//------------------------------// // Friendship's Ambassador! Performapal Trick Pony! // Story: A Siren's Encore // by Richforce //------------------------------// “That Siren is about to take a huge bite out of Yuya’s lifepoints!” said Yuzu. “This all my fault!” said Sunset. “If only I could have got to them after that first time!” “They have no one to blame but themselves,” said Applejack. “Adagio choose to drag Yuya and the others into it.” “Question is,” said Yuzu. “Can Yuya drag himself out of it?” Yuya just managed to swim up to the wreck before Siren caught up to him. “Dry land won’t save you Sakaki,” said Adagio. Yuya quickly turned around while tapping the screen of his duel disk just as Siren reached him. “I activate my Performapal Call trap card negating your monster’s attack!” Siren launched its sound attack only to hit an invisible wall. “Not only that I can take two Performapal monsters from my deck whose combined defense points equals the attack points of the monster whose attack I negated and add them to my hand! Ocean Terror Siren has 1400 attack points so I add the 600 defense Performapal Sword Fish and the 800 defense pendulum monster Performapal Turn Toad to my hand!” “That was too close,” said Rainbow. “But at least he’s still in the game.” “Not only that he was able to add more monsters to his hand,” said Tetsuya. “He can’t summon from the extra deck the same turn he uses them but he’s in good shape for a pendulum summon!” Yuya took his googles off his eyes and onto his forehead. “My turn, Draw!” The card he drew had the image of a black masked wizard. “Alright!” “That look!” said Aya. “He’s going to Pendulum Summon!” said Tetsuya. Yuya held up the black masked wizard card he drew along with one of a white masked wizard. “I play scale 1 Stargazer Magician and scale 8 Timegazer Magician! With these two monsters I set the pendulum scale!” He placed the two monsters at the very edge of his duel disk, the word “pendulum” then appeared in between the two cards in rainbow lettering. The two magicians the appeared in the air in columns of light, beneath the white mage Stargazer was a stylized number 1 and beneath the black mage Timegazer was a stylized number 8. Above them a giant version of Yuya’s pendant swung in a circular pattern leaving an intricate pattern of light in the path of its tip. “Pretty,” said Pinkie. “Not just pretty,” said Rarity. “Beautiful.” “Now I am able to summon level two to seven monsters simultaneously!” said Yuya as the pendant picked up speed. “Sway, pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the heavens! Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!” A portal opened in the middle of the design shooting out three beams of colored light. “Level 2, Performapal Sword Fish!” A barracuda like fish with sunglasses, a red bowtie with yellow polka-dots and a big pompadour ending in a spike appeared. The fins along its back and stomach looked razor sharp and instead of a tail fin it had a hilt. Performapal Sword Fish Level 2 DEF 600 “Level 2, Performapal Turn Toad!” Next appeared a frog with a top hat, blue vest and a red bow tie with yellow polka-dots. It had a pink star in its right cheek and an orange on in its left. Performapal Turn Toad Level 2 DEF 800 “Level 7, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” Finally there was a large red bipedal dragon with a pair of white horns on its head and an asymmetrical pair on its back. The large right back horn had two green orbs while the smaller left horn had a single red orb. Its dichromatic eyes were red on the left and green one right. Odd-eyes then gave a powerful roar. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon Level 7 ATK 2500 Adagio started a slow clap. “The display was impressive, but in the end what did get you? Two weak monsters as wall and an admittedly powerful dragon. But it’s all flash and no substance.” “Are you sure?” said Yuya confidently. “I activate Sword Fish’s effect targeting Ocean Terror Scylla! Once per turn Sword Fish can reduce a face up monster’s attack points by 600!” Sword Fish had made six copies of itself that launched themselves towards Scylla. Each Sword Fish copy had pinned all six snake tentacles to the deck of the wreck causing Scylla to scream in pain. Scylla ATK 1800 Yuya then leapt onto Odd-Eyes’ back holding the horns on its head like handle bars. “Battle phase! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attack Ocean Terror Scylla with Spiral Flame Burst!” Odd-eyes began leaping from stone to stone to get a closer shot at Scylla. “I activate Odd-Eyes ability! When Odd-Eyes attacks a level five or higher monster all battle damage my opponent takes is doubled! Go Reaction Force!” “So that’s why he didn’t go after Siren with Sword Fish and attack it,” said Rainbow. “To get rid of her strongest monster while still dealing big damage!” “Once this attack hits she’ll only have 600 life points left!” said Yuzu. “I’m getting chills all over!” said Futoshi. Adagio leapt onto Siren’s back whose swam away at high speed. “She’s just abandoning her monster?” asked Fluttershy. Adagio swung near a card with a star pattern and a large letter A on the back and grabbed it immediately using it. “Action Spell: Miracle! This Action Card prevents my Scylla from being destroyed and cuts the damage I take in half, effectively nullifying your monster’s ability!” Odd-eyes shot a spiraling jet of flame at Scylla. Scylla however was covered in a rainbow of energy and seemed to shrug the hit off. Adagio LP: 2600 Hand: 4 Odd-eyes dropped Yuya back off at his wreck. “I end my turn and Ocean Terror Scylla’s attack points reduced by Sword Fish’s effect return to normal.” Scylla ATK 2400 Adagio also leapt back up off her Siren. “Perhaps now you’ll all see the futility in everything.” “Adagio stop it!” Sonata yelled with tears streaming down her face. “Why are you acting like this?! Why didn’t you tell us you felt this way?!” “We’re sisters!” said Aria her fist shaking in rage. “We shared everything! Our ambitions, our plans…” Adagio turned to the direction of the operating booth. “Tell me sisters do you even remember the plan?” Sonata answered first. “We were going get fame and power…” “And return home in triumph.” Adagio finished. “But haven’t you both realized how much time has passed there? I’m not stupid, when I saw Sunset and Twilight back at Canterlot High I realized that no one is waiting for us back home, not anymore. It wasn’t until after we lost our singing, our hearts that I stopped living in denial. We have nothing but I realized that the same is true for all friendships.” “You’re wrong!” said Sunset. “Our friendship is not meaningless!” “It may seem like that now but what about fifty years from now? Or a hundred? Or a thousand?! Do you think the friendship between a group of people has meaning once they are all dead and the civilization they belonged to had since crumbled into dust and been forgotten?!” No one seemed to have an answer for some time, then one came. “Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!” At first no one was sure what was going on until they realized it was Yuya who laughing. “Is something about futility funny?” asked Adagio. “No, it’s not funny at all,” said Yuya. “In fact knowing that’s what you believe makes me want to cry.” However Yuya didn’t seem to have single tear shed as he held up his pendant. “But there is something my father taught me long ago. Life is like a pendulum, when you push it always comes back. So when you feel like crying laugh instead, because when you push happiness it swings right back at you.” “Temporary happiness?!” Adagio growled. “That’s your answer?! The drivel left behind by a man who ran away not only from a title match, but his wife and child and hadn’t returned for three years?” “He didn’t run away!” said Yuya. “He must have had his reasons for disappearing!” “Not that it matters. If you won’t listen to the truth from me looks like you need another lesson, a lesson in true despair! My turn, draw! I summon Abyss Moray!” A monster appeared that looked like a cross between an eel and an anglerfish. Abyss Moray Level 4 ATK 1400 “If anything ever needed a facial it’s that thing!” said Rarity. “I activate Abyss Moray’s first effect! Once per turn I can raise its level by the level of another sea serpent monster on the field! I choose to raise Moray by Siren’s level three for a total of seven!” Abyss Moray Level 7 “Now for Moray’s second effect allowing me to take a Ritual Spell card from my deck and add it to my hand! Then I activate the ritual spell Silent Abyss Offering and release the level seven Abyss Moray!” Moray burst into seven blue flames that formed a circle around the open water before plunging into the sea. Storm clouds quickly gathered overcasting the whole area. “Hunter of the deep black sea, offer yourself to revive the deity of ocean storms! Ritual Summon!” Something was swimming deep below that was quickly surfacing. “Ancient ruler of the lightless depths, emerge from the silent abyss and cover the world in a flood of despair! Ocean Terror King Cetus!” An extremely large black sea serpent with the head of a whale burst through the water, it had four red eyes and a trident shaped horn. On surfacing it gave a low thrumming roar. Ocean Terror King Cetus Level 7 ATK 2500 “It’s huge!” said Pinkie. “No, bigger than huge it gigantacolossal!” “That ain’t even a word and I agree with ya!” said Applejack. Adagio's eyes stared at Yuya coldly. “Next I activate the spell Maw