Yu-Gi-Oh E-QUEST

by DakariKingMykan

Episode 20: Part 1: Familiar Faceless

From their monitoring ops, the Prince Brothers were observing the gang as they all walked and talked together.

“Are you ready, Loki?” asked Rubeus.

“Yes, brother. The message has been sent, and knowing the girl she won’t hesitate to comply.”

Rubeus nodded, and he turned back to the monitor to look at the gang; preferably at Sunset. “Then the time has come to see just how far she has really come.”

Loki was really looking forward to this, “And who knows-- perhaps she’ll grant us what we need right now.”

Rubeus snickered, “Perhaps… and if not, well, let’s just say we’ll give fate a little push.”

The evil brothers snickered wickedly and walked off.

“What?!” snapped Celestia when she was told the truth.

“Shh! Keep it down!” hushed Sunset.

Thankfully no one else heard.

Celestia got a hold of herself, “Alright, one more time,” she said “What’s going on?”

“Well…” Pinkie said and she drew in a huge breath to spill the beans really quickly without stopping.

“It all started when we all had this dream, only we weren’t really dreaming, about these two evil figures that forced Sunset into a duel, and she lost to them, and then they captured Princess Twilight’s soul in a card, forcing us all to enter the tournament to try and win her soul back, and then the Titans came along and their trying to win the tournament prize money because their hometown is falling to bits and they need the money to fix it all up again.”

Celestia and Luna were flabbergasted, so were the Titans by Pinkie’s quick speech.

“How fast she actually talk?” Raven asked to Rainbow.

“That’s nothing. She was only going that slower that time to make her point.”

Raven’s eyes widened, “Sorry I asked.”

“My goodness,” said Luna “I can’t believe all this, even though I must.”

“Girls, why didn’t you tell me this form the start?” asked Celestia.

“Well how could we?” asked Sunset “The last thing we wanted was to throw everyone into a panic, and besides… it’s me those two creeps want, and I don’t know why.

I don’t want to put anyone else in danger.”

Celestia sighed, “Well, that’s understandable, but holding it back from others is no excuse, and then they can’t help you.”

The girls agreed with her.

“Sunset,” said Applejack “We’re all here because we want help you win the tournament and save Twilight’s soul, and nothing bad has happened to us.”

“Not yet anyway.” Sunset cut in.

“That’s not the point.” snapped Applejack “We all knew the danger in this tournament, but we didn’t let it stop us, did we?”

“She’s right,” said Rarity “Fluttershy and I have already been eliminated. Mind you, it was rather degrading, humiliating, and frustrating, but nothing all that bad has happened to us.”

Fluttershy nodded, though she felt a little nervous at the thought that something bad could happen any second.

Celestia felt really bad now for defeating Robin and knocking him out of the tournament.

“If I had known what you were fighting for--”

“It’s all right.” said Robin, and he smiled softly at her, “The rest of the Titans are still in it, and they can still do well.”

The other Titans nodded.

“Besides,” Kori added “We all knew the possibilities of losing. That’s why we’re all here.”

The other Titans agreed, while Raven just rolled her eyes.

Terra looked at Sunset, “We’ve only known each other for about a day, and now we’re friends. We’re trying to help each other.”

Sunset looked up, and smiled brightly, “You’re right, all of you.”

The Titans and the girls all smiled, even Raven.

The two sisters wiped their eyes of the tears of the sweet moment.

Celestia then cleared her throat, “Well, then, I’ll help you also; for both Princess Twilight and Jump City.”

Robin shook her hand softly, “Thank you, and if all works out, we’ll gladly give Canterlot High a few donations.”

Celestia smiled, “That would be wonderful for everyone.”

The moment was then interrupted when Shining Armor came along with his cart of trinkets, “Sunset…” he called “These were sent to you by a messenger.”

He handed her a bunch of black balloons on strings, and then he headed off on his route.

“Eww.” groaned Kori “Who would send you those?”

“I don’t know.” said Sunset.

Even Pinkie didn’t like the color of the balloons, all black and chalky. “They could’ve at least picked pink and blue.”

Vic scanned the balloons with his wrist-com, and gasped, “There’s exploding caps in them!”

