//------------------------------// // Semi-Finals // Story: Dueling Rocks // by Shadow Kick //------------------------------// “Next up!” said Luna. “The Snapshots vs. the Rainbooms!” “I’m going first,” said Pixel Pizzaz. “Oh! Me first, please,” said Pinkie. “Okay,” said Rainbow. Pixel Pizzaz LP: 4000 Pinkie Pie LP: 4000 Turn 1: Pixel Pizzaz “I draw!” said Pixel. “I play Polymerization to fuse Edge Imp Chain with Fluffal Leo to form Frightfur Sheep! Next, I play Frightfur Sanctuary. First, I discard a card, then I send two Frightfur monsters from my extra deck to the graveyard. (Frightfur Bear and Frightfur Tiger) Now, all Fusion monsters on my side are treated as Frightfur monsters. I place one card face down and end my turn.” Turn 2: Pinkie Pie “My turn,” said Pinkie. “First, I’ll equip Big Bang Shot onto your Sheep.” (Frightfur Sheep: 2000 – 2400) “Why?” asked Pixel. “Because I’m going to play Heavy Storm to destroy all spells and traps on the field!” answered Pinkie. “Oh no!” cried Pixel. “Now your sheep is Baa-bye,” joked Pinkie. “Not funny,” said Pixel. “Yeah right,” said Pinkie. “Next, I summon Madolche Mewfeuille, and I’ll use his effect to special summon Madolche Anjelly. Now I’ll use Anjelly’s effect, by tributing her, I can bring out Madolche Puddingcess from my deck. Then I’ll activate Madolche Chateau, so all monsters in my grave, go back to my deck. Plus, my Chateau gives all Madolche monsters 500 extra ATK points. (Madolche Mewfeuille: 500 – 1000) (Madolche Puddingcess: 1000 – 1500) And since I don’t have any monsters in my graveyard, Madolche Puddingcess gains 800 more points! (Madolche Puddingcess: 1500 – 2300) Finally, I’ll equip my Mewfeuille with United We Stand, which gives him 800 more ATK points for each monster I control.” (Madolche Mewfeuille: 1000 – 2600) “Oh my god,” said Pixel in shock. “Attack her, my tasty troopers!” ordered Pinkie. “Ah!” said Pixel. Pixel Pizzaz LP: 0 Pinkie Pie LP: 4000 Photo Finish looked at Violet. “You go, now!” “Sure,” replied Violet. “Let’s duel,” said Pinkie. Violet Blurr LP: 4000 Pinkie Pie LP: 4000 Turn 3: Violet Blurr “Here goes,” said Violet. “I play Mind Control on your Madolche Mewfeuille.” “Hey, that’s mine!” said Pinkie. “Not anymore,” said Violet. “Next I activate Mini-Guts. By tributing your cat, I can decrease the ATK of your Puddingcess to zero. (Madolche Puddingcess: 2300 – 0) Also, if it’s destroyed in battle, you lose life points equal to its original ATK points.” “So… who going to attack?” asked Pinkie. “My Shadow Spector, that’s who!” said Violet as she summoned her monster. “Next I play Triangle Power on my Spector to increase his points by 2000. (Shadow Spector: 500 – 2500) Then I’ll equip my Spector with the Amulet of Ambition. Now if he attacks a monster with a higher level, he’ll gain ATK points equal to the difference in our monster’s levels times 500.” “Uh-oh,” said Pinkie. “Uh-oh is right,” said Violet. “I place one card face down, then I’ll attack your princess!” (Madolche Puddingcess Level: 5 minus Shadow Spector Level: 1 = 4 x 500 = 2000) (Shadow Spector: 2500 – 4500) “Ow!” said Pinkie. Violet Blurr LP: 4000 Pinkie Pie LP: 0 “Pinkie!” said Fluttershy and Rainbow. “Are you alright?” asked Fluttershy. “Yeah,” said Pinkie. “Now my Spector goes to the graveyard,” said Violet. “You’re up, Fluttershy,” said Rainbow. “O-okay,” said Fluttershy. “You haven’t got a change in hell,” said Violet. Violet Blurr LP: 4000 Fluttershy LP: 4000 Turn 4: Fluttershy “Oh yeah?!” asked Fluttershy. “We’ll see about that. I play Nobleman of Extermination