//------------------------------// // Episode 1: Zip The Lip And Let The Cards Rip! // Story: Equestria Girls: Time To Duel // by Midday Sun //------------------------------// It was a sunny day in Canterlot as a pink-haired girl ran down the sidewalk, piece of toast dangling in her mouth. She had a curvy build, blue eyes darting from left to right as she analyzed everything around her as she ran as though her school career depended on it. Tan skin that, by now, was glistening from sweat, with an alligator-plush backpack hanging on her shoulders. She'd normally would've had a much bigger breakfast, but if she didn't put on the gas, she'd be late for school! She was usually up earlier since she lived on the other side of town, but it seemed like just one of those days for Pinkie Pie. ("That's me! Pinkamena Diane Pie! But everyone calls me Pinkie Pie!") "'Scuse me! Pardon! Coming through!" She had a well developed body, and she couldn't help but curse at how her D-Cup breasts were probably slowing her down. The young lady hopped over cars in traffic, slid under a bench, and swung on a branch overhead to avoid running right into a baby in their carriage, munching on her toast as she dashed in her school uniform; a white shirt and red tie underneath a black button-up blouse and skirt, topped with a red blazer. Her mary janes were hitting the ground as she ran in her white, knee-high socks. ("Boy, with how much I ran that day, I started to consider taking up track!") She came to screeching halt as she reached the front of her school, panting as sweat rained down to the ground below. She was hunched over, hurriedly scarfing down her toast as she gave a sad groan. "I didn't even have time to butter it..." After her sad whimper, she started to pull herself up and stand as tall as possible. "Oh well, I hope I have something stashed in my locker." She started to head up the steps of the school before she heard something; voices? Yeah, people were talking nearby! Ever the social butterfly, Pinkie Pie looked to the source. Nobody, but she heard people talking. In fact, they still were! She began to follow the sound of talking and noticed they were just beyond the corner. By now, she was starting to better understand what was being said and she could see a group of students gathered around the side of the school, crowded around what looked like a duel. The students she was now standing behind had a trembling hand as she fumbled to hold her Duel Monster cards. She was a shorter girl, almost a foot shorter than the 5'10 Pinkie Pie, with wider hips and skin only a shade or two darker than Pinkie's own tan. Sapphire hair with violet and magenta streaks running down in, and Pinkie could see she was wearing a pair of glasses and the same uniform she was in. She couldn't properly see her duel disk or face, but she had nothing on her field and her lifepoints were at 500. The other girl, she certainly recognized as Merry May; she was 5'8 and had fair skin and a curvaceous build, flowing plum-colored hair with magenta streaks running through it, pink eyes staring Twilight down as she smirked. She had 4000 Lifepoints and her own field had an elf-like creature in purple armor, holding an intricate, rust-colored staff. "Now, Ancient Elf, attack Twilight Sparkle directly!" Ancient Elf pointed the orb on his staff at Twilight. "Spark Flash!" The Elf then fired a bright flash of light that consumed Twilight-and Pinkie by proxy. Twilight stumbled back, crying out as her lifepoints hit zero and bashed into Pinkie Pie, landing right on top of her. "Ugh..." Twilight whimpered as she tried to get off of the oddly soft ground. When her hand gripped at something plump, yet familiar, her face turned red. She pushed her glasses up and rubbed at her eyes underneath before looking down and seeing the dazed Pinkie Pie below. "ACK!" She jumped off of Pinkie Pie, who groaned and began to sit up. "Wh-where did you come from?!" Pinkie started to rub at her eyes, "well, when a mommy and daddy love each other very