//------------------------------// // Chapter seven // Story: Yugioh GX: the Duelist of Harmony // by chrisharte97 //------------------------------// It had been two days since I was put into the infirmary after that faithful duel with James and I was up and about, ready for more dueling. But Princess Celestia and the other of my duel monster spirit friends were not so sure if I should start dueling yet for they thought I wasn't strong enough yet to handle the Shadow Sniper and his dark powers. So I decided to relax for a while and think of some strategies for my next duels. I was walking through one of the hallways of Duel Academy, thinking of the benefits of me coming here because I'm starting to have second thoughts right now, but then I soon bumped into Jaden's friend Zane while I was looking out the windows. "Oops, sorry about that Zane," I apologized to Zane, "I wasn't looking on where I was going." "It's fine Chris," Zane said to me, "Are you still shaken on what happened to you during your duel with James?" I had a chill down my spine when he said that to me, "Yeah I'am," I replied to him as I was about to walk away back towards the Slifer Red dorm. But Zane stopped me as he said to me, "If your going to let this fear of your's stay, you'll have to duel me if you want to get over this fear of the Shadow Sniper controlling you quicker." I thought to myself, 'Can I really do it?' as I soon thought of the Shadow Sniper hurting my duel spirit friends, 'What 'am I talking about, I have to face my fears of the Shadow Sniper,' then said to Zane, "You got a duel Zane, how about tonight at eight?" "That sounds good," Zane replied, "That way we'll see if you can face your fears of the Shadow Sniper." "Alright then Zane," I said as I went back to the Slifer Red dorm to get my deck and duel disk ready for tonight. Tonight, I was going to face my fears of the Shadow Sniper trying to take control of me and my duel spirit friends. That night, I walked outside with my deck and duel disk while Jaden, Syrus, Jesse, Hasslebary, Alexis, and Chazz followed me to watch the duel between me and Zane. When we made it to where Zane wanted to duel me which was on a cliff side at the east side of the island, we saw that Zane was already here waiting for me. "Are you ready Chris?" Zane asked me. I looked at Sunset Shimmer as we nodded and I replied, "Yes I'am Zane, it's time to get your game on," as our duel disks went online. "GAME ON," we said as we drew our first five cards; mine were Spike... WaWor... My Empire of Crystals field spell... My Gatling gun Barrage trap card... And my Dark Magic Mirror trap card... "I'll go first," Zane said, "I draw," as he drew his first card, "And I'll start by summoning Cyber Dragon in attack mode," and Cyber Dragon took to the field, "Next I'll place one card face down and end my turn." "Okay then, it's my go," I said drawing my first card and it was Fluttershy... 'Yes, she is perfect for now,' I thought to myself as I said to Zane, "First I'll summon Fluttershy in defense mode," and when Fluttershy took to the field, she saw the giant Cyber Dragon, and squealed in fright at the sight of Zane's monster. "Oh my, that's a really scary Dragon," she said to me, "Are you sure about this Chris?" "Don't worry Fluttershy, me and the others will be with you every step of the way," I said to her, "Now I play my Empire of Crystals field spell," I continued my turn as I placed the Empire of Crystals field spell zone and the field turned into the main plaza of the Crystal Empire, "And finally I'll place one card face down and end my turn, it's your move Zane." "Alright, my draw," Zane said as he drew his next card, "I'll activate Polymerization to fuse the Cyber Dragon I have out on my field and the one I have in my hand to fusion summon Cyber Twin Dragon," and as the Cyber Dragon was replaced with a two headed Cyber Dragon. Fluttershy screamed in sheer fright at the sight of Cyber Twin Dragon, "Oh great Celestia!" she screamed in fear as she covered her eyes with her front hooves. "What's her problem with my Cyber Dragons?" Zane asked me. "She has a fear of grown up Dragons," I replied to him. "In that case, Cyber Twin Dragon, put Fluttershy out of her misery with Double Strident Blast!" Zane ordered as Cyber Twin Dragon blasted an energy blast at Fluttershy. "Chris, save me please!" Fluttershy screamed to me. "I will Fluttershy, I play a trap, called Dark Magic Mirror," I said as my trap card revealed it's self, "With this card, Fluttershy is safe, and your attack is redirected right back at you," and a large mirror appeared in front of Cyber Twin Dragon's attack and a purple glow formed around the mirror then sent Cyber Twin Dragon's attack right back at him. "I play my face down, De-fusion," Zane said as his De-fusion spell card revealed it's self and Cyber Twin Dragon separated into the two Cyber Dragons that created the two headed Cyber Dragon, "Now you don't have a target to destroy." 