on your face down!” “No! Not my Pinpoint Guard!” said Violet to herself. “Now I’m defenseless.” “Now I play Ancient Rules,” continued Fluttershy. “Say hello to my little friend, Rabidragon!” “Little friend?” asked Violet. “Now I summon Rescue Rabbit, and use his effect to summon two Dark Rabbits from my deck,” said Fluttershy. “Next, I’ll overlay my two bunnies to Xyz summon Number 44 Sky Pegasus! I place one card face down. Now attack her directly!” “Crap!” said Violet. Violet Blurr LP: 0 Fluttershy LP: 4000 “Enough!” said Photo Finish. “I go next!” “Let’s duel,” said Fluttershy. Photo Finish LP: 4000 Fluttershy LP: 4000 Turn 5: Photo Finish “I draw!” said Photo. “First, I summon Dododo Warrior. But since there was no tributes, his loses 500 ATK points. (Dododo Warrior: 2300 – 1800) Then, I summon Mirror Ladybug, and she becomes level six as well. (Mirror Ladybug Level: 1 – 6) Next, I overlay the warrior and the bug to Xyz summon Number 25 Force Focus! Now I activate Swords of Concealing Light to flip all your monsters face down.” “Oh my,” said Fluttershy. “Next, I activate Xyz Burst!” said Photo. “With my rank six monster, I can destroy all set cards on your field.” “No!!” cried Fluttershy. “Why? Why did it have to be them?!” “What?” asked Photo in a confused manner. “Whatever, I play Xyz Unit. Now my monster gains 200 ATK points of each of its ranks. (Number 25 Force Focus: 2800 – 4000) Now hold that pose. Attack!” “Ah!” said Fluttershy. Photo Finish LP: 4000 Fluttershy LP: 0 “She’s good,” said Pinkie. “Not as good as me,” said Rainbow. “I left you a trap,” whispered Fluttershy. “Thanks,” said Rainbow quietly. “We duel, now!” said Photo. Photo Finish LP: 4000 Rainbow Dash LP: 4000 Turn 6: Rainbow Dash “I draw!” said Rainbow. “I summon Sapphire Pegasus in attack mode! Now I can place my Amber Mammoth in my spell/trap zone. Then I’ll use Crystal Promise to special summon my Mammoth to the field. Next, I activate Fluttershy’s trap, Beast Rising! Now I can remove my Mammoth from play and increase my Pegasus’s ATK power by 1700. (Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus: 1800 – 3500) Next comes Crystal Release, which gives my Pegasus 800 more points. (Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus: 3500 – 4300) Finally, I’ll activate Infected Mail. This lets me select one level four or lower monster, then it can attack directly.” “Oh no, no, no, no!” said Photo. “Sapphire Pegasus, attack!” said Rainbow. “No!!” said Photo. Photo Finish LP: 0 Rainbow Dash LP: 4000 “Winner, the Rainbooms,” said Luna. “Next up!” said Celestia. “The Crusaders vs The Illusions!” “Look out! I’m first!” said Scootaloo. “I’ll take her,” said Lavender Lace. Scootaloo LP: 4000 Lavender Lace LP: 4000 Turn 1: Lavender Lace “I summon Symphonic Warrior Sizerrs in defense mode. Then I’ll equip him with Mist Body so he can’t be destroyed in battle. I place two cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 2: Scootaloo “I’m up now!” said Scootaloo. “I play Magical Mallet, this card lets me select all the cards in my hand that I don’t want and put them back into my deck, reshuffle, then draw the same number of cards. So I’ll return my entire hand, and draw a new one.” “I activate my trap!” said Lavender. “Rare Metalmorph, this means my Sizerrs safe from spell cards. Plus traps, thanks to my face down Trap Jammer.” “I play Giant Trunade,” said Scootaloo. “Oh shit,” said Lavender quietly. “Now I play Emergency Teleport to special summon Krebons from my deck,” continued Scootaloo. “Now since I have a Psychic monster