At sweet Apple Acres.
“Apple Bloom! Apple Bloom!” said Applejack as she wake Apple Bloom up. “Come on, time to get up. Breakfast is done, so hurry up.”
Apple Bloom got out of bed and stretched a little. She walked over to her desk and looked at her deck. “Great Silver Wolf, Garmore. I knew it, it’s not Royal Paladin. It wasn’t a dream.”
After Apple Bloom went down stairs and sat at the table.
“Since there' no school today. after breakfast your going to Card Capital, right?” asked Applejack. Apple Bloom stayed quiet. “I have chores to do. But after I’m done I might come and see you.” She said eating her breakfast.
“Thanks for breakfast.” said Apple Bloom as she left the table barely eating any of her food.
“I don’t understand what is up with Apple Bloom she is acting like her old self.”
Apple Bloom was standing outside of Card Capital. Apple Bloom decided not to go in and then walked away. Apple Bloom was later sitting at the park. ‘What is going on. What happened that time wasn't a dream? Then, what should I do. Losing the Royal Paladins. After we have been thru so much. It’s not far. This is not the deck I’m used to. And what is worst everyone thinks this is I won nationals with. I don't feel like I could fight with them.’
“Apple Bloom.” said a voice from behind Apple Bloom.
“Spike!” Apple Bloom said as she looked to see who it was.
“What are you doing?”
“Actually, a strange thing happened.”
“What strange thing?”
“Well? Do you mind looking thru my deck?”
“Yeah, sure.” Spike looked thru the deck. “The Gold Paladins.”
“Does my deck look odd to you?”
“No, is there something wrong with your deck?”
“No.” ‘I was hoping Spike could see the problem.’ Then she remembered what he said. “Spike do you mind if I see your deck?”
“Sure.” said Spike as he gave Apple Bloom his deck.
‘It’s not Kagero! Spike’s deck also changed.So what he said was true?’
“What's wrong?” asked Spike
“Spike didn’t you notice your own deck has changed?”
What are you saying?”
“I know how I sound. But you have to hear me out.”
“Say it.”
Apple Bloom told Spike her story.
“In short me and yours, mines and decks was seized by an unknown power. And it was replaced by another deck?”
“You don’t remember any of that?”
“No, this is my deck.”
‘As I thought, other than me no one else notice. Everyone I ask says I have always used the Gold Paladin. But he’s going thru the samething as me. So why doesn't he remember as I do.’ “It looks like you don’t believe me.”said Apple Bloom as she got up she was about to leave.
“Who said I didn’t believe you? My memories tell me that this is my deck. However, I don’t think you're the kind to lie. Follow me.” said Spike as he walked off.
They walked to a table in the park.
“Here, is where we’ll fight. If we fight I might catch a hint.” said Spike
Apple Bloom placed her deck on the table.
“Are you ready? Imagen it.” asked Spike
Then Spike and Apple Bloom found themselves on Cray but unlike the times before it looked dark and cloudy.
“This is Cray.” whispered Apple Bloom
“What’s wrong? Let’s go.” said Spike
“Stand up.”
“The” only Spike
“Vanguard!”
“Grassland Breeze, Sagramore.”
“Lizard Soldier, Sishin.” Spike turned into a dragon with a spear.
“Well?”
“Everything feels normal so far.”
“Well let’s wait and see.”
“Here I go I ride Red River Dragoon.” Spike turned into a earth with a lance.
“My turn, I ride Evil Slaying Swordsman, Haugan.” She turned into an earth pony with a red mane and tail warring red and gold armor with a sword. “I call Precipice Whirlwind, Sagramore and Knight of Elegant Skills, Gareth.” Then a colt earth pony in silver and gold armor with a bow appeared as well as a well as an earth pony with a brown mane and tale in gold and red armor with a sword. “Sorry if I mess up, this my first time using this clan.”
“Okay, keep going.”
“Well here I go, with a boost from Whirlwind, Sagramore, Haugan attacks.”
13000 to 8000
“I don’t guard.”
“Drive trigger check.” (no trigger)
“Damage trigger check.” (no trigger)
“Whirlwind, Sagramore skill activates, I drop and draw. Then I attack with Knight of Elegant Skills, Gareth.”
“I don’t guard.”
Gareth ran up and slashed Red River Dragoon. (no trigger)
“You sound nervous, but you couldn’t tell by the way you are playing.”
“Thanks.”