of Charybdis and equip it to Cetus!” The lagoon in the middle of the atoll formed into a giant whirlpool emerging at the center was an enormous mouth ringed with needle like teeth. “That’s scary!” cried Aya. “I’m getting the chills just looking at that thing!” said Futoshi. “Now I activate Ocean Terror Siren’s monster effect! I reduce Odd-Eyes attack points to zero to gain control of it!” The eyes of Yuya’s dragon became hearts as it leapt toward Siren. “No, Odd-Eyes!” yelled Yuya. Odd-Eyes ATK 0 “Next Ocean Terror Scylla’s effect activates! When one of my opponent’s monsters falls under my control it is immediately destroyed and for every monster destroyed by this effect you take 200 points of damage!” Four of Scylla’s snakes coiled around Odd-Eyes crushing it, then the other two shot small fireballs at Yuya. Yuya shielded himself from the impact. Yuya LP: 1800 Hand: 2 “Now the effect of Maw Charybdis activates! While it remains on the field every time a monster is destroyed the equipped monster gains 300 attack and defense points!” A crimson glow washed over Cetus. Cetus ATK 2800 Cetus lowered itself enough to let Adagio leap on top of it. “Battle phase! Ocean Terror Siren attack Performapal Turn Toad!” “Not froggy!” yelled Fluttershy. After Scylla destroyed Turn Toad the bits of light that would usually fade away instead flew into giant mouth in the middle of the whirlpool. “This activates Maw of Charybdis’ effect once again!" Cetus ATK 3100 “As along as Cetus is on the field all other sea serpent type monsters cannot be destroyed by card effects. Furthermore since Cetus was Ritual Summoned while a sea serpent monster was released it can inflict piercing damage! Which means this duel is over as soon as Cetus attacks your Sword Fish!” Yuya turned and ran, soon however he began climbing the wreck’s rigging. “Hoping an Action Card can save you? Thanks to Scylla’s earlier attack the odds of that card reducing Cetus’ attack points by enough are now very low. Ocean Terror King Cetus attack Perfromapal Sword Fish with Thunder Javelin!” Cetus’ horn charged with electricity which was then shot at Sword Fish. Yuya ran along a boom and picked up an Action Card. “Action Spell: Evasion! This card allows me to negate the attack of one monster!” Sword Fish jumped out of the lightning’s path which sent a large plume of water into the air. “I might not have been able to finish you off,” said Adagio. “But I can at least make Cetus stronger! Ocean Terror Siren attack Performapal Sword Fish!” Siren’s screech had shattered Sword Fish, the pieces sent to Charybdis’ waiting maw. Cetus ATK 3400 “I play two cards face down and end my turn!” said Adagio. “I’m sure you figured how my whirlpool of despair is the perfect counter to your Pendulum Summoning.” “What is she talking about?” asked Rarity. “Adagio has played a chain of cards that works against Yuya’s strongest moves,” said Yuzu. “First Siren can take control of the monsters Yuya summons which Scylla then destroys damaging Yuya. That activates Maw of Charybdis increasing the attack points of Cetus, who can keep Yuya from using effects to destroy the other Ocean Terrors AND it can damage Yuya even if he still has monsters in defense mode.” “When you put it that way, it sounds like she’s already won,” said Rainbow. “Don’t you say that!” said Tetsuya. “Yuya will win, he just has to keep trying!” “So has happiness swung back yet?” asked Adagio. “Or are you ready to surrender?” The look in Yuya’s eyes was not fearful or angry, instead there was a sense of resolve. “No, I made a promise.” “A promise? To who?” “Sunset wanted to reach you, she wanted to give you the same chance at friendship she had. We all make mistakes but in spite of what you did she wants to be your friend. Maybe that friendship is the meaning you’ve been looking for.” Adagio actually looked like she was holding back tears. “I want what I learned to not be true, but all the evidence tells me otherwise.” “In the future who knows what will happen but what we do have are our friends, this day and for right now this duel. The duel I will use to keep my promise! My turn, draw!” Yuya saw that the card he drew had the image of a magician in a top hat, for a moment he could imagine that it was his father. “You always had a way of showing up when I need confidence”. “Once again I’ll use Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician to Pendulum Summon!” The portal appeared again and four light shot out. “From my hand I summon level 2 Performapal Cheermole!” A little pink mole appeared wearing a mint green cheerleader’s dress with a yellow star on it, a small brown ponytail held in place by a green bow with light green polka-dots and a pair of blue pom-poms. The mole shyly hid behind the pom-poms. Performapal Cheermole Level 2 DEF 1000 “Level 4 Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer!” Up next was a man dressed up in a red stage magician’s outfit with a red top hat with a yellow star near the brim. In his right hand he held a large pendulum. Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer Level 4 ATK 1500 “And from the extra deck I summon back level 4 Performapal Silver Claw and level 7 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” The wolf and dragon reappeared with a roar. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon Level 7 ATK 2500 Performapal Silver Claw Level 4 ATK 1800 “Oh puppy’s back!” squealed Fluttershy. “And he brought a cute little mole friend!” “It actually reminds a little of you Fluttershy,” said Rarity. Adagio however was not so impressed. “I activate the continuous trap Call of the Sirens! This trap allows me to use Ocean Terror Siren’s effect during your turn when you summon a monster! So I’ll be taking your Odd-Eyes back!” “Not this again!” said Yuya. The Dragon’s eyes became hearts once more. Odd-Eyes ATK 0 “Of course this activates the whirlpool of despair! Scylla’s effect activates destroying your monster and dealing you 200 points of damage!” Scylla’s snakes crushed the hapless dragon and shot two small fire balls at Yuya. Yuya LP: 1600 Hand: 1 “Finally Odd-Eyes destruction triggers the effect of Maw of Charybdis, making Cetus even more powerful!” Cetus ATK 3700 “That’s actually fine by me!” said Yuya. “Because I got just the cards I need to break up your whirlpool!” “Break the whirlpool?!” asked Aya. “Alright!” said Rainbow. “Time for a counter attack!” “Battle Phase! Performapal Silver Claw attack Ocean Terror Scylla!” “Scylla?!” asked Sonata. “What is he nuts?” said Aria. “Silver Claw’s effect activates increasing the attack of all Performapals on the field by 300!” Silver Claw ATK 2100 Pendulum Sorcerer ATK 1800 “Your wolf is still too weak!” said Adagio. “Not with his friends he isn’t!” said Yuya. “I activate Cheermole’s effect! Once per turn if the attack of a monster increases Cheermole can boost its attack by an additional 1000 points!” Cheermole began a cheerleading routine shaking stars out of its pom-poms. “It’s even more adorable!” said Fluttershy. The stars flew into Silver Claw. Silver Claw ATK 3100 "Yeehaw! Rope that steer!” said Applejack. Silver Claw leapt at Scylla ready to strike. Cetus used its long body to bring Adagio next to a large rock outcropping where she picked up an action card. “Action Spell: Crashing Wave! This card allows me to change the battle mode of one of my monsters, I choose to switch Scylla into defense mode!” A wave washed over Scylla whose tentacles now were crossed in front of her. Scylla DEF 1200 Silver Claw sliced right through the monster sending glowing sparkles into the air. “Now Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer attack Ocean Terror Siren! Prism Pulse!” The Sorcerer thrust his pendulum forward, from a large jewel in the center a beam of rainbow light burst forth blasting a huge hole in Siren who then burst into sparkles. Adagio LP: 2200 Hand: 0 “You think you’re so clever!” yelled Adagio. “Don’t forget for every monster destroyed Maw of Charybdis increases Cetus’ attack and defense by 300. You destroyed two monsters boosting him to over 4000!” Cetus ATK 4000 > 4300 “You’ve used up both of your attacks so go ahead and let me finish your useless struggles!” “But my turn isn’t over yet! For now I end the battle phase ending Silver Claw’s effect.” Silver Claw ATK 2800 Pendulum Sorcerer ATK 1500 "Next I activate Pendulum’s Sorcerer’s effect! When this monster is special summoned I can destroy two cards I control then get two different Performapals from my deck! I destroy Pendulum Sorcerer and Stargazer Magician!” The two spellcasters broke apart. “You’re just increasing Cetus’ power even more!” “Not by as much as you’d think. When a pendulum monster is in one of the two pendulum zones it counts as spell card not a monster so Cetus only goes up by 300.” Cetus ATK 4600 “But he just sealed his Pendulum summoning!” said Futoshi. “The Performapals I add to my hand are Trump Witch and Trick Pony. Now I play one card face down and end my turn!” “With Trump Witch there’s only one move he’s planning now!” said Aya. “Pendulum Fusion!” said Tetsuya. “What’s Pendulum Fusion?” asked Pinkie. “It’s the newest weapon is Yuya’s arsenal,” said Yuzu. “Using Trump Witch’s effect he can transition from a Pendulum Summon into a Fusion Summon and bring out one of two really powerful monsters.” “Sounds like just the thing we need right now,” said Rarity. “No, their own neither monster would be strong enough to beat a 4600 attack point monster.” Sunset however didn’t seem to hear