on the field, I can summon this guy without tributing, Armored Axon Kicker! Next, I’ll tune my two monsters together to Synchro summon my favorite monster, PSY-Framelord Omega! Now I play Smashing Ground to destroy your Sizerrs.” “Crap,” said Lavender. “Finally, I play Future Glow,” said Scootaloo. “And I’ll remove my Axon Kicker from play to increase my Omega’s ATK points by 1200. (PSY-Framelord Omega: 2800 – 4000) Finish her!” “No!!” said Lavender. Scootaloo LP: 4000 Lavender Lace LP: 0 “Am I going to have to win this by myself again?” asked Trixie. “Nope, answered Fuchsia Blush. “I’ll get her.” “Bring it!” said Scootaloo. Scootaloo LP: 4000 Fuchsia Blush LP: 4000 Turn 3: Fuchsia Blush “I draw!” said Fuchsia. “I play Reload, so I can put all my cards back into my deck, shuffle em up and redraw. Now I summon Symphonic Warrior Sizerrs in attack mode.” “Again?” asked Scootaloo. “Yes, again!” answered Fuchsia. “Got a problem with that?!” “No,” said Scootaloo. “Just go.” “You got it,” said Fuchsia. “I play Synchro Control! If I have no Synchro monsters on my field, or in my graveyard, I can pay 1000 life points, and take control of one Synchro monster on your side.” “What?!” asked Scootaloo. “This can’t be legal!” Scootaloo LP: 4000 Fuchsia Blush LP: 3000 “Read the rule book, brat,” said Fuchsia. “Now I activate Gift of the Martyr, which lets me tribute your monster and add its ATK points to my Sizerrs.” (Symphonic Warrior Sizerrs: 1200 – 4000) “This can’t be happening,” said Scootaloo. “It can, and it is,” said Fuchsia. “I place one card face down. Now, Warrior Sizerrs, attack her directly!” “Ah!!” cried Scootaloo. Scootaloo LP: 0 Fuchsia Blush LP: 3000 “I’ll go next,” said Applebloom. “Good luck,” said Scootaloo. Applebloom LP: 4000 Fuchsia Blush LP: 3000 Turn 4: Applebloom “My turn,” said Applebloom. “I Kozmo Farmgirl in attack mode.” “I activate my trap!” said Fuchsia suddenly. “Raigeki Break!” By discarding one card, I can destroy your Farmgirl.” “I don’t think so,” said Applebloom. “I activate the Forbidden Dress! It may cost my Farmgirl some ATK points, it keeps her save from your darn trap.” (Kozmo Farmgirl: 1500 – 900) Fuchsia snapped her fingers. “Now I activate my girl’s ability,” said Applebloom. “If I banish her, I can special summon Kozmo Dark Destroyer from my hand!” “Whoa,” said Fuchsia. “Next, I’ll use its effect,” said Applebloom. “The second my Destroyer is summoned, I can destroy your Sizerrs guy. So long.” “Damn,” said Fuchsia. “Now I play Kozmotown,” said Applebloom. “Now I can add my Farmgirl back to my hand. I place one card face down. Now Dark Destroyer, hurry up and attack Fuchsia directly!” “Ah!!” cried Fuchsia. Applebloom LP: 4000 Fuchsia Blush LP: 0 “As usual,” said Trixie. “I have to win this thing myself.” “That’s a laugh,” said Applebloom. Applebloom LP: 4000 Trixie Lulamoon LP: 4000 Turn 5: Trixie Lulamoon “I draw,” said Trixie. “I play Magician's Left Hand. As long as this card remains on the field, I can negate one of your trap card effects once per turn as long as I have a Spellcaster on the field. Next I play Black Illusion Ritual. I sacrifice Copycat from my hand to summon Relinquished.” “Shoot!” thought Applebloom. “Thanks to that Left Hand of hers, now I can’t use my Kozmojo trap.” “Then I’ll absorb your Dark Destroyer,” said Trixie. (Relinquished: 0 – 3000) “Dog gone it!” said Applebloom. “I’m not even done yet,” said Trixie. “I place one card face down, then I’ll equip my Relinquished with Mage Power, which 500 extra points for each of my spell and trap cards.” (Relinquished: 