//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Bountiful // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Equus // by moviemaster8510 //------------------------------// Sarah and Fluttershy walked around the park observing the many duels that were going around. Sarah was not the dueling type, but her friends certainly were, and they seemed like they would suffice for a first duel for Fluttershy. Unfortunately, Fluttershy clung her body to Sarah’s leg as they walked. Sarah felt bad that Fluttershy was as timid as she was and that she could really only trust her, but she figured that her friends would be the baby steps needed to get Fluttershy to open herself up. “Um, Sarah?” asked Fluttershy. “Where are you taking me?” “Just going to have you meet some of my friends. Don’t worry, they’re nice people.” “If you say so.” A biker suddenly zoomed by the two, causing Fluttershy to squeak and hop onto Sarah’s chest and grip her neck with her arms. Sarah could feel the poor pony shivering in fear and anxiety. “It's okay. We're almost there.” Fluttershy made a quick nod. They walked across a wooden bridge that brought them to the south side of the river. Here, they were right near the Carillon, a large bell tower at the bottom of a large grassy hill entitled Rotary Hill, named after the Naperville branch of the international Rotary Club. This was an ideal spot for duelists as it presented some of the most room for playing. The two continued down the path that ran north of the bottom of the hill. Sarah was then stopped by a couple of familiar voices approaching her. One girl had long brown hair held back by a clip. She wore fancy blue jeans, an orange tank top, brown sandals, and a plethora of bracelets on her right arm. Her left arm held a blue D-Pad similar in color to Emma’s. The other girl had natural red hair in a ponytail. She wore a knee-length white skirt, a pink t-shirt with a light-blue waist high jeans jacket, and cream-colored sandals. Her right hand held a large Jamba Juice smoothie while an olive green purse hung over her shoulder. She also had a duel disk on her left arm, but hers had an opal finish on it. “Sarah!” they both called. Upon mentioning her name, Fluttershy squeaked again and hid behind Sarah. There were too many strangers for her to feel comfortable around. The sight of the yellow pony hiding behind Fluttershy made them stop in their tracks. “Sarah, what is that thi-” said the brown haired one before she and her other friend gasped. “Is that one of those ponies from that planet? Oh my god, I’m so jealous. Can I see it?” Sarah blushed. She knew introductions, especially with a pony as nervous as Fluttershy, would be next to impossible. Sarah held a finger up, signaling her friends to hang on for a moment. Sarah turned and knelt to the pegasus, who had her hooves over her head. “Fluttershy,” whispered Sarah, “these are my friends. I promise they will not hurt you. You can trust them.” Fluttershy was silent for a few seconds and then gave her answer. “Could they come over here?” Her eyes began to well with frightened tears. “I’m still too scared to move.” Sarah could hardly stand the sight of her friend crying like that, so she motioned her friends over to her. The red haired girl pulled a tissue from her purse, and while Fluttershy’s eyes were closed, she gently wiped them dry. Fluttershy sniffled as she looked up into the smiling face of the girl who dried her tears. The girl further eased Fluttershy by rubbing her behind her ears. This gave the two girls Fluttershy’s first smile. “Friends,” introduced Sarah, “this is Fluttershy.” “Hi Fluttershy,” greeted the brown haired girl. “I’m Lisa.” “Hi Lisa,” said Fluttershy with much more confidence. “I’m Jennifer,” said the red haired girl. “You can call me Jenny. It’s just… I’m sorry, you look so adorable. Would you mind if I gave you a hug?” “Um, I guess not-” Fluttershy was interrupted by a pair of arms wrapping themselves around her. Whatever stress Fluttershy was in due to the abundance of strangers around her was now melted away with Jenny’s hug. “I can’t believe it,” Jenny exclaimed. “This is so cool.” She finally let go of the pegasus. She then noticed Fluttershy’s duel disk. “You’re a duelist?”” “Actually, it is only my first time…” she began to hush, feeling a tad embarrassed. “I know Sarah isn’t