Chapters Chapter 1: One Final Challenge
"And another win by the World Champion!" said the MC as he had finished commentating on the latest duel. "There's been nobody like the Prince who has ever been as dominant on the duel field as him."
"You ever think that these announcers tend to oversell things?" asked Isaac as he was watching the replay of his duel from last week.
"It's part of their job," said Juniper as she was on her tablet taking care of some things.
"Can't fault them, I guess. Anyways, did you make sure to send everybody the memo?" asked the boy.
"Everybody knows what to do," said Juniper to her client.
"I want to make sure that everything goes off without any mishap. We've been planning this for about a year now. It took a little longer than we expected, but that's because Twilight wanted both of us to hold off and pursue our careers for a bit longer." said Isaac.
"And I assure you that after all these years, you two will finally get engaged," stated Juniper.
"Well, I'm off to pick her up," said Isaac as he got into the car.
"Enjoy the weekend, Isaac."
"I will. Take the weekend off, as well as Juniper."
Isaac then started the vehicle's engine and was driving down the road. It had been over a year, and in that time, things changed. In the past year, Isaac and Twilight were thriving in their careers. For the girl, she had begun her card designing business with her partner, Moondancer. Isaac had financed Twilight's plan to build the place as it was up and running in a few months. From there, business was in session.
The girl would spend about 60% of her time working from home and would go to the place to handle problems and meetings. Along with Moondancer, the two girls ran the company with such precision. Not to mention, it was a friendly place as many people looking to get into the card designing scene would apply to the girl's company. Twilight's family was proud of her as she was living her dream. Even Shining Armor would sometimes ask his agent team to buy cards from his little sister's company.
Inside of a building, workers were running around. Papers went into the air. Computers crunched logarithms as they ran the numbers. They were all panicking as the computer system was going haywire. Moondancer walked by the aisle as the workers let the girl pass through; she approached the keyboard and began to type in some commands. The screen replied with a message as she grunted. She then tried other commands, but they all said the same thing.
"What are we going to do?" asked one of the workers to his boss.
"Nothing I do works," said Moondancer as it got the workers to gasp at seeing one of the owners in the company fail. "But... she can."
At that moment, the elevator went off. The doors opened to reveal a girl like Moondancer, as she was wearing a fancy lavender suit and miniskirt. Her hair was in a bun as she pushed up her glasses. The necklace around her dangled as the women began to walk.
"We're sorry, boss! We don't know what happened?" said one of the workers.
"We're don't know to fix it!" said a female worker.
Twilight grabbed a cup of water from one of the nearby interns as she took a sip and then tossed it into the trashcan while walking. She passed a table, grabbed a pen, and signed a piece of paper that another worker was holding as she put the pen in her ear. The entire crowd now let their boss through as she saw Moondancer.
"What's the sitch?" asked Twilight.
"Take a look for yourself," said Moondancer.
Twilight now looked at the mainframe as smoke was coming out. On the screen, there was an unhappy face.
"Did you run the diagnostics?"
"Already did, Twilight. This is what came up," said Moondancer as she showed her partner.
"Ohh, it's one of those. Well then," Twilight undid her bun and put her hair in a ponytail style.
"Not the ponytail!" said one of the workers murmuring.
"She only does that when it's a Code 8!" said another worker.
Twilight then rolled up the sleeves of her suit and began to type on the keyboard. Several mini-screens came up as they filled the larger screen. The girl's fingers were moving at lightning-fast speed with a set of focused eyes. The workers could see the gears grinding in their boss' brain as a bit of sweat rolled down her face. Twilight then lifted her finger and pressed it down on a key. The screen then had the unhappy face turn green. The signal was full, and small pixels of her monsters appeared. The digital version of High Priestess of Prophecy gave a thumbs up with Twilight's emoji face smiling as well.
"Problem solved," said Twilight taking off her glasses with a hair flip. The crowd behind her cheered for taking care of the crisis.
"Alright, back to work!!" shouted Moondancer as they heard the command by their boss.
Everybody was now returning to their duties before the alarm went off. Twilight cleaned her glasses as Moondancer spoke.
"Another example of the workers seeing you in action. My, how do you do it, Miss Twilight?" asked Moondancer with some playfulness in her voice.
"It's quite simple, really," stated Twilight as she put her glasses back on.
The two girls walked and passed through a set of doors and into another part of the building. They signed some papers while walking as some more interns found them. The girls looked ahead as they listened to the interns as they answered it and gave their suggestions. The pair now entered an elevator as they pushed a button as it took them to an upper floor. After exiting and walking some more, they came to Twilight's office as they entered.
"And production has gone up by 2.314%," stated Moondancer.
"That's more than I expected. Guess that means, we should have a party to celebrate us meeting our goal," said Twilight as she approached her desk. She pulled out a drawer as inside was her duel disk; next to it was her deck.
"I'll make sure the crew knows and send them all gift baskets to reward their hard work," said Moondancer.
"Very well," said Twilight as she grabbed both items and put them in her bag. She then looked on her desk as there were several photos. One of them was her and the gang during their high school year. Another one had them from a year ago when they reunited, and all caught up. The next one had a photo of her and Isaac in their new home as it showed how happy they were.
"To think, you're about to get married after so long," smiled Moondancer.
"It took us quite a while, especially after I told Isaac that we should hold off for about a year. But... the day is almost here. We've been planning this and now... it's about to come true."
"Then all I should say is... congratulations!"
"Thanks, Moondancer. But when it comes to running this business, I couldn't have done it without you. Together, and with Isaac's money, we were able to start up our business."
"You deserve as much credit as I do," said the girl. "Besides, we're friends."
"Thank you."
"Now get going, girl. Your man is waiting downstairs for you. Don't worry, I'll finish things before everybody goes home for the weekend. Enjoy it, cause as you said, next week is your wedding. And I did get my invitation."
"I appreciate it," said Twilight as she finished packing her satchel and slung it across her body.
She then waved goodbye to her friends as she exited her office. Isaac had arrived in the parking lot as he turned the engine off. He then grabbed an item from the backseat as he exited from the car and went towards the parking lot entrance. He stood there with a smile on his face. At the moment, the door behind him opened up as coming out was a man as he had some flowers in his hand that he bought from the inside flower shop.
"Hey man, let me guess... birthday?" asked the person as he saw Isaac holding a flower.
"Nope... not her birthday," answered Isaac.
"Well, then it must be your anniversary?" stated the man.
"No... not our anniversary,"
"Ahh. You're in the dog house like me then, right? My girl caught me talking to my ex. What'd you do?"
"No... it's not for that reason either," smiled Isaac. "But that's what's wrong with people like you. You need a reason to do anything special."
"Hey," said Twilight as she came from the doors and saw Isaac standing there. She kissed the boy on his cheek. "Oh my goodness, I hope you weren't waiting too long. I got swamped," said the girl as she undid her hair and let it fall to her shoulders. Twilight then saw Isaac shift his arm behind him as it caused her to raise an eyebrow.
"Honey, what do you have back there?"
"This is for you, Twily," said Isaac as he revealed the flower he was holding.
"Thank you, honey," said Twilight with a happy look on her face as she took the flower and sniffed it. "Even on a random day, you're always treating me so special."
"Why don't I catch up with you at the car?" stated Isaac.
"Okay, well, I will just take this with me," said Twilight as the boy kissed her on her cheek as she left.
"Now I see who wears the pants in the family," said the man as he saw the whole interaction between Isaac and Twilight.
Isaac just simply laughed and chuckled for a bit. On his face, he had a smug smile as he addressed the person next to him.
"Look, man. It doesn't have to be a special event or something that I've done wrong to get my girl flowers. You see... I don't wait until her birthday to make her feel loved. I make her feel loved every day. I do it to let her know how much I appreciate her and that she's always on my mind. Even when I'm on the road. And I don't need to wait until her anniversary to send flowers; I do it for no apparent reason, just because I care. Just because it's Tuesday. Just to see her smile. And no, I'm not in the dog house. If I only got her flowers every time I made a mistake, then she'd always be sad when I gave her flowers. And I want her to be excited. It's sad that we live in a world where I need a reason to buy my girl flowers. I do it for no other reason than to make her feel special every chance I get."
"Is that a joke?" said the man. "Come on, girls are so easy to please. Watch my girl is gonna show up any minute and I'm gonna be like, 'Baby, these are for you. I'm so sorry, I promise I'll never cheat on you again. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.' It's that easy, kid." said the man, unaware that his woman was behind him hearing this.
"So it's that easy?" said the lady as it got the man to now turn around and look at her.
"Hey... baby I got you..."
"Save it!" stated the woman as she was disgusted. "I heard the whole thing. This whole time, I thought you were actually sorry and that the flowers meant that you cared. You know what, you can keep the flowers. We're done."
The girl now left as it caused the man to have a heartbroken look on his face. He turned to look back at Isaac as he watched the whole interaction.
"Maybe next time, you should treat her like she's someone special. Best of luck, bud," said Isaac as he now left towards the car.
Isaac approached the vehicle as Twilight was on her phone. He then got into the driver's seat and closed the door.
"So, what were you doing?" asked the girl.
"Just doing what I normally do. Playing the hero," said Isaac as he turned the engine on.
The pair were now exiting from the parking lot as they made it onto the main road. Twilight now began to tell Isaac about her day as the boy listened to his fiancé while keeping an eye on the road. He then told Twilight about his past days on the road as he informed her that he had one upcoming duel before the pair would head to Canterlot as it would be the place where they would have their wedding. Twilight looked at her phone as she saw some pictures of her friends. She almost couldn't wait for the day as they would all be present to see the two finally tie the knot. Twilight then let out a sigh as she looked out of the window watching the view past her.
"What's the matter, Twily?" asked Isaac as he grabbed his fiancé's hand with his right as he kept on driving.
"I'm thinking about how things have changed. Compared to where we were a year ago, it's crazy to think that we've adjusted to our lives. And now... that we're about to officially get married. I can't believe it."
"I know what you mean," said Isaac as he was now thinking back to one of the many events the pair had in the past year.
(Flashback)
The pair had arrived at a restaurant. It was Isaac's day off as he decided to spend it with Twilight who took time from her schedule of meeting with Moondancer to build their business to spend it with the boy. They arrived at the place and sat at a table.
"Isn't it cute in here?" asked Twilight as she sat down.
"Yeah. It's really cute if we decorated our kitchen like this," stated Isaac with a smile as he sat down.
"I feel like I haven't seen a lot of you," said Twilight as at that moment, Isaac's phone went off.
The boy took out his phone as he was looking at the message he received as Twilight look at her fiancé with a rather perturbed look.
"Juniper keeps texting me," said Isaac as he put his phone away.
"Why?" asked Twilight.
"I don't know."
"I'm sure she can wait a few hours. No offense, but it's your day off," said Twilight now gaining a happy expression. Just then, Isaac's phone started to ring as it got the girl to be furious.
"Hello?" said Isaac as he answered his phone and began to talk as Twilight sat there listening with an angry look. "I'm actually in the middle of having lunch with Twilight."
Twilight heard a response from the phone.
"No, I mean, I can-- I can do it if you need me to," said Isaac now getting up from the table and walking away. "No, your timing was actually perfect. Hold on a second," Isaac now exited out of the restaurant as he began to talk with his agent. All the while, Twilight saw this and had a rather unhappy look.
A few minutes passed, and Isaac was still outside on the phone. Twilight started to become even more upset as the food they ordered arrived. She thanked the waitress as she slowly began to eat her food while still watching her fiancé outside doing work on his day off. After about 10 minutes, Isaac had now returned.
"Sorry. Juniper needed me to do a caller," said Isaac as he now sat down and began to eat his food while Twilight had already finished her meal. The boy took one bite of his food when his phone rang again.
"Hello? Another one?" said Isaac as he didn't see Twilight slam her fists on the table.
"Seriously!" stated Twilight.
"I'm sorry. I have to take this," said Isaac as he was now on the phone. For Twilight, she put her hand under her chin as she felt like she was being disrespected by her fiancé.
"Why don't we just go get the check and go home?!" suggested Twilight with a hint of anger in her voice. She didn't even wait for Isaac as she got up from the table and began to walk out of the restaurant.
The pair were getting into the car as Isaac had a box with his food that he didn't eat. He then got into the driver's seat and they were now driving down the road. It was about several minutes into the drive as Isaac looked over to see Twilight staring out the window. He noticed the slight furious expression on her face as she had a straight face.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Twilight as she tried to be calm.
"You're not overly talkative," said the boy as he grabbed his girl's hand while looking at the road.
"Well, I tried to talk at lunch, but I kept getting interrupted," stated Twilight as Isaac had a calm look on his face. "All I wanted was just to have a couple of hours to ourselves, do something that we haven't done in a long time. Just even an hour, Isaac!!!" The boy briefly looked at the girl to see her anger before turning back to the road. "I guess I just wish I was dating a guy who I was dating from the beginning, not the Isaac I'm dating now."
"Do you wish you were dating the Isaac, who wasn't as successful as me?" countered the boy with his response to Twilight. "Is that what you-- was that what you're asking?"
"I guess because that made it feel like you gave a shit about me!" said Twilight. "I'm just getting tired of you feeling that you can constantly sacrifice my feelings."
"Well, I have to do something-- I have to do something in the same sense as when you have to go attend your meetings and business trips," said Isaac.
"Yeah. Well, you also have to make sure that your relationship is all right. For god's sakes, Isaac. We have plans to get married!!" spoke the girl with a bit of volume. "You have me now, and it's like whatever. You don't have to try at all."
"Sometimes, things don't go off as planned," said Isaac.
"I feel like there's always an excuse," spoke Twilight.
The entire ride home was then in silence as Twilight looked out of the window to avoid having to see her fiancé. Isaac just sighed as he kept his focus on the road.
Sometime later, Isaac was on the road with Juniper as he was scheduled to perform. During that time, Twilight met up with Cadance as she wanted to speak with someone regarding her problem with Isaac. And speaking to someone who had experience whose significant partner was also a pro duelist, she was hoping to get some insight.
"So what's troubling you, Twilight?" asked Cadance as she sat down next to the girl on the couch.
"I wanted some help. It's just like Isaac has no time for me. The position he's in now, it's like being buddies and business partners. And Isaac, when we were first dating, life was a lot more simple for us," said Twilight trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"But aren't you proud of him? Wasn't his dream to be the top duelist?" asked Cadance as she grabbed the girl's hand. "No offense, Twilight. But I mean this with all my heart, but you're very needy. You're being mean to him."
"I am..." Twilight then stopped herself from shouting as she saw her former babysitter.
"Twilight, you would love it if you were in the same career path as Isaac. Being booked together, doing live duels as a team, as a couple. You would be in heaven." stated Cadance as Twilight put her head down as she listened to the girl. "I went through the same thing with your brother and still am. Doing appearances, being on the road and away from your family. Your man's busy, deal with it."
"Cadance?" said Twilight as she couldn't believe what she was hearing from a person she trusted the most in her life.
"Think of how much more you're stressing him out like he doesn't have enough stress on his plate. You're supposed to be his escape in life. There's the woman I love, and today was a hard day at work and now, she's gonna make me happy. Oh, wait, it's Twilight." said Cadance in a mocking tone as Twilight was slowly starting to see the point made by her sister-in-law
"I... kind of feel bad for Isaac," said Twilight as she touched the necklace she was wearing. "I've been holding a grudge against him."
A couple of days passed by as Twilight was in her home as she was in her and Isaac's bedroom. Spike was in the living room napping on the couch as Tigre was in their bedroom as the girl was trying to get the cat's attention.
"Come on, Tigre ." The cat just meowed as she began to walk out of the room. "Oh great, now you're not giving me attention. Meanwhile, Spike's over there being lazy!" stated the girl with an upset tone. Safe to say, the girl just wanted some attention.
At that moment, the front door opened. In came Isaac as Tigre went to go greet her owner.
"Hey girl," said Isaac as he had his backpack over his shoulder with his luggage next to him.
He bent down to pet his cat as she purred loudly while feeling the boy's touch. Twilight heard the front door and saw Isaac as she took a deep breath. He then put his stuff by the front door as he made his way to their bedroom and laid down on his back. Twilight then entered the room and laid next to her fiancé as she talked to him.
"I'm so tired," said Isaac as he looked up to see Twilight's face just a few inches above.
"I bet," smiled the girl as she began to rub the boy's head while placing her other hand on his chest. "So... I talked to Cadance while you were gone."
"Did you now? What did you girls talk about?" asked Isaac as he had his left arm around Twilight as she was now rubbing his forehead.
"She kind of put some things into perspective for me. I had told her that we started dating, we got to see each other so much. And it's like the last couple of months, it feels like... I don't even exist in your world. But... you know that's the business and it's not gonna be forever." said Twilight as she now cusped Isaac's cheek and looked at him.
"So I want to apologize and say sorry."
"Oh, thank you," smiled Isaac as he stroked the girl's hair. They then shared a kiss that lasted for five seconds as they pulled apart. "I was trying to do better on my end too. I know sometimes I get so consumed because even though I'm really busy, I can't not make time for you." Isaac then moved his left hand to stroke Twilight's thigh as the pair kissed once more.
"I might be needy, but at least I can admit that I'm needy. And is that so bad?" asked Twilight.
"No," answered the boy.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"Just make me a sandwich, women," stated Isaac.
Twilight rolled her eyes at Isaac's comment while letting out a chuckle. "I will make you a sandwich, but not because you called me woman. It's because I was already gonna do that," said the girl as Isaac too let out a small laugh.
(End of Flashback)
"And now look at us, about to be married. Knowing that they'll be times when we won't be together. And that's alright. Cause at the end of the day, we love each other. And that will never change." said Twilight as she leaned in and kissed Isaac's cheek as the boy kept looking at the road.
It was days later as the pair was getting ready to leave. They were packing their stuff as they had to leave for the airport for them to go to where Isaac's duel was going to be held. Then after that, they would need to get on another flight which would take the pair to Canterlot where they would meet their friends and spend the last two days before their wedding took place. The pets had already been sent to their friends as they were packing the last bit of stuff they might want to bring on their honeymoon.
Moondancer told Twilight to not worry as she could handle things at the company while she enjoyed her honeymoon. Twilight's workers did send their best regards to their boss. Juniper had contacted Isaac as she was making sure to handle any business that might require him to do while he was on his honeymoon Also that after a full year, the entire world was now going to know who his fiancé was as he managed to keep it a secret from everybody.
While Twilight was putting the last bags in the car, Isaac was on his duel disk as he was contacting his friends in the Big 5.
"So guys, quick question. How did you all propose to your special someone?" asked Isaac.
"Winged it." said the five duelists in unison.
"Great, that makes me feel so much better," stated Isaac in a sarcastic tone.
"Relax, bud. You got nothing to worry about," said Jaden.
"We get it, you didn't have a ring with you when you first did the proposal during your graduation duel. But no need to worry, she knows you love her," said Yuya.
"I get it, but I want to at least give her a nice proposal."
"If you want advice, Isaac. Just do something she likes," stated Yusei.
"Do something that she enjoys. Something that you know will make her fall in love with you all over again," said Yuma.
"Yugi?"
"Not much needs to be said, Isaac. You got this. I mean you're the World Champion of Duel Monsters for over a year at this point."
"Yeah, but dueling is a bit more relaxing than actually proposing to the girl you want to spend the rest of your life with," stated Isaac.
"True that!" said all five in unison.
"Well, thanks, guys. This is will be the last time I talk to you all, until after my honeymoon. I promise I'll tell you the details when I get back."
"Take care, pal!" said all five duelists as the group call ended.
"Isaac!!!" shouted Twilight. "We need to go!!"
"Coming, Twily!" said the boy. He then grabbed his backpack and put his deck into the deck box on his belt.
The pair now exited their house as they said goodbye to it until after they returned from their honeymoon. It wasn't long until the pair arrived at the airport and boarded their flight. Some of the people working noticed the pair as even Twilight had gained some popularity as her career for being a card designer. The boy and girl boarded their flight as they were now in the air. Twilight was getting a first-hand experience of how regularly Isaac did this.
After a few hours, the plane touched down on the runway. Juniper was already waiting for the pair as they met with her and took them to the hotel. All three of them settle in for the night. In the morning, the trio was now making their way towards the arena. While Isaac was in his private room, Twilight was in the VIP booth that she and Juniper were in to watch her fiancé.
At that moment, the door to the booth opened.
"Well, well. Guess I was right," said a voice.
"Aww, it's sweet to see him giving you all this attention. Makes me sick to my god damn stomach." said another voice.
"Hey, girls. Long time no see," said Twilight as she turned around to see it was none other than the Shadowbolts.
"Charmed as well, dear," stated Sunny Flare.
"Mind if we crash, dude?" asked Lemon Zest.
Juniper was about to protest when Twilight told her it was alright. The four remaining Shadowbolts now took a seat as they prepared to watch the duel about to begin. Like Isaac, they too had all gone pro and were some incredible duelists. So much so that they had battled the boy during his year-long reign as champ on many occasions. Each came close, but never beat him.
"By the way, congrats on your engagement," said Sugarcoat.
"Thanks," said Twilight as everybody began to settle in.
On the field down below were Isaac and Indigo Zap as the two were about to get their duel underway.
"Hope you weren't planning on being champion during your honeymoon, Isaac. Cause I'm here to take it from you," said Indigo Zap.
"We'll see about that. I only hope that I don't beat before my flight is ready," snickered Isaac.
He then reached into his deck box on his side as he pulled out his deck. Isaac spoke a few words before sliding it into his duel disk. It activated as it projected a gold card tray. Indigo did the same thing as she slid her deck into her small rectangle device on her arm projecting a card tray of dark blue energy materialized along the front.
"Ladies and gentleman, it's now time for our championship duel!" said the MC as the crowd roared.
"It's Isaac who has held that rank as World Champion for well over a year. He's taken all types of challenges and overcome many obstacles in his reign as the Prince. But can tonight be the night where his empire comes tumbling down? Can Indigo Zap be the one to end the slay the Prince? We're about to find out... right... NOW!!!"
"Opponent detected. Streaming data. Duel mode set. Initiating. Commencing duel." said their duel disks.
Isaac's Life Points: 8000- Indigo Zap's Life Points: 8000-
"Let's duel!!!" shouted the boy and girl.
Turn 1: Isaac
"I'll start by discarding one card to summon my Apprentice Illusion Magician(2000/1700)!" said Isaac as in front of him appeared one of his teen magician girls as she twirled her staff as she took her position. "And since I summoned my Apprentice Illusion Magician, she allows me to add my Dark Magician to my hand!" His duel disk then ejected his card as he grabbed it.
"I end my turn with one card facedown."
Turn 2: Indigo Zap
"My draw!" said Indigo as she drew her card, "I play the spell card, Terraforming! I can now add one field spell from my deck to my hand. Time to set the stage for my victory lap. And we need an even bigger one for that. I play the field spell, F.A. Circuit Grand Prix!” A horizontal wave of energy shot out behind Indigo, leaving black asphalt on the ground behind it, steel-blue railings lining the edges. The wave turned and weaved up and down the walls of the stadium, tracing out a racing track along the edges of the field. The energy wave reached the start of the track behind Indigo and rippled out, creating a large circular pit zone around her.
"Always like her to start by getting the field to her liking," stated Sugarcoat.
"Given her deck, it's no surprise. Now the question is: Can your fiancé be able to handle what Indigo might throw at him?" asked Sunny Flare to Twilight.
"You forget, it's Isaac. And he doesn't go out without a fight," stated Twilight.
"Then he better be able to keep up with Zap. Cause if he wants to win, he's gotta outpace her and outspeed her in every turn of this duel," said Lemon Zest.
"Next, I’ll summon F.A. Sonic Meister(0/1000).” A horizontal portal appeared on the road behind Indigo. With a roar of an engine, a gleaming silver, blue, and orange race car sped out, two large rocket engines blazing on either side of a large central rear wheel behind the driver. The race car turned and moved into position next to her, the engines dying down.
"My F.A. monsters have a print attack of zero, but once in play, they have attack power equal to their Level times three hundred.” Indigo held up four fingers. “Sonic Meister is Level 4, so that works out to twelve hundred attack points.” Sonic Meister’s driver grinned inside his helmet and revved his engine. “Next, I’ll throw a card face-down and end my turn.” Indigo rolled her shoulders and slumped back. “Go for it.”
Turn 3: Isaac
Indigo is already setting herself up for me to attack. With her field spell, she guarantees her monsters to gain two levels during battle. Sonic Meister is Level 4 now, but if I attack it'll be Level 6, and have 1800 attack points. Not to mention her monsters gain a permanent level each time an 'F.A.' spell/trap or effect is activated. So it'll be Level 7 and have 2100 attack points, meaning that my magician will lose.
"Hey, you gonna play something or have your inner monologue?!" shouted Indigo as she could see Isaac thinking to himself.
"Very well, I draw!" said Isaac as he began to make his move. "I'll play Magical Dimension, so by tributing my Apprentice Illusion Magician, I can call upon my most loyal companion, Dark Magician!" The boy's partner appeared as it came out of a portal and spun its staff as it took the field.
"Now the other effect of my Magical Dimension allows me to destroy one card on the field. So I choose your Sonic Meister!" stated Isaac as a magical beam took out the girl's monster. "With your monster gone, I attack you directly! Dark Magician!" shouted the boy.
"I knew you would take my monster out, so I reveal Quaking Mirror Force! So now your Dark Magician is switched into face-down defense position, and can't change modes!" stated Indigo.
"Nice move," said Isaac gritting his teeth.
"I ain't a dumbass, Isaac. I'm not throwing away this last shot before you take some time off," said the girl.
"I end my turn."
Turn 4: Indigo Zap
"My draw," Indigo drew with a flourish, looked at her card, and barked out a laugh. She swung her card onto her duel disk. "This card should look familiar, I activate U.A. Locker Room! It may be the counterpart to my deck, but this card counts as an 'F.A.' card. I target one 'F.A.' monster I control or in my graveyard and add it to my hand. So I'm bringing back my Sonic Meister!" said the girl as her duel disk ejected her card as she grabbed it.
"Then the second effect of my card activates. I can reveal any number of 'F.A' monsters in my hand and shuffle them back into my deck. Then I draw that same number of cards." Indigo's hand then showed off the monsters that she had. "I have two other monsters in my hand, so I'll return them to my deck." Indigo then took her two other monsters and placed them on top of her deck as the auto shuffler kicked in. She then drew her cards as she saw them and smiled.
"I then resummon my Sonic Meister!" said the girl as her monster revved up its engines once more. "Now to kick it into overdrive! Sonic Meister run over his magician! And remember, my field spell gives my monster two levels during battle and my monster's effect gives it a permanent Level so now it's Level 7 and has 2100 attack points!"
"Even with all those levels, your monster still can't take down my magician!"
"That's why I play this, F.A. Downforce! So now I can give my Sonic Meister two more levels until the end of the turn. And that's another effect activated, so it gains a permanent Level. For those watching at home, let put it this way. My Sonic Meister is now Level 10 and it has 3000 attack points, so that means it takes out your Dark Magician!" shouted the girl. Sonic Meister revved up and sped off across the field, crashing through the guard rails of the pit stop. It drove into Dark Magician, the spellcaster splaying out across the front of the car, and after driving another second, it screeched to a sudden halt. Dark Magician flipped through the air and crashed into the wall of the stadium.
"I'm not done." Indigo’s duel disk beeped and ejected a card, which she picked up. “Once per turn, when an F.A. monster destroys a monster in battle, I get to draw a card due to the effect of my field spell. Oh, and since that’s an F.A. spell effect triggered, that’s another level booster!”
"Oh no!" said Isaac as Indigo's monster now had 3300 attack points.
"Oh, I forgot one more thing. Since my Sonic Meister is level 7 or higher, it can make two attacks this turn! Here comes the second lap!" Sonic Meister then had its sights on the boy as it drove off into high speed and it collided with Isaac, who put his arms to cover and was tossed onto his back.Isaac's Life Points: 4700-
"Looks like your soon-to-be husband can't keep up with Indigo," smiled Sour Sweet with a devious tone.
"Isaac may be down, but he's not out. Indigo is like Rainbow Dash, they always want to get in the first hit. And in a duel, it isn't about who can deal damage first. But rather who can dish it out more." countered Twilight as they all turned their attention back to the duel.
"I hope Twilight enjoys her honeymoon with her man, who's going to be a former World Champion," mocked Indigo.
"Whether I'm World Champ or not doesn't change the fact that Twilight loves me. And I love her," said Isaac as he got to one knee and looked up at the VIP booth. He saw his soon-to-be wife as she smiled.
"No wonder she fell in love with you. Even way back at the Friendship Games, you were all she talked about. At that point, you two should have just asked each other out." stated Indigo with some playfulness in her voice.
"You got any more moves left or you just gonna rattle off me and Twilight's entire years we've been together?" taunted Isaac.
"I end my turn, and so my Sonic Meister loses all of its extra Levels. But it's still Level 7." said the girl as her monster reduced back to 2100 attack points.
Turn 5: Isaac
"My turn, and I'll play my own field spell, Magician's Salvation!" said Isaac. "Now, my field spell allows me to set my Eternal Soul from my deck." The boy's duel disk then ejected his card as he placed it facedown on his field. "Then I'll summon my Berry Magician Girl(400/400)!" A tiny baby magician appeared as she sat down on Isaac's shoulder and she made a sucking sound on her pacifier.
"Isaac," said the baby as she wrapped her tiny arms around the boy's cheek and hugged him.
"Good to see you, Berry," said the boy as he tickled the baby's tummy. "So, who's the lucky girl today?"
"Mmm... Chocolate." said the baby as her older sister now appeared.
She gave her baby sister a hug and a kiss as she put her on the floor. She then looked to Isaac as she did the same.
"Enjoy it while you can, Chocolate. Cause I'm no longer gonna be a free man," stated the boy as the girl disappeared with a smile. "I select my Chocolate Magician Girl." Isaac's duel disk then ejected his chosen card and the boy added it to his hand.
"I now end my turn with a facedown."
Turn 6: Indigo
"That's all?! I want a fight, not you throwing cause you wanna get married already to Twilight," said Indigo.
"Then attack me," mocked Isaac.
"You asked for it, I draw!" said the girl as she looked at her card with a sly smile. "First, I switch my Sonic Meister to defense mode. Then I summon F.A. Whip Crosser(0/1000)!" A portal opened behind Indigo. An armored blue and yellow motorbike rode out of it, the driver clad in armor of the same color scheme. He popped a wheelie and drove up beside Indigo before letting the wheel down. "I then activate the effect of F.A. Downforce in my graveyard.” The image of Indigo’s card appeared above her and dissolved. “By banishing Downforce, I get its effect again, boosting my F.A. Sonic Meister two levels for this turn only. And since I activated the effect of an F.A. Spell card, they also get another permanent level gain.” Indigo held her hands out to gesture to her two monsters. “That means Sonic Meister is Level 10 for this turn, and Whip Crosser is Level 5.”
"Even so, she put Sonic Meister in defense mode. Why'd she do that?" asked Lemon Zest.
"You'll see," stated Juniper.
"I then activate the spell card F.A. Test Run.” A computer console rose next to Sonic Meister, cables snaking out of the machinery and attaching to the car. “This card changes Sonic Meister back to attack mode, and then I get to destroy one card on the field. Not only that, but that's another level that both my monsters gain. So Sonic Meister is now Level 11 and Whip Crosser is Level 6! The card I destroy is your Berry Magician Girl!" The computer exploded and sent blasts of electricity in all directions taking out the boy's monster.
"Time for me to win, cause I still have to activate my field spell which gives all my F.A. monsters an extra 2 Levels during battle. So one more time for every keeping score at home, that means my Sonic Meister will be Level 13 and have 3900 attack points and Whip Crosser will be Level 8 for a total of 2400 attack points. So... you lose!" said Indigo giving the champ a thumbs down as Sonic Meister made the first move as it zoomed towards the boy.
"I reveal my facedown, Ricochet! With this, I can select a card on your side of the field and bounce it back to your hand. Then I can add one card from my deck to my hand. So I'm returning your Sonic Meister!" shouted the boy as a card shot out from his duel disk and collided with the monster as it turned into a white light and zoomed back to Indigo's hand. It then boomeranged back as Isaac grabbed it with one hand.
"Either way, you have no other facedowns to save you. So Whip Crosser goes in for the direct attack!" shouted Zap as her Whip Crosser zoomed forward, hopped over the guard rails, and aimed itself at Isaac.
"Ahh!!" shouted the boy as he was thrown onto the ground once more.Isaac's Life Points: 2300-
"Isaac?!" shouted Twilight as she got up from her seat to see her fiancé hit hard.
"Give up," taunted Zap.
"Kiss my ass," said Isaac as he did a kip-up and was back on his feet as the crowd cheered. Twilight let out a sigh of relief as she sat back down. The other Shadowbolts all had smiles on their faces at seeing how Twilight acted just now when Isaac was down.
"Either way, you have no monsters on your field, so I end my turn."
Turn 7: Isaac
"This duel is far from over."
"You're bluffing!" said Zap.
"Am I? Well, let's find out, I draw!" said Isaac as he drew his card as it had a light effect as the trail. "Exactly what I need, I Dark Magic Veil. So I pay 1000 life points so that I can summon my Dark Magician Girl from my hand!" said Isaac as he had his top female magician.Isaac's Life Points: 1300-
"Jealous, Twilight?" said Sour Sweet as he directed that Isaac had his favorite magical girl on his field.
"No, why. Cause even if Isaac's own female cards have an affection for their master, they know that I'm the one he truly loves," said Twilight with a smile.