3000 – 4500) “Oh no!” said Applebloom. “Attack, Relinquished!” ordered Trixie. Applebloom LP: 0 Trixie Lulamoon LP: 4000 “Hey, you did great, Applebloom,” said Sweetie Belle. “Thanks,” said replied Applebloom. “Take her down for us!” said Scootaloo. “Got it,” said Sweetie Belle. “Don’t make me laugh,” said Trixie. Sweetie Belle LP: 4000 Trixie Lulamoon LP: 4000 Turn 6: Sweetie Belle “My turn,” said Sweetie. “I play Forbidden Chalice on your Relinquished, so he loses all his effects, but gains 400 ATK points.” “No!!” said Trixie. “Darn you!” (Relinquished: 4500 – 1900) “Next I play Twister,” said Sweetie. “I pay 500 life points, and your Mage Power is destroyed.” Sweetie Belle LP: 3500 Trixie Lulamoon LP: 4000 Trixie just growled. (Relinquished: 1900 – 400) “Now I play A Legendary Ocean,” continued Sweetie. “So all Water monsters lose one level and gain a power bonus. Like this one, Aquaactress Arowana in attack mode! (Aquaactress Arowana: 2000 – 2200) Now I play Aquarium Lightning, which doubles my monster’s ATK points when she attacks. But just to be on the safe side, I’ll activate Aquarium Stage, which protects all Water monsters from being destroyed in battle. Finish her off!” Trixie grinned. “I activate my trap, Dimension Wall! Now you take all the battle damage I wound have!” “No!!” cried Sweetie. (Aquaactress Arowana: 2200 – 4400) Sweetie Belle LP: 0 Trixie Lulamoon LP: 4000 “Winner, the Illusions!” said Celestia. “I’m sorry girls,” said Sweetie. “It’s okay,” said Applebloom and Scootaloo. The three then hugged. “Last up!” said Luna. “The Flash Drives vs. the Dazzlings!” “I’ll go first,” said Brawly Beats. “Can I go?” asked Sonata. “Sure, why not?” asked Adagio. Brawly Beats LP: 4000 Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Turn 1: Brawly Beats “I draw!” said Brawly. “I summon Thunder Nyan-Nyan in attack mode. I place three cards face down and end my turn.” Turn 2: Sonata Dusk “My turn,” said Sonata. “I play Harpie’s Feather Duster to destroy all your face downs.” “Damn,” thought Brawly. “Oh well, at least I still have Honest. Attack with whatever you what, babe.” “Now I play Ostinato,” said Sonata. “This lets me fusion summon a Melodious fusion monster by using monsters in my deck.” “Say what?” asked Brawly. “It’s true,” said Sonata. “I fuse Shopina the Melodious Maestra and Serenade the Melodious Diva to form Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir! Now I’ll activate Fortissimo. This lets me add 800 more ATK points to my Bloom Diva. (Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir: 1000 – 1800) And since I have a Melodious monster on the field, I can special summon Sonata the Melodious Diva from my hand. The best part is, all Fairy now gain 500 ATK points.” (Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir: 1800 – 2300) (Sonata the Melodious Diva: 1200 – 1700) “Oh boy,” said Brawly sarcastically. “C’mon, attack with all your might.” “Bloom Diva, attack!” said Sonata. “Ha!” said Brawly. “Now I’ll discard Honest to increase my drummer’s power by your monster’s ATK points!” (Thunder Nyan-Nyan: 1900 – 4200) “Well, I play a spell!” said Sonata. But Brawly didn’t hear her. After the attack was done, both monsters still remained on the field. “What the?!” asked Brawly. “How is your monster still standing?!” “You don’t know?” asked Sonata. “Uh, hello?! My monster like can’t be destroyed and I don’t lose any points.” “Dang!” said Brawly. “By the way,” said Sonata. “During all the commotion, I activated the spell, Super Rush Headlong. When my Diva attacks, I can select