//------------------------------// // Final Episode: Final Part: Glowing Victory // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh E-QUEST // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// FINAL EPISODE The spectators kept looking back and forth between the two duelists. Rainbow LP: 1800 Sunset LP: 400 Rarity wiped her sweaty brow, “I hardly know which of them to root for, or feel sorry for. They both are dueling strongest that I’ve ever seen!” “Well, it’s a good way to test things out.” said Applejack, and she looked across the arena at Masquerade, “Remember, whichever of them wins faces him. They’re dueling their finest so they know which of them is better suited for the last match.” Twilight was very skeptical about all that. She herself had studied, planned, and tried her hardest and failed to beat Masquerade herself. She had no way of knowing if either Sunset or Rainbow had what it took to beat him. …For now, all she could do was continued to watch the duel. “It’s my move,” called Rainbow. She drew her card which gave her five in hand, and then she thought deeply about her situation. “My field is totally empty, and I still have that over-powered Paladin to deal with, but even so I can’t damage Sunset at all this turn.” She looked on at all the cards Sunset had in play. “The best thing that I can do is stop her from harming me next turn, so then I should be able to finish her off on my next turn.” She grabbed one of her cards. “Get ready!” she hollered “I’m about to summon a special monster that I’ve been saving for a while now!” “Huh?” said Sunset. “I play the spell RANK-UP-MAGIC SOUL SHAVE FORCE! Now by trading half my life points…” Rainbow LP: 1800 -----> 900 “…I get to summon Ultimate Falcon back to the field!” Sunset gasped, and surely enough, the giant bird had reappeared. “It’s back!” cried Pinkie. “Wait! Look…!” said Celestia as Ultimate Falcon began to glow and the Overlay Network appeared above it. Rainbow huffed, “Now I can take my Ultimate Falcon, and use it to Xyz Summon a monster that’s two ranks higher! …Go Rank-Up-Xyz Evolution!!” As the monster began to evolve, Sunset began to tremble. “What are you summoning now?!” Rainbow smirked at her, “I said Ultimate Falcon was ONE of my strongest monsters, but now I’m using it to summon out my absolute, number-one ultra-heavy-hitter!” Her monster appeared, and Rainbow didn’t bother to chant to it, because this monster was way too mighty to put into words for her… …And it was ginormous! “Presenting the one, the only, RAIDRAPTOR – FINAL FORTRESS FALCON!” (Atk: 3800) This monster was much larger than even Ultimate Falcon was. So massive, that it couldn’t fit onto the duel platform, so it just floated above and behind Rainbow. It’s glared down at Sunset, and growled rather than cawed! Onboard the camper, the viewers could hardly contain themselves. “Look at the size of that thing!” said Vic. Cadance felt a shiver run down her spine. “I wouldn’t want to be at the receiving end of its attack. That’s for sure!” The others all agreed. Rainbow was laughing like some evil creature. “Sorry, can’t help it, it’s just not so often have to bring out this bad-boy. And it’s also not often I play this card either; HARPIE’S FEATHER DUSTER!” “No!!” cried Sunset “That destroys all my spell and trap cards!” “No joke!” teased Rainbow, and with that Sunset’s Pendulum Zone was wiped clean, and since Vanishing Lanius was treated as a spell itself, it, too, was vanquished. Sunset trembled softly. “Without Vanishing Lanius, Nirvana High Paladin’s attack returns to normal.” (Atk: 3950) -----> (Atk: 3300) Even though Paladin was weaker, Rainbow ordered her monster, “…Target Odd-Eyes, Fortress Falcon!” Her monster complied and aimed its cannons at the defenseless dragon. “Fire!!” POW!!” the cannons fired, and Odd-Eyes was blown to bits! Sunset took no damage of course. “Now I use Fortress Falcon’s special ability, which lets me banish Satellite Cannon Falcon from the graveyard, and now Fortress Falcon can attack once again!” Sunset’s eyes widened, but then she couldn’t look as Rainbow called for her monster to destroy Paladin, which it did… blasting into sparkles of light. “How could you?!” Rarity wailed “How could you destroy such a lovely monster!” “I wouldn’t worry too much,” hollered Sunset “When Nirvana High Paladin is destroyed, he reappears in my Pendulum Zone.” In a bright glow, Paladin reappeared with a scale of 8. Everyone gawked up at it standing so proud and tall, but also alone. Rainbow ended her battle phase, but her turn was far from