“My turn, I stand and draw. I ride Thunderstorm Dragoon.” he transformed into a pony that looks like Red River Dragoon but he was on a dragon. “I call Djinn of the Lightning Flare and Brightjet Dragon.” a genie like pony and a red dragon appeared. “Brightjet Dragon attacks. Skill activated, if my claw is less than your hoof than 3000 power is added.”
11000 to 7000
“No guard.” Birghtjet Dragon came up and shocked her. “Damage trigger check.” (no trigger)
“Thunderstorm Dragoon attacks.”
“No guard.”
“Drive trigger check.” (no trigger)
“Damage trigger check.” (no trigger)
“Djinn attacks, Djinn gain 2000 power if my vanguard is a Narukami.”
10000 to 7000
“I guard with Blessing Owl.” An owl appeared to block the attack. ‘Spike is using Narukami deck well. It’s like his deck wasn’t replaced in the first place.’
“My turn is over.”
“Stand and draw!” ‘Grade two, right now i would normally I would….’ she remembered the time she rides Blaster Blade. “I ride Knight of Superior Skills, Beaumains.” As Apple Bloom said that Spike pictured her turning into a earth pony with white and blue armor with a sword. “Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing at all continue.”
“Okay, I ride. Then I move Gareth back and call Sacred Guardian Beast, Nemean Lion.”
‘For a moment my memory respond.’
‘Something is up, maybe he’s noticing something.’ “With support from Gareth, Nemean Lion attacks.”
16000 to 10000
“I guard with Zephyr Kid, Hayate.”
16000 to 20000
“Now with a boost from Precipice Whirlwind, Sagramore, Beaumains attacks.”
16000 to 10000
“I don’t guard.”
“Drive trigger check.” She ran up and slashed Spike.
“Damage trigger check, draw trigger. Stand and draw, Apple Bloom I can feel your play is off. You don’t seem like yourself.”
“I just thought it would come to me. But I just don’t feel like I’m fighting as myself.”
“You will have to try harder if you want to convince me. Because you and me are different, because I can fight with this deck. I’ll make you learn that.Behold, Ascend from the broken seal from within with your determination! Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion!” Spike turned into a dragon with double sided spear and with lighting wings.
“Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion? No way, I can’t believe it.”
“I’m not going to take it easy on you, Apple Bloom. So get your head back into the game. I call Lizard Soldier, Riki.” A dragon with a staff appeared. “Brightjet Dragon attacks.”
11000 to 10000
“I guard with Precipice Whirlwind, Sagramore.”
11000 to 15000
“Nwxt with a boost from Riki, Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion attacks.”
18000 to 10000
“I don’t guard.”
“Drive trigger check! First (no trigger), second check, get critical trigger. The critical will go to Vermillion and Djinn will get the 5000 power.” He slashed Apple Bloom with his spear.
“Damage trigger check! First, (no trigger)Second!”
“Apple Bloom stand trigger!”
“I-I-I give the 5000 power to Beaumains and I stand Nemean Lion.”
“Djinn attacks, with its skill he gains 2000 power.” (no trigger)
“Already at five damage.”
“Why didn’t you guard?”
“I was to surprised when you rided Vermillion.”
“Do you have confidence in beating me next turn?”
“I stand and draw.” ‘I can’t do it! At this rate.’
“What’s the matter loss the will to fight?”
“Not a chance, I ride Battlefield Storm, Sagramore.” She turned into an earth pony in silver, gold and blue armor with two swords. “I call Sleygal Sword and Elixir Sommelier.” A blue wolf with a sword in his mouth and a unicorn holding a small statue appeared. “I activate Sleygal Sword’s skill four time to give him 8000 power. With a boost from Elixir Sommelier, Sleygal Sword attacks.”
22000 to 11000
“I don’t guard.” The wolf jumped up and slashed him with his sword. (no trigger)
“With a boost from Precipice Whirlwind, Sagramore, Battlefield Storm, Sagramore attacks.”
16000 to 11000
“I guard with Wyvern Supply Unit and Yellow Gem Carbuncle.”
“Drive trigger check, first (no trigger). Second, it’s a critical trigger.”
“Still the attack will fail.”
“All effects go to Nemean Lion. With a boost from Gareth, Nemean Lion attacks.”
21000 to 11000
“I guard with Old Dragon Mage and Red River Dragoon. Also Brightjet Dragon intercepts.”
“My turn is over.” ‘I did three attack and even got a critical trigger. And I was only able to do one damage. With my hoof and my two intercepts I might….’