any type of monster, so I choose Thunder. Then, if my Diva attacks one, it’s destroyed.” “What?!” asked Brawly as his monster was destroyed. “She faked me out by powering up her Diva. My Honest was useless from the start. Crap!” “Next, I’ll play De-Fusion,” said Sonata. “Now my Bloom Diva splits back into Shopina the Melodious Maestra and Serenade the Melodious Diva, only I’m gonna summon my Serenade in defense mode, cause she’s like, too weak. (Shopina the Melodious Maestra: 2300 – 2800) Shopina, Sonata, attack him directly!” “No!!” cried Brawly. Brawly Beats LP: 0 Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 “Step aside,” said Ringo. “Let a pro handle this.” “Shut up,” said Brawly. Ringo LP: 4000 Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Turn 3: Ringo “I draw!” said Ringo. “I summon Marauding Captain, and I’ll use his ability to summon Symphonic Warrior Basses! Next, I’ll activate my Bass’s effect which increases its level by the number of cards in my hand, and I’ve got four! (Symphonic Warrior Basses Level: 1 – 5) Now, I’ll tune my two guys together to form Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!” “Woah,” said Sonata. “Nice card. Trade ya for it.” “Forget it!” said Ringo. “But I will activate his effect. Once per turn, I can destroy all other special summoned effect monsters on the field, then you lose 500 life points per monster.” “What?!” asked Sonata. “No way!” “Yes way,” said Ringo. “Red Dragon, destroy her monsters!” “Drat!” said Sonata. Ringo LP: 4000 Sonata Dusk LP: 2500 “Now I activate Scarlet Security,” said Ringo. “You see, my dragon’s name is treated as Red Dragon Archfiend. And because it is, this spell can destroys all spells and traps on your field.” “Shoot!” said Sonata. “I don’t want you leaving anything for your friends after I beat ya,” said Ringo. “I place three cards face down. Now, Dragon Archfiend, Attack!” “Ah!!” cried Sonata. Ringo LP: 4000 Sonata Dusk LP: 0 “Can’t you do anything right?” asked Aria. “Hey, at least I beat one of em!” said Sonata. “Whatever,” said Aria. “Just get out there,” said Adagio. Ringo LP: 4000 Aria Blaze LP: 4000 Turn 4: Aria Blaze “I draw,” said Aria. “Hold up!” said Ringo. “I activate my trap, Red Screen. Now you can’t attack me.” “But don’t you have to pay life points each turn?” asked Aria. “Yep,” answered Ringo. “But that’s where these two cards come in. Solemn Wishes and Life Absorbing Machine. Now once I pay the 1000 points, my Absorbing Machine will give me back half the points. Solemn Wishes takes care of the rest.” “Yeah, yeah,” said Aria. “Very impressive. I play Raigeki and Malice Dispersion, so there go your traps and dragon!” “Shoot!” said Ringo. “Now I play Polymerization,” said Aria. “I fuse Shopina the Melodious Maestra and Aria the Melodious Diva to form Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir. Now for her effect, she gains 300 ATK points for each monster I used to fuse her.” (Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir: 1900 – 2500) And, she can attack twice per turn.” “What?!” asked Ringo. “This is insane!” “Too bad,” said Aria. “Bloom Prima, attack him directly!” “No!!” said Ringo. Ringo LP: 0 Aria Blaze LP: 4000 “Dang,” said Flash. “Looks like I’ll have to drive this one home.” “Good luck,” said Ringo. “Let’s duel,” said Aria. Flash Sentry LP: 4000 Aria Blaze LP: 4000 Turn 5: Flash Sentry “My turn!” said Flash. “I play Hammer Shot on your Prima.” “Damn it,” said Aria. “Now I play Foolish Burial,” said Flash. “I’ll use it to send Symphonic Warrior Miccs to the grave. Then I’ll