over. “Feel lucky One Day of Peace is still in effect, otherwise I’d be able to banish another Xyz Monster and let Falcon attack one more time, but since I can’t, I’ll use Fortress Falcon’s other ability; by using its overlay unit, I can return all banished Raidraptors back to my graveyard, including Cannon Falcon.” Sunset cringed softly “That means on your next turn, you’ll be able to attack a full three times.” Rainbow nodded, “Then again, I may not even have to do that either. You see, since I have a Raidraptor in play, I’m allowed to special summon Fuzzy Lanius in my hand.” (Def: 1500) “Now you’ve got two raptors in play!” cried Sunset. “That’s right,” hissed Rainbow “Which means I can reactivate RAPTOR’S – NEST, and with it, I’ll add another Rudder Strix to my hand.” Sunset realized the full seriousness of this! “So on your next turn you can summon it, and I’ll take enough damage to lose the duel!” Rainbow nodded, and her eyes blazed with flames. “And to make doubly-sure you won’t succeed, I have one last card to play… The spell, NEGATIVE ENERGY GENERATOR! It takes the attack strength of my Falcon, and multiplies it by three!” “WHAAA-AAA-AAAT?!!!” screamed Sunset. The spectators were flabbergasted. “She… she can’t do that?!” cried Pinkie “Can she?!” “…I’m afraid so!” said Twilight. Powerful dark waves enveloped the falcon as its body charged up, and its attack increased to extremely high! (Atk: 3800) -----> (Atk: 11,400) Applejack’s hat flipped. Rarity stammered and stuttered like a crazy lady! Sunset could only gawk in horror, while Rainbow laughed wickedly. “Let’s see you try and take me down now!” Her turn was over. Sunset was at a loss of words, but not thoughts. “How in the world can I possibly take that thing down?” She had no cards in her hand, and no other cards on the field besides her Paladin, and he was no good to her like this. “If I don’t finish Rainbow off this turn, she’ll finish me off next turn for sure.” She looked down at her deck feeling this would be the biggest and riskiest move she would ever make! Even though it was tempting to just end the duel now and put the plan into action, there was just something compelling her to keep going and prove herself, plus it would give Terra a chance to make her move. She took in a deep breath, let it out slowly, and drew her next card! She softly opened her eyes and looked at the card… Rainbow, still blazing, thought softly, “There’s no way anything she can play can beat me now. My Falcon is totally invincible!” Sunset kept gazing at her lone card. “What did she draw?” wondered Fluttershy. “Do you think it’s anything good?” asked Pinkie. Sunset’s lips softly curled into a sinister grin. “Hmm?” said Rainbow and all the others felt the same. “This is it, Rainbow Dash!” Sunset called to her “You won’t stand a chance against me!” “Quit talking crazy!” spat Rainbow “You know as well as I do you can’t stop me.” “Ah, but I can… with a little help.” “And a little luck…” she thought. She held her card up high, “I activate the spell POT OF RICHES! It lets me dip into my Extra Deck and shuffle three Pendulum Monsters into my main deck… …After that, I draw two cards!” She shut her eyes, as if she was concentrating deeply, focussing all her energy into her draws. She looked at her cards, and now her body lit up with glowing light, almost like how Rianbow was blazing. “Whoa!” cried Rainbow “Is that… gaming aura?” The spectators gazed at Sunset in such astounding astonishment. Sunset held up her first card “I set Scale 8 Harmonizing Magician into the other Pendulum Zone!” “What?!” cried Rainbow, and she remembered Sunset had shuffled him into the deck. “…And you just drew him again!” “That’s right.” replied Sunset. “But wait…!” Celestia called out “Since both Pendulum Monsters have the same scale, Sunset can’t pendulum summon.” “She’s right.” agreed Pinkie “What was Sunset thinking?” …That’s when Sunset’s gaming aura glowed brighter than ever as she held up her last card, “This is what I was thinking. I play PENDULUM SHIFT, so now Harmonizing Magicians Scale goes down to 1!” Rainbow gawked in horrors as the magic happened, and the pendulum began to sway back and forth. Glowing brighter than ever, Sunset declared, “With this scale, I can now play as many level 2 to 7 monsters as I need! As the pendulum swings from forth to back My monsters come forth… to launch an attack! …BEHOLD MY MONSTERS!!” Five shots of light blasted from her Extra Deck, and her monsters appeared. “XIANGSHENG MAGICIAN…” (Atk: 500) “DRAGONPULSE MAGICIAN…” (Atk: 1800) “OAFDRAGON