one for dueling, but I sure am. Heck, Lisa and I both are. Would you like me to be your very first competitor?” Fluttershy looked at Sarah and Lisa, who were egging her on. She figured she had to duel someone at some point, so why not with this friendly human? “Alright Jenny,” responded Fluttershy with full confidence. “I’m game.” Jenny was ecstatic. Not only did she befriend, but she would be dueling, a real life pegasus. The two competitors made their way to the edge of the large grassy area south of the red bricked path of the Riverwalk. “I just want to let you know, I don’t take my opponent’s lightly,” exclaimed Jenny. “I imagine you wouldn’t,” responded Fluttershy with an innocent smile. “Neither will I.” That’s odd, thought Jenny. Wasn’t this the same pony that was a curled ball of tears upon seeing us? Was that all a façade? Does she trust me that fully now? Only one way to find out. Both Fluttershy and Jenny unsheathed their D-Pads. They then drew 5 cards from their decks. Sarah and Lisa didn’t know who to root for, so they clapped indifferently. “DUEL!” they both yelled. Fluttershy vs. Jenny Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy sets one monster. Fluttershy places one card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-4 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 *************************************************** I don’t know what kind of deck she’s using, thought Jenny, but unless I can get some serious strength, my attack will most likely just bounce off of her monster’s DEF. *************************************************** Jenny’s Turn: Jenny summons Vylon Hapt (ATK: 1800 DEF: 800). Jenny equips Vylon Hapt with Vylon Material, increasing its ATK by 600 (ATK: 1800 -> 2400). Jenny attacks Fluttershy’s face down monster which is Naturia Beans (ATK: 100 DEF: 1200). With Naturia Beans’ effect, it cannot be destroyed in battle once per turn, and if it is attacked, 500 points of damage are inflicted to the opponent. Jenny’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3500 Jenny places two cards face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-3500 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 *************************************************** “Alright,” shouted Jenny. “Now that I know what deck you have, no more sucker punches.” She then began shadow boxing along with her metaphor. “How’s about this then?” asked Fluttershy. *************************************************** Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy summons Naturia Pumpkin (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800). When Naturia Pumpkin is normal summoned, if her opponent controls a monster, Fluttershy can special summon a Naturia monster from her hand, choosing Naturia Stag Beetle (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1500). Fluttershy equips Naturia Pumpkin with Megamorph. Since Fluttershy’s life points are higher than Jenny’s, Naturia Pumpkin’s ATK is halved (ATK: 1400 -> 700). Next, Fluttershy activates Tannhäuser Gate, choosing two monsters with 1000 or less ATK and the have the same type and making their levels equal to the sum of their levels, choosing Naturia Beans and Naturia Pumpkin (4 + 2 = 6) (Lvl.: 2 -> 6) (Lvl.: 4 -> 6). Fluttershy overlays Naturia Beans, Naturia Pumpkin, and Naturia Stag Beetle to xyz summon Queen Nereia the Silvercrown (ATK: 2500 DEF: 2400). Fluttershy attacks Vylon Hapt with Queen Nereia the Silvercrown. Jenny’s Life Points: 3500 -> 3400 When Vylon Material is sent from the field to the graveyard, Jenny can add a Vylon spell card from her deck to her hand. Fluttershy places one card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 *************************************************** “Ok,” sighed Jenny with a wide smile. “I see how it is.” She was obviously playing with Fluttershy, but the look on Jenny’s face was somewhat frightening for the mare. *************************************************** Jenny’s Turn: Jenny activates the continuous spell Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen, allowing herself to special summon a Fairy-type monster from her hand when she controls no monsters, special summoning Vylon Tesseract (ATK: 800 DEF: 600). Jenny then normal summons Vylon Prism (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500). Jenny tunes Vylon