"In that case, if you really want his heart to beat fast, perhaps you should dress up as his Dark Magician Girl," said Sugarcoat with a sly smile as Twilight turned away with her face turning red.
"So? She's not strong enough to take out my Whip Crosser." taunted Indigo.
"Did you forget about my field spell?" countered Isaac with a smile.
"What?!"
"You see Indigo, my field spell does more than just set a card from my deck. Whenever I summon either Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl, if the other is in my graveyard, I can also summon them. So you helped me."
"Wait... you mean..."
"Now you're catching on. I bring back my Dark Magician!" shouted Isaac as his signature monster was back in play.
"Doesn't matter, cause my life points won't take much damage."
"Maybe so... that is... if I didn't play this. Dark Burning Magic!"
"Dark Burning Magic?!!!" shouted Indigo in fear.
"Mana, Mahad! Do it!" commanded Isaac as both magicians put their wands together as they created a huge ball of magical energy. They channeled their powers as they then shot the attack towards Indigo.
Her entire field was nuked as a huge explosion occurred. Everybody in the stands along with the girls in the VIP booth covered their eyes for a moment as the attack soon died down. A series of explosions along the asphalt, the track around the field cracked apart and dissolved into green and orange dust.
Indigo’s duel disk beeped, and she tapped a prompt. “Since F.A. Circuit Grand Prix was destroyed by a card effect, I can use its effect to add an F.A. card from my deck to my hand. I’ll take this, F.A. City Grand Prix!"
"Like it matters! Cause I'm attacking you directly! Go my magicians, Double Dark Magic Attack!!!" ordered Isaac as both of his monsters leaped into the air pointed their wands at the girl as they shot another powerful attack. Indigo covered up and was pushed back as her shoes skidded along the floor.Indigo Zap's Life Points: 3500-
"Now we're about even." smiled Isaac as he looked at the girl who was dropped to a knee.
"Alright, Isaac," said Indigo as she wiped the scuff along her mouth as she was angry. "I was doing you a favor, sending you on your way out for some time off. Let me handle the burden of being the top duelist, but you don't want anybody else to be champion except for you. So consider me royally pissed off!!!" yelled Indigo at the top of her lungs.
"Then I guess my attempt was a success," mocked Isaac with a smile. "I place one card facedown then end my turn by playing Card of Sanctity so that we draw till we're holding six cards in our hand."
Turn 8: Indigo
"My draw! To start, I summon Sonic Meister! Then I play the field spell, F.A. City Grand Prix!" Indigo slipped her card on her duel disk with a grin. A wave of energy rippled out from around her. City streets with painted crosswalks and streetlights traced around them, transparent holograms of scenic buildings rising from the ground. When the field was complete, the streetlights simultaneously lit up green.
"This nifty spell gives all of my F.A. monsters a boost of two levels during both the Battle and Main Phases, and it prevents you from targeting them with effects. And since that's a spell activate, that means my Sonic Meister gains a level so it's Level 7," stated Indigo Zap. "Now that my Sonic Meister is Level 7, I can special summon this monster. Rise, F.A. Dark Dragster(0/2000))!" A car then appeared in a black color scheme as it had flames behind it.
"Like all my other monsters it gains 300 attack points times its level, but with my field spell it gives it two more levels and since that's a spell activated, my Dark Dragster gains a permanent level also. So it's Level 10 and has 3000 attack points!" informed Indigo Zap.
"So time to attack, meaning my two monsters gain two more Levels. Sonic Meister attack his Dark Magician Girl, and Dark Dragster will attack your Dark Magician!" shouted Indigo Zap. Her two monsters revved their engines as they took out the boy's monsters.
"I activate my Mirage Ruler trap card! Now since both of my monsters were destroyed this turn, I can bring them back, and my life points return to their original total," said Isaac as his two monsters rose.Isaac's Life Points: 1300-
"Then I pay 1000 life points as the cost," informed the boy.Isaac's Life Points: 300-
"So you survived, but it's doesn't matter. Cause next turn, I'm gonna end this duel. I place two cards facedown and end my turn."
Turn 9: Isaac
"My turn and I summon my Enchantress of Melody(900/1800)!" Isaac played his magician as a beautiful young girl with crimson-colored eyes, a determined and gentle look, and mid-length dark brown hair tied into two twin-tails to a ribbon that laid on her shoulders. She wore black robes and a cloak; she wielded a silver staff and kept a short sword sheathed around her waist. Underneath the cloak, she wore a low-cut blouse, ultra-short pink miniskirts, and wore burgundy boots that stopped before her knee caps. She also wore some leggings that stopped halfway to her thighs as she still showed off her fair smooth skin.
"I then activate her ability, so I can roll a die and then either increase or decrease a monster's level by that number." A die then appeared in Isaac's hand as he tossed it high into the air as it landed on a number. "I now decrease my Enchantress' level by one, and then I'll tune her with my Dark Magician! And when I use Dark Magician as Synchro Material, he counts as Level 6 instead of 7!" The girl then turned into two giant green rings that circled Dark Magician.
"I Synchro Summon, Dark Sorcerer Magician(2500/2100)!" Isaac now had his synchro monster as out came a spellcaster that had white hair and had garments that were dressed in an indigo/purple color scheme. It wielded a staff and was surrounded by bits of stardust and magical symbols.
"When I summon my monster, he can destroy one spell or trap card on the field. So say goodbye to your field spell!" said Isaac as his magician got rid of Indigo's stadium.
"By destroying my field spell, I can activate its effect to add an 'F.A.' card to my hand," stated the girl as her duel disk ejected the card she wanted.
"Either way, I attack your Sonic Meister!"
"Ain't gonna happen, I reveal Negate Attack to pump the brakes on your assault!" stated the girl.
"I see, then I end my turn."
Turn 10: Indigo
"My draw and I'll activate another F.A. Grand City Prix. So we're back to where we started!" said Indigo. "I now activate the effect of my F.A. Dark Dragster, by removing 3 Levels from it, I can destroy one card on the field, so say goodbye to your Dark Sorcerer Magician!" said Indigo Zap as her monster dropped down to Level 9 and took out Isaac's synchro monster.
"Now my monster's effect activates since I used Dark Magician to synchro summon, I can bring it back," said Isaac as his other magician rose in defense mode.
"Next, I’ll activate the spell card, F.A. Pitstop. This decreases Dark Dragster’s level by two, and then I can draw a card.” As she drew, Indigo nodded towards Dark Dragster. “Although, since I just used another F.A. card, it goes up once more. That makes Dark Dragster Level 8.” She took another card from her hand. “And now everything is set for this! I summon F.A. Auto Navigator(0/0) from my hand!” A small cylinder rolled out in front of Indigo and unfurled into a tablet computer. Its screen lit up, projecting the holographic image of a small woman in a pink dress with a parasol and bushy blue hair. Indigo looked down at the hologram.
"I tune my Level 1 Auto Navigator with my Level 8 Dark Dragster!" Auto Navigator glowed green and separated into one glowing ring. Dark Dragster hovered higher into the air and glowed orange as the rings came along it, energy crackling between them. Indigo tilted her head back to look up at them, a hand above her duel disk. “I align the avatar of speed and the turbocharged car of speed, and together they accelerate towards a titanic new form!” Her monster ejected from her duel disk and she seized it and placed it on the card tray. “I Synchro Summon! Roll out, F.A. Motorhome Transport(0/3000)!”
The ground shook and the race track behind Indigo cracked apart and lifted into the air, revealing the doors of a lift platform built into the ground. The platform rose into Isaac’s view, carrying a massive white truck, orange and blue stripes painted along the sides. Retracted ramps were built into the sides, and vehicle maintenance bays were visible through the windows. The truck ground to a halt, the cab hissing, and two large mechanical claws lifted from the sides and clinked together. Everybody in the crowds, all looked up as they took in the sight of Indigo's latest monster
"First, as you might have guessed from its stats, F.A. Motorhome Transport has the same effect as my other F.A. racers, namely that his attack power is equal to its Level times three hundred. It’s currently Level 9 and rises two more from my field spell. So now its level is 11, and its attack rises to 3300.” Motorhome Transport revved its engine and glowed orange.
"Then I reveal my last facedown, F.A. Acceleration!" said Indigo. "By sending an 'F.A.' monster in my deck to the graveyard, I can synchro summon using it and another monster in my graveyard also. So I tune my Level 6 F.A. Turbo Charger with my Level 1 Auto Navigator! I bring out a new monster, my F.A. Dawn Dragster(0/2000)!" A ramp on Motorhome Transport lowered, and a white formula car wheeled out to the ground.
"My monster also has similar stats, with my field spell, it goes up to Level 9. Not to mention by me activating another F.A. spell, my Motorhome gains an extra Level making it Level 12!" stated Indigo. "And now to finish this duel, Motorhome lead the charge and take out his Dark Magician!" Indigo succeeded as she took out the boy's magician. "Then Dawn Dragster will take out your Dark Magician Girl!"
Isaac covered up as his other monster was destroyed. As only Sonic Meister remained as it revved up its engines looking to end the boy.
"Time's up, Prince. Sonic Meister, attack him directly and end this duel!" shouted Zap.
"I reveal my Eternal Soul. So I'm bringing back my Dark Magician!"
"Yeah, right! Cause I activate Dawn Dragster's special ability, whenever you activate an effect, by dropping its Level by 2, I can negate that effect and destroy it," stated Indigo as her racecar did some skid marks to get rid of Isaac's card.
"He's done," said Sugarcoat bluntly.
"It's not over," smiled Isaac. "Did you forget my other facedown? Go!" shouted the boy as it flipped up and shined with a bright light.
"What?!" shouted Zap.
"Since I have no monsters on my field, my Magician's Barrier allows me to avoid taking any damage this turn simply by paying half of my life points!" said Isaac. "Then it can destroy the monster that was attacking, so your Sonic Meister is now gone!"Isaac's Life Points: 150-
"You were saying?" asked Twilight with a smug smile as Sugarcoat turned her head in shame. "One thing, never and I mean, ever, count out my man in a duel!!!" stated the girl as it got the others to back up a bit at Twilight's tone.
"As if it matters, you just made yourself weaker! Next turn, you're done!" said Indigo.
Turn 11: Isaac
"Then it's time I end this! I draw!" said Isaac. "To start, I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Sorcerer Magician. Then I'm gonna play this, Magician Synchro Gate!"
"No you won't, cause I'm activating Dawn Dragster's ability, by reducing it by another 2 Levels, your spell is negated!"
"My Magician Synchro Gate can't be negated, so you just made your weaker for nothing!" smiled Isaac.
"Bullshit!!" yelled the girl as she gritted her teeth.
"Now where was I, oh right! I play Magician Synchro Gate. Now I can synchro summon using monsters in my Extra Deck or graveyard and this card turns into a tuner monster." Isaac's Dark Magician then rose as his spell turned into two giant green rings that circled his monster. "And the one I choose is a scorcher, arise Solis Witch(3000/2700, Level 9, Scale 10)!"
The new monster was an adult female who had light blue hair and eyes, a slim figure with ample breasts, long legs, wide hips, and blue waist-long hair that is partially tied into a loop with a spherical clip. She wore a sleeveless dark-blue feather dress with white trimmings, an extremely short dark blue miniskirt, a green bow around her chest with a blue gem in the middle, a translucent purple underskirt, and detached white sleeves with blue and golden trimmings. She wore thigh-high blue heeled boots over white stockings with blue trimmings. Around her neck was a pendant as it was in the shape of a rune and used her magic to make an ax appear in her hand as it shined with relic symbols on it as elemental symbols appeared above her and infused her weapon.
"Now when my Solis Witch is summoned, I can negate the effects of all your special summoned monsters and drop their attack opponents to zero!" said Isaac as his female magician raised her ax as the elemental symbols powered up as she did a slash attack as it hit Indigo's two Synchro monsters.
"I'm still in this!"
"Not anymore!" countered Isaac. "Since I control a monster, I can special summon my Paladin Fortis(300/500)!" Out came a small paladin as he had shiny armor with a helmet on him as he wielded a sword by his side. "Now my paladin's effect allows me to revive a tuner monster in my graveyard, so I bring back my Enchantress of Melody. And then I'll use her special ability so now I can roll a die and either increase or decrease a monster's level." The die appeared in Isaac's hand as he looked at it, he closed his eyes and blew on it for good luck. He then tossed it high into the air as it began to spin through the air and tumbled around as Isaac was hoping to get what he wanted. Soon it stopped on a number to which Isaac smiled.
"Now I'll decrease my Enchantress' level by 2 so now she's Level 1," said Isaac as his magician lowered her level. "I tune my Level 1 Enchantress of Melody with my Level 1 Paladin Fortis!" Isaac's magician then transformed into one giant green ring as it circled Isaac's other small monster. "I Synchro Summon, the tuner synchro, Valor Valkyrie(1500/200)!" This time out came a valkyrie as she wore a red and black color scheme with a fleur-de-lis on each sleeve and pant leg. She raised her sword high as the pegasus she rose in on had a white coat and mane as it unfurled its wings and let out a fierce neigh.
"This is the end, Indigo. I have a wedding to attend and a honeymoon to spend with Twilight. So I'm giving everybody one last show before I'm gone for a while. I tune my Valor Valkyrie with my Dark Sorcerer Magician!" Isaac's Valor Valkyrie then flew high into the air on her pegasus as she turned into two giant green rings as they circled his magician. "Be transformed by the winds of destiny! Go Accel Synchro!!!" shouted Isaac.
The boy's monster emerged as it was a dark flier as the pegasus's coat and mane were black as riding it was the rider as she wore a set of blue armor that held her body close as her arms were exposed as she had some black, silver and blue flames on the cuffs of her outfit which also contained a cape as it fluttered in the wind as she let out a fierce cry as her hands lit up with magic.
"It's my Dark Flier Lysithea(3500/3000)!" stated the boy as he now had two powerful monsters on the field. Isaac then snapped his fingers as the entire lights in the stadium turned off creating a blanket of darkness. It then turned on as a single spotlight shined on the boy.
"Ladies and gentleman, you've been a wonderful audience tonight. I'm truly going to miss you all. But don't fret, I'll be back before you know it. So as a parting gift, let my two sorcerers shine some magic on this duel. Girls?" asked Isaac.
"Your wish is our command, Isaac." said his two female magicians planting a kiss on each of his cheeks as they tapped into their powers. "Thanks for a great final duel, Indigo. But I'm remaining World Champ. So Lysithea, Solis. Attack her monsters and end this duel!!" The girls heard their master's command as they shot a dual magic attack as it hit Indigo's monsters as it transferred to the girl who covered up before being thrown onto her back.Indigo's Life Points: 0- Winner: Isaac
"Ladies and gentleman, your winner and still World Champion... the Prince... Isaac!!!!!" yelled the MC into the mic as the roar of the crowd soon followed.
The boy pointed his finger into the air as his eyes were shut. He then opened them as he smiled with fireworks going off. Twilight and the rest of the girls in the VIP booth, stood up and joined the applause.
"He's a keeper," said Sugarcoat.
"Enjoy your wedding and honeymoon, Twilight," said Sunny Flare.
"Thanks, girls."
Once the event ended, Isaac, Twilight, and Juniper immediately left for the airport. They all boarded their flight as they were now on their way to Canterlot. It didn't take long as they landed in the place that all three hadn't been in for quite a while. The trio then got into a car as they were now heading towards the place that housed Isaac and the girls during their senior year.
The pair grabbed their bags and approached the door with Juniper behind them. Isaac was about to knock on the door when it suddenly opened as streamers, and confetti shot in their faces.
"SURPRISE!!!" shouted Pinkie and the girls.
"Hey guys," said Isaac as Twilight immediately rushed in and gave the girls a giant group hug.
Juniper and Isaac brought the bags in as the girls were still holding their hug.
"So, who's ready for a wedding?!!!!!" shouted Pinkie at the top of her lungs as she couldn't wait for it to happen in a few days.
Chapter 3: The Engagement
Inside the house, everybody was waiting nervously for the pair to return. They knew that Isaac's plan for the scavenger hunt was a success, but it was still getting them to be nervous.
"You think it went good?" asked Rainbow.
"We'll see," answered Isaac's father.
The backdoor then opened. All turned their attention and saw Twilight and Isaac return. They all leaned in with curiosity; Twilight smiled as she showed them the ring. Everybody cheered, and the pets let out animal sounds. The girls, Twilight's mother, Isaac's mother, Juniper, and Cadance all gave a hug to her as she let out some more tears of happiness. Isaac was given pats on the backs and high fives by his father, Night Light and Shining Armor.
"My little girl has finally grown up," smiled Velvet.
Isaac approached Twilight as he put his cap on her head and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close.
"You know how hard that was? That was more nerve-wracking than a high-stakes duel," said Isaac as it got some chuckles among the massive crowd of people. "But it was worth it, for my bride-to-be." Twilight gave a kiss to Isaac as the pair smiled.
"Isaac, you need to tell them what's the story behind this ring," said Twilight as she showed it off to everybody.
Isaac hugged Twilight from behind as he had his head on her shoulder and began to explain.
"I wanted to come up with something that would have meaning and wasn't just an expensive piece of jewelry. So if you look at the ring, the center stone is four and a half carats. We've been together for about four and half years since we confessed our feelings. And uh, there are four individual stones. Two on each side to represent the two top monsters of our decks. Her side is her Dark Red Enchanter and High Priestess of Prophecy. On my side, it's my Dark Magician Girl and Dark Magician. They also signify the years we've been together, and then we meet in the middle." said Isaac pointed at the center of the ring.
"Darling... that is so meaningful !" exclaimed Rarity at the top of her lungs as even she was crying.
"Only you can pull this off, Isaac. Coming up with something so elaborate and thinking ahead." stated Rainbow.
"Well, I had some help from Shining Armor and Cadance. Plus, Twilight's intelligence has influenced me over the years," stated the boy kissing her cheek.
"You two are perfect for each other," smiled Sunset.
"He had it especially made," said Juniper.
"It's four and a half years of everything, and you wear the time on your hand. Just like when you got me my watch," said the boy showing it off to the girl as it was her small gift that made him realize his feelings for the nerdy girl.
"I love it, and I love you," said Twilight reaching her hand up to grab the back of Isaac's head as they kiss and he kept on holding her tighter as everybody else smiled.
"You know what this means don't you?" Pinkie pointed before firing her party cannon, "Engagement party! WHOOOOOOOOO! " shouted the girl as the whole place now transformed.
Everybody now began to enjoy themselves. Twilight and Isaac were enjoying the moments with the people they loved. The girl then looked at her finger and smiled.
"I'm engaged! I'm engaged!" Twilight shouted happily as she raised and waved her arms in the air before bouncing around Isaac excitedly, "I'm getting married! I'm getting married! I'm getting married! I'm getting married! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!"
A few days later...
"I'm getting married ?! I'm getting married ?!" Twilight repeated as she began breathing in a rather panicked manner. She was currently wearing a white bathrobe and her hair was wrapped up in a towel as she sat in a private room of the banquet place getting ready for the biggest event of her life.
"Twilight, you need to settle down," said Rarity, "There's nothing to be afraid of."
"She's right, sugarcube," Applejack replied, "You're going to marry your special someone."
"Yeah, the most awesome and most handsome man in the whole world!" Rainbow added as the girls all looked at her, Twilight glared jealously, "What? Just trying to help and... Isaac is handsome... and... don't judge me! I'm a girl too you know... besides if he wasn't marrying Twilight, Isaac would be the most eligible bachelor in the whole world." The others just giggled at each other as Rainbow grabbed a towel to hide her blushed cheeks.
"You're right," said Twilight, "I just hope I can be a good wife for him."
"I'm sure Isaac would say you will be," said Sunset as Rarity removed the towel from Twilight's head so she could start working on her hair.
"Nobody is perfect, darling, but I believe Isaac still finds you perfect nevertheless," Twilight giggled.
"He might not be perfect either," said Twilight, "But he's perfect for me." The others smiled as they got to work on helping Twilight into her wedding dress.
Back in another room, Isaac was getting his outfit on. He was wearing a black tuxedo, with a white buttoned shirt and a red tie whilst having a fedora with a green band wrapped around it. As much as he appeared calm, deep down he was feeling very nervous. He was adjusting the collar of his tux for the fifth time when he heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Isaac called out.
"We are sorry to inform you that Twilight ran away and we can't find her," said the voice outside of the door.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!!" Isaac exclaimed in a panic.
POW!
"Ow! What? It was a joke!" the voice complained as Isaac groaned and rolled his eyes.
"If you're trying to calm my anxiety down right now," said Isaac as he opened the door and saw Shining Armor and Cadance outside the door, "You're failing miserably ."
Shining Armor wearing his red militant's uniform with a special sash with his mark on the front was now rubbing the back of his now sore head. Cadance wearing an ice blue dress with purple gems studded trimming on the bottom of the skirt.
"You got the rings ready for Apple Bloom?" asked Shining Armor as he was going to be Isaac's best man while Applebloom was chosen as the honorary ring bearer. Why Apple Bloom? She had the courage to ask while the Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle didn't. Plus, she was Isaac's favorite of the CMC.
"They're right in that black box over there," said Isaac as he tried to brush his hair while standing at a mirror. Shining Armor rushed over to the box, collected the rings, and headed out of the room. Cadance then made her way over to Isaac and decided to brush his hair for him.
"Cadance, what are you doing? I can manage," protested Isaac.
"Just let me do it," said Cadance gently but firmly, "Besides, at this point, you're my brother-in-law. And I always wanted a little brother to take care of," Isaac conceded reluctantly as Cadance made the final touches and then smiled as she looked at him in the mirror.
"So, you're my big sister-in-law, then," said Isaac with a smile as he looked at the slightly older girl.
"You look so handsome," said Cadance, "I'm so proud of you... Isaac."
Isaac chuckled, "Thanks Cadance. That means a lot to me. I just hope that I'm ready for this, being a good husband."
"It's not that hard," remarked Shining Armor as he returned.
"Says the guy that I found breathing through a paper bag before you married Cadance," replied Isaac. Shining Armor snorted as Cadance giggled to herself.
"You had that coming, Shining Armor," said Cadance smugly before looking at Isaac. "You've got this. And then we'll be brother and sister once you marry Twilight. Won't that be nice?"
Isaac smiled, "We never needed formalities. You'll always be a big sister to me, Cadance." Cadance smiled as they shared a loving embrace.
"So, Isaac? You remember how you embarrassed me at my wedding?" asked Shining Armor.
Isaac broke the embrace from Cadance to look at the boy. "You're still angry about that? After all these years? I thought you said you threw that match to help me and Twilight get together."
"Yeah, I did. But that doesn't mean I wasn't happy with losing. So now time to correct that mistake. What do you say?" taunted Shining Armor.
"Give me a few minutes and I'll meet you in the garden," said the boy as Cadance and her husband now left the room.
Isaac then went to the table as he saw his duel disk and deck. He grabbed his cards as he closed his eyes. The spirits of his monsters all appeared.
"Isaac, no!!!!" shouted all of his female monsters. "No, please!!!!"
"Girls!!!" said Isaac as it caused the females to back up and pay attention to their master. "You all know I love Twilight, she's who I want to spend the rest of my life with. So that means I'm no longer gonna be single. So you girls can't show as much affection to me as you always do."
"Isaac!!!" said the girls.
"But... I still love all of you. You all have a special place in my heart," smiled the boy as it got the girls to smile a little bit. "Now line up, and I'll give you one final kiss as a single man."
Isaac's female monsters all did that as he planted a kiss on their heads as they hugged their master.
"Mana!!" shouted Mahad.
"I don't want to! He's mine!!" said the girl as she wrapped her arms tightly around Isaac as Mahad tried to pull her off their master. "I'm Isaac's favorite magician girl! I'm not letting him go!!"
"MANA!!" said Isaac as it got the girl to see the boy having a stern look.
"But..."
"Obey the Master!" commanded Mahad.
"I'm gonna miss you," said Mana.
Isaac then put his hand on Mana's shoulder. He got the girl to look at her as he smiled. He then leaned in and planted his lips on hers as he cupped her face. Mana did the same as the pair soon separated as they looked into each other's eyes.
"You're my friend, Mana. That will never change. But now I have someone who will take care of me forever. Like you said long ago, I need someone who will be there for me who aren't you guys. And that's Twilight. But that doesn't mean I won't need you or any of you guys." said Isaac to all of his monsters.
"I understand. I'm gonna miss you," said Mana.
"I'm not going anywhere, Mana." smiled Isaac. He then hugged his friend as the boy stroked her hair. The familiar scent of vanilla was something he enjoyed as it brought a smile to his face.
"Now, are you guys ready to fight?" asked the boy.
"Yes, Master Isaac!" shouted all of his monsters.
They all soon returned to the deck as the boy held it in his hand. He saw Mahad and Mana and smiled too which, they returned. He then exited out of his room as he was exiting the banquet hall and was now in the small garden. Standing there was Shining Armor as Cadance stood next to her husband. Isaac put his duel disk on and slid in his deck as it activated and projected a gold color card tray. Shining Armor gave a kiss to Cadance who went to sit on a nearby bench as the boy slid in his deck into his small rectangle device. It activated as it projected a card tray of blue light.
"Opponent detected. Streaming data. Duel mode set. Initiating. Commencing duel." said their duel disks.
Shining Armor's Life Points: 8000- Isaac's Life Points: 8000-
"Let's duel!!" shouted both boys.
Turn 1: Isaac
"I'll start," said Isaac as he drew his card. "I'll start by summoning my Magician's Valkyria(1600/1800) in defense mode. Then I'll place one card facedown."
Turn 2: Shining Armor
"My turn and I play the spell Bingo Machine, Go!!!" said the boy. "Now I reveal 3 cards from my deck that meets at least one of these criteria: a 'Blue-Eyes' monster or a 'Blue-Eyes' related spell or trap card. Then you pick one randomly and add it to my hand while the others go back to my deck. I reveal Burst Stream of Destruction, Neutron Blast, and my adorable pet, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Shining Armor's cards then appeared as they flipped over and spun in a circle before they spread out.
"Which one, Isaac?"
"I pick... the card on the right."
Shining Armor's duel disk then ejected his card for him to grab as his deck's auto shuffled kicked in.
"I then play Cards of Consonance, so I'll discard my White Stone of Legend to the graveyard to draw two cards. Then since I sent my White Stone of Legend to the graveyard, its effect activates. Allowing me to add a 'Blue-Eyes' to my hand," said Shining Armor as his duel disk ejected his card as he grabbed it. "Then I summon Assault Wyvern(1800/0)!" Shining Armor now had a different dragon appear as it roared.
"I then place one card facedown and end my turn."
Turn 3: Isaac
"My turn, I draw! I play the field spell, Magician Salvation! Now I can set my Eternal Soul from my deck!" said the boy as it slid out for him to grab as it appeared on his field. "Then I'll activate it to summon my Dark Magician!" Isaac now had his trusty partner as he pointed his staff at Shining Armor.
"Now Dark Magician attack his Assault Wyvern!" commanded Isaac as his magician raised his hand and took out the dragon.Shining Armor's Life Points: 7300-
"I end my turn."
Turn 4: Shining Armor
"It's my turn. And like you, I'll also reveal a card similar to your Eternal Soul. I reveal True Light! Now I can summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand!" shouted Shining Armor as his dragon descended from the air as it let out a roar.
"But I'm not done, cause I play White Dragon Ritual. So I discard my Spear Dragon so that I can summon my Paladin of White Dragon(1900/1200)!" shouted Shining Armor as his new monster was shown as the rider and dragon wore a set of shining white armor.
"Paladin of White Dragon now attacks your Magician's Valkyria and thanks to its special ability, when it attacks a monster in defense mode, it's destroyed automatically!" said the boy as he took out the female magician.
"Now, my pet, take out his magician!" commanded Shining Armor.
"I reveal my facedown, Magical Hats! Time to find my magician!" said Isaac as four top hats with question marks on them appeared and shuffled before standing in a line.
"Never gets old with you," smiled Shining Armor. "Blue-Eyes attack the hat second hat from the left!" Blue-Eyes then opened its mouth as it fired a beam of white energy as it made contact with the hat as smoke appeared. It died down as three more hats remained.
"Missed," smiled Isaac.
"I'm not done, cause by tributing my Paladin of White Dragon, I can summon another Blue-Eyes from my deck!" shouted Shining Armor as his second mighty dragon made its presence known.
From the window of Twilight's room, Rainbow saw a flash of light. She looked out into the garden and saw the duel that was going on.
"Hey, guys. There's a duel going on between Shining Armor and Isaac!"
"How uncouth, it's his wedding day, and he's dueling! They were supposed to save that for after the engagement!" stated Rarity.
"Who cares?! I'm gonna see this!" said Rainbow as she and the others soon followed.
"Twilight can't go, it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding!" shouted the fashionista.
"You know Isaac doesn't believe in that shit!" said the chromatic girl. "Just put Twilight in some other dress."
Rarity didn't have time to argue as everybody left. She then used her fashion magic as she did a quick spin to Twilight and her attire changed from the wedding gown she was going to wear to a temporary dress. The pair now hurried to catch up with the others as they raced to see the duel between the two boys.
Turn 5: Isaac
"My draw, I'll activate the effect of my Eternal Soul so that I can add Dark Magic Attack to my hand," said Isaac as his card slid out for him to grab. "I then play it so that I can destroy all of your spell and trap cards!" stated the boy as his magician took out Shining Armor's back row.
"Now, since your True Light was destroyed, so are your Blue-Eyes!" said Isaac as both dragons were gone. "So now my Dark Magician attacks you directly! Dark Magic Attack!" commanded the boy as his magician fired a spell at Shining Armor who blocked it with his duel disk.Shining Armor's Life Points: 4800-
"I end my turn with a facedown," smiled Isaac.
Turn 6: Shining Armor
"Don't get too cocky, Isaac. I was also World Champ, so I know a thing or two. Watch! I play Maiden with Eyes of Blue(0/0)!" shouted Shining Armor as a beautiful girl appeared. "I then play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Then I'll play Pot of Desires so I banish the top ten cards of my deck facedown and then draw two more cards, impressive, right?" stated Shining Armor as he drew his cards with a white light effect.
"I then play Dragon Shrine, so I send my Luster Dragon #2 to the graveyard and since it was a normal monster, I can send another dragon-type monster as well. So I choose my White Stone of Ancients!" said Shining Armor. "Then I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Blue-Eyes! Now attack the middle hat!" shouted Shining Armor.
"You may have guessed right, but I reveal my facedown! Spellbinding Circle! Now my trap weakens your dragon by 700 and it can't change modes! Dark Magician, counterattack!" shouted Isaac as his magician pointed his staff at the dragon.Shining Armor's Life Points: 4600-
"Not bad, but it doesn't change a thing. I end my turn. Now that we're at the End Phase, and my White Stone of Ancients is in my graveyard, I can bring back a Blue-Eyes from the graveyard!" shouted Shining Armor as he had his pet raring to go once more.
Turn 7: Isaac
"It's my turn, I draw! I'll use the effect of my Eternal Soul so that I can add Thousand Knives to my hand. I'll then play it to get rid of your dragon!" said Isaac as many daggers appeared and took out the beast once more.
"You may have destroyed my Blue-Eyes, but by doing so, I'm allowed to summon this monster. You said I couldn't get to you with Blue-Eyes but I can with this!!! Watch as the Relentless arrives from the far reaches of light and space seeking vengeance! Witness Deep-Eyes White Dragon(0/0)!!!" shouted the boy as space portal opened behind him and there was the great beast as it roared. As quick as Isaac could get rid of one dragon, Shining Armor had another raring to go, and this one was more powerful.
"Now Deep-Eyes inflicts damage for every dragon in my graveyard by 600 points! And there's a total of 7 dragons! Feel their wrath!!" The spirits of Shining Armor's monsters appeared as they fired a beam of attack at Isaac who covered up, but the attack dropped him to his knees.Isaac's Life Points: 3800-
"Shit!" said Cadance as she let that out by accident at seeing her husband take a huge chunk of Isaac's life points with his single monster.
"I should thank you, Isaac. With all those dragons you sent away, you helped me to even our life total by a bit," smiled Shining Armor.
Isaac was on his knees as he looked up to see the dragon standing behind his master. He put his head down as he felt the pressure slowly get to him.
"You're not giving up are you?" said a voice.
Isaac then looked up as he saw a hand. He then followed it as Twilight was now standing in front of the boy she was about to marry with a smile on her face.
"Twilight."
"Come on, Isaac. You never give up, so don't start now," said the girl.
"Darling, he can't see you until the wedding. It's bad luck!" said Rarity.
"Shut up, Rarity!" shouted all the other girls as they glared at her for interrupting the moment between Isaac and Twilight.
"It's tradition!" said the fashionista.
"Screw tradition!" said Dash.
Twilight was ignoring what Rarity was protesting about, as she was focused on helping the boy she was about to marry. Isaac let out a chuckle as he grabbed Twilight's hand, and she pulled him up. He looked at her as he was lucky to have a girl like her by his side. Isaac turned his attention back to Shining Armor, as he raised his duel disk back up. Twilight then joined in as she was now in Isaac's embrace as she wanted to help the boy she loved.
"Twilight... it's bad luck..." cried Rarity.
"Just give it up, Rarity. Besides, she's not in her wedding gown just yet," said Sunset as she patted her friend's shoulder.
"Together?" asked Isaac.
"Together," answered Twilight.
"I play Card of Sanctity."
"Now we draw till we're holding six cards in our hands," said Twilight as she finished the statement for Isaac as both he and her brother drew a new hand.
"We place two cards facedown and end our turn."
