for more info.

Anyways, hope you enjoy this story so far, and as always, I will see you next time. Adios mi amigos.

Double Double, Toil and Trouble

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Everyone in CHS had gathered in the gymnasium. The reason, today was the start of the annual Canterlot Cup. A special Tournament where CHS and another School Campus partakes in the events. Both students elect up to seven as their representatives. But this year, the tournament was going to be extra special. Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters and founder of Industrial Illusions himself would be announcing. And as a bonus, the reward was a tour at Industrial Illusions, but the biggest part was that the winning team also gets to design new one of a kind cards to keep, free of charge. It doesn’t get any better than that, am I right?

And the representatives for this year’s tournament are about to be revealed. Celestia stood on the stage, holding a microphone in hand while Luna held a box.

“Attention, students,” Celestia said, grabbing everybody’s attention, “Votes for the seven students who will compete in the Canterlot Cup have been tallied. In no particular order, we will announce the students who will represent Canterlot High.” Celesitia said, and the students applauded before going silent again. Celestia said before billing out an envelope, opening it and pulling out a small parchment.

“Now, once your name is called, you are to approach the stage.” Celestia said, clearing her throat. “The representatives are: Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Scout Crawford, Erena Honjou, Bruce Welker, Emille Honjou and Dustin Hogan.”

As Celestia said this, the seven students walked down, and many of the students and faculty clapped for the students. The only one who didn’t clap was Sombra, who was glaring daggers at Dustin.

“Congratulations, children.” Celestia said as Luna walked up to them, opening the box she had. What was inside were seven cards that had the colors of Canterlot High’s flag, and the pictures on them displayed the CHS school logo with a rainbow background.

“As representatives of CHS, you will all be granted the entry cards for the Canterlot Tournament. Be sure to hold onto them.” Celestia said as each of the ix grabbed their tournament entry card.

“All students are welcome to attend the cup this Friday. Official ceremonies will begin at 10 am.” Celestia said, and with that, everybody was back to their classes.

In the cafeteria, many students were either chowing down, talking amongst themselves or even dueling old school table top style.

Dustin and his friends were eating and talking amongst each other, even Gilda was with them.

“So, G, how’re you liking Canterlot so far?” Rainbow asked Gilda, who just shrugged.

“Pretty nice. And tons of cute guys around too.” Gilda said before looking towards a nearby boy, who was casting a flirtatious glance towards her. She winked, and the guy blushed madly.

“Well, word of advice, stay clear of Blueblood and Bruce. Those guys are serious big time trouble.” Sunset said to Gilda.

“Noted. Blueblood is way too stuck up for my tastes, and Bruce is a straight up asshole.” Gilda said as she munched down on a burger.

“Well, the students at Crystal Prep are practically 100 times worse compared to Bruce and Blueblood.” Erena said with a groan.

“You know somebody from Crystal Prep?” Applejack asked Erena.

“We used to attend that grade-A shithole of a school.” Dustin said, making the other girls go wide eyed in shock.

“Wait, seriously?” Spike asked, dumbfounded at what he heard.

“And here I thought Twilight was the only one who transferred from Crystal Prep.” Rarity said, making Dustin, Erena and Emille look to Twilight.

“You seriously went to Crystal Prep, too?” Erena asked, and Twilight nodded.

“Yes, I did. And needless to say, I was quite the introvert. For a time, I always focused on my studies more than anything else. I always isolated myself from others. But that all changed last year, when Crystal Prep lost to CHS during the Friendship Games.”

“Friendship Games?” Emille asked with a raised eyebrow.

“It’s a competition that is held here every four years between CHS and Crystal Prep.” Twilight elaborated. “And for the past few games, Crystal Prep has reigned victorious, until last year.”

Flashback

We see Twilight being scolded by a teacher for losing the tournament.

“I can’t believe you forfeit! Even with all the rare cards I’ve lent to you, you would throw away your chances of victory like that?!” The woman said in outrage.

“If I hadn’t, I would have won in an un sportsman-like fashion!” Twilight shot back, surprising the woman. “I forfeit, because your antics would have given Crystal Prep a bad name! So, you tell me, Principal Cinch!” Twilight said, bringing out a blue and purple Deck box. “Did you really grant me these cards so I can ensure Crystal Prep’s victory, or were you just so desperate to win that you would result in underhanded antics to achieve victory?!” Twilight’s outburst really did not sit well with the woman named Cinch.

“It seems you’ve forgotten your place, Miss Sparkle. I’ll see to it that your attitude is adjusted after a month of after school detention.” Cinch said, getting into Twilight’s face.

“No.” Twilight shot back, confusing Cinch.

“No?” Cinch asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Has your hearing gone bad to the point you need hearing aids?” Twilight asked, making Cinch angry. “As of now, I am no longer your little puppet! For two years, for two long years, you have manipulated me, used me, and I’m just about fed up with it!” Twilight said, opening the Deck box and bringing out the cards it contained before tossing them directly at Cinch’s face. “As of now, I’m resigning from Crystal Prep!”

“Oh?” Cinch asked with a smug look. “You do realize you’re throwing your chances of acceptance to Everton Duel Academy out the window.”

“I could care less about that, anymore.” Twilight said, crossing her arms. “Why go to Everton when I can attend to Canterlot?”

“Well said, Twi.” A voice called out, making Cinch and Twilight look to see Sunset, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rarity. Even the Shadowbolts were standing with them.

(AN: Basically the same as the pic, but with normal skin tones)

“You know Twilight’s right, Cinch.” The bespectacled girl with twintails said bluntly.

“I beg your pardon?” Cinch asked, taken aback by this.

“We get you wanna win, but what you just did, that is so not cool!” The girl with green hair said. Cinch just huffed and stormed off, too angry to even speak.

Twilight, however, was stunned that the girls that she opposed in this tournament, and the girls that ridiculed her for as long as she could remember, defended her against her now former teacher. But she was also touched that she had friends that support her.

End Flashback

“So, after that, I transferred here.” Twilight said, looking towards the girls. “Had it not been for them, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”

“Man. That’s truly deep.” Gilda said with amazement.

“And standing up to Cinch like you did, you truly have guts.” Erena said with a chuckle.

“At least I now know that somebody besides me hates that wicked bitch of the west.” Dustin said with a smirk, making the others chuckle at that wisecrack.

“Yeah. I bet she’d melt if somebody threw a bucket of water at her.” Rainbow chuckled even harder.

“Oh no. If anything, it’d probably take a wooden stake through the heart to put that old bag down.” Dustin said, and the gang was in a fit of giggles.

“Oh man, you’re a riot.” Gilda said, wiping a tear away.

“So, you and Cinch are on bad terms too?” Twilight asked Dustin.

“Oh, since the day we transferred there, she and I have been at each other’s throats.” Dustin said, until a girl stepped towards the group. She had silvery hair, and was dressed in a way similar to a wizard.

“Twilight Sparkle! The Great and Powerful Trixie is not pleased that you are participating in the Canterlot Cup!” The girl named Trixie said to Twilight angrily.

“Uh, I’m sorry, but who are you?” Dustin asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Didn’t Trixie just explain herself?” Trixie spoke in third person.

“That’s Trixie. She just thinks that she’s the biggest thing since sliced bread.” Sunset with a hint of annoyance towards Trixie.

“One look at her, and I already don’t like her.” Gilda said, but Trixie kept her focus on Twilight.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie will not accept this farce! To show CHS that I should be deserving to participate in the Canterlot Cup, Trixie challenges you to a duel!” Trixie said before pulling out her Duel Disk.

“Do you really think that’s gonna change anything?” Dustin asked with an annoyed look. This caught Trixie’s attention.

“This does not concern you, transfer! So you best mind your own business!” Trixie shot back rather rudely, but Dustin was not backing down.

“I’ve seen what Twilight’s like when she duels, and if you ask me, I say she’s more than qualified to participate than some stuck up, overzealous princess like yourself.” Dustin’s remark made Trixie really mad while many of the students snickered.

“Care to repeat that, you insolent ruffian?” Trixie asked with a growl.

“Ok, you two. That’s enough.” The gang all look to see another girl. But this one had purple hair with aqua colored streaks, clad in a light lavender button up blouse, a long flowing turquoise skirt that reached her knees, and dark purple knee-high boots.

(AN: Imagine this, but in the attire I mentioned)

“Starlight Glimmer?” Twilight asked while Trixie had a smirk on her face.

“Ah, Starlight. Good thing that you have arrived. I believe some punishment is in order for this heathen.” Trixie said with a smirk at Dustin.

“Trixie, just move along.” Starlight said, making Trixie gasp at that.

“But…” Trixie was about to protest, but a glare from Starlight shut her up. Trixie just moved along, but not before casting a glare at Dustin as she walked.

“I do apologize for Trixie’s behavior.” Starlight said with an apologetic look.

“Ah, no worries, Glim. Trixie’s always like this.” Rainbow said with a shrug.

“Uh, sorry, but you guys know her?” Gilda asked with a raised brow in confusion.

“Yeah. That’s Starlight Glimmer. She’s the head of CHS’s disciplinary committee.” Sunset said, motioning to Starlight.

Suddenly, the PA system had sounded off.

“Attention Students, the representatives of Crystal Prep will be arriving next period. All representatives at CHS must report to the Gymnasium during that time.” Celestia said over the PA before signing off.

“Ah, the Meet 'n Greet, eh?” Dustin said with a sigh. “I have a bad feeling Cinch is gonna be there.”

“Well, just please try to stay calm and don’t stir her up, please Onii-chan?” Emille pleaded with slight worry.

“No promises, sis.” Dustin said before chowing down on a pizza slice.

In the Gymnasium, we see Dustin, Erena, Emille, Sunset, Twilight, Bruce and Scout with Celestia and Luna in front of the two.

Then, a woman walked in.

‘Uh oh, here comes the devil.’ Dustin thought to himself as Cinch walks forward.

(AN: Imagine her with normal skin tone)

“Hello, Abacus Cinch.” Celestia greeted, to which Cinch just huffed.

“Celestia.” Cinch said before noticing Twilight. “Ah, Twilight Sparkle. I never thought I’d see you again especially with…” Cinch said before noticing Dustin, and when she saw him, she was outraged. “What? What are you doing here, little heathen!?”

“How’s it hangin’, Cinch. I would say you look like you haven’t aged a day, but I’d be lying.” Dustin said, and Cinch was about to lose it, but she managed to calm down.

“Just be lucky that you’re no longer in my school, otherwise I’d have you expelled for that!” Cinch said as she and Dustin stared each other down.

“Uh…anyway, have you brought your representatives?” Luna said, to which Cinch had a sly smirk.

“Actually yes, I do.” Cinch said before looking back to Dustin. “And I do believe a little “reunion” is in order.” Cinch said before snapping her fingers, causing the three of her representatives to step forward .

Upon seeing the three, Erena and Emille gasped, but Dustin was angry at the sight of the trio.

“Well, well, well. How have you been, buddy? It’s been so long.” The spiky haired boy said with a smug grin.

“Oh hell no! Not you three stooges!” Dustin growled angrily.

“Oh, is that anyway to treat an old friend?” The blue haired girl asked sarcastically.

“Oh blow me, bitch!” Dustin growled further.

“Careful, Hogan. Wouldn’t want that mouth of yours getting you into trouble, would we?” The dark skinned man said with a chuckle.

“Dustin, please calm down.” Twilight pleaded.

“You know these blokes?” Bruce asked Dustin.

“Yeah. The hooded douchebag is Haze, the blue haired floozy is Nightingale, and the cactus head is Quicksilver.” Dustin said.

“But where are the others?” Celestia asked with confusion.

“Ah yes. Now, the four remaining students are actually new arrivals at Crystal prep who transferred just two days ago. But their skills were so phenomenal that I had to include them.” Cinch said as, and with a clap of her hands, a blonde woman dressed in a red gown.

“First is Miss Yurika Ichinomiya. She uses a deck that specializes in taking control of the opponent's monsters.” Cinch said as the girl did a curtsy.

“Well, hello Sheila.” Bruce said with a wolf whistle. Secondly, a frail boy with a sickly complexion, brown hair dressed in a grey long-sleeve shirt, gray pants and black shoes approached.

“Jesus H. Christ! Dude, when was the last time you saw sunlight!?” Scout asked with a look of fright.

“This is Harry Lecter. He specializes in a Machine deck.” Cinch said as a muscular man dressed in mostly black and had a mask that covered his mouth.

“Next is Damon Burns. He specializes in a FIRE deck that inflicts burn damage.” Cinch said before the final representative revealed himself. He had black hair, brown eyes, wore a black and white jacket with a black zip up shirt and black pants.

“And lastly we have Cassian Cromwell.” Cinch said as the boy did a bow.

“Well, new or not, you’re new lap dogs won’t win this year.” Dustin said to Cinch. “I may not have been one of the best students at your hellhole of a school, but I’ve improved my skills. And once we win, I’ll be sure to rub it in your Botox induced face!”

“Ohohoho. Mate’s got guts talking down to someone like Cinch.” Bruce whispered to Scout, who just nods in agreement. Cinch wasn’t fazed at all at Dustin’s remark. She just had a smug grin plastered on her face.

“Oh, well, we’ll see where your skills lead you once the tournament arrives.” Cinch said with a chuckle.

The area was then flooded by a hoard of cameras, wires, microphones and other such broadcasting equipment, as well as the people who came with it.

"That's it, just act natural." said a crew member from his post on the stage, while a pair of TV crew members pointed their equipment towards the Celestia and Cinch.

"Huh?" asked Dustin.

“Oi! What's all this!?” Bruce asked, just as confused.

"Oh. Perhaps I should mention that the whole tournament will be broadcasted worldwide!" Celestia said with a chuckle.

"No way! We're seriously gonna be on TV?! Our face beamed across the world?! In full HD color and full HD stereo?!" Dustin beamed with excitement.

"At least we can say that everyone back home would watch us duel." shrugged Twilight.

"We hardly ever broadcast our tournaments here. But Maximillion Pegasus has paid the station a lot of money to have this the Canterlot Cup broadcasted. To show the talent of both schools." smiled Luna.

“And it will be a real treat to have millions of people see the look of humiliation on your face when one of us defeats you.” Haze said with a smug grin.

“Oh, just wait! We’ll see who’ll crush who, hoodie!” Dustin said with a smug grin of his own as he and Haze stared each other down.

“I like it! Rivalry between two old enemies.” The cameraman said, adjusting the camera to Haze and Dustin’s direction.

“Ok, everyone, let’s all save the aggression for the Tournament.” Celestia said, and sure enough, everyone began went their separate ways.

Meanwhile

In the hallway, we see Trixie was pacing back and forth, absolutely angry about earlier in the cafeteria.

“How dare that insolent heathen talk down to me and publicly humiliate me in front of the whole school!” Trixie seethed in anger, while unbeknownst to her, her body was emanating a faint black aura.

“If that rapscallion thinks he can get away with this, then he is dead wrong!” Trixie continued to seethe as she punched a nearby locker.

“Perhaps I can provide assistance to your plan of retribution.” A voice said, catching Trixie by surprise. She turns to see none other than Professor Sombra.

“P-Professor Sombra.” Trixie stuttered in surprise, but bowed in total respect. “My sincerest apologies if I disturbed you.” Tries said, her eyes never meeting his.

“No need, Trixie.” Sombra said, making Trixie rise up again. “Now, I do have a way for you to put Hogan in his place.”

“How so?” Trixie asked as Sombra pulled out a briefcase. Sombra then laid it on the ground before opening it, revealing stacks upon stacks of Duel Monsters cards.

“Whoa! Are those…” Trixie trailed off.

“Some of the rarest cards in all of Duel Monsters? Yes they are.” Sombra said with a shit eating grin. “Now, here's a plan that I have in mind. I want you to be his opponent for his field test, and I want you to use these rare cards to defeat him.” Sombra said, and Trixie was stunned upon hearing his plan.

“Wait! Opponents for test duels are picked at random, there’s a strong chance I might not be Hogan's test opponent.” Trixie said, but Sombra still smiled.

“Perhaps you have forgotten who you’re speaking to my dear. I can make it happen.” Sombra said with a chuckle. “And of course, there is a little something in it for yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Trixie had a wicked grin of her own as the dark aura emanated on her body once again while her eyes glow faintly red.

Dustin was in the gym waiting for his field test opponent. Many students were in the bleachers, including his friends and two sisters. Luckily, Dustin’s wait was over as his opponent appeared. But it shocked him to see who his opponent was, none other than Trixie.

“Hello, transfer student. Remember me?” Trixie asked with a smug grin.

“So, you’re my opponent? Meh, fine by me.” Dustin said before Trixie placed a hand up.

“Though, before we start, how about we make this interesting?” Trixie suggested.

“Like?” Dustin asked with a raised eyebrow.

“If you lose, you forfeit your place as CHS representative for the Canterlot Cup.” Trixie said, making everyone gasp, including Dustin.

“What?!” Rainbow asked in total shock. Celestia, Luna, Taiyou and Karen were worried, but Sombra had a wicked smile.

“Ok. Fine.” Dustin said, everyone gasped again, save for Trixie and Sombra.

“Has he lost it!?” Applejack asked in shock.

“Onii-chan, you can’t!” Emille pleaded.

“And what do you want if you win?” Trixie said with a confident smirk.

“Nothing really. The look of humiliation on your face when I beat you is a big enough reward for me.” Dustin said before placing his Deck in the slot of his Duel Disk.

“That’s if you beat me. You can say I've made some adjustments to my Deck.” Trixie said, placing her Deck in her Duel Disk.

Then, when all was said and done, two large podiums emerged from the floor, each had an alicorn statue on top. One had the silhouette of a sun while the other had a crescent moon silhouette, each glowing a multicolored light.

A holographic screen appeared above us as it displayed our names along with counters, revealing their life points.

Trixie LP - 8,000
Dustin LP - 8,000

"Are you both accepting the duel?" The holo-screen announced.

"Hell yeah!" Dustin said with a nod.

"Absolutely!" Trixie said.

"Duel mode engaged. Duelists, shuffle your decks." We both shuffled our deck then placed them back input deck holders.

"Draw your cards," the screen said as we drew their five cards.

"Begin!" the screen said, commencing the duel.

"Duel!" Both Dustin and Trixie yelled as everyone watched.

“The first turn is mine.” Trixie said before drawing her sixth card. The same black aura emanated from her, and the only one who saw this was Dustin.

'What the hell?’ Dustin said as his Gauntlet of Courage flashed. As Dustin examined her, he could see I saw Trixie’s soul, a glowing heart shape that was golden in bright blue, but what caught his attention was a deep purple splotch on it. This had Dustin worried. 'Oh God! That’s not good!’

Erena, Emille, the girls and spike also saw this.

“Oh no.” Twilight said in shock.

“Looks like Trixie has a bad seed.” Sunset said in worry.

“And this one is a Pride seed. A bad seed that makes people believe they're higher and more significant than others.” Twilight said.

"First things first, I think that a stage is needed for someone great as I," at the end of her duel blade, a slot opened up and she put in a green card, causing the whole area to become consumed in a blast of white light as the slot closed. "I play the Field Spell, Alchemutation!"

Trixie threw her hand skyward as a massive rainbow-colored magical circle appeared on the ground. The circle had a symbol similar to a universal hexagram in the center, each point had the six usual Attributes of FIRE, WATER, EARTH, WIND, LIGHT and DARK, whole the DIVINE attribute was located in the center.

"Next, I'll play Homunculus the Alchemic Being in Defense Mode." Trixie placed her card on the top of her Duel disk, and a man with red and black skin, leather straps on his arms and legs, a leather blindfold that obscured his eyes and spiked brown hair appeared in front of Trixie before kneeling.

[Homunculus the Alchemic Being/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Plant/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1600]

“And of course, once.per turn, his attribute changes to any attribute I want. So I’ll have him become a FIRE monster.” Trixie said as Homunculus glowed in a red aura.

“Big deal, Trixie! That thing ain’t got nothing on Dustin.” Rainbow called out to Trixie, but Trixie chuckled.

“Not after I use the effect of Alchemutation. And I’ll use it right now!.” Trixie called out as the red fiery aura glowed brighter as Trixie’s dark aura shown once again. “By sacrificing 1 “Homunculus the Alchemic Being” I control per turn, I can bring out 1 “Alchemutant” Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck with the same Attribute.” Trixie explained as Homunculus then erupted into a column of fire.

“Oh crap! This isn’t good!” Dustin said with fear.

“Correct you are. Now, let me introduce you to a true beast!” The flames then died off, revealing a red muscular creature that had the upper body of a humanoid, but the lower half of a snake. It had two horns on top of its head, and it had a dragon’s head in place of a right arm.

“Allow me to introduce you to Alchemutant Vulcanus!” Trixie declared as her new monster released a booming roar to signify its power and supremacy.

[Alchemutant Vulcanus/Lv: 8/FIRE/Pyro/ATK: 3600/DEF: 3200]

“Oh crap!” Dustin shook in fear.

“Oh no! Not Aclhemutants!” Fluttershy said, shaking like a leaf.

“He better be careful. Something tells me Dustin’s in for a real fight.” Spike said, just as scares as Dustin is.

“I shall place two face-down cards, and end it here.” Trixie puts them in two empty slots, with giant versions showing up briefly before they vanished. "Your move!"

"Gladly! Here goes." Dustin prays the card that he’s about to pull will give him an edge before drawing it. Dustin then sees the card that he drew, and examined his hand before planning a strategy. "Alright! First thing I do is summon Gem-Knight Garnet in Defense Mode!" Dustin said before a humanoid figure dressed in reddish orange armor appeared before kneeling.

[Gem-Knight Garnet/Lv: 4/EARTH/Pyro/ATK: 1900/DEF: 0]

“And I'll also place 2 cards face down. I think that’s all I can do at the moment.” Dustin said, to which Trixie smirked.

Trixie grinned and drew her next card. "That’s all? Truly a shame." Trixie then examined her hand. “I, on the other hand, will play Monster Reborn to bring Homunculus back!” Trixie declared as Homunculus returned back to Trixie’s field. “And while he’s out, I’ll change his attribute again. Only this time, the Attribute I chose is Water.” As Trixie said this, Homunculus glowed in a bright blue aura that seemed like moving water.

“Oh come on! Seriously!?” Rainbow called out.

“Now I send Homunculus back to the graveyard to bring out another Alchemutant. And since Homunculus was a WATER monster, I can bring out a WATER Alchemutant.” Trixie said as Homunculus glowed bright blue for a moment before vanishing in a column of water. One the water subsided, a new creature emerged. It resembled a mermaid with a head that was a cross between human and octopus, webbed hands, and a long fish tail with a dorsal fin that trailed down her spine. “Meet Alchemutant Undina!”

[Alchemutant Undina/Lv: 8/WATER/Aqua/ATK: 3600/DEF: 3200]

“I'm not scared of that big sardine!” Dustin said defiantly.

“Oh, just wait! You will be when she attacks! Undina, give that Garnet a pressure wash! TIDAL TORRENT! Trixie ordered, and her monster followed by firing a pressurized stream if water from both hands. But before the attack reached its mark, Dustin smirked.

“Not happening, Trixie! From my hand, I activate the effect of Parasite Paranoid, equipping him to your big mackerel!” Dustin said as he showed the card in his hand. Then, the blue parasitic insect appeared and latched into Undina.

“What good will that do you?” Trixie asked with a raised eyebrow.

“You're about to find out right now!” Dustin then tapped the button on his duel disk, revealing his set card. “I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Cocoon of Ultra Evolution!” Dustin said, making Trixie gasp at this.

“No!” Trixie said in horror.

“That’s right! Now by sacrificing an Insect monster on the field that is equipped with an Equip Card, I can bring out any Insect I want.” Dustin explained as Undina was encased in a golden cocoon. As Sombra observed this, he was not pleased that his plan was going south.

'Dammit! This boy is becoming a real nuisance!’ Sombra thought to himself, seething in anger.

“And I think I know just Insect I want to bring out.” Dustin said as the gold cocoon showed cracks. “Lets give a warm welcome to my favorite six-legged friend, Great Moth!” The cocoon then exploded, revealing a massive green moth before the insect took flight, landing beside Dustin.

[Great Moth/Lv: 8/EARTH/Insect/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2500]

“You may have gotten rid of Undina, but I still have Vulcanus out on the field! Vulcanus, burn that oversized pest into a crisp!” Trixie declared as Vulcanus aimed his dragon headed arm at Great Moth. “BRIMSTONE BLAST!”

And with that, Vulcanus fired a massive, molten ball of burning charcoal at Great Moth’s direction.

“Don’t think so! I activate my second face-down card! The Trap Card, Draining Shield!” Dustin said, making Trixie wide eyed in shock as a massive shield appeared in front of Great Moth.

“With it, not only is your attack negated, but I also gain life points equal to the attacking monster' original attack points!” The burning coal ball bounced off the shield before fading away.

Dustin LP – 11,600

“Dash it all! Fine! I’ll just end it there!” Trixie growled in anger.

“Then it’s my move then!” Dustin drew his next card. “I activate Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw until our hands contain six cards.” Dustin said before he and Trixie did as the card instructed. “Next, I play Creature Swap. Now I trade my Gem-Knight Garnet with your Alchemutant Vulcanus!”

“NO!” Trixie yelled in shock as both monsters changed places.

"Yeah! Go, Dustin!" Spike cheered.

“Show her who’s boss, Onii-chan!” Emille joined Spike on the cheering.

“Now I play Kaiser Seahorse in Defense Mode!” Dustin said a humanoid figure clad in purple-blue armor and armed with a spear and shield appeared in front of Dustin in a kneeling position.

[Kaiser Seahorse/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Sea Serpent/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1650]

"Next I activate Raigeki! So Sao adios to Garnet!" Dustin declared as Gem Knight Garnet was struck by a bolt of lightning before exploding to bits.

“Hmph! Big deal!” Trixie said with a smug grin.

“Oh it’s a very big deal, Trixie!” Dustin said, making Trixie worried a little. “Next I play the Spell Card, Effect Recycle!”

'DAMN IT!’ Sombra thought in shock.

“While this card is out, I can banish 1 card in either one of our graves, then activate one of its two effects based on the banished card. If I banished a monster, I can pop out a Recycle Token with the same stats, type, attribute and effect as the banished monster. But if I banished a spell or trap card, I can use that banished card's effect. Now I banish my Card of Sanctity to use its effect again, giving me more cards to add to my hand.” Dustin said as he drew four more cards from his deck.

“Next I play Tribute to the Doomed! By discarding a card from my hand, I can destroy 1 monster of my Choosing. And I’ll use it to destroy Vulcanus!” Dustin said as he discarded a card, and Vulcanus roared out before shattering to pieces.

“But why get rid of Vulcanus when you could have used him to damage my life points?” Trixie asked with confusion.

“You'll see. Now I use Kaiser Seahorse’s effect.” Dustin said, this made Trixie gasp yet again. “And while I'm at it, I’ll play Double Summon. Now I can Tribute my Sea Horse to bring out a much better monster!” Kaiser Seahorse then began to spark with electricity before he was encased in a ball of electrical energy. The ball then began to expand until it vanished, revealing a massive humanoid figure dressed in silvery armor, red horn-like spikes emerging from his shoulder pads, and a mop of spiky green hair on his head.

“No! Not him! Not him!” Trixie declared in fear.

“That’s right! Say hello to Zaborg, the Mega Monarch!” Dustin said as thunder crashed and lightning rained down.

[Zaborg the Mega Monarch/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Thunder/ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000]

'DAMMIT!’ Sombra mentally swore as he watched the events unfold before him.

“You think I don’t know about the Alchemutants, Trixie?” Dustin asked, surprising Trixie. “I think I know what you’ve been planning!” Dustin, and Trixie started to get worried.

“Huh?” Erena asked in confusion.

“You see, the moment you brought out Vulcanus and Undina, I hypothesized that you had the others. The Alchemutants come in seven attributes! Including DIVINE!” As Dustin said this, Trixie really started to worry, knowing that she had been found out. “So, you’re planning to bring out the DIVINE Alchemutant named “Alchemutant Deus'' to grant you an instant win once you somehow manage to get the remaining six to your graveyard. Am I correct?”

Everyone gasped upon hearing this. But Sombra and Trixie were the most shocked.

‘NO! HOW DID HE FIGURE THAT OUT?!’ Trixie thought in horror.

“But it will not work! For now I activate Zaborg’s effect. When he’s successfully summoned, I can destroy 1 monster on the field, then we both send cards up to the the destroyed monster’s Level or Rank from both of our Extra Decks straight to the Graveyard. And if he was brought out using a LIGHT monster, I can choose the cards you send to the graveyard."

