//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: A dual of love // Story: Sunset Shimmer's Magic Adventures, Volume 1: A new timeline.. // by Justafanfictioner //------------------------------// Sunset and Flash were gauging each other, trying to predict each other’s first card. “Wait!!” said Calypso. “Let’s make this more unpredictable!!” He snapped his finger and the two players’ card deck let place to tons of blank ones. “Blank cards?” asked Sunset. “I don’t understand” “This is simple” said Calypso. “Think of a fictional character and it will manifest on the card you hold.” “While we’re at it” said Eris. “A single match would be boring...” “I’m fine with it” said Calypso. “Here are the rules of this dual!! You each got 5 cards, one per warrior you summon. The first to take down all his opponent’s fighters win. A fighter fight until he or she’s defeated by the opponent, in a best case scenario, one fighter could take down all 5 of the enemy fighters!!” “Now, it’s time to duel!!” said Eris. “You got this, Sunset Shimmer!!” “I’m opening this battle!!” said Sunset. “Alright, i summon on the battlefield Sephora, the all-powerful Valkyrie from the video game Attack on Asgard!!” A beautiful, intimidating-looking woman, with huge wings on her back and wearing a cool armor. A massive axe was standing next to her. Sunset couldn’t resist and went on the field to touch her wings. “Awesome...” she said. “They’re so soft...” “It’s because i only use the best products for them” said Sephora, with a smooth voice. “And i’m not in Asgard anymore...Did you summoned me here?” “She’s really in character” thought Sunset. “In her head, she think she was summoned from Asgard. Well, technically, she was summoned, but from a video game. She have no idea she is just a series of digital files...” “Never mind that” said Sephora. “What’s the plan? Who’s the enemy?” “Him” answered Sunset, pointing Flash. “He’s being controlled by that other guy.” “Is he your boyfriend?” asked Sephora. “He was at one point” answered Sunset. “Now, we’re just friends.” Also, before starting the fight, Sunset and Flash already chose their five fighters. This was Flash Sentry’s turn now and he smiled devilishly. “I summon Ragnarok, the Death Knight!!!” said Flash. “If you played Ogres and Oubliettes, Sunset, then you know how powerful he is.” “He’s Overlord Faust’s Supreme General” said Sunset. “He’s an undead, immortal, deadly, ruthless, unstoppable killing machine. He’s indeed powerful” “I eat undead chumps of his kind for breakfast” said Sephora. “My axe, Sunbringer, is imbued by holy magic, and my armor as well. I’ve slain countless spawns of Hel, goddess of Death. I’m Sephora, Freiya’s second in command and the Supreme commander of the Valkyries” “Even with holy magic, Ragnarok won’t be easy to beat.” said Sunset. “His armor is boosted with tons of enchantments against holy magic. His sword is boosted with powerful curses, get hit by it and you might die instantly.” “Then i guess this should be an interesting battle” said Sephora. Sephora and Ragnarok charged toward each other. Their weapons clashed violently, multiple times. “You’re pretty good, winged woman” said Ragnarok. “Oh, he’s talking” said Sephora. “Thank you for the compliment, you’re not bad either.” The two fighters continued exchanging blows. “It seem we’re evenly matched in hand to hand combat” said Ragnarok. “Then, let’s compare our magic!!” said Sephora. “Valkyries don’t usually use magic” said Ragnarok. “Same goes for Death Knights” said Sephora. “But i’m different, as i was bestowed by Odin, magic powers coming from Ygddrasil, the World-Tree. I can cast powerful Thunder, Ice, Nature, Earth, Air and Light magic attacks!” “I was a powerful magic caster when i was alive” said Ragnarok. “I specialized in curses, summons and necromancy. I was killed on the battlefield, slain by a powerful warlock, a Knight who could use magic, only for him to be killed by a lose arrow in the eye almost immediately after. So, before drawing my last breath, i transfered myself into his corpse using a forbidden spell. This is why i can cast magic, as well as fight with weapons. That Knight whose