Turn 8: Shining Armor
"My draw, and don't forget Deep-Eyes can copy the attack points of a Dragon in my graveyard, so it has 3000 attack points like my Blue-Eyes. I then banish my White Stone of Ancients from my graveyard to add my Blue-Eyes from my graveyard to my hand," said Shining Armor as his duel disk ejected his card for him to grab. "I then summon King of Dragons(1200/1100). Next, I activate the King of Dragons' effect. When it's normal summoned, I can discard a spell or trap card and add one of three different spell cards to my hand. I'll discard a spell card to add Dragon Revival Rhapsody to my hand. Now I activate Dragon Revival Rhapsody, I can only use this card while I control a spellcaster-type monster. This card lets me special summon two dragons from my graveyard as long as at least one of them is a normal monster. I'll special summon two Blue-Eyes White Dragons back to the field!" Two more dragons now rose as they let out more roars as they stared down both Isaac and Twilight.
"Bring back memories, Twily?" asked Shining Armor to his little sister.
"Yeah," said the girl as she knew from her younger years her brother tended to bully her with his pet dragons.
"I now play Polymerization to fuse my three Blue-Eyes!" Shining Armor's mighty dragons entered a vortex as a white light emerged. "I Fusion Summon, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon(4500/3800)!!!" A white dragon with three heads attached to it now flew down from the air as it let out a huge growl.
"Don't worry, Twilight. I'll protect you," said Isaac as he tighten his arm around his girl.
"I appreciate that, but I can handle myself," said Twilight not backing down from her brother's beast.
"Blue-Eyes attack his Dark Magician! Ultimate White Lightning!!"
"I reveal Mirror Force!" shouted Isaac. "Your monster's attack is reflected right back at you. All of your monsters are now destroyed."
"Not so fast, Isaac. I guess you didn't see the card I discarded when I activated the King of Dragons' effect. The card I discarded was Return of the Dragon Lords, and this spell card has a special effect that I can activate from the graveyard. Any time one or more of my dragons would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can banish Return of the Dragon Lords from my graveyard to protect them. I'll use its effect to protect all of the dragons on my field."
"Maybe so, but your King of Dragons and your Maiden with Eyes of Blue won't survive. And because my Mirror Force trap card doesn't target the monster whose attack it repels, your Maiden can't use her ability!" said Isaac as both of Shining Armor's monsters were destroyed.
"That may be true, but my attack still goes through! Luckily for you, you don't take any damage during the turn. I activate Dragon Revival Rhapsody, which means your life points are safe, but I can't say the same for your magician." said Shining Armor as he managed to take out Isaac's top monster.
"I now end my turn with a facedown."
Turn 9: Isaac
"Our turn," said Isaac as he drew and showed his hand for Twilight as the pair was now figuring out their plan.
"To start, we'll activate the effect of Eternal Soul to bring back Dark Magician," stated Twilight. "Then we summon Magician Boy(1500/1200)!" A kid magician now appeared as the wind made his cape flow.
"But he doesn't go anywhere without his best friend, Mage Annette(1300/1700)! And summoning Mage Annette means we can draw one more card!" stated Isaac as the other kid duo magician now appeared as she opened her book as the card floated over to the couple for Twilight to grab.
"Look, Annette. It's Isaac and Twilight," said the boy magician.
"You two kids are cute. No wonder Isaac values the both of you," said Twilight as she could see Isaac's monsters talking as she was in his arms. "You enjoy reading?" asked Twilight to Isaac's Mage Annette.
"Of course," smiled the small girl as she liked Twilight.
"Guys, we're still in a duel. So let's win," stated Isaac as his kid magicians now stood side by side, ready to battle. Twilight leaned back to kiss his cheek.
"Now we'll have Magician Boy attack your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" commanded Twilight. "When Magician Boy battles a monster, you take the damage instead of us. Then when it fails to destroy a monster, we destroy one monster on the field and you take damage equal to its attack points. It's over!"
"I don't think so, little sister! I reveal Enemy Controller, so now I switch your Magician Boy into defense mode!" said Shining Armor as he stopped Isaac's and Twilight's assault. "You know me better than anybody, Twily. I don't go down with cheap tactics."
"Nice effort though," said Isaac pulled the girl in close for a hug as he kissed her cheek. "So, what's our next move?" asked the boy as he held the cards up again to allow Twilight to see.
"We place one more card facedown," stated Twilight as she grabbed a card from Isaac's hand and slid it into his duel disk.
Turn 10: Shining Armor
"My turn, I summon my Master with Eyes of Blue(300/1200). And since I summoned him, I'm allowed to add 1 Level 1 Light tuner monster from my graveyard back to my hand. I select my Maiden!" stated Shining Armor as his duel disk ejected his card.
"Now Deep Eyes attack his Mage Annette!" shouted Shining Armor as his dragon fired a beam of energy taking out the small girl.
"Annette!" said Magician Boy as he saw his friend get blasted.
"My ultimate dragon, attack his Dark Magician!" commanded the boy as the three heads all opened their mouths.
"I reveal Magic Cylinder! Now your attack is diverted right to your life points!" shouted Isaac.
"I activate De-Fusion! Now my Ultimate Dragon splits back into three separate Blue-Eyes meaning your Magic Cylinder is null and void. Now I have three more dragons to attack!" stated Shining Armor as all three dragons were back in play.
"Not good," said Isaac as his move backfired.
"Blue-Eyes pick up where you left off! White Lightning Attack!!" shouted the boy as his dragon fired a beam at Isaac's magician as he had no way to save him.
"Aaah!" yelled out Isaac's magician.
"Mahad!!!" shouted Isaac as he watched his friend be destroyed in front of him as he failed to save him.
The attack caused a wind to blow over as Isaac turned him and Twilight around as he protected the girl from the effect of the dragon while taking the brute force of the attack.Isaac's Life Points: 3300-
"Isaac!" said Twilight as she was worried about the boy.
"I'm... fine, Twilight," smiled Isaac as he now turned them back around.
"Four dragons, Isaac. How will you take them down?" asked Shining Armor as they all let out anger roars and growls as they stood behind their master. Their eyes were full of fury, ready to tear the boy to shreds.
"I end with a facedown!"
Turn 11: Isaac
"Just watch!" said Isaac as he drew his card. Twilight looked at his cards and whispered into his ear.
"Now we'll activate the effect of Magicians' Souls. So by sending it and Dark Magician Girl to the graveyard, we can bring back my Dark Magician!" said Isaac as his loyal companion rose.
"Then the effect of Magician's Salvation activates. Since Dark Magician was summoned, Dark Magician Girl also rises from the graveyard!" said Twilight as the female spellcaster made her presence known as she gave a quick wink.
"Then we play Magic Formula to give my Dark Magician an extra 700 attack points. Then we activate Diffusion Wave-Motion, so we pay 1000 life points and Dark Magician can attack all of your monsters!" stated Isaac.Isaac's Life Points: 2300-
Mahad then leaped into the air as his staff powered up. He then chanted some ancient words as an aura surrounded him. The dragons let out cries as the sorcerer pointed his wand at them and fired a massive energy ball of magic as it took down all of them and Shining Armor's other monster with ease.Shining Armor's Life Points: 3800-
"We then play Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two," said Twilight as she picked up the cards for Isaac and then confirmed with the boy about which ones they wanted to get rid of.
Turn 12: Shining Armor
"This is far from over, you two," said Shining Armor as he drew his card and smiled. "I play Card of Demise! Now I draw until I'm holding five cards in my hand as long as I discard my entire hand in five turns. Then I banish my King of Dragons and Deep-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard to special summon Chaos Emperor Dragon--Envoy of the End(3000/2500)!"
"Oh shit!!" said Isaac as one of the most powerful monsters ever to grace the game was on the field.
"I'm not done, 'cause I play Trade-In. I discard Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon to draw two more cards. Then I activate Dragon's Mirror! So I banish two Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon so that I can fusion summon, Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon(4500/3800)!!!" shouted Shining Armor as another powerhouse of his deck made its presence known as everybody covered their eyes at the dragon's roar.
"Shining Armor and his Blue-Eyes are the only things that can give Isaac nightmares," said Rainbow as she saw the boy shaking a bit in fear.
"Then he better wake up cause this is no dream!" stated Fluttershy as she too was scared at seeing the dragons.
"If I fusion summon it by using Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon as a fusion material, once per turn, my Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon can destroy 3 cards on your field." said Shining as he held up his fingers. "Since that's how I summoned it, I'll activate that effect. Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon destroys all three of your monsters."
"Before Dark Magician is sent to the graveyard, we activate Dedication through Light and Darkness. So we tribute Dark Magician to summon Dark Magician of Chaos(2800/2500) from our deck!" said Twilight as Isaac's monster changed into a more powerful version. "Then since Magic Formula was sent to the graveyard, we gain 1000 life points!"Isaac's Life Points: 3300-
"Then since he was summoned, we can add a spell card from our graveyard to our hand. We choose Card of Sanctity!" said Isaac as his duel disk ejected his card for him to grab.
"It makes no difference, cause he's destroyed along with your other monsters!" said Shining Armor as with a snap of his fingers, Isaac had no monsters left.
"I'm not done!"
"What now!" shouted the girls.
"Silver's Cry!" shouted Shining Armor as his third Blue-Eyes returned to the field. "I now tune my Level 1 Master with Eyes of Blue with my Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Shining Armor's sorcerer then turned into a single green ring that circled his dragon. "I Synchro Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon(2500/3000) in defense mode!" shouted the boy as another dragon arrived.
"I hate Shining Armor and his stupid dragons!" pouted Twilight as not only did it bring memories of her being bullied by her older brother. But that he had his an array of monsters ready to attack.
"Now Chaos Emperor Dragon finish Isaac off!" said Shining Armor as his dragon opened its mouth to end the duel.
"I banish Electromagnetic Turtle from my graveyard to end the battle phase!" said Isaac.
"I don't think so, cause my Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon can negate your turtle's effect. Which means my attack goes through!" shouted Shining Armor as the beam of fire was now heading towards the young couple.
"Kuriboh, you know what to do!" shouted Twilight as she grabbed the monster from Isaac's hand.
The small furball then came out as he floated in front of the pair as he shielded them from the dragon's attack as Isaac tighten his arms around Twilight making sure that she was safe. The attack died down as Kuriboh was now gone.
"What the hell is going on!!" shouted Sunset.
"This is what two master duelists look like when they battle," said Applejack as she and the others couldn't believe how this duel was turning out.
"You okay, honey?" asked Cadance with a smile.
Shining Armor started to smile and chuckle a bit as did Isaac. The two boys, having the time of their life and they couldn't put the other down.
"You having fun?" asked Isaac.
"Oh yeah, you?"
"Of course."
The girls also smiled at seeing the two boys battle to their heart's desire.
"What else you got?" taunted Isaac.
"This, I tribute my Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon so that I can replace it with my Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon(2500/3000)! Azure-Eyes will protect my dragons from your card effects until the end of my next turn," said Shining Armor.
Turn 13: Isaac
"It's my turn, and to start, I play Card of Sanctity to draw till we're holding six cards in our hands," said Isaac. "I then activate the effect of Eternal Soul to bring back my Dark Magician which then activates my field spell to also bring back my Dark Magician Girl. Next, I'll banish Kuriboh and Magician's Valkyria so that I can summon Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning(3000/2500)!" Isaac now had his two magicians as well as a powerful warrior.
"I now sacrifice my two magicians so that I can summon my Sorcerer of Dark Magic(3200/2800)!" said Isaac as he had another powerful magician ready to fight.
"Your magician can't use his ability to weaken mines, thanks to my Azure-Eyes' effect."
"That's true, but I can still take out your Chaos Emperor Dragon with my Sorcerer of Dark Magic! Celestial Blast!" shouted Isaac as he took out the dragon.Shining Armor's Life Points: 3600-
"I then end my turn with a facedown!"
Turn 14: Shining Armor
"Time to end this, I draw! Now the effect of my Azure-Eyes allows me to bring back a Blue-Eyes during my Standby Phase," said Shining Armor as his dragon made another appearance. "I now play Burst Stream of Destruction to allow me Blue-Eyes to destroy all your monsters on the field!" said the man as his dragon did that.
"Then I'll play Twin Twisters, so I discard a card to destroy your Eternal Soul and field spell! My Blue-Eyes may not be able to attack due to my spell, but my Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon can! And it has 4500 attack points! Finish Isaac off!!"
The attack powered up and wasted no time in being fired. The blast was heading towards the couple as Twilight closed her eyes. Isaac kept his open as it made contact. A bright light was produced as everybody looked away. It started to get dimmer and dimmer as what was shown made everyone around gasp. Twilight opened her eyes and looked at Isaac who had a smile.
He then gestured for her to look forward. Twilight did and was shocked by what she saw. In front of her were Isaac's Lychinus Enchanter, Solis Witch, Ventus Oraculum, and Holy Knight Marianne.
"Keep it together, lads!" instructed Lychinus Enchanter.
"Put your back into it, you two!" shouted Solis Witch to the two teens.
"We're doing our best!" said Ventus and Marianne.
The two teens and adult magicians soon tapped into their power as they caused the attack to disburse into magic particles that had the colors of the rainbow.
"How?" asked Twilight.
"Thanks to my Pendulum Sacrifice, by sending my four pendulum hybrid monsters to the graveyard, I was able to stop the attack!" said Isaac. His monsters all bowed down in front of their master showing their loyalty.
Isaac just raised his hand as did Twilight as the four servants obeyed the command given by their master and his mistress.
"And there's more, by sending four pendulum cards to the graveyard, four of your cards are automatically sent to the grave as well!" said Isaac as he pointed at Shining Armor's field as all of his monsters were now gone.
"You'll pay for that, Isaac! I end my turn with a facedown."
Turn 15: Isaac
"We'll see, it's my turn. I play Dark Magic Veil so by paying 1000 life points, I can bring back my Dark Magician!" said Isaac as his partner made one final appearance.Isaac's Life Points: 2300-
"Now Dark Magician attack Shining Armor directly! Dark Magic Attack!" shouted Isaac as his monster made contact and delivered a devasting blow to the boy's health.Shining Armor's Life Points: 1100-
"I end with one card facedown."
Turn 16: Shining Armor
"My draw and I play Burial from a Different Dimension so that I can return my Blue-Eyes White Dragons back to my graveyard. Then I reveal Necro-Fusion! So I banish my three Blue-Eyes to once again summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"But because you used Necro-Fusion, your dragon can't attack this turn," said Twilight.
"Correct, Twily. Which is why I have this. Time to reveal a new monster to my deck, I tribute my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon so that I can summon Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon(3000/2500)!!!"
"What dragon?!" said everybody else as they never heard of the card.
Twilight and Isaac, had a different reaction as they knew what was coming. From the sky came a dragon as it let off a radiant glow. It had a blue metal body as its wings were spread out and roared making everyone cover their ears.
"Say hello to my latest monster! My Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon gains 300 attack points for each dragon in my graveyard. I have 11 dragons so my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon gains 3300 more points for a total attack strength of 6300. And thanks to its effects, any cards that target it are negated. So you lose, Isaac! It's over!"
"No, it's not!" said Twilight.
"Ready, Twily?" asked Isaac as he looked at the girl with a smile.
"Ready, honey." said the girl.
"Go!" shouted the pair as their facedown flipped over. "Magician Harmony! Now all monsters in each person's graveyards are banished from the duel, but only one spellcaster can come back!" said the two as their Sorcerer of Dark Magic appeared. Shining Armor's dragon lost all of its extra points as it returned to its original stats.
"So... that's it." said the boy.
Turn 17: Isaac
"Good game, Shining Armor," said Isaac with a smile. He then looked at Twilight as she turned to look at the boy. "Care to do the honors, Twily?"
"Sure," smiled the girl. "Sorcerer of Dark Magic attack my brother's Shining Dragon!" commanded the girl as he raised his staff and took out the great beast.Shining Armor's Life Points: 900-
"And Dark Magician, finish my brother off!!" said Twilight. Mahad gave a bow to the girl as he smiled at seeing his master and the girl he was about to be married stand there in each other's arms. He then turned and spun his staff as he fired one last spell that took the remainder of Shining Armor's points.Shining Armor's Life Points: 0- Winner: Isaac
The duel was over, and everybody applauded. Cadance approached her husband.
"Good work, dear," smiled the girl.
"Thanks, hun," said Shining Armor as he brought his wife in and pressed his lips to her as he dipped her.
"You didn't just impress me," smiled Cadance as she directed her attention elsewhere.
The pair looked to the side and there was Flurry in her small dress.
"Daddy."
"Princess," said Shining Armor as he picked up his daughter and put her on his shoulders as Flurry hugged her father's head.
"Did you enjoy watching your uncle and your father battle, sweetie?" asked Cadance.
"Yup, daddy lost."
"Ohh, that hurts," said Shining Armor as he felt a bit of his pride be damaged by his daughter saying that.
Everybody let out a laugh. At that moment, Juniper came from the banquet hall in her wedding outfit as she found Isaac and Twilight.
"Sorry to inform you guys, but we have a bit of a problem." said the girl.
"What's up?" asked Sunset.
"So the minister had other commitments. Meaning we have no one to ordain the wedding." said the girl chuckling nervously.
"This... is... the... worst...!" said Rarity going into her drama queen voice as she fell and her fainting couch appeared behind her.
"I think I have a solution," suggested Isaac.
It was now time for the wedding as the guests were filing into their seats. There were a ton of familiar faces like Applejack's family including Sugarbelle, Moondancer, the Cakes, Juniper, Vinyl, and Octavia doing the music with Fluttershy's birds, Luna, Shining Armor along with Cadance and Flurry Heart, even Rara who was invited by Juniper, as well as Twilight's mother who held the pets.
"It's time," said Isaac's mother as she did one final motherly touch to her son's hair with a smile.
"Are you ready, mijo? Ready to marry the girl of your dreams?" asked Isaac's father.
"Showtime!" stated Isaac.
His parents then passed through the doors as he took a few moments to compose himself. His parents then sat in their seats next to Velvet as they grabbed Tigre from the women.
"Vamos !" said Isaac to himself as he adjusted his fedora and stepped through the doors.
Isaac made his way to the front as they all saw the boy in his attire. He saw Shining Armor as he gave the boy a fistbump. Isaac saw the girls were all lined up on the left side as Twilight's six brides of honor (She did that to avoid fighting and having to choose just one, even if Rarity took charge for the most part).
"You remember what I said when you attended my wedding?" whispered Shining Armor to Isaac as the boy was having a flashback.
(Flashback from Chapter 67)
"Anyways, I was hoping to catch you. I've got a few things we need to talk about."
"Like what?" Isaac had a feeling he knew what Shining Armor wanted to discuss.
"Cadance told me, I know that you've got some feelings towards my little sister. And I'm fine with that, during the Friendship Games, she couldn't stop talking about you based on the many videos she collected on your battles. It was even more clear when she enrolled at Canterlot High and then at the graduation duel, she picked you to win over her big bro. I respect that, and I couldn't be more happy on trusting someone other than you to take care of my little sis. So as her brother, you have my full respect. Take good care of her, you hear?" said Shining Armor, "I know she's in good hands."
Isaac just nodded. "I haven't even told her how I feel, I was hoping to tonight when I can get her alone. Besides, I want to know how she feels. But regardless if she doesn't return my feelings, I promise to take care and keep her safe. You have my word, sir," said Isaac.
"Believe me, she'll return your feelings." said Shining Armor as he started to walk pass Isaac towards the back. He then stopped and told Isaac one final thing. "And that's big brother to you," said Shining Armor, "Trust me. It's gonna be your turn for all this before you know it."
(End of Flashback)
"Now that I think about it. Holy shit!" said Isaac.
Then the ceremony began as Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle dropped the flowers on the ground as Twilight made her way down the aisle with Night Light escorting her. Twilight was still very nervous until she saw Isaac and smiled. Rarity had added some more details to the dress from last time as it had bits of pink and yellow with lilac ribbons on the bottom of the skirt. She was also wearing gold shoes that had her mark embedded on the front and her hair, while down, had a slight curl to it with a gold headband to hold the wedding veil in place. In her hands was her wedding bouquet. Once Twilight was with Isaac, Night Light lifted the veil, kissed his daughter before joining his wife. Twilight then handed her bouquet to Rarity before facing Isaac.
"You look absolutely gorgeous," Isaac whispered to Twilight, who smiled in reply. Isaac smiled back as Celestia smiled at the two of them.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join Isaac and Twilight Sparkle in holy matrimony," said Celestia, "Now I'm going to just go straight to saying that the two made their vows and not say what they are since both wrote lists long enough to go all the way back to Canterlot." Isaac and Twilight blushed sheepishly as the others laughed.
"But they did say they had a special way to seal those vows," Celestia continued, "Isaac?" The boy nodded.
He then pulled out his Dark Magician card as Twilight pulled out her High Priestess of Prophecy.
Twilight then began to speak, "I’ve had a lot of time to think about what I’m going to say. But the truth is, as my sister-in-law suggested, the way that I feel right now, looking at you… It’s beyond words. When I first met you, I wasn’t sure what to think. But I stand by what I said back then. You were an interest to me. And you proved that, over and over again, with the sincerity you’ve shown me, the depth of your feeling, and the lengths you’re willing to go to for someone important to you, even at a great personal cost. Most of all, you became such a big part of my everyday life that the thought of not having you in it is simply unbearable. And I’m thrilled to take the next big step together with you and see what the rest of our lives have to offer!” She then handed her card to Isaac.
Isaac then began to speak, "The way that I feel about you… I’ve said it before, a lot. I love you. More than anybody I’ve ever known. I owe you and our friends everything, but you, most of all. The friendship that I forged with you is pure magic, and even through all of the hard times, it’s only gotten better since. There aren’t enough words in all the books in the world to express how I feel about you." He then handed his card to Twilight.
Everyone smiled and shed a tear. Celestia just giggled before clearing her throat to get everybody's attention.
"Now, Isaac, do you take Twilight Sparkle to be your lawfully wedded wife?" Celestia asked. Isaac looked at Twilight as his eyes sparkled.
"I do," Isaac replied in a soft but loving tone.
"Do you, Twilight Sparkle, take Isaac as your lawfully wedded husband?" Celestia asked. Twilight smiled at Isaac lovingly.
"I do," she replied in a soft, loving, and cute voice, making the six girls behind her smile awe and made Rarity shed a few tears. Even Shining Armor was crying as well as Cadance held him close.
"May we have the rings please?" Celestia continued as Applebloom then appeared holding the pillow with their wedding rings.
She looked rather nervous and was even sweating a bit as she presented the rings, and Isaac picked up Twilight's ring and Twilight did the same with his as they placed each other's rings on their fingers. Applebloom then headed toward the other crusaders as she sighed loudly and plopped to the floor in exhaustion from being so tense. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo patted her back sympathetically as Isaac and Twilight smiled at each other.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife," said Celestia as Isaac and Twilight shared a kiss.
Everybody cheered and Pinkie, of course, launched her party cannon so confetti rained down on them from above. The newlyweds just nuzzled each other happily. Sunset then pulled the cover sheet from her painting as it got everybody's attention. The painting she had done was on full display as it had Isaac in his Dark Magician's outfit while Twilight was dressed as her High Priestess of Prophecy as the two held each other close as in the background were all of their monsters as the pair overlooked a kingdom.
"BEST WEDDING EVER!!!" shouted Rainbow.
The pair now began to leave as everybody soon followed. Up above, Twilight's Dark Red Enchanter, High Priestess, and Isaac's Dark Magician Girl and Dark Magician saw their masters now betrothed as they smiled. They all looked at one another as with their masters being united, it meant that the two decks were now going to be closer than ever. They all soon disappeared back to the Spirit World as they were now having their own celebration with each other and their comrades for the unity of their owners.
And they all lived happily ever after
THE END
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GOTCHA!
Of course, this isn't the end of this story! In fact, there's one more thing to do before this chapter even ends!
Later in the garden, a huge reception party was being held for the newlyweds. The pair soon made it to the center as they began to share a dance. Rara made it onto the stage as she began to lead the band, along with Vinyl and Octavia, in song.
The pair smiled as they held the other close to each other. A small video began to play next to the band on the monitor as it showed the pair's adventures with their friends during their high school years. For the girls, it brought back memories of seeing where they started to now. As for Isaac and Twilight, they kept in time with the music. Keeping their eyes on each other, not once letting their gazes look away. The necklaces around their necks began to glow a bit. The pair's top magicians were up above as they cast some magic swirls that circled the pair and it created a warm, comforting aura. Isaac then brought his lips to make contact with Twilight's as the couple shared a kiss as the song died down. Everyone applauded as the pair pulled apart. They looked at Rara, along with Vinyl and Octavia giving them a thumbs up. From there, the festivities kicked off.
It was now nighttime. Isaac and Twilight were already exhausted from all the congrats and handshakes they had to do all day.
"Phew, glad we planned ahead to cut the line off at a certain point," Isaac remarked to his wife as they were walking towards their table.
"Yeah, but maybe we should have cut it sooner," said Twilight, "my hands and feet are killing me."
"Oh, I can fix that," said Isaac as he scooped her up in his arms. He was careful to not wrinkle or mess up her dress.
"W-w-whoa!" Twilight remarked since Isaac had startled her, "Warn me next time you do that!"
"Sorry, dear," said Isaac, "and don't worry. I'm not gonna let you fall."
"If you drop me, you're gonna get it!" Twilight warned.
"And so barking orders at me be... oh wait, you've been doing that," teased Isaac. Twilight gave her husband a raspberry as he carried her to where their table was located. Isaac then set Twilight down gently on her seat.
"Thank you," said Twilight as she got comfortable, and Isaac kissed her cheek.
"I love you," Isaac told her, getting Twilight to giggle.
"I love you too," Twilight replied as Isaac took a seat next to her. It was then the rest of their friends minus Pinkie arrived at the table. They had made sure that the rest of their friends and the CMC would be sitting at their large rectangular table.
"Roll call," said Isaac as they all showed their duel disks and decks.
"Beast-type," said Fluttershy.
"Predaplant," stated Applejack.
"Crystal Beast," answered Rarity.
"U.A. and Speedroids," chimed in Rainbow Dash.
"Red-Eyes," responded Sunset.
"Spellbook," Twilight said with a kiss on her husband's cheek.
"Magician," countered Isaac as he kissed Twilight's cheek. "What, aren't we missing someone?"
It was then the lights to the garden went dark, and some jazz and swing music from a small big band group began to play on the stage. All the music players could be seen wearing red jazzy jackets and black straw boater hats. However, one particular figure was still in the dark. Before Isaac could see who the person was, Pinkie appeared from the side with a microphone in her hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Pinkie announced excitedly as the band played in the background, "Welcome to the reception party of Twilight and Isaac! This special person has wanted to perform a special song for our new couple! And now... here is our special singer for tonight's event..." Pinkie announced as the spotlight on the person in center stage lit up, "SWEETIE BELLE !" Twilight and Isaac gasped before they smiled excitedly. Sweetie Belle then did an elegant twirl so she was facing the audience. She had dressed up in a glittery red dress with red shoes and a black floppy hat on her head. She was also wearing a headset.
[Sweetie Belle- She swayed from side to side and smiled for the crowd as the band played behind her.]
ba-la-da-da da-la-la-da-da, ba-da-da la-ba-da-da,
As the band stopped playing for a moment, the people gave Sweetie Belle some cheers.
"Thank you, everyone," said Sweetie Belle, "I'm going, to be honest, that I'm really nervous to sing before everyone, but Isaac and Twilight are my friends and I wanted to give them a special present for their special day. Especially for Isaac, who made me and my friends, the duelists we are today. When you became champion of CHS, you took the three of us under your wing. We were no more than rookies. And you could have done other things with your time, but you didn't. You took time out of your own life to teach us, to train us. And there were times we didn't show progress, but you never gave up, on us. And during our final test, you said we were ready. You taught us that we don't have to follow in the footsteps of our sisters, that we can build our own legacy. We're grateful for that, thank you."
Sweetie Belle couldn't help but cry a bit as Isaac smiled at how far the girl had come with her friends since he first met them. She then wiped the tears and composed herself.
"Now then... they've always said that loved my singing voice so... I hope you'll enjoy the song too." She then turned to the band, "Hit it !"
The band began to play their music as Applebloom, Scootaloo appeared beside her dressed in grey vertical striped jackets, pants, and black and white dancing shoes, with matching bonnet style hats on their heads and did a nice choreographed routine.
If you know the song, sing along!
[Sweetie Belle]
Here we go, off the rails Don't you know it's time to raise our sails? It's freedom like you never knew
[Sweetie Belle - as she said the last line, she tossed her hat so that it flew in front of her in a circle and returned to her hand and put it back on her hand.]
Don't need bags, or a pass Say the word, I'll be there in a flash You could say my hat is off to you
[Sweetie Belle - when she sang the third line, she jumped into the air. Then the band minus the drummer titled their instruments afterward.]
Oh, we can zoom all the way to the moon From this great wide wacky world Jump with me, grab coins with me Oh, yeah!
[Sweetie Belle and Band - Every time she said "jump", she and the two girls did a little hope into the air. As she sang the last line on the stanza, she pointed an arm into the air and then pointed to her side.]
It's time to jump up in the air (Jump up in the air) Jump up, don't be scared (Jump up, don't be scared) Jump up and your cares will soar away And if the dark clouds start to swirl, (Dark clouds start to swirl) Don't fear, don't shed a tear, 'cause I'll be your 1UP girl
[Sweetie Belle and Band - Applebloom and Scootaloo helped Sweetie Belle jump up high into the air. One of the band members was able to get her to twirl into the air and float slowly down to the stage. Sweetie Belle then swayed from side to side with the two girls. Then the three girls posed and flicked their arms their fingers snapped as a "click" was heard. Then Sweetie Belle spread out her arms as the three girls stepped forward a bit.]
So let's all jump up super high (Jump up super high) High up in the sky (High up in the sky) There's no power-up like dancing You know that you're my superstar (You're my superstar) No one else can take me this far I'm flipping the switch Get ready for this Oh, let's do the odyssey
[The CMC and Band - The three girls stood and bounced on one leg to the next facing the right, then the left, then the right, then the left, then left again, then the right, then the left. Applebloom and Scootaloo then posed as Sweetie Belle twirled in place twice before taking a step back and bopped an arm at her side. Isaac, Twilight, and the others cheered as the boy whistled loudly.]
Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, ya see! Odyssey, odyssey!
[Sweetie Belle - Applebloom and Scootaloo went back to their own routine.]
Spin the wheel, take a chance Every journey starts a new romance A new world's calling out to you
Take a turn, off the path Find a new addition to the cast You know that any captain needs a crew
[Sweetie Belle - She posed, then moved from side to side quickly, before jumping into the air a bit, and the band, who could tip their instruments afterward.]
Take it in stride As you move side-to-side They're just different points of view Jump with me, grab coins with me Oh, yeah!
[Sweetie Belle and Band - The three girls would hop into the air whenever Sweetie said "jump", but this time the three girls then put a spotlight over Isaac as they smiled at him. Isaac chuckled to himself.]
Come on and jump up in the air (Jump up in the air) Jump without a care (Jump without a care) Jump up 'cause you know that I'll be there And if you find you're short on joy, (Find you're short on joy) Don't fret, just don't forget that You're still our 1UP boy
[Sweetie Belle and Band - Sweetie Belle adjusted, then tapped her feet on the stage floor before swaying from side to side. Sweetie Belle then removed her hat and brushed a hand through her hair.]
So go on, straighten up your cap (Straighten up your cap) Let your toes begin to tap (Toes begin to tap) This rhythm is a power 'shroom Don't forget you're the superstar (You're the superstar) No one else could make it this far Put a comb through that hair Now you've got some game Oh, let's do the odyssey
[Sweetie Belle and Band - As the three girls band to jump again, Isaac, Twilight, and the rest of their friends had all gathered in the center of the stage to start dancing together. Of course, Isaac and Twilight were dancing together. Then Sweetie Belle made her one-up pose from before.]
It's time to jump up in the air (Jump up in the air) Jump up, don't be scared (Jump up, don't be scared) Jump up and your cares will soar away And if the dark clouds start to swirl, (Dark clouds start to swirl) Don't fear, don't shed a tear, 'cause I'll be your 1UP girl
[Sweetie Belle and Band - Sweetie Belle just let herself bop to the rhythm of the music as she sang. Everyone else who could fit on the dance floor began to dance. Then as the band played a brief instrumental. Applebloom and Scootaloo posed and raised an arm into the air as Sweetie Belle posed and did some jazz hands.]
Now listen, all you boys and girls (All you boys and girls) All around the world (All around the world) Don't be afraid to get up and move You know that we're all superstars (We're all superstars) We're the ones who made it this far Put a smile on that face There's no time to waste So, let's do the odyssey
Everybody cheered loudly and excitedly. Sweetie Belle just giggled cutely as Applebloom and Scootaloo set her down, and the three girls took a bow before the audience.
Late that night, Twilight was holding her bouquet as she tossed it into the air behind her. Several girls reached out to grab it, but it ended up bouncing away from them... and right into Fluttershy's hands.
"Oh my goodness," Fluttershy exclaimed since she had stayed away from the crowd of girls. Rarity squealed with glee.
"Fluttershy! That means you are next to be married!" Rarity exclaimed excitedly. The girl blushed heavily and shyly looked away. The others just laughed at how cute their friend was when Isaac escorted Twilight into their private ride so that they could head off to their honeymoon.
"Have a good time!" Pinkie shouted as she bounced up and down.
"See y'all when you get back!" Applejack shouted.
"Have fun!" Sunset called out.
"Bye!" The rest of their friends shouted as Isaac and Twilight waved goodbye as their ride headed off into the night. The newlyweds smiled at each other as Isaac grabbed one of Twilight's hands in his own.