“NO! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!” Trixie called out in fear.

“It is! And the monster I choose to destroy is…Zaborg himself!” Dustin declared as Zaborg crackled with electricity. “So that’s eight cards we lose from our Extra Decks! Say bye-bye to your remaining Alchemutants, and whatever else you have in your extra deck!” Then Zaborg exploded, causing electricity to strike both Trixie and Dustin’s Extra Decks. Trixie could do nothing but look in shock as she lost her biggest chance of victory.

"Now I activate the effect of Cocoon of Ultra Evolution from my graveyard. During my Main Phase: I can banish it rom my graveyard in order to shuffle 1 Insect monster in my graveyard into my Deck, then I can draw 1 card.” Dustin said with a smug grin. “So now I shuffle Metamorphosed Insect Queen that I discarded with Tribute to the Doomed from my grave back to the deck.” Dustin said before the card emerge from the graveyard slot, and once it was shuffled back to the deck, Dustin drew his needed card.

“Next I switch Great Moth from Defense to Attack Mode!” Dustin said as his moth took flight. “Great Moth, attack her life points directly! Show her the meaning of the phrase float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!” Dustin declared as Great Moth fired two tornadoes from its wings, and Trixie tried to keep her footing as the winds damaged her life points.

Trixie LP - 5400

“And to finish off, I’ll place the card I drew with Cocoon of Ultra Evolution face-down.” Dustin said with a smug grin.

“Smile while you still can, you fool!” Trixie said before drawing her next card. And When she saw what she pulled, she had a wicked smile. “I activate Pot of Greed. Now I draw two more cards” Trixie drew her two cards, and smile even bigger at what she drew.

“Such as the Spell Card known as Ancient Rules! Now I can summon a level 5 or higher monster from my hand without any tributes. And that comes in handy when I have this! The legendary DARK MAGICIAN!.” Trixie laughed as one of the most iconic monsters in all of Duel Monsters appeared beside Trixie. But this Dark Magician was clad in red armor, had tan skin, white hair, and had a look of malice on his face.

[Dark Magician/Lv: 7/DARK/Spellcaster/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100]

“Next I play Self-Duplication! And I’ll use it to make four more Dark Magicians!” Trixie said as four copies of Dark Magician appeared on the field. “But why stop there when I can boost their power with this!?” Trixie revealed a card that showed a picture of a blue circle with an E on it and electricity in the background.

“What?” Dustin asked in shock!

“Oh no! Negative Energy!” Sunset said with a gasp of shock.

“That's right! Now the attack points of all DARK monsters on the field are permanently tripled!” Trixie chuckled as each Dark Magician emitted a deep purple aura.

(Dark Magician; ATK – 7500)

“HOLY CRAP! 7500 ATTACK POINTS EACH!?” Rainbow asked in total shock.

“Oh my…” Fluttershy whispered in fear.

“It's payback time! Dark Magician number one, squish that oversized pest! DARK MAGIC ATTACK!” Trixie declared as the first dark magician fired a dark energy blast from his staff, making Great Moth screech in pain before shattering to bits.

Dustin LP - 6700

“ONII-CHAN!” Erena and Emille called out in worry.

“Crap! There goes his only line of defense!” Sunset said in worry.

‘Hehehe. Finally, Trixie managed to turn the tables!’ Sombra thought with a smug grin.

“Dark Magician number two, attack this fool directly, and put him in his place!” Trixie ordered and the second Dark Magician followed its command by firing another dark magical blast at Dustin.

“I can't watch!” Emille said as she covered her eyes.

“Just what I’ve been waiting for!” Dustin said before tapping a button on his Duel Disk. “I activate my Trap Card! Necro Fusion!”

“WHAT!?” Trixie asked in shock.

“WHERE IN THE HELL DID HE GET THAT?!” Sombra asked, just as shocked as Trixie was.

“I'll use this card to banish both Elemental HEROs Great Tornado and Nova Master from my graveyard to fusion summon Ultra HERO Supernova!” Dustin said as a familiar flaming warrior appears besides Dustin.

[Ultra HERO Supernova/Lv: 8/FIRE/Warrior/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500]

“Big deal! Too bad he’ll join your six-legged pet in the grave!” Trixie said with a smirk.

“True, he’ll be going to the grave, but he’s about to do so in a blaze of glory!” Dustin said as Supernova was enveloped in a column of fire, causing the Dark Magician clone’s attack to bounce off.

“Huh?! What's happening?!” Trixie asked, starting to get worried again.

“Supernova’s special ability, that's what's happening! You see, by sacrificing himself once during either of our battle phases, he destroys all monsters you have in attack mode, and inflicts their combined original attack points as damage straight to you!” Dustin said, now Trixie was really shaking in fear as she witnessed the events unfold. “Supernova, lets show her how it works! BLAZING STARBURST!

And with that, Supernova emitted an immense explosion, taking down all five of Trixie’s Dark Magicians, as well as what was left of her life points.

Trixie LP - 0

"Dustin Hogan! You are the victor!" The screen said as the students present cheered him on.

"How... How is this possible?!" Trixie asked as she fell to her knees. "This is a travesty! A TRAVESTY!"

“Game, set, match!” Dustin said with a thumbs down with a victorious smile.

“You did it, Onii-chan!” Erena said as she and Emille ran don to embrace Dustin in a tight hug.

‘THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE! NOT AFTER ALL OF THOSE RARE CARDS I LEANT TO TRIXIE! THIS SIMPLY CAN'T BE!’ Sombra thought to himself as he was so angry and shocked that his entire plan went down the crapper.

“Looks like your plan was all for naught, Sombra.” Celestia said to Sombra, catching him off guard. Dustin, Erena and Emille heard of this too.

“Huh?” Erena asked with confusion.

“I…I know not what you’re insinuating!” Sombra lied.

“Oh? Then, perhaps a little visual aid is in order?” Celestia said before pulling out a remote. And with a press of the button, the screen displayed footage of Sombra’s confrontation with Trixie earlier. And needless to say, everybody was shocked at what they were watching.

“Uh...” Sombra just stammered, knowing he’d been caught.

“I had a feeling something screwy was going on!” Dustin said, glaring at Sombra.

“I'll deal with you later, Sombra.” Celestia said before glaring at Trixie. “And as for you, Trixie Lulamoon, not only will you be getting an F on your field test, but you will also be getting a month’s worth of after school detention for improper conduct!”

Trixie stood up, but not before glaring at Dustin for one last time.

"Remember this day, Hogan! You've not heard the last of me!” said Trixie as she pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it to the ground, making her escape.

After school was over, Dustin and the gang were at a pizza parlor to celebrate acing his field test.

"Cheers to Dustin and his incredible victory." Celestia raised her glass for a toast.

"Here, here." The others announced, clinking their glasses.

"I still can't forget the look on Trixie's face when she lost to you, dude! Priceless!" Rainbow said with a laugh.

"And the nerve of Sombra!" Karen said, still upset about Sombra's antics. "To think he would result to such underhanded antics to publicly humiliate my baby." Karen then embraced Dustin in a tight grip.

"Mom!" Dustin protested, making the other girls go "aw" at seeing this.

"Speaking of Sombra, how'd ya punish him for earlier?" Applejack asked Celestia.

"Three weeks of suspension with no pay." Celestia said with a grin.

"Hey, three whole weeks without seeing his ugly mug is fine with me." Dustin said before taking a bite.

"Same here, my boy." Taiyou said, patting Dustin's back.

Wonder Women

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Wonder Women

At Dustin's house, he, Erena and Emille were adjusting the decks they wished to use at the Canterlot Cup. CHS was out for the rest of the week to prepare for the event. This gave the students attending plenty of time to adjust their decks and practice their skills.

“Guys? Don’t you ever get the feeling something big is going to happen?” Emille asked, catching Dustin and Erena's attention.

“Yeah. You’ve been getting that feeling, too?” Dustin asked Emille.

“Jeez! Why the heavy atmosphere?” Pinkie asked, somehow appearing out of nowhere, catching the three siblings by surprised.

“GAH!” Erena called out in shock.

“Pinkie!? How did…when did you….” Dustin stammered in total shock.

“Pinkie, was that necessary.” Twilight’s voice called out. The four turn to see the others walk in.

“Guys? When did you get here?” Erena asked.

“Just now, actually.” Sunset Shimmer said with a shrug.

“I see y’all are doin’ some fine tunin' to yer decks.” Applejack said, noticing the mass of cards spread out on the bed.

“Hey, better safe than sorry, am I right?” Dustin said with a chuckle. “They may not be perfect, but they might benefit us in the Canterlot Cup.”

“I still cannot believe that the whole event will be broadcasted on TV!” Rarity said with wonder. “Oh, just picture it. The representatives at CHS on the dueling arena, shining bright as ever.”

“Oh boy.” Rainbow said with a face-palm.

“Dressed in the finest attire, looking our best.” Rarity continued, making Erena and Emille sweat drop at this.

“Please tell me you’re not involving costumes in this.” Applejack said with a sigh of annoyance.

“Anyway…what have you ladies been up to?” Dustin asked, wanting to change the subject.

“Just like you, we’ve been making some adjustments to our Deck.” Twilight said with a nod.

“And we’ve been practicing as well. You never know what Cinch has in store for us.” Sunset said before pulling out a water bottle. “Anyway, we’re heading to the park. You guys wanna come?”

“Meh, I think our decks are good enough. Yeah.” Dustin said with a nod. “Just give us a minute to clean up here and we’ll be on our way.”

“Ok. Need any help?” Fluttershy asked, to which Dustin, Erena and Emille nodded. But they failed to notice that Haze was hidden on a nearby tree, eavesdropping on the whole conversation.

At the park, the gang were seen having idle chat.

“So, where’s Gilda at?” Dustin asked.

“She had work today. She got a part time job at her dad’s butcher shop.” Rainbow said, to which Fluttershy became white as a ghost upon hearing that.

“Uh Flutters…you alright?” Dustin asked Fluttershy.

“She’s an animal lover, and a vegan.” Twilight said, rubbing Fluttershy’s back.

"Well, just who I wanted to see," a voice interrupted. Dustin and the others looked to see Cinch.

“Oh, hell to the no!” Dustin growled in anger.

"What do you want this time, Cinch?” Sunset asked the principal of Crystal Prep.

“Oh, is it wrong for a principal to visit her former students?” Cinch asked with a hunt of sarcasm.

“Cut the bullshit, Cinch! What do you want?” Dustin asked with little patience he had.

“Straight to the point, eh? Well, yesterday you said that your skills have improved since you left my Academy. And After seeing your reports on the CHS website, I was actually impressed by how much you have done so,” Cinch said before pulling out a Duel Disk. “So, how about I see this skill of yours in person?”

“Oh? And what are the stakes?” Dustin asked with a raised brow.

“Oh, nothing really. Think of it as nothing more than a test of skill.” Cinch said as she strapped her Duel Disk on. “But not only that, I think of this as a long awaited punishment for your disrespect towards me while you were in my school.”

“Like you even deserve any respect in the first place,” Dustin said in a hostile tone.

"I'm going to ignore that," Cinch responded. "Now, what do you say we get this started?"

Just as Dustin was about to strap on his duel disk, Erena stepped forward. "Hold it, Cinch! If you want to duel Dustin, you'll have to beat me first."

"Oh? And just who might you be?" Cinch asked.

"I'm his sister, Erena Honjou," Erena answered. "And the only way you're getting to my brother is through me."

“Sis?” Dustin said in astonishment.

"Erena Honjou?” Cinch pondered before having a look of realization. "Oh yes. Now I recognize you.”

“So, you remember me after all. Good thing you haven’t gone senile yet.” Erena said, making. The others chuckle while Cinch growled a bit.

"The nerve!" Cinch shot back. "Very well then, I accept your terms. But you'll soon regret that you made this challenge."

"Bring it, grandma!" Erena shot as the two of them activated their duel disks.

"LET'S DUEL!" Both Erena and Cinch shouted.

Cinch LP - 8,000
Erena LP - 8,000

About a few feet away, Haze, Nightingale and Quicksilver were observing the duel.

"Wow, can you believe this girl?" Nightingale asked. "She must have a death wish if she's insulting Cinch like that."

"You never know, Nightingale. Perhaps that's her strategy. Making her opponent so mad that they charge in blindly." Haze replied.

"Age before beauty." Erena said, making Cinch angrier than before.

“Uncouth little heathen!” Cinch drew her sixth card, and took a look at her starting hand.

’Excellent! My strategy's already coming together quite swimmingly.’ Cinch thought to herself before selecting her first card to use. "First, I activate the Spell Card, Dragon Shrine. This card let's me search my deck for any Dragon monster I want, and send it to the Graveyard."

She removed her deck from the slot in her Duel Disk, and began looking for the appropriate card. Once she found it, she took it out of her deck, and put it in the slot where her graveyard pile would be; allowing it to get sucked into the machine. She then shuffled her deck, and put it back in her Duel Disk before continuing with her turn.

"Now, I set a card facedown, and summon Hunter Dragon in attack mode." Cinch said as a serpentine dragon that had a metallic steel, silver and orange color scheme, along with a bladed chin and tail appeared on the field and roared as it settled onto the field.

[Hunter Dragon/Lv: 3/DARK/Dragon/ATK: 1700/DEF: 100]

"And that’s about it on my part.” Cinch said with a smirk on her face.

“She’s up to something. I know it.” Dustin muttered to himself as Erena drew her sixth card.

“Here goes nothing. I summon Fancy HERO Athena in attack mode!” Erena declared as her monster appeared. It was a woman with purple hair, dressed in a green and white sailor fuku, she had a pair of big feathered wings on her back and she held a sword in her hand.

[Fancy HERO Athena/Lv: 3/WIND/Warrior/ATK: 10000/DEF: 1000]

“Whoa!” Rainbow called out in awe.

“Truly an impressive start, miss Honjou. But your monster is no match against mine.” Cinch said with a confident smirk.

“True. But not until I play this!” Erena declared as she revealed her next card, which was a Spell Card that showed an image of Athena going through some form of transformation.

“What!?” Cinch called out in shock.

“No way! Aurelius Change!” Rarity said in awe.

“That’s right! With Aurelius Change, I can banish any Fancy HERO monsters I want in order to Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster straight from my Extra Deck that is also treated as the banished Fancy HERO. So now I banish Fancy HERO Athena, in order to give her a complete makeover!” Erena declared as Athena was engulfed in a pillar of golden light. The light was so intense that everybody present had to obscure cover their eyes.

Once the light died down, the enhanced version of Athena made herself present, slashing her sword and performing a graceful yet fierce pose.

“Abacus Cinch, allow me to introduce you to Fancy HERO Aviona!” Erena declared as Aviona stared Cinch down.

[Fancy HERO Aviona/Lv: 5/WIND/Warrior/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1300]

“Quite impressive, but your monster’s still powerless against my hunter dragon.” Cinch said, her smirk still present. “It seems your plan was all for naut.”

“I don’t need to attack your stupid dragon!” Erena said, confusing Cinch. “Fancy HERO Aviona has her special ability. While she’s on the field, she can attack your life points directly!” Cinch gasped in shock as Aviona took flight. “Aviona, carve up her life points with CYCLONE SLASHER!”

Aviona slashed her sword in an x-shaped pattern, sending two crescent-shaped blades of green energy at Cinch’s direction. “But that’s not all you have to worry about, Cinch! Whenever Aviona inflicts direct damage to you, she also allows me to destroy one face-down Spell or Trap you have. And right now you only have one set card, so say bye-bye to it!”

As Aviona’s attack made its mark, Cinch’s life points decreased while her only set card was destroyed.

Cinch LP - 6700

“And to finish off, I’ll set a card. Your move, Cinch.” Erena said with a smirk.

“Damn! This I was not expecting.” Nightingale said with a shocked expression.

“Smile while you still can, runt!” Cinch drew her next card, and she had a wicked smirk once again. "But I’m the one who’ll be getting the last laugh. For now I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards.”

Cinch drew two more cards, looked at them, and added them to her hand before playing one of the cards she drew.

"It seems that lady luck herself smiles down upon me! I activate one of my two cards, the Spell Card known as Cyberdark Impact!"

This made Erena and her friends gasp in shock at this.

“Oh no!” Dustin called out in shock.

“This is not good!” Sunset said in fear.

"And with it, all I have to do is return Cyberdark Horn, Cyberdark Edge, and Cyberdark Keel from my hand to my deck. And upon doing so, I can Fusion Summon one of my trump cards to the field!" Cinch explained.

As she did, images of the Cyberdark monsters appeared on the field. Cyberdark Horn looks like a disembodied mechanical Dragon's head that was bronze colored with green eyes, four huge horns that curved and formed a crown around its face, and a single green orb in its mouth. It also had prominent metal ribs, a small set of wings, and a few odd connecting wires sticking out of its body.

Cyberdark Edge looked like a mechanical dragonfly with big bladed wings, pincers at the end of its tail, and purple orbs on various parts of its green armored body.

The final piece, Cyberdark Keel, looked much like a mechanical snake. It had a long, thin snout, a serpentine body that was made of bluish-steel metal, and several connector wires sticking out of it.

The three monsters flew up above Cinch, and into a swirling vortex.

“Oh my.” Flutterhsy muttered in fear as Spike hid behind Twilight.

“Dark mechanical head, dark mechanical body and dark mechanical wings, merge together and form the formidable battle machine!” Cinch chanted as a massive pillar of dark energy appeared from the swirl, cracking with electricity.

“Well, let’s see the blonde twerp get out of this!” Nightingale said with a grin.

“It seems Cinch has brought out the big guns, now!” Haze chucked.

“Fusion Summon! Arise, Level 8, ‘Cyberdark Dragon’!” Cinch intoned.

Erena and her friends watched in total shock as the column dissipated, revealing a new monster appeared on the field. It was the three Cyberdark monsters merged into one giant cybernetic dragon. Its head was the Cyberdark Horn, the main body was the Cyberdark Edge, its wings were a fusion of the Cyberdark Edge and Horn's wings, and the Cyberdark Keel was the tail. The Cyberdark Dragon released a loud roar as it glared at both Erena and Fancy Hero Aviona.

[Cyberdark Dragon/Lv: 8/DARK/Machine/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000]

“If you think my little poopsie is intimidating now, well just wait until you see what he’s capable of.” Cinch declared. "Whenever Cyberdark Dragon is Special Summoned, I can choose any one Dragon in my graveyard and equip it to him, thus increasing his attack power equal to the attack points of that monster. Not only that, but he gains an extra 100 attack points for each monster in my graveyard, but sadly there are none at the moment. Now! I equip my Cyberdark Dragon with the Dragon I sent to the graveyard using Dragon Shrine; Dark Armed Dragon!"

The aforementioned monster arose from the graveyard, and was soon ensnared by the Cyberdark Dragon's metal ribcage. Once secure, the machine monster plugged its connector wires into the organic monster, feeding off of its power.

(Cyberdark Dragon: ATK; 1000 - 4800)

“Oh crap!” Dustin called out in shock.

“4800 attack points!?” Rainbow asked, shaking in fear.

"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my prized beast." Cinch said sarcastically towards Erena. But Erena showed no sign of fear whatsoever.

"You really expect me to be scared of that huge hunk of scrap metal?" Erena asked defiantly. “If so, then it's gonna take a whole lot more than that big rust bucket to rattle me!”

Now that REALLY got Cinch seeing red. If there was one thing she hated more than being disrespected, it was people disrespecting her strongest monster card.

"I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING TO BE SCARED OF! CYBERDARK DRAGON, PLUCK FANCY HERO AVIONA'S FEATHERS WITH DARK ELECTRON BLAST!" Cinch ordered, and The Cyberdark Dragon opened its mouth, unleashing a powerful stream of black energy at Aviona.

Aviona screamed in pain before she was instantly destroyed, and Erena grunted from the backlash caused from the attack.

Erena: 5200

"ONEE-CHAN!” Emille shouted in worry.

“Big mistake, Cinch!” Erena said, confusing Cinch. “I activate my facedown card. Fancy Signal!” Erena said, revealing her set card.

“When a monster I control is destroyed, I can Special Summon a Level four or lower Fancy HERO monster from my hand or Deck to take its place.” Erena then searched her deck before picking the right one. “And I know just the one! I summon the Tuner Monster, Fancy HERO Micro Kosmos in Defense Mode!”

A small girl that appeared to be Erena’s around age and height with white hair, amber brown eyes, and dressed in a white and black uniform appeared besides Erena in a kneeling position.

[Fancy HERO Micro Kosmos/Lv: 3/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK: 1500/DEF: 900]

“Like that will save you.” Cinch huffed. “I’ll end my move from there.”

“Alright, then it’s my turn.” Erena then drew her next card. “First thing’s first, a little change of scenery is needed. I activate the Field Spell, Fancy Tower!” Erena said as the area surrounding them changed. Surrounding them was a massive gold wall that could cover the length of the super bowl, and from behind Erena sprung up a massive tower.

“And now that I have Fancy Tower out, I can bring Fancy HERO Charlemagne out to join the party!” Erena said as a woman dressed in a red blouse, a red military cap, a black skirt and a back cape appeared.

[Fancy HERO Charlemagne/Lv: 6/EARTH/Warrior/ATK 2300/DEF: 1500]

“Next I play the Card of Sanctity spell. Now we both draw until six cards are in our hands,” Erena declared as both she and Cinch drew until they had six cards. Erena examined her hand with a smirk.

‘Just what I needed.’ Erena thought before choosing her next card. “Now I play Fancy HERO Statica in defense mode!” Erena said as another woman appeared in front of Erena. Only this one had spiked gray hair, was clad in a blue jumpsuit with golden armor plating, and a blue tinted visor obscuring her eyes. Her hands sparked with electricity before kneeling down.

[Fancy HERO Statica/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK 1600/DEF: 1400]

“Is this supposed to intimidate me?” Cinch asked, certainly not I pressed.

“Oh, but I’m getting started.” Erena said, surprising Cinch. “Now I tune my level three Fancy HERO Micro Kosmos with my Level four Fancy HERO Statica!”

Fancy Hero Micro Cosmos glowed a bright golden yellow before splitting apart into three glowing green rings. The rings then floated around Statica and began spinning, while Statica herself was engulfed in a bright column of golden light.

“By aligning the power of my demi-heroine of the stars and my heroine of electricity, I invoke the legendary heroine sent from the vast reaches of space.” Erena chanted as she reached into the Extra Deck slot of her Duel Disk, drawing the card she needed. “Synchro Summon! Shine bright, Level 7, ‘Fancy HERO Kosmos!’

The column finally dissipated, revealing a new monster appeared. She appeared to be an older version of Micro Kosmos. As the warrior women made its presence known, she stared down at Cyberdark Dragon with no fear present in her eyes.

[Fancy HERO Kosmos/Lv: 7/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK 2500/DEF: 2000]

“And I’ll finish it by setting three cards face-down, and end it from there.” Erena said with a smirk.

“Very well then.” Cinch drew her next card before smirking. “You were foolish to not attack. For now I summon the Tuner Monster Black Salvo in attack mode!” Cinch said as a monster that looks like a black ball-shaped bomb with an angry face on it and a lit fuse appeared.

[Black Salvo/Lv: 3/DARK/Machine/ATK: 100/DEF: 1100]

“Huh?” Erena gasped.

“And while I’m at it, I use the magic of Double Summon, allowing me to perform 1 additional Normal Summon. And I’ll use it to bring out Genex Ally Crusher.” Cinch said as a mustard-yellow humanoid robot appeared.

“Shit! Not good!” Dustin said in total worry.

“Now I Tune my Level 3 Black Salvo with my Level 4 Genex Ally Crusher!” Black Slavo released a cackling noise before glowing a dark purple glow and exploding, causing three green rings to hover towards Genex Ally Crusher. Once Genex Ally Crussher was encased in the green rings, the rings began to spin before Genex Ally Crusher was enveloped in a pillar of dark energy.

“By aligning the power of my black explosive and my crushing mechanical grenadier, I forge the ultimate aerial fighter!” Cinch chanted as she drew the card she needed from her Extra Deck before slapping it down on her Duel Disk. “Synchro Summon! Touch down, Level 7, 'Dark Strike Fighter'!”

The dark energy pillar vanished, revealing a giant humanoid robot that was a mix of rusty brown and blackish-blue appeared besides Cinch.

[Dark Strike Fighter/Lv: 7/DARK/Machine/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800]
(AN: I’m using the pre-errata version of Dark Strike Fighter]

“Oh no! Not that!” Rarity gasped in shock.

“Quite a comeback!” Quicksilver said with a grin.

“Next I activate another Pot of Greed from my hand, so now I draw two more cards.” Cinch chuckled as she drew her two cards. “Such as the Spell Card Level Wing. Now by targeting one monster I control, its level is increased by three. And I’ll use it on Dark Strike Fighter! Increasing his level from seven to ten!” As Cinch said this, Dark Strike Fighter sparked with electricity.

Dark Strike Fighter: 7-10

“Uh, what’s the point of all of this?” Rainbow asked in confusion.

“Because now I can activate Dark Strike Fighter’s effect. By sacrificing a monster I control, I inflict two hundred damage to you multiplied by that monster’s level. Like Dark Strike Fighter!” Cinch said, making the others gasp in shock.

“That’s a whopping total of 2000 damage to Erena’s Life Points.” Sunset said in worry.

“And Erena’s life points are at 5200.” Emille said, her worry for her sister intensifying.

“Now Dark Strike Fighter! Use all of your power to damage Erena’s life points badly.” Cinch commanded as Dark Strike Fighter took off to the air before it was encased in a dark energy sphere. “NEGATIVITY NOVA STRIKE!”

The energy ball then fired a blast of negative energy at Erena’s direction. But Erena smirked rather than freak out.

“I discard one card from my hand to activate one of my facedown cards. Rainbow Life!” Erena discarded one card from her hand as her body glowed a rainbow light, shocking Cinch, Nightingale, Quicksilver and Haze.

“WHAT!?” Cinch called out at the negative energy beam bounced off of Erena’s body as her life points increased.

“That’s right. Now for the rest of this turn, any damage I would take, battle or effect, is added to my life points instead.” Erena said with a smirk.

Erena LP - 7200

“You little…very well! I’ll have no choice but to finish there.” Cinch growled angrily.

“Ok. My move.” Erena drew her next card. “I reveal another facedown card. This one being called…” Erena pressed a button on her Duel Disk, revealing the set card, “Assault Mode Zero!”

“Huh?” Cinch gasped in worry.

“Now by sacrificing a Synchro Monster I control, I can bring out its Assault Mode counterpart from my hand! So I offer Fancy HERO Kosmos…” Erena trailed off as Fancy Hero Kosmos emitted a bright yellow glow, “...and transform her into Fancy HERO Kosmos/Assault Mode!”

When the glow died off, Fancy HERO Kosmos was covered in armor, making her look more majestic yet fierce.

[Fancy HERO Kosmos/Assault Mode/Lv:9/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK 3000/DEF: 2500]

Cinch was shaking in fear, but her fear faded when she saw the new monster’s attack points.

“Well, I will admit, it truly is a thing of beauty. But it’s far too weak to slay my Cyberdark Dragon.” Cinch chuckled, but noticed Erena still had her smirk. “And what’s the smile for this time.”

“You’re about to find out right now! I activate my final face-down!” Erena said as her final set card was revealed. “The Magic of Friendship!”

This time, everybody was shocked.

“Well, I’ll be!” Applejack said with amazement.

“Is that…” Twilight said with eyes as wide as dinner plates.

“The what!?” Haze gasped in shock.

“With this card, I can send 1 monster I control to the graveyard, then banish seven Harmonious Elemental monsters with different names from my hand, deck or graveyard to bring out its Harmony form.” As Erena said this, Fancy HERO Kosmos/Assault Mode began to glow as seven streams of light shot out from Erena’s deck and onto her. She began to glow a rainbow aura as two pairs of feathered wings sprouted from her back and multiple jewels of various shapes and colors appeared on many parts of her armor. On her helmet was and red and yellow jewel shaped like a sun, on her right shoulder pad was a red jewel shaped like a lightning bolt, on her left shoulder pad was an orange apple-shaped jewel, on her right breast was a blue balloon-shaped jewel, on her left breast was a pink butterfly-shaped jewel, and on the center of her chest plate was a purple diamond-shaped jewel.

“Say hello to Fancy HERO Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode!” Erena said as the transformation was complete, and the new and improved Kosmos opened her eyes, staring down both Cinch and Cyberdark Dragon.

[Fancy HERO Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode/Lv: 11/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK: 4000/DEF: 3500]

“My word. What majesty!” Rarity said in awe.