“What?” cried Sunset, and suddenly!

POW!! POW!! POW!!

The balloons just exploded with the small bombs inside of them, spilling confetti all over but frightening the gang.

“Oh, my goodness!” cried Rarity, and she panted heavily.

“Look!” cried Spike as he pointed to the ground where a small crumpled note lay.

Twilight picked it up, un-crumpled and read the note:

Everyone stood with wide eyes, and stunned expressions, and while they deduced it had to have been from those two evil creeps, as no one else outside the group knew…

“It’s a trap!” Sunset grumbled “Those two guys are trying to force me into another duel like they did the night before!”

Rainbow was infuriated as she grabbed the note from Twilight and read it again. “Let me get my hands on those two creeps, I’ll--” in her rage she would have damaged the paper had Vic not grabbed it.

“Whoa! Whoa! Don’t break this. Maybe we can use it for evidence.”

“He’s right,” agreed Robin “Maybe we can find fingerprints or DNA samples. We can find out who sent this.”

Vic scanned the note, but found no fingerprints, not even a single string of hair. He couldn’t even identify the material of the paper.

“This isn’t any ordinary paper. It’s made of stuff I’ve never seen before. Whatever it is, I can’t scan it.”

Sunset clenched her fists in frustration, wishing she could tell what that magical world was from before.

This also made her think of reconsidering the note.

She stood up tall and began to walk off.

“Sunset!” called Fluttershy “Where are you going?”

“Don’t tell you’re actually going!” cried Twilight.

“Yep, she’s going.” said Spike.

Sunset stopped in her tracks, “I’m going to go at this alone. Don’t any of you try to follow me!”

“But Sunset…!” protested Terra.

“No Buts!” sneered Sunset “I know it’s dangerous, but if it’s a chance to save Princess Twilight, I should take it, and I can also try to figure out what this is all about.

Remember, it’s me they want. I won’t risk putting you in danger.”

“But we just went all through that.” said Pinkie “We’re supposed to be sticking together.”

“Agreed,” said Celestia “While I may not be your principal while on holidays, I’m still telling you as your elder-- We are coming with you, and that is final!”

“I second that!” said Luna, “I may not be a duelist, but if my students and their friends are in danger, I cannot stand by and let things just go.”

All the others stood forth in agreement.

“Sunset…” said Robin “We’re coming whether you want it or not.”

Sunset cringed very hard and shut her eyes tightly trying to deal with the overbearing stress.

Until Twilight came up to her and placed her hands on her shoulder, “My friend to the end, remember?”

Sunset recalled the song she sang in her mind, as some of the lyrics passed by…

She smiled and wiped a tear away.

No one said a thing after that, and they all proceeded to the main gates by the entrance, only to find no one there, not even the ticket vendors or the fairgoers.

“Anybody see anything?” asked Kori.

Everyone looked around, and Pinkie even checked over, under, around and even inside a garbage can, “Nope, nothing.”

Raven shut her eyes and concentrated, “I can’t sense anything either.”

Everyone was starting to feel a bit nervous.

Suddenly, little tiny sparkles of light began to shimmer around everyone, and they grew brighter and brighter.

“What’s happening?!” cried Terra.

“I was afraid of this!” wailed Sunset, and everything went white!

When everyone came to their senses, they found they were on the ground.

“What happened?” asked Vic “Where are we?”

The girls all cringed and growled as they looked around.

“I recognize this place…” said Rainbow “This is that weirdo dream world we were in.”

The other girls agreed, though they were frozen the entire time, they were actually conscious in their state, and witnessed everything, which was how they knew of the dream.

The Titans and the two sisters looked around at the eerie place-- the dark skies, the buildings with spatial colorings and swirling lights, and the feelings of chills and evil all around.

“What is this place?” asked Celestia.

“I’ve never seen anywhere like it before.” said Robin.

“This is that same realm we were trapped in my dream.” Sunset explained “I still can’t remember where it is, yet I know I’ve seen it somewhere before.”

Suddenly, someone called out, “You’ll plenty more of this soon enough, but that is all you’ll hear for now.”

“That voice!” cried Sunset, and she and the others turned round and saw the two shadowy figures, just as dark and unidentifiable as ever.