'That is not good,' I thought to myself. "And I'll place one card face down," Zane finished placing his face down card, "It's your move Chris." "Okay then, I draw," I said pulling my next card and it was my Stained glass of Destiny spell card... "I activate the spell card Stained glass of Destiny; with this card, I get to draw four more cards, but only if I discard one of those card to the Graveyard," I said to Zane as I drew my four cards which were Princess Luna... Nightmare Mist... My Crystal Circle spell card... And Doctor Whooves Lv.4... Then sent my Gatling gun Barrage trap card to the Graveyard. "I sacrifice Nightmare Mist in order to Princess Luna in attack mode," I said as Nightmare Mist rocketed up to the moon, then the moon began to shine down next to Fluttershy, and out of that light came the Princess of the Moon herself, "It's great to have you again Luna." "Well it's great to be out again Chris," Luna said to me. "And I'll activate her special effect which destroys all the trap cards you have out on the field," I continued to Zane as Luna used her magic to destroy Zane's face down card which was his Attack Reflector Unit trap card, "Now you can't summon Cyber Barrier Dragon to the field," and I smiled, "And next I activate Fluttershy's special ability where I can take control of one of your monsters for at least two turns." "What?" Zane exclaimed as Fluttershy used her stare on one of his Cyber Dragons and that Cyber Dragon had no choice but to come over to my side of the field. "And with that I'll end my turn," I finished, "It's your move Zane." "Alright, my draw," Zane said pulling his next card from his deck, "I think that should do for now." "Fine then, I draw," I said drawing my next card from my deck and it was the card I was hoping to draw, The Master and the Student trap card... But I wasn't afraid anymore because I had a plan, "I'll place this card face down and switch Luna to defense mode and that's that." "Alright, my draw," Zane said pulling another card from his deck, "And summon my third Cyber Dragon in attack mode," as his third Cyber Dragon took to the field, "And now attack Fluttershy with Strident Blast!" he ordered as that Cyber Dragon blasted Fluttershy and she screamed as she exploded. "No!" I yelled. "And with her gone, the second Cyber Dragon that you put under your control comes back to my side of the field," he continued as his Cyber Dragon that was on my side of the field returned to him, "And finally I'll place one card face down and end my turn." "Okay, my draw," I said pulling my next card from my deck and it was Crystal Pony-Arctic Lily... "I summon Crystal Pony-Arctic Lily in defense mode," I said as Arctic Lily took to the field, "Then I'll activate her special effect; by sending one card to the Graveyard, if there is a level four or bellow monster in your hand, it's sent to the Graveyard, and you lose life points equal to that monster's attack points so let's see what you got there Zane," then Arctic Lily sent a breath of cold air towards one of Zane's cards in his hand which was Proto-Cyber Dragon was sent to the Graveyard. LP count: Chris: 4000 Zane: 2900 "Great work there Arctic Lily," I said to her. "Thank you Chris," she said kindly. "And next I play the spell card Crystal Circle; which means I can fuse Luna and Arctic Lily together to create a new Crystal Pony so I fusion summon Crystal Luna," I continued as Luna and Arctic Lily merged together to create Luna's Crystal form. "I'am ready for anything Chris," Luna said to me as I nodded. "Attack Cyber Dragon with Crystal Moon Blast," I said to Luna as she used her Crystal Magic to create an energy blast at the Cyber Dragon I chose. "Not so fast Chris," I play Negate Attack," Zane said to me as Luna's blast was stopped. "I guess I'll end my turn then," I finished. "My draw," Zane said pulling another card from his deck, "And I'll sacrifice two of my Cyber Dragons to activate my Photon Generator Unit spell card to summon Cyber Laser Dragon," he explained as two of his Cyber Dragons disappeared and Cyber Laser Dragon took their place, "And activate it's special ability which destroys any of your monsters with more than 2400 attack points." 'Oh no,' I thought to myself. "Cyber Laser Dragon, attack with Blue Lightning Lash!" he ordered as his Cyber Laser Dragon blasted Luna with a blue beam from it's robotic tail. When the blast hit Luna, she cried out, "Gwaaah!!!" and exploded in blue smoke. "Now Cyber Dragon, attack Chris directly with Strident Blast!" Zane ordered as his Cyber Dragon blasted me off my feet. LP count: Zane: 2900 Chris: 1900 "And I'll end my turn there," Zane finished, "It's your move." I managed to get back up on my feet and said to him, "Alright then... My draw," as I drew my next card and it was my Pony's Corruption spell card... "I play my Pony's Corruption spell card; with this card by sending one Pony type monster to the Graveyard, I can special summon one level five or higher Dark Pony type monster to the field," I explained as I sent WaWor to the Graveyard, "So by sending WaWor to the Graveyard, I can special summon King Sombra-Lord of Dark Magic to the field in attack mode," and King Sombra in his adult form took to the field... To be continued in chapter eight...