“No freaking way!” Quicksilver said in pure shock.

“Impossible!” Haze said, just as shocked as his friends were.

“Are you shitting me!?” Nightingale said in both anger and shock.

“I don’t see the point of whatever it is you’re trying to pull! It’s still weak compared to my Cyberdark Dragon!” Cinch said with a huff.

“That may be true. But being a teacher at Crystal prep, you should know that a monster’s power is not just based on attack points, but also effects!” Erena said, making Cinch gasp again. “Because while Fancy HERO Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode is on the field, all monsters I control gain attack power equal to half of her original attack points, and all monsters you control lose attack points equal to theirs!”

(Fancy HERO Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode; ATK – 4000-6000)
(Fancy HERO Charlemagne; ATK – 2300-4300)
(Cyberdark Dragon; ATK – 4100-2100)
(Hunter Dragon; ATK – 1700-300)

“Alright! Damage time! Charlemagne! Take down Cyberdark Dragon! GLAMOUROUS JUSTICE!” Erena commanded as Charlemagne charged at Cyberdark Dragon before jumping up to deliver a punch.

“I think not. I activate my Cyberdark Dragon’s special effect. Whenever he would be destroyed by battle, a monster equipped to him gets destroyed instead!” Cinch said before Cyberdark Dragon raised up, leaving Dark Armed Dragon exposed. Charlemagne’s attack struck the dragon instead, making it roar in pain before exploding.

“That’s just what I was waiting for!” Erena said with a smug grin, confusing Cinch.

“What are you getting at?” Cinch asked with confusion.

“You said so yourself. Your Cyberdark Dragon gains attack power equal to the attack points of a Dragon monster equipped to him. But without its source of power, your dragon's attack points are back to 1000.”

Cinche gasped in horror as Cyberdark Dragon emitted a dark aura.

“Now while it does still gain 100 attack points for each monster in your graveyard, giving it 1400 attack points since, Dark Armed Dragon, Black Salvo, Genex Ally Crusher, and Dark Strike Fighter are in your graveyard. But don’t forget that while Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode is on field, all monsters you control lose attack power equal to half of her original attack, so your big rust bucket attack power is only down to 600 attack points.”

(Cyberdark Dragon;ATK – 1400-600)

“Oh no!” Cinch shook in absolute terror.

“Aw yeah!” Rainbow cheered. “Looks like Cinch is about to get schooled.”

“Harmony Kosmos/Assault Mode, take down that rusty pile of bolts and finish this duel! HARMONIOUS QUASAR!” Erena ordered as Harmony Kosmos/Assault mode raised her hands in the air, forming a massive ball of multicolored energy. Once it was big enough, the sphere exploded, causing an immense energy pulse that was powerful enough to shatter Cyberdark Dragon to pieces and depleting Cinch’s life points.

"And that's a wrap!" Erena quipped. Dustin, Emille and the girls cheered Erena on while Cinch was too shocked to speak, let alone move. Even Haze, Nightingale and Quicksilver were absolutely shocked at seeing Cinch losing the Duel.

“No fucking way!” Nightingale said, too shocked for words.

“I can’t believe it.” Quicksilver said.

“Cinch just got her ass handed to her.” Haze uttered out.

“But…how? How could I lose?” Cinch asked in disbelief.

“Me, Emille and Dustin have been improving our dueling skills. Now you see just how far we have advanced.” Erena said defiantly. Cinch was so angry beyond belief.

“You win this round, little ruffian. But I’ll be expecting a rematch.” Cinch said before stomping off.

The Dragon's Gamble

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

The Dragon's Gamble

"Nice job, sis!" Dustin congratulated, patting Erena on the back.

"Yeah. I honestly thought Cinch was gonna mop the floor with you." Spike admitted sheepishly.

“Where in tarnation did ya even get that Magic of Friendship card, anyway?” Applejack asked Erena.

“Well…Dustin gave me and Emille both a copy of that card.” Erena said sheepishly, making the other girls and Spike look to Dustin.

“Seriously? How’d ya get three copies of that?” Rainbow Dash asked in shock.

“Well…remember when I told you guys that Somnambula women who gave me the Armband of Courage?” Dustin asked the girls, to which they nodded. “Well, she also gave me a stack of Duel Monsters cards as well. There were three copies of that card, along with these seven cards called the seven Harmonious Elementals”.

The others, save for Erena and Emille, were just shocked upon hearing this.

Meanwhile

In the city, three girls were walking out of a local card shop.

The red haired girl was Applebloom, Applejack’s younger sister. The tan girl was Scootaloo, a fan of Rainbow Dash. And the curly haired girl was Sweetie Bell, Rarity’s younger sister. They were admiring the new cards they have just bought.

“Aw yeah! These should fit my F.A. deck nicely.” Scootaloo said with a grin.

“And these new cards I got for my Plant deck should help me out in the long haul.” Applebloom said with a nod.

“Not to mention the new additions for my Lunalight Deck.” Sweetie Bell beamed with joy.

As the three talked to one another, a hooded figure was watching them while trying to stay hidden.

At Canterlot Mall, Dustin and friends were chatting while enjoying some pizza in the food court.

“Hey guys,” Pinkie started, getting the attention of the others. ”What’s say that sometime later we head up to the Dueling Terrace and throw down? Y'know, that way we can test our skills.”

“I don’t see why not.” Erena said with a shrug.

But just as they all were getting ready to leave, Dustin’s phone rang. He pulled the device from his pocket and placed it against his ear. “Hello”, Dustin asked. “Ah, Dustin Miller I presume?” Dustin gave the phone a perplexed look. “Okay? Who’s asking?”

“Oh, no one special, but I got three friends of yours who’ve got something their just dying to tell you.” Dustin’s blood went ice cold when he heard the voices on other end. Three familiar voices, each crying out in fear and despair, leaving Dustin both confused and enraged. “What the fu-, WHAT IS THIS!?”

The voice on the other end let out a low, almost demonic laugh, “Call it a little incentive, now if you don’t want anything… unfortunate to happen to them, meet me at the dueling Terrace in 10 minutes. And bring that little posse of yours. Don’t keep me waiting”.

“That mother….!” Rainbow yelled out before running towards another elevator. The others followed suit and entered the same elevator.

After ascending several floors, Dustin and the others departed the elevator into a large open area with marked spaces on the floor for duels. A man in a hooded cloak waiting at one of these marked spaces.

“Alright pal!” Applejack declared. “Who are ya, and what did ya’ll do to Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell?!”

“Calm down, sweetheart. I’m not one to harm kids, as for their current condition.” The man produced three duel monsters cards from his cloak. He showed the group and their blood turned to solid ice. “You could say their souls are mint on card.”

Dustin was stunned, Spike and the girls even more so. Applejack fought with all her might to restrain an outraged Rainbow Dash, Rarity held her hands over her mouth in horror, and there others were a mix of shock, rage, and despair.

“You better explain yourself, fucker!” Dustin growled, and the hooded man smirks.

“Very well then, ol’ sport.” The man removed his robe, revealing to be a fair skinned man in his mid-twenties. His hair was silvery and slicked, his eyes were emerald green, and he wore a fancy purple suit.

“My name is Alphonse Goldberg.” The man named Alphonse stated, “And as for I obtained your friends’ souls, it’s thanks to my Stone of Sin.” Alphonse said, pointing to a red colored heart-shaped gemstone on his tie.

“Stone of Sin?” Twilight asked with curiosity.

“This is just one of seven. The one I possess is called the Fire Ruby.” Alphonse elaborated, “Each stone represents one of the seven sins.

“Wait!” Emille said with sudden realization. “You wouldn’t by any chance have one of those Sinful Lord cards too, would you?”

“My, aren’t you an astute young lady.” Alphonse said with a giggle, “But as for which one I possess, you’ll have to duel me to find out.”

“Hey, it’s your funeral buddy…” Rainbow was about to accept, but then Spike stepped forward.

“You wanna Duel, then you got one.” Spike said before strapping on his Duel Disk.

“Spike!” Twilight said in worry.

“Oh? You certainly have fire in ya.” Alphonse said with a chuckle. “And what’s your name, son?”

“Spike’s the name! And kicking butt is my game!” Spike said with determination before placing his Deck into the deck slot of his Duel Disk.

“Well Spike, I should warn you that if you lose, you lose more than just the Duel. Not only well your little friends souls remain a part of my collection, but yours well join them.” Alphonse said, making the girls gasp in shock. “Think ya got what it takes?”

“I’m willing to take that risk!” Spike said, his determination never fading.

“Spike! Please don’t!” Twilight pleaded, but then Dustin placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Kick his ass, Spike!” Dustin said to Spike, making the others look to him in shock.

“What!?” The girls asked in shock.

“Dude, You serious!?” Asked Rainbow.

“Relax guys. I got a feeling Spike’s got this.” Dustin said with a nod before looking to Spike. “Kick his ass to the curb.”

“You got it.” Spike said with a nod and a smile on his face before giving Alphonse his attention. “Alright, Alphonse! Get ready!”

“With pleasure.” Alphonse said before sliding his deck into his duel disk. “Remember, defeat me, and I’ll release these three little dolls from imprisonment.”

“For your sake, you better live up to your promise!” Rarity declared with rage.

“Of course, doll. I am a man of my word.” Alphonse said before both he and Spike drew their hands. With their hands drawn and their life point meters at 8000, the duel was set.

“Let’s Duel!” Both Spike and Alphonse stated, beginning the game.

Spike LP - 8000

Alphonse LP - 8000

"I'll go first." Alphonse as he drew his sixth card before examining his hand, formulating a strategy. “First I play the Spell Card called Infinite Cards. So now both our hands exceed the six card limit. And then I play Abare Ushioni in defense mode.” Alphonse said before a big, red bull with white lines running across its body and a third eye on its forehead appeared on the field.

[Abare Ushioni/Lv: 4/EARTH/Beast/ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1200]

“Abare Ushioni?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Isn’t that a gamble card?” Pinkie asked confusion.

“Correct you are, my dear.” Alphonse said with a chuckle. “If you’re wondering what he does, he allows me to toss a coin, and….”

“Yeah, I know how it works.” Spike said with annoyance. “If you call it right, I take 1000 damage. But if not, you take the damage instead.”

“Quite the sharp wit, my boy”, Alphonse said before reaching into his pocket, pulling out a gold coin. “Now, let’s see if lady Luck smiles upon me me. I call heads.” And just like that, Alphonse tossed the coin. But unbeknownst to the others, the Fire Ruby emitted a feint glow before the coin landed. And sure enough, it landed on heads, much to the shock of Spike and the others while Alphonse grinned.

“Oh dear, it would seem that it’s my lucky day.” Alphonse said as a red beam emitted from Abare Ushioni’s third eye, hitting spike directly in the chest, causing the boy to groan in pain.

Spike LP - 7000

“Spike!” Twilight called out in worry, but Spike stood his ground.

“I’ll admit that smarts. But I’m not out yet!” Spike growled fiercely.

“That’s the spirit, it wouldn’t be fun if you didn’t fight back. I’ll just end it from there.” Alphonse said before motioning to Spike. “You’re move.”

“Right.” Spike nods before drawing his card. He observes his hand before he starts formulating a strategy of his own. “First thing I’ll do is play Foolish Burial, allowing me to send one monster from my deck to the graveyard.” Spike explained as he picked the right card from his deck before putting it into the graveyard slot of his Duel Disk. “And while I’m at it, I’ll play Extra-Foolish Burial! So now by paying half my life points, I get to send one monster from my Extra Deck to my graveyard.”

Spike LP - 3500

“Huh?” Rainbow asked with confusion. “Why would he do that?”

“I think he might be planning something.” Sunset said while equally confused.

“What’s the point of this, boy?” Alphonse asked, just as confused.

“You’ll see. Now I play Pot of Greed! So that’s two new cards added to my hand.” Spike said as he drew his next cards, smiling at what he drew. “And what a lucky draw it is. Now I activate one of the cards I drew with Pot of Greed. And that card is…” Spike then revealed his chosen card, “Monster Reborn!”

“What?” Alphonse asked with surprise.

“And I’ll use it to bring back the monster I sent with Foolish Burial.” As Spike said this, a white portal appeared on Spike’s field, a golden column emerging from it. A pair of golden dragon wings emerged from the column, and a shrill roar was heard.

“Wait!” Emille said, her eyes widened in shock. “Is that…”

“No way!” Erena gasped, just as shocked as Emille was.

“Everybody, let’s welcome the one, the only, Felgrand Dragon!” Spike declared before the column died down, revealing golden dragon with a silver underbelly. The dragon released a mighty roar to signal its power.

[Felgrand Dragon/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 2800/ DEF: 2800]

“Oh my.” Fluttershy gasped in a mix of awe and shock.

“Looks like Spike’s got this in the bag.” Dustin said with an impressed look on his face.

“And if you think my dragon’s scary now, we’ll just wait until you see his special effect.” Spike said with a smirk. “Whenever my dragon is special summoned from the graveyard, I can choose one other monster in my graveyard, and my dragon gains 200 attack points multiplied by that monster’s level.”

“Wait!” Alphonse gasped in realization. “That must be why you sent a monster from your Extra Deck with Extra-Foolish Burial!” Alphonse started to shake a bit, clearly unprepared for what was about to happen.

“Yep. And that comes in real handy, as the monster I sent to my graveyard with Extra-Foolish Burial was my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!” Spike declared, making everyone gasp in shock, including Alphonse.

“Holy crap!” Sunset said as she did the math. “Blue-Eyes Ultimate is a level twelve, so multiply that with 200 and you get 2400.”

“Now add that with Felgrand's 2800 attack points and you get…” Twilight said before gasping in shock.

“That’s right, my Felgrand Dragon’s attack points reach to a whopping 5200!” Spike said as Felgrand Dragon roared while encased in a bright yellow aura as it’s attack points rose, making Alphonse tremble in slight trepidation.

(Felgrand Dragon: ATK; 2800 - 5200)

“But why stop there? Next I summon Assault Wyvern in Attack Mode!” Spike exclaimed as the monaster appeared before him, screeching in might.

[Assault Wyvern/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 1800/ DEF: 1000]

“Now, Assault Wyvern! Turn that Abare Ushioni to beef jerky! RAZOR WINGS!” Spike exclaimed as Assault Wyvern flapped its wings, sending a barrage of blue energy blades at Abare ushioni. All the three-eyed bovine could do was roar in agony before shattering to pieces.

“Next, I’ll activate my Assault Wyvern’s special ability. Whenever he destroys a monster by battle, I can sacrifice him to bring out another dragon from my hand or graveyard.” Spike said as he selected a card from his hand while Assault Wyvern was shattered to bits too. “So I’ll summon Divine Dragon Ragnarok from my hand in defense mode to take his place.”

Suddenly, a large white dragon appeared before coiling around Spike as if it were defending him. Its eyes meeting Alphonse’s.

[Divine Dragon Ragnarok/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1000]

“And with no monster protecting you, you’re wide open! Felgrand Dragon, attack now!” Spike declared as the gold and silver dragon opened its maw, a bright yellow energy ball forming. “Golden Energy Blast!”

Felgrand Dragon then fired a bright yellow blast of energy at Alphonse, making him flinch as his life points decreased drastically.

Alphonse LP - 2800

“Yeah! Go Spike, go!” Emille, Erena and Pinkie cheered for Spike.

“Well, whadya know?” Applejack said, really impressed at what she saw. “Spike managed to get the upper hand.”

“Where’s your luck now, Alphonse?” Rainbow taunted, who only smirked.

“I wouldn’t be celebrating just yet.” Alphonse said before drawing his next card. And he had a sinister grin at what he drew. “I play Cup of Ace!”

“Another gamble card?” Sunset asked with shock.

“That’s right, my dear. With this, I can toss a coin. If I get heads, I can draw two cards. But if I get tails, it’s the other way around.” Alphonse said before tossing his coin yet again, and his Fire Ruby glowed faintly once again. This time, Dustin took notice of this. The coin lands on heads yet again.

“Oh goodie. Looks like I get two cards after all.” Alphonse said before drawing his two cards, his smile growing upon seeing what he drew. “And I’ll play one of those cards. And that is Graceful Charity. So now I draw three cards, but at the cost of discarding two.” Alphonse drew his next three cards before placing the two of the tree cards into his graveyard.

“And now, with my graveyard prepared, I can bring out my ace card.” Alphonse said with a wicked chuckle.

“What?” Spike asked, not liking where this is going.

“Looks like we’re about to see his Sinful Lord card in action.” Dustin said as worry started to set in.

“By offering the essence my Abare Ushioni, Arcana Force 0 - The Fool, and Sand Gambler, the gateway to the side is now opened!!!” As Alphonse chanted, the sky began to turn red as a dark portal appeared in front of Alphonse. And from the portal emerged the transparent images of the three before they each turned into streaks of pale green light and colliding into each other, morphing into a large sphere of dark energy. Suddenly, the shape expands, and the ground begins to shake.

“By the light of the blood moon, I conjure the golden prowler! The collector of souls, the keeper of vast wealth, the beast of avarice! Join the hunt, glimmering Demon Lord of Greed!” Alphonse continued chanting as the sphere shattered, revealing a massive anthropomorphic wolf that seemed to be made of gold. It wore a suit, it had a pair of wings on its back, and it carried a chest. “'MAMMON, THE AVARICE’S WOLF!' Bare your fangs!”

Mammon began to howl as Alphonse laughed like a madman while Spike and the others watched in shock.

[Mammon, the Avarice's Wolf/Mk: 10/GREED/Beast-Warrior/ATK: 0/ DEF: 0]

The sight of the golden Sinful Lord monster that towered over Spike had every onlooker in total shock, and even a bit terrified.

“Oh…my…God.” Dustin uttered in shock as Emille hid behind him in terror.

“Holy smokes.” Applejack said with a shiver running down her spine.

“Guys, chill.” Rainbow said with a smirk. “That thing has absolutely zero attack and defense. That golden mutt has nothing on Spike’s dragon.”

“Not for long, my dear.” Alphonse said, surprising Rainbow. “You see, for every card in my hand, my magnificent beats gains 1000 attack power. And since I currently have seven cards, Mammon’s attack and defense value change to 7000!”

Mammon released another howl as it glowed a bright red aura, signaling that its attack power has changed.

(Mammon, the Avarice's Wolf: ATK/DEF; 0 - 7000)

“7000 attack points!?” Erena asked in disbelief.

“That thing’ll easily chew Spike’s dragon like a chew toy!” Applejack said in utter shock.

“But that’s not all. I’m afraid it’s going to get much worse for your friend.” Alphonse said, making the others gasp. “When Mammon is successfully Necron Summoned, I can draw three additional cards! Further adding to my hand, while also fueling my Mammon’s attack even further!”

“Shit!” Dustin swore in shock. “That means Mammon is now at a whopping 10,000 attack value!”

(Mammon, the Avarice's Wolf: ATK/DEF; 7000 - 10,000)

“Correct! Now Mammon, add Felgrand Dragon's head to your collection, with AFFLUENT ANGUISH!” Alphonse declared as Mammon opened the chest it carried, firing a blast of golden energy at Felgrand Dragon. Spike’s monster could only roar before shattering to bits, while Spike shielded himself as his life points dwindled.

Spike LP - 1300

The attack somehow managed to do some real physical damage to him. His clothes were lightly tattered; his body covered in slight burns and scorch marks, and his breathing was heavy.

“Oh shit.” Dustin uttered to himself after seeing his young friend in rough shape.

“Spike!” Flutterhsy called out to him, but Spike raised his hand.

“Relax…guys. I’ll muscle through.” Spike said through pants.

“Oh my. It looks like that attack took a lot out of you, my boy.” Alphonse said with an amused smile.

“Bastard!” Rainbow growled in fury.

“What did you do to our friend, you miscreant!?” Rarity demanded.

“Oh pardon me; I forgot to mention that the stones of sin tap into very dark forces. To put it simply, they make any duel a fight to the death. Whatever damage you would take from a duel inflicts actual damage.” Alphonse said, chuckling sinisterly a bit before looking towards Spike. “But I gotta admit, boy. You certainly are tough for a little tot.”

“Are you done rambling?” Spike asked with a growl.

“Oh, I suppose so. I’ll just end it there. You’re move.” Alphonse said, causing Spike to draw his next card.

“I play the Spell, Terraforming. Allowing me to search out one Field Spell.” Spike declared before choosing the card he needed from his deck. “And while I’m at it, I’ll put it to good use! I activate the Field Spell, Fusion Gate!”

As Spike plaid his Field Spell, the arena charged. The sky darkened, a green line grid formed on the ground, and a purple vortex appeared behind Spike.

“With this, we each get to bust out a Fusion monster by banishing monsters from our hand or field. No polymerization required,” Spike then selected his next card. “Next I play Swords of Revealing Light!”

Suddenly, three luminous swords surrounded Alphonse and Mammon.

“Sweet. Spike bought himself some time.” Rainbow Dash said with a sigh of relief.

“You truly think a three-turn delay will save you?” Alphonse asked, not at all intimidated by this.

“Only one way to find out. Now I use Fusion gate to banish Divine Dragon Ragnarok from my field, along with the Lord of D. from my hand!” Spike announced as the two monsters were sucked into the vortex behind Spike. Then, as soon as both of Spike’s monsters vanished, a new monster appeared. It resembled a hybrid of both monsters used to fusion summon it.

“Let’s welcome his royal majesty, King Dragun!” Spike declared as the new monster released a mighty war cry.

[King Dragun/Lv: 7/LIGHT/Dragon/ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1100]

“To play it safe, I’ll put him in defense mode!” Spike said as the monster swirled around Spike, as if he was shielding his owner. “Then I’ll lay one card face-down and end it here.”

“Goodie, it’s my move then.” Alphonse drew his next card before examining his hand, contemplating which card to use. “While your swords prevent me from attacking, they don’t prevent me from using monster effects.”

“Oh boy.” Sunset said with a worried look. “This isn’t good.”

“I play a second Abare Ushioni in Defense Mode!” Alphonse said as the familiar red bovine appeared at Alphonse’s field. “Now I activate his special ability! I’m sure you know what happens next.”

Alphonse then tossed the coin again, and like before, the Fire Ruby glowed faintly yet again along with the coin. Then, the coin landed on heads.

“Crap!” Spike called out in worry.

“That’s another 1000 points of damage to you. Tsk tsk this just isn’t your day kid.” Alphonse retorted as Abare Ushioni fired a beam from its third eye at Spike, making him flinch in pain while his life points dropped some more.

Spike LP - 300

“No!” Erena called out as Spike was on his knees, panting like he ran a marathon. But Spike managed to muster enough strength to stand back up, much to Alphonse’s amusement.

“My, my. Despite how much you’ve been battered, you’re still standing.” Alphonse smirked. “I’m impressed. Not many have lasted longer than you have.”

“If you think…I’m going… down that easy….” Spike goes to draw his next card. “Then you’re… dead wrong!” Spike then drew it, and when he laid eyes upon the card he drew, its as if his prayers have been answered.

"I play another Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards." Spike drew his next two cards, and he had a smile on his face upon seeing what he drew.

“I activate the effect of Fusion Gate again! But this time, I’m banishing King Dragun…” Spike then revealed the card he drew, earning a gasp of shock from Alphonse. “Along with Buster Blader!”

“What!?” Alphonse exclaimed in disbelief as both the human dragon hybrid and mighty swordsmen were sucked into the vortex. And sure enough, a new monster arrived to Spike’s side of the field. And it resembled a more advanced version of Buster Blader. Sporting a pure white armor with black accents, and a truly monstrous sword griped in his hands.

“No! No way!” Erena asked in shock.

“Is that…” Emille asked in awe upon seeing the new monster.

“It is!” Dustin answered Emille’s question, equally as shocked as his two sisters.

“Meet Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman!” Spike said as the new swordsman held his sword, ready to strike. “And he’ll be sure to carve up your life points!"

[Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Warrior/ATK: 2800/ DEF: 2500]

Alphonse then started to laugh, confusing the gang. “I’ll admit, son. That swordsman is truly fierce, but I have no dragons to give you the upper hand. And let’s not forget, Mammon’s attack power far exceeds your swordsman’s.”

“He’s right.” Fluttershy muttered in worry. “How can Spike win this?”

“And it was also foolish to bring that swordsman out in attack mode. Because by doing so, you’ve triggered another effect of Mammon.” Alphonse’s words made the onlookers gain a worried expression.

“That can’t be good!” Applejack said with fear in her tone.

“Oh, believe me, it isn’t.” Alphonse chucked madly. “Well, for your friend anyways. By summoning his swordsman in attack mode, Mammon allows me to draw cards equal to that sordsman’s level! Meaning I just got an eight card bonus to my hand”

“You’re kidding!” Twilight exclaimed with shock.

“That’s right! So every time you Normal or Special Summons a monster in attack mode, you further add to my hand while also fueling Mammon’s power!” As Alphonse explained this, Mammon howled as his power further increased.

(Mammon, the Avarice's Wolf: ATK/DEF; 10,000 - 18,000)

“Shit!” Dustin swore, his eyes widened in disbelief. “That’s an 18,000 attack boost!”

“And once you’re swordsman’s wiped off the field, my Sinful Lord will wipe you out, and your soul will be added to my collection.” Alphonse declared with a smug grin, but he then gained a confused look upon seeing Spike with a smug smile of his own.

“That’s what you think.” Spike retorted with a smirk, making Alphonse confused. “Perhaps you’ve forgotten about my facedown card!”

“And what about it?” Alphonse asked, not understanding what Spike was getting at.

“It’s something that’ll give me the upper hand. And that card is…” Spike said before the card flipped face-up. And what it was left Alphonse gasping in shock. “The Trap Card, DNA Surgery!”

“NO!” Alphonse was now horrified at this turn of events.

“Aw yeah!” Rainbow beamed. “Now we’re talking.”

“Now I’ll use its effect to change all monsters to Dragon type!” Spike said as every monster gained dragon-like features. Scaly skin, dragon wings, horns on their heads, you name it. “And with that, my Dragon Destroyer Swordsman gains 1000 attack and defense for every dragon you control!” Spike declared as his monster unleashed a bellowing war cry as he was enveloped in a white aura, his power rising in the process.

(Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman: ATK/DEF; 2800/2500 - 4800/4500)

“And not only that, but he also changes all dragons you control to defense mode! And on top that, he also renders the effects of every dragon you have null and void.” Spike said as he pointed to Mammon. “And since Mammon is a dragon thanks to DNA Surgery, his attack and defense now drop to zero.”

(Mammon, the Avarice's Wolf: ATK/DEF; 18,000 - 0)

“No No NO! This can’t be happening!” Alphonse stuttered in absolute terror, knowing full well that the tables have turned on him.

“Oh, it is!” Spike said with, his smirk never fading. “Next, I activate another Monster Reborn! And I'll use it to bring back Assault Wyvern!”

Then, the familiar blue dragon appeared back onto the field.

"Assault Wyvern, destroy Abare Ushioni!" Spoke declared and the dragon fired another wave of blue crescent bladed at the monstrous bovine, destroying it in the process.

(Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman: ATK/DEF; 4800/4500 - 3800/3500)

“Woohoo!” Pinkie cheered. “You show that jerk what for!”

“And since he destroyed a monster by battle, I’ll sacrifice him to bring back a dragon from my grave! And I’ll use it to bring back my good friend, Felgrand Dragon!" Spike declared as Assault Wyvern vanished before the familiar gold and silver dragon took its place to the field. This further shocking Alphonse while the gang cheered for their young friend.

“I told you guy’s he’d ace this duel.” Dustin said with a proud smile on his face.

“And you know what that means. Now I can target 1 monster in my graveyard to boost his power by 200 multiplied by that monster’s level. And guess who I’m picking.”

Alphonse only gasped in horror, knowing what Spike was planning.

“That’s right! I’ll power Felgrand’s attack power by 200 times the level of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Raising his attack power to 5200 again!” Spike announced as Felgrand Dragon was enveloped in the familiar yellow aura from before.

“YEEHAW!” Applejack cheered as Pinkie, Erena and Emille squealed in joy.

“That’s what happens when you mess with my pals! Swordsman, swing your mighty sword, and put Mammon down like the dog he is! DRACONIC CLEAVER!!!”

Following his master’s command, the swordsman lunged forward to Mammon before slicing him in half. All Alphonse could do at this point was watch helplessly as his Sinful Lord monster was destroyed.

“And one more thing I should mention about my Dragon Destroyer Swordsman, is that he inflicts piercing battle damage when he attacks a monster in defense mode!” Spike said smugly as Alphonse’s life points dropped.