“I take it these are those “creeps” you talked about?” Raven asked to the girls, and they all nodded.

Sunset’s rage was flowing hard, “You two!” she growled “Where is Princess Twilight’s soul?”

The tall brother held up the very card, and there was Twilight, still pounding at the card’s edge begging “Help! Somebody get me out of here!”

The sisters and the Titans were shocked out of their minds-- the fact that Twilight was truly imprisoned within a card made them fully realize the seriousness in all this.

“Who are you?” Kori demanded “Why have you brought us here?”

The brothers snickered, and the shorter one stepped forth with a duel disk on his arm, “Who we are, and what we desire will all be made clear soon enough.”

He then pointed at Sunset, “But first thing’s first, you and I are going to duel once again, just like before.”

“Hey, you back off and leave her alone, you hear?!” thundered Rainbow.

“Yeah, and give us back our friend’s soul!” added Pinkie.

“Please…” peeped Fluttershy.

Robin stepped forth, “Don’t force us to use extreme measures!”

The older brother only chuckled at his threat, “For an earthling you talk pretty strong, but I’m afraid you’ll find there is very little you or your cohorts can do.”

“That’s it!” grumbled Raven “I’ll get us out of here…” and she stuck out her hands and concentrated “Azarath, Metrion, Zi--” she stopped just like that as she felt no power flowing through her at all.

“My powers, they aren’t working!”

Terra tried to move the ground beneath her feet. Nothing happened, not even a flicker or a small tremor.

Kori couldn’t even fly no matter how happy she tried to think.

“It’s no use,” called Sunset “Our magic and your powers don’t work here in this place.”

“Now you tell us?” scorned Vic.

The younger brother snickered, “As much as I enjoy seeing you all struggle, I suggest you prepare yourself Sunset Shimmer.”

Sunset glared furiously at the brothers. “What do you want with me?” she asked impatiently “Why is it so important you duel me, force me to enter the Friendship Cup and all that.”

Her whining only amused the brothers.

“If you want the answers as well as your friend’s soul back,” said the older brother “Then you just have to prove your worth and win the duel.”

His younger brother nodded, “Of course, we don’t really expect you to win. I’m not going to go as easy on you as I did on our last encounter.”

Sunset was really starting to lose her cool.

“Sunset, don’t give into them!” called Applejack.

“They’re just trying to psyche you out!” added Rainbow.

The Titans had decided enough was enough of this.

“Let’s get them!” shouted Robin “Powers or not, we can still fight!”

“Yeah!” agreed Vic, and he formed his sonic cannon, “Besides, You and me don’t have super powers, it’s all natural technology.”

The Titans were about to charge…!

“Sorry,” sneered the older brother “But I’m afraid we can’t allow this interference!” and he raised his hand, casting a small wave of invisible energy around the gang, like a force-field.

Robin picked up a small rock on the ground and tossed it forward, only for the energy field to bounce it back.

“Let’s see if I can blast it!” said Vic.

“No, don’t!” cried Kori “It won’t work, and you have to save your power. There’s no sunlight here to charge your solar-batteries.”

Vic complied and stood down.

Sunset looked back at her friends, and then turned back furiously to glare at the creeps.

“Let them go!” she demanded “It’s me you want, not them!”

The younger brother teasingly held his hand up where his ear would be shown, “Is that a “Yes, I will duel you” that I hear?”

Sunset was quivering, but she finally gave in. “Fine!” she said as she prepared her disk “I’ll duel you, and I’ll make you both sorry for messing with me, and my friends!”

The brothers snickered, and the younger brother was ready, but he still refused to give his name or any clues to who he really was.

“DUEL!!”

Sunset drew her first hand rather forcefully, but she thought carefully, “If I know this guy, he’ll use that same Different Dimension strategy he used last time, but at least I’ve already had a good taste of it, so I know what to expect.”

She grabbed two cards in her hand, “I set the Pendulum Zones with Scale 1 DRAGONPULSE MAGICIAN and Scale 8 XIANGSHENG MAGICIAN!”

Her two monsters appeared and took their positions as the pendulum began to swing, and Sunset made her signature calling to it!