much-" "Not that!" The pink-haired girl giggled, "why are you the one upset? I was the one who was felt up." Twilight Sparkle was about to object, but she noticed she had dropped the cards she was holding. "AAAH!" Twilight sprang from the ground and tried to collect her cards, but one of them was quickly swiped up by Merry May, who looked it over. "W-wait a second!" "Oh, the Dark Magician Girl. This is a pretty good card" A smirk was on her face as she revealed the card to Twilight-and Pinkie-as she smirked. "I think I'll b taking this one." "W-what?!" Twilight looked horrified, the color draining from her face. "Hey, that's the rule here~" Merry sang, "when you lose a duel, you gotta give up a card." Twilight looked to the crowd, who didn't seem to really supply with any support for or against her. She was starting to fall into a panic, trying desperately to form a sentence, but nothing would come out but sounds that couldn't form words. "Oh, come on, if you wanna win it back, you just gotta beat me in another duel." "Hmm," Pinkie stood up off of the grass, "gee, I don't remember that being a rule." Merry looked at Pinkie Pie with a glare, but she was oblivious to it. "But, you know Merry, if you're desperate for new cards, you could've just asked me to spot you for a booster pack or two." Her smile grew bigger as Merry's face was red with anger. ("Now, in hindsight, I guess what I said was a little mean, but it's not like I was trying to be a bully or anything! I really would've given some cards if she asked!") "Shut up, balloon tits!" Merry huffed as she tucked the Dark Magician Girl into her blazer pocket. "Hey, can I duel too?" Pinkie asked, "I've never done an 'Ante Duel'!" She was practically bouncing with excitement, jumping up and down and the crowd behind Merry May was cheering excitedly. Merry growled, "okay, fine. I guess you just want the stupid Dark Magician Girl card, huh?" "Yupper-roo!" Pinkie smiled as she took off her alligator backpack and dug around. "Hmm, now which deck should I use...maybe this one?" She pulled out a deck box, but quickly shoved it back in. "Nah, how about this one?" She pulled another out, but shoved it back in within another second. This kept up for almost a minute, with Twilight watching in astonishment. "Hey! We don't have all day!" Merry shouted, catching Pinkie's attention. "Since this is an Ante Duel, you gotta give up a card that's just not, if not, rarer then the Dark Magician Girl." "Oh, yeah." Pinkie just pulled out a card and showed it to Merry. "How's this?" "WH-WHA-WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Merry's jaw hit the floor as she looked at the card Pinkie was sporting: the impossibly rare and elusive Chaos Emperor Dragon! "Not good enough?" "IT'S PERFECT!" "H-HOLD IT!" Twilight shouted as Pinkie grabbed a duel disk out from her backpack-which seemed impossible since the backpack looked too small to hold all those deck boxes, let alone a duel disk. "Y-you can't just gamble a card like that away just for me! I don't even know you!" "Oh, well, my name is Pinkie Pie. I'm a senior, 18 years old. My hobbies include long walks on the beach, binge eating sweets, and-" "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!" "Don't you want your card back?" Pinkie popped her deck into place as she tilted her head, confused by Twilight's sudden shout. Twilight got ready to shout again, but she looked down at her shoes. "I-I do...that card is important to me; more important then anything in the world." She bit her lip, "but...but I can't just ask you to risk throwing away a possibly one-of-a-kind card just for me when I just met you almost a minute ago. It's my own fault for losing it anyway..." Merry May, was drawing her opening hand. "Well, too bad." Pinkie giggled, patting Twilight on the back, "I want to do it! If that card is super duper important, then I'm gonna get it back for you!" Twilight was about to say something, but she noticed Pinkie's soft eyes sharpen and a wide smirk come onto Pinkie's face. A