Alphonse LP - 1000

“Felgrand Dragon, finish this duel once and for all! GOLDEN ENERGY BLAST!!!” Spike cried out as his dragon launched the finishing attack, and Alphonse was too stunned to even move a muscle. Once the attack hit, Alphonse screamed in agony as his life points dropped down to zero. But that’s not all, the Fire Ruby that was attached to his bow tie was completely shattered to pieces, causing three streams of light to shoot out from the CMC’s cards and fly off.

Meanwhile, in a local park, Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were resting under a tree. When the three light entered their bodies, the three girls awoken.

Once the attack subsided, Alphonse was seen on his knees, his eyes widened in disbelief as he held the shattered bits of what once was the Fire Ruby.

“This…this can’t be!” Alphonse stammered, not grasping his defeat.

“I guess all that glitters is not gold, huh?” Pinkie said, clearly making a pun.

"Alright punk!" Rainbow growled angrily as she grabbed Alphonse by the collar. "You better pull your end of the deal! Release Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetie Bell! Now!"

"They already have been released!" Alphonse said, holding up the broken pieces of the Fire Ruby as well as three blank cards. "When my sin stone was shattered by that attack, their souls were released and by now have already returned to their bodies."

"Phew." Applejack sighed in relief.

"Ok, pal. Start talking" Dustin said as he walked up to Alphonse. "Where did you get that damn stone!"

"You certainly do not fail to disappoint, Alphonse." Another voice called out, catching Dustin and his friends by surprised and scaring Alphonse senseless. Alphonse looks behind him to see a figure draped in a purple robe and wearing a metallic mask to cover his face.

"Huh?" Twilight muttered in surprise upon seeing the mysterious figure.

"Please boss! I tried my best!" Alphonse stammered in fright, but not before the figure lifted his hand, making Alphonse levitate.

"And yet, your best failed you." The figure said before Alphonse's sinful lord card flew out of his deck and into the figure's hand. "You are truly pathetic, now get out of my sight!"

The figure then swung his arm, sending Alphonse skidding on the ground.

"Who are you pal?! Just by looking at you, I know you're up to no good!" Dustin said to the figure, making said figure look to him.

"Ah, Dustin Hogan. We meet yet again." The figure said, confusing Dustin and the others.

"What? What are you..." Before Dustin could finish, he noticed something vaguely familiar about the figure. But his eyes then widen in shock, the memory coming back to him.

"Y-You! You're the...the..." Dustin stuttered while shaking, to which his friends took notice of.

"The one who killed your true mother and father? That I am." The figure said, making the others gasp. Dustin's shock quickly turned to anger.

"You...mother....FUCKER!!!" Dustin roared out before charging to the figure, only for the figure to vanish, catching him off guard.

"Too slow, child!" The figure said before grabbing Dustin by the shirt collar and threw across the pavement.

"ONII-CHAN!!!" Erena and Emille called out as they ran to Dustin.

"You certainly have your stepfather's temper. Despite not sharing his blood." The figure said with a chuckle.

"Alright buddy! Who are you?" Rainbow demanded, making the figure turn to her.

"Oh. How rude of me. Remember my name. Darkbright." The figure now named Darkbright said before a black portal appeared behind him. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I have things to do." Darkbright was about to enter the portal, but not before casting one glance at the group. "Though, I have a feeling you lot will be seeing more of me. As a matter of fact, I know it. Until then."

And with that, Darkbright entered the portal before the portal finally vanished.

It was evening, and the crew was meeting up at the Honjou Residence, recovering from everything that happened earlier.

"I'm so glad you're ok, Spike!" Twilight said as she hugged the boy like a child with a bunny. "You could have..."

"Well, I mean, I'm still here, right?" Spike said reassuringly to Twilight, rubbing her back.

"You really kicked that Alphonse guy's ass to hell and back, dude!" Rainbow said, patting Spike's back.

"I'll admit though." Applejack said as she examined a shard of the shattered Fire Ruby. "He sure wasn't a pushover. I don't know how he managed to pull off the effects of those gamble cards."

"Maybe he's insanely lucky or something." Pinkie pondered.

"I doubt that." Dustin said, making the others look to him. "It wasn't luck that gave him the upper hand, it was that damn stone."

"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.

"Whenever Alphonse used the effects of his gamble cards, I noticed that his sin stone glowed. And so would the coin he tossed." Dustin explained, to which the others were surprised.

"Now that you mention it..." Sunset trailed off, making Dustin look to her. "I also saw the same thing. I thought I my mind was playing tricks on me at first, but after what you just described, my fears are now confirmed."

"So in other words, the guy was a cheat." Rainbow said with slight confusion.

"I'm afraid so." Dustin said before picking up one of the shards of the broken Fire Ruby. "But thank God that thing is broken to bits."

"And as for that Darkbright guy..." Twilight said, shivering a bit. "I get the feeling we'll see him again. And a lot sooner than we think."

"In any case, we'll have to try to take this guy down. I don't know what he's planning, but I have a strong hunch he's up to something big." Sunset said as she pulled out her deck box.

"Right. We'd best Improve our decks as best as we can." Dustin said as he went to fetch out three small boxes packed with Duel Monsters cards.

"Holy cow!" Pinkie exclaimed with wide eyes. "You’ve sure collected a lot, huh?"

"Trust us!" Erena said with a smirk. "He's been collecting ever since he was five years old."

"That's true." Emille said with a nod of agreement. "In fact, he even inspired us to play Duel Monsters too."

"And that's just three boxes. I've got like twelve others." Dustin said, surprising the others, except Emille and Erena.

"Twelve other boxes?" Twilight asked in total shock.

"Yep. Most of the cards in these boxes are cards I have no need for. Feel free to grab which ones you think will help you out in the long run." Dustin said, and the others did their search.

"Aw yeah. Already found some good ones." Rainbow said as she brought another deck box, only to accidentally spill the cards onto the floor. "Aw man!"

"I got it." Erena went to pick up Rainbow's cards, but she gasped when she saw one familiar card. "No way! You have a copy of the Magic of Friendship too?"

"What?!" Dustin and Emille both exclaimed as they saw the card as well.

"Yep." Rainbow nodded. "Though I rarely use it, unless the situation calls for it."

"Matter of fact, we all have a copy of that card." Applejack said as she pulled out her deck box, pulling out a card before revealing to be the same card Rainbow has. Sure enough, the other girls, and Spike revealed they had the same card.

"You're not the only ones who got the card from Somnambula." Twilight admitted, further Dustin, Erena and Emille's collective shock.

"Anyways, with these advancements to our decks, we may have a better chance at trouncing Darkbright." Fluttershy said with high hopes while scouring through the countless cards.

"Hopefully so." Dustin said with a nod.

"They may also help us in taking out Haze, Quicksilver and Nightingale." Emille said with a scowl. "I believe some payback is long overdue for those three."

"I couldn't agree more." Erena said with a nod.

Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky part 1

Author's Note

Also, here is what the Field Layout is like in my Duelists and Friendship Universe.

Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky part 1

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky

part 1

It's here! It's finally here! After what seemed like forever, after weeks of preparation and editing their decks, at long last, Friday had finally arrived. And not like preparing for the weekend, today marks the day for the Canterlot Cup. The time for the Canterlot High’s annual Duel Monster tournament has finally come! All the spectators had taken their seats in the arena where the tournament would be held. The students from their respective schools were seated in one general area. Celestia, Luna, Cinch as well as the other school heads were seated in a special box that overlooked the entire arena. A group of crane arms, each with a cameraman and another crewman, were positioned around the platform in the middle, so that they would be able to cover every angle there was.

In the center of the platform was the commentator, a woman with curly brown hair, blue eyes, a beauty Mark on her cheek, and dressed in pink dress with white gloves and red heels.

"That's it everyone, lots of energy. Remember, the whole world's watching you live! Now let's cheer these duelists on!" The commentator said, and the crowd continued to cheer.

"Attention students! Let’s all give a warm, comfortable welcome to the man, the myth, the legend. The creator of Duel Monsters himself, Maximillion Pegasus!” The commentator announced. And sure enough, the eccentric but beloved man known as Pegasus made his way into the center of the arena, the audience going absolutely ballistic all the while.

“Greetings one and all, it’s so wonderful to be here in beautiful Canterlot city.” Pegasus said before accepting the microphone from the commentator. “To start off, I must say I am delighted to be attending this year’s Canterlot Cup. And I would love to thank Princpal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna from Canterlot high, Principal Cinch from Crystal Prep, and all the other schools heads for honoring yours truly with an invitation to this most auspicious occasion.” As Pegasus continued his speech, the representatives of each school sat on the edge of their seats in eager anticipation.

“Now, this is the first time such an event held here will be broadcasted on to millions of screens world-wide, a perfect way to show everyone the potential of the students that attend Canterlot schools. As far as the rules go, each contestant well be picked at random. Once your name is called, you are to approach to the arena and present your tournament entry cards. If you fail to do so for whatever reason, or if you fail to present your tournament entry card, you will be disqualified. No ifs, ands, or buts.”

“Man. This is so exciting.” Rainbow Dash whispered to her friends with glee.

“Pfft, butts.” Pinkie snickered, only to be elbowed by Applejack.

“Next, no foul play, I expect a good clean duel from each one of our participants. To inform you how to break a tie, if both sides are on even grounds, a duelist from both sides will be selected. And the duelist that becomes the tie-breaker wins. The school with the most wins will receive a grand prize. And what is it, you may be asking? Well, a tour my company, Industrial Illusions, of course. And to make it extra special, the winning team will also get the opportunity to design their own one-of-a-kind duel monsters cards to keep, free of charge.” As Pegasus said that the audience went absolutely crazy again.

“Hmph. And I intend to get us that prize.” Haze said with a wicked smirk.

“With rare one-of-a-kind cards of our own design at our disposal, nobody will stand in our way.” Nightingale said with a chuckle.

“And you folks can get a share of the prize yourselves.” Quicksilver said to the other representatives, namely the transfers.

“No need.” Yurika said with a wave of her hand. “I think our decks are fine as they are.”

“If you say so”, Quicksilver said with a nod before turning his attention back to the arena.

“Now then, with all of that out of the way, let the tournament begin!” Pegasus said before handing the microphone back to the commentator and walking off the arena, making the crowd roar in applause once again.

"Alright, Let’s see which lucky schools gets to kick off this tournament.” The commentator announced." At one end of the Arena, the jumbotron showed a picture of a crescent moon with a raven perched on it.

Nightingale walked out of the entrance in slow motion as a series of explosions occurred on the entrance sides before a pair of holographic ravens flew around her. The Crystal Prepped cheered her on, mostly the male student.

"Introducing our first representative of Crystal Prep, Nightingale!" announced the commentator as Nightingale winked at a few of the male audience, making them go crazy.

The song died down as Nightingale awaited her opponent. On the opposite side of the arena, the Titantron there, showed a phoenix with a sun behind it.

Sunset came out of the other entrance on the opposite side and the Canterlot High students cheered as she made her way to the platform while waving at the audience.

“You get her, Sunset!” Rainbow cheered for her friend.

“Kick her butt!” Spike cheered with the others.

"And her opponent… representing Canterlot High, Sunset Shimmer!" the Commentator announced before walking to the spectator desk. "Alright ladies, have you you're entry cards?"

After both duelists showed their tournament entry cards, the first match was set to begin.

"Well, I was hoping to face Dustin, but I guess you’ll have to do." Nightingale said with a smirk.

“Ready to get you butt kicked?” Sunset growled furiously to Nightingale, who just chuckled.

A massive holographic screen then appeared, showing both Sunset and Nightingale’s life point gauges.

“Duelists, shuffle your decks!” The screen said in a booming robotic voice. Both duelists did so, and once their decks were good and shuffled, they placed their decks in their respective slots.

“Selecting first turn player!” The screen announced before showing the image coin. “Heads or tails?”

“Heads.” Nightingale declared.

“Tails.” Sunset said with a determined look.

The coin on screen then tossed before landing on tails.

“Sunset Shimmer takes first turn!” The screen announced, and Sunset and Nightingale drew their hands. “Begin!”

“Let’s Duel!” Both Sunset and Nightingale announced, and the duel has begun,

Sunset LP - 8000

Nightingale LP - 8000

“Alright. Here goes.” Sunset said, drawing her sixth card before examining her hand, formulating a strategy in her mind. “First, I’ll play Terraforming, allowing me to add 1 Field Spell from my Deck straight to my hand.” Sunset then pulled out her deck, unfurling it to search for the right card until she finally spotted it. “And while I’m at it, I’ll put it to use! So let’s dial up the heat with the field spell, Fire King Island!”

After placing the card in the Field Zone slot of her duel disk, the entire arena began to change. The whole field changed into a tropical island, complete with a massive volcano behind Sunset. Nightingale didn’t seem too concerned by this.

“Man! Talk about bringing in the heat!” Dustin said with an impressed smirk.

“And next, I’ll use its first effect. Allowing me to destroy 1 monster from my hand or field to add 1 "Fire King" monster from my deck to my hand." Sunset said as she sent 1 card from her hand to her her grabeyard before adding 1 card to replace the discarded card. "Next, I'll this little cutie, Firebird!” Sunset said as an eagle-sized red bird with flaming wings and two long tail feathers appeared. The bird flapped its wings, causing embers to fly while emitting a shriek of pride.

[Firebird/Lv: 4/FIRE/Winged Beast/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 800]

“Big deal, bacon-head. Is that little pigeon supposed to scare me?” Nightingale said with a smirk.

“No. But this might.” Sunset declared, making Nightingale confused a bit. “Next I play Cost Down! By discarding 1 card, all monsters in my hand have their levels reduced by two until the end of this turn, even after hit the field.” Sunset sent a card from her hand to the graveyard slot of her duel disk. “And that comes in real handy, when I have this! I summon the Tuner Monster, Flamvell Magician!”

[Flamvell Magician/Lv: 4 - 2/FIRE/Spellcaster/ATK: 1400/ DEF: 200]

Suddenly, a purple-skinned man with red hair in a ponytail, a red beard, dressed in a black sorcerer’s uniform and holding a fiery scepter appeared.

“A Tuner?” Quicksilver asked in shock. “Looks like someone’s not pulling any punches.”

“Now, I tune my Level two Flamvell Magician with my Level four Firebird” Sunset Shimmer declared as Flamvell Sorcerer vanished, causing two green rings to appear before flying towards Firebird, encasing the flaming bird. “By aligning the blazing power of my fiery sorcerer and my burning bird, I invoke the flaming steed of the burning arts!” A Sunset Shimmer chanted, Firebird was encased in a column of intense blue fire, making her friends look in amazement while Nightingale and the other representatives for Crystal Prep watched in shock. “Synchro Summon! Ride onward into battle, Level 6, Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Horse Prince!”

[Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Horse Prince/Lv: 6/FIRE/Beast-Warrior/ATK: 2200/ DEF: 2200]

“Unbelievable, it’s only the first turn and miss Shimmer has already synchro summoned a powerful monster!” The commentator said through the mic.

“Oh, if you think he’s scary now, just wait until you see his special ability!” Sunset said with a smirk.

Nightingale glared in anticipation.

“Looks like Nightingale’s up for a real fight!” Haze said, observing the duel with undivided attention.

“Since he’s Synchro Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Level 3 fire-attribute monster from my Deck, but I can’t Special Summon any Level 5 or higher monster for the rest of the turn.” Sunset said as she picked the card she needed card from her deck. “So, let’s welcome my four-legged friend, Fire King Avatar Kirin, in Defense Mode!” As Sunset said this, a white unicorn with a fiery green mane and tail and clad in eastern horse armor appeared, neighing in might.

“Woohoo!” Pinkie cheered in excitement! “Way to go, Sunset!”

“Yay.” Fluttershy cheered in, albeit in her usual quiet tone.

“I’ll finish it from there. You’re move, Nightingale.” Sunset said, making Nightingale nod before drawing. When she saw what she drew, she had a wicked smile on her face.

“Uh oh. I know that look.” Dustin said with a hint of worry in his voice.

“What do you mean?” Spike asked Dustin, feeling worried as well.

“You’re about to find out, right now.” Dustin said with a shiver.

“For my first move, I’ll also play a Tuner. And this one is a handy one. Go, Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind, in attack mode!” Nightingale declared as a humanoid bird with black feathers, a ruffle of white feathers on its neck, and spiked green hair with a pair of green wings from the sides of it head flew onto the field. It had a yellow head, but it only had a pair of big eyes and no beak.

[Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind/Lv: 3/DARK/Winged Beast/ATK: 1300/ DEF: 400]

“Uh oh.” Sunset said with a look of shock.

“Blackwings!” Twilight said with a mix of both shock and worry. “This may not be good!”

“Next, I play Pot of Greed” Nightingale declared, making Sunset gasp. “Allowing me to draw two more cards!” Nightingale then drew her new cards before adding them to her hand. “And sine I have Gale on the field, I can Special Summon this little birdie out. Blackwing – Bora the Spear in attack mode!”

A large humanoid bird wielding a drill-like lance appeared, cawing as it eyes Sunset’s field with malice.

[Blackwing - Bora the Spear/Lv: 4/DARL/Winged Beast/ATK: 1700/ DEF: 1800]

“Now, my Level 3 Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind tunes with my Level 4 Blackwing – Bora the Spear!” Nightingale called out as Gale vanished, creating three golden rings that enveloped Bora, causing a massive tornado to appear. The tornado created winds with such intensity that Sunset had o shield herself. “By aligning the power of my little flier and my sky high lancer, I call upon the flying swordsman with the might of a heavy rainstorm!” Nightingale chanted at a massive storm cloud appeared in the sky, thunder roared, lightning cracked, and the winds picked up speed. Suddenly, a pair of wings emerged from the twister. “Synchro Summon! Take to the skies, Level 7, Assault Blackwing – Raikiri the Rain Shower”

Suddenly, the tornado vanished, revealing a new monster. It resembled a cross between a man and a raven, covered in bits of purple armor, a headpiece shaped like the head of a bird, a pair of bird feet, feathered wings sprouting from his back, and a tunic covering his lower half. He drew his sword and released a war cry that sounded like a man yelling mixed with a raven’s caw.

[Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower/Lv: 7/DARK/Winged Beast/ATK: 2600/ DEF: 2000]

“My, oh my!” The commentator spoke out in awe. “Looks like feathers are about to fly, folks!”

“Correct you are, sister.” Nightingale said to the commentator before looking back to Sunset. “Because now I activate Raikiri’s special ability! Once per turn, I can target cards you control up to the number of Blackwing monsters I control and destroy them. Since I only have Raikiri, that means I can destroy 1 card. So I say it’s high time we head that Kirin off at the pass!” Nightingale chuckled as Rikiri drew his sword.

“Oh, I can’t watch!” Pinkie said before covering her eyes as Raikiri raised his sword, causing it to glow a purple glow before swinging it, sending a crescent of purple energy at Kirin, causing it to neigh before shattering to bits.

“By destroying Kirin, you triggered his special ability, allowing me to send 1 Fire monster from my deck straight to the graveyard.” Sunset said as she did just as her Kirin’s ability stated.

“So what, it’s not going to save your horse prince! Raiki, put that pony out to pasture, with Cyclone Blade Slash!” Nightingale declared, and Raikiri followed his masters command by swinging his sword, sending a barrage of purple energy crescents at Sunsets monster, shattering it to pieces.

Sunset LP – 7600

“I’ll finish up by placing 1 card face-down.” Nightingale said before placing her face down card. “So, am I ruffling your feathers yet?”

Suddenly, a massive flame appeared behind Sunset while she had a smug grin on her face, catching Nightingale off guard.

“Oh please! I’m just getting warmed up!” Sunset drew her card next card, and had a smile upon seeing what she drew. “First, I activate the effect of a monster in my graveyard, allowing me to Special Summon Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys to the field!” As Sunset said this, a massive golden bird with fiery wings emerged from the raging flame, releasing a mighty shriek.

[Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys/Lv: 8/FIRE/Winged Beast/ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1600]

“No way!” Erena uttered in bewilderment.

“Aw yeah!” Rainbow cheered with excitement. “Show her whose boss, Sunset!”

“Are you freaking kidding!?” Nightingale asked in shock upon seeing the fiery bird before her.

“And since she was summoned this way, her second effect activate! Which destroys all Spells and Traps currently on the field! So, your plans to use your facedown card are up in smoke.” Sunset said as Nephthys flapped her wings, causing a huge wave of flames to destroy Nightingale’s facedown card, as well as causing Sunset’s field Spell to catch fire.

“You do realize that her effect also destroys your Field Spell too right?” And you should know that when Fire King Island gets destroyed, not only does it get roasted,” Nightingale said with a triumphant smirk as the island was engulfed in fire, taking Nephthys with her, “but all monsters you control do too, including your oversized pheasant!”

Soon, the flames died out, revealing the arena back to its original state.

“Oh man.” Spike said with worry again.

“And you said my plans were up in smoke.” Nightingale said with a smirk, but Sunset had a grin on her face.

“Don’t be so sure! She’ll be back! And with her gone, I can play this!” Sunset said, revealing the card she drew earlier. “The Spell Onslaught of the Fire Kings!”

“Christ!” Nightingale swore under her breath!

“Since you control a monster while I have none, this card allows me to summon 1 fire-attribute winged beast from my deck straight to the field.” Sunset said as she picked the card she needed from her deck. “And I know just the one! Go, Fire King High Avatar Garunix, I n attack mode!”

A massive column of fire appeared behind sunset, and from it emerged a massive red bird covered in golden armor! The giant bird took to the skies, releasing a mighty war cry!

[Fire King High Avatar Garunix/Lv: 8/FIRE/Winged Beast/ATK: 2700/ DEF: 1700]

“Aw man!” Quicksilver said with shock. “So not cool!”

“And I think it’s only going to get much worse!” Haze said, just as shocked as his friend.

Up on the onlooker box, Cinch was shocked upon seeing the events unfold.

“This I was not expecting!” Cinch stated in total shock.

“You’d be amazed how talented mine and Luna’s students are, Cinch.” Celestia said with a smug grin to Cinch.

“Garunix! Turn that oversized crow into fried chicken wings!” Sunset declared as Garunix took to the sky. “WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!” And with that, Garunix burst into flames and flew towards Raikiri with its talons outstretched. Upon making contact the birdman screamed in pain before disintegrating into ashes.

Nightingale LP – 7700

“I end my turn. And since I summoned Garunix with Onslaught of the Fire Kings, Garunix is destroyed” Sunset said as her fiery avian in a brilliant corona of flames.

Suddenly, Nightingale chuckled before laughing, confusing Sunset and her friends.

“Don’t think you’ve gotten the upper hand, hot head!” Nightingale said as she drew her next card. "Now, of course when my turn starts and when I draw, that fiery pigeon automatically returns to your field."

"Correct you are. But not only does Garunix come back, but so does Nepthys." Sunset said as both Garunix and Nepthys reappeared back to Sunset's field, releasing its mighty cry.

“I may no longer have Raikiri, but I do have another monster ready, willing, and able to blow you away!” Nightingale looks to the Canterlot side of the bleachers. “And I bet it’s something you’re quite familiar with, Hogan.”

Dustin’s eyes went wide in shock upon hearing that. “No! She’s not referring to…” Dustin shivered in fear, knowing what Nightingale was up to.

“Onii-chan?” Emille asked her brother in worry.

“What are you yapping about?” Sunset asked in confusion.

“You’re about to find out, right now!” Nightingale said, drawing a card from her Extra Deck. “I banish Raikiri, Gale, and Bora from my graveyard to perform a Necron Summon!”

Now it was Sunset’s turn to go wide-eyed in total shock.

“By offering the essence of my Assault Blackwing – Raikiri the Rain Shower, Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind, and Blackwing – Bora the Spear, the gateway to the other side is now opened!!” Nightingale chanted as the transparent of all three monsters appeared as transparent silhouettes before taking off into the sky, causing a massive hurricane to form. The winds picked up with great force, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

“Ah, feel that breeze!” Pinkie said in her usual goofy way, enjoying the wind while the others shielded themselves.

Suddenly, from the eye of the hurricane, a massive pillar of pale green energy shot down to Nightingale’s side of the field.

“From the eye of a wild hurricane, I invoke the mighty king of the wind, the monarch of the raging storms! Mighty beast of the leaden sky, descend and make your presence known!” Nightingale continued to chant as a pair of massive, feathered wings emerged from the column, a pair of piercing violet eyes shone through, staring at Sunset.

“Wha-what the…” Sunset stammered, shaking in her boots.

“Necron Summon! Bring on the storm, Mark 10, Necrogale, King of the Plague Storm!” Nightingale finished, and the hurricane soon vanished, revealing a massive creature that resembled an unholy union between a raven and a dragon. The beast then let out a cry that sounded like the caw of a monstrous raven.

[Necrogale, King of the Plague Storm/Mk: 10/DARK/Dragon/ATK: 3300/ DEF: 2100]

“Oh god no!” Dustin said with fear clear in his voice.

“Let’s see how long Sunset’s fire stays lit after this.” Haze said with a chuckle.

“What is that!?” Sunset asked, a cold shiver running down her spine.

“This, dearie, is my ace card.” Nightingale said as the Necrogale lowered his head to her master, earning a few head rubs from Nightingale, making the bird coo in delight. “Consider yourself lucky to come face to face with my little pet. There's only one other person to witness Necrogale's glory. Isn’t that right, my little sweetie tweetie?”

“Wait! You mean Dustin?” Sunset asked, looking to Dustin in the bleachers. Her question was answered instantly as she saw the look of fear on his face.

“Bingo. Each time he faced Necrogale, the poor sap lost. Didn’t he, momma’s wittle birdie?” Nightingale asked her monster, making it caw in response.

“Yeesh!” Rainbow said with disgust. “If she gives that ugly buzzard any more baby talk, I’m gonna be sick!”

“Next, I play the card I just drew, which is another Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two more cards!” Nightingale said before doing just that. “And if you think Necrogale is all you’ve got to worry about,” Nightingale then picked the next card in her hand, “then think again! For now I summon Blackwing – Auster the South Wind in Defense Mode!”

Suddenly, a yellow child-sized bird with a tuft of feathers on its head and multi-colored wings appeared, chirping like a canary.

[Black Wing - Auster the South Wind/Lv: 4/DARK/Winged Beast/ATK: 1300/ DEF: 0]

“And while I’m at It, how about make use of its effect, allowing me to Special Summon 1 of my banished Blackwing monsters in Defense Mode?” Nightingale asked, making Sunset gasp in shock. “And I choose one of the monsters I banished for Necrogale’s Necron Summon! So come on back, Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind!”

Suddenly, from a small vortex, Gale was brought back to the field.

“And next, from my hand, I Special Summon Blackwing – Kris the Crack of Dawn!”

Another monster appeared, but this one resembled a humanoid raven wielding a sword and wearing Thai attire.

[Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn/Lv: 4/DARK/Winged Beast/ATK: 1900/ DEF: 300]

“Man!” Sunset said with shock still visible on her face, starting to sweat from nervousness. “This is so not good!”

“Oh, trust me! It’s only going to get worse!” Nightingale said with a chuckle. “Next I play the Spell Card Star Blast! Now by paying any multiple of 500 life points, the level of 1 monster I choose has its level reduced by 1 for each 500 life points paid. And I’ll pay up 1500 life points to reduce Auster’s level by three!”

Nightingale LP - 6200

Auster chirped as it was encased in a purple aura.

“Now, I Tune my Level 3 Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind with my Level 4 Blacking – Kris the Crack of Dawn!” Nightingale declared as Gale vanished, exploding into three green rings that enveloped Kris. Then Kris was enveloped in a massive tornado, creating another strong gust of wind. “By aligning the might of my little flier and my winged assailant, I created the dragon of phenomenal speed, the beast of velocity, the king of the Synchro Dimension!” As Nightingale chanted, the winds grew in intensity as the tornado grew in size. “Synchro Summon! Fly high, Level 7, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!”

The tornado then vanished, revealing a massive dragon with a mix of white, black and cyan. From its body were multiple translucent turquoise wings. The beast roared out to signal its arrival.

[Clear Wing Synchro Dragon/Lv: 7/WIND/Dragon/ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2000]

“Oh crap!” Sunset said in absolute shock and terror at this point.

“Amazing, people!” The commentator announced. “Looks like we have a Dimension Dragon gracing us in this duel!”

“Oh, but I’m not done just yet.” Nightingale said, making Sunset gasp out.

“Oh dear!” Celestia uttered in worry for her daughter.

“Now, I tune my Level 1 Blackwing – Auster the South Wind with my Level 7 Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, in order to unleash its true potential!” Nightingale declared as Auster vanished, launching a single green ring to Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.

“No way!” Rainbow exclaimed in horror!

