//------------------------------// // It's TIME to duel! // Story: Friends Beyond Time // by Shadow Kick //------------------------------// Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 4000 Starlight Glimmer LP: 4000 Turn 1: Starlight “I’ll go first,” said Starlight. “I play Pot of Greed so I can draw two cards. Next I’ll activate the Field spell Malefic World.” Black electricity shot out of Starlight’s duel disk and transformed the area into a star filled futuristic field. “Nice card,” said Rainbow. “Thanks,” said Starlight. “Now instead of drawing a card during my draw phase, I can select three Malefic monsters from my deck, then you three will select one. That monster will go to my hand, while the others go back into my deck. Next, I’ll remove the Cyber End Dragon in my Extra Deck from the game in order to Special Summon Malefic Cyber End Dragon in attack mode!” “Hey,” asked Twilight. “Does anyone have any info about these Malefic things?” “It’s not some thing,” said Starlight. “It’s a special type of deck from the future. One of the many advantages of time travel.” “Just by banishing that monster’s original form, she was able to summon this monstrosity,” said Sunset. “Destroying a monster’s good side just to give life to its evil incarnation?” asked Twilight. “I guess Starlight truly does only see the dark side of Duel Monsters.” “Exactly,” said Starlight. “Because that’s all the game has ever brought! But not for much longer. Once you three are out of the way, this can all end. But for now, I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 2: Rainbow “It’s a good thing we all know about each other’s decks,” said Rainbow. “You girls ready?” “You bet,” said Sunset. “And I think you should start us off,” said Twilight. “You got it!” said Rainbow. “I summon Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise in defense mode! Then I’ll place three cards face down and end my turn!” Turn 3: Starlight “How pathetic,” said Starlight. “If that’s the best you can do then I’ve got this duel in the bag. And since it’s my turn, I can activate the effect of Malefic World! Now I can choose three Malefic monsters, and you three get to choose which one will go to my hand!” “Okay girls,” said Twilight. “We must choose wisely.” “I know,” said Rainbow. “You choose, Sunset.” “Okay,” said Sunset. “Fools,” thought Starlight. “Little do they know, I have three copies of each monster in my deck.” “Well here goes,” said Sunset. “I pick… the one of the left.” “Thank you,” said Starlight. “You chose Malefic Rainbow Dragon!” “Crap!” said Sunset. “But before I can summon it,” said Starlight. “I have to activate the continuous spell card, Malefic Wall! You see, normally I can only control one Malefic monster at a time. But with this out, I can summon as many as I want!” “Fantastic,” said Twilight. “Next I’ll banish one of Rainbow’s dragons,” said Starlight. “In order to summon my Malefic Rainbow Dragon!” Rainbow growled. “That’s my card!” “Not anymore,” said Starlight. “I need it to destroy Pegasus. But for now, I’ll use it to destroy you three! Malefic Cyber End Dragon, attack her little turtle!” “Not a chance!” said Rainbow. “I activate Security Orb, which switches your monster to defense mode!” “So what?” asked Starlight. “I activate the trap, Dragon’s Rage! Now whenever one of my dragon monsters attacks, if it’s ATK is greater than your monster’s DEF power, then you’ll receive piercing damage! Malefic Rainbow Dragon attack, spectral surge!” “Aggghhhh!!” cried Rainbow as he was blown back. “Rainbow!” cried Sunset. “You okay?!” asked Twilight. Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 2000 Starlight Glimmer LP: 4000 “Yeah, I’m fine,” said Rainbow. “Well, you won’t be when you lose,” said Starlight. “You see, in a Malefic duel, when you lose, you die!” “Say what?!!!” cried Sunset and Twilight. Rainbow stood up. “I activate another trap, Powerful Rebirth! This lets me special my Emerald Tortoise back to the field, after that, he gains 100 ATK and DEF points, and his level increases by 1! (Emerald Tortoise: 600 – 700; Level 3 – 4) Sorry about losing all those points.” “Don’t be,” said Sunset. “You kept us in the duel,” said Twilight. “We would have been dead without you.” Rainbow smiled. “Thanks, and I promise I’ll keep playing my hardest.” “Against a deck filled with the best cards throughout all of time, that’s all we can do,” said Twilight. “Yeah, keep telling yourselves that,” said Starlight. “I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 4: Sunset “Alright, it’s my turn!” said Sunset. “Hey Rainbow? Is it okay if I use your Tortoise?” “Sure,” answered Rainbow. “Why do ya think I brought him back?” “Thanks,” said Sunset. “I summon Rose the Warrior of Revenge in attack mode! Then I’ll tune her together with Rainbow’s Tortoise in order to Synchro summon, Stardust Dragon!” “I don’t think so,” said Starlight. “I activate my counter trap, Black Horn of Heaven!” “What?!” asked Sunset. “Whenever you special summon