activate the field spell, Amplifire. Now every time a Symphonic Warrior uses its effect, this card will get a counter, and all Symphonic Warriors gain 100 ATK points for each counter. Like this, I summon Symphonic Warrior Guitaars. Now I’ll use his effect, which lets me special summon a Symphonic Warrior from my graveyard, like my Miccs.” (Symphonic Warrior Guitaars: 1500 – 1600) (Symphonic Warrior Miccs: 2300 – 2400) “Crap,” said Aria. “I place two cards face down,” said Flash. “Symphonic Warriors, rock her world!” “Ah!!” cried Aria. Flash Sentry LP: 4000 Aria Blaze LP: 0 “Finally, it’s my turn,” said Adagio. “Try it,” said Flash. Flash Sentry LP: 4000 Adagio Dazzle LP: 4000 Turn 6: Adagio Dazzle “I draw,” said Adagio. “I play The Sanctuary in the Sky. There goes your stage.” “Oh yeah?!” asked Flash. “I activate Dark Bribe! My field’s not going anyway.” “That’s one,” thought Adagio. “Fine, then I’ll activate Ostinato to send two copies of Tamtam the Melodious Diva from my deck to the graveyard to fusion summon Schuberta the Melodious Maestra.” “Not today,” said Flash. “I activate Bottomless Trap Hole on your Maestra!” “There goes the last trap,” thought Adagio. “Now my Tamtam’s effect activates, if I use her for a fusion summon, one of your monsters loses 500, then you take 500 points of damage. But since two used two Tamtams, your Guitaars loses twice that much, and so do you.” “Dang!” said Flash. (Symphonic Warrior Guitaars: 1600 – 600) Flash Sentry LP: 3000 Adagio Dazzle LP: 4000 “Since you have monsters on your field and I don’t, I can special summon Solo the Melodious Songstress,” said Adagio. “Next, I summon Soprano the Melodious Songstress, and I’ll use her effect to fuse herself with Solo to form another Schuberta the Melodious Maestra! By the way, I can now remove three of the cards in your graveyard, and my Maestra gains 200 ATK points for each one.” (Schuberta the Melodious Maestra: 2400 – 3000) “Oh great!” said Flash. “One more thing,” said Adagio. “I activate Luminous Spark! Now it’s my stage.” (Schuberta the Melodious Maestra: 3000 – 3500) (Symphonic Warrior Guitaars: 600 – 500) (Symphonic Warrior Miccs: 2400 – 2300) “Shit,” said Flash quietly. “Melodious Maestra, attack his Guitaars!” ordered Adagio. “No!!” yelled Flash. Flash Sentry LP: 0 Adagio Dazzle LP: 4000 “Winner, the Dazzlings!” said Luna. “Damn it!” said Flash. He and his team then stomped away. “Time for the semi-Finals!” said Celestia. “First up, The Dazzlings vs. The Jewels!” “Again?” asked Aria. “Alright!” said Sonata. “Ready, girls?” asked Applejack. “But of course,” answered Rarity. “Yeah, I’m ready,” said Twilight. “I’ll go first,” said AJ. “Let’s do it,” said Sonata. Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Applejack LP: 4000 Turn 1: Applejack “Here goes,” said AJ. “I send Quillbolt Hedgehog from mah hand to the graveyard to special summon Quickdraw Synchron. Now since I have a tuner, I can special summon my Hedgehog to mah field. Then I’ll tune mah two boys together to Synchro summon Nitro Warrior in attack mode. I place three cards face down and end mah turn. I can use mah Shrink card on the next monster she summons, then mah Warrior can use his effect. But just in case it isn’t enough, I have Ego Boost to power up my boy even more. And a Fiendish Chain as a backup.” Turn 2: Sonata “I draw,” said Sonata. “I play Cold Wave, so you can’t activate anything.” “Dog gone it!” said Applejack. “Now that the coast is clear, I’ll special summon Solo the Melodious Songstress,” said Sonata. “Now that a have a Melodious monster