“Is she?” Twilight asked, just as flabbergasted as the others.

“She is!” Erena exclaimed, fearing the worst for her friend as Clear Wing Synchro Dragon was encased in a massive twister. The winds from the tornado were stronger than the last one, and much colder as evidenced as the crystal spikes that surrounded the twister.

“By aligning the energy of my southern bird with my synchro dragon, I invoke the might of the glistening beast from the Synchro Dimension, who travels with the speed to break holes in reality itself! Synchro Summon! Soar with pride, level 8, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!” Nightingale chanted as the tornado finally dissipated, revealing the new dragon.

[Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon/Lv: 8/WIND/Dragon/ATK: 3000/ DEF: 2500]

“Oh! My! God!” Sunset uttered, too shocked to move a single muscle.

“My, oh my! What a beauty!" The commentator said to the crowd, admiring the dragon’s appearance. “Talk about “dazzling” am I right?”

“It seems the crowd can agree.” Nightingale said as the entire crowd were amazed by seeing such a monster on the field. Well, at least everyone that represented Crystal Prep, anyways. The people who represented Canterlot High, however, they were shocked, and a bit worried for Sunset, especially her friends.

“Oh dear.” Vice-Principal Luna uttered in shock.

“It appears this match will be ours.” Cinch declared with a smug grin.

“Now my Dragon! Pluck that Garunix's feathers!” Nightingale declared as Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon flew high into the atmosphere with the speed of a jet airplane. “DIMENSIONAL SONIC BOOM!”

And with that, the crystalline dragon dashed towards Garunix with astronomical speed. Once the attack hit, this caused the ground to shake as Garunix was encased in crystals before shattering.

Sunset LP - 7300

“And I should mention that whenever my dragon attacks a monster whose Level is 5 or higher, he gains attack points equal to the current attack points that monster had during damage calculation.” Nightingale said with a laugh as Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon was enveloped in a white aura, releasing a mighty roar as its power increased.

“Shit!” Dustin sword out of shock.

“5700 attack points!?” Pinkie gasped in total horror.

“And with that out of the way, Necrogale, your turn!” Nightingale declare, causing Necrogale to take flight. “Destroy Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys! VENDETTA CYCLONE!” Necrogale then opened its maw, firing a tornado at Sunset, making her groan while her life points lowered.

Sunset LP – 6400

“Sunset!” Twilight called out to her friend out of worry.

“Looks like Nightingale has gained the upper hand, yet again.” Haze said with a wicked chuckle.

“And I’ll just end it there.” Nightingale said, enjoying the look of fear on Sunset Shimmer’s face

‘Dammit! What am I going to do here? I wasn’t prepared for this!’ Sunset thought to herself out of fear, but she took some deep breaths and steeled herself. ‘Well, giving up is not an option! Not when my entire team is counting on me!’

“If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed, feel free to forfeit at anytime.” Nightingale said to Sunset with a wicked grin.

“Like Hell I will!” Sunset growled. “I’m not going down without a fight!” Sunset then drew her next card, but what a bit nervous to see what it was. 'This next card might be my last. Regardless, I better make it count.' She then mustered up the courage to see what she drew.

To be continued…

Like a phoenix burning bright in the sky part 2

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Girl Power part 1

Author's Note

Girl Power part 1

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Girl Power part 1

A minute has passed since Sunset's victory against Nightingale; the gang was hanging out by the concession stands.

"Man, I still can't believe you won, Sunset." Rainbow said, patting Sunset's back.

"And the look of humiliation on Nightingale's face was priceless!" Dustin said with a laugh.

"We'll, she was no pushover. That's for sure." Sunset said with a sigh.

"You said it." Spike said with a nod. "I still can't believe she has one of the Dimension Dragons."

"And that was just Nightingale." Erena said with sigh. "Wait until you see Haze and Quicksilver in action."

"Heya. Mind if we join you guys?" A voice said, making the gang look to see a rather familiar group. The group consists of five girls. The first one having moderate indigo eyes, moderate rose hair with lighter moderate rose and grayish aquamarine streaks. Her name is Sour Sweet.

The second had moderate cerise eyes and grayish mulberry hair with light raspberry streaks. This was Sunny Flare.

The third had brilliant gamboge eyes and dark conflower blue hair with moderate cerulean and moderate arctic blue streaks. This was Indigo Zap.

The fourth has grayish orchid colored eyes with hair that was a light opalish gray with light arctic bluish gray streaks. This was Sugarcoat.

And the fifth had light brilliant amber eyes and light pistachio hair with pale, light grayish green and light brilliant lime green streaks. This was Lemon Zest.

"No way!" Twilight exclaimed with a smile before engaging the five girls in a group hug. "It's been a while!"

"That is has." Indigo said with a chuckle.

"And look who else is here." Sunny Flare said, looking towards Dustin, Erena and Emille.

"Yo!" Dustin said with a two finger salute. "How's it hangin', chicas?"

"Good to see you again, homeboy." Lemon Zest said with a playful punch to Dustin's shoulder.

"Saw your Duel with Nightingale, by the way." Sour Sweet said to Sunset. "Nice job in putting her in her place."

"So what brings y'all here?" Appejack asked. "Shouldn't y'all be up in the Crystal Prep seats?"

"Yeah." Indigo Zap said with a shrug. "But we figured we join you guys."

"Plus, we figured we hang with you guys." Lemon Zest said before turning to Dustin. "So, I hear you're one of CHS' representatives for the tournament."

"Well, not just me." Dustin said before looking to his sisters. "But also Erena and Emille."

"Whoa! For real?" Indigo gasped in shock. "I guess you guys did improve."

"Yeesh." Sugarcoat said with a nod. "No offense, but back when you guys attended Crystal Prep, you guys could barly duel your way out of a paper bag.."

"Yeah, you're not wrong." Dustin said with a sheepish laugh. "But our skills did improve over time."

"Yo, Dustin?" Rainbow said to Dustin, grabbing his attention. "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is your history with Nightingale, Haze ad Quicksilver?"

"Well..." Dustin said with a little bit of hesitation, but decided to inform his friends.

"As Sugarcoat said, me, Erena and Emille were not really the most skilled duelists or even the best students at Crystal Prep." Dustin bashfully rubs the back of his neck. "In fact, we were pretty much the bottom of the barrel compared to other students."

"As such..." Erena cuts in. "We were looked down by many of the other students."

"And Cinch certainly made it much worse for us." Emille said with a sad look. "She would ridicule us for our low grades."

"We never had many friends there." Dustin said before looking to the five girls. "Well, save for these five. They were there to help us out, and even help improve our skills."

"And I take it that Haze, Nightingale and Quicksilver were the guys who made fun of you the most?" Fluttershy said, feeling sorry for Dustin and his sisters.

"Making fun of is putting it lightly, but yeah." Erena said with a sad sigh. "Thakfully, our parents eventually did transfer us out of that nightmare and to CHS."

Suddenly, the speakers sounded.

"Attention! The next match will commence in two minutes. Could the representatives for Canterlot High and Crystal Prep report to the duel field immediately< those who fail to do so will be disqualified!"

"We'll, I wonder who will Duel who next?" Rainbow asked.

"I guess we'll know once they show up." Dustin said with a sigh. "And I'll bet the second match won't be easy."

"Well, we'll be there to cheer you guys on." Pinkie Pie said, taking a bite out of a muffin.

"And I best be on guard with those newbie’s Cinch hired." Sour Sweet said to them. "I got a bad feeling about them."

After the two minutes, Dustin and the others regrouped, and the Shadowbolts joined them.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen." The commentator announced to the crowd. Cantorlot high emerged the victor of the previous Duel, but let's see who wins this one."

At one end of the Arena, the jumbotron showed a picture of a heart with a capital "H" in the middle of it.

Erena walked out of the entrance.

"From Canterlot High, we have Erena Honjou!" announced the commentator as Erena struck a pose fit for a magical girl anime character, earning applause from many in the audience as well as from her friends.

"But who is her opponent, you may be asking?" The commentator asked, making the crowd hyped up. "We'll, let's find out."

On the opposite side of the arena, the jumbotron showed a symbol of a hurricane with a pair of wings.

As the music played, Haze made his way to the arena, a series of holographic tornadoes appearing as he walks down the runway.

"From Crystal Prep, we have Haze!" The commentator said as Haze simply raised his arm, a big gust of appeared from behind.

"Oh boy." Dustin said with a hint of worry. "Looks like Erena's dealing with Haze."

"I'll bet he's not going to be as easy as Nightingale." Sunset said, just as concerned.

The massive holographic screen appears, showing both Haze and Erena's life point gauges.

“Duelists, shuffle your decks!” The screen said, and Erena and Haze both shuffled their respective decks. Once that was done, they both placed their decks in their respective slots.

“Selecting first turn player!” The screen announced before showing the image coin. “Heads or tails?”

“I'll choose Tails.” Haze said with a smirk.

"I guess that leaves me with Heads." Erena said, and the coin on screen was then tossed. Sure enough, the result was Tails.

“Haze takes first turn!” The screen announced, and Erena and Haze drew their hands. “Begin!”

“Let’s Duel!” Both Haze and Erena declared, signaling the start of the Duel.

Haze LP: 8000
Erena LP: 8000

Haze drew his sixth card, and smiled at what it was. "I play the card I just drew, being none other than Pot of Greed!" Haze said, revealing his card to Erena, taking her by surprise. "So that's two new cards added to my hand."

Haze drew his next two cards, his smile widening even more. "And I'll put one of them to good use. The Spell Card known as Magical Mallet!"

"Oh no!" Erena gasped in shock.

"Oh yes! So now any undesirable cards that are in my hand get shuffled back into my Deck before drawing the same amount." Haze declared, shocking Dustin and his friends in the process.

"You're kidding!" Rainbow Dash declared in shock.

"Then that means he can exchange the card he doesn't want for ones he does!" Rarity said while feeling worried for Erena.

"Correct you are, madame! And I'll shuffle my entire hand in favor of a new one!" Haze chuckled wickedly as he retured his hand to his deck.

In the Crystal Prep Bleachers, Quicksilver and Nightingale were watching the Duel.

"Haze sure is taking a big risk." Quicksilver said with a whistle. "What if the cards he draws next aren't the ones he needs?"

"Haze has his ways." Nightingale said to Quicksilver. "Trust me; he knows what he's doing."

After Haze shuffled his deck, he drew a new hand.

"Oh? Well lookie here." Haze said before revealing another Magical Mallet from his hand, further shocking Erena. "I’ve drawn another Magical Mallet, and I think I’ll use it. But this time, I'll shuffle three cards from my Deck, and then draw three new ones."

After Haze shuffled his deck yet again, he drew the three cards to replace the ones he shuffled.

"Perfect. First, I play Barrier Statue of the Heavens in Defense Mode!" Haze said before an ivory white statue with golden accents appeared on the field.

[Barrier Statue of the Heavens/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000]

"And while I'm at it, I'll activate Double Summon, allowing me one additional Normal Summon this turn. And I'll bring out Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds, also in Defense Mode!" Haze declared as a green Statue resembling a birdman in a kneeling position appeared.

[Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds/Lv: 4/WIND/Winged Beast/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000]

"Hold up!" Rainbow Dash declared. "I thought Barrier Statue of the Heavens can only allow each player to summon Light monsters!"

"Correction. We cannot Special Summon monsters, except Light monsters" Haze said with a chuckle. "It does not prevent us from Normal Summoning monsters that are strictly light attribute. But since I have both two Barrier Statues, neither one of us can Special Summon anything."

"Big deal!" Erena said without any fear in her voice. "I'll find a way to reduce those statues into rubble!"

"We'll see. To finish up, I'll place one card face down." Haze said as a giant face-down card a appeared in front of him. "And I believe that's the best I can come up with."

"Then it's my turn!" Erena drew her next card, examining her hand to formulate a strategy. "First I play Fancy HERO Polly in Attack Mode!"

A swirling vortex appeared in front of Erena, causing a woman dressed in a white, green and purple dress to appear, wielding a large magic staff in hand.

[Fancy HERO Polly/Lv: 3/LIGHT/Spellcaster/ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1200]

Haze only smirked at this.

"You won't be smiling for long Haze! Next I play the Spell Card, Dark Ruler No More First!" Erena said with a smile

"What!?" Haze gasped in shock, not expecting this.

"With this, the effects of all face-up monsters you currently control are negated until the end of my turn. But you do take no damage, which doesn't really matter.since both your statues are in Defense Mode." Erena said, her smirk still visible.

"Little bitch!" Nightingale said with a growl.

"But I'm not finished just yet, Haze." Erena said with a grin. "For now I activate her special ability!" As Erena said this, Polly raised her staff, causing a massive purple vortex to appear on the sky. "Think of her as a monster version of Polymerization! Allowing me to Fusion Summon a Fancy HERO Fusion monster from my Extra Deck by using the right materials! And I'll use her effect to combine both Fancy HERO Athena and Fancy HERO Erminguard from my hand."

As Erena said this, two streaks of light appeared and flew towards the vortex.

"By merging the powers of my winged heroine and my shielding heroine, I create a winged guardian!" Erena chanted as a large gust of wing emerged from the vortex, making Haze shield himself.

"Ah like where this is headin'!" Applejack said with a smile.

"Descend from the clouds, release your war cry, and emerge to the battlefield! For you are both my unyielding sword and my impenetrable shield! Fusion Summon! Prepare for battle, Level 6, 'Fancy HERO Valerie Winguard!'"

Suddenly, from the vortex, a new monster emerged and descended to the field. It resembled a women clad in a white and green uniform, a pair of massive wings sprouting from her back, large auburn hair in a braid, and armed with nothing but a shield and a sword.

[Fancy HERO Valerie Winguard/Lv: 3/WIND/Warrior/ATK: 2000/ DEF: 2500]

"My, oh my!" The commentator exclaimed in awe at the sight of the new monster. "If looks could kill, this one would be serving a life sentence!"

"Now Valerie Winguard, shatter Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds to pieces!" Erena declared as Valerie Winguard readied her sword. "TYPHOON SLASHER!"

With a horizontal swing of her blade, Valerie Winguard sent a crescent of green energy at the green statute, shattering it to bits.

"Polly! You're turn!" Erena declared as Polly raised her staff. "DIFFUSION SCRAMBLE!".

Polly raised her staff, sending a barrage of energy waves at the Statue, shattering it like the previous one.

"And I'll place one card face-down, and end my turn!" Erena said as her set card appeared on the field.

"Hehehe. Superb move, Erena. Admittedly, you're skills certainly have improved." Haze said before drawing his next card. "But the kid gloves come off now!" Haze then revealed the card he drew. "I activate another Pot of Greed! So that's two more cards added to my hand." Haze drew his next two cards. "Just my luck! And I'll use both of them. First we have Instant Fusion!"

"Uh oh!" Erena said with worry.

"That's right! Now by paying 1000 life points, I can Special Summon 1 Level 5 or lower Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck. But it cannot attack and it’s destroyed by the end of this turn." Haze said with a smirk.

Haze LP: 7000

Suddenly, the sound of roaring thunder was heard and lightning flashed in the sky.

"And I use it to bring out Kaminari Attack in Attack Mode!" Haze chuckled wickedly as a massive man with a gray beard, gray hair and covered in dark gray clouds as a uniform appeared, releasing a war cry to signal his arrival.

[Kaminari Attack/Lv: 5/WIND/Thunder/ATK: 1900/ DEF: 1400]

"And next, I activate Self-Duplication. And I'll use it to create one additional clone of Kaminari Attack!" Haze said as a second Kaminari Attack appeared onto the field.

"But what's the point?" Spike asked with confusion.

"You're about to find out, shrimp!" Haze saod, tapping a button on his Duel Disk, revealing his face down card. "I reveal Trap Card, Ultimate Offering!"

"Huh!?" Erena asked with shock as Haze drew his next two card.

"So now I can Normal Summon as many monsters as I want, but at the cost of paying 500 life points for each monster." Haze then selected the next two cards in his hand. "Like these two. I pay an additional 1000 life points to summon not one, but two Cryplify Monsters!"

"Oh no!" Erena gasped in horror, knowing where this is going.

"Oh yes!" Haze said with a wicked laugh. "So lets all welcome two Aethereal Cumulus!"

Haze LP: 6000

Suddenly, two additional monsters appeared. Both resembled a small cloud with a pair of wings and an adorable face. Both cloud-like creatures released an adorable squeak upon making their presence known.

[Aethereal Cumulus/Lv: 4/WIND/Fairy/X 2/ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1200]

"Huh?" Erena asked out of sheer confusion upon seeing the two clouds.

"AAAAWWWW!!!" Many of the spectators roared out upon seeing how cure the two clouds are.

"How adorable!" The commentator said. "If those two were real, I'd snag one of them."

"Bwahaha! You kidding me!? All of that set up for two winged cotton balls!?" Rainbow Dash said while laughing like a hyena.

"I would not underestimate them, skittles head!" Haze said with a wicked grin. "Now I activate their Cryplify abilities, equipping them to both my Kaminari Attacks!" Haze declared as both Aethereal Cumulus merged with the could that covered both Kaminari Attack copies, leaving only their adorable faces visible.

"Big deal!" Erena said defiantly.

"Oh, it's a very big deal, Honjou!" Haze retorted, making Erena worried again. "Now, I sacrifice both copies of Kaminari Attack and both copies of Arlethereal Cumulus to bring out not one, but two Prism Monsters!

"Wait! Two Prism Summons in one turn!" Dustin asked in total shock.

"Oh, this ain't good!" Applejack said with worry and fear.

"Get ready to feel the thunder, because a major storm is heading your way!" Haze declared, laughing wickedly as both of his monsters vanished in flashed of lightning. Soon after wards, lightning flashed, thunder roared and the winds picked up in intensity.

"Through the snow and sleet and hail... through the blizzard, through the gale! Through the wind and through the rain! Over mountain, over plain! Through the blinding lightning flash!" As Haze chanted, a lightning bolt flashed. "And the mighty thunder crash!" Another thunderbolt roars through the air, the sound of thunder soon followed. "Here they are, the fearsome two... nothing stops them; you are through!"

As the weather intensifies, a massive column of electricity appeared at Haze's right side while a massive tornado appeared on his left.

"Prism Summon! Bring on the storm, Level 10, 'Aethereal Raijin' and 'Aethereal Fujin!'" Haze finished as both the tornado and lightning colum dissipated, revealing two new figures. Both released a mighty battle cry to signify their might.

[Aethereal Raijin/Lv: 10/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK: 3500/ DEF: 3000]

[Aethereal Fujin/Lv: 10/WIND/Fairy/ATK: 3500/ DEF: 3000]

Erena just gasped in a combination of shock and horror upon seeing the two monsters that stood before her. Her friends could feel the same way.

"No way!" Sunset said, too much in shock upon seeing the two creatures.

"Never seen him use those before!" Dustin said, his worry for Erena was greater now. This was clearly not going to end well.

"Oh...oh my!" The commentator said, shaking a bit in fear upon seeing the two monsters. "This truly is a change of pace!"

"You're not the only one whose made some new adjustments to your Deck and skills. Just a few days prior, I managed to fashion myself a new Deck." Haze said, revealing in Erena's fear. "And if you think their scary now, just wait until they Attack. In fact, don't wait!"

"Oh crap!" Erena uttered, to shocked to move an inch.

"Raijin! Destroy Fancy HERO Valerie Winguard!" Haze declared as Raijin's hands sparkled with electricity. "THUNDER CLAP!"

With a clap of its hands, Raijin sent a barrage of lightning bolts at Valerie Winguard.

"Nice try! But you just trigger an effect Valerie Winguards has! Whenever she's targeted for an attack, I can switch her to Defense Mode!" Erena declared as Valerie Winguard got I to a kneeling position, just before the lightning struck her. "And as such, my life points remain untouched."

"But this next attack will do some damage!" Haze declared, but Erena smirked.

"But that's not all! Now I reveal my face down card! I also had a Trap set up." Erena then taps a button, revealing her set card. "Fancy Signal!"

'Shit!' Haze swore to himself, this time surprised

"Whenever a Fancy HERO I control is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, I get to summon a Level 4 or lower Fancy HERO to take her place. And I know just the one!" Erena said as she picked the card needed from her Deck. "Fancy HERO Freya! Attack Mode!"

[Fancy HERO Freya/Lv: 4/EARTH/Warrior/ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1600]

"Impressive! But not good enough! Fujin, take Freya down!" Haze declared as Fujin took a deep inhale.

"What the Hell is he doing!?" Quicksilver asked.

"Haze, you idiot! Stop!" Nightingale called out, but her words met deaf ears!

"TYPHOON BREATH!" Haze roared out, and Haze followed his master's order by blowing huge gusts of wind, destroying Freya.

Erena LP: 6000

"What a shame." Haze said with a smirk.

"Big mistate, Haze!" Erena said, confusing Haze. "There's a reason why I placed Freya on the field. Specifically in attack mode. Because whenever she's destroyed by battle, any battle damage I take, my opponent takes the same amount of damage too!"

Haze gasped in shock as a transparent image of Freya appeared on the field. Freya drew her bow and fired an arrow at Haze, the arrow hitting directly his chest, making him groan in agony.

Haze LP: 4000

"HAZE, YOU BLOODY JACKASS!!!" Nightingale called out angrily.

"Haze just got played!" Rainbow said, laughing at seeing Haze's shocked expression.

"Talk about girl power!" Lemon Zest said with an impressed smile on her face.

"Tch! I end my turn!" Haze said with a growl.

"Ok. My turn!" Erena drew her next card. "I play Card of Sanctity. So now we both draw until we each have six cards." Erena declared as both Haze and Erena drew until their hands continued six cards. "Next, I activate the effect of Fancy HERO Charlemagne from my hand. Allowing me to send her from my hand to the graveyard, in order to add Fancy Tower from my Deck straight to my hand!" Erena said as she sent the monster to her graveyard and drew the needed card. "And while I'm at it, I'll play it right now!"

Erena placed the card into the Field Zone of her Duel Disk, causing the arena to change into a very familiar tower.

"And now with Fancy Tower on the field, I Special Summon Charlemagne onto the field! Come on out, Charlemagne!" Erena declared as the familiar heroine appeared onto the field.

[Fancy HERO Charlemagne/Lv: 6/EARTH/Warrior/ATK 2300/DEF: 1500]

"But why stop there? Next, I'll use Polly's effect again!"

Haze only growled in response, not liking where this was going.

"This time, I send both Fancy HERO Statica and Fancy HERO Marian from my hand!" Erena declared as Polly conjured the familiar purple vortex, and a bolt of electricity along with a stream of dark energy flew into the center of the vortex.

"I combine my electric heroine and my dark heroine to create a storm of pure darkness." Enera chanted as bolts of black-colored lightning shot down from the ether.

"Who!" Spike declared in awe.

"Oh...my!" Fluttershy uttered in her usual whispered tone.

Then, a blast of black electricity emerged from the portal before landing in front of Erena.

"Say hello to Fancy HERO Sandara Darkflash!" Erena declared as the electricity vanished, revealing the new monster.

[Fancy HERO Sandara Darkflash: 8/DARK/Warrior/ATK 2400/DEF: 2000]

"Well! This is certainly a shocking surprise!" The commentator said to the audience.

"Oh, I'm just getting started! Now, I boost the attack of all my monsters with this!" Erena declared as she revealed her next card. "Fancy Charge!"

"Fancy Charge!?" Haze asked, not liking where this was going.

"With this, every Fancy HERO monster I control gets a 200 attack boost for each of their level until the end of this turn." Erena declared as her monsters released sparks of electricity, their power rising.

(Fancy HERO Sandara Darkflash: 2400 - 4000)
(Fancy HERO Charlemagne: 2300 - 3500)
(Fancy HERO Polly: 1200 - 2000)

"Aw yeah!" Rainbow cheered. "Whoop his ass, Erena!"

"Go sis, go!" Dustin joined in on the cheering!

"Next I play the Spell Card, Effect Recycle!" Erena said, placing said card on the field.

Haze only released a "hmph" in response.

"And if you're wondering how it works, it card allows me to banish 1 card from either one of our graveyards once per turn, then I can activate the following effect based on the type of the banished card. If it was a monster, I can bring out a Recycle Token with the same stats, type, attribute and effects as that monster. But if it was a Spell or Trap Card, I can use its effects And I'll use it to banish your Pot of Greed, allowing me to add to more card.

Haze was taken a back, but he began to chuckle, confusing Erena and her friends.

"Quite impressive! But I'm afraid your efforts are meaningless!" Haze said, still chuckling.

"And what are you getting at?" Erena asked.

"If you must know, both Aethereal Raijin and Aethereal Fujin are immune to battle destruction." Haze smirked. "Even if you attacked with monster stronger than either one, they'll still get standing."

"Oh?" Erena asked with a smirk of her own. "Then it's a good thing I have this." Erena revealed her next card "Forbidden Doplet!"

This shocked Haze, and his other teammates.

"Oh shit!" Nightingale gasped in shock.

"Are you kidding me!?" Haze asked in a mix of shock and confusion.

"I'm afraid not. With this, I can send any number of other cards from my hand and/or field to the Graveyard, then choose the same number of Effect Monsters you control to have their effects negated and their attack points halved until the end of the turn!" Erena announced as both of Haze's monsters were covered in a purple aura.

(Aethereal Raijin: 3500 - 1750)
(Aethereal Fujin: 3500 - 1750)

"Crap!" Quicksilver said in total horror.

"Alright! Sadara Darkflash! First attack is yours!" Erena declared as Sadara raised her arm, forming a ball of dark electricity! "DARK SPARK STORM!" Erena declared as Sandara fired a series of dark electrical strikes at Raijin, making the monster roar out in agony before exploding.

Haze LP - 3550

"Polly, your turn! Make Fujin dissapear!" Erena declared as Polly raised her staff, sending Wave after wave of energy blasts at Fujin, shattering him to pieces.

Haze LP - 3300

"Charmelagne, attack Haze directly!" Erena declared as Charlemagne dead sprinted towards Haze, delivering a roundhouse kick to his midsection. Haze managed to keep his footing, but he growled.in a mix of pain and anger as his life points plummeted further.

Haze LP - 200

"YIPEE!" Pinkie declared with joy!

"Alright, onee-chan!" Emille cheered happily.

"Shit!" Nightingale uttered in shock. "Haze is down to 200 life points."

"Haze better think of something fast." Quicksilver said with worry. "He's pretty much getting his ass handed to him."

"And I'll just finish it from there." Erena said with a smirk visible on her face. "Better make your next move count, Haze. But if you want to forfeit, I won't judge."

(Fancy HERO Sandara Darkflash: 4000 - 2400)
(Fancy HERO Charlemagne: 3500 - 2300)
(Fancy HERO Polly: 2000 - 1200)

Haze just growled in response, but his sneer turned into a smirk.

'Smile while you can, Honjou!' Haze thought to himself. 'I may be in a bit of bind, but I will be the one who gets the last laugh!'

To be continued...

Girl Power part 2

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Beastly Machinations Part 1

Author's Note

Beastly Machinations Part 1

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Beastly Machinations part 1

As the representatives for Canterlot High celebrated Erena’s victory, the Crystal Prep representatives, specifically Daemon, Yurika, and Harry were in the met up near the community restrooms, conversing with one another.

“Two wins so far.” Yurika pondered a hint of concern in her tone. “I’ll admit, those losers are proving to be quite a challenge.”

“No shit. Especially since Nightingale and Haze are some of Crystal Prep’s elite duelists.” Daemon said with a nod of agreement. “But regardless, we can’t jeopardize our mission. What do you think Harry?” Daemon looked to Harry, only to see the man dozing off on a bench, earning a deadpan look from both Daemon and Yurika.

“Seriously?” Asked Yurika. “Lazy bastard.”

“Well, he does represent sloth.” Daemon aid to Yurika with a shrug if his shoulders.
“Attention!” A voice said through the P.A. system. “The next match will commence in five minutes. All representatives for both Canterlot High and Crystal Prep are to report to the duel field by then. Those who fail to do so will be disqualified! Thank you."

“Well, that’s our cue.” Daemon said before flicking Harry on the nose, waking the boy. “Wake up, sleeping beauty! The next Duel is about to start!”

“Yeah, yeah!” Harry said with a yawn, stretching before getting up. “Next time, a simple nudge or a tap on the shoulder would be very much appreciated next time jackass!”

“Watch it, slacker!” Daemon said with a growl, casting a glare to Harry. “Remember, I embody the sin of wrath. Meaning I can easily pummel you into the dirt, so shut it before I kick your teeth in!”

“Noted”, said Harry with a carefree tone.