“As the pendulum swings from forth to back
My monsters come forth… to launch an attack!

…Behold my monsters!”

Two streaks of light shone down from above as her monsters appeared.

The two magicians stood side-by-side glaring at the dark figure ahead of them.

“Pendulum summoning already, huh?” he teased “That’s so like you, but rather impressive since our first match.”

Sunset wasn’t amused.

The others watching from where they stood didn’t feel so optimistic about Sunset’s opening move.

“Sunset may have two good monsters in play,” said Rainbow “But the duel’s only just started.”

“Maybe she’s just waiting to see what the other guy does,” suggested Twilight “Like a way of psyching him out to reveal his strategy.”

Spike was only trembling due to the darkness of the realm giving him chills and he ducked down deeper inside Twilight’s backpack just peeking over through the flap.

“Now,” said Sunset “I play CARD OF SANCTITY, forcing us both to draw until we each hold six cards, so I can refresh my hand.”

The older brother thought deeply, “How interesting.

First she plays all the cards in her hand, and then quickly refreshes herself while my brother’s hand is already full.

She may have improved her skills better than we thought, but we shall see.”

“Now I’ll throw two cards facedown and end my turn.” said Sunset. “Bring it on! I’m ready for anything you have!”

“Is that so…?” chuckled her opponent “Well we’ll just see then.

I draw!”

He now had seven cards in his hand.

“Let’s see how much you remember from our last duel.

I activate the special ability of my DOUBLE-D SWIRL SLIME, allowing me to send both it and DOUBLE-D BERFOMET from my hand to the graveyard, so that I may call on a Fusion Monster.”

“I knew it!” Sunset thought.

The two monsters merged together forming a familiar creature Sunset had faced before.

“I Fusion Summon TRIPLE-D FLAME KING GENGHIS!”

Sunset glared at the big brute…

…While Fluttershy whimpered “This is starting to be exactly the last time, only scarier.”

The other girls felt the same, while the Titans and the sisters were amazed.

“He Fusion Summoned on his first move,” said Robin “This guy must be tougher than he looks.”

“And to think,” said Celestia “He did it without the aid of any spell card.”

Only the girls knew things were about to get way worse!

“Now that he is here,” said the opponent “I’ll go ahead and summon DOUBLE-D NIGHTHOWL!”

“His Tuner monster…!” cried Sunset.

“Yes indeed,” remarked the opponent “And you should remember that when Nighthowl is summoned, I am able to summon a Double-D monster from the graveyard, as long as it’s attack becomes zero.

Rise once again, DOUBLE D-BERFOMET!”

Sunset knew what was coming now.

“Now I Tune level 3 Nighthowl with level 4 Berfomet.

I Synchro Summon TRIPLE-D GUST KING ALEXANDER!”

“My word!” cried Rarity “A Fusion and a Synchro! This simply cannot be!”

“Of course it is!” snapped Applejack “We saw this the last time Sunset dueled, remember?”

Kori looked over to the girls, “Um… I’m afraid ask, but I don’t suppose he can--”

She stopped as the girls nodded their heads sadly, making the Titans and the sisters gasp softly.

“Indeed I can,” called the opponent “Especially since my King Alexander’s summoning allows my King Genghis to resurrect a Double-D from my graveyard.

Come forth DOUBLE-D SWIRL SLIME!”

“And then, Gust King Alexander himself also lets me revive a Double-D. So Berfomet returns once more!”

Sunset was quivering with rage and horror!

Her opponent huffed, “Berfomet now uses his own special ability, which lets me change Swirl Slime’s level from 2 to 4!

And with that, I take both these level four beasts, and build the Overlay Network!”

The field rumbled and the sky light up with powerful energy making sunset and the gang quiver in fear as the opponent called, “Prepare yourself to face a third familiar force you tried to reckon with.

I Xyz Summon TRIPLE-D WAVE KING CAESAR!”

The three kings stood side-by-side, each looking strong, fierce, and ready for battle!

“I can’t believe this!” cried Celestia “Fusion, Synchro and Xyz summoning all in one turn?”

Then she looked down at her own deck in her folded up duel disk thinking, “It took me ages to figure out ways to get my monsters to do all that, and he did it all in just one turn with little effort!”

