Rise of the Numbers

by goldenrise365


Battle of the Bands Part 1

Gold, Derpy, Light, and Show showed up at school the next day to find the same uproar as yesterday. "Wow," said Show. "I've only seen this type of havoc when people fight over their favorite bands."

An ochre colored guy came running towards them. He had a black V-neck and grey jeans. His name is Star Driver. "Hey Gold. Did you here about what's going on?"

"No I haven't. What's going on here?"

"These three mysterious girls showed up, sung a little song, and now everyone is under there control." Star's eyes suddenly gave off a green glow.

Gold became suspicious. "Thanks Star. We'll go find the others." Gold and his friends headed off.

"That was odd," said Show.

"Did you see his eyes?" asked Derpy.

"I didn't," said Light.

"Sorry." Derpy gave a sheepish smile.

"Well now we know why everyone is like this. We should make sure the others are still themselves. They would most likely be in one of the practice rooms." The group got to the room and walked in, but nobody was there. "I wonder where everyone is."

"Hey you!" Gold turned to see a new face. It was a guy with dark blue skin and black hair. He had a navy blue shirt and black pants.

"Who are you?" asked Gold.

"I am Sir Silver. Knighted by Princess Celstia herself." Silver pointed to Gold. "Princess Twilight asked me to keep an eye around here. And I can sense the Equestrian magic on you."

"So, what?"

"I an challenging you to a duel. If I win I'm taking you back to where you belong."

"And if I win, you talk and I don't go anywhere."

"Right. I've never been beaten." Night activated his black duel disk.

"There's a first for everything." Gold activated his duel disk.

"Let's duel!"

Gold: 8000
Silver: 8000

"Since you challenged me, I get to make the first move." Gold drew his card. "First I activate Crimson Armory. This lets me add one Crimson monster and one Equip Spell to my hand." Gold grabbed his two cards. "Now I summon out Crimson Magician in Attack mode." A humanoid figure in dark red robes, wielding a crystal staff, appeared. "Now I'll equip home with Fire Crystal to boost his attack to 2800." The staff erupted into flames. "Then I place two cards face down to end my turn."

"So you use the power of fire and light. I prefer the secrets of the shadows. I draw." Silver drew his card. "First I tribute one monster to summon out Vampire Lord." A humanoid man with almost white skin, blue hair, and an ornate cape appeared. "Next I activate Vampire Takeover. This lets me play Vampire Kingdom and summon out Vampire Lady." The field turned into the grounds of an old castle.

"I really hate these types of fields," said Show.

A lady with blue skin, dark blue hair, and a purple dress appeared. "Now I have my Lord and Lady on the field."

"I see you based your deck off this knight thing."

"Not quite, but close. I activate Cursed Bite. Now you have to get rid of the monster with the most attack points in your hand."

Gold looked at his cards. 'Crimson is my strongest one here. Sorry buddy.' Gold sent Crimson to the graveyard.

"Now I can use Vampire Kingdom's effect. By discarding a Dark attribute monster, your Crimson Magician goes away." Crimson Magicain was destroyed in a flash of lightning. "Now my Lord and Lady will attack you directly." Lord and Lady sent out two separate blasts.

"Not today. I activate the trap Crimson Wave Distribution. If a Crimson monster was sent to the graveyard this turn, we both take the same amount of damage." The two blast hit the center of the field and the shock wave hit Gold and Silver.

Gold: 3450
Silver: 3450

"You were able to hit me on my first turn, impressive. I place one card face down and end my turn."

"Thanks." Gold drew his card. "I summon out Crimson Armor Master." A human in red armor wielding a crystal sword appeared. "That's all I can do for now."

"Seems like you've been backed into a corner. Perfect for me." Night drew his card. "I tribute my Lady to summon out Shadow Vampire." Vampire Lady faded into a mist. A figure hid in the mist. "Now I'll overlay my two Vampire monsters to build the Overlay Network." The two figures turned into purple lights that went into a portal. "I Xyz summon Crimson Knight Vampire Bram!" The portal exploded. Out of the dust came a figure in purple and pink armor wielding a black sword and purple shield.