"Thank you," said Isaac softly, "For making me the happiest man."
"Thank you," Twilight answered, "For making me the happiest girl." Then they shared a kiss as they rode into the distance under a clear and beautiful starry night.
Somewhere located on the heart of the South Pacific Ocean was a collection of small islands that were home to one of the most popular vacation destinations aside from Las Pegasus. This was the location of Horsolulu. A tropical getaway resort that sported one large city area and tourist destination on its main island while the other smaller islands featured more rural vacation destinations. It was at the hotel of one of the most rural islands, Northwest Horsolulu, that the newlyweds had decided to make their stay for their honeymoon. It had also been a surprise for everyone, but the couple had known that Juniper had chosen the location. She had also figured that the new couple wouldn't be hounded by fans as badly as if they had stayed at the main island. For the moment, Twilight was sitting on one of the two beds of the bedroom of their luxury suite, which Juniper had covered the expenses herself, as well as some other benefits like room service. Otherwise, the newlyweds might have taken a more modest room. For the moment, Twilight was currently looking at various pamphlets and brochures in deciding what they could do during their two-week stay.
"Now let's see," said Twilight as she looked at a paper she was using to create a schedule, "I know for sure that I want to see the island's observatory and this island's natural history museum... and who couldn't resist a romantic walk along the beach at sunset. I think Rarity packed me some tropical dresses... surprisingly..."
Twilight looked to her closed luggage and then at herself as she was in her usual attire.
"Can you now wear a hat with your dress, Twilight?" Isaac asked as he walked out of the bathroom, but his face wasn't visible to see at the moment. "I really want to put a freshly picked hibiscus flower in my wife's hair." Twilight giggled to herself. Being called his wife just made her feel all giddy inside.
"Alright sweetie, if that will make you... YAAAAAAAAH!" Twilight turned around to face Isaac and screamed. A suspenseful tone was heard as Isaac stood before Twilight with his face covered in a slimy green goop.
"What's wrong?" Isaac asked innocently.
"You look like you washed your face in bog slime!" Twilight pointed out. Isaac blinked and then laughed.
"Twilight, this is that facial mask cream that Rarity gave me," Isaac explained, "It's supposed to be great for my complexion and makes my face glow." Twilight just rolled her eyes at him.
"Since when do you take this kind of advice from Rarity?" Twilight remarked. Isaac sighed.
"You know how stressful my work is, Twilight. She said this is supposed to help me relax in a way," Isaac pointed out, "Besides what did you expect to happen when I have seven girls and three smaller girls as best friends? And one of them is now my wife? I'm bound to spend too much time with them that I pick up certain habits." Twilight giggled to herself.
"Just wash off your face, please," Twilight asked sweetly. Isaac smiled, even though it was difficult to see it on his face, as he headed back into the bathroom and closed the door. Twilight then just continued to try and work on her schedule, but after a while, she found herself frustrated with what she wanted to do, pushed the pamphlets away, and groaned.
"What's wrong, honey?" Isaac asked, his face now clean as he came out of the bathroom and walked up and sat on the edge of the bed.
"I just don't know how to plan out our vacation here," Twilight complained, "It's not like anybody told us we were coming to Horsolulu beforehand!" Isaac chuckled.
"Ever thought maybe we could just... not plan and go have fun?" Isaac proposed as Twilight's eyes shot wide open.
"Do you remember who you married?" Twilight commented as she looked at Isaac skeptically.
"A beautiful girl who I see as my Princess," Isaac replied. Twilight just rolled her eyes.
"Yes, and?" Twilight replied.
"She's a famous card designer and can be a little too organized," Isaac pointed out.
"You're treading on thin ice, my husband," Twilight warned.
"Sorry," said Isaac, "I just don't want you to stress yourself out. This is our honeymoon! Let's just head out of the hotel and take a look around for today. Then tomorrow, we can organize a schedule together. That sound fair?" Twilight just sighed as she set her materials down and gave a nod.
Isaac then grabbed Twilight's hairbrush and started stroking it gently against her hair. Twilight just sighed contently and let Isaac do his job. However, a sneaky little smirk appeared on Twilight's face, she started flicking her hair about. Several times, the end of her hair hit Isaac's nose, making it difficult for him to concentrate before he dropped the brush and turned away.
"AH-CHOO!" Isaac sneezed loudly as he grabbed a tissue to wipe his nose. Twilight just snickered to herself.
About half an hour later, Twilight's hair shined in the sunlight. Twilight rubbed a hand through her hair to enjoy how soft it was.
"Alright," said Twilight as she climbed off the bed, "Let's get going."
Isaac smiled, put on his cap and his usual attire Twilight like to see him wear, and they exited their bedroom, which led into the living room of their suite. Inside the main room were a living room and kitchen. The kitchen had an island counter on it, with a personal stove, refrigerator, and other kitchen shelves and cabinets. The living room had a couple of plush sofas, a low coffee table, and a music set along the opposite wall. In addition, Isaac noticed something outside on the balcony and headed in that direction instead.
"Honey?" Twilight asked as Isaac walked over to the balcony. He then began to climb the nearby tree filled with freshly grown hibiscus flowers and used his hand to pluck a yellow hibiscus. Twilight stood at the entrance to the balcony as Isaac landed next to her and placed the hibiscus flower into her hair behind the ear. Twilight just smiled as Isaac kissed her cheek.
The pair then left as they went to explore. It wasn't long before the two were now walking side by side along the beach. Along the way, they had run into a person making shaved ice and were holding the little shaved ice cones in their hands.
"Mmmm... this pineapple-coconut flavor is really good," said Twilight as she took another lick, "Try it, honey!" Twilight presented her snow cone to Isaac, who took a modest taste.
"Not bad," Isaac replied as he held his own closer to his mouth, "Though I prefer my strawberry-lemonade." He took another generous lick of his. Twilight just smiled.
"What?" asked Isaac innocently.
"You're supposed to offer me some of yours," Twilight pointed out, slightly annoyed.
"Really?" Isaac replied, still keeping a clueless demeanor, as he took another bite from his cone. "Why would I do that?" Twilight snorted.
"Gee... I don't know... cause I'm your wife ?" Twilight retorted indignantly. Isaac laughed.
"You're so cute when you get mad," Isaac remarked. Twilight rolled her eyes at him when he presented his cone for her to taste.
"Help yourself, my princess," Isaac said to her gently. Twilight giggled as she tasted, hummed happily, and then slammed his cone between his eyes, making him look like a unicorn with a horn on his head.
"Exterior Brain freeze ! God damn it!" Isaac flinched from the cold, ice hitting his forehead. Twilight just laughed as Isaac removed the ruined snow cone off his forehead and tossed it away into a nearby trash can. Twilight was still chuckling to herself when he got a sly smirk on his face and grabbed her cone.
"Isaac, no... no!" Twilight pleaded, trying to be stern, but then ran for her life, "Don't! Don't ! EEEK!" Isaac followed after her. Their little chase continued until Isaac stuck Twilight's cone into her forehead, making Twilight yelp from the cold, ice on her forehead as it slowly fell on her glasses. Now it was Isaac's turn to laugh... until Twilight forced open his mouth and shoved the rest of the icy contents into his mouth. Twilight was in tears from laughing seeing Isaac scream from a now internal brain freeze.
Once Isaac recovered and Twilight cleaned her glasses, the couple then made their way towards a little café that sat along the edge of the beach. They had been having so much fun together that it was nearly lunchtime. The fact that they had skipped breakfast and had only a snow cone made it pretty obvious they were both hungry. Especially Isaac, as he found it to be his favorite meal of the day. The boy's stomach gave a loud growl that startled Twilight.
"Whoa! Easy there!" Twilight exclaimed as Isaac blushed.
"Sorry," Isaac replied when Twilight's stomach growled just as loudly. Now it was Twilight's turn to blush. Isaac chuckled.
"I love you so much," he told her sweetly. Twilight giggled and kissed him before they found themselves an empty table and took a seat. It was then their waitress, a young woman came up to their table and gasped.
"Isaac and Twilight Sparkle!" she exclaimed as she knew who the World Champ and famous card designer were, "It's an honor to have you two to visit my little café! My name is Sunny Sunshine. What can I get for you?"
"Could we... have a menu first?" Isaac pointed out slowly. Sunny blinked before she blushed.
"Oh r-r-right!" she stuttered, "I'm so sorry! I'll... I'll be right back!" She quickly zipped away and then returned holding two menus in her hands.
"I'm sorry, I guess I got a little ahead of myself," Sunny said sheepishly.
"It's alright," said Twilight with a smile, "But can you please keep it down? We would like to just enjoy what your café has to offer without being hounded by fans."
"Oh of course," Sunny replied, "I'll give you a few minutes to look at the menu. Can I interest you in our special pineapple-lemonade?" Twilight and Isaac smiled at each other.
"Sounds fruity. We'll take one each," Isaac replied as Sunny smiled and headed off. Isaac was just mumbling to himself when he felt two shadows appear behind his head.
"Huh?" Isaac replied as he turned and saw two girls their age standing before him with giddy smiles on their faces. The one on the left was a pastel green girl with dark brown hair. Her hair was tied up into a mini bun with a pastel yellow ribbon. The girl on the right was a cherry-colored girl with white and light pink hair. She also had a glittery gem-studded cherry blossom barrette clip on the side of her hair.
"Can I help you, girls, with something?" asked the boy raising his eyebrow.
"Hi, I'm Sakura," said the cherry girl to Isaac, "and this is my sister Anemone. We just wanted to say that we're, like, your biggest fans !" Isaac just blinked as Twilight looked with interest.
"Well... thank you," said Isaac slowly. "This is my wife, Twi..."
"Oh! Twilight Sparkle!" said Anemone excitedly. "You're so pretty and so cute! Poke!" Twilight was left a little baffled when the green-colored girl used a fairy wand that had a lemon slice on the top and tap her cheek. Sakura chuckled.
"What the hell was that?" asked Isaac.
"My little sister, despite her love for flowers, really loves lemons," Sakura replied, "she likes to pretend she is a lovable lemon fairy!"
"I spread hugs and pokes to all who need a smile," Anemone replied. Twilight giggled since it reminded them of a certain pink-haired girl back home.
"Well, what can my husband and I do for you?" Twilight asked. If one had paid close attention to Sakura's face, they would have noticed for a brief second that the smile on her face disappeared for a moment before reappearing again.
"My big sister and I just wanted some autographs," Anemone replied as she pulled out some notepads for the two of them. Twilight signed them first and Isaac did the second. Sakura started making light squeals as Isaac signed her notepad.
"Please put 'to my precious sweetie Sakura'," the cherry girl asked giddily. Isaac rolled his eyes discreetly as he did what was asked and then handed Sakura her notepad, which she grabbed with her hands and tucked into her sling purse.
She then grabbed Isaac's arm as she wanted to get a closer look at his duel disk and saw his cards. Isaac pulled his arm away as he could feel Sakura's hands feeling him.
"Thanks!" the two girls said excitedly before walking away. Twilight gave her husband a smirk.
"Have fun with your fan-girls?" Twilight asked with a smirk, her jealousy was not that well hidden from him.
"No," Isaac replied bluntly, "That Sakura girl was making me feel rather uncomfortable."
"Well, they're gone now, so let's find something to order and get some lunch, I'm starving," Twilight replied.
"Good idea," said Isaac with a laugh. It didn't take long before they did find something to order and ate quietly until they heard the sound of a radio nearby. Summer had used her hand to raise the volume a bit when the music was replaced by an audience applauding.
"And now back to our program ", said radio host number one, "the latest news is that the World Champion of Duel Monsters has finally gotten hitched. And get this, the girl he's been talking about and keeping a secret on who his fiancé is for years, why it's none other than the newest card designer who's been getting some popularity herself, Twilight Sparkle. And word has it that they're spending their lovely honeymoon somewhere here. "
"Yeah, probably to find the right spot to throw the Prince overboard, " said radio host number two as some background audience laughter was heard, "I mean, what did she see in the guy?" Isaac flinched at that comment. Even Twilight was taken aback by the brash comment.
"Isn't he just some baggage that the Big 5 threw away when they were cleaning out the last bit of their careers," radio host number three remarked, "Bet you anything, they rigged his duel where he became World Champion. And every other duel he's had, there's no way he could have held onto his rank for well over a year at this point."
"I hear they pay off his opponents so that they can lose and make the kid look good," radio host number four added, "I still say he cheated his way to get to the top!" Some murmurs from the audience showed that they agreed with them.
"I know, right?" radio host number two added, "Who has ever heard of someone being buddies with the Big 5 on their own!? It's not realistic!"
"Isaac himself is unrealistic!" radio host number four added. "Just the fact that people see him as in the same category as these legendary duelists is downright disgusting! He's SO fake!" The audience from the radio cheered.
"I bet those friends of his just stuck him in somewhere during their great feats of heroism just so he could have credit for saving the day!" radio host number one added, making the audience cheer louder.
"He thinks he's part of that group of girls when really, he's just nothing but an add-on!" radio host number two remarked. It was then, Summer arrived at the table, and Isaac was looking most upset.
"Excuse me!" said Twilight quickly, "can you please change the radio station? It's upsetting my husband!" Summer looked puzzled until she heard some laughter from the radio. Summer gasped and quickly changed the station as the audience was laughing even harder.
"I'm so, so, sorry," said Summer sadly, "I wasn't paying attention to the radio and I didn't realize they were on the air!"
"Who are those people anyway?" Twilight demanded, "and what gives them the right to insult my husband like that?" Summer sighed.
"They are the hosts of Horsolulu's most popular radio program, The Saddle," Summer explained, "their radio station is here on this island. They like to discuss current events in the world... and make hurtful insults about people."
"Well that doesn't seem right," Twilight remarked, "My husband and I just might have to pay a visit to this radio station and give them a piece of our minds. "
"What's the point, Twily?" Isaac replied sadly. "No matter where I go, people find ways to mock and heckle me."
"Hey, don't let those jerks get to you," said Twilight as she held his hand, "Sunny went to alot of trouble to make this delicious lunch for us. Plus, you've handled worst insults than this. Let's eat and go explore the town, okay?" Isaac looked at her sadly and then smiled.
"Okay," said Isaac as he looked at the food, "the food is delicious..."
Sunny chuckled as she let the couple enjoy their meal. Once the two had finished and paid for their meal, which Isaac gave Sunny a generous tip, they headed towards the town. They were waiting patiently for the traffic signal to change so they could cross the street when Isaac kissed his wife on the cheek. Twilight returned the gesture, making Isaac chuckle.
"It's nice when the love you give gets returned," said Isaac as Twilight leaned against his side a bit as Isaac held her with one of his arms. They had barely finished crossing the streets when they ran into two familiar fangirls.
"Hey there!" said Sakura.
"Hello girls," said Twilight, trying to stay polite and cheerful, "what brings you here?"
"Well," said Sakura as she walked up to Isaac's face, "Since we actually live here, we thought you two like to have a tour of the town to know where all the coolest places are." Sakura batted her eyelashes at Isaac.
"Good grief," Isaac groaned with an eye roll, "We appreciate the thought girls... but my wife and I just wanna..."
"We'd be happy to take you up on that offer!" Twilight interrupted, making Isaac look at her with a slightly opened mouth.
"Excellent!" said Sakura as she wrapped her arm around Isaac's arm, "step right this way!" She continued to try gazing into Isaac's eyes as he just looked away and gave his wife a "why'd you say yes" look on his face. Twilight just giggled to herself as Anemone walked along the side of her sister.
For the most part, the tour was actually very enjoyable. Sakura showed them all the coolest places in town, like a local outdoor marketplace, the town's personal arcade (where Twilight had to drag Isaac out of the building since he got hooked on Pac-man but also to avoid partaking in too many duels to blow their cover), several local diners and dives famous for classic eats and island exclusive specialties, the observatory, the island's local library (Isaac had to drag Twilight out of that building), the local pawn shop where Twilight wanted to do some "antiquing" at some point, and even a spa. The only downer was the fact that everywhere the four individuals went, some of the town's people would be making some rude comments about Isaac. Twilight continued to encourage her husband to not let it bother him, but she knew Isaac was feeling hurt by the remarks. And as cute as it looked seeing Anemone telling some of them off and threatening them with "hard lemon pokes", it did very little in cheering up the boy.
By late afternoon, the group had stopped at the last location of the town tour, which was a small little house that was home to a hula dancing school. Isaac and Twilight couldn't help but awe at seeing dozens of little native kids, boys, and girls learning how to do their island's native dance. Plus the young kids were more than excited to see both Isaac and Twilight, which really helped brighten the former's mood. And both Anemone and Sakura were experienced enough to show the couple the dance themselves. The hula was a bit difficult dance to learn because it required a person to balance and sway using only their legs. So with each of the newlyweds wearing a grass skirt, a white tank top, leafy bracelets on their hands, and a leafy crown on their heads. They began their own lesson with the two sisters. Isaac was rather impressed to see Twilight was a much faster learner at the hula than he was.
"You're really good at this," said Isaac surprised as Twilight just had her eyes closed and embraced the music.
"And you said that I couldn't dance," Twilight remarked as Isaac blushed.
"I was talking about your freestyle!" Isaac retorted, "You're clearly good at tap and ballet!" Twilight chuckled and just continued to dance gracefully when Isaac was still feeling rather stiff.
"Try to relax a little more," said Sakura as she got rather close to the boy, "Just embrace the music of the island!" She battled her eyelashes at him again. If Isaac hadn't felt uncomfortable before trying to hula dance, he certainly did now. Twilight took notice when she danced over to Sakura and roughly bumped her out of the way, causing the cherry girl to crash somewhere in the background.
"Need a rescue?" Twilight asked him with a smile on her face. Isaac smiled back.
"My hero," said Isaac, feeling better and finally was able to move a little more fluently. Sakura recovered as she got to her feet and just watched the two dance together. She growled jealously.
"Oh, it is on, Princess !" Sakura snarled to herself. Anemone noticed her sister's face.
"What are you up to?" Anemone asked suspiciously.
"Watch your tone and bud out little sister," said Sakura indignantly and went back to the couple. Anemone glared at her.
"Don't make me give you hard lemon pokes," Anemone warned, but said that to herself.
Soon the sun began to set in the sky as the four individuals made their way back to the hotel Twilight and Isaac were staying at.
"Well, thank you two so much for the tour of the town," said Isaac, "This should help my wife and I plan out our stay here."
"But we only showed you the town, Mr. World Champion," Anemone pointed out.
"Just Isaac, please," he told her gently, "same goes for my wife. No need for formalities with us. We consider you guys our friends." Anemone was a little surprised while Sakura bounced giddily on her feet.
"Oh... okay, Isaac," Anemone replied, "As I was saying, there's even more fun to do around the island, especially the beach and the mountains!" Isaac and Twilight exchanged smiles with each other.
"Well, would you girls mind if we continued the island tour tomorrow?" Twilight offered. Sakura and Anemone smiled excitedly.
"Ooooh, we would love to, Ms. Twilight." Anemone answered, "Oh! I mean... Twilight. We can show you our garden and our personal greenhouses where we grow our special flowers year around!"
"I'm guessing cherry blossoms and anemones?" Isaac asked since he had noticed those were the flowers that had in their hair.
"You got it, handsome," Sakura replied with a wink as Isaac made a face of disgust and annoyance.
"Well, we'll be seeing you tomorrow then," said Twilight, trying to get Isaac out of an awkward situation, "How's around 9-ish in the morning?"
"Works for us," said Sakura, "it was a pleasure getting to spend the day with you!" Sakura extended her hand to shake to Isaac, but Twilight grabbed it instead.
"Likewise," Twilight replied as she smiled at her. Sakura returned it, but in both of their eyes, Isaac could see the image of two girls staring each other down and the looks remained as they pulled away.
"We'll see you tomorrow," Anemone answered, "Hugs and Pokes to you all!" Twilight giggled as Isaac smiled.
"Same to you," Twilight answered as the two sisters left and the couple headed inside.
Isaac stayed rather quiet for the most part and remained that way too long after the sun had set, and the two of them were enjoying a little late-night coconut cake while watching some people spin and twirl wooden sticks that were on fire in the hotel patio area. The two individuals finished their routine by drinking some water and spewing it at one end of the sticks to make a giant flame appear. Twilight oohed in amazement as she and the crowd applauded. Isaac did as well, but his clapping was more half-hearted. He had something on his mind.
"Sweetheart," said Isaac as Twilight took a rather sloppy bite of her coconut cake.
"Yes?" Twilight asked with her mouth full of cake. Isaac was tempted to tell Twilight about bad manners, but he let it slide.
"Why did you suggest we spend more time with Sakura and Anemone?" asked the boy.
"What's wrong with spending time with our new friends?" the girl replied.
"Friends, I don't mind," said Isaac, "I mean, I have no problem with Anemone. It's just... If you hadn't noticed... Sakura... was getting a little too friendly with me."
"I know, honey," said Twilight as she took another bite of her cake and used her hand to wipe her cheeks, "But as long as I'm around, she can't hurt you."
"True, but she was making me feel very uncomfortable," said Isaac, "Like... "if Pinkie Pie had a crush on me" uncomfortable."
"Maybe when we see them again tomorrow, you can tell Sakura how you're feeling," said Twilight, "I'm sure if you tell how her behavior is bothering you, she'll back off."
"It's a good idea, honey," said Isaac as he took a bite of his cake and swallowed, "Guess I really did marry the smartest girl in the world." Twilight rolled her eyes.
"Okay, that was just... cheesy," Twilight remarked.
"But is it true," Isaac remarked as he leaned forward to kiss her, and Twilight returned the gesture. As they pulled away, they saw a woman who was clearly from the upper class looking at them snootily.
"What do you see in him, child?" she asked in her stuck-up manner, "He's not even that great."
"I clearly see alot more about him than you can!" Twilight retorted angrily as Isaac glared. The girl just huffed and walked away from them. Isaac growled angrily, as he slammed a hand to the table.
"What's wrong with me?!" Isaac snapped. Twilight set her chair next to him and rested her head against his shoulder.
"Absolutely nothing," said Twilight, "They're the ones with the problem." Isaac hummed and just held his wife close while staring at his unfinished cake. Twilight's eyes shifted from her husband to the slice of half-eaten cake.
"You gonna eat that?" Twilight asked with a large smile on her face. Isaac just smiled, rolled his eyes, and used his spoon to feed the cake slice to her. As good as the coconut cake was, he was still partial to chocolate.
The next morning, the two sisters wasted no time taking the couple over a large stretch of land that seemed to be as big as Sweet Apple Acres. The big difference was that the landscape was filled with various kinds of tropical and seasonal flowers and trees to boot. Since it was also late spring, most of the flowers were in full bloom, adding to the area's natural beauty.
"Whoa!" said Isaac and Twilight in amazement as they scanned and looked at all the types of flowers growing around the area.
They also noticed that the heart of the garden had a rather large extravagant fountain with a little statue on the top surrounded by a rather large-sized Gazebo structure above it.
"This is quite a lovely garden," said Isaac.
"You two must have worked really hard to make the place look so pretty," said Twilight.
"Well, it does take alot of work managing so many different types of flowers," Anemone answered, "Fortunately, we've got the library..."
"Library?! Did you say library!?" Twilight exclaimed excitedly as she zipped up to the lime green girl's face, leaning forward.
"Uhh... y-yeah," said Anemone timidly, "I-I can show you if you want me to."
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" Twilight replied, bouncing on her feet excitedly.
"Alright, come and follow me," said Anemone with a giggle. Isaac was about to follow when Twilight turned around to face him.
"Sweetheart, didn't you want to speak to Sakura alone while I go check out the (squee) library?" Twilight asked her husband. Sakura was kind of surprised that Twilight would suggest that but was still excited to be alone with Isaac. Isaac just nodded nervously as Anemone led Twilight to their garden library. Isaac then turned to see Sakura, just smiling and batting her eyelashes at him. Isaac just sighed loudly.
"Sakura, we need to talk," said Isaac gently.
"What about cutie?" Sakura asked as she grabbed Isaac's duel disk on his arm and was taking it all in. Not to mention his cards slotted in as she grabbed them from the slot and began to nuzzle them. She looked up at the boy as Isaac breathed deeply to keep his cool and pulled his arm away. He also grabbed his cards from her hands as he put them into the deck holder on his belt.
"Sakura, I can tell you... like me..." Isaac said gently.
"Love is the better word," Sakura replied. Isaac grunted angrily.
"Sakura, I'm as much a believer in love at first sight as the next person," Isaac said firmly, "I mean that's sort of how it happened when I saw Twilight for the first time, but you're really making me feel uncomfortable when you keep getting in my face and trying to be all cute with me all the time!" Sakura just blinked.
"Y-y-you mean," Sakura stuttered, "you... don't... like me?" Sakura's eyes watered as she sat down on the bench and started to cry.
"Sakura..." Isaac said gently. He hadn't meant to make the cherry girl cry.
"S-s-s-sorry," Sakura croaked, "it's just... I do like you and... well... I had hoped I could get you to like me back... and... I... I just wanted..." Sakura was sobbing as Isaac sat next to her.
"Listen, Sakura," said Isaac, "I didn't mean to sound cruel. I'm just saying that you don't need to keep getting in my face and trying to make me like you. If you just try to be my friend, then I can like you in that manner. My wife won't object to that!"
"But I want more than that!" Sakura wailed.
"I'm sorry, Sakura," said Isaac, "But I already have my special someone. But if you need a friend who cares, I'd be more than happy to..."
!
What happened next, caught Isaac completely off-guard. Sakura quickly wrapped her arms around his neck...
and she had kissed him on the lips!
And before Isaac could push her off, Twilight had returned!
"Honey," she called out excitedly, "you should see all the cool books Anemone has on... GASP!"
Twilight was just in shock for a moment before her eyes watered and turned to run off.
Isaac then shoved Sakura off of him with so much force that she fell onto the ground. He was furious.
"Now look what you did !?" Isaac yelled at her before he took off and searched for his now distraught wife. Sakura just watched Isaac take off as she began to cry once more. It didn't take long before Isaac saw Twilight trying to run off as fast as her legs could take her, tears streaming down her face and glasses.
"Twilight! Twilight! Twilight, wait!" Isaac called out, but Twilight refused to stop. Isaac then got in front of her, bringing the girl to a stop.
"Twilight, please I..."
SMACK!
"Don't talk to me !" Twilight yelled angrily as she slapped him hard across the face. Isaac's head turned as he brought his hand to the spot where she hit him as he could feel the impact. "Just stay away from me, you cheating bitch!" Twilight then ran off around him and tried to take off before Isaac stopped in front of her again.
"Twilight, let me explain," said Isaac but Twilight ran around him again. Isaac stopped her once more, this time so quickly as Twilight slid right into him trying to stop. Isaac held her as she landed on top of him and sat up.
"Let go of me!" Twilight shouted, as Isaac gently but securely held her in his arms as she struggled to break free.
"Will you listen to me !" Isaac pleaded desperately, "What makes you think I would ever do that to you?"
"I saw you kissing her !" Twilight yelled.
"That doesn't mean I'm the one who did it!" Isaac replied, "She caught me by surprised and I couldn't move out of the way!"
"Likely story!" said Twilight, "You men are all the same!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Isaac snapped back, "Do you really think that after all this time I spent staying committed to loving you and you alone that I would just go and kiss the first girl who asked me to?"
"YES!!!" Twilight screamed, leaving Isaac stunned as he finally let her go. He started to pant heavily as hot tears streamed down his face.
It wasn't from guilt or shame thought.
Isaac... had fury !
"You would choose to believe all those lies in your stupid, arrogant head, Twilight Sparkle," Isaac sobbed angrily, "instead of trying to listen to me or even think that this was just a misunderstanding and not me trying to betray you. You just assume the worst of me. This isn't the first time you've done that to me, and all I can say is... I'VE HAD IT!!!! If you don't wanna be with me, then I won't stop you! And thank you so much for showing me that everything I ever believed in was just a lie!"
"And what's that suppose to mean?!" Twilight yelled back.
"No matter how hard I try to help others," Isaac croaked, "all my effort is completely meaningless because you people are all the same. No matter what I do, you'll always think one way of me and nothing else! You're no better than all those folks who spend their days tearing me apart from the inside out! I made the mistake of ever asking you to marry me!!!" Isaac had barely finished his sentence when Twilight had taken off and was running. She didn't pay attention as she fell. Surprisingly, Isaac just watched and didn't even see if Twilight was alright.
"And I made the mistake of ever falling in love with you!! I hate you!!!!" shouted Twilight as she got back up and ran.
"LOVE IS WORTHLESS!" Isaac screamed as loud as he could before he took off in the other direction and didn't look back. Twilight had heard him, but she just kept running in the opposite direction.
Isaac soon arrived at the beach where he had brought her yesterday. Several other people were just enjoying some fun at the beach, but Isaac clearly wasn't. He was fuming to himself as he kicked a sea shell along the surf and threw his cap on the ground.
"Stupid Twilight," Isaac grumbled, "I already felt bad enough having some girl try to put her lips against my own. Then you go and think I would enjoy it. I didn't spend most of my life being faithful to you to stab you in the back! But did you care! No!" Isaac then picked up several seashells chucking them back into the water. Isaac just huffed as he tried to calm himself down when a beach ball conked him in the head, leaving him dazed.
"Oops, sorry sir," said a young boy, "my sis isn't good with playing catch."
"I am so!" said the young girl, "You just throw too hard!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Never mind!" Isaac snapped irritably as he handed them the ball, "Just take your ball!" The two kids flinched as Isaac sternly gave them the ball, but the two kids just trembled nervously, not bothering to grab their ball.
"Oh great," Isaac retorted aloud as he dropped the ball in front of them, "now they think I'm some bad guy for yelling at them. Bet they'll tell their parents and they'll complain that I'm mean to kids. Then I'll be in the papers that I don't like little kids and UGGGGGGGH!" Isaac then crouched to the ground in frustration. He didn't even realize that the young siblings were still there, watching him vent.
"Are you okay, mister?" the young boy asked gently.
"No, I'm not," Isaac replied in depression as he sat up, "Just go have your fun with your sister and be nice to each other, I guess," Isaac then got up and was about to leave. The girl stopped him by his hand as she held his cap that he threw on the ground. Isaac just sighed as he grabbed it and put it on as he left. The two just watched him leave with puzzled looks on their faces.
Isaac then decided to just take a stroll about the town. He immediately found it a bad idea because he was still walking past people who would look at him and murmur comments about him. Isaac snarled as the demon inside of him was slowly coming out.
"Horsolulu, the best place to get away from it all. A tropical paradise!" Isaac retorted mockingly, "Blah ! Yeah right! I outta have the son of bitch who came up that slogan put in prison for false advertisement!" As he passed by, he took notice that one person was struggling to carry a tall stack of boxes into one of the local shops. Suddenly the man lost his balance and all the boxes landed on top of him. A nearby girl, who looked young enough to be his daughter asked if he was alright. Isaac then kept walking and pretending he hadn't seen anything. Doing so made him feel a pain in his heart.
"Master, why didn't you help them out? You could have stopped the accident," said Mahad as he appeared with Mana as they felt their master's emotions.
"What good would it do? He'd probably just complain that I meddle in his business. He's practically doing that to that younger girl!" Isaac had been right at that. He could see from the corner of his eyes that the younger girl was being scolded by the older man. Isaac then headed further up the street where he saw a local smoothie shop that was very overcrowded. Customers were complaining about slow service, even when there appeared to be only one girl trying to be a waitress. She seemed to be getting the most of the complaints and was looking very overwhelmed.
"You could help her?" asked Mana as she saw Isaac walk by.
"Forget it," Isaac grumbled, "All that's gonna do is give those people a reason to blame their lack of patience on me! And I've had enough of people blaming me for their own miserable lives!"
"But Isaac, you're always willing to help..."
"ZIP IT!!!" shouted Isaac to his magicians. "Remember your place, you are my servants, just like all the other monsters in my deck. I am your master!!! You follow my command, my orders without any hesitation! You serve me !! So when I say leave me the fuck alone, LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!" yelled the boy.
Mahad and Mana heard Isaac's response. They didn't say anything, nor did they have an expression on their face. The two magicians just had a straight look on their faces. Both then bowed in front of their master and put their heads down.
"We apologize, Master. Your wish is our command." said the two in unison. They soon disappeared leaving the boy to have the time he requested to be by himself.
Isaac then saw his reflection in a puddle of water, which showed the bitterness on his face.
"They don't deserve smoothies if you ask me," Isaac said to himself as his reflection glared at him.
"Neither do you, Mr. Selfish," his reflection remarked as Isaac growled.
"Who are you calling selfish ?!" Isaac yelled at his reflection, "You're supposed to be on my side! I don't like you anymore !" Isaac then stomped hard into the puddle, getting himself wet.
The puddle now showed the boy's inner demon as Isaac's eyes changed for a few seconds. He looked at the watch on his wrist. It was the gift that Twilight had gotten him for his birthday years ago and was her way of saying she loved him. He growled as he grabbed it from his wrist. Isaac looked to destroy it to get rid of the final reminder of the mistake he made of marrying Twilight. Instead, he just put it in the pocket of his unzipped hoodie and looked back at the puddle that showed his inner demon. The boy then began to walk off. Little did he know that a certain colored girl had been sitting at a nearby bench pretending to read a newspaper when she lowered it, revealing a very sad and tear-stained face.
"What have I done?" Sakura asked herself in shame.
It was already nightfall when Isaac had come near the summit of the island's dormant volcano. Isaac stared at the vast green valley below him. As beautiful as the sight was, it only made Isaac feel very depressed and very lonely. He was just glad the location was on a small hiking trail so he knew he wouldn't be bothered or disturbed. He didn't think anybody would care to come after him anyway.