MAGICIAN…” (Atk: 2100) “XIANGKE MAGICIAN…” (Atk: 2500) “ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON…” (Atk: 2500) Everyone gazed at her strong lineup. “And don’t forget,” Sunset called “Harmonizing Magician’s pendulum ability grants my monsters an extra 100 attack points for every face-up “Magician” monster in my Extra-Deck.” The spirits of Stargazer and Timegazer showed up-- her only two remaining monsters, which gave all her summoned monsters 200 additional attack points. (Atk: 500) -----> (Atk: 700) (Atk: 2100) -----> (Atk: 2300) (Atk: 2400) -----> (Atk: 2600) (Atk: 2500) -----> (2700) x2 “Ha!” scoffed Rainbow “Even with that power-up, your monsters don’t even come close to strength of my Fortress Falcon!” Sunset only smirked, “Correct, so… since my monsters can’t get any stronger, I guess they’ll just have to attack!” “What?” “Did I just hear her correctly?” asked Rarity. Sunset held out her arm “First I activate Xiangsheng Magician’s special ability—now her attack strength will be the same as Xianke Magician’s.” (Atk: 700) -----> (2700) “Go Xiangsheng… attack Fortress Falcon!!” The magician complied and armed her bow ready to fire! “What do you think you’re doing?!” shouted Rainbow “That arrow won’t even dent my falcon!” Suddenly, the magician was glowing with a mysterious light. All of Sunset’s monsters were glowing now! “What the-- …What’s going on?” Smirking cheekily Sunset pointed up to Paladin, who was casting magic on the field. “Remember I told you I’d been studying Nirvana High Paladin. Now I’m unleashing his full-power. Thanks to his Pendulum Ability, my Pendulum Monsters can’t be destroyed in battle, and I take no damage either.” Rainbow growled, “But your monster still can’t destroy mine!” The arrow was fired, and struck Fortress Falcon. It wasn’t destroyed as promised, but it suddenly began to glow with a soft light and it got weaker! (Atk: 11,400) -----> (Atk: 8700) “…NO WAY!!!” wailed Rainbow. “Yes way!” chuckled Sunset “And you can thank Nirvana High Paladin for that-- for when a pendulum monster attacks your monster while under his magic, your monster loses attack points equal to the amount of my monster’s!” Rainbow began to shudder in worry, and her gaming aura began to dim down while Sunset’s was glowing brighter than ever! The spectators were ever so amazed! “I can’t believe it!” cried Pinkie “I really, totally, absolutely…!” “…We get the idea.” said Raven, but really she was just amazed at this maneuver as well. “Now…” called Sunset “It’s your turn Oafdragon Magician! Attack…!” Her magician complied and struck Falcon hard weakening it further. (Atk: 8700) -----> (Atk 6400) “It’s getting weaker, and weaker!” cried Fluttershy. Sunset then called out, “Dragonpulse Magician, let him have it!” Another attack meant more attack-points gone! (Atk: 6400) -----> (Atk 4400) Rainbow was shuddering and groaning frightfully. At this point, even Masquerade was totally impressed with Sunset’s dueling, and while no one could see under his mask, he had a very impressed expression. “Maybe she’s not such a weak duelist after all.” he thought. On the camper, while Vic steered the ship into position, he and the rest were all just going wild over the outcome of the duel. “This is incredible!” cried Kori “I can’t believe Sunset’s really doing this!” “Look, she’s attacking again!” wailed Shining Armor. “It’s go-time! Xiangke Magician, strut your stuff!” Her magician leapt right over and slashed at Falcon with his weapon, weakening it even further! (Atk: 4400) -----> (Atk 1700) By now, Rainbow’s flares had completely gone out, and her arms slowly fell to her sides, but her eyes never left her poor falcon. “He’s weak enough to be destroyed!” she paused and looked over at Sunset’s field “…And your Odd-Eyes still hasn’t attacked yet.” She knew she’d receive double the damage from the next attack, and she wouldn’t survive! Sunset began to look a little regretful. Her eyes were filling with tears yet she remained as serious as ever. “You’ve fought an awesome duel my friend, and this is hard for me to do, but it must be done!” Rainbow clenched her fists, suppressing the depression of her oncoming defeat, but then she smiled proudly and her body flared up again. “BRING IT ON!! I CAN TAKE IT!!” Sunset hesitated. “This has been a real sweet duel, Sunset,” said Rainbow “Come on! Do it! You’ve earned it!!” Sunset wiped her eyes, and smiled bravely, and also ran both her hands through her hair flicking hard. From far in the desert Terra could see. “…Now!” and she began to put her powers into