a monster, this card negates it’s summon and destroys it!” explained Starlight. “Shit!” said Sunset. “You’ll pay for that! I play Graceful Charity, which lets me draw three cards, as long as I discard two! Perfect. I’ll discard The Calculator and Broww Huntsman of the Dark World. Which means my Huntsman’s effect now activates, letting me draw one more card!” “You’ll need it,” said Starlight. “Now I’ll remove my Calculator and my Huntsman from play!” said Sunset. “So I can special summon Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning!” “Not bad, but not good enough,” said Starlight. “I mean what could that puny soldier do against my Malefic Rainbow Dragon?” “This!” said Sunset. “I play Block Attack, to switch your dragon into defense mode!” “What?” asked Starlight. “There’s one more thing so should know,” said Sunset. “If my soldier destroys a monster in battle, he can attack a second time!” “Oh no!!” said Starlight. “Black Luster Soldier, destroy her two dragons!” ordered Sunset. Both dragons were destroyed. “Oh yeah?” asked Starlight. “I activate Malefic Tune! Since a Malefic monster was destroyed, I can draw two cards from my deck.” “Fine,” said Sunset. “I’ll place three cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 5: Starlight “It’s my turn,” said Starlight. “Time for you three to choose again.” (Starlight selects three Malefic Truth Dragons) “Why don’t you choose this time, Twilight?” asked Rainbow. “Okay,” said Twilight. “I choose… the middle one!” said Twilight. “Excellent!” said Starlight. “These cards will win me the duel.” “Damn,” said Twilight quickly. “Soon the world will be free from this Duel Monster’s plague!” said Starlight. “But first, I’ll activate Malefic Selector. You see, by removing the two Malefic monsters in my Graveyard from play, (Malefic Rainbow Dragon and Malefic Cyber End Dragon) I can add two more Malefic monsters from my deck to my hand!” “Great,” said Rainbow. “Yes it is, well for me anyway,” said Starlight. “Now I summon the tuner monster, Malefic Parallel Gear!” “Tuner?” asked Sunset. “That’s right, Sunset,” said Starlight. “You’re not the only one who can Synchro summon. My gear’s special ability allows him to tune with a Malefic monster that’s in my hand!” “You gotta be kidding me!” said Rainbow. “Afraid not,” said Starlight. “Now I tune my Parallel Gear with the Malefic Stardust Dragon I’ve got in my hand to Synchro summon Malefic Paradox Dragon!” “Oh boy,” Twilight. “Next I’ll activate my dragon’s effect!” said Starlight. “Since Malefic Paradox Dragon was Synchro summoned, I can special summon a Synchro monster from either player’s graveyard! So I think I’ll special summon your Stardust Dragon, Sunset!” The dragon was summoned into Starlight’s field. “Two dragons again?” asked Sunset. “Correct,” said Starlight. “Luckily for you three, all non-Malefic monsters can’t attack. But I can still use your dragon’s effect to protect my cards.” “Damn her,” said Sunset. “I would say good game, but let’s not kid ourselves,” said Starlight. “Malefic Paradox Dragon, destroy that Luster Soldier!” “I don’t think so!” said Sunset. “I activate Waboku, which reduces all the damage to zero!” “Alright!” said Twilight. “Way to play!” said Rainbow. “Whatever,” said Starlight. “Nothing you three do can stop me. I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 6: Twilight “Then it’s my turn!” said Twilight. “And because it is, I can activate a trap!” interrupted Starlight. “Malefic Claw Stream! Since I control a Malefic monster, I can destroy a monster on the field. I choose your Black Luster Soldier!” Black Luster Soldier was destroyed. “You’ll have to do better than that!” said Sunset. “Because I activate Call of the Haunted, to be my soldier back to the field!” Starlight scowled. “Whatever, just get your turn over with.” “You got it!” said Twilight. “I summon Temperance of Prophecy in attack mode! Then I’ll play Spellbook of Wisdom! So for the rest of the turn, my Temperance won’t be affected by any of your traps! But the best part is, now I can send my Temperance to the graveyard and special summon any Spellcaster from my deck. Come forth, World of Prophecy!” “Like I didn’t see that coming,” said Starlight. “Now I activate Snatch Steal!” continued Twilight. “This lets me take control of one of your monsters!” “I activate Malefic Force!” called Starlight. “And by equipping this card to my Paradox Dragon, it can’t be affected by any of your spells! Nice try.” “Who said I wanted your Paradox Dragon?” asked Twilight. “What?” asked Starlight. “I’m taking back Sunset’s Stardust Dragon!” said Twilight. “Thanks a lot, Twilight!” said Sunset. The Princess nodded. “So what?” asked Starlight. “All of your monsters still plain in comparison to my monster!” “Not once I play this,” said Twilight. “I activate Riryoku, to cut the ATK points of Sunset’s Black Luster Soldier in half. Then I can add the remaining amount to my World of Prophecy! (Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning: 3000 – 1500) (World of Prophecy: 2900 – 4400) “Oh no!” said Starlight. “Now your monster’s the one who’s outmatched!” said Starlight. “World of Prophecy, attack her Malefic Paradox Dragon!” Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 2000 Starlight Glimmer LP: 3600 “I thank you for that,” said Starlight. “Huh?” asked Twilight. “Since a Malefic monster has been destroyed, all I have to do is pay half my life points and I can special summon this monster!” said Starlight as she held up a card. “Behold! My most devastating creature! Malefic Truth Dragon!!” Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 2000 Starlight Glimmer LP: 1800 Starlight laughed as a giant golden dragon appeared on her field. She then jumped on its head. “Dang!” said Rainbow. “That’s the biggest monster I’ve ever seen!” “Now what?” asked Sunset. “Hope you’re proud of yourself, Twilight!” said Starlight. “I couldn’t have summoned this creature without you.” Twilight growled. “I place two cards face down, and that’s all.” (Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning: 1500 – 3000) (World of Prophecy: 4400 – 2900) Twilight then looked at the clock. “Pegasus will be soon. We have to hurry.” In the distance, Pegasus’s helicopter was approaching the city. “Mr. Pegasus, sir!” said the pilot. “You may want to hold on, looks like a storm ahead.” Back in the future, the whole city was still crumbling away. Sunset, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity, Sci-Twi, Applejack and the rest of the people just sat there watching the city fall apart. “The city’s almost gone,” said Fluttershy. “No!” cried Rarity. “You okay?!” asked Pinkie. “No I’m not!” said Rarity. “The spa! The salon! The shoe store! They’ll all destroyed! Whhhhhhhhy?!” Applejack slapped her head. “Please hurry, Rainbow.” “We know you can do it, Rainbow,” said Sci-Twi. Turn 7: Starlight “It’s my turn!” said Starlight. “Oh! In case you’ve forgotten, I gain 1000 life points thanks to your Snatch Steal, Princess.” Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 2000 Starlight Glimmer LP: 2800 “Damn,” said Twilight. “This time I won’t use Malefic World’s effect!’ said Starlight. “Is that good or bad?” asked Rainbow. “I don’t know,” admitted Sunset. “I play Card of Demise, so I can draw three cards!” said Starlight. “Now I’ll remove two monsters from my deck (Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes B. Dragon) and summon forth their dark counterparts! Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon! And, just so you know, if my Malefic Truth Dragon destroys one of your monsters in battle, then all of your other monsters are immediately destroyed!” “Oh no!” said Sunset. “And don’t think I’ve forgotten about Stardust Dragon,” said Starlight. “His effect won’t save you this time, Malefic Truth Dragon, attack Stardust Dragon and end this duel!” “I activate my trap, Inspiration!” said Twilight. “This card increases the ATK points of Stardust Dragon by 700!” (Stardust Dragon: 2500 – 3200) “It’s still not strong enough!” said Starlight. “And once it goes, so do the rest of your monsters!” After Stardust was destroyed, World of Prophecy and Black Luster Soldier went to the graveyard as well. The girls were blown backwards as their life points went down. Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 200 Starlight Glimmer LP: 2800 “That’s right! Lie down and accept your fate!!” yelled Starlight. “Now time to put you all out of your misery, Malefic Blue-Eyes, destroy them!” “I don’t think so!” said Rainbow. “I activate Counter Gate! Whenever you attack us directly, I can block the attack and then draw a card! If it’s a monster, I can summon it!” Rainbow got Gem Flash Energy. “Darn.” “Did you forget about my other dragon?!” asked Starlight. “Here, let me refresh your memory, Malefic Red-Eyes, attack!!” “Two traps are better than one,” said Twilight. “I activate another Counter Gate!” “What?!” asked Starlight. “Alright, we’re saved!” said Sunset. “Now I get to draw a card!” said Twilight. “And if it happens to be a monster I can summon it. Spiral Magician of Prophecy. He might come in handy later. I choose… not to summon my monster!” “Bad choice,” said Starlight. “You should have summoned it.” “Why?” asked Twilight. “Because I still have one more card,” answered Starlight. “The spell card Malefic Divide! This lets me special summon one Malefic monster from my Graveyard until the end of the turn! I choose Malefic Stardust Dragon!” “Oh no!!” said Twilight. “I told you three not to interfere!” said Starlight. “And now you’ll pay the ultimate price! Malefic Stardust Dragon, unleash your fury!! Finally, Duel Monsters shall perish! And buried deep beneath the ashes will be you girls and all the stupid cards you hold so dear!!” “No,” said Rainbow in disbelief. “I-I failed my friends, and our future.” Rainbow then began to tear up. “It’s all over.” “Not yet, it isn’t!” said Sunset. “By discarding Kuriboh from my hand, I can reduce all your