"That's a big warrior," said Light.

"And my warrior has a big effect. By using one overlay unit, I can take control of one of the monsters in your graveyard."

"Wait that means...!"

"I summon out Gold-Eyes Crimson Dragon!" Crimson appeared on the field.

"This isn't good," commented Show.

"Now Crimson will attack your Armor Master." Crimson blasted down Armor Master.

Gold: 2950
Silver: 3450

"Sorry Gold," said Crimson.

"Wait, your Dragon can actually speak to you?"

"Well yeah. Crimson bonded with me when I first used him. Together we promised to fight for what was right." Gold looked at Silver. "I was never a threat to this world."

Silver looked down. "Wow I never thought about that. I always fought in the dark, but I guess I have to fight in the light now. I release Crimson to make this more of a far fight."

"I guess you still want to finish this."

Silver smiled. "I wanted the truth. I may have gotten it in a unconventional way, but I now know the side your on. But a knight never surrenders in battle. Bram attack!" Vampire Bram swung its sword.

"Its time to end this duel. I activate the trap Light Burst. If I have a light attribute monster in my graveyard, your monster's attack stops in its tracks." Vampire Bram froze. "And your monster gets destroyed because of its dark attribute, and you take damage equal to its attack." A blast of light destroyed Bram.

Gold: 2950
Silver: 950

"Nice move, I end my turn."

"Then it's my move." Gold drew his card. "I activate Crimson Reincarnation to bring back Gold-Eyes Crimson Dragon." Crimson came out of a column of light. "Now attack, Crimson Plasma Arc." Silver was wrapped in red flames.

Gold: 2950
Silver: 0

"I guess I owe some explanations." Silver rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, you kinda do," said Show. Derpy hit him in the back of the head. "Ow."

"Well I came with Princess Twilight after she got a message from Sunset Shimmer. The message said..."

"Wait, wait, wait. Princess Twilight?" asked Light.

"Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself. You see I come from a place called Equestria. Equestria is a place where all kinds of creatures live with one another. It is protected by two Royal sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, and the Elements of Harmony, magical crystals wielded by their guardians. Princess Twilight is one of those wielders and I'm a part of her guards."

"So you really are a knight," said Derpy.

"Yep. Now where was I? Oh yes, we came here to assist this world's Elemnts of Harmony in taking down the Sirens."

"Are they the ones causing all this fighting?" asked Show.

"Yes they are. They feed off the hatred of others, and they use that to control people, making them do what they want. Twilight and her friends are trying to figure out a way to stop them. She asked me to stay here and make sure nothing bad happens." Silver looked to Gold. "The reason I challenged you was because of the Equestrian magic that was radiating off you. Your not from this world are you?"

The others looked at Gold. He tilted his head down. "No I'm not, and I don't want to talk about it right now. We know what the problem is. Now we help solve it."

"How do we do that?" asked Light.

"We help the girls battle these Sirens. And something tells me there is more to this then we know of." Gold ran off with the others close behind.

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Outside, two figures stood in front of the school. "Is this the place Night Fang?" asked the first figure. The first figure was a guy with green and yellow hair, brown skin, blue jeans and a shirt with a flower in the middle.

"Yes it is Veenus Bloomer," said Fang. Fang was a guy with purple hair and grey skin, dark jeans and a short sleeve shirt with a wolf in the middle. Over the shirt he wore a grey hoodie. "I can sense something in this school, something dark and malicious." Fang let out a growl.

"Fang, remember, you have to hide that part of you," said Veenus.

"Right, sorry." Fang cleared his head. "Let's go in.".

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In the shadows

The dark figure was watching everything. "All the pieces are almost in place. Soon I will be able to rule over this world and bring the future that I have always wanted. The numbers, 37, 79, and 80 glowed on his arm.