The Titans were just as astonished.

“What is with this guy?” groaned Terra “Three summoning methods! This is just nuts.”

“Well, at least he didn’t Pendulum Summon as well.” said Robin.

“…But he can.” Sunset called over.

The girls all confirmed by nodded their heads, “He can Pendulum Summon too.” said Pinkie.

The Titans and the sisters stood shocked, astonished, and forgetting how to blink for a moment.

“My goodness!” said Luna “And I thought Celestia was impressive.”

Her sister pursed her lips grouchily.

“Now that my three kings are here,” shouted the opponent “Prepare to face their royal thundering rage!”

Sunset only chuckled, “…Don’t think so!”

“What…?!”

“I suspected you’d try and bring out those three tough guys, and I was ready for them.

I activate TORENTIAL TRIBUTE!”

“Ah!”

“It looks like your royal rage is about to get washed away along with every single monster that’s on the field!”

The tidal surge began to form and ready to splash onto the field.

“Say goodbye to your monsters!” shouted Sunset.

“Not so fast!” hissed the opponent, “From my hand I use the quick-play spell MISCHEIF OF THE TIME GODDESS!”

Sunset gasped.

“Hey, that’s one of Terra’s cards!” cried Applejack.

Terra agreed, “Now it skips right to the battle phase of the next turn, but why would he do that if his monsters are going to be destroyed?”

She got her answer as the opponent shouted; “Now I use King Caesar’s ability using an overlay unit!”

The unit vanished just in time as the surge washed over the field and wiped out all the monsters.

“She did it!” cried Raven “She wiped out all those monsters in one blast!”

The opponent agreed, “But from their destruction comes benefits.

Since Caesar was destroyed by an effect, I am permitted to add one Dark Contract Card to my hand, and I’m sure it looks familiar to you…

…DARK CONTRACT WITH THE SWAMP KING!”

Sunset growled, “I remember that, it allows you to make Fusion summon.”

“Quite right.” said the opponent, “And now that my battle phase is over, here are some more familiar faces for you to see!”

The ground shook violently as three different colored lights burst up from the ground behind him!

“What’s happening?” cried Sunset.

Her friends all held on for dear life.

Then, all at once, they were back-- all three of the Triple-D Kings had returned to the field.

“No…!!” cried Sunset “I don’t believe this!”

“Believe it!” thundered her opponent “That’s King Caesar’s ability; when the battle phase ends, any and all monsters that were destroyed return to the field.

Of course there is a cost to this, on my next turn I’ll take 1000 points of damage for each one.”

Luna blinked twice “Then that means he shall lose 3000 life points instantly.”

“Dang,” said Vic “He’s really taking a huge risk by taking all that damage.”

The opponent only snickered, “Who said I'm willing to take the damage? I have a way of avoiding that, thanks to my spell that I just received…

I activate DARK CONTRACT WITH THE SWAMP KING!”

Sunset clenched her free hand, “I bet I know just which monster he’s planning to summon now.” she thought, and she was correct!

“With the power of my contract, I banish Nighthowl and Berfomet from the graveyard, so I may Fusion Summon another fine beast…

…ORACLE KING D’ARC!”

“Another one?!” wailed Rainbow “How many monsters can this guy summon at once?!”

Pinkie opened her mouth to answer, but Applejack stopped her and shook her head at her.

“Thanks to my new King, any effect that makes me take damage increases my life points instead.

Now I’ll place two cards facedown, and end my turn.”

Sunset was almost completely petrified, with only her thoughts going a-mile a minute.

“I can’t believe this! Just when I thought I actually outsmarted him, he managed to turn the tables and surprise me.

I’ve got to get these kings off the field!”


The older brother then called out to her, “What’s wrong, my dear; too frightening to make your move?”

Sunset growled.

“Well, perhaps I would be too if I were in your position.

We told you that we aren’t going easy. Our last duel was just a test of your, then, strength, and even then we didn’t pull out all the punches.”

His brother agreed, “A true duelist not only gains strength from experience, but they learn from it as well.

You dueled well in the tournament, and your skills have improved, but are you truly worthy of such earnings? Are you able to master the arts of the cards you wield?