damage to zero!” “Noooooooo!!!” yelled Starlight. “I was so close! You’ll pay dearly for that little stunt, Sunset!!” “I don’t think so,” said Sunset. “Since your turn is over, Malefic Stardust is now removed from play.” “Big deal!” said Starlight. “No matter what happens, you three will lose next turn!” “Rainbow,” said Sunset. “Yeah?” asked Rainbow. “It’s up to you now,” said Sunset. “But no matter what happens, we’ve got your back.” “Absolutely,” added Twilight. “Just like how you were always there for us in the past.” Rainbow smiled. “Thanks guys, you’re the best friends a girl could ever have. Now let’s do this! For all our friends, families, and our future.” Twilight and Sunset nodded. Turn 8: Rainbow “It’s my turn!” said Rainbow. “First, I’ll set two cards face down. Then I activate Emergency Provisions! By sending these two cards to the graveyard, we gain 2000 life points!” Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 2200 Starlight Glimmer LP: 2800 “Do whatever you want,” said Starlight. “Your defeat is unavoidable!” “That’s what you think,” said Rainbow. “I activate Lullaby of Obedience! This card lets me pay 2000 life points, and then call the name of one monster. If that monster is in your deck, I can special summon it to my side of the field, ignoring all of its summoning conditions. Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 200 Starlight Glimmer LP: 2800 I think I’ll go ahead and finally take back one of my Rainbow Dragons!” The dragon was special summoned onto Rainbow’s field. “Welcome back old pal.” The dragon growled in response. Starlight started laughing. “I missed the joke,” said Rainbow. “I think you’ve made a slight miscalculation,” said Starlight. “True you dragon is stronger than my Blue-Eyes and Red-Eyes, but it’s nowhere near stronger enough to reduce me to zero!” “Say that to my trap!” countered Sunset. “I activate Spiral Spirit Force! Now by sending one Dark monster with 3000 or more ATK points from my deck to the graveyard, I can double the ATK power of a monster on the field! So I’ll my Supremacy Sun to the grave, and double the ATK points of Rainbow’s dragon!” (Rainbow Dragon: 4000 – 8000) “I also activate an effect!” said Twilight. “The card I drew with Counter Gate was Spiral Magician of Prophecy! Now by discarding her from my hand, I can select a monster on the field and double its ATK power once again! (Rainbow Dragon: 8000 – 12000) “12000 ATK points?!!” cried Starlight. “Impossible!!” “Oh it’s quite possible, Starlight,” said Sunset. “This is what happens when you mess with the most power magic of all!” “That’s right,” said Twilight. “The shining force of friendship will always over the darkness!” “Got that right!” said Rainbow. “Now Rainbow Dragon, take her down!! No matter how dark the night is, the sun will always rise again!” Every color of the spectrum glowed and glittered through Rainbow’s dragon as it fired its attack. “Go, ultimate rainbow wave!!” said the girls in unison. “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!” cried Starlight as her Truth Dragon was destroyed. Rainbow, Sunset, Twilight LP: 200 Starlight Glimmer LP: 0 As the holograms disappeared, Starlight Glimmer vanished from history. Rainbow then walked over and grabbed her other dragon card. As Pegasus’s helicopter landed, Twilight, Rainbow and Sunset gathered on the rooftop of a building overlooking the tournament. “Well, guess our work here is done,” said Rainbow. “Looks that way,” said Twilight. “By the way, Rainbow, where did you hear that line?” “Which one?” asked Rainbow. “No matter how dark the night is, the sun will always rise again,” answered Twilight. “Yeah, It was very poetic,” said Sunset. “I heard it in English class,” said Rainbow. “Well,” said Twilight. “Seems you do pay attention in class.” “Sometimes,” said Sunset. Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Well, I guess this is goodbye,” said Sunset. “See you girls in the future… If you know what I mean.” “We got it,” said Rainbow. After a quick hug, Twilight traveled to the Canterlot statue and went back to Equestria. Sunset and Rainbow used their magic to teleport back to their own timelines. As Rainbow rode out the time portal, she stopped and looked at the city. “Phew, I’m glad that’s over. It’s a good thing we found these crystals at camp, I probably never would have been able to stop that Starlight girl without this new power. I don’t know if she was right or wrong about the future, but I know that it isn’t set in stone just yet.” Rainbow then saw her friends running toward her. “As long as I’ve got my pals, I know we’ll make the future a bright one." After telling her friends all about her adventure, the girls spent the rest of the day celebrating and dueling. Later that night, Rainbow rode home. I am so lucky to have such great friends. I remember the day we all met at the Freshman Fair. We all got together because we all liked dueling. Then came Twilight and Sunset. I am so glad I got into this game.”