//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 - Sisters Forever (3) // Story: My Little Duel Monsters // by supersaiyanmikito //------------------------------// “Iseris, attack Airknight Parshath with Scorching Shadow Strike!” Iseris extended its wing out, sharpening its wing to a fine pointed blade and charged towards Rainbow Dash. Rainbow was nervous for a second but she quickly recovered. “I reveal my face-down card, Emergency Provisions! This allows me to send a spell or trap card to the graveyard to regain 1000 life points and I’m using it on my Sanctuary.” Right before the tornado made contact; Sanctuary in the Sky exploded and rained light partials onto Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash < LP: 4000 → 5000 > Iseris quickly cleaved Parshath in half, causing it to explode. Afterwards, Iseris lunged towards Rainbow stabbing her clean through her chest with its bladed arm; the blade could be seen protruding from her back. Rainbow Dash screamed in agonizing pain. Rainbow Dash < LP: 5000 → 100 > Iseris went back to Gilda and Rainbow collapsed on the ground moments after. “RAINBOW DASH!” Yugi and Spike shouted. The possessed Scootaloo chuckled for a moment. ‘Good luck standing up after that…’ Suddenly, the filly collapsed to onto her knees. She put a hoof on her head and groaned. “My head!” The filly jerked back and forth; she seemed to be in pain. “What… is going… on!?” “Master what’s wrong?” Gilda asked. “AHHHH!” Scootaloo stood up and arched her body backwards. Rainbow Dash pulled herself up just enough to see the filly. “Rainbow Dash!” Dash gasped, that last line didn’t have the duel voice like she has had. “Scootaloo…?” Rainbow asked. “Rainbow Dash… Agh… Get… out of… my head!” The filly was constantly jerking her body back forth. Rainbow Dash pulled herself up completely but she was barely able to stand. Her wounds from the last battle were starting to take her toll on her. “Scootaloo, you have to fight it! I believe in you!” ‘Come on… You can beat this kiddo…’ Yugi thought to himself. Scootaloo completely fell onto the ground and rolled onto her back. “I’m losing control!” The duel voice was back. “My mind slave is fighting back.” “Git outta our friend!” Apple Bloom yelled. “Come on Scootaloo, you can do it!” Sweetie Belle yelled. “Show her whose boss!” Spike yelled. “Apple Bloom… Sweetie Belle…” “AH, I AM NOT LOSING TO SOME FILLY!” Scootaloo’s eyes shot open and the entire surface of her eyes turned blood red and Iseris’ scars burned into her head. “Rainbow Dash, it hurts!” “Silence Slave!” “AHHH!” “Be… QUIET!” Just then, the scars burned a bright red and Scootaloo screamed as loud as her voice would let her, then the entire world around shattered like glass and her body fell to the ground. Rainbow stepped forwards. “Scootaloo?” The filly slow pulled herself with her back facing the others. “Ha… Ha… HAHAHAHA!” Scootaloo turned back around and the others were horrified. Her already messed up face was even worse now. She had thick veins over her face and really thick black circles around her eyes. “I’m still here!” “What did you do to Scootaloo!?” Rainbow yelled. “It no use, you won’t be getting through this time. After that little outburst I did the only thing, I could to keep her under control… I banished her to the Shadow Realm.” Rainbow’s eyes shot open and her iris’s shrunk. “No…” “That’s right Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo is GONE! Her soul is lost forever and you will never see her again!” In the distance, Apple Bloom was starting to sob and Sweetie Belle was full on crying. “Scootaloo is gone… Forever?” Apple Bloom asked. “NOOOOOOO!” Sweetie screamed. Spike was pretty upset as well but Yami Yugi was not pleased in the slightly. He turned to Spike. “Spike, take the girls back to Ponyville. This battle is turning back really fast.” “Alright Yugi.” Spike walked over the filly and started pulling them back to town. “Come on girls, I think its best we leave this to Rainbow and Kaiba.” “But… Wut about Scootaloo…?” Apple Bloom asked. “Don’t worry, I promise you will see your friend again.” Yugi replied. Sweetie Belle cheered up and the three set off back to Ponyville. Yugi turned back to the filly. “I can’t believe you; how could you be so heartless?” “Heartless? Well allow me to let you in on a little secret… I didn’t banish her to the Shadow Realm. I was lying to you to get a reaction.” “WHAT!?” Rainbow screamed with anger. “You understand now? That crushing feeling when everything you love has been stolen away from you by forces you can’t control. The only way you can understand why I do what I do is feel it yourself. This feeling right here, this is why Celestia must