//------------------------------// // Under the Crimson Night Sky // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EG: Neo W.R.P.G U.S. Selection Arc // by foxmaster //------------------------------// The events of yesterday’s match between Team Crimson Night and Team Lucky Clover still remained in everyone’s minds after seeing the creepy way they won the match. Silver, Lyra, Ratchet, and Lightning never thought such a scary looking monster existed. Despite what they saw they still pressed forward and proceeded to their pit ready to fight and hopefully bring the Fluttershy they love back. The Mc began to announce the start of today’s match. “ Welcome to day two of the Los Pegasus Circuit ladies and gentlemen and now introducing our first team the Shadows of the night The queens of the blood moon Team Crimson Night,” The Mc shouted as the audience tried their best to cheer as the three gothic ladies entered the stadium. “ And now our second Team the swords of courage the wings of California Team Silverwing,” The Mc continued as the crowd cheered loudly for Silver and his team as they enter the Stadium on their side. Both Lyra and the first rider for Team Crimson Night took their starting positions on the track as the action field ( Speed World V) Activated and covered the field with half pipes and ramps like usual. Before the runners activated the Mc took a moment to introduce the first riders for the match. “ Taking the lead for Team Crimson Night is none other than the mysterious Scarlet Thorn,” The Mc shouted as a red girl with Black hair with red streaks in it wearing a black riding outfit with a red hood similar to a certain someone from (RWBY) only not as cheerful and upbeat as the genuine article. “ And Taking the Lead for Team Silverwing is the lovely Lyra Heartstrings,” The crowd cheered as Lyra pulled up next to her. Lyra felt a sense of dread coming from Scarlet like she was not even alive anymore. Both duelists activated their runners ready to take off. “ DUEL MODE ENGAGED AUTOPILOT STANDING BY,” The computerized voices on their runners said as their duel disks activated. Both duelists took off and Scarlet’s cape flew off her back and luckily her teammate caught it for her. Everyone was more shocked to see Scarlet’s face. She looked like one of those people who has not slept in weeks but what was more noticeable was the distant look in her eyes like she was some kind of zombie. Lyra felt a bit frightened that Scarlet ended up taking the corner first and won the first turn of the match. Both players drew their opening hands and the match began. DUEL Scarlet Thorn:4000 Lyra Heartstrings:4000 “ To start things off I activate the Field Spell Zombie World. The entire track began to turn into an eerie graveyard full of bones and purple fog. The children in the crowd began to feel like they just entered their worst nightmare. “ Now as long as we ride through this cemetery not only do all of our monsters on the field and in our GYs become Zombie type monsters but neither of us can to Tribute Summon anything other than Zombie type monsters,” Scarlet said while reaching for her next card. “ And on the subject of zombies, I summon Pyramid Turtle in attack mode. A small Pyramid began to rise from the ground then a turtle shell rose up beneath it and a turtle with an Egyptian headdress popped its limbs out revealing the whole monster. Pyramid Turtle LV:4 ATK:1200 “ Next I activate the Continuous Spell Everliving Underworld Cannon now whenever a Zombie type monster is Special Summoned to my field you take 800 points of damage. A cannon made of bones began to rise from the ground and floated behind Pyramid Turtle ready to shoot Lyra when signaled. “ Finally I set two cards face-down and end my turn,” Scarlett said as two set cards appeared between her cannon. “ My turn I draw,” Lyra said as she drew her sixth card. Lyra was in a bind already since any monsters she summons or ends up in the GY become Zombie types and Scarlet’s set cards could put her in a more compromising position if she was not careful. Lyra suddenly realized that even though her field and GY were affected her hand was safe. “ First I activate my own continuous Spell Valhalla Hall Of The Fallen. Lyra’s Bifrost suddenly materialized and poked a hole through the gloomy sky above and shined a ray of sunlight into the Stadium. You may have infected my Field and GY with your Field Spell but my hand is untouched so since I have no monsters on my field I can Special Summon one Fairy-Type monster from my hand so from my hand I Special Summon Mozarta the Melodious Maestra in attack mode. Mozarta descended down the Bifrost and elegantly landed on the field. Mozarta the Melodious Maestra LV:8 ATK:2600 “ But my Field Spell still turns her into a zombie did you forget,” Scarlet replied as Mozarta began to scream in agony. Mozarta’s skin began to rot rapidly, her eyes began to leak blood, and finally, her clothes and wings began to look ragged like she just popped out of the ground. “ Dead or alive Mozarta can still fight and I will have her attack your turtle. Mozarta fired a ray of musical notes only the round part of those notes now looked