//------------------------------// // Duel 1: Changes // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EQG Side Story: Tricks and Treats // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// It was a normal day at CHS, and October was drawing to a close. As the school day wound down, Burst and his friends were going over their plans for the weekend. "So what do any of you guys have planned for the upcoming Halloween?", Burst asked Inferno, Ace and Steel. "Blueblood's throwing a huge party. Pretty much the whole school is going!", Ace said. "Costumes aren't required, but I'm dressing up all the same!" "Nice! So what's your costume going to be?" "You know how Timaeus had his knight of destiny form?" "Yeah?" "Well I figured out how to combine that form with my dragon powers! I'm calling it Dragon Knight of Destiny! Nice ring to it don't you think?" "You'll be Sonata's dragon knight in shining armor.", Burst said with a chuckle. "So what's your costume going to be Burst?", Steel asked. "I plan on dressing up as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII." "Sorry! But I'm gonna surprise everyone when I wear it!", Burst said with a mischievous smile! "Well just because you're gonna keep us in suspense doesn't mean I'm going to.", Inferno said with a joking smile. "I'm dressing up as Ken from Street Fighter!" As the group were talking about their plans, they noticed Fluttershy headed their way. But there was something odd about her. Usually she had a timid smile and wore bright clothes. For some reason she was walking the halls like she owned the place and wearing darker clothes. And that wasn't including the weird necklace she was wearing. It gave off an eerie vibe just by looking at it. "Hey guys!", she said in flirty tone. "You hear about Blueblood's party?" "Yeah. But why are you interested?", Ace asked. "The rest of the girls say you're scared to death of this time of the year. And what's with your change in attitude and wardrobe?" "Are you feeling alright? It's like you up and ditched the 'shy' part of your name.", Inferno said. "Are you going through an early life crisis?" "I've never felt better.", Fluttershy said with a smirk. "In fact, I think my new deck can take on your big, bad dragons! So what do you say? Or are you scared you'll lose to a girl?" "I don't know what's gotten into you, but I don't like it. But I accept your challenge! Let's duel!" Inferno: 8000 Fluttershy: 8000 "Ladies first.", Fluttershy said boldly. "I play the field spell Mystic Plasma Zone! Then I'll summon Dragon Zombie! I'll also set a card and end my turn." "Last time I checked you weren't much of a fan of these types of monsters.", Inferno said. "But that's besides the point. I play Red Eyes Fusion! I send Red Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull from my deck to the graveyard to fusion summon Archfiend Black Skull Dragon! Then I'll summon Black Stone of Legend and tribute him to special summon Red Eyes Black Dragon from my deck! Archfiend Black Skull, destroy Zombie Dragon! Red Eyes, attack her directly! Inferno Fire Blast! And since Archfiend attacked, I can inflict damage to you equal to the attack of a red eyes normal monster in my graveyard and shuffle it back into my deck!" Fluttershy shielded herself as the flames collided with her life points! "That's all for me." Inferno: 8000 Fluttershy: 1100 "Time to show you what my new deck can really do! I play Raigeki to destroy all monsters you control! Now I'll play Cost-Down to lower the levels of all the monsters in my hand by two and summon Vampire Lord! Now I'll banish him to special summon Vampire Genesis! Now I'll equip him with Demotion to lower his level by two! Then I'll play Double Attack! I'll discard this level eight monster so Genesis can attack twice!" Inferno braced himself as Genesis's fired a blast of dark fire that hit him directly! Fluttershy had a confident smirk on her face. "Looks like you're the one getting burned!", she said noticing Inferno had been knocked to the ground from the force of the attack. "I think you've had enough for this turn." Inferno: 1000 Fluttershy: 1100 'It's like she's a whole different person! The Fluttershy we know would never be this aggressive or kick a duelist when they're down! Well, at least I don't fell nearly as bad about beating her now!' "I could have used this earlier, but I didn't want to end this duel too early! I play the spell card Harmony Absolute! I'll banish a Red Eyes Black Dragon from my graveyard to summon Red Eyes Absolute Dragon! I'll halve his attack points so he can attack you directly for game!" "Time for the blaze of glory!", Red Eyes said as he wrapped himself in flames and collided right into Fluttershy! Inferno: 1000, win Fluttershy: lose After the duel ended, Fluttershy walked up to Inferno. "That was a good duel. How about a prize for winning?" Fluttershy leaned in and attempted to kiss Inferno, but he blocked her. "What the heck is up with you? You know Rarity's my girlfriend! Where did THAT come from?" "Hmph. Be that way.", she said as she walked off. Burst and the others tried to process what had just happened. But little did they know, Fluttershy's new necklace began to give off a faint red glow.