"What's the point of sharing love with people anyway?" Isaac asked himself as he looked up to see what was a clear starry night, "The second something goes wrong, nobody is going to be by your side. They just leave you at the mercy of people who spend the rest of their lives tearing you apart." Isaac looked at the valley as he felt his eyes water. As angry as he was, he couldn't deny one thing about himself.
He was heartbroken.
"WHY EVEN BOTHER!!?" Isaac shouted angrily as his voice echoed into the vast valley as he began to break down into tears and slumped to his knees.
"I just lost everything I cared about," Isaac wept, "All because of a misunderstanding that nobody will ever believe wasn't my fault! What did I do to deserve being treated this way?!" Isaac then wept loudly as his cries of anguish echoed into the night.
The next morning, Twilight had just buried herself under a large stack of pillows and had put on some rather depressing music to listen to. This was a habit of Twilight whenever she felt like a failure or was extremely depressed. In addition, Twilight had been under her little "fortress" since she had returned to the hotel yesterday in tears. She was feeling very depressed, not to mention heartbroken. Then her little fortress collapsed, showing that Twilight's tears were still flowing as she whimpered and rested her head against a tissue box. Her glasses had fallen off during her crying as she clutched her High Priestess card. She didn't even remember if she had fallen asleep at all last night, but her eyes felt all red and puffy. Her hair was rather frazzled from the heat despite being inside. Twilight just sighed to herself as she slowly sniffled and headed into the bathroom to splash some cold water on her face. She looked at her frazzled hair, noticing the hibiscus flower was still intact before pulling it out and tossing it into a wastebasket.
"So much for my dream honeymoon!" Twilight muttered before growling angrily, "Why is it every time I try to do organized fun it never works out! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER !" Of course, Twilight didn't get an answer since she was practically yelling at her reflection. She saw her reflection just giving her a bitter look.
"What?" Twilight demanded sternly as her reflection shook her head at her.
"You are so clueless," her reflection told her.
"Excuse me ?" Twilight yelled, "He started it. Kissing another girl when he claims he's married to me!" Her reflection just glared.
"Don't give me that look!" said Twilight, "He blew it! End of story!" Her reflection just shook her head at her, Twilight was furious.
"Don't shake your head at me, young lady!" Twilight yelled like a mother would scold a child, "I don't like you anymore !" Twilight then punched the mirror with her fist.
"Owwwwwww..." Twilight groaned as she looked at her now throbbing hand and felt tears in her eyes. Once she had managed to get the throbbing in her hand to stop, she left the bathroom and considered returning to her little fortress, but she didn't feel like trying to rebuild it again. Twilight just looked around the living room. It felt much more spacious now since she was all alone now. Twilight felt very lonely but then snorted.
"Just wait until I tell Shining Armor about this," Twilight said bitterly to herself, "He'll deal with Isaac." But once the words left her mouth, she felt a large pain in her heart.
Both her brother and her husband were considered rivals with each other based on the signature monsters of their deck, and based on the duels they had in the past, they were always explosive, but that was when the two were having fun or being competitive. Now Twilight was trying to picture how brutal that fight would be if she had both of the boys literally trying to kill each other. Thinking about revenge wasn't going to make her feel better. Now all she had was a headache.
"I guess a little fresh air will help clear my head," Twilight told herself as she walked out onto the balcony. She decided to do a few leg and body stretches since she had been sitting for most of yesterday under her pillow fortress, which had left her body feeling stiff and sore. She also felt rather drained from being upset and from all the crying. Twilight thought about getting something to eat when she noticed the tall tree nearby with its branches filled with hibiscus flowers of various colors. Twilight then remembered how Isaac had climbed up the past two days to pick one especially for her and placed it gently in her hair. Twilight felt her eyes water again.
"Oh Isaac, why'd you do this to me!" Twilight wailed as she knelt to the floor and wept.
But she didn't cry for long when she saw her necklace. The same necklace that the boy had given the girl years ago to symbolize his love for her. And right now, it was serving as a symbol of his betrayal to her. Twilight then yanked the thing from her neck and looked at it. She felt like getting rid of it as it made her cry even more. Just as Twilight was about to throw it off the balcony, something rustled nearby.
"Who's there?" Twilight demanded as she stood up. The last thing she needed was some random person spying on her and making what happened a public event. This was assuming Sakura and Anemone hadn't told anybody what had happened. She almost considered they might have been used to fuel some negativity about herself and Isaac when her train of thought was interrupted.
"Hello, Princess," said a very dreary voice. Twilight looked as on the other side of the balcony where another very large tree was located. There sitting on top of a high branch was Sakura. Twilight blinked and then glared sternly at her as she put the necklace in her pocket.
"Oh great, what are you doing here?" Twilight snapped, "Here to gloat how you stole my husband away from me?" Twilight immediately regretted her words when she saw how depressed Sakura looked.
"Sakura..." Twilight tried to speak.
"Please, don't be mad at Isaac!" Sakura pleaded as she hovered over the purple girl, "It was my fault. I'm the one who kissed him. In fact, I never even got to his lips! He sucked them inside his mouth!" Twilight just looked surprised, but she also felt very guilty too. However, Sakura wasn't in the clear yet.
"Why don't you come inside, and we can talk?" Twilight offered. Sakura just nodded in reply as she landed on the balcony and followed the purple girl inside. Twilight offered the cherry girl a seat on a large plushy sofa that had a low coffee table on it. Sakura took a seat as Twilight sat beside her.
"Now tell me, Sakura," Twilight asked in a gentle, but firm tone, "Why did you do that?" Sakura sniffled a bit as she looked at Twilight sadly.
"Because I was jealous," said Sakura slowly, "Jealous because your pretty and I'm not." Twilight was stunned. The jealousy she expected, but not the reason for it.
"You don't think you're pretty?" Twilight asked. Sakura just looked at her sadly.
"Why?" Twilight asked, "I mean, you seem like the type of girl Isaac would find attractive."
"Yeah, he was so attractive to me," Sakura retorted as tears streamed down her face, "He pulled me aside to tell me I was being an annoying little pest."
"Well, no offense, but... you were kind of getting in his face," said Twilight, trying to be gentle, "But that doesn't mean you're not pretty."
"It felt that way for me," said Sakura, "You see, Mrs. Sparkle..."
"Just call me Twilight, please," the purple girl replied, "I did say we were friends."
"Please stop lying to me!" Sakura bellowed, "I know you don't like me, and I know you hate me because of what I did! How can you call me your friend after all this?" Twilight took a deep breath before answering.
"Cause I want to hear your side of the story," Twilight replied, "And you've already made it clear that you weren't trying to hurt me. You obviously meant no harm." Sakura blinked before she recomposed herself.
"That is true... Twilight..." said Sakura slowly, "When I was a little girl, I had this crush on a boy. So... the day came when I finally had the courage to confess my feelings. He laughed at me and said I was the ugliest girl he ever saw. Since then, no boy or guy pays any attention to me. They either ignored me or bullied me by calling me mean names."
"Did you have any braces, glasses, or something where a boy would be shallow enough to say that?" Twilight asked, "If I can ask?"
"No," Sakura remarked, "I didn't look that much different than how I look now. I just stopped bothering to look at myself in the mirror." Sakura then removed her barrette and held it with her hand.
"My daddy gave me this when I was really depressed," Sakura told Twilight, "He always called me his little cherry blossom or sakura blossom. I always wear it to remind myself that I am pretty, but... some days I... just don't..." Sakura began to cry as Twilight placed a hand on the cherry girl's back.
"So what's this have to do with my husband?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Well, I've heard how amazing he was through the newspapers and other radio reports," Sakura explained, "being the World Champion, the way he duels it's like magic, the amount of work he does outside of the dueling field, not to mention his monsters. You have to admit he looks really handsome as champion." Twilight chuckled.
"He was already handsome before becoming champion and in high school," Twilight remarked, "But go on..."
"Well, I just wanted to see if he would find me pretty," said Sakura, "and when I saw you guys at the café. I wanted to jump at the chance at getting to know him, but... I got too excited for my own good. Plus I really, really wanted him to like me. If I could be told by the World Champion of Duel Monsters that I was pretty... and likable... then maybe... maybe I really am pretty."
"And the kiss?" Twilight asked.
"I have a bad habit of acting without thinking things through," said Sakura. "This wouldn't be the first time I've gotten into trouble over it. But... I never thought I would destroy a marriage because of it..." Twilight just sighed.
"First, let's deal with your problem," said Twilight, "You don't need to get the approval of any guy to feel pretty, Sakura. My best friend Rarity is not just the most generous person but also has a special talent in helping people feel beautiful. She taught me that true beauty comes from within, that being confident in yourself is the key to being beautiful."
"You mean pretty?" Sakura corrected.
"No," said Twilight, "I mean feeling beautiful. It comes from confidence and believing in yourself, Sakura."
"But... I don't have confidence in myself," said Sakura sadly.
"You should," Twilight replied, "You and your sister have created such a beautiful garden that you could be proud of."
"True," said Sakura, "I know everything about cherry blossoms, from how they grow and taking care of the trees, their history, and cultural value, as well as crafting different kinds of flower accessories."
"You make flower accessories?" Twilight replied, clearly impressed.
"Yeah," said Sakura, "Crowns, bracelets, ribbons, and even braiding flowers in people's hair. Nothing a guy would be interested in."
"Oh, I'm sure you'll find a boy who would," said Twilight, "The key is to start as friends and let the friendship grow. That's how Isaac and I started. We were friends, then best friends, then we dated, and then one day... I realized that I was falling in love with him."
"Was it scary to confess?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, but it was more than worth it," said Twilight, "because we had let our feelings grow, so I knew he returned them. My fear was just hoping it would last."
"I can understand that," said Sakura, "Whoever my special someone is, I just hope that it will be forever. I hope you and Isaac can work things out." Twilight gave her a gentle smile.
"I'm sure we can," said Twilight, "Isaac might get a little heated in the head at times, but he never stays angry for long." Sakura began to cry.
"Hey, don't worry," said Twilight gently, "I'm sure we can patch things up."
"I hope so," Sakura sobbed, "because I saw him walking around town yesterday. He was venting about how he was tired of trying to spread love by being helpful and caring. He was passing by several people who could have used his help and he didn't bother to help them at all. He thinks they won't appreciate his efforts and that they'll just complain about him."
"Oh..." Twilight groaned, "That's not your fault. It's mine! I should've just let him explain what had happened instead of just assuming the worst of him. Plus it probably didn't help that some people had the nerve to publicly put him down, and I bet that radio show has something to do with it! Now he's convinced himself that what he's been doing his whole life isn't worthwhile. How foolish I've been acting, I kept saying that I needed him when he clearly needs me more! I gotta find him!"
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Sakura asked sniffling and blowing her nose. Twilight pondered for a moment until there was a loud knock on the door. Twilight then headed to the door and opened it to see the hotel manager standing outside.
"Mrs. Sparkle..." said the manager, who was a man by the name of Tropical Skies.
"Yes, is there something wrong?" Twilight asked professionally as Sakura slowly approached beside her.
"There is a big fire down at the radio station," Tropical Skies replied, "And there was word that Isaac had entered the building to save those still trapped inside." Twilight felt her eyes shrink as her heart skipped a beat. Sakura gasped and put a hand over her mouth.
Several minutes before
Isaac was walking about a small open market area just examining and checking out all the native fruits that were available. Isaac was taken by surprise to see a vendor selling some apples.
"I didn't know Applejack had any relatives that lived on this island," Isaac remarked, "Then again, they do sell pine apples here. Heh-heh... Ugh, that was the worst pun I ever thought of. So glad Twilight wasn't around to hear that. Twilight..." Isaac felt his eyes water as he quickly wiped them and continued to look around.
"Keep it together, Isaac," he told himself, "you just gotta get used to only looking out for yourself now. You won't get hurt as much anymore." Isaac took a few steps forward before just sitting near a lamppost.
"Then... why do I feel so empty inside?" Isaac asked himself, but before he could think of an answer.
BOOM!
The ground rumbled as several people came running by screaming and shouting in terror.
"What... what's going on?" Isaac asked as a few people came running past him but didn't bother to answer. It was then he noticed Anemone frantically looking around the market and getting cut off by people running amok. Isaac ran up to her.
"Anemone, what's going on?" Isaac asked.
"There was some sort of explosion at the radio station," Anemone explained as she pointed an arm to a rather tall building just down the market street covered completely in flames, "and it caused a huge fire that's spreading really fast!"
"Where's your sister?" Isaac asked as he watched the burning building with worry. He then noticed several townpeople collecting buckets of water and helping the firefighter team to try and douse the fire.
"I don't know where she is," said Anemone, "I haven't seen her since yesterday. She feels really bad for what happened." Isaac just sighed.
"Well, she can't undo the damage she..." Isaac then stopped his comment and noticed a person giving orders to the others. He figured this person was in charge of the weather team and headed towards him.
"Wait for me!" Anemone called out as she tried to follow Isaac. Once he was in range, Isaac walked up to the man.
"Are you in charge?" Isaac asked. The man gave him a stern look before blinking once he saw who was speaking to him.
"Mr. Isaac," he replied, "It's an honor to be in the presence of the World Champion!" Isaac smiled, grateful to get some respect for his title.
"Never mind the formalities," said Isaac, "Are you in charge of the firefighter team?"
"Yes," the man replied, "the name is Twinsy Tropics."
"Have you made sure that everyone inside has been evacuated safety, Twinsy?" Isaac asked.
"I have some people surveying the building as we..."
"Captain!" another man shouted, "We managed to get all but four people out of the building. The radio hosts are barricaded inside one of the rooms. None of us can get them out!" Isaac gasped silently.
"What ?!" Twinsy exclaimed, "We need to get them out as soon as possible! The building is getting more unstable by the second!" Isaac just looked at the burning building. It was then a glimmer of rainbow flashed across his eyes. Then he felt something inside. Before anybody could react, Isaac narrowed his eyes and headed directly for the building.
"Mr. Champion!" Twinsy shouted as Isaac entered through an open window on the ground floor and headed inside.
Back at the present
A good fifteen minutes had passed from the time Isaac had entered the building when Twilight and Sakura arrived. Anemone was just standing next to Twinsy with her own worried look on her face. By now, the fire was just barely being contained by the other firefighters as Sakura went to help the townspeople with trying to put the fire out. Twilight appeared near the clearly worried Twinsy.
"Excuse me," said Twilight in panic.
"Mrs. Twilight!" he exclaimed.
"Have you seen my husband? Where's my husband?" Twilight demanded frantically.
"He went inside to rescue the radio hosts since they were still trapped inside," Twinsy replied, "But that was fifteen minutes ago." Twilight felt her eyes begin to water as she sat down. Her body was trembling with worry.
Please be okay, Isaac, please come out! Twilight pleaded in her mind. Anemone offered Twilight a hug to help her calm down. While Twilight didn't feel any better getting a hug, she was still grateful for the gesture. Suddenly...
CRASH!
The entire building came tumbling down!
A huge dust cloud came towards the crowd as they all covered up. However, it was spreading away as some sort of barrier was protecting them. Twilight felt her heart sink as the dust cloud surrounded the building.
"ISAAC!" Twilight cried out in anguish before covering her face with her hands.
"Miss! Look!" Twinsy shouted as a shadow came out of the smoke cloud.
There coming out of the smoke was Isaac, his clothes and body charred from all the fire and smoke, as a small invisible barrier was used to keep the dust away. The boy's magicians were doing their job of protecting their master and also secretly put a barrier up that protected the people when the dust cloud happened. With him were the four radio hosts, all wearing tattered and destroyed suits as they were piled on Isaac's back. Those watching nearby were in deep shock as Isaac cleared the dust cloud and the barrier was removed. It was then a small girl put her hands together and clapped. Then some of the other young kids began to clap. This set up a chain reaction as one by one, the faces of the bystanders went from shocked to happy as they, too, began to applaud him. Isaac had just barely allowed the last of the radio hosts to climb off his back when he looked up to see all the people applauding him. Isaac was rather stunned as the applause turned into cheers. Isaac soon smiled at them as Twilight threw her arms around his neck and kissed him despite how dirty he looked.
"I'm so sorry, honey," Twilight said softly, "I was so wrong to think that you would hurt me or kiss another girl. I guess I'm afraid you'll find someone better than me." Isaac just took a slow deep breath and exhaled. Twilight then got on her hands and knees and sat up in a kneeling position.
"Please take me back," Twilight begged. Isaac just blinked.
"Shouldn't... I be the one doing that?" Isaac asked her.
"Why?" Twilight replied, "You didn't do anything wrong! I was the one who betrayed and hurt you! Sakura came to me this morning and explained everything. She even said you sucked your lips inside your mouth to hide them from hers!"
"That was true," Isaac replied plainly.
"And I still broke your heart," Twilight continued as she felt her eyes water, "Please don't stop being the person you are because of me! I love you! I appreciate you! I think you're very special! And I also know that you are a man of honesty and integrity. I was wrong to doubt that. Please forgive me!" Twilight just looked at him sadly. Isaac took a step forward and gave her a soft smile.
"I'm sorry too," said Isaac as he took his cap off, "I didn't handle the situation very well with Sakura, and she caught me off guard. Besides, at least you didn't actually give up on yourself."
"I heard about that," said Twilight, "and I don't blame you. With all the heckling and me turning my back on you, I wasn't surprised that you would question if showing love and compassion to others was worth it."
"Wait, wait, wait! Timeout!" said radio host number one, "are you saying that Isaac saved us because he loves us?" The other radio hosts made disgusted faces as Isaac huffed before turning to face them.
"I've had alot of time to think over the past day or so," Isaac told them sternly, "and I've come to realize something."
"Like what?" radio host number two asked rather rudely.
"The love I spread to others is the glue that makes the magic of friendship so powerful," Isaac explained as the rest of the crowd listened as well, "Love is laughter, kindness, honesty, generosity, loyalty, and magic. It's also empathy, compassion, sympathy, and forgiveness. Most importantly, it is also unconditional and never expects anything in return because sharing that love is its own reward." Isaac then turned to his wife and grabbed her hand as he looked into her eyes.
"For those who have their special someone, always remember," Isaac continued, "no matter how difficult life gets, no matter how hurtful or painful the disputes may be, like friendship, true love is always worth fighting for." Twilight began to smile and shed happy tears as they shared a loving nuzzle. Anemone cooed excitedly as Sakura appeared beside her sister and smiled. Some of the other people smiled while a few even shed tears.
"Oh... bleh!" radio host number three snorted, "I always knew Isaac was a sap, but this is just plain stomach cringing!"
"He thinks he's oh so perfect now that he's learned his whittle lesson," radio host number four added.
"Now everything else will be flowers and rainbows," radio host number one remarked as he made noises like he was sick, "His character is so fake! Am I right?" Twilight growled angrily.
"Oh, I'll give you fake when I remove those mouths right off your faces!" Twilight warned as she stood before them in a defensive position.
"Oooh, heed a girl scorned, so scary !" radio host number one said mockingly.
"It's okay, honey, said Isaac, calmy as he put his arm around her, "They're entitled to their opinions after all. I didn't expect to get any gratitude from them for saving their lives. At the end of the day, I did what I felt was right, and you using your energy on them isn't worth the effort. I don't need anybody's approval or to feel popular. I've got all the love I could ever need." Twilight settled down as she listened to her husband and nodded in agreement.
"You're right," said Twilight, "You have me, your family, and all our friends who love you very much." Isaac smiled as they linked hands and walked away together as Twilight put his cap back on his head. The four radio hosts just rolled their eyes.
"Those two are pathetic, am I right?" radio host number one asked, but only got silence in return. The other radio hosts noticed that all they were getting from the crowd of people were glares and looks of disgust.
"Um, you guys," said radio host number two. Radio host number one then noticed the group of people glaring at them. The four men all looked at each other nervously.
"Uh, as my old friend from the mainland used to say," said radio number three, "exit, stage left!" Then the four individuals ran off as fast as their legs could take them when most of the crowd watched them disappear into the background. Sakura and Anemone chuckled at each other.
"Good luck getting the radio show rebooted!" Sakura shouted.
"Yeah, and if they try, we'll give 'em hard lemon pokes!" Anemone added as she waved her lemon wand with her hand. Sakura just laughed and hugged her little sister happily.
Later that evening, Isaac and Twilight were sitting closer to each other just watching a very beautiful sunset. They had also been holding each for hours and hadn't bothered to let go. It was all they really needed from each other. Just the closeness of having the person they loved more than anything by their side. They had even shared a good cry together to because they believed even love could be shared through tears of joy and happiness.
"I love you," said Twilight sweetly.
"I love you, too," Isaac replied in the same tone, "I'm glad everything is going to be okay between us now."
"Yeah," said Twilight as she began to giggle to herself.
"What's up?" Isaac asked her curiously.
"We just had our first fight as husband and wife," Twilight chuckled.
"Yeah, we did," said Isaac, "guess what they say is true. Dealing with fights and disagreements only makes you appreciate each other more."
"True," said Twilight as she nuzzled the side of his head with her own, "but I prefer if we didn't get into fights, or at least tried to minimize them."
"I agree," said Isaac, "but neither of us is perfect." Twilight hummed in agreement.
"Well, the fact that you're not perfect is what I love most about you," Twilight said softly.
"Same here," Isaac replied as he kissed her cheek, and Twilight returned the gesture. He then put his cap on her head as it made the boy smile seeing his wife in it.
"Hope we're not interrupting you two," said a voice. Isaac and Twilight turned their heads to see Sakura and Anemone standing nearby.
"Just a romantic sunset," Isaac replied bluntly when Twilight smacked the back of his head.
"Never mind, my sweetie," said Twilight, "what's up, girls?"
"Some of the town's people are hosting a luau to apologize to Isaac for being so mean to him before," Anemone explained, "They realize that they had been paying so much attention to what those mean radio people were saying that they didn't bother to actually get to know Isaac. They wanted to say sorry and learn more about you."
"We hope you two will come," said Sakura, "luau's are usually the biggest and best kind of parties held on the islands." Twilight looked at her husband.
"Well, sweetie," said Twilight, "shall we go check it out?" Isaac looked at the two girls and then his wife.
"We would never miss a good party," said Isaac as then he realized something, "you don't think?"
"Surprise!" said a very familiar voice as a pink girl randomly popped out of the sand.
"We should have known," said Isaac with a playful eye roll, "A party like this just wouldn't be a party without my little sister."
"It ain't just her, sugarcube!" said another familiar voice. Isaac and Twilight gasped excitedly as Sakura and Anemone moved away to show that Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset had arrived on the beach. Of course, Rarity was wearing a sundress, hat, and glasses. Isaac and Twilight wasted no time rushing towards their friends, sharing a group hug, and greeting each other excitedly.
"Roll call?" said Isaac as he showed his duel disk on his arm with his deck slotted in.
"Beast-type," said Fluttershy.
"Predaplant," responded Applejack.
"Crystal Beast, darlings," spoke Rarity.
"Toons and Madolche," added Pinkie.
"U.A and Speedroids," commented Rainbow.
"Red-Eyes," stated Sunset.
"Spellbook," answered Twilight.
"Magician," Isaac put his fist in as all seven of their small rectangle devices on their arms were now touching one another. They broke their huddle as they all smiled.
"What are you guys doing here?" Twilight asked happily.
"Rarity offered us all a paid trip to the islands for a few days," said Fluttershy, "We know this was your honeymoon and all..."
"We can keep out of your way if necessary," finished Rainbow, "we just wanted to check this place out!"
"I'm sure you two want to have some quality alone time," Rarity remarked, "but we figured you wouldn't mind if we enjoyed paradise while you did." Isaac and Twilight just looked at each other and smiled.
"Are you kidding?" said Isaac.
"We would be honored to have our friends join us for the rest of the trip," said Twilight and then remembered the two sisters nearby, "Oh! Meet our new friends, Sakura and Anemone. They live here and were going to give us a tour of the island tomorrow. Since we... didn't get to yesterday." The two sisters looked at each other and smiled.
"Sure," the two sisters replied.
"We've met these girls," said Rainbow as she stood nearby with her arms crossed, "and we also know that miss cherry blossom over here smooched the Prince." Sakura just looked away sadly as Isaac looked rather nervous.
"No need to fret, Isaac," said Sunset, "We know you didn't do anything wrong."
"We know you would never hurt Twilight, big brother," Pinkie Pie added as she hugged Isaac, "Sakura said that she apologized, so all is forgiven." Isaac knew that Sakura hadn't apologized to him directly, but kept quiet to not ruin the mood.
"True," said Twilight and then turned to the still surprised cherry girl, "We're friends now, right Sakura?" The cherry girl blinked and then nodded.
"And I learned a lesson," said Isaac, "how important it is to remember those who love you and when people don't appreciate the love you share with them." The others hummed impressively.
"Now come on! We've got a party to go to!" Pinkie then presented her party cannon and fired it. Instead of regular confetti, this confetti was tropical patterned.
Soon they were all at the party, the group was each wearing their own personal hula leis that Sakura had hand-crafted herself. All the girls, including Rainbow, had hibiscus flowers in their hairs that they had hand-picked from the tree near Twilight and Isaac's suite. They just enjoyed chatting with each other as they enjoyed each other's company, the local townspeople, and plenty of tasty treats. Isaac and Twilight were seen chatting with some of the townspeople and laughing as well. Then it came time for some entertainment. The group enjoyed watching the group of young kids perform a hula dance for the audience. Fluttershy and Rarity could not stop cooing at how adorable they looked. Then there was a town limbo competition that the group participated in, in which Rainbow got her revenge from Twilight and Isaac's welcoming party by beating the Prince. As the party died down, a pair of people began to play a drum and ukulele as they sang songs in the island's native language. It was during one of these performances that Isaac approached Sakura.
"Hey," said Isaac gently.
"Oh, hi," said Sakura timidly, "enjoying... the luau?"
"Yeah," said Isaac, "I'm having a great time." Isaac then took a deep breath before continuing, "So... listen..."
"Look, you don't need to apologize," said Sakura, "I did a dumb thing, and I'm really, really sorry."
"I forgive you," said Isaac, "I wanted to speak to you because Twilight told me why you did that." Sakura bit her lip and looked away.
"You are a beautiful girl," Isaac replied. Sakura's eyes nearly popped out.
"You sure you should be saying that to me?" Sakura asked skeptically.
"I tell my friends all the time," Isaac explained, "Twilight knows that I mean it in a friendship way and in an honest way. In other words, I wouldn't say that to you if I didn't mean it." Sakura smiled as tears pricked her eyes.
"Thank you," Sakura replied, "So... can we be friends?" Isaac just smiled.
"Of course, we can," Isaac replied as he raised an arm so she could hug him. Sakura was a bit nervous until Isaac just pulled the cherry girl in, which Sakura just smiled.
(cue tropical montage)
The next few days were some of the most fun days the group ever had and they had taken a bunch of pictures as well thanks to Isaac bringing a camera. The first picture was the group looking at Sakura's and Anemone's personal garden. There was also another picture of Rarity having Sakura braid her hair with cherry blossoms... as well as Rainbow's... reluctantly. Fluttershy had her picture taken with some of the tropical birds surrounding her as she sat on a nearby tree with Anemone watching her from the ground. Applejack, Rainbow, Isaac, Pinkie, and Sakura were then seen at a special dirt area where you could rent out adult-sized scooters. Surprisingly, Pinkie beat everybody in the race! Then another was shown with Rarity sunbathing in a lounge chair and tanning mirror with Fluttershy as Applejack and Rainbow were surfing in the background. There was even one where Twilight, Isaac, Sakura, Rainbow, Applejack, and Pinkie rode a kayak together with the pink pony using a megaphone. Another picture was also on the beach as Twilight and Isaac presented a hand-crafted sand sculpture of Canterlot that they had made. The next picture was of the group and the two sisters as they tried scuba diving and Fluttershy and Rainbow were swimming next to some sea turtles. Then another picture was of Isaac, Twilight, and Rainbow leaning against a wooden balcony wearing sunglasses, trying to look cool. Then another was of Isaac and Twilight having a romantic dinner with the sun setting in the background, which Twilight wore a dress, and Isaac had a stylish tropical shirt on. Then the group and two sisters were seen having a bonfire on the beach roasting marshmallows over the fire. Well... all but Pinkie and Sakura, who were trying to stuff as many marshmallows as they could stuff into their mouths. Then another adorable picture of Isaac playing the ukulele with Twilight sitting next to him on the beach in the moonlight.
There was more! A picture of Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, Sakura, and Anemone enjoying their time at the special outdoor spa. Then another where Rainbow and Isaac were having a duel at the local arcade, Sakura and Pinkie having smoothies, Sakura laughing as a coconut bopped Isaac in the head, and then a special picture where the group had stopped by the town bakery and local guy, who ran the shop, asked Sakura out on a date. The cherry girl was blushing and Anemone was in shock. Finally, the ten individuals as they stood and overlooked the top of a mountain where they could see the town and the vast blue sea in the background.
(end tropical montage)
Isaac and Twilight chuckled to each other as they enjoyed the pictures in their newly made scrapbook as they sat together in their hotel room. They had really enjoyed their time at Horsolulu together. Unfortunately, tomorrow morning was when they would be returning back to the mainland.
"Sigh, it's too bad our honeymoon has to come to an end," said Isaac sadly.
"Yeah, but we made some fun memories here," said Twilight, "especially with our friends here."
"I agree," said Isaac, "It certainly made this trip very memorable." Twilight and Isaac shared a quick kiss when they heard a knock on the door.
"I'll get it," said Isaac as he walked over to the door. He then opened the door to see Sakura standing outside.
"Hey there, Sakura," said Isaac cheerfully, "what's up?"
"I wanted to thank you and your wife for being such good friends to me and my sister," Sakura replied, "and I wanted to thank you especially for being so kind and understanding despite my little... mess up."
"It's all in the past Sakura," said Isaac, "We'll always be friends. That's a promise." Sakura smiled as she removed her cherry blossom barrette clip and put it in Isaac's hand. Isaac was surprised.
"Sakura," said Isaac in surprise as Twilight appeared from behind him, "You said this barrette clip was special to you. Your father gave it to you." Sakura chuckled.
"I don't need it anymore," said Sakura, "and I can always make a new one. Besides, I know now that I'm beautiful and special. It also helps that I have another date with that cute baker boy." Isaac and Twilight chuckled.
"Please, take my clip, to remember me by," said Sakura, "and know that you two are always welcome here as our ohana, which means family. And family means..."
"...nobody gets left behind or forgotten," Isaac and Twilight finished.
Sakura then said her final goodbye as Isaac and Twilight shut the door. Isaac looked at the barrette clip in his hand as he smiled. Then he and Twilight went to stargaze from their balcony one last time.
"There's one more thing I need to do," said the boy as he pulled out his deck, "Guys... you there?"
At a moment's notice, both Mahad and Mana appeared before their master. Isaac saw his magicians as he took a deep breath. Twilight put her hand on her husband's shoulder as it allowed her to now see the two sorcerers. She knew what had happened between Isaac and his magicians as she held a smile.
"So... listen... I'm sor..." Isaac soon felt Mana wrap her arms around her neck.
"No need to apologize," said Mana, "We understand. You were angry, and you wanted to be alone."
"Thanks, but...still... I'm sorry for losing my cool."
"All is forgiven, master. Even if you yell at us regardless, we will always be there for you. Our duty, is to keep you and everybody else you care about safe." said Mahad.
"I appreciate that, and I'm thankful that I have you two in my life. I would never, ever treat you guys as my servants. You're my friends and friends look out for each other." said Isaac.
He then put his hand in as both Mahad and Mana did the same. Twilight was nearby as she hugged her husband as she saw the three friends having smiles on their faces. Mana and Mahad then bid goodbye to the married couple as the pair headed to bed.
Author's Note
For those that don't want to read the next chapter or aren't interested in it. Don't worry, you can stop right here and it will have the same impact as if you read the final chapter. But for those that don't mind what's going to occur in the final chapter, then... I guess... prepare yourselves for obvious reasons. That's all I got to say.
Isaac had emerged from the curtain as he was sweating. He passed by Juniper and began to walk with her client. The boy had finished his latest duel as he once again successfully defended his rank as World Champion. The girl handed a bottle of water to Isaac as he put it to his lips. The cool water sent a sensation as it was doing its job of cooling the boy off.
"Another duel in the books," said Juniper as she touched her tablet.
"Yup," said Isaac as the two entered his private room, "at this rate, I might need another break." Isaac then grabbed a towel.
"Well, lucky for you. You have three days off," said Juniper. "So, is tonight date night?"
"Yup," stated Isaac as he wiped his forehead, "I asked Twilight if she wanted to see the stars tonight. The weather says it'll be clear skies, so we're going to do some stargazing."
"Well, I hope you two enjoy yourselves. Don't worry, I'll handle this while you're relaxing on your days off."
"Thanks, Juniper," smiled Isaac, "Well, I better get ready."
Isaac then prepared to grab his backpack and put his stuff inside. Once he finished packing, he was then escorted by Juniper to the parking lot of the arena. He gave one last goodbye to Juniper as he now began to head back home.
It was around 5:00 pm as the boy had made it back home. He still had time as Twilight was wrapping some last minute things at her card designing company. He was on the front lawn as he prepped some ham sandwiches and had a vacuum flask tumbler with hot chocolate inside. He managed to get Twilight's telescope from the library study and began to set it up.
"Isaac. Sorry I kept you waiting."
"It's no trouble at all, Twil..."