sudden 'air' came around Pinkie as she picked up seemingly one card and unfolded it to show five. "Besides, if there's one thing I don't like, it's bullies." "DUEL!" Pinkie Pie: 8000 Hand: 5 Merry May: 8000 Hand: 5 "Sorry for the hold up, I'l go first." Pinkie grinned, "and I'll start things off by playing a monster in defense mode and ending my turn." Pinkie placed a card face-down on the field and a projection of a large, face-down card on the field, horizontally. Pinkie's Hand: 4 "...That it?" "That's right!" Merry rolled her eyes and drew. "Fine, whatever. It's my turn then and I play the Ritual Spell Card: Earth Chant!" A sword-like marking appeared over Merry's side of the field. "This is a special Ritual Spell which enables me to Ritual Summon any Earth-Attribute Ritual Monster from my hand, but I must tribute monsters that equal its level exactly." She dug through her hand, "I send Red-Eyes B. Dragon from my hand to the graveyard!" She ditched the card from her hand to the graveyard, the black dragon appearing over the marking on the field and it began to disappear into dust and a hole opened up underneath. "Ancient beast, bred for battle, it's time to bare your fangs and rend your foes to pieces. Arise, Level 7! Super War-Lion!" A humanoid, anthropomorphic lion with a long, red mane jumped out of the hole just as it began to close. He gave a loud roar into the air as he showed his claws. ATK/2300 DEF/2100 "That's a big kitty." Pinkie giggled. "Now, Super War-Lion, attack! Wild War Swipe!" Super War-Lion pounced onto the face-down card. A small, lion-like monster with flower petals around its neck appeared, holding its hands defensively, just as the War-Lion, swung his claw and tore the monster into petals. "That monster was my Dandylion. And with him destroyed, I get to special summon two Fluff Tokens." Two giant dandelion seeds appeared on Pinkie's field, one looking happy, and the other pouting. Dandylion: ATK/300 DEF/300 Fluff Tokens: ATK/0 DEF/0 "Aw, how cute." Merry's voice had a mocking tone in it, "but whatever. I'll set two cards and end my turn." She had set two cards facedown on her duel disk as two large cards were set vertically, behind her Super War-Lion. Merry's Hand: 1 "Draw!" Pinkie's turn came around and she drew her next card. "Alrightie, watch this! I activate the effect of Quickdraw Synchron from my hand: by sending one monster card from my hand to the graveyard," Pinkie set a card to the graveyard, "I can special summon him in attack mode!" A light blue robot-like monster appeared next to the Fluff Tokens, wearing cowboy boots, hat, and a red, tattered cape. ATK/700 DEF/1400 "A-a tuner?!" Twilight gasped as the Synchron monster hit the field. "That's right, but I'm not done yet. Cause now, I summon Quillbolt Hedgehog!" A little yellow hedgehog popped up next to Quickdraw, covered in screws instead of quills. ATK/800 DEF/800 "Uh-oh..." Merry said with eyes wide, "this isn't good..." "And now, I tune my Level 5 Quickdraw Synchron with my Level 2 Quillbolt Hedgehog and Level 1 Fluff Token!" Pinkie said as her monsters jumped into the air. Quickdraw exploded into a collection of five green rings that surrounded the pouty token and hedgehog. Quillbolt Hedgehog exploded into two stars and the Fluff Token into 1. "Clench your iron fists and demolish the walls in front of you! Synchro Summon! Let's go, Junk Destroyer!" He fell from above and landed behind Pinkie Pie, a giant robot that seemed to loom over the two duelists and Twilight. A black frame with four arms, with golden trim and trident-like crown upon his face. An orange light illuminated from his chest as he flexed his arms triumphantly. ATK/2600 DEF/2500 "And now that he's hit the field, my Destroyer's effect activates: for each synchro material that was used to summon him, I get to destroy one card on your field." "Before that effect activates, I trigger my trap: Breakthrough Skill!" Merry May activated one of her facedowns, flipping it and revealing it. "This will negate your Synchro Monster's