pay!” “You… What did Celestia do to you to make you hate her so much?” “Celestia… She… She killed my little brother!” Everyone gasped. The filly had a tear coming from her eye. “You don’t know Celestia like I do. She is a heartless monster who rules over this land with an iron hoof. She is just biding her time until I am gone. Once I am out of the picture, you’ll be nothing but slaves to her. She doesn’t care about anyone but herself and that is why I must destroy her. Once I do, Equestria will finally be liberated and everypony can control their own life…” “You have it all wrong…” Yugi replied. The filly looked at him curiously. “Celestia may have made a few mistakes but she is different now. She understands she made a mistake and now she has to live with it for the rest of her life knowing all the pain she caused. She wants nothing but to keep her ponies safe.” “How would you know?” “I know because she told me all about you… Midnight Rose…” “Midnight Rose?” Rainbow asked. “Nice to hear that tyrant still remembers my name. Yes, I am in fact Midnight Rose, the same one who attempted to liberate Equestria all those years before.” “You mean destroy it!” Yugi yelled. “What you consider destroy, I consider liberate. You know I am not the only one who wants Celestia gone right? While many ponies seem very fond of her, in truth they are scared of her power and would never openly admit to despising her guts. It’s not just her selfish behavior all those years ago; there are many things she has done.” “Then explain to me…” “For starters, she doesn’t even have the guts to protect her own ponies. She sits back in Canterlot while she lets her little ‘Harmony Squad’ do all the dirty work for her. What do you think she does during all your battles?” “You’re the reason she can’t fight. Because of you, she is too scared to fight. You say that she doesn’t deserve to rule Equestria, well now you have her thinking it too. She doesn’t believe she has the power to protect anypony anymore and she is afraid that fighting will one day turn her into a monster like Nightmare Moon.” “She is already a monster. Once the deed is done, there is no going back. She must atone for her crimes. She may have defeated me all those years ago but now I am stronger than ever!” Midnight arched her back and roared into the sky. The very ground beneath them shook with the full force of her power. A dark aura surrounded her and Rainbow could swear she saw her eyes flash red for a moment. “Now that my true identity has been revealed, I don’t have to hold back anymore! Even though this mortal body is unable to control my full power, this should be more than enough to destroy you. Now let’s continue this duel, I want you to see just what you and the Princess are in for Pharaoh!” “You’ll have to beat me first! Now let’s duel!” Rainbow yelled. “Yes, let’s continue…” Just then, Gilda’s spell card exploded. Iseris, Destroyer of Harmony < ATK: 6800 → 3000 > Rainbow was confused. “While Vengeance Force does give my monster a thousand attack point boost as long as it remains of the field, if I use its secondary boost as I just did, it destroys itself after the battle.” Gilda replied. “Iseris may have lost all the strength he had, but the damage has already been done. Now, take your turn Kaiba. Nothing you do will help you now.” “Hmm, fine then.” Kaiba drew. “Hold it, Iseris’ special ability activates now; dealing you a hundred points of damage for every dark monster in my graveyard and I count nine monsters.” Several black tendrils shot out of the ground and lashed at Kaiba. Kaiba put his forehoof up in defense. Seto Kaiba < LP: 4000 → 3100 > “It makes no difference to me, because I just figured out a way to take you down.” “Ha, and how do you plan on doing that?” Gilda replied. “Like this; I’ll start with Pot of Greed. This lets me draw two more cards. Next, I remove the Thunder Dragon and my Cyber Jar in my graveyard from the game!” Kaiba ejected the two monsters from graveyard and put them aside. “By removing these monsters, I can summon THIS, my Chaos Emperor Dragon!” As the card hit the duel disk, a blazing inferno spiraled on the field forming into a gigantic dragon with gold and blue armor and long orange hair. Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End < Level 8 / ATK: 3000 > “No way…” Midnight muttered. “The fabled Chaos Emperor Dragon…” “By giving up 1000 of my Life Points, I can activate my Dragon’s special ability sending every card on the field and in our hands to the graveyard.” “You think that is going to help?” Gilda boasted. “Iseris cannot be destroyed by monster effects.” “Shut it, Gilda!” Midnight shouted. “I know what you plan on doing. The Chaos Emperor Dragon is a monster like no other with such unparalleled power, Celestia actually outlawed back in the day. Thanks to your dragon’s special ability not only do all our cards go the graveyard but we both get slammed for three hundred points of damage for every card sent to the graveyard.” “3… 300 for each card…?” Gilda stuttered. “Even if Iseris survives…” “We would still lose the duel regardless… There is a reason that monster is illegal. And I refuse to let you win because of it! I reveal my face-down card, behold the almighty Super Polyermization!” “‘SUPER’ Polymerization!?” Kaiba asked. “Now allow me to explain what makes this card so ‘super’. By sending one card from my hand to the graveyard, I’m allowed to combine two or more monsters on the field, regardless of who controls them! Not only that, but you can’t activate anything in response to this card meaning you can’t stop it!” “Oh no!” “Now, Elemental Hero Wildheart, combine your power with Kaiba’s Chaos Emperor Dragon!” Up in the sky behind Midnight, a small yellow light formed shooting off bolts of lightning. Chaos Dragon’s body distorted and was sucked into the light along with Wildheart. “I summon Elemental Hero Escuridao!” From the light came a new creature with a thin black body, sharp claws. There was looked like 4 wings on his back making the shape of an X. Elemental HERO Escuridao < Level 8 / ATK: 2500 > “If you think he is strong now, wait until you see his special ability. My Escuridao gains an additional 100 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard making it stronger than your Chaos Dragon was.” Elemental HERO Escuridao < ATK: 2500 → 3100 > “Too bad, and here you thought Emperor Dragon would win you the game…” Kaiba simply grinned. “Who said that was my ‘only’ monster?” The dark mare gasped. “While one powerful monster is good, it’s always good to have insurance!” Kaiba revealed a card in his hand. “I activate The Melody of Awakening Dragons! All I have to do is discard one card from my hand and I can add any two dragons from my deck to my hand, as long as they have 3000 attack points and 2500 defense points.” Kaiba slid a card into the graveyard and spread his deck apart and pulled two cards out. “I discard my Pitch-Dark Dragon so I can add two Blue-Eyes White Dragons from my deck to join the third already in my hand.” “Here it comes…” “I play Polymerization!” Kaiba swung his right hoof around and set three separate cards on his duel disk. All at once, three separate beasts appeared in front him, large white beasts with a massive wing span and sinister blue eyes. The three dragons swirled together and exploded into a massive of energy. All that was left was a single dragon, just the dragons before. Out from the sides of his neck, two more heads formed out making it into a three headed beast. A small unknown insignia burned into the three heads of the dragon. “Behold, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!” Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon < Level 12 / ATK: 4500 > “Now why stop there? I summon my Z-Metal Tank!” The new monster was a large yellow tank with a creepy eye between the treads. “If you thought one fusion was bad, let’s see how you handle two!” Kaiba’s X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank rose up into the and started changing. Y-Dragon Head’s wings popped off and retracted its legs. X-Head Cannon snapped onto the top of Y’s body. Finally, Z-Metal Tank opened a small hatch on the top of its body and the other snapped on top of it. “I combine my three monsters in order to summon the mighty XYZ-Dragon Cannon!” XYZ Dragon Cannon < Level 8 / ATK: 2800 > “By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, my Dragon Cannon has the ability destroy any monster on your side of the field.” XYZ-Dragon Cannon kneeled down, pointed its cannons towards Midnight’s Escuridao and fired a large electrical beam destroying it in seconds. “Now XYZ-Dragon Cannon, attack Midnight’s life points directly!” Dragon Cannon charged another shot like before and blasted the ground in front of the mare. She was launched back from the blast and rolled on the ground. Midnight Rose < LP: 3200 → 400 > The filly lifted herself back up. Luckily it was just a normal monster so the damage wasn’t real. “You got lucky… But your luck has run out…” “Not yet, now Blue-Eyes is going to attack Gilda’s Iseris! Neutron Blast!” Each of the three heads charged up their own energy and fired a triple energy beam. “Even with Iseris out, my Dragon is still strong enough to reduce your life points to zero and seeing how you have that thing on the field, you must be taken out now!” “Not so fast!” Scootaloo yelled. “I activate Dimensional Prison!” The