Once both sides have gathered, they waited to see who will compete in the coming match. They didn’t have to wait long as the commentator made her scene on the arena.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen." The commentator announced to the crowd. “That’s two wins for Cantorlot High so far, but I wonder who will win this match. Well, let’s meet the competitors."

At one end of the Arena, the jumbotron showed a picture of a clawed hand looming over a claw.

Bruce then walked out of the entrance.
"From Canterlot High, we have Bruce Welker!" announced the commentator as the audience roster in applause, and Bruce pumped his fist as he relished in the applause. He stopped half way before raising his fist High, a large holographic t-rex appeared behind him and released a bellowing roar, further fueling the audiences excitement.

“My, my.” The commentator said with an impressed look. “Quite the entrance. But let’s see who your opponent will be, Mr. Welker.”

“Whoever it is, the wankers Dinosaur chum!” Bruce said as he strapped on his Duel Disk and placed his deck into the Deck slot. “When I Duel, I show no mercy, shiela.”

“Ooh. Strong words.” Said the commentator,impressed by Bruce’s spirit. On the opposite side of the arena, the jumbotron showed a symbol of a cog wheel with a pentagram inches middle.

"And Bruce’s opponent from Crystal Prep, is Harry Lector!" The commentator said as Harry made his way to the arena. But he wasn’t walking; instead he was hovering in what looked to be a floating cybernetic chair.

Aside from that, nothing else happened. No flashy entrance, just Harry in his hover chair, levitating towards to the arena.

Back in the bleachers, Dustin and friends watched Harry as he levitated to the arena in his hover chair.

"What is he sitting on?" Applejack asked with a quicker eyebrow.

"Don't know." Said Pinkie. "But it looks fun."

On the arena, Bruce cast a smug look upon seeing Harry.

"Heh. This'll be a cakewalk." Bruce then raised his Duel Disk. "You gonna load up your Duel Disk or what, mate?"

"I'm sitting in it." Hary said, patting on the right arm of the chair. "Me personally, Duel Disks are a bit of a hassle to use, and are pretty overrated. Why go for a Duel Disk, when you can Duel using a Duel throne?"

"Duel Throne?" Bruce asked with confusion. But his confusion immediately turned to shock. "Wait! I heard of those things!"

"Yes." Harry said with a chuckle. "In a Duel Throne, you can Duel minimum effort, and in great comfort."

"I ain’t ever heard of a “Duel throne” before.” Applejack said with confusion.

"That's because it's relatively new tech." Twilight elaborated, making the others look to her. "It just came out a few days ago, actually."

"Not to mention they're crazy expensive." Sunset added. "They go for about at least 10,000 dollars a pop."

"Hot damn!" Gilda said with whistle.

"Bah! Whatever!" Bruce said with a shrug. "Duel Throne, Duel Schmone. You're going down regardless!"

"We’ll see about that." Harry said with a wicked grin.

The massive holographic screen appears, showing both Bruce and Harry's life point gauges.

“Duelists, shuffle your decks!” The screen declared, and Harry and Bruce did just that. Once their decks were shuffled, and Bruce both placed his deck back in the Deck slot of his Duel disk while Harry inserted his in a compartment in the right arm of his Duel throne.

“Selecting first turn player!” The screen announced before showing the image coin. “Heads or tails?”

“I'll choose Heads.” Larry said with a smirk.

"I pick Tails." Bruce said, and the coin on screen was then tossed. Sure enough, the result was Tails.

“Bruce takes first turn!” The screen announced, and Bruce and Harry drew their hands. Well, Bruce his hand while Harry’s was displayed on a screen on the left arm of Harry's Duel Throne. “Begin!"

“Let’s Duel!” Both Harry and Bruce declared, signaling the start of the Duel.

Bruce LP: 8000
Harry LP: 8000

"Hope yer an animal fan, mate!" Bruce said as draw his sixth card. "Because I'll play Polymerization, and fuse both Des Kangaroo and Big Koala from my hand!"

A large vortex appeared above Bruce, and two monsters appeared on either side of him. One was a green kangaroo wearing a purple vest, red shoes and a pair of boxing gloves, and the other was a giant sized blue koala. As soon as both monsters appeared, they were sucked into the vortex.

After a brief moment, a new monster appeared, causing the ground to shake violently upon entering the field. The monster was a giant sized green koala with a yellow underbelly, a long tail, and it had the same garments Des Kangaroo had.

"Meet my big friend, Master of Oz!" Bruce declared as the giant sized marsupial glared at Harry, its fists ready to strike.

[Master of Oz/LV: 9/EARTH/Beast/ATK: 4200/DEF: 3700]

"Whoa!" Rainbow Dash declared in awe. "Talk about bringing in the big guns!"

"And I'll finish by laying a facedown!" Bruce said as a large face-down card appeared. "Try beating that, skinny!"

"Oh, I will. Trust me." Harry said as he swiped his finger on the screen, drawing his sixth card, examining the cards displayed on the screen.

"First, I play a monster face down." Harry said as a face-down card appeared on infield, but faced horizontally. "Next I play Double Summon, and I'll use it to play Bokoichi the Freightening Car in defense mode!"

Suddenly, a large reddish-purple train car with face appeared, emitting a mechanical wail.

[Bokoichi the Freightening Car/DARK/LV: 2/ATK: 500/DEF: 500]

"What?" Bruce said in confusion. "How's that thing gonna help?"

"You'll see." Harry selected his next card. "Next I activate Machine Duplication. Now by targeting a monster I control whose attack points are 500 or less, I can bust out two other copies of that same monster." Harry then tapped the deck visible on his Duel Throne's screed, scrolling through list of cards before picking the two cards he needed. "And I think I'll bring out two more Bokoichis, this time in Defense mode!"

As Harry said this, two more Bokoichis appeared onto the field, each releasing a mechanical wail.

"I don't get it." Spike said, utterly confused. "Why would he summon three copies of Bokoichi? They don't even come close to the strength of Master of Oz!"

"I think we're about to find out." Said Sugarcoat with slightly nervous expression.

"Next I activate Book of Taiyou!" Hardy declared as a large spell book that emitted a feint yellow glow appeared. "This allows me to flip one face-down monster face-up to Attack Mode! And that comes in handy when I gave this!" As soon Harry said that, the book shinned bright as his face-down monster was flipped over, revealing a large purple locomotive with a goblin-like face. "Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive!"

[Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive/LV: 4DARK/Machine/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1000]

"Wait! What!?" Bruce exclaimed in a mix of both shock and confusion.

"That's right! Now that he's flip summoned, I get to draw one card." Harry explained with a grin. "Not only that, but I can also draw 1 additional card for each face-up Bokoichi the Freightening Car I control, so since I have three Bokoichis, that's a whopping four cards added to my hand." Harry emitted a chuckle before doing just as he explained.

"WHAT!?" Pinkie yelled in shock.

"No way!" Rainbow Dash declared, just as shocked as the others.

"I'll finish up by playing a card face down." Harry said as tapped the screen of his Duel Throne, causing a large holographic card to appear face-down.

"Ooh, a train and a here train cars. I’m shakin’ in my boots." Said Bruce out of sarcasm. "What am I gonna do?" Bruce then drew his next card. "Oh I know! Play this! Card of Sanctity! So now we both draw until our hands consist of six cards."

In the bleachers, the other representatives for Crystal Prep watched the Duel.

"I hope your friend knows what he's doing." Haze said to Yurika."I've got a feeling that Aussie douche is no pushover."

"Fret not, muscles." Yurika said with a determined. "He may be lazy, but he's not stupid."

"Alright! From my hand, I summon Beast King Barbaros! In Attack mode!" Brice declared as the monster appeared. It had a centaur-like body shape, the upper half was that of a tan-skinned man with red eyes and a large blonde mane, while the lower half was that of a black feline, and it was armed with a drill-like Lance and a shield. Once it appeared, the creature released a mighty roar.

[Beast King Barbaros/LV: 8/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/ATK: 3000/DEF: 1200]

"You're overgrown hairball doesn't scare me." Harry said with a smug grin. "Plus, you do realize by summoning him without any Tributes, his attack points are reduced to 1900, right?"

(Beast King Barbaros ATK: 3000 - 1900)

"Then it's a good thing I have this!" Brice said as he revealed his next card. "Wild Nature's Release!"

"Huh?" Harry asked in surprise.

"With this, the defense points to of a beast or beast-warrior I control are added to its attack points! Like Beast King Barbaros for example!" Bruce announced as Beast King Barbaros emitted a red aura and roared.

(Beast King Barbaros ATK: 1900 - 3100)

"Whoa!" Spike exclaimed in astonishment. "3100 attack points?"

"But I'm just getting warmed up, mate!" Bruce selected his next card. "I'll juice up my Master of Oz with the Equip Spell, Big Bang Shot, granting a 400 attack buff!" Bruce cried out as Master of Oz bumps his fists together while emitting a bright yellow aura.

(Master of Oz ATK: 4200 - 4600)

"Not only that, but my Master of Oz gains the effect of inflicting piercing damage to you when he attacks a Defense Position monster." Bruce explained with a taunting tone, but Harry didn't seem alarmed.

"Holy crap!" Gilda exclaimed in total disbelief. "4600 attack points! Man that dude's not wasting any time, is he?"

"That means once that Master of Oz attacks, that creep will lose about nearly half of his life points." Soursweet said with an impressed smile on her face.

"That's Bruce for you, my dear." A familiar voice said. The gang looked to see Scout and Blueblood had joined them.

"Blueblood? Scout?" Rainbow asked with a hint of distaste. "What are you two doing here?"

"What does it look like, skittles head?" Scout shot back. "Weir watching Bruce wipe the floor with this pasty faced freak."

"Master of Oz, send that Dekoichi to the junkyard! Outback attack!" Bruce declared, and Master of Oz followed the order by sending a fist to Dekoichi.

"You fell for it!" Harry said with a smirk before revealing his face-down card. "You sprung my Sakuretsu Armor!"

"What!?" Bruce cried out in shock.

"This Trap of mine destroys your overgrown marsupial, stopping it dead in its tracks!" Harry explained with maniacal laugh as Dekoichi emitted a glossy shine. Once Master of Oz's attack landed, it only destroyed itself.

"Crap!" Bruce growled in fury. "But nothing I cant come back from! Beast King Barbaros, avenge your fallen comrade!" Barbaros then ran towards Dekoichi, his lance poised to strike. Once entered attack hit, the monstrous locomotive exploded into tiny particles of light.

"But since Dekoichi was in Defense mode, I take no damage." Harry said with a smug grin. "And surely you do know what happens once your turn ends?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'll just place a card face-down and end my turn. But Barbaros is destroyed due to the effect of Wild Nature's Release." Bruce said as Barbaros released a pained roar before shattering to bits.

"Goody, it's my turn then." Harry swiped the screen on his Duel Throne again, and observed his hand displayed on it. A wicked smile forming on his face again. "First, I play monster Reborn to bring back Dekoichi." Dekoichi then reappears back to the field. "Now, I sacrifice two of my Bokoichi's to bring out a much better machine!"

Both Bokoichis suddenly transformed into large purple ball of light before taking off into the sky. Once the balls collided, a large column of purple light appeared on the field. And in it, there was the massive silhouette in it.

"I don't know what that is..." Gilda said with hint of worry, "but I don't like it."

"Join the club!" Rainbow Dash said just as worried as Erena hid behind in fear. Even Bruce was a bit fearful.

"Make way, fools! For I'm bout to bring out one of the best mechanical titans ever forged! I present to you all... Dovelgus, Generaider Boss of Iron! In Defense Mode!" Harry said as the column vanished, revealing the massive Machine. It possessed no head, but it bore a face on its midsection, as well as a face of both knees and holding a hammer in a kneeling position.

[Dovelgus, Generaider Boss of Iron/LV: 9/EARTH/Machine/ATK: 1500/DEF: 2500]

"Oh my!" The commentator announced in slight fear upon seeing the monster. "That's one of the scariest things I've ever seen!"

"Well, he's not only intimidating in looks, toots." Harry said to the commentator before looking back to Bruce. "He also has a pretty nifty effects. Allowing me to sacrifice any number of Generaider and/or Machine-type monsters in order to Special Summon the same number of Gradier and/or Machine-type monsters from my hand in Defense Mode! As long as they are both different names, both from each other and from the monster sacrificed."

"Aw crap!" Bruce said with shock and fear.

"That's right, Crocodile Dundee!" Harry chuckled at Bruce’s response. "I sacrifice my remaining Bokoichi along with Dokoichi, and bring out two new mechanical marvels to take their place. As long as they are both different names, both from each other and from the monster sacrificed." Harry said as both monsters turned a into a red energy ball before Dovelgus slammed both with his mighty hammer, creating a large pool of molten metal. Suddenly, a mechanical arm jutted from the pool of molten metal.

"Oh... my!" Fluttershy whispered fearfully as Spike hid behind her.

"I don't like the looks of this!" Sunset said with worry.

"Christ!" Scout said with a creeped out expression. "It's like Terminator meets Night of the Living Dead!"

"For our first machine, let's all welcome the mechanical monarch himself," Harry said with a grin as the mechanical figure emerged from the molten metal. "Perfect Machine King!"

The monster appeared to be a large red and white bulky robot with glowing blue eyes that stared at Bruce.

[Perfect Machine King/LV: 8/EARTH/Machine/ATK: 2700/DEF: 1500]

"Whoa!" Indigo Zap said in a mix wonder. "I should be worried for that Bruce guy, but I can't help but find that Perfect Machine King cool."

"Sometimes, you gotta respect the classics, eh?" Harry said, his wicked grin still visible. "And of course, you probably already know what he does, no?"

"Yeah, yeah." Bruce said rudely with a roll of his eyes. "He gains 500 attack points for every other machine you control. I'm not a freaking rookie, ya know!"

(Perfect Machine King ATK - 2700 - 3200)

"Well, his majesty may be archaic nowadays, but my next monster is something more modern." Harry chuckled as another figure emerged from the pool of metal. The creature resembled a mechanical dragon whose head and arms each composed of a glowing futuristic pistol.

"Whoa nelly!" Applejack said, her worry increasing. And the others could relate.

"Ever heard the phrase "don’t bring a knife to a gunfight"? Well my Desperado Barrel Dragon is the embodiment of that phrase!" Harry declared as the mechanical dragon released a robotic roar.

[Desperado Barrel Dragon/LV: 8/DARK/Machine/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2200]

"And with Desperado Barel Dragon in play, my perfect Machine King's attack points now reach to a staggering 4200." Harry declared as Perfect Machine King sparked with electricity, signifying his rising power.

(Perfect Machine King ATK - 3200 - 3700)

"Big deal!" Bruce scoffed. "That hunk of junk is still in Defense Mode!"

"Oh I know. Next, I activate Pot of Greed, granting me two additional cards." Harry said as he swiped the screen twice, adding his next two card in his hand. "And I'll use one of those cards, Foolish Burial, allowing me to send a monster from my Deck to the graveyard."

"Huh?" Erena said out of confusion. "I don't get it. So far, he's been playing defense. Why hasn't he attacked yet?"

"Maybe the slacker is just scared." Scout said with a smirk. "Only the cowards go for defense."

"I wouldn't say that, Scout." Blueblood said, earning a confused look from Scout and the others. "If he was cowarering, he would be showing it."

"You mean he's planning something?" Sunset asked, worrying that Blueblood may be right.

"Cowards do go for the defensive strategy, but so do people who are waiting for the opportune moment to strike." Blueblood said as he examined Harry. "And judging by his demeanor, I would say he's leaning towards the latter."

"I'll end my move by placing 1 card face down." Harry said as another large face-down card appeared onto the field,"your move."

"About bloody time!" Bruce said as he drew his next card, and then examined his hand. "Alright bloke! First, I also play pot of Greed. So now I get an additional two cards." Bruce said before drawing his next two cards. "Sweet, and I'll put 'em to good use. The first one being Monster Reborn, so come on back Master of Oz!"

Suddenly, the familiar colossal marsupial appeared back on to the field, bumping its fists together and growling.

"And the second card..." Bruce then revealed the card in question, "Feral Fusion!"

"Feral what?" Harry asked in slight shock.

"Feral Fusion!" Bruce repeated with a taunting. "What this does is it allows me to summon a Fused Fauna monster from my extra deck by using materials from not only my hand or field, but my Deck as well!" Bruce said, making Harry gasp in shock.

"Wait!" Twilight gasped. "Did he just say from his deck !?"

"Oh yeah!" Dustin said with a grin. "I believe did."

"So now, I fuse Berserk Gorilla, Fenrir, and Maji-Gire Panda from my Deck to bring out a new king of beasts!" Bruce said another vortex appeared above Bruce, along with a gorilla, a panda and a wolf. Then the three monsters were sucked into the vortex, before a new monster made its appearance. "Say hello to Fused Fauna Silverback King!"

[Fused Fauna Silverback King/LV: 8/DARK/Machine/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2200]

"Yikes!" The commentator announced. "I wouldn't want to mess with that."

"You wouldn't, sheila." Bruce said to the commentator before looking back to Harry. "Especially with his special effect, one that adds the defense points of all Fused Fauna monsters to their attack points until the end phase! And that includes himself!" As Bruce said this, the Silver Back king flared its nostrils as it's attack power increased.

(Fused Fauna Silverback King ATK - 2400 - 4400)

"4400 attack points!?" Pinkie asked in shock. "Wowie! Looks like Bruce has it in the bag!"

"Next, I play Enraged Battle Ox in Attack Mode!" Bruce exclaimed ad a humanoid bull clad in armor and holding a battle axe appeared.

[Enraged Battle Ox/LV: 4/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000]

"And Enraged Battle Ox has a special effect of his own. Allowing any Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monster I control to inflict piercing battle damage whenever it attacks a monster in defense mode! My Silverback king already has this effect, but my Enraged Battle Ox and Master of Oz now have it too." Bruce declared as both Enraged Battle Ox and Master of Oz emitted a bright orange aura.

"Let's see the lazy gear head weasel his way out of this." Scout said with a smirk.

On the other side of the bleachers, the representatives of Crystal Prep were on the edge of their seats upon seeing this.

"Aw man!" Quicksilver said with slight worry. "Talk about going beast mode!"

"Silverback King, let’s show that Perfect Machine King whose really royalty!" Bruce declared as the bestial hybrid charged at the mechanical monster, its horns ready to strike.

"I think not!" Harry said with a shit eating grin when suddenly, Silverback King was enveloped in electricity, stopping it dead in its tracks. And both Master of Oz and Enraged Battle Ox too relieved the jolt.

"What the...!?" Bruce exclaimed in shock.

"By banishing my Electromagnetic Turtle from the grave, I can put an immediate end to your battle phase." Harry said, making Bruce gasp.

"I don't remember you playing..." Bruce announced, but then had a look of realization. "You bloody rat! That's what you sent to the graveyard earlier with Foolish Burial!"

"Correct you are!" Said Harry with a laugh. "Oh it's always amusing seeing my opponent fall for my traps."

"He had the perfect defense set up before Bruce could even attack!" Dustin said with a look of shock. "Talk about a low blow!"

"Alright, I'll end my move by playing a face-down!" Bruce said in frustration.

(Fused Fauna Silverback King ATK - 4400 - 2400)

"My turn, then." Henry swiped the Duel Throne's screen for his next card, and he had wicked grin upon seeing what he drew. "I activate yet another pot of Greed. Granting me two more cards." With another two swipes of the screen, he examined his hand carefully, smiling as he had a strategy in mind.

"And what's with the smile?" Bruce asked, a little on edge.

"You're about to find out." Harry said with a wicked chuckle. "First I switch all my monsters into Attack Mode! Then I'll reveal my trap card! DNA Surgery!"

"What!?" Bruce asked in disbelief!

"Uh oh!" Erena uttered, not liking where this was going.

"You have got to be freaking kidding!" Scout declared in shock.

"With it, I can change the types of all monsters on the field to the type of my choosing." Harry said his grin widening. "And I'll choose Machine type." As soon as Harry said this, all of Bruce's monsters we from animalistic to full blown robotic.

"And let’s not forget that Perfect Machine King gains 500 hundred attack for each machine present on the field!" Harry laughed as his Perfect Machine King's power increased.

(Perfect Machine King ATK - 3700 - 4200)

"4200 attack points?!" Rainbow asked out worry for Bruce. "Aw man! How is Bruce going to beat that!?"

"Next I activate Terraforming. Allowing me to add 1 Field Spell from my deck to my hand", Harry announced as he did as the card instructed. "And now comes the fun part! Perfect Machine King, put that flea bitten aberration down!"

As soon as Harry said that, Perfect Machine King launched itself towards Silverback King.

"Not happening, mate!" Bruce said as he revealed his facedown card. "Draining shield will not only save my Silverback King, but it'll also increases my life points equal to that rust buckets attack points!" A huge barrier then appeared around Silverback King, blocking Perfect Machine King's attack.

Bruce LP: 13,700

"Alright Bruce!" Scout rooted for her friend. "Nice comeback!"

"Hell yeah it was!" Gilda cheered as well, so did the others.

"You may have blocked my first attack, but luckily I still have Deaparado Barrel Dragon's special ability." Harry declared as three large holographic coins appeared. "During the Battle Phase, I can toss a coin 3 times, and then destroy 1 face-up monsters on the field, up to the number of heads. And the best part is that if the result was 3 heads, I get to draw 1 card."

With that said, the first coin was tossed into the air before landing, revealing 1 heads. The second was then tossed, and the result was a second heads. And the second coin was tossed, and again, the result was heads.

"Oh no!" Sunset gasped in fear.

"Dammit!" Bruce declared in shock.

"Uh oh. You know what that means." Harry declared as Desparado Barrel Dragon fired three energy blasts, destroying all three of Bruce's monsters as Harry added another card to his hand.

(Perfect Machine King ATK - 4200 - 3700)

"No freaking way!" Scout uttered, not believing what she saw. "He nuked Bruce's entire board.

"Now Dovelgus, attack this fool directly with Vulcan's Hammer!" Harry ordered as, and Dovelgus ordered by slamming his hammer onto the ground, sending a massive Shockwave that not knocked Bruce off his feet, but also seemed to inflict some minor physical damage.

Bruce LP: 12,200

"I'll end my turn by playing a face-down." Harry said as another giant face-down card appeared.

"Ugh... Christ." Bruce grubted as he got back o his feet. "I'll admit, it kinda smarts! But I ain't goin' down without a fight!"

To be continued...

Beastly Machinations part 2

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The New Guy

Hello everybody my name is Dustin Hogan and welcome to yet another crossover story. This time its MLP and Yu- Gi -Oh !
Just so you know this is a self insert so if you don't like that than do not read.
I was going to put this on my Fimfiction site but it wouldn't me publish the first chapter for some odd reason. So I'll be posting this here and on my Wattpad a ccount.
I d on't own any Yu- Gi -Oh or MLP .
There will be some real cards, some anime exclusive cards and even some custom made cards. There will also be characters from other media as well. So with out further a due, let's get on with the show.
Talking
YELLING
Thinking
Singing
Flashback

The New Guy

It all happened two days ago, on my first day of high school. Me and my two sisters have been enrolled in Canterlot High, or CHS for short. It all started two years ago.

Flashback

I was walking home from the local card shop after buying the newest cards, when a woman in Egyptian garments approached me.

She didn't seemed like a bad guy so I was polite.

"Hello. Can I help you?" I said as polite as ever. She looks at me like she was trying to recognize me and she then smiles.

"At last. I've finally found you." She said with a kind smile. Before I could ask what she meant she gave me a golden armband and a deck of duel monsters cards.

"Here take these. You'll need them for the journey ahead." She said as I just accepted them. I placed the armband on my arm, which surprisingly fit well and the duel monsters deck.

"So, what's with the sudden gifts?" I asked the woman in front of me.

"What you posses around your arm is one of eight magical items known as the Charms of Harmony. These eight powerful items were once use by eight warriors in the past to defeat an ancient evil known as Grogar ." The woman in front of me said as I didn't know whether to believe her or not.

"Before you dismiss this as madness, look into my eyes." The woman said and I did just that. As I looked, I saw what appeared to be a glowing heart shape that was golden in color.

"Whoah ! What the hell?" I said startled at what I just saw.

"What you've just seen was my soul. The armband you posses is called the Armband of Courage. It allows you to see the soul of anyone you lay eyes on. Should you see anyone's soul with black splotches on it, that is the sign that a person's soul is tainted by Bad Seed." The woman said as I was confused by that term.

"Bad seed?" I asked with a quirked up brow.

"A Bad Seed is how Grogar is able to corrupt anyone. In ancient times, the world was terrorized Grogar , who shadowed the world with his darkness and evil. Then the eight warrior who wielded the eight charms used their combined efforts to defeat Grogar and banished him to a parallel world known as The Dark Dominion." Somnambula sad as I was slowly starting to process this information.

"Okay, so the armband is one of those eight. What are the other ones? And who do you think have them?" I asked as the woman smiled and hands me a parchment.

I unrolled of and it showed the all eight items. The armband of courage was on it, as well as a book, a bracelet, a ring, a heart shaped locket, a medallion, a belt and a spiked leather choker.

"The other seven items are Tome of Magic, Bracelet of Laughter, Ring of Generosity, The Locket of Kindness, The Medallion of Loyalty, The Belt of Honesty and The Choker of Forgiveness. As for the wielders, you'll find them sooner Ethan you may think." The woman said as she turned to walk away but she stopped and looked at me.

"You never did tell me your name young one." She said with a knowing smile.

"Oh right! Sorry. I'm Dustin Hogan. And you are?" I asked as she smiled.

"I am Somnambula . Until we meet again." She aid as the finally went on her way.
I then looked at the armband and duel monsters deck she gave me.
'So I'm one of eight people destined to save the world. The road may not be easy, but I'll be sure to do my best.' I then walked my way back home.

End Flashback

I never forgot what she told me that day and I kept the parchment with me at all times. Now today is the day me and my sisters transfer to CHS.

Me and my two sisters left the house and were on our way. I wore a green T-shirt with a black collar and sleves, khaki shorts and green tennis shoes. On my back was a green and black backpack which housed my school essentials as well as my duel disk. That's right, CHS is a school for duelists like Dueling Academy. On either side of me were my two younger sisters.

One of them is the middle child, Elena Honjou. She had blonde hair in pig tails and blue eyes. She wore a dark blue vest, a pink blouse underneath and a yellow tie. She also wore a dark grey skirt, beige stockings and pink shoes.

On her right arm was a duel disk she custom made. The main gauntlet was a green diamond shape with the life point counter being oval shaped with a magenta color and a gold outline. The deck slot had a blue diamond shape on top to hold the deck in place and the graveyard slot had the shape of a wand vertically with a scythe horizontally with the Scythe's blade facing down. Then we come to the blade of the duel disk which resembled five wings with a diamond shaped gem on each wing and have golden yellow color.

The second is the youngest sister, Emily Honjou. She had blue hair and magenta eyes. She wore a shire button up blouse, a plaid brown skirt, white stockings and brown shoes.

On her right arm was a duel disk which basically looked exactly like Erena's but with a darker color scheme.
A few minutes later, we finally reached the school ground.

"Well, were finally here." I said with a smile.

"Hopefully we have it better here than at crystal prep." Emille said with a hopeful look.

"Hey, don't worry. Mom and Dad work here remember?" Erena said with a cheerful smile.

"That's right. Ladies first." I said opening the door for my sisters, who giggled.

"You can be such a goofball. You know that?" Erena said as I chuckled.

"Only for my two baby sisters." I said still chuckling. As we stepped in we see a large crowd jeering and booing from all corners. Peeking in, we found two people wearing custom duel disks, one standing victorious and the other one kneeling on the floor in defeat.

Looking at who won, it was a girl that had a smug grin on her face. This girl screamed bitch just by looking at her.
She had blue eyes and blonde air in a pony tail with a light blue beanie on top her head along with a pair of headphones. She wore a blue shirt with a light blue collar, a black skirt with a pair of white stocking and a pair of black leather boots. She wore black leather fingerless gloves on both hands.

She also had a duel disk that was mostly black in color, with the monster card zones red in color and with skulls on them.

Behind her were two other people. One was a muscular man with spiked up jet black hair and crimson red eyes. He wore a white tank top, forest green cargo pants, black leather boots and a black bandana around his mouth with sharp fang like marks looking like the teeth of a ravenous beast. One look at this guy and you can tell he was some sort of delinquent.

His duel disk was mostly olive green with the life point counter, deck slot and graveyard slot a darker red. The monster card zones were the some red color along with a paw print on each one.

The other was another man with light brilliant arctic blue eyes and light amber. He wore a light gray suit with black shoes. This guy was breaking with high class and seemed to be a total snob.