body i’ve taken was a specialist of Holy and protection Magic. Combined with my Curse and Death magic, i became unstoppable.” “That Faust guy saw your exploit and invited you to join him, right?” asked Sephora. “I was already serving his highness way before i was killed in a battle” answered Ragnarok. “I was the commander of his dark magician squad. Upon coming back in this body, he made me supreme commander of his army. I honored that title for centuries, never losing a battle. Until...” “Until?” asked Sephora. “Until i was defeated by the Chosen One, the Hero of the prophecy, Sir Knightingale” answered Ragnarok. “Beforehand, he and his crew had killed my master, and after defeating me, he proposed me to join his group. I refused, at first, but upon crossing roads many more times, weither it was to defeat a common enemy or fighting each other in a dual, i finally accepted to join his group.” “Enought talk now” said Flash. “Ragna, slay her!!” Sephora created multiple spears of water that she threw at her opponent. Ragnarok casted a magic barrier around him and blocked the incoming attack. The water spears exploded around the barrier, then froze solid around the enemy. The Death Knight slashed through the ice with his sword. The Valkyrie summoned huges roots from the ground, with the intent to crush her opponent alive. Ragna added a fire effect to his barrier and the roots started burning. “See?” said Ragna. “It’s no use. No spells can get pass my barrier!!” “In this case...” said Sephora. “I’m going to strike you with my most devastating attack” She started gathering a lot of energy into a massive, gigantic spear. It was infused with the life force of Yggdrasil itself. “I can’t dodge this” said Ragna. “And i can’t block it totally. If i take this attack directly, even with the most powerful barrier in my arsenal, i would be left vulnerable enought for her to kill me.” Flash grinded his teeth. “I know you, Ragna” he said. “And i know when to admit defeat...Forfeit this round” “That voice” said the Knight. “It remind me of sir Knightingale...Farewell, i forfeit this dual...” The Death Knight disappeared from the battlefield, leaving Sephora alone. She was pissed by her opponent’s forfeit. “What a coward” she said. “It was just starting to get interesting...Oh well, i’ll unleash my frustration on my next opponent!” Flash sighed and looked at his second card. “You lucked out with your first pick, Shimmy” said Flash. “The advantage of losing the first round is that i can summon the perfect fighter to counter Sephora. I’ve played Assault on Asgard too, and so, i summon on the battlefield the High Father, ruler of asgard, the All-seeing king, Odin!!” An imposant man, wearing a beautiful battle armor, holding a magic staff, appeared on the battlefield. Odin looked at his opponent and looked surprised. “So, you are my opponent Sephora.” said Odin. “Unfortunately for you, i’m the one who taught you everything. The power you possess was bestowed by me as well. I would tell you to abandon the fight, but a valkyrie never retreat...” “I bested your son” said Sephora with a smile. “And i kicked Hel’s ass back to hell. I’m pretty sure i can take you as well, All-seeing King. It wouldn’t be the first time a woman put you to your knees.” Odin let out a loud laugh, of amusement and joy. “Freiya told me she wouldn’t tell anyone about this...” he said. “Anyway, i doubt you can best me, Sephora. Unless you can surprise me.” Sephora flew right toward Odin, her axe ready to slice him in half. The king of Asgard turned his staff into a spear. He parried the blow with grace and pierced Sephora’s body with his spear. The Valkyrie was then thrown back a few meters, near Sunset. “The next blow will be the last” said Odin. Sephora looked at Sunset “He’s too strong for you” said Sunset. “He’s gonna kill you!! Give up!!” Sephora smiled and got up. She faced Odin with a determined face. “Look at that!!” said the old man. “You took it like a champ” Odin charged at Sephora with the intent to finish this. Against all expectation, Sephora exposed her bare breast to him. Odin was so surprised and aroused by this that he fell on the ground and