"FINAL TURN!" McGrath declared as he drew the top card of his deck. He was currently in a heated cardfight with Sutakira, the goal of the game is to get your opponent to six or more cards in their Damage Zone. Sutakira had currently 5 cards in his Damage Zone, a full field with with his ace, "Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios", on the Vanguard circle. McGrath himself had currently 4 cards in his Damage Zone and just rode his avatar, "Dragonic Overlord "The Яe-birth'" on top of his "Dragonic Overlord". Because he has 4 and he rode a unit of the same clan as "Dragonic Overlord", it granted his new Vanguard a additional 10000 power.
"The conditions have been met! Limit Break! Eternal Flame!" McGrath hammed it up, locking his own rearguard, allowing him three attacks with his Vanguard. McGrath first attack the rear-guard, his twin drive revealing two Critical Triggers, thus if his next attack hits his opponent Vanguard he would inflict 3 Damage. McGrath attacked again but Sutakira guarded with a Perfect Shield, thus nullifying the attack but McGrath was still allowed to twin-drive, revealing another Critical Trigger. McGrath went for his third and final attack but unfortunately for him Sutakira planed this and used a second Perfect Shield to nullify the attack. As McGrath can't do anything else, he ended his turn but thanks to Sutakira's "Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios" Skill, his units wouldn't be unlocked until the next end of turn and thanks to its Ultimate Break, as McGrath has 5 Locked Units at the start of Sutakira's turn, wins the game by default.
"Good game, McGrath." Sutakira complimented as McGrath dropped his head on the table in disappointment. "Why can't I ever beat you!" McGrath asked as he looked his friend straight in the eye. "Just bad luck I think. If I didn't had those two Perfect Shields you would have ended me then and there." Sutakira explained but their attention was soon draw to Rainbow who informed them that the train had currently entered the North Pole.
"Are we there yet?" a bored Pinkie asked McGrath, she was only bored because she had to sit this game out, she loved to play Vanguard with her friend, with emphasis on PLAY, not watch. Though she had to admit it was a good match between them. "Almost." McGrath said as he placed his deck in his deck box. "You know, it's pretty weird to think we're riding on a ice cap right now." Sutakira noted as he looked out the window. "What?" Pinkie asked, turning her head towards him, as the steel blueish haired guy continued, "Yeah, there is no more land below us. It's all just ice. Technically we're riding on the ocean.", he said but he was surprised by what happened next.
"Oh Skywalker's Lightning..." Pinkie shouted as she quickly opened one of the windows, letting some snowflakes in with a cold gust of wind as she was evidently throwing up. When she came back in, she noticed the surprised look from her friends and as she closed the window she answered "You know I get sea sick!"
"Oh yes he does!" the voice of Phoenix interrupted them turning their attention towards the discussion he was having with Twilight, from what they could make up from it they were having a discussion on who would win in a fight, though they couldn't make out who was fighting who.
"Sutakira, your smart right?" Twilight asked, turning her gaze towards him. "I do not like to brag but I am the smartest of our group." he said confidently, but Twilight scoffed at this, "I'm sorry, but I believe I am the smartest of our group." she responded.
Sutakira let out a soft chuckle before responding, "Anything you can do, I can do better!", this made Twilight return a chuckle before responding, "I can do anything better than you!".
He shook his head while saying, "No, you can't." gaining another scoff from the purple unicorn, "Yes, I can!" she responded.
Sutakira opened his mouth to respond but McGrath cut him off, "Please, can we have one adventure without someone bursting out into song!?" he shouted snapping the two back to the original topic.
"Anyway, who would win in a one-V-one fight?" Phoenix started gaining a shocked look from McGrath, it wouldn't matter who Phoenix will name for the fight, he knew a flame war was imminent. "Messiah or Celestia?", everybody turned their attention to the blueish haired guy, no matter what he will say, shit would hit the fan. So McGrath braced himself.
"Well, even though Celestia has way more experience than Skywalker, he has done similar feats as her or surpassed her." he started, oh crap, "Celestia fought Nightmare Moon to a stand still, like Skywalker did. Celestia on her own couldn't defeat Discord without the help from Luna and the EoH, while Skywalker not only fought toe-to-toe with the Spirit of Chaos, he did defeated him in the end. Same with a Love Buffed Chrysalis. Celestia lost in a single beam-o-war, while Skywalker not only defeated her and her army of Changelings, he was openly mocking her. So I have to say, if he is smart about it, Skywalker COULD win. Then again... he is not always smart.", he finished and as McGrath predicted the train cabin was filled with shouting. Speaking of Skywalker, where is he?
Meanwhile over at the food wagon, Skywalker was enjoying a coup of his favorite ice cream, strawberry cheese cake, while contemplating what the visions were telling him. Soon he heard hoof steps walking up to his table, looking up he saw Fluttershy up to him.
"Uhm... Hi, Jason." she said in her soft voice not sure if she should take a seat across from him or not. Noticing the puzzling look from his yellow friend, he reached out with his mind, moving the chair across from back and gesturing for her to sit down.
This made the yellow mare smile as she sat down she notice a book next to the nearly empty coup.
"What were you reading?" she asked him curiously as he wiped his mouth with a napkin before answering, "Great Expectations.".
Fluttershy looked at the back cover before turning her light blue eyes back to him, "Is it any good?" she asked him.
Skywalker placed his spoon in his coup, "It's not what I'd hoped for.", he said gaining a soft giggle from the mare across from him, "Anyways, is there something you wanted to talk about?".
