//------------------------------// // Planetary Alignment and Lethal Consequences! // Story: The Black Serpent's Rising // by Error Sans //------------------------------// (3rd person pov) Sunset arrived at the registration with enough time to spare at least an hour, she and Twilight didn't like being tardy at all. But she wasn't to bad off, the girl in front of her was just finishing up with registration when Sunset arrived. As the girl left Sunset only had to write down a few things before going, she and Twilight had done extra work beforehand to reduce the time it took to get in. As she was leaving to go and find Twilight she looked over to where that other girl went to see her glaring at her. Instantly it felt like someone was trying to force themselves into her mind but she shook it off and broke eye contact. She closed her eyes and shook her head but when she opened her eyes the girl was gone, leaving after Sunset broke eye contact. 'What was that?' Sunset thought to herself before walking into the middle of a waiting room where Twilight stood waiting for Sunset. "Sunset! There you are." Twilight said as she walked over towards her friend. Sunset turn around towards Twilight and smiled before hugging her friend. As they broke the hug Twilight asked Sunset a question that was on her mind "What were you doing that caused you to wake up so late?" Sunset blushed in embarrassment "I was up late last night perfecting my deck, and my alarm decided to not work today." She said as Twilight rolled her eyes, Sunset coughed "So did you make it in?" She asked Twilight. "Of course I did, me and my Dark Magicians won't be defeated anytime soon. Especially since it's pretty easy to get in unless you made a terrible deck." Twilight said as Sunset chuckled to herself, Twilight was filled to the brim with strategy making since the day they first saw each other. Sunset became somber at the thought. 'Why princess?' Sunset thought to herself 'Why did you cast us out of our home, our dimension Celestia?' She shook her head, no need for such depressing thoughts she was here to win not contemplate about the past. Twilight looked at her knowing exactly what she was thinking before the nearby speakers blared out "Sunset Shimmer please report to field 18." "Gotta go, see ya in a few minutes!" Sunset said to Twilight before racing off towards the designated area. Once Sunset had arrived in the area the stands were already filled with people, but they seemed to be talking about something unrelated to her. It made a small ting of pain appear in her chest, she'd never admit it but she loved attention. She was pulled out of her internal war by a male voice calling out "Hello! Anybody in there?" Sunset was startled for a second before turning towards the person who had yelled at her. He had hair as white as snow and his eyes seemed to be filled with excitement at the possibility of a duel. Sunset smiled sheepishly "Sorry about that." she said He just shrugged it off "Hey everyone gets distracted, name's Snow and I will be your duel proctor." He said raising the duel disk on his arm. "Well then let's get to it." Sunset said as she raised her duel disk. "DUEL!" Both of them yelled as they drew their starting hand. "I think I will go first." Sunset said as she drew "I will start by playing Card Advance! With this I look at the top five cards on my deck and arrange them as I want, also I get an additional normal summon if I'm tributing." Sunset said as she looked at her top five cards "I think this will do." After she had said that she placed the five cards on top in a different pattern "Next I will summon Double Coston, with this I can use it as two tributes for the summon of a Dark monster. With that and Card Advance I tribute summon The Supremacy Sun." First two globs of a strange black substance appeared on the field, only to be swiftly removed as a fiendish looking warrior appeared with wings made of solar energy "With that I set a card and end my turn." Snow whistled in awe before drawing "I think I'll start by activating Foolish Burial, using it I send Ice Queen to the graveyard." Snow said as a card appeared from his deck which he then transferred to the graveyard "Next I activate Different Dimension Deepsea Trench, with this I banish Ice Queen from the grave. And with the magic of Mystical Space Typhoon I removed my Trench from the field, which due to it's effect special summons my Ice Queen from the banishment pile." A hole in the ground appeared in the ground, only to be destroyed by fierce winds that appeared above it and Ice Queen rose from the hole before it was destroyed. "That's a strong monster, but my Sun is still stronger than it." Sunset said as she looked over at it's attack points "Unless it has got an effect." Snow chuckled "It doesn't have an effect, but I will use Moray of Greed to return both Snow Dragon and Samurai of the Ice Barrier to the deck to draw three cards." He activated what looked like a fish with a grin on it coming out from a pot, and did as its instructions said drawing "Perfect! I activate Lemuria, the Forgotten city! With this all Water monsters gain 200 attack and defense points, which makes my Queen just stronger than your sun. Also just in case your face down I'll activate Sea Lord Amulet, with this my Water