like skulls at Pyramid Turtle and caused it to explode. “ I activate my trap Defense Draw so now the damage from your attack is reduced to 0 and I draw one card. Scarlet drew her card and then proceeded to her next move. “ Also since you destroyed my Pyramid Turtle I can use its effect to Special Summon a Zombie type monster with 2000 or fewer defense points from my Deck so I will Special Summon my Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon in Attack Mode. Out of the gloomy skies above a zombified version of (Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon) descended and unleashed a loud roar. Red-Eye Zombie Dragon LV:7 ATK:2400 “ And since I Special Summoned a Zombie type monster to my field my cannon blasts you for 800 points of damage. Scarlet’s cannon took aim and then fired a ghostly soul at Lyra which phased right through her but not before taking some of her life force with it. Scarlet Thorn:4000 Lyra Heartstrings:3200 “ Not bad but I'm still not giving up so I set one card face-down and end my turn,” Lyra said as a set card appeared behind Mozarta. “ My turn I draw,” Scarlet said as she drew her second card. Despite being a bit weaker than Mozarta Scarlet was determined to destroy Mozarta and posses her. Scarlet noticed the first Action Card of the match coming up and grabbed it. She looked it over and showed a small grin indicating she grabbed a good one. “ I activate the Action Spell Power Dice this card allows me to roll a die and my monster gains 400 attack points times the number I roll until the end of the turn not that it matters my Red-Eyes will still be able to beat you no matter the result. A black die with red spots materialized in Scarlet’s hand and she throws it into the air and caused it to expand and roll onto the center stage where it landed on four. “ Looks like my Red-Eyes gains 1600 attack points let Tirek’s judgment rain down on you. Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon unleashed a mighty roar as its attack points went up. 2400 + 1600 = 4000 “ Now that my Zombie is revved up it's time to battle Red-Eyes attack Mozarta with Inferno Zombie Blast. Red-Eyes unleashed a blue fireball from its mouth and mozarta began to decompose as the fire burned her and destroyed her. Scarlet Thorn:4000 Lyra Heartstrings:1800 “ Now my Zombie Dragon’s effect activates whenever it destroys a Zombie-Type monster in battle and sends it to the GY I can summon that monster to my field. A pale hand with a red cuff on it popped out of the ground on Scarlet’s side of the field and the rest of Mozarta rose out groaning. Mozarta the Melodious Maestra LV:8 ATK:2600 “ And since my field spell makes all of our monsters zombies my cannon blasts you again. Scarlet’s cannon fired again and took more of Lyra’s life force. Scarlet Thorn:4000 Lyra Heartstrings:1000 “ And since it's still my Battle Phase I attack you directly with your Mozarta. Mozarta slowly waved her baton and fired another ray of music notes at Lyra. Lyra was not going to just let things end here so she acted quickly. “ I knew you would try something like this so I activate my Trap Draining Shield this stops your attack and allows me to gain Life Points equal to Mozarta’s attack points so it looks like in still in this. A barrier appeared around Lyra and the ray of music was absorbed and converted into Life Points. Scarlet Thorn:4000 Lyra Heartstrings:3600 “ Guess I have no choice but to end my turn now,” Scarlet said as Red-Eyes lost its power boost. 4000 - 1600 = 2400 “ My turn I draw,” Lyra said as she drew her fourth card. Lyra was face to face with two powerful monsters and no way to touch her opponent until she saw what she drew. “ First I use my Valhalla to Special Summon my Guardian Angel Joan in attack mode. Joan descended from the Bifrost and elegantly landed on the field like the angel she was. Guardian Angel Joan LV:7 ATK:2800 “ Summon whatever you want because your monsters will still fall under the influence of my Field Spell. Joan began to feel the effects of the Zombie World affect her until Lyra made her next move. “ I'm aware of that which is why I'm going to get rid of it so for the next move I activate Twin Twisters by discarding a card from my hand I can destroy up to two spells or traps on the field so I will discard this and blow away your Zombie World and Everliving Underworld Cannon. A pair of cyclones shot out of Lyra’s card one of them destroyed Scarlet’s cannon while the other sucked up the purple fog along with the whole cemetery thus changing the scenery back to the track they were racing on. “ Now that your nasty Field Spell is gone my monsters are no longer Zombies so now your burn combo is no more,” Lyra pointed out as Joan and Mozarta began to regain their lively appearance. “ Now it's time to Battle Joan attack Mozarta. Joan began channeling light energy and then fired it at Mozarta thus destroying her and sending her back to Lyra’s GY. Scarlet Thorn:3800 Lyra Heartstrings:3600 “ and since Joan was successful in destroying Mozarta and sent her to the GY Joan allows me to gain Life Points equal to the destroyed monster’s attack points. Joan flew above and started