blast was suddenly blocked by a large dimensional rip. When the attack was finally sucked up, the hole pulled in Kaiba’s dragon and vanished. “What did you do to my dragon!?” “I sealed it away. Dimensional Prison banishes your monster to another dimension and removes it from play. All that work for nothing…” “Hmm… I place this card face-down. That’s all for me.” “My turn.” Midnight drew. “I play Pot of Greed in order to draw two more cards.” Once she saw the card she drew, she was in glee. “I place two cards face-down and end my turn.” Yugi was a bit suspicious. ‘I don’t like those face-downs. She said she wouldn’t hold back anymore yet she didn’t even play a single monster. There is something going on here…’ Rainbow Dash put her hoof on the top of her deck. “Alright, it’s my draw!” “You’re not doing anything Dash because now Iseris’ special ability hits you with nine hundred points of damage!” Iseris lashed out towards Rainbow but before it hit, a green spinning shield appeared in front of her and blocked the attack. “What the?” “I activated my Ring of Defense.” Kaiba replied. “This prevents you from taking any damage.” Rainbow was confused. “You saved me? Why didn’t you activate that card during your turn?” “You would have been eliminated; I could take the damage just fine…” “Kaiba... Don’t worry, I won’t let saving me bring you down.” Rainbow swiftly drew her card and revealed it to the others. “I play the spell card Wish of a Guardian. All I have to do is send the top card of my deck to the graveyard and then if that card is a Fairy monster, I can draw 1 card.” “You’re putting an awful lot of faith into your deck Rainbow Dash.” Midnight replied. “Not only do you have to draw a fairy monster, but you have to draw a card afterwards that will help you out of the current situation. The chances of that happening are slim to none.” “Scootaloo trusts me to save her and as the Element of Loyalty, I won’t let her down!” Rainbow drew her card. “And it looks like my deck trusts in me too, I drew Trust Guardian!” Rainbow slid the card into her graveyard. “Now the duel now rests solely on this next draw.” She looked down at her deck. “Alright Scootaloo… This isn’t just me anymore, this is you too. I dragged you into this and I promise I will get you out… I am the fastest flier in Equestria and now I will show you I can be the greatest sister in Equestria too… You hear that, Midnight? As the Element of Loyalty, I promise to show Scootaloo that I am a worthy sister and role model.” At that time, Rainbow closed her eyes and begun drawing her card. If her eyes were open, she would have seen the spirit of the filly she cared for right beside her, who had also placed her hoof on her deck. Then her eyes shot open. “I PROMISE TO WIN!” Then something happened, Yugi looked down at his deck box and noticed a bright light from inside of it. Before he could touch it, the clip broke off and a beam of light shot out into the sky. Everyone watched as the beam arched back downward and struck Rainbow Dash, creating a sphere of light covering her entire body. “What is the meaning of this?” Midnight asked. Then a monster appeared on Rainbow’s field, her Archlord Kristya was back once more. Archlord Kristya < Level 8 / ATK: 2800 > At last, from within the light they could see Rainbow Dash slowly stepping out. “I warned you that there would be consequences for hurting my friend…” Rainbow Dash stopped just inside the light, all that could be seen was a silhouette. “I am loyal to my friends and refuse to let that end now!” Rainbow lifted herself off the ground with her wings, made a full 360 turn clockwise blowing away the light like wind and held her right forehoof back before slamming a card into the spell and trap zone. “I ACTIVATE HARMONY FUSION!” “NOOOO!” Midnight screamed. “You can’t have that card!” “This allows me to combine monsters on the field and create a powerful new fusion monster, a monster with the ability to destroy Iseris regardless of its ability!” Gilda recoiled. “But if Iseris is destroyed, not only do I lose the duel but I lose my soul as well…” “I use Harmony Fusion in order to combine my Archlord Kristya with Kaiba’s XYZ-Dragon Cannon.” The two monsters shrunk down and burst into two small white stars. The stars launched up into the air and flew into the clouds, exploding into a six-pointed purple star that echoed all over Equestria. All the way back in Ponyville, everypony looked up and awed at the beautiful but two ponies in particular could only smile with tears. Two fillies who knew everything was going to be alright. “The bonding of two make two become one; a promise for a better future where everypony can live in prosperity and live for