Chapter 7 Party Til the Last Card is Played
Spike, Micro, and Sugar were all resting in their room. They had just gotten back to their room after the bath house incident to get changed out of uniforms and into their casual outfits (what they wore at the entrance exams) when they had received a knock on the door from Pinkie Pie asking them to not come downstairs until she said.
In the meantime, Spike and Sugar were going over their decks while Micro worked on his laptop, transferring the video files from the day on his handheld to it. The young genius was compiling a database of every duelist he could to prepare himself for any future duels. The best way to be ready, was to know your opponent after all.
“So,” Sugar started. “Any idea what Pinkie is planning?” Micro shrugged while Spike chuckled.
“If it's what I think it is, we’ll be in for some fun,” he said. His two friends looked at him but he clearly wasn’t going to say anything else on the matter.
“Well, you know her better than us,” Micro said. He continued to type away on his computer as he compiled deck lists for all those he saw duel. He looked up at Spike who had gone back to his deck. ‘We may be friends Spike, but as you seem to be one of the best duelists here, you’re also my rival.’ He dragged another card into a file marked Dragon Buster’s.
The three of them were there for a few more hours before they heard another knock on their door. Micro got up and went to the door to see Twilight in her casual clothes, a purple dress that was tight on the torso but the skirt portion wasn’t and came down to above mid thigh and a pair of purple boots that came up to her knees. Micro blushed when he saw her.
“Hey guys,” Twilight said smiling at them. “We’re ready downstairs. Follow me.” She turned around and started heading downstairs. Micro continued staring at her for a moment, before Spike and Sugar lightly pushed him since he was blocking the doorway. He looked back at the two of them to see them grinning at their friend's expense. He stuck his tongue out at them before grinning back and following Twilight.
As they descended the stairs, they heard music pumping and cheers from other students. When they entered the common room, they saw a bunch of the other students dancing, drinking punch, and eating cake. They stared in wonder as the whole of the dorm was partying.
“Hello everybody!” Pinkie shouted into a microphone. She wore a pink shirt with a fluffy white collar, a pink skirt that had the same trim around the waist that stop above mid thigh, and matching boots. Sugar was enjoying the sight since she was jumping up and down, causing the skirt to match her movements. “Welcome to the first day PAR-TAY!”
The whole crowd cheered, raising a glass of punch.
“What’s going on,” Micro asked.
“This is how Pinkie always starts the year,” Applejack said walking up. She wore a sleeveless dark orange shirt, matching orange gloves, her stetson hat, tight blue jeans that hugged her hips nicely, and dark orange boots. She had three bottles of apple cider in her hands and gave them to the boys.
“Indeed,” Rarity said. She wore a skimpy purple skirt and a white button up that had the top couple buttons undone showing off a bit of cleavage which Spike loved. “While it is a little loud for my usual tastes, it still is very entertaining.” The boys nodded while looking around. They say Gilda chatting with Rainbow. Her eyes glanced over at them and blushed before muttering something to Rainbow and walking away.
“Well you three!” Pinkie said appearing next to the three boys. She wrapped an arm around Sugar’s neck and pulled him close, accidently pulling him against her chest, getting a small trickle of blood to flow from his nose. “Let’s party!”
The guys smiled and and cheered before joining the crowd. They spent the time chatting and having fun, drinking punch and meeting the other girls of the dorm. Some of them even had cards to trade with each other. A girl named Vinyl who had blue hair, wore a white shirt, skirt, and black framed glasses with purple lenses, was pumping the music. This went on for hours as the night went on.
Sugar had just traded a few cards away he didn’t need when he accidentally bumped into Pinkie Pie. Cards went scattering onto the floor around them.
“Oh,” Sugar said. “Sorry Pinkie.”
“Oh no, I wasn’t paying attention either,” Pinkie said. “Let me help.” The two of them started to pick up cards when Sugar turned one over.
“Toon World?” he said questioningly.
“Oh!” Pinkie exclaimed taking the card from him. “Sorry, that's one of mine.”