full force! Sunset shouted with all her might, “ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON… ATTACK FINAL FORTRESS FALCON AND END THIS!!!” Odd-Eyes roared, and unleashed its fiery flames! The light was so bright that everyone shut their eyes tight, while Rainbow just held out her arms, embracing the oncoming fire as her falcon was consumed by the flames and vaporized to nothing! Rainbow LP: 900 -----> 0 When the light had ceased, everyone opened their eyes; the duel images were gone and Rainbow and Sunset just stood where they were staring each other down. Neither one of them was glowing. The spectators looked on silently, and the referee stepped forth making it official. “Winner: Sunset Shimmer!” The spectators couldn’t bring themselves to cheer after what just happened. “…What a duel!” cried Rarity. “…What a finish!” added Pinkie. “…What determination and skill.” said Celestia. Sunset finally moved towards Rainbow and stood right in front of her. The two glared at each other deeply. “Good duel, Rainbow.” said Sunset. Rainbow nodded at her, “Great duel, Sunset.” and they hugged each other warmly. Fluttershy sniffled as her tears fell. “Oh, that’s so sweet!” Twilight couldn’t help but shed a tear too at her friends. Raven shut her eyes and smiled softly, which she didn’t do often, while Masquerade was disgusted. “Sweet as that may be,” he thought “It’s time for the final bout, and I’m going to win it all!” Suddenly, everyone turned to the sound of The Prince Brother clapping slowly and softly. “An excellent duel and well played.” remarked Rubeus “And now we have an announcement to make.” Loki cleared his throat and made sure everyone was listening, and he also pressed a switch near his seat which cut all international transmissions. All over the world, TV-Screens went blank with static-snow, and you can bet all the viewers were angered and outraged! Loki then announced to the people, “This brings the tournament to a close!” Everyone leapt up in confusion! “What?!” snapped Rarity. “What are you talking about?” added Masquerade. “There’s still one last duel.” protested Sunset Rubeus snickered, “Not anymore. We have gathered all that we need!” and his eyes and Loki’s began to glow a bright white. “What’s happening?” cried Rainbow. “It’s the duel energy!” cried Twilight “They’re tapping into it!” Sunset clenched her fists, and then shouted with all her might, “…NOW, TERRA!!” Terra suddenly popped up from behind, riding on a boulder, and levitating two other boulders beside her. The Brothers turned round just in time as Terra rammed the rocks into their box with a mighty crash forcing the two out over the side, and in the chaos, the two soul cards in their possession went flying in the air. Rainbow leapt up high off the platform and grabbed the two cards. “I got them!! I got them!!” She looked down at the pictures of her friends. “Way to go, Rainbow!” said Twilight. “Nice catch!” added Spike “We’ll be back to normal soon!” “Stop this now!” thundered the referee, and he called for security, but just as the guards came rushing in, Raven used her powers to bind them and the ref together in a strong streaks of aura, and she teleported them out for from the ship and into the desert! The Prince Brothers got to their feet, but were suddenly bathed in a large light from above—a tractor beam which held them into place, and the camper finally came into view. “It’s over, you-two!” Robin called over the megaphones. “The Titans!” cried Pinkie. “They were with us all along?” asked Rarity. Raven nodded at the girls, and then nodded over at Terra who shot her a thumb-up. Sunset approached the brothers. “Your sick plans have gone on long enough! Now release our friends from the cards!!” Masquerade couldn’t have been more baffled. “Will someone please tell me WHAT is going on here?!!” Rubeus and Loki began to snicker softly, which became hard, wicked laughter as their bodies began to glow brightly. “What’s going on,” said Rubeus “…Is we have gathered enough energy to finally resume our true forms!” Raven tried to use her powers to grab the brothers, “Azarath, Metrion, Zi--” nothing was happening. Her powers didn’t even begin to resonate. Terra’s powers also ceased and she and her boulder crashed down hard onto the platform. Even onboard the camper the controls and consoles were going haywire and malfunctioning. “Yo’, what’s happening?!” shouted Vic “All the systems are shorting out!” Sparks and small explosions began to flare from the machines, scaring Cadance and Shining Armor. “BAIL OUT!!” shouted Robin, and