effect. And next, I also trigger Curse of Anubis! This will force your Junk Destroyer into defense mode and you won't be able to change his position. And for the rest of the turn, his defense and 0." The sound of shattering glass came from the giant machine as he began to take a knee, pulling up his four arms for a crossguard. His color then began to mute, becoming monochrome. Junk Destroyer's DEF: 0 "Well that sure is unfortunate, but it looks like my War-Lion is safe." Merry said with a cocky smirk, but Pinkie was still smirking herself. "Nice try, but this was all according to plan!" "It is?!" Twilight gasped. ("It so wasn't, but they didn't need to know that!") "Yup!" Pinkie said, "cause now, I'll tribute my Destroyer to special summon Turret Warrior!" Junk Destroyer turned to pixels as a tall, grey-like machine with castle turrets for arms and legs formed behind Pinkie Pie. ATK/1200 DEF/2000 "Wait, why would you sacrifice Junk Destroyer for a much weaker monster?" Twilight asked as she looked over Pinkie's shoulder at her duel disk. "Cause when Turret Warrior is summoned this way, his attack points increase by Junk Destroyer's original attack points." "B-but that was 2600!" Merry May gasped Turret Warrior's attack increased. Turret Warrior's ATK: 3800 "That's incredible!" Twilight's jaw had dropped, "you summoned an amazingly powerful card so quickly!" "Yeah, that's kind of how this game works." Pinkie giggled before turning back to the duel. "Turret Warrior, attack with Castle Bombardment!" Turret Warrior's...turrets then fired down upon Super War-Lion, showering it in bullets before it exploded to pixels. Merry's Lifepoints: 6500 "And with that, my turn ends." Pinkie's Hand: 1 Merry May was growling as she drew her next card. "I play Graceful Charity! Now I draw 3 cards and discard two." She then did just that, leaving her hand size at two. "I'll set one card face down and a monster in defense mode. That's it from me." With the two cards set on the field, her turn was up. Merry's Hand: 0 "Draw!" Pinkie was grinning giddily. "I summon Max Warrior!" A man in brown armor, with a grey cape and giant tuning fork appeared on Pinkie's field. ATK/1800 DEF/800 "Max Warrior, attack Merry's monster! Max Charge!" Max Warrior raised his large fork and dashed forward. Appearing from the facedown card on Merry's field was the Giant Soldier of Stone; a literal giant warrior carved from solid rock. Pinkie smirked, "when Max Warrior attacks a monster, he gains 400 attack points during the Damage Step." Max Warrior's ATK: 2200 Giant Soldier of Stone: ATK/1300 DEF/2000 "Of course he does..." Merry groaned as Max Warrior stabbed the giant rock monster, causing it to explode into smaller rocks. She covered her face with her duel disk to protect herself from the falling rocks. "After attacking, Max Warrior becomes a Level 2 and his attack and defense becomes half until my next Standby Phase." Max Warrior: ATK/900 DEF/400 "And now, I attack with Turret Warrior!" Turret Warrior then pointed his cannons at Merry. "Oh fu-" She was then showered with rapid fire bullets, kicking up a small dust storm as she held up her arm to protect herself. Merry's Lifepoints: 2700 "And that's my turn!" "Oh no it's not!" Merry shouted, "during your End Phase, I play Necro Fusion!" The trap revealed itself, leaving the crowd to gasp. Pinkie gave a gasp herself, "Necro Fusion?!" Then she blinked, "wait, what does that do?" "Well, it allows me to Fusion Summon monsters by first banishing the material from the graveyard." Merry then pulled two cards from the graveyard as the Red-Eyes B. Dragon appeared on her field as a ghost, as well as a large, molten rock. "So I banish my Red-Eyes along with my Meteor Dragon!" "H-how'd that get there?!" Twilight gasped. "I ditched it back when I used Graceful Charity." The two ghostly monsters then began to swirl around each other. "Ebony dragon with crimson eyes, fiery dragon from the stars above. Combine your powers and show your true potential! Arise! Meteor B. Dragon!" A