Isaac finished setting the telescope up when he heard his wife's voice. He turned around as he was a bit surprised by what he saw. Twilight stood there in her usual attire which was a 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 knees. She decided to let her hair down instead of her ponytail, but the biggest thing was that she wasn't wearing her glasses.
"Uh, Twilight."
"Yeah, honey."
"How many fingers am I holding up?" asked Isaac as he raised his hand in front of her.
"Two silly." Twilight giggled after answering his question. "Don't worry, I'm wearing contact lenses, and my glasses are here in my bag." said the girl as her satchel was slung across her body.
"Alright then, so... ready?"
"Ready," said Twilight as she kissed Isaac's cheek.
The pair now began their date. Twilight had grabbed a book from the library inside the house as she brought it so that the two could learn about the stars together. The sun was slowly setting as a few stars were starting to appear. Twilight then began to point out several constellations that they could see as Isaac asked her questions. The pair then ate their sandwiches and drank their hot chocolate. Isaac did some research of his own as he was able to know the constellations for this month. The hard part was spotting them all which was like connecting the dots which Twilight enjoyed the most. After a while, the pair was looking at the sky as they had traced all the figures they could spot as they smiled.
"Thanks for making tonight the best," Twilight said as she looked at Isaac with her lavender eyes lovingly as Isaac returned them.
"Anything for the girl that I love. You are my world, Twily. I love you, so much. I'm glad I married you."
"I love you, too," said Twilight.
Twilight then placed both of her hands on Isaac's cheeks as she pulled him in, and his lips touched hers. Isaac was left there with his eyes wide open as he felt her lips caress his. She pulled away from Isaac's mouth.
"I don't want to lose you... because I love you."
Instead of saying words, Isaac let his actions do the work as he wrapped his arms around Twilight and returned the kiss with his eyes closed which left Twilight with the same reaction as his a moment ago. She then relaxed in his arms as she wrapped her arms around his and closed her eyes. Both sat there in each other's embrace making out as they could hear the wind blow. After which looked like minutes of kissing, Isaac and Twilight separated as both caught their breath.
"Oh, wow..." Twilight placed her fingers on her lips.
"... That was something," smiled Isaac.
The pair just held each other's cheeks as they looked at each other. They saw the look in their eyes as it was sparkling. For Twilight, she felt comfortable. She felt safe being in Isaac's touch. The way he held her, made it seem like he could absorb any pain and hurt that she may have had. Looking at Isaac, she had one thing that flooded her mind. Her brain now took control of the girl as almost in a trance, she moved her hand downwards. She then found her target as she reached down to Isaac's shorts and began to fumble with his zipper.
"Twilight... what are you... ?"
She then pulled his cock into the air. Isaac was unsure of what she was planning to do. She stood up and without another word, began to slide her magenta panties from under her shorts.
"Isaac... I... need... you..." she spoke as she stepped out of the underwear, but it still hung around her left boot. She positioned herself in his lap, grabbing his shaft with her free hand. It was then that Isaac knew what she wanted it. She wanted to cross that line they set for themselves.
"Twilight? No. We can't..."
"Please, Isaac. I need you. I need... to feel you... inside..."
"But, Twilight..."
"It's alright, it's a safe day for me. In case you still disagree, I brought some birth control pills in my bag."
"Oh, well that's good to... hey, hold on!" said the boy as he almost got distracted from what he was trying to say, "It's not that... it's just... well... will I... be good enough..."
"Isaac, trust me."
Twilight looked at the boy. Isaac could see into her eyes, and she reassured him about this. She didn't need to say it, but she wanted him to make her feel better. Isaac looked at Twilight and saw that it wasn't for him. This was for her. For Twilight. His Twilight. His princess. He didn't resist her anymore. He couldn't. Not when she needed him this badly.
"Alright."
"Just... please be gentle, this is going to be my first time."
"I understand, if it hurts, just tell me to stop, okay?"
Twilight nodded as Isaac took one final deep breath. He felt her lower herself onto his shaft, the warmth of her opening touching the head. He felt the tip enter her. The feeling was unbelievable. He heard her take in quick breaths, slowly taking in all of his length. They both knew what was coming. They knew enough about sex to know what happens to girls when they lose their virginity. He locked eyes with her, silently asking if she wanted to go through with this. She kissed him. That was it.
Twilight impaled herself on Isaac's cock, popping her hymen, sending a shockwave of pain through her body. She wanted to cry out but kept the scream inside, not wanting Isaac to think he was hurting her. He froze, unsure if she was alright to continue. After about a minute, he felt her relax as she sat down fully in his lap, his full length buried deep in her pussy. She wrapped her legs around his waist as she began to grind. This was the signal that she was ok. He began to match the rhythm, the feeling of being inside of her almost beyond his understanding. He heard that sex was good, but this? This was... no words. Isaac couldn't describe it. The utter pleasure was mind-bogging. He felt Twilight grip the back of his shirt with her hands. The pain of her hymen breaking was gone. There was only Isaac. She felt him. She felt him all the way to her very soul. Her face, once twisted in pain and hurt, was now a portrait of happiness and bliss. Their breathing, their movements, their heartbeats were all moving in perfect harmony. Twilight felt a feeling coming from her stomach, the climax was coming. The walls of her insides clenched around his meat, giving him extra stimulation. The temp speed up with the sense of urgency that they were both close. Their breathing became fast and rapid, as their orgasms rippled through their bodies. His cock flooded her insides with his white seed. She gasped at the feeling. She felt so full and happy.
Twilight felt herself lie back on the grass, her mind processing what had happened with her best friend. She saw him lean back, his penis still oozing white cum. He looked back at her, a sight of utter contentment. They did it. Isaac and Twilight had sex. His thoughts were slow to process. But like before, something switched on with him. A fire was lit under him. Before he knew it, he was moving towards her. Isaac crawled over to Twilight, suddenly wanting to be next to her. The fire in him erupted from his soul. It started as slow, low embers, but now, it was a raging forest fire of passion. She reacted to it. She felt it. Stronger than ever before. He crawled on top of her, his eyes never straying from hers. Her legs were now positioned near his shoulders, while he almost kneel on top of her hips. From the outside, they looked as if their butts were right on top of each other. His still hard cock found itself into her waiting pussy, as if guided by some invisible hand of fate. Wordlessly, he began to drive into her, harder than before, fueled by the fire in him. Twilight gasped, the pain of her broken hymen all but a distant memory. Replaced with only the intense throes of his hips. She wrapped her arms around his neck, holding onto him as if he were a dream and would vanish if she woke up. Each push, each pump, each grind sent new waves of pleasure for the both of them. Their minds were lost in the sea of lust. Faster, faster, faster. Each motion was dictated by the pair's look at one another; each time, having more meaning, more desire. All of it, the two needed, and right now, they were getting it. The tempo increased with each passing second until finally, Isaac shot another load into her womb. The sudden rush of semen was all it took for Twilight to reach her climax.
As he collapsed off of her, it was then the city boy native, had noticed that the sun had set and darkness had fallen upon them. He didn't see her face, but he heard her panting, matching his own breathing. Neither said a word for what seemed like an eternity. He sat up, his eye reflecting his own clear state of mind.
"Twilight?"
"Isaac?" she replied, his voice snapping her out of her own unease. He got to his feet and extended his hand to her.
"Come on."
Twilight didn't know what he wanted of her now but before she knew it, her hand was in his, being pulled to her wobbly feet. He gave her some support until she regained her balance. Without a word, he began to lead her along, and that's when Twilight felt something impeding her steps. She looked down and saw her panties, still wrapped around her ankle. Before she could even react, Isaac had already knelt and proceeded to remove it from her leg, pocketing it after he did. She felt that he didn't want to waste time. He wanted her to go with him, somewhere and she wasn't about to stop him.
He held her hand, guiding her back into the house. They didn't utter a word along the way, yet neither seemed angry nor hurt by what they had done. More like, in a lull almost. Twilight felt a little embarrassed, walking with no underwear. A sudden small gust of wind pick up around her as it allowed Isaac to see her bottom for a moment as he smiled. It didn't take long to find their room.
The room was dark, but not pitch black. The rising moon shone in the window, giving just enough light to keep them from stumbling on themselves. Twilight walked into the room, finally understanding what her best friend wanted. As she sat down on the bed, Isaac closed the door. With his back to her, he began to strip. His cap fell to the carpet first, followed by his black hooded unzipped jacket. He pulled off his tee while he slipped out of his sneakers, one foot at a time. He stepped out of his shorts and boxers in one swift motion. He took off his watch until finally, he was nude. He turned back around to find Twilight, nude and laying back on the bed, her clothes, boots, and necklace discarded on the floor. It was here that Isaac realized that this was the first time he had seen Twilight in the nude. Just when he thought she couldn't leave him in awe of her, she did it again. Her lavender, slender form, illuminated by the pale moon, made her seem like a goddess. Her dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks splayed out behind her like a blanket of calming water. This is what he wanted. This is why he took her here: their first time. As it should be. This was their first time. She looked at him, beckoning him to come and give himself to her. The fire had returned, this time, like a roaring fire in a fireplace. Welcoming and warming. He noticed a small radio on the nightstand. He reached over, turning it on. He surfed the channels, the scrabble of different songs and stations buzzing past. After a few more seconds of surfing, he stopped on a song. It was a slow, jazz song. The intro was punctuated by small guitar riffs, matching the mellow, romantic tone of the rest of the instruments. With no other distractions to hinder him, he slowly walked over to the bed and climbed in. His movements seemingly match the tone of the song he picked for this moment. Gone was the hurt and confused. It was replaced with the love, longing, and lust that was undoubtedly in his own eyes. They kissed.
It was a passionate and deep kiss, conveying all the feelings and emotions of the two in a single moment. He wrapped his arms around her nude form, memorizing every bump, every wrinkle, every little detail of her skin. Her hands were equally roaming, through his hair, over his back. He broke the kiss to suck on the supple flesh of her neck. She tasted so sweet, like a ripe piece of fruit. He trailed down her neck, making his way down to her erect nipple. The tit vanished into his mouth as he sucked and licked it, causing Twilight to moan lustfully. This was the first time Isaac ever did anything to her breasts, and ye gods, it felt amazing. She was enjoying the feeling so much, she didn't notice that Isaac was sliding himself into her.
The sudden feeling of Isaac's length and his mouth still attacking her nipple gave her a very high wave of pleasure through to her core. His thrusts were slow and deep, sliding deep into her moisture cave. The sounds of her gasps and the slapping of flesh on flesh filled the air. She was going insane. She had to be. Her reason was drifting further and further away. Just as quickly as he drove into her, he pulled out. He motioned her to turn over, which she did without a word.
Twilight was on her hands and knees, her bubble butt pointing directly at Isaac. She was unsure what he was planning, but she didn't care. She just wanted him to do something. Something to make her feel great again. He didn't disappoint, hovering over her back and entering her again. Even though he was just in her a few seconds ago, she missed it. She had to have it in her. She felt his hot breath on her ear as his head rested on her shoulder. She turned her head, allowing his tongue to enter her mouth. The force of his hips smashed against her body, the bed rocking to the movements. The boy wrapped his arms around her as he kept on thrusting, wanting more, wanting to feel her back, but more importantly, the girl herself. She felt the muscles of him as she moaned, the feel of him pulled her as if she was a pillow, and by letting it go, she would disappear. He grasped one of her hands as he felt the coming of his climax. He groaned, almost growled as he blew his load into her for the third time tonight.
Twilight's head dropped down after the orgasm, resting on one of the pillows on the bed. She was able to see underneath her and saw his cock pop out of her, a waterfall of sperm oozing out of herself and the penis. She couldn't believe it. To her surprise, it was still hard. After three shots, it was still hard. Was he really horny for her? It was insane. What was more insane is that she wanted it . She had realized that she hadn't tasted it. There it was, hot and meaty, and she wanted it. She wanted it now.
The raven-haired boy fell back on his butt while she turned around with an open mouth, wet with drool, and her eyes starving for it. She wasted no time in gobbling the member into her mouth. WOW! It was unbelievable. He tasted robust and manly but there was something more in the mix. A sweetness she couldn't place. Was this how she tasted to Isaac? This was the first time she sucked him off. Her head bobbed up and down on it at a furious pace. He made a sharp intake of air through his teeth at her fervor. It was clear that she was starving for his seed and who was he to deny her. Almost on command, he shot his 4th load into her waiting mouth. Twilight didn't waste a single drop of the precious white cream as she swallowed it all in big loud gulps.
"More." were the words she said out of her mouth as he fell onto his back.
To his own surprise, he was STILL hard! In the back of his mind, he was a little scared. Isaac had always seen what sex does to guys afterward. They were tired and spent and unable to move. He didn't feel that. He wasn't tired in the slightest. He didn't know where he found this near-superhuman amount of sexual energy, but he didn't care. If Twilight Sparkle wanted more, then he'll give her more. She crawled on top of him, wanting to take the wheel in this ship of sex they were both sailing on. Standing up a little, she positioned her still wet pussy over his hardness and lowered herself onto it. They both gasped loudly, almost screaming at the new sensation. He felt the full weight of her body focus on his cock while she felt him through her being, reaching new places she didn't even know she had. After a minute of adjusting, she began to slowly grind against him, her butt cheeks jiggling and shaking with each pulse. He grabbed her head, giving her better balance and grip to focus more on pleasing the both of them in this most sensual act.
God, why did she feel so good? Why can't he stop? The simple fact is he couldn't. Months and years of teasing, of making out, of groping, of kisses, of hushed words of praise, of longing and wanting, led up to this. This ultimate expression of their relationship. Every inch of skin, every hair on his head, every bone in his body, every cell in his blood screamed at him to keep going. He would keep going, as long as she looked at him with those moderate purple eyes, urging him on to keep going. Her grinding became fiercer and more urgent. She was getting close. So was he. Together. Together as it should be. Both brought their lips to meet as they kept on being connected, the love, the spark that was shown when they first meet to when they confessed to their feelings, then being married. It had now evolved, and it blossomed into something truly wonderful. He grabbed her hips, feeling her tremble as yet another powerful orgasm rocketed through her nervous system, telling her yet again that "this was good".
Isaac and Twilight were in the throws of serious love-making. Her legs were wrapped tightly around his waist as if preventing him from escaping from her, not that he wanted to. His arms entangled around her form, almost possessively holding a rare treasure. His hips were grinding into her slowly but with a steady pace. Their lips locked in a slow passionate lip lock. Their eyes were firmly focused on each other as if the world around them didn't matter. The first thought for anybody if they saw them was that they were unreal. Even now, they still had the energy and stamina to have sex. The second thought would be much more meaningful. There was tenderness, a yearning, a close affection in this sexual act. The brushes of skin. The whispered words of care and devotion. The calming effect upon each other. This was beyond intercourse and the feelings of gratification that came with it. This was something else.
When concentrating on a task or hobby, it is not uncommon to lose oneself in whatever it is, they are doing. For this young couple, it was the sex. It felt like days when they entered that room, but it really was just 5 hours. It was late into the night when they finally gave in to their need for rest. But the time they had finished, both had climaxed 10 times, though neither could really keep that kind of information straight, given what they had just done. The song had long since ended, but its meaning really matched what the mood was. Isaac was completely spent. He laid on top of her, herself unable to move or maybe not wanting to. Both of them were covered in sweat and sexual juices. Their eyes were similar to people who had just eaten a big meal: tired, full, and utterly satisfied. His head was on her shoulder, buried in the pillow beneath them. Twilight's eyes stared up at the ceiling, half asleep and half awake.
"Twilight?" he spoke, half turning his head so she could hear him.
"Yeah?" she replied in a quiet, tender tone.
"Are you ok?" Isaac reached and caressed her soft, tender cheek.
"Yes. Yes, I am." she chuckled softly, nuzzling into the palm of his hand.
"Good." Isaac then booped her right on the nose, making her giggle.
"Are you ok?" she asked, stroking her lover's hair.
"I'm... tired," he replied, short of breath.
"It's ok. Just rest." Her soothing voice rang.
Using every bit of energy Isaac could muster, he drugged his hand up to meet Twilight's hand. He interlaced his fingers between hers. Nothing more needed to be said on the subject.
He knew.
She knew.
Nothing else.
"Twilight..."
"Shhhh. Rest now. Just... rest."
With that, Isaac passed out into a deep and restful sleep, on top of his best friend. Twilight smiled weakly, pulling him close to her, her hand buried deep into his hair. Cuddling next to him, she soon drifted off into dreamland. She felt safe and protected, as she always did when he was near here. This was their moment, their world, their own little piece of heaven and they would stay here as long as they could. This was the best thing he could do for her. If anyone asked why he did such a thing, he would answer:
"She needed me."
(A few months later)
"Okay, so... I want to thank everybody who helped me to get to where I am," said Isaac as he was sitting down on a couch. In his hand, he had some flashcards as he was going over what he was going to say.
"You know, Isaac. You could just take the flashcards with you instead of trying to memorize what you're gonna say," stated Juniper. She was wearing an evening gown as she addressed her client who was wearing a suit.
Why was Isaac worried about what he wanted to say, you may ask? Well, cause today he was attending a small ceremony that was made for him. In that, he was going to be given a special reward that only a select few duelists ever got a chance to hold. And that award was none other than the Yugioh World Class trophy. The same trophy that was awarded to Celestia when she was younger in her time as a pro duelist. But compared to his former principal, Isaac was not only making history by receiving the award while being World Champ but being the youngest person to receive it at age 22, even surpassing when Celestia received hers.
Right now, the World Champion was busy trying to figure out what he wanted to say. He took some advice from his wife, and Twilight suggested that he write down his speech on flashcards and memorize it. While they may have worked in the past for tests and exams, this hit differently for the boy as he was going to be given the award in front of photographers and reporters.
Safe to say, Isaac was nervous as he didn't want to make a fool of himself in front of the cameras. He did ask Yugi and the rest of his pals, for some advice on what he should say. Their response was all the same: speak from the heart.
"Speak from the heart," repeated Isaac. He pulled out his deck as he looked at it.
"Isaac, don't worry. Everything is going to be just fine," said Juniper as she sat next to her friend placing her hand on his shoulder, "You got this."
"You're right, thanks, Juniper."
Isaac hugged the girl as she returned the embrace. He then took the flashcards and put them in his pocket as he took a deep breath. At that moment, they heard from behind the curtain, the presenter.
"And now, we thank you all for coming to this special event," said the presenter to the crowd of people sitting as they clapped, "As you know, this event is a special one. For tonight, we present the Yugioh World Class Trophy."
The trophy was on a nearby table as the curtain over it was pulled off. The cameras and photographers all zoomed in on it taking shots and pictures of it. For the viewers watching this live event, they saw the award on their screens. Twilight was in the house as she invited the girls so that they could all watch their friend get his award. They all were excited to see Isaac as he was getting one of the highest achievements that a duelist could be granted in one's life. And to think that he was barely in his early 20s and World Champion for over a year, meaning that he was just starting to make his legacy.
"This award is based given to someone not just on their success, but on character, on heart, on passion! This award symbolizes that you are the living expectation of what Duel Monsters is all about both on the field and outside of the dueling arena. This symbolizes that you are the one that people will look to for inspiration, and hope one day they will be just like you." said the presenter as the crowd clapped.
"Tonight, this award is given to a young individual who has dedicated his whole life to the game he loves. Even at a young age, he's personified what it means to pick up a deck and fight with all of your heart. To show your true strength when surrounded by others. To know that when all else is lost, the belief in the heart of the cards shall be honored and remembered."
More applause was heard, as even the people watching it also clapped. The presenter then cleared his throat. That served as the signal for all to quiet down as the backstage crew informed Isaac and Juniper to get ready.
"And now, the person who shall receive this trophy. He's young, talented, very outgoing when it comes to showing compassion and love for others. He's a skilled duelist who embodies the game and has held the rank as World Champion for well over a year. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... The Prince, Isaac!"
Both Isaac and Juniper now appeared as the curtain pulled back. The pair was walking as she had her arm wrapped around the boy's as they approached the podium. The presenter gave the boy the trophy as he held it high as the crowd clapped. The cameras now focused on Isaac and Juniper as the boy held the trophy.
The girls saw their friend as they were cheering and making some noises. Twilight touched her necklace as she was reminded of her husband.
"I'm proud of you, honey. You're living your dream of being a top duelist," spoke Twilight softly.
Isaac now brought the trophy down as he looked at it. He looked at the plate at the bottom as he saw his name embedded in it. A smile appeared on the boy's face as he tried his best to hold back tears. Juniper cleared her throat as she still had her arms around Isaac's. The boy turned to look at the audience as they all quieted down to hear the boy speak. Isaac then reached inside of his suit as he pulled out his flashcards. He looked at them and was about to speak when he stopped himself.
Silence was happening as all-around everybody in attendance and watching at home, waited. Isaac was taking it all in as everything move in slow motion for the boy. All around him, everything was fading away. There Isaac stood now in his usual attire with his head down and his eyes closed. Behind the boy were Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, Yuya, and Yuma as they all appeared in a mirage-like state as they watched the boy. Isaac now opened his eyes as he turned to look at them. All six duelists held the same expression as they stared at one another. All five then smiled as they held a thumbs up.
Isaac now opened his eyes as he was brought back to reality. He looked at Juniper as she held a genuine smile. The girl reassured her client that all was going to work out fine. The boy smiled as he ripped the flashcards which got a little pain to Twilight's heart at seeing it happen on live TV. Isaac then reached into his pocket as he pulled out his deck. He then placed it on the podium as he cleared his throat and spoke.
"Put your trust in your deck, and it will trust you." spoke Isaac, "That... isn't just a catchphrase. That isn't some mantra I tell myself or my friends. That isn't some fancy way of saying to believe in the heart of the cards. That... is my way of life. To me, that's my lifestyle."
"What can I say that hasn't been said already. Well,... nothing. That's right, nothing. See, I can stand here and say that I'm grateful for all I've done. And acknowledge all the people I have in my life that have helped me to get to where I am. My parents, my pals, the Big 5, my beautiful wife, Twilight Sparkle. And I am grateful for them. But I'm also here cause of the people that don't like me. That can't stand me being here. Now, I know what you're all thinking: Why am I saying thanks to people that hate my guts? Well, simply because they helped me."
"As crazy as it sounds, it's true. I didn't be the great duelist that I am without rivals. I didn't become World Champion without encountering people who can't stand me. Who can't stand what I believe. But for you to become the best person you can be, you need to have haters. You need people who will always do everything they can to put you down. And at the end of the day, I'm not asking you to see my side and agree. No, cause not everybody does that. I understand."
Isaac then took the two top cards of his deck in front of him and flipped them over. They were his Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: You want to buy into what I say, here's what I believe in: "You work hard, you show up on time. You respect both enemies and friends". I here because of everybody. Whether I've met you or not, you've helped me to get to where I am. And for that, I'm grateful. So understand that while I stand here, not as World Champion, not as the recipient of this award. I stand here as a man and a boy who is proud of all that he has done. I stand here because I love to be here. I love this game, then, now, and forever."
"Yo soy el principe. Estoy aquí porque estoy orgulloso de quien soy. Estoy aquí porque siempre amaré este juego y aquellos que continúan jugando. Estoy aqui para ti. Y estoy aqui por la raza!!!"
Isaac gave his final words as he raised the trophy high up as the crowd began to clap. The audience began to stand up as they showed more appreciation for the boy. At the house, the girls all clapped as they heard their friend's speech.
"Only Isaac can make something sound so meaningful and motivating," said Rainbow.
"He's the hero, it's his role," smiled Sunset.
"He's more than that, he's an inspiration. But to me... he's my husband. The person that I love the most." said Twilight.
Isaac and Juniper gave a wave to the crowd as they began to turn and headed through the curtain. The pair were now in the back as Isaac was smiling. Juniper saw how the boy was acting as she placed her hand on his shoulder. Isaac then wrapped his arms around Juniper and picked her up as they spun around.
"Juniper, thank you. I couldn't have done all this without you. You deserve as much credit as I do. From the bottom of my heart and till the end of time, Juniper, thank you. So much ."
"You're welcome, Isaac." said the girl as she let some tears roll down her eyes as she kept the embrace. "I couldn't think of a better job than being your agent. I'm glad you gave me a second chance, and I promised myself that I would make amends for all I did. So know from me to you, I thank you just as much."
The pair held their embrace as they were lucky to have the other in their life. They pulled apart as they wiped the tears from their eyes. Isaac gave the trophy for Juniper to hold as she looked at it. He felt the girl was just as important as he was in getting recognized for the trophy. Isaac put his arm over Juniper's shoulder as the two now left.
Isaac didn't leave right away as he had some obligations that he needed to do. So the next two days he was back to doing his normal duties before he would be heading back home for the weekend. Isaac contacted his parents during that time as they told their son how proud he was as they watched him receive the award. The boy now arrived home as he had his backpack slung over his shoulder.
"Twilight? Twily, I'm home!" shouted the boy as he came through the front door. He was expecting to see his wife welcome him, but she was nowhere to be found.
Isaac shrugged his shoulders as he made his way to the living room. He put his backpack next to him as he pulled out the trophy and his deck from the side. He looked at the award as he then got up and made his way to the shelf next to the TV. On it was several other awards that the boy had won during his time since he got into the pro scene. Isaac now took a look at some of the awards he received. Duelist of the Year, Breakout Duelist of the Year, Rivalry of the Year, Duel of the Year, the Duos Cup trophies he won with Twilight during their high school year, and a few other worthy trophies that Isaac had earned in his career as a pro so far. And now he had another, as the boy put the trophy on the shelf. It was next to the box that Yugi gave him as the boy would always look at the gift his idol gave him.
"One more trophy for the collection. But I couldn't have done it without you guys," said Isaac as he looked at his deck and thanked his monsters.
"Isaac?! Is that you?"
"Yeah, Twilight!" called out the boy.
"Good, could you come here for a second?" shouted the girl.
Isaac put his deck on the table in the living room. He now began to head in the direction of Twilight's voice. It came from their bedroom as the boy entered the room but didn't see Twilight. At that moment, the door behind him closed as standing there was Twilight. However, the girl was wearing her old Crystal Prep Academy as it still fit her after all these years. She also did her hair back into the bun style that she wore when she attended school.
"Twily, why are you wearing your old CPA outfit?" asked Isaac.
He got his answer as his wife wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Isaac returned the gesture as he wrapped his arms around the girl as she did the same. Twilight then put her head under her husband's chin as she closed her eyes as the boy stroked her head.
"Congrats, I'm so proud. But, I'm so glad I'm married to you."
"I should be the lucky one, cause I got a girl like you who wanted to spend the rest of her life with me."
"You asked why I'm wearing this? Well, consider it a special reward that I want to give you." said the girl as she gave a wink.
She leaned forward and captured his lips in a deep, heated kiss. Isaac gave in and kissed her back. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Twilight pulled back, smiling happily. She then pushed the boy a bit as he sat on the bed as the girl now sat in his lap.
"Tonight, I'm all yours. Make me feel loved, my Prince."
"Your wish is my command, Princess."
Isaac placed his hand on Twilight's cheek as he caressed it, making her moan while nuzzling his hand. She then moved her face close to him as she pressed her lips to his but in addition to earlier, she pressed her tongue to his teeth wanting to enter. He granted permission, but as her tongue entered, he pushed it back with his as he swirled it around hers which, she did the same. He then moved his hands down and took hold of the buttons of her shirt which she noticed and nodded allowing him to finish unbuttoning her shirt and helping her take it off revealing her breasts covered by her magenta color bra. Twilight then helped Isaac to take off his hoodie along with his cap and removed his shirt.
The pair began to make out again as Isaac grabbed Twilight's breast as he started to fondle them which she started to moan while kissing him. She then got off the boy's lap and then knelt down and reached for the zipper of his shorts. She then pulled them off as well as the boy's briefs as his member was now revealed.
"Just as I remember," said the girl as she recalled the first time the two did it, months ago. "So, Isaac? Are you ready for your lesson in... Anatomy ?"
Only Twilight could make learning sound sexy.
"To think that an adorkable egghead like you can't get more attractive. Guess girls have their own flaws," responded Isaac as Twilight giggled.
Twilight then did the same thing with her skirt, pulling it down slowly and teasingly, before letting it slide down her legs, revealing her gorgeous butt in a pair of matching lacy panties. She gave her ass a seductive wiggle, before stepping out of her skirt, turning back to face him.
She made him lay on the bed as she crawled on top of him and began to reposition herself as her bottom was now facing the boy. She then started to lick the tip and then engulfed the boy's cock into her mouth after taking most of it in. She pulled it out until the head stayed inside, and she started to repeat the process. While at it, she continued to teasingly sway her butt in front of Isaac, tempting him to do her. He placed both hands on both of her cheeks and gave it a little squeeze making her moan louder. Isaac pulled up her magenta panties making them tight on her as the fabric goes inside her buttocks and what caught him most was the damp area in which he moved the fabric. He pressed his lips against her slit as his nose touched her other hole with him feeling her soft cheeks on his face as he nuzzled on it while he slid his tongue at her entrance. Twilight gasps and shot her head up removing his wet member from her mouth as she moaned loudly.
"Yes, Isaac, it feels nice... keep doing that," Twilight responded in bliss as she continued sucking his dick.
After giving her folds a few licks, boldly him inserting his tongue inside her eliciting another loud moan from Twilight who had him inside her mouth. He began to swirl his tongue as her walls tighten a little, meaning she enjoyed it as he drank her juices. On the other hand, Twilight bobbed her head up and down a little faster than earlier, and her slurping sound got a bit louder. She eventually placed the shaft in between her mounds as she squeezed them together around it while she continued to suck. It gave both of them feelings of pleasure that coursed throughout their body as they couldn't help but enjoy themselves. The two took their time eating each other out until Isaac felt Twilight starting to quiver and her breathing started to get heavy and quicker as he also felt his build-up.
"That's it, Isaac! Lick my pussy!" said the girl as he did so more roughly.
The two reached their peak as they soon released in each other's mouths. The pair were breathing a bit as Twilight repositioned and lay next to the boy.
"That felt amazing," Twilight hummed as she leaned on his chest.
"It sure was," Isaac replied as he caressed her hair, making her hum.
"And I think it's time for the real fun to begin. You ready?" asked the girl before giving him a wink.
"Is pi infinite in decimal form?" he said, making her smirk before nodding.
Twilight then got up, and she positioned herself in front of a table, turned around, and bent over it. Isaac now aimed his tip at her entrance.
"Just know, Twilight. If you need me to stop, say the word. The only other time we did this was when we were out looking at the stars," said Isaac showing his concern for his wife.
"I appreciate it, but I don't have to worry about anything when I'm doing it with you," smiled the girl.
He now pushed it in, sliding past her folds. He could feel her tighten her insides as he got his entire member in. He then pulled out leaving half of his member in as he pushed it back in. He could feel the softness and bounciness of her ass cheeks every time it touched his lower abdomen. Her eyes nearly rolled to the back of her head with him so deep inside of her.
"That's it! Keep going!" moaned the girl.
He then began to pick the place up a bit as he went a bit faster. She felt it as she was letting out some even more lustful moans.
"You know... how I said... I had some... terms for when... I signed that prenup?" asked Twilight in between breaths.
"Yeah,"
"I should have... add that... we have... sex... each day..."
"Hold on there, Twilight," he said, slowing his thrusts, "Not that I'm not against that, but aren't you being a little needy?"
"I'm not being needy... now get back to fucking me!" stated the girl as she wanted the boy to give it to her.
Isaac smirked as he now completely stopped just as Twilight was enjoying it. She turned her head around to see the smirk on the boy's face as her face required pleasure.
"Who's in control, right now? Tell me," he asked.
"You..."
"What was that?"
"You... are..."
"I can't hear you," he kept that smirk waiting for the answer he wanted to hear.
"Fine! You are! You're in control... so can you give it to me already!" shouted the girl as she was dying for some pleasure.
"What's the magic word?" he taunted.
"Please... please fuck me," she said calmly.
He grabbed her head and leaned in to kiss her mouth as he planted a simple kiss.
"Was that so hard to say?" he smirked, "Now, for being such a good student, you get an A+ and some extra credit . Be ready to be mine forever, princess."
He then began to get back into the swing of things as he continued where he left off. Without a moment's pause, he roughly slid himself into her pussy. The sound that came from Twilight's mouth was something similar to a squeak with a moan on the back-end. Not giving her a bit of rest, Isaac grabbed the side of her hips and began to pump into her. They both missed this. Their bodies spoke volumes as he smashed into her and she buckled against him. He grasped her ass cheeks, pulling them apart, and slamming deep into her tight cunt. Their tongues wrestled with each other while Isaac, ever aggressive, drilled Twilight's behind with reckless abandon.
"Ohh, yes! That's it! Don't hold back! Fuck me hard!" she stated, "Make me yours, Prince!"
"So am I to deny a request from you, princess," stated the boy.
He began slamming his hips hard against her ass, pushing as deep as he could into her hot depths, hitting the entrance to her womb. She moaned and screamed loudly in bliss.
"Don't stop! It feels amazing! Don't ever stop!" She was becoming wilder by the minute. The faster he went, the more she begged.
"Like I ever would!" he replied as he too was enjoying it just as much as her.
As he carried on railing her, he groped and squeezed her plump, soft ass cheeks roughly. The sounds of the girl could be heard, but right now she didn't care. She couldn't even think. There was one thing that her mind was set to on autopilot. She just wanted more. As Isaac moved in closer, he was pounding Twilight so hard that she could feel every thrust, pump, and vibration.
"Isaac! More!" she shouted, gripping the table. He was hitting all the right spots as usual, but she was so sensitive due to the drought of sex. Each time he thrust into her, the waves of excitement cascaded over her body. She bucked back against him just as hard each time.
