//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Magnetic Attraction // Story: The Magic of Dueling // by CrystalQueen //------------------------------// “Fluttershy! Come on!” Applejack yelled as she and Fluttershy frantically ran through the streets of Canterlot. “We gotta cover a lotta’ ground if we’re hopin’ to find somepony ta’ help!” “I know! It’s just that...I don’t have..the same stamina...as you!” Fluttershy responded, gasping for air as her run turned into a slow walk. “You go on ahead...I’ll catch up...Later…” “Oh fine, ah’ll look around this area, you just sit down and catch yer’ breath, alright?” Applejack said as Fluttershy sat down on the ground, simply nodding as she caught her breath. “Actually, I do believe you won’t have to worry about catching your breath.” The two mares heard a voice say as a human walked around a corner, a Duel Disk on his arm. “But before I defeat you, would either of you be so kind as to tell me where I can find a man by the name of ‘Red Rocket’? Or 6 mares by the names of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy or Applejack?” “Looks like that won’t be a problem either, cause ah’m Applejack, an’ this here one’s Fluttershy.” Applejack said as Fluttershy tried hiding behind her. “Well then, Miss Applejack, Miss Fluttershy, sorry to say, but I can’t allow you to leave here in your current form, master’s orders.” The human responded. “But to reciprocate the introduction, my name is Daichi Misawa, I was the second best Duelist at Duel Academia to Judai Yuki, but I don’t expect you to know me. Now, shall we get this over with?” “If it’s a Duel yer’ lookin for, me an’ Fluttershy ain’t standin’ down!” Applejack said, a competitive look in her eyes. “Um, Applejack, I think it’d be better if we-” Fluttershy began before being cut off. “Very well then, we’ll play by the rules of a Triangle Duel, each of us will have 8000 Life Points, our own field, no player may draw nor attack on their first turn, and none of us will share Extra Monster Zones, really, the odds are heavily in your favour.” Daichi said. “Fine by me!” Applejack said. “Wait, Applejack-!” DUEL Applejack 8000 LP Fluttershy 8000 LP Daichi 8000 LP “Normally, I’m an advocate of ladies first, but since this is two on one, I’ll take the first turn!” Daichi shouted. “I’ll begin this Duel by playing my Future Fusion Continuous Spell! On my next Standby Phase, I am permitted to reveal a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck and send the listed Fusion Materials from my deck to the Graveyard, then on my following Standby Phase, Summon the revealed Fusion Monster! Now, I’ll Normal Summon Gamma The Electromagnetic Warrior in Defence Position!” (Level 3, 800 ATK 2000 DEF) “When Gamma The Electromagnetic Warrior is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Magnet Warrior from my hand! Come forth! Beta the Electromagnetic Warrior!” (Level 3, 1500 ATK 1500 DEF) “When Beta The Electromagnetic Warrior is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add a Level 4 or Lower Magnet Warrior to my hand. I’ll use this effect to add Alpha, the Electromagnetic Warrior to my hand. Lastly, I’ll set two cards and end my turn.” As Daichi placed the cards in his Duel Disk’s Spell/Trap slots, giant holograms of the face down in front of him. “Mah turn!” Shouted Applejack as she swiped her hoof in front of her face, causing holographic images of her cards to appear in front of her. Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 5 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 5 Daichi 8000 LP Hand: 1 “First off, ah’ Summon Sunseed Genius Loci!” Applejack tapped an image of the card in front of her as it dissipated and her monster appeared in front of her. (Level 1, 0 ATK 0 DEF) “Are you sure you want to leave a 0 Attack monster on the field in Attack Position?” Daichi asked. “It doesn’t even have an effect, what could you possibly be planning with it?” “Ah’m plannin’ this! Appear! The, uh, shoot, what was it that Red always says? The er, guiding circuit that leads to, uh, victory!” Applejack said as the Link Monster border appeared above her in the air. “Yes!” She thought to herself. “I don’t know the song, but