a new tomorrow. Descend from the sky and shine your protective light over this land; MECH-ANGEL HAVENGUARD!” Finally, the clouds parted bringing a new creature like none of them had ever seen. It was a human-like creature just like Kristya with long red hair. I was covered in golden robot-like armor that resembled Kaiba’s monster. It had a dragon-shaped helmet and dragon wings like Y-Dragon Head, bulky body armor similar to X-Head Cannon, and large feet that liked the treads of Z-Metal Tank. Its legs were the only thing not covered in armor, only a pair of tight black pants. Mech-Angel Havenguard < Level 8 / ATK: 2800 > “Now we are in real trouble!” “First you hurt Pinkie Pie and now you put Scootaloo in harm’s way, you’re going down Gilda. I activate Havenguard’s special ability; once per turn I can return one Dragon-type monster that has been removed from the game and equip it to Havenguard.” A black dimension rift appeared behind Havenguard and Kaiba’s Ultimate Dragon rose up from the hole. “Then, all the ATK points of that monster is transferred over to Havenguard!” The form of the dragon faded and turned transparent before spiraling into Havenguard creating a dragon shaped blue aura around it. Mech-Angel Havenguard < ATK: 2800 → 7300 > “Seven thousand three hundred!? No, Iseris is supposed to be indestructible!” “It’s like I said, any monster summoned by Harmony Fusion has the ability to destroy Iseris. Face it Gilda, its over for you.” Rainbow pointed her hoof towards Iseris. “Havenguard, put an end to this once and for all!” Havenguard put its hands in front of its body and its hands morphed into two separate arm cannons. “Hyper… Neutron… WAVE!” A massive electrical blue beam fired towards Gilda. She could only watch in horror as the beam came towards her and she could do nothing. She turned to her master who still had as look of what could only be described as disappointment. Everything went silent… Then the blast impacted right where Gilda stood and let out a loud screech. She was completely swallowed by the beam and was launched backwards, standing no chance against the massive attack. Gilda < LP: 1200 → 0 > After several moments, the beam finally dissipated. Gilda was lying on the ground with a black circle underneath her. She had several scratches and burns over her body. Rainbow flew up and over and landed next to Gilda. Gilda was a mess but she still put on a smile. “So, this is how it ends huh?” “It would appear so…” “I guess I have nobody to blame but myself… I was so angry about how uncool your new friends to me, I never even tried to see what you saw in them…” “Everypony has a different perspective on others but you need to learn to look past the surface.” Dash lifted her hoof up and looked down at her duel disk. “You know, I should say the same about myself too. Yugi says that one’s deck can show their true self; I didn’t understand it at first but after this duel, I think I understand. Every pony has a duty in their life and mine to protect others, to be their Guardian Angel that will protect others with my own life.” “Heh, when did you get so poetic…?” “I guess I have you to thank for it. If you hadn’t beaten me in our first encounter, I never would have felt what true failure was. Failure has always been something I feared since I was a filly but to have my failure cost the life of a close… Neigh; my BEST friend, I finally realized just how important I am to everypony.” “You never realize how great you have it until it’s gone…” “Don’t think this means I am going soft or anything, I am still the most awesome pony in Equestria and nothing you say will change that.” “Same old Dash until the very end…But Dash, promise me something…” “What?” “Don’t let her win…” At last, Gilda’s body completed dissolved into black dust and sunk into the hole. The hole vanished leaving nothing but a black mark on the field. Rainbow turned to the filly that was once Gilda’s partner. “Well done, Dash, you managed to defeat Iseris and erase any darkness that was in Gilda’s heart.” The dark mare said. “Too bad your reunion was cut short, just after she reformed too…” “Well lucky for me, she left me with a parting gift. When my Havenguard destroys a monster in battle, I regain life points equal to the difference between our monsters’ attack points.” Rainbow Dash < LP: 100 → 4400 > “And with Gilda gone, I guess that means it’s your turn again.” Rainbow flew back over to the other side of the gorge. “Not quite yet… At the end of your turn, I activate the trap card Sacrificial Return! If a monster is destroyed and that monster was summoned by sending other monsters to the graveyard, I’m allowed to re-summon one of those sacrificed monsters to