hulking dragon then crawled out of the ground, his scales purple and covered in molten rock. Gave a guttural roar as lava pooled around his legs, scythe-like wings spreading out. ATK/3500 DEF/2000 Pinkie's Hand: 1 "That can't be good..." Twilight whimpered. "Aw, don't worry, Twilight. He's still a few points short of beating Turret Warrior." Pinkie looked back, smiling to reassure the glasses-wearing Twilight, who gave a slow nod back to her. "I've got everything under control." ("I didn't.") "Draw." Merry drew her next card. "This is just what I need! I play Pot of Greed!" A green pot with a large grin appeared on Merry's field. "Huh?" Pinkie scratched her head, "what does that do?" "It lets me draw two cards." Merry then drew the two cards as the pot vanished. "Perfect. Now, I play United We Stand!" An yellowish-orange glow came around Meteor B. Dragon as he roared again. "This gives Meteor B. Dragon 800 attack points!" Meteor B. Dragon ATK: 4300 "But that's not all! Cause next, I active Scapegoat! This gives me four Sheep Tokens!" Merry smirked a four, multicolored sheep appeared on her field, looking quite content. "And thanks to United We Stand, for each monster on my field, Meteor B. gains another 800 for each. So that's an additional 3200!" Sheep Tokens: ATK/0 DEF/0 Meteor B. Dragon's ATK: 7500 "...Okay, so I may not have everything under control." "NOW YOU TELL ME?!" "Meteor B. Dragon, attack Turret Warrior! Meteor Blast Attack!" The meteor dragon opened his mouth as it formed a molten ball of rock and spewed it at Turret Warrior, blowing it to molten scrap that rained around Pinkie. Pinkie's Lifepoints: 4100 "Wowie! That was a cool combo!" Pinkie smiled, stars in her eyes. "P-Pinkie, this isn't the time to be admiring her!" Twilight cried. "Don't worry, Twilight." Pinkie smirked, "this duel isn't over yet!" Merry's Hand: 0 "My turn! Draw!" Pinkie drew her next card as she examined her hand. "Standby Phase: Max Warrior's stats return to normal and I'll switch him to defense mode." Max Warrior held his tuning fork in front of himself as he bent the knee. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn." Pinkie's Hand: 1 "Draw!" Merry smirked, "oh yeah. I play Fairy Meteor Crush!" Meteor B. Dragon gained a reddish glow. "Now that it's equipped to my dragon, he gains a piercing effect!" "Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffizz, that's bad!" Pinkie cringed. "That's right!" Merry pointed her finger at the Fluff Token, who suddenly looked terrified. "Meteor B. Dragon, attack that Fluff Token and end this duel!" Meteor B. Dragon charged up another molten ball of lava and spewed it at the fluff token. "I activate Kuriboh from my hand!" Pinkie discarded the card as a puffball with little feet and claws appeared next to her, just as the token was stroke with the lava. "By doing so, I take no battle damage." "You just got lucky." Merry huffed, "I'll end my turn for now, but next turn, I'll smoke you!" Merry's Hand: 0 "Oh man, I don't think I can watch!" Twilight whimpered. "Hey, stop worrying." Pinkie smiled, "I told you, this duel isn't over yet." "B-but how can you possibly hope to win now? There's no way you can turn this around with a near empty hand and no strong monsters on the field. It's all over." Twilight looked down onto the ground, crestfallen, but Pinkie was laughing. A joyous laugh, even that got her attention. "Don't be such a Negative Nelly, Twilight." "Who's Nelly...?" "Cause it's not over! Not yet, at least." Pinkie put her hand on her deck and drew the next card. "...Okay, now it's over." "WHAT?!" Merry was laughing, "ha! Oh wow, that was anticlimactic." She was laughing as loud as possible, holding her sides as she nearly fell over. "S-so it's my turn, right?" "Oh, you seem to misunderstand." Pinkie smirked, "it's not over for me. Because I've got everything I need right here!" "...Huh?" "I activate my face-down card: Call of the Haunted! This lets me bring back one monster that's sleeping in my graveyard! And I choose the