“So you use a Toon deck? That's pretty cool!” Pinkie nodded happily.
“That's right! Toons are some of my absolute favorite monsters. They're just as strong as their counterparts but are ten times as adorable!” Sugar chuckled seeing the girl get excited over her cards. That was when a thought occurred to him.
“Hey Pinkie. I was trading cards so that's why I had mine out. Why do you have yours?” Pinkie looked at him as if it were obvious, before realization crossed her face.
“Oh that’s right! You don't know yet.” Sugar just got confused.
“Know what?”
“Well, I'm the resident party planner at this dorm. But in the boys dorm they have one as well. His name is Cheese Sandwich and he uses Toons just like me. Every year, after the first day party, we duel each other in front of the whole of our dorms.”
“That's awesome!” Sugar said. “So, who usually wins?” Pinkie seemed to lose her smile for a second.
“Well, the truth is...I have yet to beat him. He has this card that basically makes his toons untouchable and since he has toons mine can't attack him directly. He said he’d give me a copy if I win...but....” Sugar was surprised. He knew that not everyone could win all the time but to not have any wins against this guy.
“How much longer do you have until the duel?”
“Not too much longer. Probably about 10 minutes. Why?” Sugar looked down at his new cards and bit his lip.
‘I just got this...but Pinkie probably would make better use of it…’ He thought as he pulled a card out and gave it to her. “Here. I think this might help you.” Pinkie looked at the card and gasped.
“Sugar...I don’t know if I can...It’s too useful a card for me to just…” Sugar just grinned and smiled at her.
“Don’t worry about it. It’d actually be a bit hard to work into my deck anyway.” When he looked up at Pinkie, he was shocked to see her eyes starting to water as she smile down at him.
“Thank you!” She pulled him into a massive hug, burying his face into her cleavage.
“Mhmmm!” Sugar mumbled. She kept hugging him until they heard a loud knock on the door.
“Oh!” Pinkie said, separating from Sugar as he tried to catch his breath. “It’s time!” She got up and went to the door. Vinyl saw this and turned down the music. The rest of the dorm (minus the first years since they didn’t know of the tradition) realized what was happening and started getting everyone else to quiet down as Pinkie opened the door.
Standing outside was a guy with poofy dark brown hair. He wore a yellow collared shirt, brown pants and shoes.
“Hey there Pinkie!” Cheese said with a smile. “How’s the party been?”
“Great!” Pinkie replied. “And yours?”
“Not too shabby. Sooo…” He grins at the pinkette. “Are you ready to duel?” Pinkie swallowed the lump in her throat and looked up at Cheese determined.
“You bet I am!” The two duelists walked out and the rest of the dorm followed. Outside between the two dorm buildings there was a large courtyard. On one side all the guys were cheering for Cheese while the girls dorm cheered for Pinkie.
“You can do it Pinkie!”
“Win this one again for us Cheese!”
As the crowds cheered, a specter floated above the courtyard.
“What’s this I see?” Discord said as he observed the duelists. “A rivalry! Oh this seems like just the opportunity I was looking for. As soon as one of them starts losing and they get desperate…” the specter cackled before he snapped his fingers and a spectral lounge chair, a bag of popcorn and a large soda appeared in mid air. He settled down and got comfy in his chair. “I can swoop in and make my move.
When the duelists took their positions on opposite sides of the courtyard, they both turned to each other and activated their duel disks.
“LET'S DUEL!”
P 4000 Hand 5
C 4000 Hand 5
“I draw!” Pinkie said. “And I start off by activating the Toon World spell card by paying 1000 life points!!” A large book with a an image of a cartoon mermaid and dragon adorning it. It opened up and a cartoon castle popped up from the pages. “Next I summon forth my Toon Goblin Attack Force! (Lv4 2300/0000)” A small group of toon goblins with large clubs appeared from the book. Some were picking their nose, while others were sniggering. “And with that I end my turn.”