His duel disk was basically a mix of gold and silver, making of look fit for a very wealthy duelist.

I looked into their souls to see if any of them have any bad seeds in them, surprisingly they didn't.
"Its game over loser! You're so timid you couldn't even win one easy duel." She said pointing at her opponent which was another girl.

She had moderate cyan eyes and pale and light grayish rose hair. She wore pale, light grayish gold scarf and pants along with a white shirt. The poor girl was trembling. The poor girl was trembling.

Suddenly a girl moderate cerise eyes and rainbow hair dressed in pale, light grayish cerulean pants and a black shirt got in front of the poor girl.

"Hey! If you want a challenge Scout, then pick on me instead!" the rainbow haired girl said defending the shy girl.

"Pu-lease! I wouldn't duel you even if I was assigned to duel you skittles hair!" The ran girl said tauntingly.

"Those crystal beast monsters you have are just as gay as you are." The tough guy said with a clear Australian accent.

"Third rank duelists like you and your friends wouldn't even win a game of solitaire." The snobby guy said with a smirk.

"Okay, that's it!" I yelled out and readied my duel disk. Charging through the crowd, I locked gazes with the girl named Scout and pointed right at her. "Hey! You want a challenge! Then duel me! If you got the balls that is!"

She slowly started to grin. "You got balls talking to me like that four eyes! But I'll accept it! What's our name?" She said smugly.

"Dustin Hogan! And you are?" I said with a glare.

"Scout Crawford!" Scout said with a smirk.

"I'm Bruce Welker. Not someone you wanna piss off mate." Bruce said with a glare.

"And I am Blueblood. School president and nephew of Principle Celestia." Blueblood said with such vanity.

"Dustin, you can't. She looks pretty tough." Elena said but looked at her.

"You stay out of this sheila!" Bruce said to Erena, making her jump a bit.

"Don't you dare talk to my sister like that Steve Erwin reject!" I said as Bruce was mad now and most of the crowd began to chuckle a bit.

"Why you son of a.." Bruce walked but Blueblood stopped him.

"Now, now Bruce. No need for bloodshed." Blueblood said calming his assistant down.

"Erena, you and Emille should help this girl here. I'll be sure to show this tramp what happens to those who pick on the weak!" I said as Scout got angry.

"That's it! Now you're gonna get it!" Scout said angrily.

"Sir, please reconsider. Scout is one of the toughest students here at CHS." The shy girl said in a quiet tone but I was able to hear her. I looked at her and smiled.

"She doesn't scare me. If there's one thing I hate, its seeing people like her pick on the innocent." I then glared at Scout! "Now let's do this!"

Everyone jumped as out of nowhere two large podiums emerged from the floor, each had an alicorn statue on top. One had the silhouette of a sun while the other had a crescent moon silhouette, each glowing a multicolored light.

A holographic screen appeared above us as it displayed our names along with counters, revealing their life points.

Scout LP - 8,000

Dustin LP - 8,000

The screen asked, "Are you both accepting the duel?" In a robotic voice.

"Yes!" Scout said.

"Yeah!" I said.

"Duel mode engaged. Duelists, shuffle your decks." We both shuffled our deck then placed them back input deck holders.

"Draw your cards," the screen said as we drew their five cards.

"Begin!" the screen said, commencing the duel.

"Duel!" We both yelled everyone watched.

"Ladies first." I said as Scout drew her sixth card and smirked.

"Never seen you around here. You new around here?" Scout smirked.

"Yes. Just transferred here with my two sisters." I said glaring at her.

"You mean that blondie and blue haired girl? Well new guy or not I'll be sure to pommel you to the ground for pissing me off." Scout said as she smirked.

"Well see who will be crushing who." I glared as she drew her card, grinning when she saw what she drew.

"First thing I'll do is play a favorite of mine. Armed Dragon LV3 in defense mode." Scout said as she summoned a small dragon with green eyes and an orange and grey body.

[Armed Dragon LV3/Lv: 3/WIND/Dragon/ATK: 1200/DEF:900]

"Next I play the Spell Card, Double Summon! This allows me to perform an additional Normal Summon this turn! And I'll play V-Tiger Jet in Defense Mode as well!" Scout said as she summoned a blue and yellow mechanical flying tiger.

[V-Tiger Jet/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1800]

"But I'm not done yet. Now I play the Continuous Spell Frontline Base. So now I get to play 1 extra Level 4 or lower Union monster this turn. And I know just the one! W-Winged catapult!" Scout said as she then blue jet appeared as well.

[W-Wing Catapult/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500]

"Crap! I think I know where this is going!" I said with worry.

"That's right. Now I merge my V-Tiger jet and my W-Winged Catapult to form VW-Tiger Catapult! I'll also play him in Defense!" Scout declared as both monsters merged to form said monster. V-Tiger Jet was on top of W-Winged Catapult.

[VW-Tiger Catapult/Lv: 6/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2100]

"I'll finish up by playing Level Up, there for sacrificing my Armed Dragon LV3 to Special Summon Armed Dragon LV5 from my Deck in Defense mode!" Scout said as her orange and grey dragon changed form into a black and red dragon with spikes allover its body as the dragon let out a fierce roar.

[Armed Dragon LV5/Lv: 5/Dragon/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1700]

"Alright newbie, your move!" Scout said as I nodded and drew my sixth card. I had a slight smirk.

'I know what you're planning Scout! Judging by your monsters, your planning on bringing out Armed Dragon LV7 and VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult cannon in order to bring out Armed Dragon Catapult cannon. But its not gonna work.' I thought as I had a plan.

"I see what your up to Scout. I may not know your deck, but judging by you're monsters, I'm guessing your planning to bring out Armed Dragon LV7 and VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon in order to bring out Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon! Am I right?" I said shocking Scout and everyone present.

"What? How the hell did you know?" Scout asked wide eyed.

"I've been collecting Duel Monsters cards ever since I was a kid. I've seen my fare share of many new cards that have been released. But I'm afraid your strategy is not gonna work. Because the card I just pulled is Prohibition. As long as this Continuous Spell is out, any monster of my choosing cannot be used in the Duel. And guess what I'm choosing."

"No! That means..." Scout said with worry.

"Dammit!" Bruce said wide eyed.

"Dash it all!" Blueblood said in shock.

"That's right. Your Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon is what I choose. Next I summon Masked HERO Dusk Crow in attack Mode." I said as I summoned a man figure in black armor.

"Then I play Negative Energy! There for doubling my Dusk Crows attack points until the end phase." I said as my monster's attack points claimed from 1200 to 2400.

"Now Dusk Crow! Attack VW-Tiger Catapult! Midnight Maraud!" I shouted as my monster punched Scout's monster with a fist encased in dark energy but her monster was in defense mode so no damage was dealt.

"Next I'll play Dark Core! By discarding 1 card, I can banish any monster I choose. And I'll discard 1 card to banish Armed Dragon LV 5!" I said as I discarded 1 card and Scout's dragon roared in agony as it shatter into pieces like glass.

"Dammit!" Scout growled.

"Then I'll lay down a facedown. That just about ends my turn." I said as I had a smug grin on my face.

"Woah! He really laid waste of her monsters." The Rainbow haired girl said in amazement.

"But now he wasted his whole hand." The timid girl said in a quiet tone.

"Yeah! Go big brother!" Emille cheered me on.

"No damn way! That punk really had a good start!" Bruce said with wide eyes.

"True. But its not over until the fat lady sings. His luck will run out eventually. Plus he just wasted his first hand so he's at a disadvantage."

"You got lucky Hogan! But its not over until I say of is. My draw!" Scout said as she drew her card and smirked.

"Just what I needed. I play Card of Sanctity! Now we both draw until we have six cards in our hand!" Scout then drew five additional cards while I drew six new cards to my hand.

"I play Instant Fusion! Now by Paying one-thousand life points, I Special Summon a Level Five or Lover Fusion Monster, but it cant' attack and is destroyed during the end phase. So I'll use it to bring out Panzer Dragon!" Scout said as what looks like a cross between dragon and a tank is brought out.

Scout LP - 7000

[Panzer Dragon/Lv: 5/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1000/DEF: 2600]

"Huh? Why would you bring that thing out?" Dustin asked.

"Oh, you'll see very shortly! Now I play Cost Down! By discarding a card from my hand the levels of my monsters are reduced by two. So Now I bring out a second Armed Dragon LV5." Scout said as she brought out the familiar dragon.

"But he wont stay around for long. Now I play another Level Up and upgrade him to Armed Dragon LV7!" Scout said as he dragon changed into its more powerful form.

[Armed Dragon LV7/Lv: 7/WIND/Dragon/ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000]

"Now I play Magical Mallet! Now I shuffle any card I don't want from my hand back to the deck, then redraw the same number." Scout did as the card instructed.

"And looks like I got lucky. I play Pot of Geed. Now I draw 2 more cards." Scout drew two cards, and chuckled.

"And one of them is Graceful Charity! Now I draw three more, but I need to discard two." Scout said as she drew and discarded.

"Now I play D-Spell. So now your Prohibition card is no more!" Scout my Prohibition card shattered to pieces.

"Now I use the Spell card, Soul Release. With it I can banish up to five monsters in the Graveyard, and I'm using it on both VW-Tiger Catapult, along with X-head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank that I discarded with Graceful Charity." Scout said.

"But what is the point of all this?" Rainbow Dash asked in confusion.

"You're about to find out right now Skittles hair! Now I play the Spell Card, Dimension Explosion!"

"Oh great!" I said in worry.

"Oh my!" The shy girl said sacredly.

"That's right! By returning 1 face-up Fusion Monster I control to the Extra Deck, we both select up to 2 of our monsters that are banished, and Special Summon them. And since I have two banished Fusion Monsters, I'll return Panzer Dragon to call back VW-Tiger Catapult, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Metal Tank to the field." Scout said Panzer Dragon vanished and Scout's monsters took it's place as both monsters appeared.

[X-Head Cannon/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1800/ DEF: 1500]

[Y-Head Head/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600]

[Z-Metal Tank/Lv: 4/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1300]

"But now I combine X, Y and Z to form XYZ-Dragon Cannon! Boys, start your engines!" Scout declared as the thee mechanical monsters fused into one battle bot of a monster.

[XYZ-Dragon Cannon/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600]

"And you know what that means? Now I meld both XYZ and VW to form VWXYZ Dragon Cannon!" Scout said as her two machined fused to form a giant robot.

[VWXYZ-DRAGON Catapult Cannon/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2800]

"Now for the moment we've all been waiting for! I banish both LV7 and VWXYZ to bring out my ace monster! So let's all give a warm welcome to my Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon!" Scout shouted as both monsters combined into a mix of both Armed Dragon LV7 and VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon. Once the monster fully appeared, it let out a bellowing roar that had a metallic echo to it.

[Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon/Lv: 10/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: 3500/DEF: 3000]

"I activate a trap I set earlier. Effect Nullification!" I said with a grin.

"Huh?" Bruce said with wide eyes.

"Drat!" Blue Blood was shocked.

"Effect What?" Scout asked me with shock.

"Effect Nullification. As long as this nifty trap is on the field, all monsters you control cannot activate any of their effects.

"Doesn't matter! Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon, destroy Masked HERO Dusk Crow!" Scout gave her command as the dragon blasted my monster.

Dustin LP - 5700.

"Dustin!" Erena shouted in worry.

"Hmph! Don't waste your breath commoner! He stands no chance against Scout!" Blue Blood said with a smug smirk.

"Oh blow of out your ass Blue Balls!" Rainbow growled as I Blueblood was red with anger, I on the other hand was laughing hard.

"Bwahahaha! Blue Balls! Oh my god! That was a good one there! Hahaha!" I said laughing as most of the students began to chuckle as well, causing blue blood to grumble in anger and embarrassment.

"Hmph! Smartass! I'll finish up by laying a facedown!" Scout said as she as I smirked.

"Alright! Here goes!" I drew my next card and smiled. "First I'll Summon General Crystalline in Defense mode." I said as a large crystalline humanoid appeared on the field.

"Next I play Monster Reborn to bring back Masked HERO Dusk Crow! But now I activate Crystalline's Criplify effect, allowing me to equip him to a monster I control, like Dusk Crow. But that's not all, now I tribute my Dusk Crow and General Crystalline to Prism Summon my Prismatic Dragon!" I shouted as my monsters disappeared into a column of rainbow light and out came a grayish blue dragon with blue crystals on its body and wings.

"Quite a beauty isn't he? And since he's Prism Summoned, I now get to add 1 "Crystal Beast", "Rainbow" or "Gem-Knight" card from Deck or Graveyard to my hand. And I choose Gem Knight-Garnet. And since General Crystalline was sent to the Graveyard for the Prism Summon of a LIGHT monster, like my Prismatic Dragon, I can Special Summon 1 "Crystal Beast" or "Gem-Knight" monster from my Graveyard in face-up Defense Position, like my Gem-Knight Alexandrite that I discarded with Dark Core's Effect." I said as two crystalline knights appeared on my field.

"Crap!" Scout growled.

"Plus if I have 4 or more face-up cards in my Spell & Trap card Zones, my Prismatic Dragon is unaffected by your card effects. I'll finish up by playing 1 final face-down card. Your move Scout."

Scout drew her next card and has a smirk. " First I play the Spell Card, Self-Duplication!" Scout said, shocking me.

"Oh no!" I said fear.

"Oh yes! With this card, I can target 1 monster and bring out as man clone tokens as possible in any position. Those tokens have the same name, attack, defense, type, level, attribute and effects as the targeted monster. So I'll use this bad boy to make not one, not two, but three clones of my Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon!" Scout said as her monster was split into four.

"I'll have my first dragon attack your Prismatic Dragon!" Scout said as her monster readied its cannons, but I was prepared.

"I don't think so! Activate Trap! Negate Attack!" I said as My Trap card worked its magic and her attack was absorbed through a vortex.

"Grr! You're starting to piss me off!" Scout said I had a smug grin. "I'll just end my turn then."

"He's on a roll!" The rainbow haired girl said in amazement. Suddenly a group of girls along a young boy.

"I'll say. He duels like a veteran player." said a girl with curved, moderate indigo hair a gradient of dark mulberry to moderate mulberry and moderate azure on the shadowed side. She wore a light gray long sleeve shirt with a black skirt and a sash that matched her hair color.

"Got that right." another girl wearing a country hat and jeans said. She has moderate sap green and hair that is pale, light grayish olive. She wore brilliant gamboge shorts and vest with a white shy underneath, brown cowboy boots and a Stetson on top of her head. "He's dueling like a real champ."

"I can agree with you on that, Applejack," a girl with moderate cyan eyes and vivid crimson hair with brilliant yellow stripes. She wore a dark magenta dress with a black leather jacket and black boots.

"For a new guy, he's really putting up a fight against a pro like Scout."

"Yeah, that's our brother for you." Erena said with a smile.

"He's your brother? Well he sure is handsome." Rarity said with a sigh.

"You say that about every guy you meet!" The rainbow haired girl said as she looked at the girl with a deadpan look.

"So far it looks like he's giving Scout a huge beating." Said a girl with light cerulean eyes and brilliant raspberry hair that could almost pass for cotton candy. She wore a sequent grayish pink shirt and pale, light grayish raspberry shorts, white stockings and light blue sneakers.

"Yeah! Go Dustin!" a boy cheered from the sidelines. His eyes are a moderate pistachio, his hair is a moderate harlequin and wears a Light mulberry shirt light spring budish gray front and light lime green shorts.

"This new kid's really putting the beat down on Scout, Right, Twilight?" Spike asked the girl name Twilight, who has moderate violet eyes, dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks and wore pale, light grayish mulberry T-shirt and matching shorts with a belt that matched her hair and purple boots that reach up halfway to her knee.

"Yes. But I'm not sure how far his luck will go." Twilight said with observation.

"Only one way to fond out." The boy said.

"Alright Scout. I put all my faith in this next card." I said as I drew my card, and smiled. "Get ready. I summon winged Kuriboh in defense mode" I said as a brown living ball of hair with wings appeared. Many of the girls awed at the sight.

[Winged Kuriboh/Lv: 1/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK: 300/DEF: 200]

"Pffft! Aw come on, yank! You cant be serious!" Bruce laughed like a maniac.

"What's that little hairball gonna do?" Scout chuckled, not intimidated.

"You'll see! I then set a facedown and end my turn." I said with a smirk.

"That's it? That's all? Why didn't he just attack with Prismatic Dragon?" The rainbow haired asked with wide eyes.

"I think he's planning something." The fiery haired girl said.

"Well that's our son for you." The group looked to see four adults. One was a woman with pale, light grayish magenta eyes hair that is light cerulean, light turquoise, very light cobalt blue and pale heliotrope. She wore a blouse and skirt that is light fuchsiaish gray in color with gold trimming.

(Imagine this but with the attire I mentioned)

Beside her was a woman a good foot smaller than her, had tan skin, moderate cyan eyes with Light sapphire blue and very light azure hair. She also wore a suit machine the other woman's but dark blue with grayish phthalo blue trimming.

(Like Celestia, imagine this but with the attire I mentioned)

Then there was another woman with pink hair and blue eyes, wearing a lime green dress with light pink heels. This is my mom, Karen Honjou.

And beside her was a man with maroon hair and goatie and purple eyes, wearing a dark blue button up shirt and light grey pants with brown shoes. This is my dad, Taiyou Honjou.

"Principal Celestia and Vice-principal Luna. You and Mr. and Mrs. Honjou are here?" Twilight asked.

"Why not. Its our son's first duel here?" the pink haired woman said with a smile.

"Your son?!" The seven girls and young boy asked in shock.

"All done huh? Well good. Cause I'm about to wipe that hairball clean off my windshield." Scout drew her card and looks at it with a triumphant smirk. "Its all over for you newbie. I may not be able to use any of my monsters effects. But I won't need to since the card I just pulled is Limiter Removal!" Scout said showing me the card she drew.

"What?!" Spike said wide eyed.

"No way!" Erena said in pure terror

"That's right! Now all of my machines have their Attack points doubled. But of course they get destroyed until the end of my turn." Scout said awith a sadistic smirk.

(Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon: 3500 -7000)

"Heh! You're screwed now punk!" Bruce said with a smug tone.

"Oh please! You don't scare me Scout!" I said smugly.

"No big deal Hogan! I don't have to! That's my Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon's job! Attack!" Scout shouted as her monster fired a laser blast. But I was ready.

"Big mistake! I now discard two cards and activate my face down card! Transcendent Wings!" I said, shocking everybody.

"Wait! What?!" Scout asked wide eyed.

"Impossible!" Blue blood said in terror.

"Are you kidding me?" Bruce said in disbelief.

"That's right! Thanks to this card, I can evolve Winged Kuriboh to Winged Kuriboh LV10!" I shouted as my monster had golden dragon like armor, massive wings and tail feathers.

[Winged Kuriboh LV10/Lv: 10/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK: 300/DEF: 200]

"And if you think its bad now Scout, its gonna get much worse. By sacrificing himself, this little guy destroy all monsters you control in attack mode, and inflict their original attack points as damage to you!"

"Crap!" Scout said with pure terror.

"Winged Kuriboh LV10, let's send those rust buckets back to the scrapyard!" I declared as my monster exploded In a bright light before destroying all of Scout's monsters her plummeted to

Scout LP - 2500.

"Impossible." Blueblood said in shock.

"That yank just completely nuked her field!" Bruce said, just as shocked.

"Now that you ain't got nothing shielding you, its my turn. Taste the rainbow! Prismatic Dragon, attack Scout directly with Spectrum Firestorm!" I declared as my dragon fired a blast of rainbow light at Scout.

Scout LP - 200

"Gem Knight Alexandrite! Finish this duel!" I yelled as my Gem Knight Alexandrite ran to Scout and punched her, depleting her life points.

Scout LP - 0

"Dustin Hogan! You are the victor!" The screen said as it then disappeared and the podiums turned off and went back into the ground.

"Yay." the shy girl whispered.

"Yeah! You did it big brother!" Erena and Emile yelled and hugged me.

"No way! The newbie beat me! He actually won!" Scout sat there with eyes widened with shock.

"You nitwit! You let your own arrogance get in the way!" Blueblood shouted in anger.

"You just had to use that damn Limiter Removal card, didn't ya Scout!" Bruce said with anger in his tone as well.

"Hey! How was I supposed to know he cards like that?" Scout said as she, Bruce and Blue blood looked at me with anger.

"You win this round Hogan!" Scout said as she got up.

"But mark my words. You've not seen the last of us," Blueblood said with fury.

"Next time we encounter, I'll be sure our duel won't be as easy as this one was!" Bruce said as the three walked away in pure anger.

"Hmph. I'll look forward to it." I said as the seven girls, the young boy and four adults approached me.

"Well done kiddo! You've done well." Dad said patting me on the back.

"I'm so proud of you honey." Mom said hugging me. I then noticed the seven girls and young boy present.

"Thank you for standing up for me." The timid girl said in a quiet tone, but I could hear her fine.

"No problem. I'm Dustin. You've probably already know my parents and my two sisters, Erena and Emille." I said being polite with a slight curtsy.

"What a gentleman. I'm Rarity." The dark purple haired girl said with a giggle.

"I'm Pinkie Pie. Fellow duelist and Canterlot High's party extraordinaire!" Pinkie said with confetti falling out of nowhere.

"What the..." I asked.

"It's how she is honey. Best not question her logic." Mom aid with a chuckle.

"Rainbow Dash is my name, awesomeness is my game!" Rainbow Dash said with a hint of pride.

"I'm Fluttershy. Its really nice to meet you." Fluttershy said in her usual quiet tone, and the name really suits her.

"Howdy partner! The names Applejack!" Applejack said shaking my hand and damn she is strong.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle. And this is my little brother Spike." Twilight Sparkle said as she introduced her self and her brother.

"You really were awesome out there!" Spike said in amazement and I couldn't help but feel flattered.

"Heh! Thanks little man." I said patting his head a bit.

"And I'm Sunset Shimmer." She then looks at the two woman. "The woman in white is my mother, Principle Celestial, and the one in dark blue is my Aunt Luna, who is the vice-principle."

"Pleasure to meet you children. You're parents have told us all about you three." Celestial said with a kind motherly smile.

"Indeed. I must say Mr. Hogan. That was quite an admirable duel you displayed." Vice-Principle Luna said as I blushed a bit.

"Well I did attend the Battle City tournament not to long ago. I never made it to the finals but I did have fun none the less." I said feeling shocking everyone present, except my parents and sisters.

"Sweet! This calls for a party later on!" Pinkie said with glee.

Author's Note

Authors note.
Ok folks, that's is chapter one done. I do know that there are a lot of images in this, but im a guy that likes visual aids. And yes there will be some custom cards in this, just so you know.

I got the Prism Monster from This Deviantart page.

For those who don't know how prism summoning works.

Rules:
*Prism Summon:
- To Prism Summon a Prism monster, you must follow these steps:
1- Summon 1 Cryplify monster, and activate its effect to equip a face-up monster you control.
2- You can Prism Summon your Prism monster by sending both the Cryplify monster and the equipped monster (Prism Materials).
- However, the Level of the Prism monster must be equal to the Level of the equipped monster X (multiplied by) the multiple factor of the Cryplify monster. For example, to Prism Summon "Prismatic Dragon", you have to equip a Cryplify monster with Multiple factor "x2", like "General Crystaline", to a Level 4 monster, (4 x 2 = 8) or any other case which result will be 8.
- Prism Summon requires only 2 monsters (1 Cryplify and 1 face-up monster to equip).

*Cryplify Monsters:
- Like Tuners, Cryplify monsters (pun of Crystal and Amplify) are monsters that used to Summon Prism monsters. They will be no Normal Cryplify monsters, because it is a part of their effects to be equipped to a monster to perform the Prism Summon, Like Union monsters, the only different between them is once equipped to a monster, it is treated then (becomes) as a Spell card (no longer a monster), and can't be returned to the monster cards zone, except if there is an effect that can do it.
- If your opponent controls "Skill Drain", you won't be able to perform a Prism Summon, cause as I said above, they need their effect.
- The other Special thing about Cryplify monsters is their Multiple factor (look at the ATK/DEF border).

Also there will be OCs in this, as well as characters from other franchises, like Disney and such.
But anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and as always I will see you on the next chapter! Buh-bye.

Tonight... We Duel... IN HELL!

Talking

YELLING

Thinking

Singing

Flashback

Tonight... We Duel... IN HELL!

In a class in the main building, Blueblood is standing in his seat between Bruce and Scout, declaring for the class. Many students are watching her with awe and admiration.

"Duel Monster Cards can be grouped into three categories. The monster cards are Normal, Effect, Fusion, Ritual, Synchro, Xyz, Link, Prism, Maestro and Necron monsters. The spell cards are Normal, Continuous, Equip, Quick-Play, Ritual, and Field spells. The trap cards are Normal, Continuous, and Counter traps." Blueblood explained with a grin of pride, many girls in the class just stared dreamily at him. The teacher clapped in applause.

"Perfect. Well done, Blueblood. Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from one of the top Duelists at CHS." said a man standing at the teacher's lectern in front. He had tanned skin, ruby red eyes, long black hair, well built and dressed in a black suit with a red tie. This was Professor Sombra.

(Imagine this but in the attire I mentioned.)

“Of course, Professor Sombra.” Bloodblood said with a bow before taking his seat.

“Hmm. Now who else would like to go next?” Sombra said as he scans the front row, then spots Spike. "Spike, explain to the class what a field spell is, please." said Sombra, Spike began muttering out of nervousness.

"Seriously shrimp? Even toddlers know the answer to this." Bruce joked as most of the students started laughing, making poor Spike blushed red in embarrassment. The only ones that didn’t laugh were Twilight, Erena, Dustin, Emille and Sunset Shimmer.

‘Poor Spike.' Erena and Twilight thought.

"Could someone give me an answer since Spike here clearly doesn't know? Given by his low grades, I wouldn’t be surprised" Sombra asked with a chuckle, making Spike sit, his face even more red than before.

“Picking on students because of averages, pretty low.” Dustin said, making everybody else gasp, Sombra was surprised and slightly angry by the remark.

“I beg your pardon?” Sombra asked.

"Clearly you’ve got no room to talk. I’ve heard that you got your butt handed to you by a freshman student, and that student had low grades too.” Dustin said, everybody gasped in shock again, and Sombra gritted his teeth and growled in anger.

“Oh, no he didn’t!” Scout said in shock.

“What are you doing?” Sunset asked in total shock.

“That’s it, boy! Principal’s office! NOW!” Sombra growled in pure rage, but Dustin was not phased by this outburst.

“Onii-chan.” Emille said in worry as Dustin walked out.

“Oh boy! Punk just dug up his own grave.” Scout snickered.

In Celestia’s office

Celestia was sitting on her desk, Dustin was sitting on a chair, and Sombra stood beside him with an outraged look.

“So, what bring you two to my office?” Celestia asked with a raised brow.

“I’ll tell you what! This little wiseass here spoke down to me! In front of my entire class!” Sombra said, casting a venomous glance towards Dustin.

“You call it “talking down”, I call it standing up for a friend!” Dustin said to Sombra. Celestia of course would agree with Dustin’s actions, because if there’s one thing Sombra is known for, is ridiculing the lower students.

“Celestia, I want something done about this!” Sombra demanded, but Celestia wanted to get the full story.

“Dustin, care to explain your side of things?” Celestia asked Dustin, making Sombra gasp in shock.

“Well, after Blueblood explained the types of monsters, spells and traps, Sombra here decided to get his sick kicks on making Spike look like an idiot by asking him what a field spell is, knowing fully well that the poor guy has test anxiety.” Dustin said, casting a fowl glance to Sombra, who growled in rage. Celestia sighed, knowing that Sombra would do something of the sort.

“Dustin, normally such an outburst would result in a month’s worth of detention, but I’ll let you off with a warning this time.” Celestia said, making Dustin cast a smirk to Sombra, while Sombra was outraged by this.

“You cannot be serious! This little heathen mocked me in front of my class, and you’re just going to let him off the hook?! JUST LIKE THAT?!” Sombra said, totally furious by what he was hearing.

“Knowing that you would go as far as ridiculing students, I would say his words were deserving. And I’m letting you off with a warning too, Sombra! If I ever hear that you ostracize students again, especially Spike, I’ll see to it that you are relieved of your duties. Do I make myself clear?” Celestia cast a glare to Sombra, who glared back with enough venom to kill thirty people.

“Crystal clear.” Sombra said with a bow, but still kept his glare towards her. ‘Rainbow-haired harlot!’

“Good.” Celestia said as Sombra and Dustin both went to take there leave, but Celestia looked to Dustin.