impaled himself with his own weapon. Flash had a nosebleed and Sunset was red like a tomato. Calypso and Eris were laughing their ass off. Odin disappeared from the battlefield, but not before saying one last sentence. “My wife will kill me, but i regret nothing” were his last words. Flash got rid of his nosebleed and facepalmed himself. He pulled a third card from his hand. “Do i summon Freiya?” thought Flash. “The Valkyries’ code of honor will prevent Sephora from fighting the Mother of all Valkyries. But what will Sunset send next?” Flash let out a sight. “I summon Freiya, Queen of Asgard, Mother of all Valkyries.” he said. A tall, beautiful woman appeared on the battlefield. She was riding on a bear’s back and was surrounded by many animals. “My Queen” said Sephora, kneeling down to her. “I’ve heard from my husband about how you defeated him” she said. “As your master, i’m proud of you...As his wife, thought, i’m not happy. You know Odin is very susceptible to feminine charms.” Sephora spitted blood. The injury she took from Gungnir finally got the better of her. Freiya came to her and put Sephora’s head on her chest. “I’m sorry, Sunset Shimmer” said Sephora. “But it’s the end of the road for me...Anyway, even if i could fight, the code of the Valkyries prevents me to fight our Mother. By the way, i’m sorry, my Queen, i failed you and my master.” “You did well” said Freiya. “But not a word of this to anyone, got it? If Hel knew she’d just have to show her breast to Odin to defeat him, it would be horrible.” Sephora laughed and disappeared. Sunset pulled out a second card from her hand. “Speaking of the devil” she said. “I summon Hel, Godess of Death, on the battlefield!!” A tall, goth-looking woman appeared in front of Sunset. Her skin was grey, like a corpse. Her hair were black and she was dressed in a black robe. She had curves on her body, good enough to compete with those of Sephora. For this fight, thought, after seeing who her opponent was, she opted for a battle armor, made of black leather. “You did well to send me, mortal” said Hel. “I’m going to wreck this bitch’s pretty face. Without your dear Sephora to protect you, it’s going to be easy to best you.” She summoned a dozen of half-skeletic wolves to her sides. Flash grinded his teeth. “Show her what you’re made of, Freiya!!” he shouted. “I have no order to receive from a human” she answered. “Even less a male. No men boss me around, not even Odin, my husband. But i’m willing to make an exception if my opponent is that emo bitch...” Hel sent her wolves attacking Freiya. The goddess summoned an Yggdrasil-juiced grizzly that made quick work of the frail attackers. Far from being discouraged, Hel summoned Fenrir on her sides. The giant wolf had a score to settle with Freiya after this one did something horrible to him. “Fenrir, you traitor!!” shouted Freiya. “I feed you! Pet you!! Why would you join that bitch?” “I need blood, death” said the wolf. “I’m bored, being all day leashed to Yggdrasil, doing nothing but wait my next meal. Speaking of meal, this ain’t small portions like you serve me that will satisfy my hunger!” “I saw that he was neglected” said Hel. “I just offered him what he wanted. Freedom, unlimited preys to hunt, bones to chew on and many toys to play with. He rightfully serve as my guardian, now.” To even the score, Freiya summoned 2 more grizzly, which merged with the third one to form a big, menacing, super-Grizzly. Feeling that Fenrir might be not strong enough to take that beast on, Hel magically summoned a black armor on his body. Fenrir was protected from head to paws, while still able to move normally. She then got on the wolf’s back. Freiya did the same thing and got on her pet’s back as well. Hel was holding a longsword, made of a black metal, Freiya was holding a wooden spear, carved in the wood of Yggdrasil. The head had been forged in the same metal than Mjollnir, Her son’s hammer. Hel’s sword was made of Necromancium, a metal she created by mixing Dark Matter with Asgardian Metal. Fenrir’s armor was made of the same metal than her sword. A big, epic battle was about to begin...And only one could get on top of it...