out, I can special summon Canon the Melodious Diva. Then, I’ll tribute them both to summon Mozarta the Melodious Maestra. Next, I’ll use her effect to special summon another monster.” “Another one?” asked AJ. “How many of those things do ya have?” “A lot,” answered Sonata. “I’ll bring out… Elegy the Melodious Diva, which gives all Fairy monsters 300 more ATK points. (Mozarta the Melodious Maestra: 2600 – 2900) (Elegy the Melodious Diva: 2000 – 2300) Finally, I’ll special summon my favorite, Sonata the Melodious Diva, which give my girls 500 more points.” (Mozarta the Melodious Maestra: 2900 – 3400) (Elegy the Melodious Diva: 2300 – 2800) (Sonata the Melodious Diva: 1200 – 1700 – 2000) “Again?” asked Applejack. “Dang, this ain’t fair.” “Too bad,” said Sonata. “So sad. Mozarta, attack her Nitro Warrior!” “Shoot!” said AJ. Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Applejack LP: 3400 “Sonata and Elegy, finish her off!” ordered Sonata. “Ah!” cried Applejack. Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Applejack LP: 0 “Excellent job, darling,” said Rarity. “You did great, Applejack,” added Twilight. “Thanks,” said AJ. “Hey, Rare. Next turn, you can use my face down cards.” “That’s right,” said Rarity. “They’ll quite good too, thank you. With your traps and my monsters, she hasn’t got a chance.” “We gonna duel, or what?!” asked Sonata. “Patience, please,” said Rarity. Sonata Dusk LP: 4000 Rarity LP: 4000 Turn 3: Rarity “I summon Gem Knight Alexandrite. Then I’ll tribute him to special summon Gem Knight Crystal from my deck! Attack her Sonata!” “Hey!” said Sonata. Sonata Dusk LP: 3550 Rarity LP: 4000 “With your Diva gone, your other girls lose a few points,” said Rarity. (Mozarta the Melodious Maestra: 3400 – 2900) (Elegy the Melodious Diva: 2800 – 2300) I’m done.” Turn 4: Sonata “Now it’s my turn,” said Sonata. “And since it is, I can activate my friend’s face down cards,” said Rarity. “First I’ll use Fiendish Chain to stop your Mozarta in her tracks.” “Great,” said Sonata. “Well then, I guess I’ll just play Polymerization to fuse Mozarta and Elegy together to form Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir.” “Oh no!” thought Rarity. “Now Applejack’s Shrink and Ego Boost are useless.” “Attack her Knight!” ordered Sonata. “If she battles a special summoned monster, then you take damage equal to the difference between their ATK points. After that your monster is destroyed.” “What?” asked Rarity. “Oh my, what a nasty effect.” Sonata Dusk LP: 3550 Rarity LP: 2550 “I end my turn,” said Sonata. Turn 5: Rarity “Very well then,” said Rarity. “My turn. First I summon Gem Knight Tourmaline in attack mode. Then I’ll activate Super Polymerization. By discarding a card, (Gem Knight Sardonyx) I can fuse your monster with my knight to form Gem Knight Seraphinite!” “Darn it!” said Sonata. “Now for his effect,” said Rarity. “Now I can normal summon an additional monster. So I’ll summon Gem Knight Lapis!” “Oh crap,” said Sonata. “I place one card face down,” said Rarity. “Seraphinite, Lapis, attack her directly! Now I’ll activate another one of Applejack’s cards, Ego Boost to increase my Lapis’s points!” (Gem Knight Lapis: 1200 – 2200) “Ah!!” cried Sonata. (Gem Knight Lapis: 2200 – 1200) Sonata Dusk LP: 0 Rarity LP: 2550 “Oh well,” said Aria. “At least you got rid of some of her life points.” “Zip it,” said Sonata. “Why me?” asked Adagio. Aria Blaze LP: 4000 Rarity LP: 2550 Turn 6: Aria Blaze “I draw,” said Aria. “I play Twin Twisters, by discarding a card, I can destroy your two face down cards.” “Hold