my field.” A massive black portal appeared in the sky above her and lightning began to roar. “Welcome back Slifer the Sky Dragon!” The red dragon descended from the sky once again but this time, it was in control of Midnight Rose. “This is not good…” Yugi muttered “Now, I draw!” As she drew her card, it let off a very visible black lightning. Unlike with the others, this spark was actually easily visible. “I activate Soul Fusion from my hand. By giving up half of my life points, I’m allowed to remove from play fusion material monsters from my deck in order to summon a fusion monster my graveyard.” Midnight Rose < LP: 400 → 200 > “I remove Elemental Hero Necroshade and Elemental Hero Bubbleman in order to summon back my Elemental Hero Escuridao!” The two individual monsters came out onto the field but quickly dissolved into black partials as a black portal appeared in the center of the arena. The two once-monsters swirled into the portal and Midnight’s fusion rose out to join the battle once again.” Elemental HERO Escuridao < Level 8 / ATK: 3100 > Midnight pulled her forehoof back and pointed into the air. “I sacrifice Slifer the Sky Dragon and Elemental Hero Escuridao!” The summoning went off just as expected when the lightning bolt was supposed to come down, something changed. Scootaloo’s entire body was covered in a purple light and her body began to morph. She began to grow larger and a new robe materialized on her. Finally, the lightning bolt came and the light burst over the field. When the light cleared, Midnight’s new form was visible. Her colors her significantly darker, her eyes were a bright red with black covering most of the eye and she was wearing a black cloak like others were but it was majorly different. The back didn’t reach all the way to her flank, the arms outstretched almost like wings and the area over the ears was spiked upward. The cloak almost looked like she was wearing Iseris. Finally, Iseris himself rose up behind Midnight. “Give up now, any hope you had of winning is gone now.” Iseris, Destroyer of Harmony < Level 10 / ATK: 3600 > “I will never give up Midnight!” Rainbow shouted. “I made my promise to Scootaloo and now Gilda. You won’t win.” Midnight chuckled. “We’ll just see about that, I play a continuous spell, one you should be quite familiar with Dash; Vengeance Force! The very same card Gilda used on you last turn. Thanks to this card, Iseris gains an additional one thousand attack points. Iseris, Destroyer of Harmony < ATK: 3600 → 4600 > And don’t forget, since your life points are higher than mine, Vengeance Force gives my monster a boost equal to the difference in our life points!” Iseris, Destroyer of Harmony < ATK: 4600 → 8800 > “Now you monster is strong enough to destroy Havenguard…” “How observant Rainbow Dash, now go Iseris; destroy Rainbow Dash’s Havenguard!” Iseris rose up into the air and pulled his wings together, charging a powerful sphere of black fire. “Die!” Iseris fired the shot and Havenguard was vaporized in seconds. Rainbow stood her ground and blocked the dust from getting in her eyes. Rainbow Dash < LP: 4400 → 2900 > “I’m still in this duel.” Midnight just laughed. “I’m afraid that is where you’re wrong. I activate the quick-play spell, Passing the Torch! This allows me to remove a Hero monster in my graveyard from play, and then a non-Hero monster I control gains that monsters effect and becomes treated as a Hero monster. Now my ‘Hero’ Iseris gains the effect of the Evil Hero Inferno Wing in my graveyard. “Wait, I never saw what Inferno Wing did. It was destroyed before you were able to use it.” “Then let me explain, when Inferno Wing destroys a monster in battle you take damage equal to either your monster’s attack or defense points; whichever is higher. Meaning you take seven thousand three hundred damage!” Iseris came in close to Rainbow and fired a red beam from its eyes and did a sweep past Rainbow. After a couple seconds, the effect of the beam when off blasting Rainbow Dash several meters back. She skid along the ground like in her first battle. Rainbow Dash < LP: 2900 → 0 > “No Rainbow Dash!” Yugi yelled. “Game, set, match…” Yugi ran over to Rainbow only to see her smiling. “I activate Havenguard’s special ability… When he is destroyed… The monster equipped to him is revived in his place…” Rainbow weakly held her hoof up towards Kaiba. “Kaiba, your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon returns to your field…” A hole opened up in the sky and Kaiba’s dragon descended down right in front of him on his field. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon < Level 12 / ATK: 4500 > “Not only that but your Vengeance Force is used up and your monster returns to normal.” Midnight’s Vengeance Force card exploded. Midnight closed her eyes and shook her head. “Once again Rainbow Dash, you’re wrong. YOU’RE DEAD WRONG! I reveal my final trap card, Berserk Retaliation! When used in combination with Vengeance Force, these two cards have a deadly effect. When one of my monster’s attack points is reduced during the battle phase, this card flip-flops the stat change meaning that instead of losing attack points, Iseris gains the attack points instead until the end of this turn!” Iseris charged with power and grew in sized. The sky roared with lightning and darkened. Iseris, Destroyer of Harmony < ATK: 8800 → 14000 > “So sorry Rainbow Dash. You were so close but, in the end, you still couldn’t defeat me.” “But hold on.” Kaiba interrupted. “Your monster has already attacked and your card only lasts until the end of the turn. What are you trying to accomplish?” “My Berserker Retaliation has a second effect. When my monster’s attack increases, he is allowed to attack a second time this turn!” Iseris flew up and charged his attack once again. “Kaiba no!” Yugi yelled. “IT’S ALL OVER FOR YOU!” Rainbow was still shrugging to remain. The black portal below her was now starting to pull her in. All she could do was looked over towards Kaiba’s field. Then she saw his face-downs, she was barely low enough to the ground to see underneath his two cards. “Kaiba… Use your trap card now!” Just before Iseris launched his attack, Kaiba revealed his first face-down. “I activate Magical Trick Mirror! This allows to me to copy the effect of a magic card in another player’s graveyard and activate it as my own.” “And just what do you plan on doing with that? There is nothing in my graveyard that will help you.” Midnight replied. “Who said I wanted a card from your graveyard?” Then, a light shown from Rainbow’s duel disk and a card spiraled from her graveyard into Kaiba’s hoof. “I activate Rainbow Dash’s Harmony Fusion!” Just like with Rainbow, the white vortex formed in air waiting for the fusion. “You fool! You don’t have any monsters to fuse, only your one dragon. Even if you did, you are not meeting the proper requirements for Harmony Fusion to work. You’re only allowed to fuse monsters if at least one of them belongs to another duelist.” “You mean the card can only fuse monsters that belong to multiple people?” Yugi asked. “Haven’t you been paying attention? Back in Canterlot Spike fused his Armed Dragon with Rarity’s Gem-Knight and then only a few minutes ago, Rainbow fused her Archlord with Kaiba’s Dragon Cannon. It’s that card’s main weakness; you need the support of another player for it to work properly.” Then, she heard soft chuckling. “What’s so funny Rainbow Dash?” “I promised I wouldn’t lose and I made absolutely sure that I would not fail.” “What are you talking about?” “While it is true that Harmony Fusion requires two ponies to work, you’re overlooking one important fact…” Midnight glared at Rainbow. “I don’t need to give a monster to Kaiba because I already gave him Harmony Fusion…” “WHAT!?” Yugi gasped. ‘Of course, even though the monsters being fused all belong to Kaiba, Harmony Fusion itself belongs to Rainbow Dash fulfilling the requirement. The Princess infused the card with the power of the Elements, meaning it’s impossible to use alone. It requires perfect harmony between the duelists. I never thought I’d see the day Kaiba uses a card like that…’ “And that’s not all!” Kaiba continued. “I reveal my face-down card, De-Fusion! This separates my one dragon back into the three that originally created it.” Kaiba’s dragon swirled in the air and did a reverse of the original fusion from before. Blue-Eyes White Dragon (x3) < Level 8 / ATK: 3000 > “Now Magical Trick Mirror kicks in and re-fuses my three dragons into a new monster!” Kaiba’s three dragons burst into three white and spiraled into the air. The three stars flew into the clouds and exploded into the familiar 6-pointed start. Then from the sky descended a new Blue-Eyes, one Kaiba had never seen. Its body was still mostly the same but its body structure was generally sharper than before. It had a 6-pointed star on his forehead that was faintly shimmering multiple colors. Its dragon wings were replaced by pure white feathered that also had a faint rainbow color to them. “Behold the most powerful Blue-Eyes to ever exist! The Blue-Eyes Harmony Dragon! [ATK:0] Blue-Eyes Harmony Dragon < Level 12 / ATK: 0 > “But he has zero attack points…” Midnight replied. “He won’t for long because now his special ability activates. Now every dragon-type monster in the graveyard is removed from the game and he gains the combined total attack of every dragon removed!” A