he quickly passed out emergency parachutes. Everyone hopped out through an emergency hatch and leapt off as the camper flew off into the desert, crashing over the large dunes and exploding in a huge series of flames! “My baby!!” cried Vic as he and the others fell down, down, landing at the foot of the airship. While up on the platform, the brothers, now free of the tractor-beam, stood before the gang. Their suits and ties lay on the floor as they stood in their true forms, which made everyone shudder in fear. They looked just as how Sunset had shown them all in the book about The Malefic World. They had large horns on their heads, four each. They seemed more muscular and appeared to be wearing large capes with shoulder plates, and armor plating on their arms, legs, and torso armor. Their faces had changed too, and except for their eyes and eyebrows, they had no other features-- no noses, no ears, no mouths. It was all flat, yet bulky as if they were wearing armored-masks. Rubeus’s skin was all red and his hair was dark purple and big and long, resembling tentacles hanging down. Loki’s skin was gray, and his golden hair was now long enough to run down his back, curved into a V-shape at his forehead. Rarity was completely freaked out by this. “Ahh, it feels so good to Me again!” sighed Loki, “And we have all of you to thank for it.” The gang all cringed and Rubeus explained the plans. “For centuries we have dwelled in this world as pitiful human beings, but never once did we ever stop struggling to resurrect our powers so that we would finally revive and unleash our home world-- The Malefic World! Finally it was discovered that the energy emitted from dueling would be just what we needed to not only accomplish this task, but make ourselves stronger and better than before. Even your pitiful Equestrian Magic or superhero powers will avail you naught!” The Titans and the others down below heard everything being said. “So this tournament was all just some big farce in order for them to collect dueling energy?” growled Robin. The others all felt ever so livid! “You wanted me and my friends to duel too.” said Sunset “That’s why you captured Princess Twilight and Spike! You knew I’d have no choice and that my friends would follow!” Loki snickered, “Genius, don’t you think. It’s ironic… we being the enemies of Equestria and all of its magical wonder relying on those like you to give us your energy to further forward our plans, and you all played your parts like puppets on strings.” He then gazed down at the Titans as well, “And who’d have thought, the so-called “Superheroes” of a dead-city came to offer their assistance in our plot as well.” Terra and Raven felt outraged. “All this time, the million-dollar prize money was a lie?!” shouted Terra “You just used it as a kind of bait to attract us!” “You two are really sick, you know that!” Raven sneered. Even Masquerade was livid, feeling outraged of falling for such a trap and being used in such a way. “YOU SICKOS!!” he thundered and he rushed forth to attack them, only for Rubeus to fire a quick blast by his feet. “It would be most unwise not to even consider threatening us! Especially considering the nightmare that awaits you all!” “What is he talking about?” asked Fluttershy, but suddenly the brothers raised their arms, igniting the gathered duel energy from their containment tanks, which made the ship, and the world around them quiver and tremble. “What’s happening!” cried Luna. “Let’s get out of here!!” shouted Shining Armor, but it was already too late as everything around them all began to warp and shift. The ship began to disappear and everyone felt themselves falling through a swirling dark vortex. “With the energy we have gathered,” shouted Rubeus “The ancient dark world that has been sealed away shall now rise once more!!” “…WELCOME TO OUR NIGHTMARE!!” laughed Loki, and he and his brother disappeared leaving everyone to tumble and shout as they fell deeper and deeper into the vortex. In the midst of the falling, Masquerade’s mask came loose, and flew away! “OH, NOOOOOO…!!” he shouted, but still his face was hidden in the brightness! Shining Armor held onto Cadance tightly as they both tumbled about, screaming in horror! “WHERE ARE WE GOING?!” screamed Pinkie. “I WISH I KNEW------------!!!!” shouted Sunset. Everyone kept falling and falling, and then… they froze… Zooming out was the image on a large dueling card, which then turned over facedown!! TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SEASON… “…YU-GI-OH E-QUEST: MALEFIC WARS”