I use Sunseed Genius Loci to Summon Sunavalon Dryas!” As Applejack’s seed monster flew into the Link Marker of the monster she was summoning, a giant tree began to sprout from the ground behind her without damaging any of the surrounding area. (Link 1, 0 ATK, ) “Now, I activate the Gaia Power Field Spell! This boosts up the power of all EARTH Monsters by 500 points, but lowers there Defences by 400! Now, since this here tree don’t have no Defence Points to worry about, it’s a straight bonus!” “But don’t forget!” Daichi interrupted. “All of my Magnet Warriors are EARTH Attribute as well, so in the long run, you’re simply accomplishing nothing.” (Sunavalon Dryas 0 ATK -> 500 ATK) (Gamma The Electromagnetic Warrior 800 ATK -> 1300 ATK 2000 DEF -> 1600 DEF) (Beta The Electromagnetic Warrior 1500 ATK -> 2000 ATK 1500 DEF -> 1100 DEF) “Lastly, ah set a card and end the turn.” As Applejack tapper her card, it disappeared from her list of cards and and larger hologram of it appeared in front of her, albeit face down like Daichi’s. “It’s m-my turn…” Fluttershy said. Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 3 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 5 Daichi 8000 LP Hand: 1 “I’ll Summon Fluffal Rabbit in Defence Position…” (Level 1, 300 -> 800 ATK 1200 -> 800 DEF) “I end my turn…” “What!? Ya can’t just play one card and end your turn!” Applejack shouted. “Well then, looks like it’s my turn!” Daichi interjected. “Draw!” Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 3 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 4 Daichi 8000 LP Hand: 2 “One turn has passed, so Future Fusion will go into effect!” Daichi shouted. “Hold on!” Applejack responded. “Fluttershy still has cards to play! Let her continue her turn!” “Sorry, but when a Duelist announces the end of their turn, the next player must begin their turn, and refusing to do so results in an automatic disqualification. Now, as I was saying, with Future Fusion, I'll reveal Imperion Magnum the Superconductive Battlebot from my Extra Deck and send Valkyrion the Magna Warrior and Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior, its listed Fusion Materials, from my Main Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon it during my next Standby Phase!” Daichi shouted as a faint outline of his Fusion Monster appeared behind him. “So next turn, you’re gonna summon that thing!?” Applejack said. “That’s right! But now, I’m going to Normal Summon my Alpha The Electromagnetic Warrior!” (Level 3, 1700 -> 2200 ATK 1100 -> 700 DEF) “When Alpha The Electromagnetic Warrior is Normal or Special Summoned, I can adda Level 8 Magna Warrior to my hand! And I’m choosing Berserkion The Electromagna Warrior! Lastly, by Banish my Alpha, Beta, and Gamma The Electromagnetic Warriors, I can Special Summon Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior from my hand!” (Level 8, 3000 -> 3500 ATK 2800 -> 2400 DEF) “Applejack!” Daichi shouted. “I know you want me to attack your directly and activate the effect of your Sunavalon Dryas, so my attack target shall be Fluttershy! Battle Phase! Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior! Attack Fluttershy’s Fluffal Rabbit! Electromagnetic Division!” “Ah won’t let ya!” Applejack shouted. “I activate Quaking Mirror Force! When an opponent declares an attack, this changes all their monsters to face down Defence Position, and ya can’t change it back!” “An admirable attempt, but not good enough! I activate Seven Tools of the Bandit! At the cost of 1000 Life Points, this negates your Trap and destroys it!” As soon as Daichi’s card flipped itself face up, Applejack’s card began to spark in malfunction, before being destroyed in the same fashion as a monster as Daichi’s monster slashed through Fluttershy’s Rabbit in a clean swipe. Daichi 8000 LP -> 7000 LP “With that, I end my turn.” “Here I go! Draw!” Applejack shouted. Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 4 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 4 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 1 “Well, first ah summon another Sunseed Genius Loci!” (Level 1, 0 -> 500 ATK 0 DEF) “Now, I use Sunseed Genius Loci and Sunavalon Dryas to summon mah Sunavalon Dryades!” As Applejack’s seed flew into the Link border, the tree behind her grew larger, and developed what could be mistaken for a face by the trunk. (Link 2, 0 -> 500 ATK ,,) “So you grew your tree.” Daichi said. “I still know better than to attack it unless I can wipe out your Life Points in a single attack.” “Oh, you will be-!” Applejack said under her breath. “Now ah set two cards and that’s that! Your turn Fluttershy!” “I dr-draw!” Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 1 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 5 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 1 “I Summon my Fluffal Dog in Defence Position…” (Level 4, 1700 -> 2200 ATK 1000 -> 600 DEF) “On Summon, Fluffal Dog lets me add a Fluffal Monster from my deck to my hand, and I’ll add Fluffal Cat to my hand. Lastly, I’ll set two cards and end my turn.” “Very good, now I’ll draw for my turn!” Daichi shouted. Applejack 8000 LP Hand: 1 Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 3 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 2 “The Future is now! With the power of Future Fusion, I summon my Imperion Magnum the Superconductive Battlebot!” (Level 10, 4000 -> 4500 ATK 4000 -> 3500 DEF) “I activate mah Bottomless Trap Hole!” Applejack shouted as her face down card revealed itself. “This destroys your Monster, then Banishes it!” “I chain the effect of Imperion Magnum the Superconductive Battlebot! Once per turn, during either player’s turn, I can negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card, or Monster effect!” Daichi shouted in response. “Shoot-!” “Now I activate my Pot of Greed card! This lets me draw 2 new cards! Now, Applejack, I finally have the cards needed to deal with your tree, since you intend on being so aggressive.” “What?” “First, I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon! This will destroy your face down card!” As Daichi put the card in his Duel Disk and the card materialized itself in front of him, a powerful gust of wind blew towards Applejack’s face down card, destroying it. “Now, I activate Forbidden Chalice! This will increase the Attack power of your Sunavalon Dryades by 400 points!” (Sunavalon Dryades 500 ATK -> 900 ATK) “Huh? What was the point of that?” Applejack asked. “Because Forbidden Chalice also negates the affected Monster’s effect!” “What!?” “Now I activate my United We Stand Equip Spell! I’ll Equip it to my Imperion Magnum, increasing its Attack by 800 for each monster I control!” (Imperion Magnum 4500 ATK -> 6100 ATK” “Battle Phase! Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior attacks Sunavalon Dryades! Electromagnetic Division!” Following its master’s command, Daichi’s monster lept into the air and cleaved through Applejack’s tree in a single slash, with the tree exploding into countless shards. Applejack 8000 LP -> 5400 LP “Now, Imperion Magnum! Attack Applejack directly! Magnum Cleave!” Without hesitation, Daichi’s Monster rushed straight for Applejack, knocking her into the air with its upwards slash. Applejack 5400 LP -> 0 LP “Applejack!” Fluttershy yelled in shock at the sight of her friend being launched into the air. “Don’t bother.” Daichi said. “She’s already been turned into a card, can you see it?” Fluttershy looked up at what remained of Applejack and was horrified to see a card with her friend’s name on it land where the mare once stood. “Applejack…!” “Yes, get a good look at that card, for very soon, you too will be but a card-” “How DARE you!?” Fluttershy yelled, cutting Daichi off. “Applejack was a nice pony and one of my best friends! The Duel continues NOW!” “Very well then, as per the rules of a Triangle Duel, when a player loses, all cards on their field are destroyed by game mechanics, including her Field Spell.” Daichi said. (Imperion Magnum 6100 ATK -> 5600 ATK 3600 DEF -> 4000 DEF) (Berserkion 3500 ATK -> 3000 ATK 2400 DEF -> 2800 DEF) (Fluffal Dog 2200 ATK -> 1700 ATK 600 DEF -> 1000 DEF) “It’s my turn! I draw!” Fluttershy shouted. Applejack 0 LP Hand: NA Fluttershy 8000 LP Hand: 4 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 0 “First, I’ll play my Twin Twisters! By discarding Fluffal Cat from