P 3000 Hand 4
C 4000 Hand 5
“My turn then!” Cheese said. “First I activate the continuous spell known as the Convulsions of Nature. This makes it so that we now play with our decks upside down, allowing us to see the cards we are about to draw. Then I activate a spell card known as the Toon Table of Contents in order to fetch a certain field spell from my deck.” Micro sighed.
“That’s what I was a little afraid of,” he muttered.
“What’s wrong,” Spike asked. “What field spell is he talking about?”
“It’s an improved version of Toon World,” Twilight said approaching the boys. “Pinkie has tried to find a copy of it but never has.”
“So that’s the card she meant…” Sugar said.
“Next I activate the field spell known as Toon Kingdom! And the only cost I have to pay is the top five cards of my deck!” A second book appeared behind Cheese and opened up, revealing a more blocky looking castle with torches and bare trees outside. “Next, since you control a monster and I don’t, I can special summon Toon Cyber Dragon (Lv5 2100/1600)!” A metallic dragon appeared with a large cartoony grin and eyes. “Next I use my normal summon to bring out my Toon Masked Sorcerer, only to sacrifice him in order to special summon Toon Dark Magician Girl (Lv6 2000/1700)!”
A small cartoony man in purple robes and a bright blue mask appeared for a brief second before vanishing and a familiar, yet more cartoony, looking blonde girl in blue and pink magician robes appeared with a giggle.
“And with that I set a card and end my turn.”
P 3000 Hand 4
C 4000 Hand 0
“My turn!” Pinkie said. “And I special summon my Toon Mermaid, and then I sacrifice both her and my Goblins in order to summon Red-Eyes Toon Dragon! (Lv7 2400/2000)” A cartoon oyster appeared with googly eyes before opening up to reveal a tan skin, green hair mermaid before disappearing with the Goblins into Pinkie’s book. It closed and shook around a bit before opening up and out popped a cartoon version of the famous dragon. “Next I use its effect to summon my Toon Barrel Dragon from my hand! (Lv7 2600/2200)”
A large, toony mechanical dragon appeared with two large laser guns on its arms and one on its head. It roared and above each of its barrels, a large coin appeared.
“Now I activate its effect! This allows me to flip three coins. If two of them are heads, I get to destroy one card on your field!” The dragon grinned as the three coins launched into the air. When they landed, everyone gasped at the sight.
Two heads and one tails.
“Yes! Now I can destroy your Toon Kingdom!” Two of the mechanical dragons laser cannons glowed with energy as the beast chuckled. It fired at the large book behind Cheese, turning it to scraps of paper. As it vanished, Toon Dark Magician Girl started crying cartoony tears as she faded from the field.
“Wait,” Sugar asked. “Why did Magician Girl vanish?”
“It's a side effect of using some Toons,” Micro said. “Toon Kingdom is treated Toon World, and when Toon World is destroyed, certain Toons get taken down with it.”
“Next I use Forbidden Chalice on my Barrel Dragon! This negates my Toons side effect of not being able to attack and increases its attack points by 400 (2600-3000). Now Toon Barrel Dragon! Attack and destroy his Toon Cyber Dragon!”
All three laser guns glowed with energy. Barrel Dragon looked at Cyber who was chuckling nervously. Barrel held up a clawed hand and three “fingers”. Cyber looked confused before Barrel lowered one. Then a look of panic and realization crossed the white machine’s face as the second came down. It took off into the sky as Barrel Dragon lowered its final “finger”. With a cackle it shot all three canons at the retreating monster and destroyed it in a comical fireworks explosion.
“Now I end my turn and Barrels attack goes back to normal!” Pinkie shouted while her monsters were doing a small victory jig. (3000-2600)
Pinkie 3000 Hand 1
Cheese 3100 Hand 0
“Don't get too confident Pinkie!” Cheese said as he drew. “I start my turn with Pot of Greed so I can draw two. Next I activate my facedown card, Toon Mask! This trap allows me to special summon a Toon from my deck that matches the level of a monster you control. So I choose to bring out my own Red-Eyes Toon Dragon! (Lv7 2400/2000) Then I follow up by using the spell card Terraforming! Allowing me to add a field spell to my hand.”