channeling her healing powers into Lyra and raised her Life Points above the default 4000. Scarlet Thorn:3800 Lyra Heartstrings:6200 Lyra was about to make her next move until she noticed an Action Card ahead but Scarlet also saw it. Both Lyra and Scarlet accelerated for it and Lyra just barely made it. Lyra snatched the Action Card at the last second and activated it. “ I activate the Action Spell Hand Recharge so I return the only card in my hand back to the deck and draw five new cards. Lyra returned her card back to her deck and the auto shuffler activated then she drew her five cards and was glad she drew what she was hoping for. “ I set two cards face-down and end my turn,” Lyra said as two set cards appeared behind Joan. “ My turn I draw,” Scarlet said as she drew her third card. Scarlet was enraged that some music lover tore her world down but smiled again after seeing what she drew. “ I'm getting my world back and to do just that I activate the Spell Magical Stone Excavation so by discarding two cards from my hand I can bring Zombie World back to my hand. Scarlet discarded the last two cards in her hand and Zombie World stuck out of her GY and went back into her hand. “ Now if you don't mind I would like to play it again,” Scarlet said as her cemetery came back just briefly. “ As a matter of fact I do mind so I'm stopping this by activating the Counter Trap Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell so by discarding a spell card from my hand not only is your spell negated and destroyed but you are also no longer allowed to activate any copies or any cards with the same name for the duration of the duel so your little zombie virus is no more,” Lyra said as Scarlet’s Field Spell was suddenly covered in a yellow aura as it re-entered Scarlet’s GY. “ Since I have nothing else left I must end my turn,” Scarlet said with a hint of anger. “ My turn I draw,” Lyra said as she drew her third card. Now that Zombie World was no longer a problem Lyra decided to unleash her true strength. “ First I Activate Call of the Haunted so I can bring Mozarta back from my GY. Mozarta rose from the GY fresh as a daisy not that Zombie World was permanently disposed of. Mozarta the Melodious Maestra LV:8 ATK:2600 “ Next I use Mozarta’s effect to Special Summon Splendid Venus from my hand. A winged goddess wearing a golden dress with gold armor and a scepter with an amber gemstone on the tip descended from the clouds and landed elegantly next to Mozarta. Splendid Venus LV:8 ATK:2800 “ My Venus has two great effects first all non-Fairy-Type Monsters lose 500 attack and defense points and the second is the activation and effects of my Spell and Trap cards cannot be negated. Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon began to moan as it lost power. 2400 - 500 = 1900 “ But I'm not done summoning yet next I Normal Summon Freya, Spirit of Victory in attack mode. A blue haired girl in a blue dress with blue boots and red pom poms appeared out of a pink puff of smoke and began to cheer for her team. Freya, Spirit of Victory LV:1 ATK: 100 + 400 = 500 “ While Freya is on my field all my Fairy-Type monsters gain 400 Attack and Defense also while I have at least one other Fairy-Type Monster on my field beside Freya she can't be targeted for attacks. Freya began to cheer thus causing all of Lyra’s other Monster to grow stronger. 2800 + 400 = 3200 2800 + 400 = 3200 2600 + 400 = 3000 “ For my next move I activate the Spell Titania’s Guidance,” Lyra said as a Spell with an image of a giant projection of a fairy queen addressing her subjects appeared on Lyra’s field. This card allows me to draw one card for every Fairy-Type monster I control so since I have four Fairies I draw four cards. Lyra drew her four cards and then proceeded to explained her spells second effect. “ One more thing about this card you should know if one of the cards I draw is a Fairy-Type Monster I can reveal it and Special Summon it and I just so happened to have drawn this one. The card Lyra revealed was Athena and then out of the card came a Roman goddess wearing a white dress wielding a silver shield and pike. Athena LV:7 ATK: 2600 + 400 = 3000 “ I never saw Lyra summon so many powerful monsters at once before nor have I seen her play those ones before,” Lightning said in admiration. “ Those aren't just any monsters those were some of the monsters from Lyra’s very first deck you see Lightning before Lyra discovered her love of music and the Melodious Deck she played with a deck consisting of Fairy cards and those were her go to monsters,” Silver explained to Lightning while remembering the rest of this combo. “ Next i Activate The Sanctuary in the Sky. The entire Stadium was lifted into a cloud bank and the sacred building appeared in the back of the Stadium. “ Time to Battle Joan attack Red-Eyes. Joan began channeling light energy and fired it at Red-Eyes thus causing it to disintegrate into ash and leaving a good dent in Scarlet’s Life Points. Scarlet Thorn:2600 Lyra Heartstrings:6200 “ Now Joan’s effect activates so now I gain Life Points equal to your Zombie Dragon’s attack points so that 2400 points for me. Joan channeled her healing