"Yes! FUCK ME, ISAAC!" said Twilight, looking back at him with pleading eyes.
What little self-control he had was killed by her exclamation. With the ferocity of a predator hunting its prey, Isaac began to fuck her harder than he had ever done before. The sound of hard flesh slapping against flesh echoed in the room. The boy growled. Yes, growled. He didn't even sound human as he showed her poor vagina no amount of mercy. Even if she begged him to stop, he was not in the frame of mind too. Twilight was no different. What little pain she felt from the hard sex was overwritten by the utterly sexual heaven she was in right now.
"I... can... feel it... coming..."
"Me... too!"
"Isaac... I... I..." Twilight couldn't finish her sentence as she orgasmed.
"Twilight... I..."
With a final ram of his dick, he emptied his balls into her, painting her insides with a large load of semen. He felt her pussy squeeze him like a vice, as she came. This caused him to groan as he finally released his load deep into her pussy. Twilight twitched as she arched her back while giving short breaths. After riding it out, her body slump down as Isaac collapsed on top of her.
Panting and gasping for air, both parties came down from the emotional high and their minds slowly settled back to their normal states. Isaac moved back, his semi-hard penis still dripping cum from the head, and he looked at Twilight. Still clutching the wooden structure, she turned halfway towards him. Her legs closed, but her love hole exuded his fresh nut down her leg and onto the floor. Her face was awash with joy, contentment, and bliss. Yes. That was the right word for it. Twilight was utterly blissed out.
And even after all that, after screwing her harder than he ever thought possible, something inside told him... he wasn't done.
"Hey, you ok, Twily?" he asked as he stroked her hair near her cheek.
"Yes, I feel wonderful," she said happily.
Isaac now leaned forward, and he began to fondle Twilight's breast as she had a smile on her face. The pair didn't mind as it allowed a small breath for them to regain some strength. She wanted to say something, but she was powerless as his hands roamed her body. He knew what spots to touch and kiss to instantly get her to let out a sound. Wet kisses worked their way up and down her slender neck. She could feel her body heat up by the second. It never got old for her, even after all this time. His palms played with her erect nipples, sending even more waves of pleasure through her body. Twilight tilted her head back and accepted a kiss from Isaac, savoring the taste of the most important man in her life. She began to instinctively grind her ass against his growing crotch, utterly lost in the moment.
"Was it better than when we first did it months ago?" asked the boy while he massaged her bosom.
"Well... we're not done. How's your refractory period?"
Isaac smiled as he grabbed her head and kissed her hard as he ran a finger down her back. The boy's sex drive as well as the girl's own hidden sexual skills were now returning. He then grabbed Twilight and brought her over to their bed as he had the girl lying on her back with him on top. Both ready to continue their session with each other. He was about to put it back in when he was stopped.
"Hold on," she said as she now turned over and presented her ass to her husband, "It's the only hole we haven't done, plus... I've always been interested in trying... anal sex." She finished with a whisper.
"Oh, really?" he said huskily with a smirk, "Well, then prepare yourself, princess."
He now assumed the position as he spread her cheeks apart to expose her tiny, puckered anus with a somewhat hungry eye. He now prodded her back door with his cock as it got the girl to gasp as it entered her.
"Gah, you're so tight," he grunted as he slowly pushed deeper and deeper into her ass, her warm walls hugging him tightly.
This was something that neither experienced before. It took all of his self-control from just ramming into her. The girl in question felt amazing. It was a tight fit to be sure, but she felt a mixture of pain and pleasure.
"How does it feel?" he whispered into her ear.
"... give it to me."
"Hmm?"
"Please... fuck me, Isaac."
He knew that voice. He loved that voice. When she begged him like that, meant she was in utter heaven. All thoughts of him hurting her flew out of his mind. He wasn't gonna deny her what she wanted. He started to grind, getting a high-pitched yelp from her mouth. He held her tighter, almost afraid to lose this wonderful connection they shared at this moment. Each thrust was a new pleasure for Twilight, another new wave of feeling he was giving her. All she could do was moan at his attack on her butt. Her eyes glassed over into a wild, far-gone look, reeling from the feeling of being filled with that she has come to love. He muttered sweet and naughty words into her ear as his tempo increased, filling the air with sounds of flesh being slapped together.
"Oh, Isaac, I'm so happy," she said, looking back at him with a warm smile.
"So tell me my adorkable cutie," he whispered in her ear whist she felt ecstasy from every bit of thrust he was giving her. "How do you feel?"
"This is different from normal sex! But it feels even better!" she said as she let sounds, "Please, I want more! Go faster!"
He smirked before thrusting harder and faster. She lost strength in her arms and before she could lay on the bed, he grabbed her left wrist with his hand, and soon followed by her right wrist. He sped up his movement making her moan louder. Isaac picked up his pace until he was slamming into her at an almost savage place. He could see her posterior bounce from every thrust he had given her. The boy then got an idea as he raised a hand and slapped her right cheek, but not so hard. This got the girl to squeak but mostly smile as she enjoyed it. She told him to do it again and harder. He responded by doing it as it rippled beautifully, as Twilight gave a pained but a pleasure-filled scream. He slapped her hard again and again as he continued to pump his hips hard and fast. She gasped from the unbelievable pleasure as she gripped the sheets of the bed tightly. With each slap and each thrust, he felt her pussy becoming tighter and hotter until Twilight let out a euphoric scream.
He transitions his hands to grab her breasts, fondling roughly, before leaving one hand to pinch her nipples, before running his other hand down her front to pinch and play with her clit. As this went on, Twilight's eyes rolled back, and her tongue hung out, as her bun became looser, until it came undone, falling down her back like a waterfall. Her glasses fell onto the blankets below as he continued to thrust her and kiss parts of her neck at the same time.
"Twilight... I'm close..." he muttered.
"Me too!"
Finally, between the all-mighty tightness and her urging, his self-control vanished as he unloaded his seed hard and deep into her cavity with a loud groan. The sudden rush of fluid sent a shock wave of pleasure through her so strong that she almost came on reflex. She felt let out a high-pitched scream as her voice showed why she was the lead singer of the band. He grunted as he released the last bit of his load deep inside her as it painted her caverns white. He pulled out of her butt, his cum leaking out of her, an oozing river erupting from her ass.
They both collapsed on the sheets with him on top of her. Twilight looked up at Isaac, smiling sweetly, as he smiled back, leaning in for a gentle, loving kiss. He caressed her cheek with his hand and hummed as she giggled at the touch. He then gave her another soft kiss to her lips.
"That was..."
"amazing," she said as both panted a bit.
"I think it's safe to say that you like anal sex."
"Mmmmmm, whatever gave you that idea?"
"I don't know. Maybe it was you begging me to fuck you."
"I was not begging."
"Sounded like begging to me," he said with a smile.
"Stupid idiot," she quipped, getting a small kiss on her flushed cheek. "I got energy for one more if you're up for it."
"You must have read my mind, Twily," said the boy to his wife as he gave her another gentle kiss. "Which hole?"
"You can choose," she smiled, looking up at her husband.
"Very well, princess. Come here, I want to try something."
Before she could answer his question, Isaac grabbed Twilight by her hips, making her gasp. He now sat on the edge of the bed with the girl in his lap as her back faced him. He scooped both of his hands under her thighs and lifted her up.
"Wait! This position is a bit embarrassing," she answered.
"I can put you down if you don't like this position," he answered with a tease in his voice while resting his head on her shoulder.
"N-no... it's fine. I don't mind, just... make sure you make it a good one. I want to really feel it," said the girl as she saw his member below her.
"Sure," he replied as he now pumped his cock inside of her ass once more.
Twilight wrapped her arm to hold on to his head and used the other to fondle her breast giving her own nipple a pinch. The boy did his part as he thrust upwards as she came down to give the both of them extra stimulation to which they let out moans. He spoke softly into her ear as he suggested she reach her clit to add more pleasure which she did as her breathing started to become heavier and a little quicker.
"YES! Oooh, it feels... so god damn good!"
"Twilight, you're so... amazing! I'm glad... I married you... you're so tight!" said the boy.
"I'll always be tight for you, honey. Now, go faster and harder! Let me have it!!!" stated the girl.
Her response was more than enough as he now transitioned into a full nelson as the girl lost her mind. Her sanity was now long gone as she moaned the loudest she'd been the whole night. She couldn't think straight, even for a genius and businesswoman like her, she couldn't think because of the sexual pleasure that she was receiving. And right now, that was all she could focus on as sounds were let out and heard. He was now going full force with his thrusts as he applied more power to the girl that was begging for this. The couple was now drowning out everything around them as the only thing they cared about was each other. And at this moment, it was just them. Nothing but them, the sounds of flesh being slapped, the sounds of them lost in their lust. Both needed only one thing, each other. And right now, both intended to give their spouse their love and so much more.
"Isaac, I'm getting close now," Twilight said, turning her head to look at him.
"Same... here... I'm almost... there," he said in between heavy breaths as he was making sure to not lose any strength as he held the girl.
"Do it, cum inside me. Let's do it together. My prince, my husband, my lover."
"My wife, my lover, my princess. Get ready... cause here... it... comes!!!"
"ISAAC!!!"
"TWILIGHT!!!"
They tried to hold it in a bit longer, but the build-up was too much. All the amount of pleasure they each had was now forming into this final one. After thrusting upwards one more time, he shot his cum inside of her which pushed her over the edge, as she felt the inner caverns of her ass being filled with the warm substance as it made her feel full.
After releasing his seed, before losing his strength, they both leaned back on the bed. He gave one final spank to her ass as Twilight was lying on Isaac's chest. Both of them panted and were catching their breath as he felt his dick becoming limp and was removed from inside the girl by itself.
"Thank you, Isaac. For making this the best night ever," she said looking at her husband and planting a simple kiss.
"Same to you, Twily," he said as he returned another kiss as the pair now began to slowly doze off.
(Days later)
"Ladies and gentleman, we welcome you all to tonight's event!" shouted the M.C. as the crowd responded to him. "All around the world is watching to see the championship match that will take place in just a few moments, between the two duelists who will look to cement their name in history!"
The people were filing into the arena. Finding their seats and spending their money at the consumer stands, as they were looking forward to an exciting time.
"Tonight's duel in the Thunderdome promises to be a promising event. Just look at what went down a few days ago, when the World Champion and his opponent signed their contract to have this duel." said the MC as on the screen a video came on and played.
(Video)
Isaac and his opponent were at a press conference where they sat at a table. The World Champion had Juniper behind him as his opponent had his team of people behind him. The two of them had met to sign the contract for their bout as it was being broadcasted. Isaac had just finished signing his name as the moderator asked for both to stand and shake each other's hands. Isaac stood up and offered his hand first, his opponent did the same, but instead of shaking the boy's hand, he slapped Isaac in the face. It got Juniper to gasp as she checked on her client's face as Isaac was now back in his chair. The moderator had security separate the boy's opponent and his crew as he began to speak.
"I don't mean to be disrespectful, Isaac. You are doing great. You're doing great, Prince. I just don't know if you've still got what it takes. I'm talking about the weight of the world, of the people on your shoulders, the responsibility." taunted Isaac's opponent. "In your fantasy world, nothing is better than being champion. You're gonna home, to your wife and she's gonna be so proud of who she married. And you're gonna tell your parents, how far you've come. Mom and dad, look at me, have I made you proud in your pathetic lives?!!"
"And they're gonna be so proud. They're gonna put your picture on the wall. Everybody's gonna be clapping. "Oh my god, little Isaac, we're so proud of you. You did it, Isaac. And you know what the best part is, Isaac? You did it, you did it by yourself, Isaac. Isaac's a champion." Then reality hits!" said his opponent with a mocking tone before looking directly at the boy. "And you wanna know what that reality is? It's staring you in the damn face, boy! That reality is me! The greatest duelist of all time, and soon to be the greatest World Cham..."
Isaac's opponent didn't finish what he said as Isaac reeled back his fist and punched the man in the mouth. He was being held back by security since he slapped Isaac, but he was leaning just enough for Isaac to make contact as down he went. His team now surrounded their bud as the man held his jaw in pain. He looked back at Isaac as the boy was done playing games, his eyes now seemed different as the man was now seeing the boy's inner demon as it was on full display. Isaac felt his demon as it was united with his soul as he glared back at his opponent.
"Hey, bud. A man sitting in a chair just knocked you on your ass!!!" shouted Isaac. He then stood up as it got the security to now put their hands in front of Isaac to avoid him doing something. His opponent and his crew were a bit scared at seeing the boy's new side as they backed up a bit. Isaac then grabbed the contract in front of him.
"In our duel, time for me to humble your ass, bitch!! There's blood in the water, and this shark is gonna eat you and maul you alive!!! See you in a few days, motherfucker!!" said Isaac as the camera censored that last word. He tossed the contract at his opponent and left with Juniper following him, the video ended with the final shot focusing on his opponent and his crew as they had worried looks.
(End of Video)
"As you can see, there's some tension in the air surrounding our competitors. Will Isaac, the World Champion who has held his rank for over a year at this point. Will he continue his reign and continue to build his kingdom? Or will tonight be the night, that the Prince is slain in battle?" said the MC.
The crowd was red hot as the people in the stands were cheering at the top of their lungs. There were kids in the stands as they too cheered and held up some homemade signs on the person they were hoping who win. Every second the noise was getting louder and louder as the whole stadium was being rocked to its foundation. The roar of the crowd was so loud as it could be heard from the locker room of the duelist. For one person he was sitting in his locker room in the dark. His eyes were closed as the person was sitting with his hands folded together as he looked forward. For the person was a young man, he was trying to get his mind and head in the right space.
He then brought his right hand to his left shoulder as he tried to release some of the tension he had as it seemed to produce a bit of pain in his body. In his left hand, he was holding his deck as he looked at it as he staring at it with an intense look. To think that he would ever find himself here, sitting alone, looking at his cards as he was but moments away from the duel about to start. His stare was then interrupted.
"Are you thinking in the dark again?" said a voice as soon the lights came on that lit up the room.
The person then stepped into the room as the man blinked his eyes for a bit as they adjusted to the sudden entrant of light as his vision was blurry for a bit. Soon he blinked a few times as he then saw who the voice belonged to. It came from a young woman who was younger than him. Normally, she would be wearing a fancy lavender suit and miniskirt given her line of work, but today was her day off. Instead, she was wearing her casual attire; the girl had moderate purple eyes, dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks, and wore a 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 knees.
"You got nothing to worry about. You're going to do fine." said the woman.
"Nice to know I have someone who supports me. Thanks, Twilight." said the man. He then looked at his deck one more.
"Any word from the others?"
"They said next week works fine," said Twilight as she stood in front of the person.
Both smiled as soon the door opened again as in came another woman.
"Everything is set. Hi, Twilight."
"Hi, Juniper."
"Isaac, you ready?" asked the girl to her client.
"Yes," replied Isaac to his agent.
He then grabbed his hoodie as he put it on, but wore it like a cape. He grabbed his cap and place it on his head as his necklace hung from his neck. He then nodded at Juniper as the girl began to walk out of the door as Isaac began to follow her when he was stopped by Twilight as she grabbed the sleeve of his shirt.
"Isaac, I have something to tell you," said Twilight as she got the boy to look at her. "So, I went to my monthly check-up. And well... in 8 months... you're gonna be a father." Twilight's response got the boy to let out a gasp as he looked at the girl.
"You're kidding..."
"I'm not." smiled Twilight as she wrapped her arms around the boy she was married to as it got Isaac to return the embrace as he was grinning at the news of being a dad. "But that means, you need to inform the dueling committee that you'll be taking some time off. And don't give me that excuse! I'm sure the dueling world can survive without their world champion being around for a bit."
"Like I would miss the chance." smiled Isaac as he brought his lips to Twilight's as the two shared a kiss that lasted for a few moments.
"Juniper..."
"Already making plans, Twilight. Congrats." said the woman as she did her job of attending to her client's needs and his wife.
"Good, now... go show them what I already know." smiled Twilight giving one last kiss to her husband.
Isaac nodded as he began to exit the room with Juniper behind him as she had her clipboard in hand. The two were now in the hallway, with every step that Isaac was taking forward he could hear the crowd. He heard them chanting his name as it got louder and louder as they were rooting for their world champion to retain his rank as champion.
Meanwhile, on a farm, there was a couple of people all gathering around the living room in front of the TV as they were preparing themselves to watch the duel.
"It's about to start!" shouted a much older Applebloom as she had grown a bit over the three years as she was sitting next to her boyfriend in Tender Taps. On the other couch were her big brother Big Mac and his wife Sugar Belle as they too were looking forward to watching the duel. And in her rocking chair was Granny Smith. However, one person was missing.
"Applejack! You're gonna miss the duel!" shouted the younger apple family member.
Out in the yard, was an older girl as she was busy doing some chores. She was working up a sweat as the sun was beating down and her blond hair was a bit soaked. She had moderate sap green and hair that was pale, light grayish olive. She wore brilliant gamboge shorts and vest with a white short shirt underneath, brown cowboy boots, and a stetson hat on top of her head. The farm had undergone some renovations due to the amount of money that was given to her by her friend. With all the cash, they were able to expand and their business boomed. She had swiped her forehead as she looked up at the sky and she could hear the TV.
"And here comes the World Champion himself, ladies and gentleman. To think he's held his rank as champion for well over a year at this point." said the MC.
"You got this, city slicker," said Aj as she looked up at the sky as she could feel her friend's spirit as she smiled.
"We almost missed it!" said an older Sweetie Belle as she was currently in Manehattan due to her sister wanting to take her there for the weekend while also visiting the boutique she had. "Hurry up, Rarity!"
"Sweetie Belle, darling. There's no need to worry." said the older sister.
The girl now revealed herself as her appearance was on display with her 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 mini-skirt and a sash that matched her hair color.
"I do say, as Isaac is making his presence. His appearance and outfit are absolutely stylish and... FABULOUS!" said the female MC as she was swayed by Isaac's attire.
For Isaac, he had now dawned a new signature look as he wore a black V-neck t-shirt with white hemming, black shorts with gray pockets held on by red straps. His shorts were tight around his calves. He wore a long black hooded jacket with red hemming, gray pockets with white hemming, and red flannel flaps that are held down by a series of yellow buttons which Isaac sometimes wore like a cape as he was doing now. On his belt was his deck box and of course, the necklace was given to him by the fashionista as he wore it to this day.
"God, Isaac always had the best outfits to wear. I do wonder who his stylist and costume designer is." said the male MC.
"Oh, no doubt. His outfits are always off the charts, why I dare say whoever he has making his outfits would give the famous fashionista designer Ms. Rarity Belle a run for her money. I mean look at that, it seems like something she would make. Oh, she would be jealous to see this piece of work." said the female MC still enthralled by Isaac's clothes.
"If they only knew." snickered Rarity with a sly smile as she sat down in one of the chairs.
She looked at Isaac on screen as she was glad to see her friend wearing the outfit she made for him about a year into his run as a pro. To think that after all these years, and the amount of business she was having, she still found time to make some outfits for her friend as it allowed her a chance to just forget about her busy life.
"Show them just how stylish you can be, Isaac."
"To think that Isaac's rise to the top would have happened in such a short amount of time. And not only is he a duelist, but he's also active outside of the field. I mean talk about a busy schedule, making TV appearances, radios talk shows, podcasts, signing autographs, the guy does it all. Even being involved directly with the community and organizations." said the male MC.
In Whitetail Woods, there were tons of animals all gathered in one place as they were frolicking around. And in this animal sanctuary, they all followed a rule that both predator and prey worked in harmony to help each other to survive and be happy. And the one responsible for all this was but a girl. She had moderate cyan eyes, pale and light grayish rose hair. She wore a pale, light grayish gold scarf and pants along with a white shirt as all around her the animals gathered. The girl then got up as she went to fetch her vet coat as she entered the main building as the TV was on as she saw Isaac on screen as he was making his way and heard the announcers talk about all of his efforts in helping others.
"I can't wait to see him soon," said Fluttershy.
"Let's run down some of Isaac's achievements that's he done since entering the pro circuit." said the male MC.
"Hey, Crash! Champ's on!" shouted Spitfire to one of her teammates as they were all in the locker room as they had just finished practice and took some showers.
"Crash! You're gonna miss this!" shouted Fleetfoot.
The girl they were calling had moderate cerise eyes and rainbow hair dressed in pale, light grayish cerulean pants and a black t-shirt. While her teammates were inside, she was out on the field doing some extra training drills. While she was doing this, Rainbow could still hear the TV.
"You better not lose, geek." smiled the chromatic girl.
"In just the three short years that Isaac has been in the pro scene, he's done some incredible things. First off, he won the Duos Cup with his lovely wife when they were still in high school. Not to mention that during that same time, he went on to give the legendary Celestia and Luna their farewell retirement match. And that has definitely translated to success here in the pro circuit. He was awarded the Yugioh World Class trophy, a trophy only held by certain duelists based on character and merit and all at the age of 22 making him the youngest individual to receive that accolade." said the male MC.
"We made it!" said an older Scootaloo and another girl as the pair went out to buy some snacks.
The girl had 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. However, they lost track of time due to Pinkie as she couldn't make up her mind as they just grabbed what they could carry and hauled ass back to the house that Pinkie took care of for the rest of her group as it was always open for any of them should they visit.
"I knew you get your dream big bro." smiled Pinkie as she sat on the couch with Scootaloo. "This place will always be here for when you come back."
"And that's not all that Isaac has done in his short time, he's also been in the same talk of the other legendary duelists based on his skills. But can you blame him, he knows all the summoning methods possible and his deck along with his monsters are the toughest around. The kid is barely in his prime and look at how much he's accomplished." said the female MC.
"Well, boy toy. Let's see what you can do." said a girl who had 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.
Sunset looked up to see a giant screen being shown for the town square as she smiled and began to walk. She then made her way to a mirror as she passed through it and was now a pony. She was then greeted by none other than the ruler of Equestria Princess Twilight as she had only been in charge for a few years as she was still the same size as Sunset. The two hugged as Sunset prepared to watch the duel with the princess along with her colt friend who was Isaac's Equestria counterpart as even with Twilight ascending to the throne and becoming ruler, she still chose to remain with the colt as it was the one thing she couldn't part without having in her daily life. So the three prepared to watch the duel before they would enjoy Sunset's visit before she headed back home.
"Isaac's gained so much support from his fans. One thing with Isaac is whether you like or you don't like him, you damn sure respect all that he's done and is doing with his life." said the MC. "People are starting to say that Isaac is the new King of Games seeing as how we haven't seen anybody dominate the dueling field since the man himself and the other members of the Big 5!"
"Some people may call Isaac the next king, but they also refer to him as the Prince. You know what they say: the difference between a king and a prince. The king was good, but the prince knows there's a bigger crown. Not whether Isaac likes being called that or not, all I can say is: You come for the Prince, you best not miss." said the female MC.
"Mommy, Uncle Isaac is about to be on!" said an older, but still very young Flurry Heart as she had Spike in her arms as she petted the mutt who let out a bark.
"What would your father think if he saw you wanting to see his rival?" asked Cadance with a smirk as she sat down next to her daughter as she was petting Tigre who lay in Cadance's lap as she let out a soothing purr. She then looked at the screen as she saw her beloved owner as she let out a happy meow.
"Win, Isaac. So that way, I can beat you to be champion again," said Shining Armor as he was with his agent team and Roland. He may have failed to hold onto his rank as champion before Isaac got a chance to challenge him for that title. Now he and his crew were rooting for the young boy so that they could have the match they were looking forward to the most.
Twilight was in her private box with Juniper as the two girls were looking out to the field and the screen on the wall. For Twilight she was living the happiest life she could possibly dream of. Not only was she doing her dream of being a successful card designer, but she got married and was spending the rest of her life with the person she loved the most. Isaac was true to his word as he did promise to come back for the girl as it was one of the happiest moments of her life. And now to think that in 8 months, she was going to start the next phase of her life with the boy she loved as the two were about to start their own family and grant her wish of being a mother.
"I love you, Isaac," said Twilight.
"I love you too, Twilight." said the boy as he looked up to where Twilight's private skybox was and said the words back despite not hearing her.
Isaac then got up on the dueling stage, he stepped onto a platform as he took out his deck from his belt and looked at it. Soon he closed his eyes and concentrated as the spirits of his deck now appeared before the boy. All around Isaac saw his Magnet Warriors with his Electromagnetic Turtle, his Royal Knights, his kid magician duo, Mage Annette and Magician Boy. His Magician Girls, Apprentice Illusion Magician, Magician's Valkyria, Breaker the Magical Warrior, Dark Magician of Chaos, Dark Magic Sorcerer, his ritual monster Dark Magician of Chaos, Magician of Dark Illusion, and his Black Luster Soldier- Envoy of the Beginning.
He then looked at his Xyz monsters as there was his Ebon High Magician, Ebon Illusion Magician, and Chaos Mageía as the trio all smiled at their young master. Isaac looked at his synchro monsters as there stood his two tuner monsters, Enchantress of Melody and Paladin Fortis. Then the synchros themselves, Dark Sorcerer Magician, Dark Flyer Lysithea, and Valor Valkyrie. Next, he looked at his pendulum crew as the six of them; Rune-Eyes Illusionist, Black Robe Mentalist, Sleight of Hand Magician, Sorcerer Swordsman, Mirage Magician, and Black Arts Trickster all looked at their young master.
Isaac then saw his Timaeus as the dragon let out a roar. The next was Isaac's Pendulum hybrids as his Lychinus Enchanter, Solis Witch, Ventus Oraculum, and Holy Knight Marianne all wanted to help their master win. Isaac then directed his gaze to the last of his monsters as standing before him were his Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and Kuriboh.
"Ready?" asked Isaac.
"Ready, master," said Mahad with a bow.
"I'm always by your side, Isaac," said Mana as she kissed his cheek as she was still the same as ever.
"Kuri!" said Kuriboh with a set of happy eyes.
"Thank you," said Isaac. He then saw his two kid magicians. "You guys sure want to fight?"
"Totally." said the boy magician. "Right, Annette?"
"I always have to be the one to take care of you, so really I have no say." said the small girl with an unhappy grin.
"Don't say that Annette. You're my best friend." said the small boy as he approached his friend. He then leaned in and kissed the girl on her cheek as it got Annette to let out a gasp and touch her cheek. "I'll protect you." said the boy pounding his chest.
"I know." smiled Annette as she hugged her crush and this time pressed her lips to his for a few seconds as they pulled apart and smile. All the others just smiled at seeing the two kids being cute.
Isaac too smiled at his kid magicians. He then got their attention as he lifted his deck high as all of his monsters return ready to due battle. Isaac looked ahead while still holding his deck as he saw the spirits of Yuya, Yuma, Yusei, Jaden, and Yugi as they couldn't be in attendance to see their friend in action since they had their own duels going on elsewhere. But they were here in spirit to root on their fellow duelist member of their club. Isaac smiled as he was living his dream and that he was looking forward to seeing the girls for their meet-up in the coming days as he was glad he got to see them and they all didn't forget one another. He then took his stance as he slotted in his deck into his duel disk as it activated and projected a gold card tray as the duel was about to start. Soon the signal was given as Isaac smiled and simply said:
"It's time to duel!!!!"
The End.
Author's Note
Two things: One was the tiny bit at the end which is to tie in the epilogue of the original story for the longtime fans so that you can see the final dots being connected with all three stories.
Now the second thing: This was my first time writing a sex scene. So, I would appreciate it if you all let me know how I did. Any type of feedback on that front is welcomed cause in the case that I do another story with the sex tag, then I'll know what to expect. Again, any criticism is welcomed on how I handled the intercourse scenes. Till then everybody, I'll see you, next time.
Chapter 2: Scavenger Hunt
Once the pair had arrived back in Canterlot, they were talking with the girls about how excited they were about to finally get hitched. In the days leading up, Twilight was expecting the girls to be helping with the final touches of the wedding, but they weren't. They all said they had things to do which made the girl a bit sad as she wanted her friends to help make her special day to be perfect. The pair was currently in the living room of the house as Pinkie had taken Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo to get some ice cream. Twilight was in one chair as she was reading a book with Isaac doing the same. He took a glance to look at the girl he was but days from marrying. He smiled as a thought ran through his mind.
"What is it, honey?" asked Twilight.
"You know what's crazy when we first got together. It was the day after Cadance's and Shining Armor's wedding. You remember that day?" asked Isaac.
"Yeah."
The pair now had a flashback to that moment.
(Flashback from Chapter 68)
"Well, I was at the library reading some books. When I came across this," Twilight then pulled out a book as she showed it to Isaac.
"Dating Do's and Don'ts... How To Start and Keep a Healthy Relationship! " said Isaac as he read the title out loud. Twilight kissed Isaac on the cheek.
"This is perfect !" she said. "I thought it might be a good book to take a look at... seeing as I've never really been in a relationship like this before... or any for that matter..." Twilight fidgeting her fingers, "Do you want to read it together?"
"Sure," said Isaac as he leaned against the counter.
Twilight was standing across from Isaac as she opened the book and began to read from it. She turned several of the pages. "The first parts are talking about how to start the relationship." She looked up at Isaac with a smile as the two of them laughed simultaneously, she then turned her attention back to the book. "So it says here that the first thing couples do is... kiss." They turned to one another. "I think we already did that part."
"I wouldn't mind a refresher, though," Isaac suggested as he had a sly smile.
Twilight flashed a grin, leaning in close to him. "I think it went something like... this." She leaned in and pressed her mouth against his. Isaac leaned into it, and they lingered for a few seconds. As they separated, Twilight swept her hair away from her face. "Is that right?"
Isaac looked Twilight, enamored by his girl. "Yeah, I think that was it. But I may have to make sure later, okay?"
Twilight giggled. "Whatever you say, lover-boy." She then turned back to the book and took a pen out, placing a checkmark next to the step. "So, next it says... nicknames?"
"Well, everybody just calls me by my name. Not to mention that you can't really come up with a nickname for it." Isaac told Twilight. "But you, well there's a couple of options. Right, Twily?" Isaac gave Twilight a wink.
Twilight just blushed from Isaac calling her by a pet name. "Oooookay. Let's just consider that checked." She placed another mark next to the step. She then turned to face him again. "What about things like behavior? Do we have to change how we interact normally?"
"Well, you being you is what I feel for in the first place," Isaac explained.
Twilight let out a blush as she turned back to the book. "I feel the same way about you, too. Now let's see what's next!" She turned the page. "Always communicate and be honest." She turned her gaze. "Got any secrets?"
"Nope. Well, at least nothing I can think of, off the top of my head," responded Isaac.
"Me neither." She checked the box and moved on. "Going on 'dates'... We haven't done that yet."
"It's only been a day since we arrived from Cadance's wedding. So you can't expect us to do everything," said Isaac.
"All right. I'll set up a schedule for it, later." Twilight commented, placing another checkmark. "And... here... Oh." She looked back and forth between the book and Isaac. "I don't think we're quite there yet."
Isaac grabbed the book and looked at the section she was concentrating on. He saw an image of a grand wedding. "Ah..." Isaac turned red and looked at Twilight. "Yeah, I think going into that step is moving a little too fast." The two of them laughed as Isaac handed the book back to her.
(End of Flashback)
"Wow, to think that small conversation we had years ago. Actually, is about to happen, it's kinda nice but also scary." said the boy.
"I didn't expect us to make this far in our relationship, but... you just had to capture my heart time and time again. That's why... I'm glad you're the one I want to marry. The one I want to spend the rest of my life with and to have a family with." smiled Twilight.
The next day arrived. For Twilight, she was giddy like a little schoolgirl as she had received a message from her brother that said he would be arriving in town to attend his little sister's wedding. She was hoping her friends would finally help plan their wedding which was now just days, but once again, they declined to say they had other duties. Twilight knew they had busy lives, but they all stated they wouldn't have any work to do before the wedding, and suddenly they had work to do.
The pair were waiting for the pair in front of the house as soon they saw the married couple as Flurry Heart was in Cadance's arms.
"Cadance! Shining!!" said the girl as she rushed towards the married couple and hugged them.
"It's wonderful to see you, Twilight." Cadance then gave Flurry Heart to Shining Armor.
"Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hands and do a little shake!" said both girls as they did a little dance and let out a giggle.
"How's my LSBFF doing?" asked Shining Armor as he rubbed Twilight's hair creating some ruffles.
"I'm doing alright, BBBFF."
"Twily."
"Flurry, so good to see you. You've grown," said the girl as she saw her niece was now a young toddler.
Isaac was watching the interaction of the Sparkle family as he smiled. To think that once he married Twilight, not only would they be a part of each other's family. But that one of his greatest rivals would technically be, his brother-in-law. Well at least, family dinners won't be awkward. Just as Twilight had finished talking with her siblings, Isaac cleared his throat.
"Well, you seem to have this all in hand. I have some… important business to attend to.” said the boy, running up and kissing Twilight on the cheek. “Love you! See you later!” He shot off into the distance, heading into town.
"Him too?!!" shouted Twilight.
"What's the matter, Twilight?" asked Cadance.
"I was hoping that my friends would help put the final touches on our wedding. But they've been too busy doing whatever!!!" yelled the girl in anger. "Now Isaac leaves cause he has things to do. He said we'd be working together. Something fishy is going on… And I’m gonna get to the bottom of it!” she said as she took the luggage from the married couple and was making her way towards the house.
Cadence giggled as she caught up to her husband, pushing the carriage in front of her. “So, do you think she knows?”
“I think she’s probably figured it out.” He affirmed. "If anything, she at least suspicious."
Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadence headed into the living room, where a familiar scene awaited them. On the seat where the pair was reading last night, was the dating book sitting at the edge, a letter used as a bookmark.
“Oh, he did not do this again!” The lilac girl fumed, running over to the book and opening it. She felt a wash of relief in not seeing Isaac bend the corner of the page to mark the book and took out the letter. “Answer the message on your duel disk…” she read, “... And mind the page number?” She looked at the number of the page the letter had marked, committing it to memory. She looked at her small device curiously, before touching her screen that had a message icon.
"Surprise!” it started, in Isaac’s voice. “If you haven’t already guessed, I’ve had a bit of a plan for today. First of all, I want to tell you the reason Cadence and Shining Armor came over. It wasn’t a surprise to me, ‘cause I kinda invited them! Shining Armor told me how much you love scavenger hunts, so I decided that would be a good way to do this thing! Rather than pieces of paper for clues, there’s gonna be more recorded messages at the locations you go to. But they won’t be easy to find! At each location, there will be somebody that needs your help. When you help them, they’ll guide you to your next clue. Now, here’s the first clue.” a deep breath was heard. “When in this place, please keep in mind, the seeds of love grow intertwined. In helping your friend, I do believe, the honest truth you shall receive.”
Twilight looked back at her brother and sister-in-law, eyes narrowed. “So everyone was in on this, huh?”
“Yup!” Shining Armor confirmed. “It’ll be nice to see what it’s like in the receiving end of a scavenger hunt for once!”
“And don’t worry about Flurry,” Cadence added. “Juniper will be watching her.”
Twilight’s expression shifted from suspicious to excited, thinking about what lay ahead. “Okay! Let’s go!”
“So, where do you think the clue leads?” Cadence asked. “Seeds of love grow intertwined… Where would something like that happen?”
“I think the important part is the bit about the ‘honest truth’.” Twilight suggested. “He’s talking about the most honest person around! So that means we gotta go to Sweet Apple Acres and help her!” said the girl as she left with family following close behind.
At the farm, Twilight and company cantered up to the barn where Applebloom them.
“Oh! Hi, Twilight!” she called. “Whatcha doin’ here?”
“Hi, Apple Bloom,” she replied, skidding to a halt. “Do you know where Applejack is?”
“Yeah, she’s in the barn.” the small girl informed her. “She’s been fussin’ over some rope fer hours.”
“Thanks. You have a good day!” Twilight said, turning to the barn.
Shining Armor leaned up to his wife. “Since when does Applejack ever have problems with rope?”
“I don’t know…” Cadence answered. “She’s always been handy with a lasso.”
They entered the barn, where Applejack was looking long and hard at a rope on the ground. There was a parchment on the floor with diagrams on it. “Now how d’ya do this here part?” she asked herself, puzzling over the instructions before her.
“Hey, Applejack. What’s going on?” Twilight wondered, looking at the rope and parchment.
“Big Mac told me I couldn’t figure out this here knot!” she declared, raising her head to look at her friend. “I wanted to show ‘im just how wrong ‘e is, but I’ll be darned if this ain’t the toughest ropin’ I ever did see!”
“Can I help?” she offered, lifting the rope into the air.
“If you can make sense o’ this thing and tell me how ta do it, I say go right ahead!” The country girl stated pointing to the diagram.
Twilight looked over the paper, seeing the final result as a knot that was so complicated it was almost spherical, woven all over. She brought her hand to her chin, carefully going over the instructions. As she read them, the rope rose into the air between her and Applejack, slowly weaving its way into place at a pace that Applejack could very easily observe. When the studious girl lifted her head from the parchment, the knot was tied, and Applejack took hold of the rope.
“Wow, Twilight... “ Applejack began, looking at the rope. “You sure got that quick!”
Twilight puffed out her chest, rubbing her hand against her necklace. “So, can you do it yourself?”
Applejack took another rope, slowly working it into the desired shape before her friend. She hung it from her arm, dangling it in front of Twilight. “Yeah, I think I got it.” She took both ropes and put them aside. “And now, I gotta show y’all sumthin’! Follow me!” She walked out of the barn, heading for the orchard with her lilac-colored friend following closely.
Shining Armor turned to Cadence. “I see what they did there…”
Cadence giggled. “Tying a knot, huh? Ironic.” The two of them walked together, following the younger girls as they went.
Twilight was led far into the orchard, right to the edge of the farm, where she saw several pear trees growing. She had heard about this area but never got to actually go there before. She admired the view around her.
“All right, we’re here!” Applejack proclaimed.
Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadence looked ahead to see something they had never imagined. Applejack had her hand raised in presentation, showing the group a pair of large trees grown in such a way that they twisted around one another, their branches intertwined. One of the trees was an apple tree, and the other, a pear tree. In the middle, near the top, there was an opening in the shape of a heart. Inside that opening, another pocket of air spun in place, blowing slightly at the leaves around it.
“This is where my parents got married… They planted the seeds of these here trees as a special way of sealin’ their vows. We all come here sometimes just to… Well, to think about ‘em. Seein’ what they grew together. Both the trees and their children.”
Twilight looked in awe at the vision before her. Applejack then took out her deck as she walked up to the tree with her friend. The country gal said a few words to the trees and the deck that was left behind by her parents saying that she kept their promise of living up to the deck's full potential. She then pulled out her duel disk as she showed it to Twilight and played the recorded message.
“Congrats on finding this clue! I figured you’d figure it out without much trouble. Now for the next one! A vision of white is what you must seek, and if you help the owner, you’ll look tres chic ! With the outfits she makes, you’ll never look stale, but inside this domain, there is much to unveil!”
"That was a pretty obvious clue…” Twilight affirmed. She turned to face Applejack, giving her a heartfelt hug. “Thank you for bringing me here. It’s the most beautiful part of the farm, and that’s saying a lot!”
Applejack reciprocated the embrace, putting her hat over her heart as they separated. “You’re most welcome, Twilight. I’m happy to help!”
Twilight walked over to the whispering pair that was Shining Armor and Cadence. “And what are you two whispering about?”
“Oh, nothing.” Cadence fibbed, earning a nod from her husband. “Just talking about the execution of these clues! It’s something only Isaac can pull off!”
“Definitely .” the boy repeated. “I can’t wait to see what’s next!” he turned to walk with Twilight, the trio making their way to Rarity's Boutique.
The bell rang at the boutique, catching Rarity’s ear. She turned to the door, seeing Twilight and her siblings entering. “Ah! Twilight! Just the person I wanted to see!” She turned her attention to Cadence, offering the older girl a hug. “And it’s been far too long since I’ve seen you, Cadance! Could I interest you in an outfit while you’re here? I’m running a special on white gowns today!”
Cadence smiled warmly at the fashionista, accepting the embrace. “White gowns? Why are you pushing those today?”
Rarity walked over to one of the dresses on sale, coyly looking back. “No particular reason.” She put an arm around Twilight. “Now, I was wondering if you could help me to better organize some pieces to a project I’m working on, and then maybe… model it for me?” she requested, fluttering her eyes at her bookworm friend.
“Of course!” Twilight exclaimed, excited at the idea of organization. “What kind of project is it?”
“Only one of the most elaborate gowns I’ve ever designed!” she told her. “Why, it may very well be my magnum opus of couture!”
“That’s a pretty tall order.” Shining Armor pointed out, following the girls.
“Yes, well, let a girl dream!” Rarity replied, leading her guests to the inspiration room. Strewn about the room were patterns and fabrics and all of the parts required for an exquisite outfit. On a stand at the edge of the room, a parchment lay with a design for a magnificent dress, featuring a starry pattern and a veil on the head of the person wearing it.
Twilight looked around the room at the pieces, getting an idea of the task at hand. “Wow. This is going to be a big outfit…” She grabbed each piece and held them in front of her, eyeing them all and arranging them according to what she had observed of the dress-making process. Before long, each piece had its own place on a table next to the stand.
Rarity lit up, taking up a position next to her sewing machine. She began her work, becoming what Twilight would describe as a paragon of efficiency. In a matter of minutes, the dress was complete, adorning a mannequin. Despite the scope of the project, it was fairly simple in its execution. The star pattern was a beautiful silver, connected in a way reminiscent of constellations along the skirt, lines of lace along the waist and hem. The front half of the dress had no back but featured an intricate star pattern leading from the base of the neck and spreading all over with knotwork patterns connecting each of them. The legs had stockings that went all the way up to the haunches, ending in silver shoes/heels. At the top of the gown was a silver adornment. Atop the mannequin’s head was a bejeweled decoration, a veil protruding out from it and over the face.
“This is… beautiful!” Twilight declared, awestruck at the dress before her. “And you want me to model it?”
Rarity gave a solemn nod. “I need to see how it moves, and where it needs adjustment!” She stood beside the outfit, removing it from the mannequin and looking at Twilight. “Besides, I think it would look simply gorgeous on you!”
Twilight looked longingly at the gown, imagining how it would look on her. “Well, okay. I guess I’ll model it, then!” She took a place behind a nearby changing curtain, Rarity joining her.
Cadance leaned into her husband, putting her mouth up to his ear. “That certainly looked like a fitting dress for someone like Twilight, huh?” she whispered.
Shining Armor brought his hand up in front of his mouth, staring intently at the curtain. “Shh… I wanna see this!” he told her, watching with a vested interest as a silver-shoed leg stepped out from behind the curtain. Twilight made her way forward, looking at her companions. Shining Armor’s face scrunched up, the water in his eyes welling up ever-so-slightly.
"Twilight… You look…”
“Beautiful…” Cadance finished, walking up to her. “Rarity, you’ve really outdone yourself!”
Rarity blushed, standing between the girls and gazing upon her current model. “I do believe you’re right…” She paused, really taking in the vision that was Twilight. “You truly are beautiful, darling.”
Twilight smiled, going in for a hug. “Thank you. I hope the lucky person that gets to own this dress looks even better, though!”
Rarity let out a satisfied sigh. “Well, I’ve seen everything I need to. Let’s get you out of that… beautiful gown… and I’ll take you where you need to go.”
Twilight stepped back behind the curtain, and in a flash, the outfit was off and in Rarity’s grip. She put the dress back on the mannequin, then guided her friend to the main room, where she pointed straight up. There, in the center of the room, was a box. She grabbed her deck and slid it into the hold as the box unlocked and she pulled out her duel disk. She then touched her screen, the message played.
“I know, that last rhyme was way too easy to solve! But, to be fair, the key to the clues isn’t the same as what you’re used to. Speaking of riddles, though, here’s another one! The music from nature meets music that’s not. From someone’s perspective, that could be quite ‘hot’! In this person’s case, she isn’t so sure. Perhaps some help from a friend is the cure?”
“Music from nature?” Twilight wondered, reflecting on the rhyme. “Fluttershy often does music for gatherings with her songbirds… But what about the ‘Music that’s not’?”
“Well, who do you know that makes music that doesn’t sound… natural?” Cadance lead.
Twilight’s eyes widened. “Vinyl Scratch!” She exclaimed, racing out the door.
Fluttershy was pacing in front of a house, trying to convince herself to knock on the door. “You know these people, Fluttershy! You can do this!” She told herself. “It’s not like we’re… performing together... “ she sat down. “... for the first time…” Her pupils shrank. “... for a really big event!!!” she brought her arms up, clutching her head with her hands as her teeth began chattering.
“Fluttershy? What’s going on?” came a voice she both expected to hear and didn’t. The animal-loving girl looked up, seeing Cadance standing over her. Twilight stepped forward shortly after, with Shining Armor close behind. “You look scared.”
“Oh! Cadance!” She began, getting back up. “It’s nothing… I just have a… performance… I need to prepare for, and I have to coordinate it with… well…” she pointed her hand at the door. “... them…”
“But, Fluttershy, you know Vinyl and Octavia!” Twilight pointed out. “You have for years! What’s so different about this?”
“This is going to be the first time that my songbird choir is going to perform alongside them, though!” Fluttershy stressed, spreading her arms. “They’re such… big-shots… in the music world… I don’t know if our styles can even mesh well! I don’t want my adorable birdies to get drowned out!”
"Are you forgetting something?” Twilight asked.
Fluttershy tilted her head. “Um… I don’t think so…”
"You've been in some tougher duels before. You went toe to toe with Sour Sweet in the Friendship Games. You've competed in high-stakes duels against Isaac no less. And nearly beat him. Not to mention you created your dream of having an animal sanctuary."
Twilight’s words rang in Fluttershy’s ears for a moment. It was true. “You’re right!” She informed her friends, a new level of confidence appearing in her eyes. “I can do this!”
Twilight, Cadence, and Shining Armor let out a cheer as she turned to the door, raising her hand high. She brought her hand forward faster than anyone had ever seen and… gently tapped the door three times, almost inaudibly. She waited for half a second, then turned around and shrugged. “Well, nobody home! I guess I’ll try again another ti--”
Twilight stopped her friend in place and rotated her back towards the door. She stepped forward, knocking firmly on it. She waited a few moments, seeing the latch turn and releasing her shy friend from her grip. The door opened, and a white-coated girl with blue hair that alternated from light to dark and a pair of sunglasses and headphones poked her head out, bobbing her head to a beat that only she could hear. She gasped slightly at the sight of Twilight and Fluttershy, opening the door the rest of the way.
“Oh! Hello, there!” Fluttershy nervously greeted, stepping forward. “Is this where you live? It’s... “ she looked inside, seeing the living room’s décor split down the middle according to the tastes of the residents. “... quite lovely! But I see you’re busy! I don’t want to get in the way of your important business , so I’ll just be on my wa--” As she turned to leave again, a hand on her shirt. She looked back to see Vinyl's hand, pulling her into the house. “Ah… So you were expecting me…”
Twilight laughed at the scene, looking back at her companions. “I’ll be right out.” She entered the abode, where Fluttershy and Octavia had already engaged in conversation. Vinyl stepped up to Twilight and tapped her shoulder, directing her attention to a spot just above her setup, where another box was located and she gave Twilight, Fluttershy's deck. The girl then approached it and unlocked using the deck. In an instant, the other sounds in the room were drowned out, the message playing.
“Didn’t expect this result, did you? The person to help was Fluttershy, but the one with the clue? That would be our favorite DJ here! So? Are you ready for your clue?” Twilight nodded. “I’m gonna guess you nodded. So… here it is… To dance in the sky is the easiest feat! But down on the floor? Not doing so sweet. Balance and poise are learned in one place! And you’re gonna love the look on her face!”
“So… Rainbow Dash is learning to… dance?” Twilight asked herself. She turned to Vinyl, slightly lifting her headphones. “Thank you.” She told her, heading for the exit.
Rainbow Dash was not a happy person right now. She knew she’d have to do something for this thing Isaac had planned, but this was pushing it. Dancing was something she was already okay at, but that was when she did her style! Learning to properly dance, it was like she had four left feet! She grumbled several things to herself as the kids around her mirrored the movements of the instructor at the dance class. Before long, a knock came at the door. The instructor called out to let the students, Rainbow Dash included, rest as she opened the door.
“Oh! Ms. Twilight!” The instructor greeted, her accent as thick as ever. “How lovely to see you. You here for the lessons?”
“I’m actually here to see one of your students!” Twilight corrected, “Is Rainbow Dash here?”
“Twilight!” Rainbow cried out, rushing over to the girl and putting her hands on her shoulders. “You gotta get me outta here! I can’t take any more of this namby-pamby dance fluff! I gotta get out and stretch my legs!!!”
“You will leave when class is over, Dashie.” the instructor interjected, putting a hand on her back. “You, of all people, need to work on your skills before big party! Elsewise, you would not have been enrolled, yes?”
Rainbow’s face sank, retreating her forelegs from their contact with her friend. “I know… I just don’t like how stuffy it feels in here!”
Shining Armor looked around the room, eyeing the kids that occupied it. “That, and you’re embarrassed to be taking a class with a bunch of kids !” he stated, soon breaking into laughter.
“Shining!” Twilight yelled, glaring at him. His laughter stopped, and he soon sat up. She turned to look at the cyan girl. “Don’t listen to him.”
“Why not? He’s right!” Rainbow affirmed.
“He is ?” Twilight repeated, confused.
“I am ?” Shining Armor repeated, also confused.
“Yeah! It’s not exactly hard to see.” She led them into the room, sitting Twilight down on one side and then taking a position on the other. “Lemme show you…” She turned to a kid working a nearby phonograph. “Hit it!” The boy nodded, turning the crank as the music began to play.
After the first couple of measures, she started taking some tentative steps alongside a kid that stood beside her. For every ten steps, the kid took, Rainbow Dash was only able to take one. Halfway through the song, she attempted to pick up her pace, stumbling around the floor. Her legs started to twist together, and she fell to her side, causing the younger person to run for dear life as the record came to a screeching halt. Rainbow lay on the floor with a sour pout on her face.
“Ya see? This is what happens every time I try to dance on the ground!” She untangled her legs, working her way up into a sitting position. “And then there’s the actual students here!” She motioned an arm to a young orange boy with purple hair who was dancing so well and so rapidly that they could hardly see his legs, doing flips off of the wall and various other advanced steps. “How do I compete with that?!”
“I don’t think you’re supposed to,” Shining Armor deadpanned. “It’s a class . You’re supposed to learn the stuff, not show off!”
“As crude as that was, he has a point,” Twilight added. “If you’re set on learning it, then you need to stick to it. Why are you having such a hard time learning it, anyway?”
“I don’t know! I just… keep tripping over myself!” Rainbow explained.
“Have you tried learning it your way?” the girl suggested.
"What do you mean? This isn’t some test I have to study for! And it’s not like I can put my own spin on it by wat--” her mouth hung open, thinking about her words. “That’s it! I can take everything in and see how they do it! Then imitate that in my style where I won’t fall over!” She jumped to the floor, looking around the room.
“There you go!” Twilight exclaimed, joining her friend. “So, is there anything you need to show me?” she got a little closer, quirking her eyebrows.
“Yeah, but after class!” Rainbow Dash confirmed.
Twilight let out a fond sigh and returned to the floor. She sat in a chair next to the door where Shining Armor and Cadence had snuck in, getting comfortable. The students would all go through their routines, performing complex steps that Rainbow would look at and flail her body in an attempt to imitate, but put her own unique style to it. Throughout the class, her movements went from flailing to a more refined step. Soon the class ended.
"So, how was I?” Rainbow inquired, rushing up to Twilight.
“Well, it was certainly an improvement, but…” she started. Rainbow’s face showed a hint of a grimace at the last word. “Buuuut I would suggest keeping at it.”
Rainbow Dash hung her head, ears lowering. “Okay…” she lifted her head, a new determination in her eyes. “Then I’ll keep going!” She made for the exit, beckoning everybody along with her hand. “Come on, everyone! You’ve got another clue waiting!” She took off, Twilight and her family following suit.
Twilight caught up to her alethic friend, looking at her as they walked. “So, why are you suddenly taking a dance class?”
“Rarity insists that I have to learn ‘formal’ dancing for the we--” she forced her mouth shut, catching herself on her words. “Hey! Look! We’re here!
Twilight’s expression brightened as she shot ahead towards the place where Rainbow pointed. Cadance snickered a little, coming up beside Rainbow. “Almost let it slip, huh?”
Rainbow Dash crossed her arms, putting on a cool expression. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Cadance giggled, starting towards Twilight. “I’m sure you don’t.” She took a position next to her sister-in-law, looking at the box in the park.
Rainbow then unlocked it using her deck as the message began to play.
"I told you you’d love the look on her face!” It began, laughing hysterically. “Anyway, yes. Rainbow Dash is learning to dance. Although I don’t know if that class is the one she needs for a ‘formal gathering’ like Rarity insists. But, I digress! After this, there are only two clues left! Partially because I'm running out of unique things to say... But mostly because you’re almost done!” A deep breath was heard. “After all this, you deserve a rest. There’s one sweet place I think is best! And while you go to have a break, have yourself a slice of cake!”
Twilight and Cadance looked at each other, smiling. “Sweet Shoppe!”
Cakes. Cakes everywhere. Mr. Cake, Mrs. Cake, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, and then there were the baked goods! Chocolate cake, lemon cake, carrot cake, fruitcake, apple cake, pear cake, spice cake, every kind of cake to ever cake on a cake! And sitting in the middle of it all was a lone pie... A Pinkie Pie. All this cake and only one thing was missing... And the entry bell chimed, signaling their arrival.
Twilight, Cadance, and Shining Armor entered the confectionery shop, looking around at the towers of pure sweetness. Twilight’s stomach rumbled as her eyes fell on all of the baked wonders, a small amount of drool dribbling out of her open mouth.
“The Cakes have been working overtime, huh?” Shining Armor commented as he felt a rumbling of his own.
“Oh, you’re right about that one!” Mr. Cake told them. “We’ve been asked to cater for a really big event! But we don’t know what kind of cake needs to be our centerpiece, so Pinkie suggested we make samples and have somebody come in for taste testing! You all are just in time, too!"
"Just in time?” Cadance repeated. “I don’t understand…”
"Isaac was supposed to be our taste tester, but something came up and he had to help somebody with something involving mashed peas…” Mr. Cake elaborated. “But we just finished all of our baking, and we still need somebody from outside the shop to be our taste tester! Would you all like to help us?”
Twilight smiled, rolling her eyes. “Well, we have been walking around all day… and I am pretty hungry after all of that…”
The three of them sat down at the only empty table in the room, where a bouncy pink girl emerged from the floor wearing a false mustache and bow tie. She bowed curtly to the guests, placing a plate in front of each of them.
“Our first selection is a classic chocolate cake with chocolate icing!” She told them, trying her best to sound as proper as possible as she placed a multi-layered brown cake in the center. She picked up a knife and, with one swift motion, sliced the cake to be split evenly amongst the four of them. “The filling between each layer is made with a raspberry jam, with extra sugar for sweetness!”
Everyone at the table raised a fork, digging into the morsels placed before them. As always, the Cakes made the best cakes in all of Canterlot. The chocolate maintained a hint of its natural bitterness, to not completely overwhelm their pallets with pure sweetness. Twilight could detect a hint of some ground-up ingredient in the icing, providing some of that bitter taste, eventually giving way to the raspberry filling that washed over the bits of cake to fill her mouth with flavor. They all brought a hand up to their faces, overjoyed by the pure confectionery art they were experiencing, and quickly gobbled up their portions. As soon as their plates were empty, Pinkie rose, fetching another cake and setting it in front of them. Each cake was just as delicious as the one before it, all of them beautifully decorated and flawlessly proportioned to never be too much with each slice. When the cakes were finished, the room was empty once more. The guests at the table leaned back, patting their bellies as Pinkie Pie appeared beside Twilight.
“So? Which one was your favorite?” she inquired.
Twilight sat up, looking at Pinkie quizzically. “I have to choose one?” Pinkie nodded rapidly. “But they were all so good! I can’t possibly choose just one! When is this big event?”
“Well, that’s the big question.” Mr. Cake stated.
Twilight's eyes narrowed, looking at the proprietor suspiciously. “And who is organizing it?”
Mr. Cake looked nervously at Pinkie Pie, who reeled back at the sudden gesture. Her eyes darted back and forth between Mr. Cake and Twilight, teeth chattering.
“I can’t tell you!” She shouted, retreating into a corner. “Your clue is in the party planning cave! Please don’t ask any more questions!”
"You have a party planning cave?" asked Shining Armor and Cadance in unison.
Twilight recoiled from the shout, a part of her not expecting such a response from Pinkie. She relaxed a bit, letting her face go back to normal. “Okay, okay. No more questions. Let’s go get that clue!” She slowly got up, straining a bit from having a slightly engorged belly thanks to all the cake.
Pinkie Pie walked over to a cake on the counter, pressing down on the cherry on top. Twilight and company heard a mechanism crank from beneath them as they lost all semblance of footing. They fell through four trap doors onto a set of slides that converged into one, taking them down into a room full of file cabinets, balloons, streamers, and other decorations. One electric blue balloon in the center of the room was twitching erratically as if something inside it was making it behave unusually. Pinkie came down the slide behind the group, a needle in her forelock.
“You’re gonna need this…” she said, bringing the needle forward. “It hurts to pop an innocent balloon… but the show must go on!” She raised an arm emphatically in her declaration, her face more serious than ever.
Twilight grabbed the needle from her friend’s hair and walked over to the twitchy balloon. She closed her eyes, bringing the needle forward to pierce the outer layer.
“POP!!!”
A large painting that was splattered with different assortments of paint fell into her hands. The message began alongside the popping noise, pausing for a moment. “Don’t ask me how this got inside a balloon. It was all Pinkie. She did her… Pinkie... thing. I’ve stopped trying to understand it. I hope you enjoyed your cake! It should give you the energy for your next location!"
"Just a painting?" asked Shining Armor.
"Dear, it's easy. Who do we know is a popular painter?"
"Then let's go," stated Twilight.
“Don’t we have to get out of here first?” Cadance asked.
“I think so…” Shining Armor agreed, looking at the slide with a confused expression. “But… how do we get out?”
Sunset was in the park as she was on the floor. Her paint supplies were out as a blank canvas was in front of her. She was trying to come up with a good painting that Isaac requested but was having trouble. Twilight had arrived with her family as they saw the girl.
"Hey, Sunset."
"Twilight, so good to see you." said the girl as they hugged each other.
"So what are you doing?" asked Cadance.
"I got a request from a client that's asking me to create a one-of-a-kind drawing."
"What kind of drawing?" asked Shining Armor.
"That's the thing, they just said, whatever comes to mind."
"Isn't that a good thing? It means that they're not expecting much," stated Shining Armor.
"Well, yeah. But in my line of work, I make sure that I have a reason for drawing what I draw. If the person said, 'Hey, can you include X, Y, and Z?' Or even if it was something as small as a painting of a sun, I would have a reason as to why it's there. Telling me to do whatever I want is fine for me, but again, I pride myself on having a reason why things are in the painting." said Sunset.
"I see, you not a popular artist because you make good paintings. But because you have a reason behind your drawings, you tell a story," said Cadance.
"Precisely, it's what I loved learning about in art school." said the bacon-haired girl.
"A blank canvas, and the freedom to create whatever comes to mind. Simple yet difficult," said Twilight as she looked at the art supplies. Soon a lightbulb went off in the girl's head as she addressed her friend.
"Hey, Sunset? Can I ask? Is your client who requested a painting a fan of Duel Monsters?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Do you remember the paintings that you created for the rest of us, during that one time we spent at Isaac's house for Christmas?"
"Of course, Twilight. That was one of my finest works. So much so, that I recreated them and had them on display in my srt studio, not for sale, since I valued them too much. Why?" asked Sunset.
"Well, maybe you could do a painting of them but as Duel Monsters," suggested Twilight.
"Huh... that's... an interesting idea," said Sunset as she was seeing what her friend was saying. "I think I got something, Shining Armor and Cadance, mind helping me?"
"What do you need us to do?" asked Cadance.
"Simply stand there, and put your arm around Cadance," said Sunset as she set up her easel.
"Okay? Anything else?" asked Shining Armor.
"Mind letting me see your deck?" asked Sunset as the boy did that.
She took the deck and began to look through the contents of it. Sunset then stopped on a set of cards as she did some glances between the pair and the cards. She then handed the cards back to Shining Armor as she smiled. With that, she straighten out her leather jacket and cracked her knuckles. She picked up her brush and began to draw. Twilight watched from the side as Sunset was in the zone. After a while, Sunset put her brush down as she then grabbed the painting.
The girl flipped it over to show her work. The painting she had down was of Shining Armor and Cadance with the boy holding his wife. But they were dressed as two monsters from his deck. For Shining Armor, he was in his Kaibaman's outfit while Cadance was painted as Maiden with Eyes of Blue. In the background, there were his Blue-Eyes as it let out a roar.
"What do you think?" asked Sunset.
"It's... beautiful," said Cadance as she took the painting and held it with Shining Armor placing his hands on the girl's shoulder.
"I always knew I looked handsome. And this makes you look even more beautiful," said the boy as he kissed his wife's cheek.
"Nice job, Sunset."
"Thanks, Twilight. I think I now know what to paint."
Sunset wasted no time in setting up another canvas and was already doing the painting. In no time, she finished what she wanted to draw.
"So, can we see it?" asked Twilight.
"Sorry, Twi. But the client said to not let anyone see it. Not even themselves. Besides, it'd be bad business for me, they paid a good amount of money for this." said Sunset with a smirk as she put the drawing away. "But I will give you this."
Sunset then pulled out her duel disk and played the message.
“Congratulations, Twilight! You’ve found this clue!” heavy breathing was heard for a moment, mumbling coming from the background. “What? Flurry is what ?! Oh, not again! Okay, I’ll be right there! I just gotta finish this! These messages only last so long, after all! I’ve had to do these all day while staying ahead! All right, just keep calm and do what I told you! Okay!” the voice cleared his throat, becoming more audible once again. “So, you know how I’ve been leading you around with poems or rhymes? Well, this last one is something a bit more my speed. Follow the clue in this song, and it’ll lead you to where you need to be.” Once more, a deep breath sounded, giving what felt like a few beats to the atmosphere.
“~Leaves from the vine…. Falling so slow, Like fragile, tiny shells Drifting in the flow…. Little__ soldier boy… Come marching home! Bra__ave soldier boy… Comes marching home… ~”
Twilight lingered on the last note. The song was short and simple, but she could feel a deeper meaning behind it from some source she didn’t quite understand. She turned to her brother. “Soldier? Is he talking about you?”
“I… think so.” Shining Armor affirmed. “Something about… marching home… I think that’s where we need to be.”
“Well, then, let’s go home!” Cadance declared.
They all arrived home back to where they started as the sound of snoring echoed throughout. Twilight recognized it outright, considering who she slept with. But for it to be this loud, he couldn’t possibly be comfortable. She attuned her ears to the sound, following it to its source with Cadance and Shining Armor trailing close behind. She didn’t have to travel very far, as the sound grew to its peak when she approached the living room.
There on the floor, Isaac lay curled up. Cuddled up next to him and nestled under his arm was a peacefully sleeping little toddler. Cadance and Shining Armor smiled at the sight of their daughter, the mother stepping forward and lifting the toddler into her arms.
Flurry stirred, slowly opening her eyes. “Ma-ma!” She called out, spreading her arms happily.
Twilight walked over to her special someone on the floor, sitting next to him. From behind her, she heard the footsteps of everybody she had visited that day. The Apple Siblings, Crusaders included Rarity, Fluttershy, their musician friends, the entire Cake family, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Sunset, Juniper, and even their respective parents along with their pets. They all gathered around the room, encircling the map. The girl heard them come in but paid them no mind. She leaned in close to Isaac, poking his side with her hand.
“Isaac… Wake up, Isaac!”
Isaac's eyes shot open. He rocketed up from his sleeping position, getting to his feet with his cap falling off.
“What? Yes? I’m awake!” He looked around, seeing the gathering of people. “Oh… Right…” He slowly turned his attention to Twilight. “So, you’ve completed the scavenger hunt, huh?”
“Why, yes. I would say I have!” She confirmed. She tilted her head to look behind him, seeing nothing but the same book open to the same page. “So… What’s the prize?”
“Ah! Yes! Your prize!” He repeated as he picked up his cap and put it back on. "Follow me to the back of the house," said Isaac as he put the book on the table.
Twilight followed the boy to the back as everybody all had smiles on their faces as they watched the two leaving. Hoping that when they came back, it would be even bigger.
Isaac and Twilight were now in the back of the house as it was just the two of them.
"So, you made sure to remember the page that book over there was marked on, right?”
Twilight nodded. “Yes. What does that have to do with the prize?”
"Do you remember what was the contents of the page?" asked Isaac.
Twilight then thought back and used her impressive memory skills to think. She glanced once at the page but already had an image of it in her mind. "Chapter fifty… Tying the… Applejack had me tying a knot at the farm… When you and your special someone have been living together for a very long time, trust each other completely, and are naturally comfortable with each other… it will have become time to take the last big step…” her eyes widened dramatically. She brought a hand up to her chin as she began pondering out loud. “After we saw Applejack… Rarity needed help with… a veiled white dress… Then Fluttershy needed to talk to Vinyl and Octavia about performing for a really big event… Rainbow Dash was learning to dance at a formal gathering… And Pinkie was wanting my opinion on cake ! Then at the park… Sunset was tasked with painting a picture…” she returned her attention to the book. “... the last big step... “ she turned around, seeing Isaac now grabbing her hand.
“Marriage.” he finished. "Twilight, you remember our graduation duel? You remember I asked you a question and you gave me an answer. Now, we're about to get hitched, but there's one thing after all these years that's incomplete. Something to make the proposal official." Isaac then presented a small box as he opened it.
"Isaac... there's... nothing in there," said Twilight.
"That's because I don't have it. You do," smiled the boy.
Twilight then looked at her other hand and to her surprise inside was a handcrafted magenta diamond ring. Twilight gasped as Isaac took it.
"How?"
"Magic," stated the boy. "After all this time, you still don't have it. So better late than never. Twilight, I asked you that question during our duel and you said, 'Yes'. I'm gonna need you to say yes, one more time." Isaac got down on one knee as he took his cap off with his other hand and ran it through his hair while taking a deep breath. He then looked at the girl.
"I love you with all my heart, Twilight Sparkle," said Isaac with full confidence in his voice, "I couldn't think of a better girl to spend the rest of my life with. Will you marry me?"
There was a long and dramatic pause. Twilight began to cry through her glasses, but this time they were tears of joy as she lowered her arms and gave Isaac a warm, teary smile.
"I thought you'd never ask," Twilight replied, "Yes... yes! Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!"
Isaac smiled as he put his cap back on and happily put the engagement ring on Twilight's finger before embracing and kissing her happily.