From how you’re standing, I see only the opposite!”

Sunset couldn’t tell if the creeps were trying to motivate her or just plain taunting her like they had been before.

“Don’t listen to them, Sunset!” called Rainbow shouted.

“Come on, girl!” hollered Applejack “You got what it takes! You know it, and so do we!”

Sunset turned back to look at her friends, and they all looked right at her, giving her their confidence and hope, which made her smile bravely.

Then she turned back to her opponent.

“Alright, you creeps! You’ve messed with me, and you messed with my friends! Now I’m going to mess with you!

I draw!”

She had five cards in her hand, and considered her options, which helped her formulate a plan.

“I activate Dragonpulse Magician’s Pendulum ability-- by discarding one Pendulum monster to the graveyard I can destroy one card on the field, so say goodbye to your D’Arc!”

Her opponent growled, but his king was shattered just like that.

“Boo-Yah! That’s taking it to him!” cheered Vic.

“Now without D’Arc, he’ll still take damage at his next turn.” added Robin.

Pinkie was feeling rather giddy “Ooh, Sunset just might pull this off.”

“And now,” said Sunset “…I Pendulum Summon!”

Four Shots of light rained down from above as her monsters appeared.

Her four monsters all stood together, tall, proud, and Odd-Eyes roared!

The friends all cheered for the sight of the monsters.

“Sunset’s coming back from the brig now.” cheered Rainbow.

“Especially with her Dharma-Eyes Magician,” added Pinkie “Now none of Sunset’s magicians can be destroyed by card effects this turn.”

Sunset nodded back at her, “Which means the stage is set for me to really summon a swarm, especially when I use Harmonizing Magician’s ability.

Since she was Pendulum Summoned from my hand, I get to summon one Pendulum Magician monster form my deck to the field, as long as its effects are negated…

I choose WISDOM-EYE MAGICIAN!”

Sunset had five whole monsters in play, and she was really starting to feel her confidence boiling up inside her, making her feel strong.

“I Tune level Harmonizing Magician with level 3 Timebreaker Magician!”

The two monsters transformed into orbs of light, and shot high up into the sky forming the monster.

“I Synchro Summon ARCANITE MAGICIAN!”

“And when he’s Synchro Summon, two spell counters light up on him, which I can then use to destroy two more of your cards, so say bye-bye to two more of your monsters.”

The magician poised his staff across the field, and fired the two shots, destroying King Alexander, and King Caesar.

“So much for them…!”

Her opponent scoffed, “You forget…? By destroying King Caesar, I am able to move a Dark contract card from my deck to my hand.”

Her searched through his selection screen and found the right card.

“I’ll take DARK CONTRACT WITH THE GATE!”

Sunset snuffed “Like that’ll make any difference, because I still have more to come.

I activate the trap PENDULUM SWITCH!

This continuous trap lets me call Dragonpulse Magician out of the Pendulum Zone and join the posse on the field.”

Her magician complied and leapt down onto the field.

“Glad you could join us…

Now I can use you and Wisdom-Eye Magician to build the Overlay Network!”

The magicians nodded and one another and vanished through the portal, followed by a burst of magical stars.

“I Xyz Summon TIMESTAR MAGICIAN!”

“Now I’ll use his special ability.

By using one overlay unit I can add to my hand Dark Spellcaster-Type monster from my Extra Deck, so I’ll take back Harmonizing Magician!

And now, I play POLYMERIZATION, fusing my Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, and my Arcanite Magician!

Now get ready for a monster that’s really going to burn you!

I Fusion Summon RUNE-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON!”

The gang couldn’t help but gawk in awe and astonishment at Sunset’s field.

“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but that’s kind of impressive.” said Raven.

“She really did it.” said Fluttershy “She Pendulum Summoned, Synchro, Xyz and Fusion summoned all in one turn.”

The older brother was most impressed as well, “She certainly has improved well since our last encounter.”

His brother felt the same, “Strong as she may be, she’ll have to do a lot better than this to beat me.”


Sunset gazed at all her monsters, and never had she felt such confidence, such power, such strength flowing through her.

“Hang on, Twilight!” she called out “I’ll save you yet!!”

To Be Continued…