“Not again!” Pinkie cried.
“Oh yes! I activate a second Toon Kingdom!” The previously destroyed book reappeared as Cheese’s version of the famous Black Dragon appeared. “Next I think I’ll use my Dragons ability to special summon a friend for him to play with. Rise Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon! (Lv8 3000/2500)”
Out of the book flew a mischievous looking white dragon with a cartoony evil grin.
“Sadly neither can attack the turn they are summoned so I have to end it there
Pinkie 3000 Hand 1
Cheese 3100 Hand 0
“My move,” Pinkie said. “And I start off by activating Toon Barrel ability again!” The the coins appeared again but this time, only one was heads. The Toon machine still tried to fire, only for the force of the blast to cause him to be thrown off balance and shoot the blast into the air. Discord from his seat had to dodge out of the way as the blast shot through his comfy chair.
“Hey watch where you point that thing!” he shouted. Down below, Spike looked around.
“What's wrong Spike?” Micro asked.
“Oh...it's nothing. Just thought I heard something.” The machine duelist shrugged before they both turned back to the duel.
“Since that didn't work I’ll just use my Red-Eyes’ effect the special summon Toon Ancient Gear Golem to the field! (Lv8 3000/3000)” Micro couldn't help but laugh as he saw the Toon version of one of his favorite monsters appear.
“Toon Red-Eyes and Golem,” he said. “Too bad there's no Toon Madolche.” His friends chuckled.
“Now Barrel! Attack his Red-Eyes!” The mechanical beast started to charge up its lasers again but this time Cheese’ monster stood its ground.
“By removing the top card of my deck, I can protect my Toons from being destroyed!” Cheese said. Micro's eyes went wide.
“So that's why he played Convulsions of Nature! By seeing what the top card of his deck is, he can decide whether it's worth saving his monster in exchange for it!”
“Your monster may survive but you still take damage!” Pinkie shouted as her beast fired. The Red-Eyes Toon chuckled and stretched it's legs like rube to rise out of the way of the blast, though it did clip Cheese as it passed. “I set a card and end!”
Pinkie 3000 Hand 0
Cheese 2900 Hand 0
“My draw! And I once again use Red-Eyes to special summon a Toon from my hand. Rise Toon Dark Magician! (Lv7 2500/2100)” Twilight face palmed as one of her cards took the field in Toon form. “Now Blue-Eyes! Destroy her Barrel Dragon! Meanwhile I’ll have my Red-Eyes destroy yours while removing a card to protect mine from destruction!”
The two famous dragons chuckled as Pinkie's monsters trembled. The two target tried to run away...only to slam into each other and fall to the ground. Cheese’s dragons looked at each other and just shrugged before firing their attacks at the duo.
“I activate Spirit Barrier!” Pinkie declared. “This makes it so as long as I have a monster on the field I take no damage!” The blast consumed the two monsters, but as they were destroyed their spirits floated out and shielded Pinkie. When the blast died down, the two pulled down one eyelid each and stuck their tongue out at Cheese.
“Looks like I have to end it there,” Cheese said. He was excited. This is the best Pinkie had done against him so far. If she kept this up….
Pinkie 3000 Hand 0
Cheese 2900 Hand 0
“To start my turn I activate Hand Destruction. Since we can't discard, we just draw instead! Next I give up 800 Life points to activate Premature Burial to revive Toon Red-Eyes!”
A small dug up grave appeared in front of her as Red-Eyes seemed to sit up with its arms crossed over its chest like your typical vampire rising g from his coffin. It opened its eyes and laughed as it flew out of the grave.
“Now I use his effect to bring out Toon Buster Blader! (Lv7 2600/2300)” A small figure in purple and gold armor appeared. The eyes of its helmet were red and it held a cartoonishly large sword in its hands. “Now for every dragon you control, this card gains 500 attack points!” (2600-3600)
“Too bad it can't attack yet,” Cheese said. Pinkie growled.