“Dustin, I’d like to have a little discussion with you.” Celestia said, making Dustin sit back down. As Sombra went to the door, he cast one final glare towards Dustin.

‘Consider yourself fortunate Celestia spared you, boy! But know this, I will see to it that you are taken down.' thought Sombra in rage before walking out, leaving the two alone.

“Yes, Principal Celestia.” Dustin stuttered in slight fear, but Celestia had a soft smile on her face.

“I must say, you surely have some guts standing up to Sombra like that. You’re quite literally the only student here to ever do that.” Celestia said with a chuckle, surprising Dustin.

“Wow. Really?” Dustin asked in surprise.

“Yes. And I appreciate you standing up for Spike. I apologize for Sombra’s superiority complex. I swear, this isn’t Duel Academy.” Celestia said, making Dustin nod.

“Yeah, thank god. I’ve never been to that place, but I hear the Obelisk Blues there are pretty stuck up and full of themselves.” Dustin said, making Celestia nod I agreement. Suddenly the bell rang.

“Well, you’d best be onto your next class.” Celestia said as she wrote on a small sheet of paper before handing it to Dustin.

“Here. Can’t have you attending class without a reason for absence.” Dustin grabs the paper and nods.

“Thanks.” Dustin said and went to the door, leaving Celestia alone in her office.

“This young man is definitely something.” Celestia said with a small chuckle.

At the Cafeteria

It was lunch, and Dustin was walking out of the line with a tray in hand. Erena, and Emille soon followed. Then Pinkie’s voice called out.

“Hey, guys!” Pinkie called out. Dustin, Erena, and Emille noticed the girls and Spike, and the three just went to said table.

As they walked, Dustin noticed a bunch of students staring at him in awe, and murmuring.

“Isn’t that the guy who took down Scout?” One student asked.

“I heard he talked smack to Professor Sombra. Dude’s got guts.” Another student said.

“Do you think he’s single?” A female student said to another female student.

“Wow. Hasn’t been a full day yet, and I’m already the biggest thing since sliced bread,” Dustin said blushing from the attention as he, Erena and Emille sat down with the others.

“You kidding? You're one of the very few who took down Scout. Only two other students here could beat her.” Pinkie said with a glee.

“And talking crap to Professor Sombra? You truly are an American hero.” Rainbow said with a chuckle.

“Thanks for standing up for me, by the way.” Spike said with a smile, to which Dustin nodded.

“Don’t worry about it, dude. I couldn’t stand by and watch that stuck up prick pick on you like that.” Dustin said, patting on Spike’s back. Twilight then notices the Armband of Courage on his wrist.

“Hey. That armband. Where did you get that?” Twilight asked, Dustin was taken back a bit. He looked to make sure that nobody was watching, which thankfully was the case before looking back to his new friends.

“Ok. I’ll tell you but you girls will probably thing that I’m crazy.” Dustin said, but the girls and Spike were giving Dustin their undivided attention.

“Try us.” Applejack said, and Dustin just sighed.

“Ok. The thing is, some woman named Somnambula gave me this thing, saying that it’s one eight items that are needed to defeat some ancient evil called Grogar.” Dustin finished and prepared for the crazy looks, but they didn’t seem to think he’s lost his mind.

The girls looked at each other before looking back at him, Erena and Emille.

“Well, I'll admit that does sound strange, but we don’t think you’re crazy.” Sunset Shimmer said, surprising the three newcomers.

“Really?” Erena asked.

“Yeah. In fact, we had a run in with her ourselves.” Twilight said as she pulled up her backpack before unzipping it. She fished into it and brought out seven other items. These items included a book, a choker, a heart-shaped locket, a medallion, a bracelet, a ring, and a belt.

Each item also had the same symbol the armband had.

“Whoa! If they have the same symbol as the armband, then they must be the other items.” Emille said in surprise.

“Look, how about we meet up at my place after school, and we’ll explain ourselves. Deal?” Dustin said, the girls nodded.

“Yeah. Thank god it’s Friday, right?” Rainbow asked, to which Dustin nodded in agreement.

“Amen to that.” Dustin said with a chuckle.

Meanwhile

In his office, Professor Sombra sat in his chair, really angry about earlier. He was on his laptop, examining Dustin’s student profile.

“How dare that little bastard Dustin make a mockery of me in front of my entire class! Never have I been so humiliated!” Sombra said he then had an idea. He then grabs a sheet of paper and a pen before scribbling furiously. After he was finished, he folds the note he was writing before sealing it in an envelope.

“But I didn’t earn the professor for nothing.” Sombra then pulls out a black velvet deck box with a white symbol of a Knight Chess piece on the front. “Get ready boy. I’ll show you who you’re truly dealing with.” Sombra said with a cruel chuckle

Gym class

It was now Gym class, and Dustin was standing in a crowd in the middle of the gym's basketball court.

CHS’s gym professor walks out to the center of the basketball court and addresses the crowd of students. He was lean, had tan skin, aquamarine eyes and red hair. He wore a amber colored shirt with, amaranth pants and grey colored boots.

“Hello, everybody. My name is Flash Magnus and I'm your gym instructor!” Flash Magnus said to the crowd.

In the locker rooms, Sombra peeks around a corner chortling, clearly up to no good, and starts pulling open lockers in the P.E. locker room.

"Now, to plant the bait, where Dustin will be sure to find it!” Sombra said as he opened a locker and found Dustin’s backpack. “There!” Sombra unzips the backpack and places the envelope before zipping it back up and closing the locker.

“And now, we wait!” Sombra said, walking off with a grin that screamed mischievous glee.

Later

Dustin, Erena, Emille and the others were walking to the Honjou household, conversing on the way there. After a few more minutes, they were at their house.

“Well, welcome to my place. Be sure to wipe your feet before entering.” Dustin said before opening the door. “Ladies first.” Dustin said, making the girls giggle.

“Oh my. Quite a gentleman.” Rarity said, giggling still. Once the girls walked in, Spike and Dustin entered lastly before closing the door.

“Hello, girls.” Karen said from the kitchen.

“Hello Mrs. Honjou.” Twilight said with a wave. Taiyou walked in from the back.

“Hello girls. What brings you here?” Taiyou asked.

“Just wanting to hang with our new pals.” Dustin said with a smile as he unzipped his backpack and noticed the envelope.
“Huh?” Dustin pulled out the envelope, the others looked at it with curiosity.

“Oh? Looks like you have a secret admirer.” Erena said teasingly to Dustin.

“I don’t know, sis. This doesn’t look like a love letter.” Dustin said getting a bad feeling.

“Only one way to find out.” Spike said as Dustin opened the letter.

"To Dustin Hogan. Don’t think for even a second that I’ve forgotten the humiliation you’ve put me through earlier today. As an act of retribution, I challenge you to a duel. Meet me at the park at 6:00, where I will put you in your place. And be sure to bring your a-game, boy. Signed, PROFESSOR SOMBRA!" Dustin exclaimed.

"WHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTT?" shouted Pinkie in shock.

“Looks like Professor Sombra’s still upset about you mouthing off to him earlier.” Rainbow Dash said to Dustin.

“Oh yes. I’ve heard about that from Tia, earlier.” Karen said, casting a scolding glance to Dustin, who looked away to avoid such a stare.

“Well, I’d advise you’d back out of it, Dustin. When Sombra fights, he fights dirty.” Sunset advised Dustin.

“I agree with Sunset, Dustin. Sombra is no pushover when he duels.” Fluttershy said, but Dustin rose from his spot.

“Back down from a challenge is not how I roll. If that old coot wants a duel, then by god I’ll give him one.” Dustin said as he ran to his room to grab a deck box. “And I know just the deck to use." Dustin smirked.

“Have ya’ll gone crazy? Sombra is one of the most elite duelists in Canterlot!” Applejack exclaimed in shock.

“When someone gives me a challenge, I don’t back down.” Dustin said as he grabbed his duel disk.

“Well, I guess there’s no way of talking you out of this.” Twilight said with slight worry.

“That’s our boy for you. When somebody challenges him, he never turns away, he answers their call.” Taiyou said to Twilight.

“Well, we’ll cheer you on.” Fluttershy said to Dustin.

“That’s right. We’re there ta support ya, sugarcube.” Applejack said with a nod.

“Plus, it’ll be fun to watch you kick Sombra’s can all over the place.” Rainbow Dash said with a chuckle.

“I agree.” Karen said with a nod.

“Look out, Sombra! Cause you’re about to get your sorry butt kicked!” Dustin said with a grin.

Canterlot Park

It was 6:00 PM, and Sombra was sitting on a bench, reading a book to ease his boredom. But Sombra didn’t have to wait for long as Dustin and his gang had arrived.

“Ah. So you arrived, I was beginning to wander if you’d back out.” Sombra said as he noticed the crew. “And I see you’ve brought an audience to witness your humiliation. Even the stammering field spell nitwit.” Sombra said the last part to Spike, making him fume in anger, but Dustin held him back.

“Back down? Not a snowball’s chance!” Dustin said as he strapped his Duel Disk on and placed his deck in the slot.

“You certainly have fire in you my boy. That’s one thing about you that is admirable.” Sombra said as he strapped his Duel Disk on as and placed his in the deck slot. “Prepare to be utterly humiliated, boy!”

“We’ll see who’ll be humiliated, old timer!” Dustin said, but Sombra wasn’t phased in the slightest by the remark.

“I’m recording the whole thing.” Sunset Shimmer said as she held her phone out and pressed the record button.

“Kick his butt!” Pinkie cheered Dustin on.

“Wipe the floor with him!” Rainbow cheered.

“Cheer all you fools want! It won’t do him any good!” Sombra chuckled as he stared Dustin down. “Ready, boy?”

“As I’ll ever be!” Dustin said, both their duel disks activated and they drew their hand:

“DUEL!” Both Dustin and Sombra exclaimed, the duel has now begun.

Sombra LP - 8000
Dustin LP - 8000

“I’ll start things off!” Sombra drew his card and examined his hand, a strategy formulated in his head. “The first thing I’ll do is play my little feathered friend, Ritual Raven, in attack mode!” Sombra said as a small strange black bird appeared onto the field, cawing.

[Ritual Raven/Lv: 1/DARK/Fiend/ATK:300/DEF:300]

“BWAHAHAHA! Seriously, teach? Quite a bad move on your part!” Rainbow Dash laughed, but Somnbra smirked.

“He may look be a hapless chick, but he does have a unique ability! Such as using him as an entire Tribute for a Ritual Summon!” Sombra said, shocking everybody present.

“What!?” Dustin asked in shock.

“Uh oh.” Emille said in slight fear.

"And I’ll use right now! I offer my little birdie as a sacrifice to Contract with the Abyss!” Sombra said as his Ritual Raven was engulfed in blue fire, and before long the flame grew in both size and intensity. And strangely, electricity seemed to spark from within the blue flame.

“Ah sure don’t like the looks of this.” Applejack said in worry.

“Same here.” Spike said with a shiver as leather wings erupted from the big blue flame.

“Brace yourself, for I bring forth a denizen from hell! Behold! Archfiend’s Awakening!” Sombra exclaimed as the blue flame subsided, revealing what looking like an advanced form of Summoned Skull. The skeletal demon eyed Dustin before emitting a blood-curdling shriek that was filled with might and superiority. Lightning flashed as the bony demon made itself known.

[Archfiend's Awakening, Lv: 6/DARK/Fiend/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1200]

“Whoa!” Spike said in total fear.

“Impressive, isn’t it? What you witness is a classic creature, Summoned Skull, given new purpose! Because while he’s on the field, he’s treated as Summoned Skull. And the best part is that he cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, except those of with a Ritual Monster.” Sombra chuckled evilly.

“Aw, what?!” Rainbow Dash asked in disbelief.

“How is Dustin supposed to go against something like that?!” Twilight Sparkle asked, just as shocked.

“And if you think that’s impressive, then wait until you see this! I activate the Spell Card, Ancient Rules! Now I can easily bring out any level five or higher monster I want. And the best part, I don’t need to sacrifice any monsters. And I’ll bring forth Red-Eyes Black Dragon! In Attack Mode!” Sombra said as the legendary dragon appeared in front of him. The body as black as obsidian and eyes as red as rubies. The dragon roared in might.

[Red-Eyes B. Dragon/Lv: 7/DARK/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000]

“Uh oh.” Erena said in terror.

“I’ll just end my turn from there. Your move.” Sombra said with a chuckle, but Dustin wasn’t backing down.

“If you think I’m scared of some red eyed lizard or electric bonehead, then you’re sadly mistaken!” Dustin drew his card, and smirked.

“Those two guys are powerful, but they ain’t gonna stay on the field for much longer!” Dustin said, surprising everybody, even Sombra. “I sacrifice both of your monsters to give you a much better monster! Like Lava Golem!” Dustin declared as a pool of Lava appeared beneath both of Sombra’s monsters, before the two were engulfed in flames as massive blob made of lava appeared in their place.

“Clever move. But once Lava Golem is brought out, you cannot Normal Summon or Set for the rest of the turn. And even if you got rid of my Archfiend’s Awakening, you activate another useful effect of his. Allowing me to bring out one Summoned Skull from my hand, deck or graveyard. To take his place.” Sombra said as the classic skeletal monster appeared, it’s body sparked with electricity.

“I’m well aware of that. And while I can’t normal summon for the rest of the turn, I can Special Summon. Now I activate the Field Spell, Kyoutou Waterfront from my hand.” Dustin said as the whole field changed to a Japanese style city. This seemed to surprise everybody even more.

“Wait! There is only one archetype that uses this card!” Sombra said in shock.

“That’s right! Now I’ll sacrifice your Summoned Skull to give you another good monster! Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju!” Dustin said as Summoned Skull disappeared, and in it’s place was a titanic humanoid with a black body and red eyes, the giant roared in might, surprising everybody even more.

[Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju/Lv:7/DARK/Fiend/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2500]

“Whoa! Kaijus!” Sunset said in total surprise and amazement.

“Ooooh. It’s like we’re in a kaiju movie!” Pinkie said in excitement.

“You know what they say! The bigger they are! The harder they fall! And of course, each time a card is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can place one Kaiju Counter on this card for each sent card, but I can’t go above the maximum of five counters. So that’s one Kaiju counter down since I brought out Radian. But I’m just getting warmed up.” Dustin chuckled, making Sombra scared now. “Since I brought a kaiju to your side, I now get to bust another one to mine.”

“I like where this is going!” Spike said with a smile.

“Ladies and gentlemen let’s all give a warm, comfortable to the king of all monsters. The fiery monarch, the blazing titan, the red-hot giant, behold! Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju!” Dustin said as a big pillar of fire appeared besides him before showing a giant t-rex like beast with massive draconic wings, heated spikes on its head and chest. The massive monster unleashed a mighty roar, signifying its supremacy, breathing a stream of fire into the sky.

[Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju/Lv: 8/FIRE/Dinosaur/ATK: 3000/DEF: 1200]

“Impossible!” Sombra said in total shock!

“Aw yeah! Now we’re talking!” Rainbow dash cheered.

“That’s my boy.” Taiyou said with a proud smile.

“Now, Time to crank up the heat! Dogoran, let’s show Sombra what happens when you play with fire!” Dustin declared as Dogoran opened its maw, a ball of fire forming. “ATTACK! RED HOT FURY!” Dustin called out, Dogoran released a stream of superheated fire at Radian. Once the attack met its target, Radian erupted in flames, screaming in pain before shattering to pieces.

Sombra LP - 7800

Sombra growled in total anger upon seeing the events unfold.

“Yay!” Erena and Emille cheered.

“Yee haw!” Applejack cheered as well.

“And since Radian is gone, that’s another kaiju Counter added. I'll lay a face down and en it there. So Sombra, you feeling the heat yet?” Dustin asked with a smirk, making Sombra growl in total rage.

“I will not allow some young heathen to make a fool out of me!” Sombra drew his card.

"But let's not forget, Lava Golem inflicts one-thousand damage to you during each of your Standby Phases." Dustin said to Sombra, making him growl in annoyance.

Sombra - 6800

"I will have your own golem burn you to ashes long before the damn thing burns up all of my Life Points" Sombra said as he looks at the card he drew and starts to chuckle.

“I’ll first play Pot of Greed to draw two extra cards.” Sombra dug into his deck and seemed happy with the results.

"Next I'll play Shadow Tamer in defense mode!" Sombra said as a woman with blue hair, a white gown and a whip appeared.

[Shadow Tamer/Lv: 3/EARTH/Warrior/ATK: 800/ DEF: 700]

“And I should note that Shadow Tamer is always treated as an Archfiend card. And now that I have her out, I get to play this! The Equip Spell, Falling Down! With it, I can equip it to a monster you control, and take control over it!“ Sombra said, making Dustin go wide eyes,

“Crap! That ain’t good!” Dustin said in shock.

“Oh no!” Flutterhsy said in fear.

“That’s right, my boy! Now your Dogoran belongs to me!” Sombra cackled madly as Dogoran marched to Sombra’s side.
“And now with no monsters to protect you, you’re wide open! Dogoran, attack! RED HOT FURY!” Sombra called out as Dogoran breathed a stream of at Dustin, making him groan in agony.

Dustin LP – 5000

“Onii-chan!” Emille called out in worry.

“Lava Golem! Your turn! MAGMA MELTDOWN!” Sombra called out as Lava Golem flung its arms, firing a barrage of magma balls at Dustin.

Dustin LP – 2000

“Next, I another play Pot of Greed, making me draw two more cards." Sombra drew the two cards. "I’ll set two cards and end it from there. Better make your next turn count, for it may be your last.” Sombra said with a sadistic grin. But Dustin stood his ground.

“Smile while you can, Sombra! It’s not over until I say it is here goes nothing!” Dustin drew his next card and had a victorious smile. “Yeah baby! Just my luck! I activate the Spell Card, Interrupted Kaiju Slumber!” Dustin declared, making Sombra wide eyed in shock!

“WHAT?! NO!” Sombra said in disbelief.

“With this bad boy, all monsters get wiped out, then I can bust out one Kaiju for each of our fields with different names, but they can’t change their battle positions and must attack, if able.” Dustin called out as every monster on Sombra’s side vanished.

“So for you, I’ll give you a Kaiju that floats like a butterfly, but stings like a bee. Gadarla, the Mystery Dust Kaiju!” Dustin said as a massive yellow butterfly-like monster with multiple red eyes and big blue wings emitting some strange dust.

[Gadarla,the Mystery Dust Kaiju/Lv: 8/WIND/Insect/ATK: 2700/DEF: 1600]

“And for me, I’ll bust out a Kaiju that can bring in the thunder!” Dustin said, making Sombra go wide-eyed by the remark.

“Wait! You mean…” Sombra said, too shocked to respond.

“That’s right! Get ready to feel the thunder! Cause here comes Thunder King, the Lightning Strike Kaiju!” Dustin said as a massive storm appeared, lightning flashed and thunder sounded off. Then from the sky came a three-headed silver dragon, a glowing yellow orb on its chest and electricity sparked throughout it’s body. Once the thunderous titan landed, the three heads released a thunderous roar.

[Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju/Lv: 9/LIGHT/Thunder/ATK: 3300/DEF: 2100]

“You may have the upper hand boy, but you forget that I have two face down trap cards. And I’ll use the right now! I reveal both Red-Eyes Spirit and Call of the Haunted!”

“Aw come on!” Sunset Shimmer groaned.

“With these cards, I’ll use them to bring out both Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Archfiend’s Awakening back to the field!” Sombra called out as both monsters appeared besides Gadarla. “And let’s not forget that Archfiend’s Awakening can only be destroyed by Ritual Monsters, something that you do not possess!” Sombra smirked smugly, but Dustin had a smug grin of his own.

“Not for long! I activate my trap! Fiendish Chain!" Dustin called out, shocking Sombra.

"DAMN IT!" Sombra growled in rage as his Archfiend was wrapped in chains.

"Now with this bad boy, your Archfiend Awakening's effects are null and void. Plus, since I used Interrupted Kaiju Slumber to nuke your board, that means I now have five Kaiju Counters in total. So now I activate Thunder king’s effect! By removing three Kaiju Counters from the field, you're unable to activate any effects for the rest of the turn, and I can attack three times in a row!” Dustin declared as Sombra just stood in horror.

“Thunder King, make it rain! Kaminari Ichi!” Dustin called out as the Thunder King’s central head fired a blast of golden electricity at Gadarla, easily destroying it.

Sombra LP – 6200

“Kaminari Ni!” Dustin declared as Thunder King’s right head destroyed Sombra’s Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

Sombra LP – 5300

“Kaminari San!” Dustin declared as Thunder king’s left head destroyed Archfiend's Awakening.

Sombra LP - 4500

“Grrr! Damn you!” Sombra growled in fury.

“And I just added three more kaiju counters from the whole battle. And when Kyoutou Waterfront has three or more Kaiju Counters, I can bring add one Kaiju from my deck to my hand.” Dustin said as he added the desired kaiju from his deck to his hand. “And with that said and done, I’ll finish it there. You’re up.” Dustin said, his smirk still plastered on his face.

“You got lucky boy!” Sombra drew his card, and chuckled before laughing like a maniac.

“But I’m afraid your luck has just ran out! First I’ll play Card of Sanctity, which means we both draw until we have six cards!” Sombra smiled as he drew a full hand of six while Dustin only drew three.

Sombra’s smile widened upon seeing what he drew and said, “I now summon Archfiend Heiress in defense mode.” Sombra said as a purple skinned demon girl appeared.

[Archfiend Heiress/Lv: 3/DARK/Fiend/ATK: 1000/DEF: 0]

“And now that I have an Archfiend out, I can Special Summon this! Archfiend Commander!” Sombra said as a bulky archfiend appeared as electricity sparked throughout its body.

[Archfiend Commander/Lv: 6/DARK/Fiend/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1200]

“And since Archfiend Commander was Special Summoned this way, I must destroy 1 archfiend I control. So I’ll get rid of Heiress.” Sombra chuckled as Heiress was electrocuted by Commander before shattering to bits. “But of course, when Archfiend Heiress is destroyed by battle or card effects, I can search out one Archfiend card from my deck, except Archfiend Heiress, and add it to my hand.” Sombra said as he added the chosen card to his hand. “And while I’m at it, how about I put it to use? I Equip Archfiend Commander with Axe of Despair! Giving him a one-thousand attack boost” Sombra said as Archfiend Commander wielded the axe, its body emitted more electricity than before.

(Archfiend Commander: 2500 - 3500)

“Oh no!” Erena said in shock.

“Then that means Archfiend Commander can easily take down Thunder King!” Emille said in total shock.

Twilight then placed a hand on Emille’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, Archfiend Commander can’t attack when it’s special summoned. So Dustin can still turn it around.”

Sombra grinned evilly and said, “Normally you would be correct Miss Sparkle, except for the fact that I have this!” He then held up his hand and revealed a card that showed a maiden holding a staff with a red orb on the end.

Rainbow gasped and said, “No way! That’s Mischief of the Time Goddess! Now Sombra can skip straight into his next turn and attack with Commander.”

“Correct you are my dear! Now my fiend, attack!” Sombra declared as Archfiend Commander charged towards the thundering kaiju, its axe at the ready. “Carve that Kaiju like a turkey on Thanksgiving!” With a mighty swing of its axe, Archfiend Commander destroyed Thunder King.

Dustin LP -1800

“I’ll end my turn from there. You’re move child.” Sombra chuckled evilly. But then he noticed Dustin had his smug grin. “And what’s with the smile?”

“You’re about to find out, right now! First, since I control no monsters, I can Special Summon this! My Earth Armor Ninja in attack mode!” Dustin said as a man in a brown ninja suit appeared.

[Earth Armor Ninja/Lv: 5/EARTH/Warrior/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200]

“Next, I’ll play the Spell card Reinforcement of the Army, allowing me to add a level four or lower warrior type monster from my deck to my hand. But how about I have him join the party? Go, Armed Ninja in attack mode!” Dustin said as a ninja wielding a spear showed up in a plume of smoke.

[Armed Ninja/Lv: 1/EARTH/Warrior/ATK: 300/DEF: 300]

“What good will that do you?” Sombra asked in confusion.

“I’ll show you! Next I play Creature Swap!” Dustin said, Sombra was now shocked by this. “So now we both trade our monsters.” Dustin said as Sombra now had Armed Ninja while Dustin had Archfiend Commander.

“Wow! Nice comeback!” Applejack said with a whistle.

“That’s my baby!” Karen cheered.

“Yay.” Flutterhsy cheered, albeit a little quietly.

“But why stop there? Next I Tribute your Armed Ninja and give you a much better beast! Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju!” Dustin said as Armed Ninja disappeared before a massive blue winged sea turtle appeared to Sombra’s side.

[Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju/Lv: 8/WATER/Aqua/ATK: 2200/ DEF: 3000]

“And now that you control a Kaiju, I can Special Summon this mechanical marvel! Super Anti-Kaiju War Machine Mecha-Dogoran!” Dustin called out as a mechanical version of Dogoran appeared to Dustin side, the beast released a mechanical roar.

[Super Anti-Kaiju War Machine Mecha-Dogoran/Lv: 8/LIGHT/Machine/ATK: ?/DEF: 2000]

“Nice move boy. But I’m well aware of Mecha-Dogoran’s effects, so I’ll use Gameciel’s effect.” Sombra said with a smirk, but then Dustin laughed.

“I’m afraid not.” Dustin said, confusing everybody.

“Huh?” Pinkie asked.

“What’s he mean, Twilight?” Spike asked, but Twilight didn’t answer.

“Watch and learn! I’ll sacrifice your Gamaciel and give you this monster! Volcanic Queen!” Dustin said as Gameciel erupted in flames before a massive dragon with a fiery woman on it’s head appeared.

[Volcanic Queen/Lv: 6/FIRE/Pyro/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1200]

“NO!” Sombra said in shock.

“Whoa!” Rainbow Dash said in amazement.

“Talk about bringing the heat.” Rarity said just as amazed.

“Now I activate Mecha-Dogoran’s, effect! By removing 2 Kaiju Counters, I can equip one Kaiju from my hand or graveyard to him, giving him attack points equal to the equipped monster’s attack power. And the one I choose is Thunder King!” Dustin said, as the transparent image Thunder King appeared behind Mecha Dogoran before turning into a stream of electrical energy. The electric power engulfed Mecha-Dogoran, making it roar as its power increased, making Sombra gasp in fear.

(Mecha Dogoran: ? - 3300)

“Alright, damage time! Archfiend Commander! First attack is yours!” Dustin declared as Archfiend Commander swung his axe, creating a crescent wave of electricity at Volcanic Queen, destroying it.

Sombra LP – 3500

Sombra was too shocked to do anything.
“NO! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!” Sombra yelled in disbelief.

“Strike one! Mecha-Dogoran, your turn! ARSENAL BLASTER!” Dustin declared, Mecha-Dogoran fired a barrage of energy blasts at Sombra, who roared in agony.

Sombra LP - 200

“Strike two! Earth Armored Ninja, attack him directly and finish this duel! BOULDER PUNCH!!” Dustin called out as the ninja disappeared in a plume of smoke before reappearing behind him and punched him from behind, depleting his life points.

Sombra LP – 0

“Strike three! You’re out! Game, set, match!” Dustin said triumphantly with a thumbs down as Sombra fell to his knees, a look of shock on his face. The holograms then faded.

“He did it!” Pinkie Pie cheered.

“Yahoo!” Rainbow Dash cheered.

“You did it, Onii-chan!” Erena and Emille cheered as the ran to Dustin and hugged him.

“Well done, baby.” Karen said as she hugged Dustin rather tightly, making him suffocate a bit.

“This is so going onto the school website.” Sunset Said with a chuckle.

“I…I don’t…believe this! I’ve lost…TO A LITTLE HOODLUM?!” Sombra stammered in a mixture of shock and rage. He then got up and glared at Dustin with enough venom to kill somebody instantly.

“Mark my words, child! I will see to it that you suffer for this! I will have my revenge!” Sombra said before storming off.

“I’m quite impressed. You managed to beat
Sombra at his own game.” Twilight said with an impressed smile.

“This calls for a celebration!” Karen smiled, still hugging Dustin tightly.

“Mom! Choking…not breathing!” Dustin said, struggling to get out of his mother's crushing hug.

Author's Note

And chapter two is finally done. Thank god.

This chapter is inspired by two Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes. The two episodes Welcome to Duel Academy and A Duel in Love.

Also, before posting this I had my proofreader Speculore proofread, and he was helpful enough to make some changes, so shout out Speculore. Thank you dude.

Anyway, I hope you guys like this story so far, and I'll see ya'll next time.