Tesseract with Vylon Prism to synchro summon Vylon Epsilon (ATK: 2800 DEF: 1200). When Vylon Prism is sent from the monster zones to the graveyard, Jenny can pay 500 life points to equip it to a monster from the graveyard, choosing Vylon Epsilon. Jenny’s Life Points: 3400 -> 2900 Jenny then equips Vylon Epsilon with Vylon Segment. Jenny activates Vylon Epsilon’s effect. By sending one equip card equipped to it to the graveyard, choosing Vylon Segment, Jenny can destroy one monster on the field, choosing Queen Nereia the Silvercrown, but Fluttershy activates Utopian Aura. By detaching one xyz material from a monster she controls, all xyz monsters that she controls can’t be destroyed by card effects until the end phase. Jenny attacks Queen Nereia the Silvercrown with Vylon Epsilon. When Vylon Prism is equipped to a monster, the equipped monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of the damage step (ATK: 2800 -> 3800). Fluttershy’s Life Points: 4000 -> 2700 Fluttershy activates Card of Last Will, drawing five cards when a monster she controls is destroyed by battle. Vylon Epsilon’s attack goes back to normal (ATK: 3800 -> 2800). Jenny ends her turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-2900 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 *************************************************** “Ha!” exclaimed Jenny, moving her arms and legs like a wannabe gangster. “Beat that.” Fluttershy could see that Jenny was a very animated woman. She reminded her of Pinkie Pie, which made Fluttershy giggle, which went unnoticed by Jenny. “I hope you’re having fun,” said Fluttershy. “You know it.” “Because it’s not nearly going to be as much fun as I’m going to have right now.” *************************************************** Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy places two cards face down. Next, she summons Naturia Cherries (ATK: 200 DEF: 200). Fluttershy activates Miracle Fertilizer, special summoning Naturia Pumpkin from her graveyard. Fluttershy tunes Naturia Pumpkin with Naturia Cherries to synchro summon Naturia Beast (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1700). Fluttershy then equips Vylon Epsilon with Unstable Evolution. When Jenna’s life points are higher than her opponent’s, her monster’s ATK becomes 1000 (ATK: 2800 -> 1000). Fluttershy attacks Vylon Epsilon with Naturia Beast. Vylon Prism’s effect activates, increasing Vylon Epsilon’s ATK by 1000 before the attack hits. Also Jenny attempts to activate her face down Rush Recklessly, but Fluttershy activates Naturia Beast’s effect. By sending the top two cards on her deck to the graveyard, she can negate the activation of a spell card and destroy it. The attack goes through. Jenny’s Life Points: 2900 -> 2700 Jenny activates her own Card of Last Will, drawing five cards when a monster she controls is destroyed by battle. Fluttershy activates the effect of Naturia Hydrangea in her hand, special summoning it when a Naturia monster she controls used its effect (ATK: 1900 DEF: 2000). Fluttershy then attacks Jenny directly with Naturia Hydrangea. Jenna’s Life Points: 2700 -> 800 Fluttershy ends her turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-2700 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-2 *************************************************** “Wow,” said Jenny, genuinely surprised. “That was a wonderful move.” Fluttershy merely closed her eyes and cocked her head with a smile. “Let’s hope mine is just as good.” *************************************************** Jenny’s Turn: Jenny places three cards face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-3 Life-800 Monsters-0 Face Down Cards-3 *************************************************** Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy attacks Jenny directly with Naturia Beast, but Jenny activates Negate Attack, negating the attack and ending the battle phase. Fluttershy ends her turn. Status: Hand-1 Life-2700 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-2 *************************************************** Now fully armed and loaded with traps, Jenny felt extremely satisfied as she decided to address Fluttershy in the form of a movie quote. “Now you’re all in big, big trouble.” *************************************************** Jenny’s Turn: Jenny