my hand, I’ll destroy both your United We Stand Equip Spell and your face down card!” Fluttershy shouted. “I activate the effect of Imperium Magnum, negating your Twister!” Daichi shouted. “Good! That’s just what I was counting on!” “What?” “Because Now I activate my Dark Hole! This destroys all monsters on the field!” As Fluttershy punched her card’s hologram, a massive black hole appeared between both her and Daichi, sucking in all their Monsters, and destroying them. “Big mistake!” Daichi shouted. “When Imperion Magnum is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Special Summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior and Berserkion from my deck ignoring the Summoning conditions, and when Berserkion is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Special Summon the Electromagnetic Warriors used to summon it!” “I activate my face down card! Soul Drain!” Fluttershy shouted as her card revealed itself at her command. “By paying 1000 Life Points, this negates all effects in the Graveyard!” Fluttershy 8000 LP -> 7000 LP “What!?” “And that’s not all! I activate my own Future Fusion! You’ll see what I’m going to make next turn, and the turn after, I Summon it!” Fluttershy shouted. “I end my turn!” “I-I draw!” Daichi said. Applejack 0 LP Hand: NA Fluttershy 7000 LP Hand: 0 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 1 “By jove, what could have caused such a sudden change in demeanor!?” Daichi thought to himself when he looked at his hand. “I-I’m shaking? Could I actually be afraid of her? A little pony?” “Well? Play your card already!” Fluttershy shouted. “I-I Summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior!” (Level 4, 1400 ATK 1700 DEF) “Battle Phase! Alpha, attack her directly!” Daichi’s Warrior slashed directly at Fluttershy, who didn’t even flinch from the attack, despite it cutting off a small piece of her mane and leaving a scratch on the side of her face. Fluttershy 7000 LP -> 5600 LP “I-I end my turn!” “I draw!” Applejack 0 LP Hand: NA Fluttershy 5600 LP Hand: 1 Daichi 7000 LP Hand: 0 “My Future Fusion activates! I’ll reveal Frightfur Wolf from my Extra Deck, and now from my deck, I’ll send Edge Imp Sabres, along with my 3 copies of Fluffal Bear, 2 remaining copies of Fluffal Cat, 2 remaining copies of Fluffal Dog, 3 copies of Fluffal Mouse, 2 remaining copies of Fluffal Rabbit, and 3 copies of Fluffal Wings!” As Fluttershy listed off her Fusion Materials, silhouettes of each of them appeared before Daichi before fading from existence. “Wait, how many monsters are you sending to the Graveyard!?” Daichi asked. “Sixteen!” Fluttershy responded. “Frightfur Wolf only requires 1 Fluffal Monster, but it gains an additional attack for each Fluffal used as Fusion Material, so at it stands now, that will give it 15 attacks each Battle Phase!” “It can attack how many times!?” “I’m only getting started!” Fluttershy shouted. “Now I activate my Pot of Greed! This one card gives me two more cards! And they’re both good ones! I activate Frightfur Patchwork! This adds an Edge Imp Monster and Polymerization to my hand! The Edge Imp I’m after is Edge Imp Saw! Now, I activate my Polymerization! This will fuse my Edge Imp Saw with the Fluffal Dog on my field! Lord of Steel and Lord of Smiles unite! Become one to win this fight! Fusion Summon! Arise! Frightfur Leo!” (Level 7, 2400 ATK 2000 DEF) “Now, from my hand I activate Frightfur Fusion! This lets me perform a Fusion Summon by Banishing materials from my field or Graveyard! I’ll Banish my Edge Imp Sabres and Fluffal Bear! By jamming a pair of scissors through a teddy bear, the demonic power is awoken! Appear! Frightfur Bear!” (Level 6, 2200 ATK 1800 DEF) “Wait, so you sent your entire deck to the Graveyard as a Fusion resource!?” Daichi thought out loud. “That’s right!” Fluttershy responded. “Battle Phase! Frightfur Bear attacks Alpha the Magnet Warrior! Frightfur Slash!” Following Fluttershy’s command, the possessed bear swiped at Daichi’s Magnet Warrior, destroying it instantly. Daichi 7000 LP -> 6200 LP “The effect of Frightfur Bear activates!” “What?” “When Frightfur Bear destroys a Monster by battle, it becomes an Equip Card on my Bear, and