powers into Lyra thus raising her points even more. Scarlet Thorn:2600 Lyra Heartstrings:8600 “ Now Venus shall end this. Venus began to channel the sun’s energy and fired it at Scarlet. Scarlet noticed a clutch Action Card and Grabbed it. “ I activate the Action Spell Evasion so now I dodge your attack. Scarlet swerved out of the way and into another Action Card which she also grabbed. “ You may have dodged one attack but let's see you dodge this one Mozarta attack, Scarlet, Directly. Mozarta fired her ray of music notes and Scarlet responded with her newly acquired Action Card. “ I activate the Action Spell Double Dodge this card allows me to block two attacks this time. Scarlet dodged the first attack which came from Mozarta and Lyra was thinking about how to handle this next attack. Lyra only had one attack left and naturally knew Scarlet would block the stronger of the two so she decided to send in Freya. “ Since I already know you're going to try and block Athena’s attack I will send Freya to attack Directly. Freya leaped high into the air and performed a somersault in the air and dropped kicked Scarlet. Scarlet Thorn:2100 Lyra Heartstrings:8600 “ Finally I set two cards Face-Down and end my turn,” Lyra said as two set cards appeared behind her army of monsters. “ My turn I draw,” Scarlet said as she drew her card. Scarlet was completely cornered now with her field spell sealed away and an army of powerful monsters staring her down she felt like she had nothing until she looked at what she drew. Scarlet felt like she drew the perfect card to turn this duel around. “ I activate the Spell Spirit Rebellion,” Scarlet said as a spell with a picture of a timid ram girl being whipped to death by her master only for a handsome man to swap places with her and block the whip. If you control monsters with 2000 or more attack points this card inflicts damage to you equal to the combined amount of those monster’s attack points and if my math is correct that 12400 points of damage look like I win this round. All of Lyra’s powerful monsters looked back at her with anger and hatred in their eyes then they all started to attack her until Lyra responded. “ I activate my Continuous Trap Defense Spires in the Sky While Sanctuary in the Sky is on my field this Trap Reduces all Effect Damage I would take to 0 looks like your final attempt to finish me failed. Four limestone pillars with ancient runes carved on them and a blue orb on top of each of them rose from the four corners of the Stadium and projected a blue energy field above the whole Stadium which drew all the damage to the top of the field and shot it into the sky above. “ You win this round so I will just end my turn go ahead and finish me if you want,” Scarlet said as she went back to her goth-like mannerism. “ My turn I draw,” Lyra said as she drew her card. Lyra had this one won and decided to deliver the final blow. “ Time to end this match and I think I will have my favorite monster do the honors Mozarta attack Scarlet Directly. Mozarta fired her ray and Scarlet began to crack a smile as her life points reached zero and her runner emitted smoke. Scarlet Thorn:0 Lyra Heartstrings:8600 Winner: Lyra Heartstrings Scarlet drove back to her team's pit and passed the Baton to her teams next rider Nisha. “ Hope you have better luck than I did at this point that Heartstrings girl is practically invincible,” Scarlet said as Lyra passed by. “ Don,t worry I will shatter her light with our darkness just sit tight oh and here is your cloak back,” Nisha replied as she returned Scarlet’s cloak and took off. Meanwhile, at Sci-Twi’s house, the Mane Seven minus Fluttershy was gathered by Twilight’s big screen watching the match. Everyone was both shocked and amazed by Lyra’s dueling. Lyra clearly had all her bases covered. she even manages to permanently disable Crimson Night’s main Field Spell. After yesterday’s matches, Sci-Twi noticed that Zombie World was the key card to their whole strategy. While Scarlet set the field and infects their opponents Nisha would swarm in and suck the life out of them while Fluttershy just sits and watches. Fluttershy did not take the field in the last match since Scarlet and Nisha managed to wipe out all three members of Team Lucky Clover almost instantly mostly due to their strategies backfiring on them. That's what you get when you base all your strategies on luck. “ Do you think we will get to see Fluttershy ride this time,” Pinkie asked. “ With a field like Lyra’s i'm not sure she will last long even if she did,” Rainbow replied. “ I thought Lyra played with a Melodious deck so what's with all these other monsters she has out,” Sci-Twi asked. “ Something tells me those other monsters have always been a part of her deck remember the Melodious Archetype started out small so most duelists supported it with other Fairy based tech cards like her Sanctuary in the Sky for example,” Sunset pointed out. Everyone went back to watching the match and noticed Fluttershy sitting behind the monitors when the camera pointed at Team Crimson Night’s pit. Fluttershy was still dressed in her goth persona but she looked bored watching the action.