Kuriboh I just ditched!" A tombstone popped up onto Pinkie's field, Kuriboh hovering over it. ATK 300/DEF 200 "What in Faust's name are you doing...?" Merry mumbled. "Winning." Pinkie smirked back at Merry, catching her off guard as she nearly stumbled back. "Now zip the lip and let the cards rip! I summon Nitro Synchron!" A red-and-white valve monster appeared, with big yellow gloves and clown shoes. ATK 300/DEF 100 "Another Tuner!" "That's right, Twilight! And now, I tune my Level 2 Nitro Synchron," Nitro Synchron jumped into the air, "with my level 1 Kuriboh and Level 4 Max Warrior!" Kuriboh and Max Warrior followed tuner as he turned into rings, coming around Kuriboh ad Max Warrior as they became stars equal to their levels. "Fire up your engine and move at top speed! Synchro Summon! Let's Go, Nitro Warrior!" A bulky humanoid creature appeared, green skin with dark green armor pieces, with pistons on the back of his neck and head and a turbine coming out of his lower back. ATK 2800/DEF 1800 "And now, thanks to Nitro Synchron, I also draw a card." "Care to explain how he's suppose to help you?" Merry smirked, "in case you haven't realized, my Meteor B. Dragon has over twice his attack points!" "Yeah, I know. But he's not aiming for your dragon." Pinkie smirked, "Nitro Warrior, attack the blue Sheep Token! Dynamite Knuckle!" Nitro Warrior then flew from Pinkie's field and pulled back his arm, throwing a haymaker into the unsuspecting sheep as it exploded into puff balls. Meteor B. Dragon's ATK: 6700 "Was that all you got?!" Merry called as Nitro Warrior flew backwards and into the air. "Not even close!" Pinkie replied, "cause now Nitro Warrior's effect actives: when he destroys a monster in battle, I can force a monster on your field into attack mode and attack again!" "...What?" Merry stood there, stunned as her orange Sheep Token began to rev his foot in confidence, ready for battle. "B-but wait! My tokens have 0 attack points!" "And you have only 2700 Lifepoints! Nitro Warrior, Dynamite Crunch!" Nitro Warrior then came flying down towards the Sheep Token, a green aura surrounding his fists before two large, fist-shaped constructs appeared and crushed the sheep. The shockwave sent Merry flying back on her back. Merry's Lifepoints: 0 "I-I...I lost..." Merry whimpered. "You won?!" Twilight gasped as the cards began to vanish and Pinkie popped out her deck and collected her cards. "I can't believe it! You actually won!" Pinkie giggled, "I told you not to worry." She then walked over to Merry and offered her hand. "That was a great duel, Merry May! But, do you mind giving my friend back her Dark Magician Girl, now?" Merry looked up, pouting at Pinkie Pie as she accepted her help and stood back up. "Fine. Here." Merry threw the card through the air, Pinkie Pie managing to catch it, fumbling all the while. "I didn't want that card anyway." "Oh, did you still want this one?" Pinkie held up the Chaos Emperor Dragon, "you can have it if you want." "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH?!?!?!?!?!" The entire crowd stood there in stunned silence, Twilight's jaw having dropped onto the ground, as was Merry's. "Well, sure. I mean, if you really want it, then I'm more than happy to give you a card or two." Pinkie smiled. Merry's happy face contorted into a sour frown. "Uh, are you okay?" "Do you think I'm a joke?!" ".....No?" Pinkie wasn't quite sure how to answer, backing up a bit as Merry marched towards her. "Oh, I see how it is! You think I can't hack it, so you're giving me a hand out!" Merry stormed pass it. "Well forget it! You can take that card and shove it up your-" Then the bell began to ring. "OH NO, I FORGOT!" Pinkie cried as she shoved her cards back into her backpack. "AAAAAAH! TODAY'S MY FIRST DAY AND EVERYTHING!" Twilight howled as she ran back into the school, the rest of the crowd following in turn, including Merry May. ("And this was the start of my...bizarre adventure!") ("Wait, no, that's a different anime...uh...don't play card games and drive!")