“No but my Golem can! Attack his Red-Eyes!” The rusty Toon nodded as it wound up its arm as if to deliver a punch while charging the black dragon.
“I once again save it with Kingdom’s effect!” Cheese said as Red-Eyes pulled out a matador cape and waved it in front of Gear Golem. Right as the machine went to attack, Red-Eyes pulled the Cape out of the way revealing an anvil that the Golem ran into instead. Some small parts came off the beast and landed on Cheese. Pinkie sighed as she ended her turn
‘Next turn I need to take a gamble,’ she thought as she looked down at her top card. Pot of Desires. ‘If I don't get what I need…’
Pinkie 2200 Hand 0
Cheese 2300 Hand 2
“My move! And I use both Red-Eyes Toon Dragon and Toon Dark Magician’s effects. First Magician lets me discard Manga Ryu-Ran to special summon my Toon Buster Blader! (Lv7 2600/2300). Then Red-Eyes with summon Toon Summoned Skull from my hand! (Lv6 2500/1200)” Next to Cheese’s swordsman, a large green creature with wings and a horned head appear with a cackle as it seemed to just stretch out of the book. Meanwhile His Buster Blader gained attack because of Pinkie's dragon. (2600-3100)
“Now I attack Ancient Gear Golem with Blue-Eyes and save my monster with Kingdom while Magician will attack your Red-Eyes!” Gear Golem was blasted by Blue-Eyes while Red-Eyes held up a sign saying ‘Not again!’ as he was reduce to ash and Cheese’s Buster Blader lost his boost. (3100-2600). Pinkie's points were safe because of Spirit Barrier but now she only had one monster out as Cheese ended.
Pinkie 2200 Hand 0
Cheese 2300 Hand 1
“Here we go…” Pinkie said hesitantly. “I have only one option. I activate Pot of Desires! Removing the top 10 cards of my deck to draw two.” Pinkie held her breath as she sent a good chunk of her deck to the grave and picked up the top two cards. She gasped when she saw them.
Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon and Double Attack. The card Sugar gave her. She looked back at the peppermint haired boy and smiled, showing him his card. He looked at her and smirked, mouthing ‘go win this.’ She nodded and turned back to the duel.
“I activate the spell card Double Attack! This card lets me discard a high level monster in order to grant a lower level one the ability to attack twice. So I discard Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon to give Toon Buster Blader a second attack! Now first destroy his Summoned Skull and then his Red-Eyes!”
Buster Blader seemed to grow his sword as Red-Eyes and Summoned Skull hugged each other in fear. They started crying anime tears as the giant blade was brought crashing down on them.
Pinkie 2200 WINNER
Cheese 0000
There was stunned silence around the duel. Then one voice broke the silence.
“Way to go Pinkie!” Sugar shouted. And with that the cheers erupted celebrating a victory that took years to achieve. Pinkie was stunned she actually managed to win. Cheese approached with a smile on his face.
“You finally managed to beat me,” he said smiling. “I guess you finally win this.” He pulled out a card and handed it to the pinkette. Pinkie took it and saw it was a copy of Toon Kingdom. She looked up and saw Cheese walking away, giving her a thumbs up as he left. Pinkie was still stunned as her friends approached.
“Way to go Pinkie!” Twilight said.
“Yes, you finally succeeded darling,” Rarity said.
“You did great out there sugar cube!” Applejack said.
Pinkie smiled at her friends before she looked behind them a bit and saw Sugar and his friends standing there. Sugar smiled up at her and she returned the grin.
Meanwhile, up above the arena, Discord wasn’t happy.
“A rivalry without negative emotions! That’s like cotton candy clouds without chocolate rain! How can I find a vessel without negative emotions!” He stopped mid rant and started taking deep breathes. “It’s...fine. This is a school. Negative emotions are bound to creep up sooner or later.”
He looked down and saw Spike and his friends talking.
“Though I wonder about you child of chaos... What role will you play in the end?” And with that Discord faded away...for now.