“When did you turn back into a loser. You won the Vanguard National Championship and you even beat Flip Side. Who I couldn’t defeat. Where did your confidence go?”
“But that when I’ve been fighting with my real deck. Not this, these aren’t the ones I have played with. How am I supposed to play like I used too.”
“Just get your head together. I thought you were not the type to blame her problems on her deck.”
“But….”
“In a cardfight there is one thing you can rely on and it's not the cards. You have been playing with that old clan for so long it’s impossible for you to see playing without them. That kind of thinking limits your ability. It’s time to break those barriers down. Final Turn! I stand and draw! I call Djinn of the Lightning Spark and Plasmabite Dragon. Now watch this. This is the power to break all limit. Limit Break!” said Spike as he flipped cards in his damage zone face down.
“You know how to do a limit break?”
“You can only activate this skill if you have four or more cards in the damage zone.”
“So it’s a skill that can only be activated in the late game.”
“These abilities are stronger than you ever say before. The power to break the limit. Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion gains 2000 power and when this unit attacks it hits all my opponent's front row units at the same time.”
“What! He is going to attack three units at once?”
“Yes, crushing everything in it way. With lightning guiding my way to victory. This is Vermillion Thunder bolt.”
“This is wrong. I know you wouldn’t use that kind of strategy. You use Kagero. You should use Dragonic Overlord. Remember, Spike.”
“I do remember. I got glimpses of play with them.”
“Then…..”
“I doesn’t mean anything because I’m using a new deck know. We have to embrace what we have been given.”
“I’m going to have to intercept.”
“You can’t intercept. It’s because I’m attacking all the units at the same time. With a boost from Riki, Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion attacks Nemean Lion, Sleygal Sword and Battlefield Storm, Sagramore at the sametime.”
“I can only guard with the cards in my hoof. I don’t guard.”
Spike check his twin drive both cards were not triggers. He roared and summoned lightning that hit Apple Bloom and her two units in her front row. (no trigger) “That’s the end.” said Spike
“I thought you were going to win.” said Apple Bloom ‘I can’t stop shaking. What a power….. Limit Break. Spike is playing like he always had those cards. He’s completely different than me.’
“What are you looking at?”
“I didn’t use the clan till now. I didn’t think it will be simple to use.”
“Of course. But Apple Bloom, what you said might be true. During this fight I felt uneasy at some points. I get it the decks we are using they are not the same ones we are used to.”
“You understand.”
“Yeah, but who and how did they do it? And what is there purpose for doing this?”
Then the TV next to the went on.
“Welcome to Vanguard Fight Circuit! Vanguard Fight Circuit or shot VF Circuit. Is a tournament were fighters from all over the world get together to see who is the best. And now a word from our sponsor.” said the advertisement
Then the colt Apple Bloom say the other day appeared. “This is going to be a huge Vanguard event. With Vanguard being popular in more and more kingdoms. As well them have their own National Championship I thought I would be a good idea to start the VF Circuit. This is a way for cardfighters from different kingdom to battle one another. To see who is the strongest in the world.” he said the the screen just showed the VF Circuit logo.
“What’s wrong Apple Bloom?” asked Spike as he say Apple Bloom had a shocked look on her face.
“That colt, me and him fought and then my deck changed.”
“What?” he said surprised. He looked at the logo. “Strongest in the world. Count me in.”
“Seriously!”
“To find out what happened, we have no choice but to enter. He’s the only one with answers and they only way to see him is by entering the tournament.”
“Yeah, but how do we enter? Do you need an invitation or what?”
“If you want to go you can find a way. I’m going to find a way on to the VF Circuit. I’m sure you will find a way. Maybe our paths will cross.” sai Spike as walked away
“I will get there just wait and see.”
Apple Bloom was walking thru Ponyville. ‘The strongest fighters are gathering in the Circuit. What am I supposed to do to enter.’ Soon Apple Bloom entered Card Capital. “Hello!”
“About time your hear.” said Diamond Tiara
“Did you got caught up doing your chores?” asked Silver Spoon
“I will say this is amazing.” said Rainbow Dash
“Finally you're here Apple Bloom.” said Rarity
“What going on?” asked Apple Bloom
“Look here, team Crusaders just got an invitation.”
“That logo looks like the Vanguard Fight Circuit.” Then she relived it was for the VF circuit.
“That right you better get ready. Because this team is going international.”
“It looks like you're in the big time.” said Rainbow Dash