monsters can't be destroyed by card effects for three turns!" "Interesting, that might be a problem." Sunset said, faking shock but internally she was smirking he'd fallen for her trap. "Now my Ice Queen destroy her monster!" Icicles formed above the monsters head, which it then directed it's wand towards The Supremacy Sun as the icicles flew towards the monster destroying it "With that I end my turn." Sunset: 3900 Snow: 4000 Sunset smiled as she drew "I discard Gren, Tactician of Dark World to revive The Supremacy Sun!" Her monster that was destroyed last turn rose from the ground. "But I just destroyed that!" Snow cried out, it was going to be a problem if her smirk said anything. "Next since Gren was discarded I can destroy a spell or trap card on the field, I think I will destroy your amulet." Sunset said as the ghost of Gren appeared next to the card destroying it. "But why didn't you destroy my city?" Snow asked confused. "So I can do this, I activate Advance Force and chain it with my face-down The Eye of Truth." Sunset replied "With The Eye of Truth on the field, you have to keep your hand revealed but if you have a spell card during each of your standby phases you gain 1000 life points." Snow looked confused but revealed his hand "Now, with the power of Advance Force I tribute The Supremacy Sun to summon The Suppression Pluto." A fiend appeared in front of Sunset that minorly looked like Diablo. "Why would you trade your monster for a weaker one?" Snow asked progressively getting more confused by the minute. "Because with your hand revealed I know exactly which cards are in your hand. And with the use of Pluto's effect I can declare a card name and if it's in your hand I get to use on of his effects." Sunset replied as Snow's expression changed to one of worry "Your card is After the Storm, which means I can use Pluto's effect to take control of your Queen." Snow's eyes widened in fear as his monster stepped onto Sunset's side of the field. "Oh curd." Snow stated. "Ice Queen and Pluto direct attack!" Ice Queen did the same thing she did to The Supremacy Sun earlier except on snow, and Pluto disappeared before reappearing behind Snow as he slashed his back. Sunset: 3900 Snow: 0000 Snow clapped for her "Welcome to Duel Academy Sunset!" Snow declared out loud, Sunset looked like she was gonna started bounce up and down but calmed herself. "Thank you." She said bowing to Snow, he smiled just before his phone started ringing. "Hey what's going on---" He suddenly stopped before he started rummaging through his pockets, before he grabbed something and handed it to Sunset "Get to the place at noon tomorrow that's were your supposed to go." He said as Sunset looked startled at his sudden change of attitude "See you tomorrow kid." He said to her as his eyes soften for just a second as he walked off. Sunset walked out of the area towards where Twilight was, more confused than anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (With Snow) "What do you mean Sombra is going to the hospital." Snow asked the woman on the phone in a whisper holding the phone as close as he could to his ear. "Sombra, for some strange reason, after his duel suddenly had bite wounds on his neck. He was facing against a girl who seemed to be mad at him, at least that is what witness said." The woman said, worry was etched in her words. "Well it serves the bastard right." Snow growled out as he got near his car "I mean seriously Celestia, he had a record a mile wide filled with reports of abuse." "I know, but I think he can do better. Anyways I will be needing you to take over being Ra Yellow's headmaster for the time being." Celestia said through the phone, Snow stopped working towards starting the car. "You want me to do what now?" Snow asked confused on why he would be the one to get the position, there were many better options. "Because you've redeemed yourself, even if you don't see it." Celestia said over the phone, memories of long ago still saddened her "Light is worried about you, Serah was important to all of us." She sighed "But you've become distant to most people, even yourself." Snow sighed "Fine I'll take the stupid job." He said admitting defeat. "Thank you, cause from what I've heard from the doctors so far he isn't going to make it." Celestia said the mood slowly turning more depressing by the second. "We'll talk later." Snow said "Bye Celestia." "Goodbye Snow." And with that Celestia hung up, going to attend to her teacher who will not make it. Snow sighed to himself 'What have I gotten myself into now?' He thought to himself as he finished getting ready to leave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Isfet's pov) 'This day is just perfect!' I thought to myself as I returned to my "home" 'Not only did I get to kill a sniveling little gnat, but I can start the plan to end this world.' I was just right next to it now, to mortals it was just a wall but with my power I can reveal its secrets. I walked a bit closer before whispering "Sa-hei" Black hieroglyphics with red edges burned on the wall before it parted revealing a corridor. 'Now,' I thought with a vicious smirk 'tomorrow the slaughter will begin!' I laughed with psychotic glee as I descended downwards, the wall behind me rebuilding itself quickly to cover my tracks.