activates Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen’s effect, but Fluttershy attempts to activate Naturia Beast’s effect to negate and destroy it. Jenny activates her trap Braveheart, halving her life points to negate the activation of a monster's effect this turn. Jenny’s Life Points: 800 -> 400 The effect of Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen resolves, letting Jenny special summon a Fairy-type monster from her hand when she controls no monsters, choosing Vylon Sphere (ATK: 400 DEF: 400). Next, Jenny normal summons another Vylon Sphere. Jenny then activates her trap Call of the Haunted, special summoning Vylon Epsilon from her graveyard. Jenny tunes Vylon Epsilon with both Vylon Spheres to synchro summon Vylon Omega (ATK: 3200 DEF: 1900). Once per turn, Jenny can equip a Vylon monster to Vylon Omega from her graveyard with its effect, choosing Vylon Prism. Jenny attacks Naturia Hydrangea with Vylon Omega, whose ATK increases by 1000 with Vylon Prism’s effect (ATK: 3200 -> 4200). Fluttershy’s Life Points: 2700 -> 400 Fluttershy activates Trap Reborn, halving her life points to activate a trap card from her opponent’s graveyard, choosing Card of Last Will, drawing five cards from her deck when a monster she controls is destroyed by battle. Fluttershy’s Life Points: 400 -> 200 Jenny places one card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-1 Life-750 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 *************************************************** Jenny knew Fluttershy would survive the turn, but she had a powerhouse monster on her side now, capable of eliminating her monsters if their effects tried to destroy her spells/traps again. The only thing that kept Jenny from an early celebration was the fact that Fluttershy once again had a fully replenished hand. Only luck would tell what it meant for her. *************************************************** Fluttershy’s Turn: Fluttershy activates her face down Graceful Revival, special summoning a level 2 or lower monster from her graveyard, choosing Naturia Tulip (ATK: 600 DEF: 1500). Fluttershy normal summons Naturia Horneedle (ATK: 1800 DEF: 100). Fluttershy tunes Naturia Horneedle with Naturia Tulip to synchro summon Naturia Barkion (ATK: 2500 DEF: 1800). Fluttershy then activates Polymerization, sending Naturia Beast and Naturia Barkion to the graveyard to fusion summon Naturia Exterio (ATK: 2800 DEF: 2400). Fluttershy activates Tailor of the Fickle, switching an equip spell card on the field to another monster on the field, equipping her Naturia Exterio with Jenny's Vylon Prism. Fluttershy then activates Monster Reborn, special summoning Naturia Barkion from her graveyard. Fluttershy attacks Vylon Omega with Naturia Exterio. Jenny attempts to activate Magic Cylinder, but Fluttershy activates Naturia Exterio’s effect. By banishing a card in her graveyard and sending the top card on her deck to the graveyard, she can negate Magic Cylinder’s effect and destroy it. The attack goes through. Because Naturia Exterio is equipped with Vylon Prism, it gains 1000 ATK during the battle (ATK: 2800 -> 3800). Jenny’s Life Points: 400 -> 0 Fluttershy wins. _________________________________________________________________________________________ As Jenny fell to the ground from the last attack, Fluttershy was immediately concerned that she had hurt her new friend. As the yellow pegasus ran to check on her, she saw Jenny smiling as she slowly panted, having had the wind knocked out of her. “That…” she began, “was… great!” “Um, what?” questioned Fluttershy. “Girl, that was great, I mean, YOU were great. Put her there,” she responded putting her open palm up. Fluttershy recognized this as a pegasus high-wing clap, leaving Fluttershy to happily unfurl her right wing and slap Jenny’s palm. “Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. And you said that was your first duel?” “Let’s just say I had a really good teacher.” “I’ll say,” said Lisa from the back. “Heck, I think I want to duel you now.” “I suppose that we have time,” thought Fluttershy aloud. “Alright, let’s go.” As Lisa unsheathed her duel disk, Fluttershy took all of the cards in her graveyard and hand and added them back to her deck, all ready to go. They both drew five cards. “DUEL!” they both yelled. Sarah smiled, happy that Fluttershy just made two new friends.