on!” said Rarity. “I activate Fragment Fusion before it’s destroyed! Now I can banish the Gem Knights Sardonyx and Tourmaline to form Gem Knight Citrine.” “So what?” asked Aria. “I discard Score the Melodious Diva to reduce your Gem Knight Seraphinite’s ATK points to zero.” “Oh my,” said Rarity. (Gem Knight Seraphinite: 2300 – 0) “Now I play Polymerization,” said Aria. “I fuse Aria the Melodious Diva and Soprano the Melodious Songstress to form Schuberta the Melodious Maestra! Now I activate her ability, which lets me remove three of my cards to increase her ATK points by 600.” (Schuberta the Melodious Maestra: 2400 – 3000) Rarity gasped. “Finish her!” ordered Aria. “Ah!!” cried Rarity. Aria Blaze LP: 4000 Rarity LP: 0 “And now your Gem Knight Citrine is destroyed,” reminded Aria. “I know,” said Rarity. “Don’t let her get to you,” said AJ. “You’re right,” said Rarity. “Take her down, Twilight.” “No problem,” said Twilight. “Hopefully, you’ll be an actual challenge,” said Aria. Aria Blaze LP: 4000 Twilight Sparkle LP: 4000 Turn 7: Twilight Sparkle “My turn,” said Twilight. “I summon Amores of Prophecy in attack mode, then I’ll use his ability. By revealing a Spellbook in my hand, (Spellbook of Life) I can special summon a level four or lower Prophecy monster from my hand. I choose Justice of Prophecy. Next, I activate Level Lifter, by discarding my Emperor of Prophecy, I can raise the level of my two monsters to five. (Amores of Prophecy Level: 3 – 5) (Justice of Prophecy Level: 3 – 5) I now overlay to two monsters to Xyz summon Empress of Prophecy! By the way, she gains 300 ATK points for each of her overlay units. (Empress of Prophecy: 2000 – 2600) Now I‘ll activate her ability, by using one overlay unit, (Justice of Prophecy) I shuffle my deck, then check the top five cards, if there any Spellbook cards, I have to destroy the same number of monsters on the field. (Prophecy Destroyer, Reaper of Prophecy, Wheel of Prophecy, World of Prophecy, and Spellbook of Judgment) Looks like your Schuberta is outta here.” “Damn,” said Aria. “Next I play Spellbook of Life,” continued Twilight. “I remove my Justice of Prophecy and reveal the Spellbook of Eternity in my hand to special summon my Emperor of Prophecy to the field.” “Oh no,” said Aria. “Prophecy magicians, attack!” ordered Twilight. Ah!!” cried Aria. Aria Blaze LP: 0 Twilight Sparkle LP: 4000 “Yes!” said Twilight. “Now it’s my turn,” said Adagio. “Hope I can handle her,” thought Twilight. Adagio Dazzle LP: 4000 Twilight Sparkle LP: 4000 Turn 8: Adagio dazzle “I draw,” said Adagio. “I play Last Day of Witch, which lets destroys all Spellcasters on the field.” “No!!” cried Twilight. “Now I play Polymerization,” said Adagio. “To fuse Canon the Melodious Diva, Elegy the Melodious Diva, Serenade the Melodious Diva and Opera the Melodious Diva to form Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir! You know what happens next. Bloom Prima, attack her directly and end this duel!” “No!!” cried Twilight. “I failed!” Adagio Dazzle LP: 4000 Twilight Sparkle LP: 0 “Winner, the Dazzlings!” said Celestia. Twilight fell to her knees. “I can’t believe I failed.” “It’s alright, darling,” said Rarity. “You did your best, and that’s all that matters.” “But it wasn’t good enough!” said Twilight. “I knew I should have better cards in.” Spike walked over and licked Twilight’s cheek. “It’s okay, Twilight.” “Besides,” said Applejack. “We still have Rainbow and her team.” “Oh yeah,” said Twilight. “I just hope they can beat Trixie.” “Anybody could,” said AJ. “Totally,” said Spike.