Fluttershy gained a small blush on her cheeks as she shook her head, "Not really, they're having a big argument about who would win in a fight.", she explained gaining a soft chuckle from him. "Sounds like our friends. Anyways who's fighting who?". His question made her look to the ground.
"Uhm... Celestia vs... you. Their opinion is split down in the middle." she told him, she was startled by by the sudden burst of laughter from her friend. At that time, she couldn't understand what's so funny about what she told him. After calming down, he turning his amber eyes back to her, "And? Who do you think would win?" he asked her, what surprised him was her sudden outburst, "I THINK YOU WOULD WIN!" she said so fast that it was a wonder that he could understand it, even with his super-hearing.
"Well, I'm glad at least you believe me in." he said with a soft smile. Skywalker was happy, at first Fluttershy hardly talked to him, at first he thought she might have been mute but he had heard he speak before he entered rooms, but she went silent the moment she saw him. He had no idea what he had done to her, but he was happy they could talk like friends now.
Taking his gaze off the yellow mare, he checked the time on his phone, they should be arriving with in a minute or five. "We should be there soon. I better go change." he told Fluttershy as he stood up heading to his cabin, gaining a nod from her. With his back turned to her, he couldn't see the blush on Fluttershy's face, at this moment she was glad that telepathy wasn't one of his super powers.
And as predicted, five minutes later the train arrived at their destination. A cold gush of wind swept over the party, but being smart the guys had changed from their relative light clothes to some more fitting for this kind of weather.
Skywalker had exchanged his usual open black jacked for a white winter coat, as a light blue scarf was tied around his neck, giving him a mature look. McGrath was wearing a similar coat, though his was very dark gray and its coat tails were a bit longer, around his neck was a gray scarf tucked in, unlike Skywalker's who's scarf and was blowing freely, he also added a pair of leather gloves. Griffifth was wearing a winter version of his usual black leather jacked, his hood was outlined with fur and on his head was a red beanie. Sutakira, being the most logical was dressed in a cyan winter survival suit, which made him look like a certain Pegasi they know. And Phoenix... was dressed in his usual clothes as how he usual explained and I quote "The cold never bothers me anyway.".
"Jeez, its cold!" Big Mac exclaimed, gaining a nod from the mare's who, unlike the other guys did not thought of packing some winter clothes. Griffifth was rubbing his hands, even though he could survive pretty much everything, cold was one of his only weaknesses. As the cold prevents his biomass from replicating, "Who are we waiting for?" he asked blowing his hands. As if on cue, Shining Armor came trotting towards them in a similar coat as Sutakira, though his was a nice shade of dark gray. "Skywalker! And friends!" he shouted as his little sister ran towards them pulling him in a hug.
"Twily! I'm so glad your here." her older brother said, giving her a smile before turning serious, "We better get moving. There are things out here we really don't want to run into after dark." he told them as he turned around, leading them towards the Chrystal Empire.
"What kind of things?" Fluttershy asked nervously, but she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up she saw Skywalker smiling at her, this assured her, if Skywalker wasn't scared there was no reason too.
"Let's just say the empire... isn't the only thing that's returned. Something keeps trying to get in! We think it's the unicorn king who originally cursed the place.", Shining explained to them, gaining a deep sigh from the gang.
Skywalker rolled his "And here I though thinks would be easy...", he thought to himself.
His thoughts were soon interrupted as a blood curling roar was heard behind them. The party stood still for a moment, turning around to see what made that noise. Sutakira was the first to speak up, "That doesn't sound good." he noted. Yeah, no shit.
"Th-That's one of the things, isn't it?", Fluttershy said, taking a step closer to Skywalker. "We have to get to the Crystal Empire. Now!" Shining Armor shouted, the panic in his voice clear to them, making them know that something was very, very wrong.
But before they could turn around a giant cloud of black smoke rose in front of them, two dark red eyes glaring at them as it flashed it razor sharp teeth.
Not wasting a moment, the party turned around and made a mad dash for the shield that was right in front of them. "What the neuk is the Smoke Monster from Lost doing here!?" McGrath shouted, as King Sombra gained ground on them, not a moment too soon they crossed the shield. A second later and Sombra would have devoured them.
The gang was panting on a lush green grass, some of them were hunched over, others where laying down, Pinkie was one of them "Save!", she shouted as if this was a game.
Twilight looked over her friends, none of them seemed to have been injured, "Everypony okay?", but she asked just in case.
"I'm ran so hard I could poop blood...", Griffifth responded as he regained his breath, the others in general agreed that they were okay, as they regained their breath. "Where is Shining Armor?" Skywalker noted that the white stallion wasn't there, and if on cue a wounded form of the Royal Captain being throw through the shield.
Skywalker and Twilight were the first at his side, from what they could see, he was physically drained, which could be from the running or worse... but on his horn were some small dark rocks, emitting a occasionally dark purple sparks .
Shining Armor tried to get back up to his hooves but he was too drained, his attempted to use magic was met with similar success as the stones somehow prevented the magic from being released from his horn.
Skywalker lifted Shining Armor on his back, placing his hands on his cutiemarks, making sure he had enough grip, "Come on we can fix you back at the Crystal Empire. No where is it?" Skywalker asked as he turned around, noticing the large Chrystal castle.
"I thought we were going to the Chrystal Empire." Phoenix complained before suddenly turning happy, "But I don't mind if were going to Disney Land instead.".