boosts its Attack by 1000!” (Frightfur Bear 2200 ATK -> 3200 ATK) “I’m not done yet! Frightfur Leo attacks you directly!” At her command, Fluttershy’s monster swang its saws right towards Daichi, who just barely blocked the attack with his Duel Disk to avoid an unexpected death. Daichi 6200 LP -> 3800 LP “I end my turn.” “I-I draw!” Applejack 0 LP Hand: NA Fluttershy 5600 LP Hand: 0 Daichi 3800 LP Hand: 1 “My only choice now is to activate Card of Demise!” Daichi said as he slid the card into his Duel Disk. “Card of Demise lets me draw until I have 3 cards in my hand, but I cannot Special Summon this turn, also I must send my entire hand to the Graveyard. I’ll set two cards face down, and Summon Delta, the Magnet Warrior in Defence Position!” (Level 4, 1600 ATK 1400 DEF) “I end my turn!” “I draw!” Applejack 0 LP Hand: NA Fluttershy 5600 LP Hand: 1 Daichi 3800 LP Hand: 0 “Because it’s my second Standby Phase, I can Summon my Frightfur Wolf now!” Fluttershy shouted. (Level 6, 2000 ATK 1500 DEF) “Remember, it can attack 15 times this turn!” She said. “I know that.” Daichi responded. “But it doesn’t matter, because I have the perfect counter.” He thought to himself. “Battle Phase! Frightfur Bear attacks your Magnet Warrior!” Fluttershy shouted, and following her command, the bear destroyed Daichi’s Magnet Warrior, only to absorb what remained of it. (Frightfur Bear 3200 ATK -> 4200 ATK) “Now, My Frightfur Wolf Attacks you directly!” “Not so fast! I activate my Blazing Mirror Force Trap Card! When an opponent’s monster declares an attack, this destroys all Attack Position Monsters the opponent controls and inflicts damage to both players equal to half combined Attack or the destroyed monsters! But there’s more in store!” Daichi shouted as he pressed a button on the side of his Duel Disk. “What?” “In response to my own Trap Card, I chain the Ring of Destruction Trap! This trap destroys one Monster and inflicts damage to both players equal to its Attack! The Monster I’m destroying is your Frightfur Bear! Lastly, to ensure I don’t lose, I activate Ring of Defence! This prevents me from taking any effect damage from Trap cards until the end of this chain!” “Wait, so that means-!” “Goodbye Miss Fluttershy, you were certainly a most unexpected opponent!” Just then, a ring with four shields on it began to spin rapidly in front of Daichi, protecting him from both the explosion caused by a ring of grenades exploding around Frightfur Bear’s neck, as well as Fluttershy’s other monsters being consumed by flames. Fluttershy 5600 LP -> 1400 LP -> 0 LP When the smoke and flames had both settled, all that remained of both Fluttershy and Applejack were two cards, each of which had one of the two mares imprinted on them. “Tough game, was it?” Another voice said as Daichi picked up the cards of his fallen victims. “What-? Oh, it’s you. Yes, they did provide a challenge, but I defeated both of them.” Daichi said. “Let me see here, Applejack and Fluttershy!? Sweet! Now we won’t have to worry about the Elements of Harmony being used against us! Now we just gotta take down Red, and everything will be set for the plan!” The other human said. “In fact, you know what? You did a good job, head back to the Empire, he’s bound to have finished conquering it for us by now! I’ll go deal with Red!” “Are you sure that’s a wise decision?” Daichi asked. “He absolutely broke some of his previous opponent’s, and the master can’t summon the same person twice anymore, it takes too much power, he says. Lose, and it’s back to whatever afterlife you had previously.” “Whatever, I got this! Besides, Blackwings are miles better than your wimpy Magnet Warriors! I’ll be sure to beat him up for the greater good!” The other human said. “Right, just don’t wine when you lose.” Daichi responded. “Oh shut it! Me and my D-Wheel can take him, whether it’s a Ground Duel or a Riding Duel!” The human responded before getting on a D-Wheel he had parked behind a corner and speeding off for Canterlot Castle. “Well, it appears I had best inform the master that we lost another member when we reunite at the empire.” Daichi said before walking away with the cards he turned Applejack and Fluttershy into.