bright light shot from Kaiba’s graveyard and five monsters all flew out. The Chaos Emperor Dragon, The Pitch-Dark Dragon he discarded and the three Blue-Eyes he fused together. Midnight’s worry calmed down when she noticed the monster’s attack strength. “Even with all your dragons, your still eleven hundred points too weak. You miscalculated.” “I never miscalculate.” “Huh?” Kaiba simply pointed to her right. “May I suggest you take a closer look?” “What exactly are you talking about?” Then she turned to her right to see a black portal opening where Gilda once way. Out of the hole flew a single card that changed into a black dragon. “No, it can’t be…” “This duel was going on long before either of us joined and my dragon affects all dragons in the graveyard, not just mine.” “So that means Gilda’s Dark Armed Dragon… NOOOO!” All six dragons flew into Kaiba’s harmony dragon and it lit up with a bright rainbow-like aura. Blue-Eyes Harmony Dragon < ATK: 0 → 15700 > Rainbow, who had almost entire faded now, gave one last smile. “Thanks Gilda… We couldn’t have done it without you…” At last, Rainbow’s body was completely absorbed by the vortex and she was gone. “Take it away Blue-Eyes! Shining Prism Lightning!” Blue-Eyes charged a rainbow aura in his mouth and fired a lightning bolt straight at Iseris. Upon impact, the bolt exploded into a flurry of sparks that shot into the air. The explosion could be seen for miles. Midnight still in the filly’s body flew back and landed on her back. She slowly reverted back to her original appearance. Midnight Rose < LP: 200 → 0 > “You may have beaten me Kaiba but you still failed. Both Rainbow and Gilda and gone and now Scootaloo will be lost as well…” “Just what are you talking about?” Yugi asked. “Anyone in control of Iseris when he is destroyed loses their soul. Since this is Scootaloo’s body, she is the one losing her soul, not me. I never needed to win the duel; I was hoping Rainbow would be the one to take out her ‘sister’ but this will have to do.” Midnight started with a small chuckle but broke into full laughter. “Good luck Pharaoh, you’re going to need it…” Then, she lost consciousness and a small black mist could be seen floating away from the filly. Kaiba flew over the filly and looked down at her body. The filly slowly gained consciousness and looked at Kaiba… “Where… Where am I…? All I can remember is a voice telling to do things… Terrible things, and all at Rainbow Dash. I was so scared…” “Don’t worry, everything is going to be alright.” “Rainbow Dash… Is she alright?” Kaiba just turned his back to the filly. “Listen, Rainbow Dash was willing to put her very life at stake to save you. No matter what happens to you, don’t forget that she cares for you just as much as you do her.” Scootaloo just smiled. “Rainbow Dash…” Then, her body faded into the vortex like all those before her. Once she was gone, Kaiba looked down at the card Rainbow Dash had given her. “This card…” The card just shimmered. Kaiba spread his wings and flew back over to Yugi. As he landed, he threw the card back to Yugi. “I can’t believe it…” Yugi said. “Even after all that we still lost Scootaloo and Rainbow. Midnight is way too dangerous; she had to be stopped now.” “She definitely knows her way around a deck and she wasn’t even using her own cards.” “Listen… Kaiba…” “Save it Yugi, I know what you are thinking. Don’t think this duel has made me soft, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo… They just…” Kaiba stopped for a moment. “I wasn’t going to just leave a child hanging like that… Now, let’s back to town…” Once again, he spread his wings and flew back. Yugi just watched him go. ‘Kaiba… I know I can’t be the only one who sees yourself in Rainbow Dash…’ Midnight watched over the remaining duelists in her reflection pool. ‘Seto Kaiba, you meddling human…’ She thought to herself. ‘This is proving to be more difficult than I had expected. If Kaiba proved this much trouble, there is no telling how powerful the Pharaoh is. I think it’s time to rethink my strategy…’ She turned for the door and left the room. Outside was a large dark area with a second reflecting pool and another pony sitting to the side; a blue unicorn. “Great and Power Trixie…” Trixie turned to Midnight. “Rise my Dark Summoner…” She stood up at attention. “Yes Master, what it is?” “As it stands, you are the only Dark Summoner remaining other than myself. Our enemies have proven to be much more powerful then I had anticipated. It’s time we put out plan into motion. Trixie, I’m going to Canterlot on business. I want you to leave for Ponyville and eliminate Twilight Sparkle once and for all. And then, you will be reunited with Starshine.” “Yes Master…”