anyone. “Trick…Pony…that’s the card we made together.” “I gave that card to Yuya so that it’d reach Adagio, did my magic somehow know this was going to happen? Is that why it used his pendant to make that card? It had to! Magic happens for a reason and friendship is magic! You can reach her Yuya, her and her sisters! Just hold out for one more turn!” “Well this has been an interesting diversion,” said Adagio. “But it’s about time we ended this little farce. My turn, draw! I activate the trap card Maelstrom!” The whirlpool began to churn faster. “If I had taken battle damage last turn Maelstrom destroys all monsters on the field that are not water attribute and the only one that is right now is Cetus!” Silver Claw and Cheermole were swept into the vortex. “Leave the critters alone!” cried Fluttershy. The two monsters vanished into Charybdis’ mouth. “Now Cetus gains another 600 points!” Cetus ATK 4900 > 5200 “Now with over 5000 attack points the only thing Cetus has to worry about is your face down card, something I’m going to rectify.” Cetus took Adagio near another wreck that had a treasure chest in a pile of gold. Adagio leapt next to the chest and opened it revealing more gold with an action card wedged in. “Action Spell: Gold Coin! This lets me draw another card!” Adagio looked at what she drew. “Just what I needed, I activate the spell card Salvage! This lets me add two water attribute monsters from my graveyard to my hand! I add Abyss Moray and Ocean Terror Siren!” “Not those guys again!” said Futoshi. “After all the trouble Yuya went through to get rid of them!” “I summon Ocean Terror Siren back to the field!” Siren reappeared. Ocean Terror Siren ATK 1400 Adagio leapt back onto Cetus. “This allows me to activate the Rise from the Depths spell card! I can special summon an Ocean Terror monster from the graveyard if I normal summoned a sea serpent monster whose level is half the level of that monster. So return now Ocean Terror Scylla!” Scylla leapt up from the churning sea. Ocean Terror Scylla ATK 2400 “Your face down might be able to protect you from one attack but how about three? Battle Phase! Ocean Terror Scylla, direct attack!” Yuya lowered his goggles. “I activate Performapal Pinch Helper! This continuous trap negates one direct attack when activated!” Scylla’s snakes bounced off an invisible wall. “Then Pinch Helper allows me to summon a Performapal from my deck whose attack is 800 or less by negating its effects. Come now Performapal Kaleidoscorp!” A red scorpion with star emblazoned shields instead of pincers and a kaleidoscope instead of a stinger appeared. It wore a blue top hat a blue bowtie with pink polka-dots and an identical tie on its tail. Perfromapal Kaleidoscorp Level 5 DEF 2300 “Normally that would be an impressive defense,” said Adagio. “But Cetus can inflict piercing damage and his 5200 attack points make your defense a joke. Ocean Terror King Cetus attack Perfromapal Keleidoscorp, Thunder Javelin!” “I activate Pinch Helper’s second effect! When a monster I control does battle I can send this trap to the graveyard to reduce the damage from that battle by half!” The lightning bolt destroyed the scorpion and the shockwave sent Yuya into the lagoon. Yuya LP: 150 Hand: 2 Cetus ATK 5500 Yuya was swept up by Charybdis’ vortex. Everyone watching from the hallway cried out. “Yuya!” “You have no more cards on the field and both of the cards in your hand are monsters,” said Adagio. “In the end your resistance was pointless. Ocean Terror Siren end this, direct attack.” Siren swam with the current then launched a sonic attack at Yuya. The blast knocked him out of the water and back onto the deck of the wreck. “Yuya!!” shouted Sunset. “In the end all things are meaningless,” said Adagio. Yuya LP: 150 Hand: 2 “What?!” “Huh?!” “Impossible!” Yuya got up on his feet and pulled his goggles up. “But how did…an Action Card,” said Adagio. “You managed to grab one while swept up in the whirlpool.” Yuya nodded. “Action Spell: Encore. This card can copy the effect of an Action Card in the graveyard. The card I selected was Action Spell: Evasion negating Siren’s attack.” “Three attacks that should have wiped him out instantly and he still managed to survive?!” said Aria. “I knew Yuya could do it!” said Tetsuya. “Oh the chills!” said Futoshi. “Yuya,” said Adagio. “You are unlike anyone I ever met. You cling to the barest thread of possibility to try to overcome incredible odds, all to keep a promise made to a girl you barely know. For the first time in so very long I think I can see a ray of light reaching into the depths of my heart. I’ll give you a chance, I’m ending my turn now come at me with everything you got! If you can turn this around then maybe my life isn’t as hopeless as I thought it was.” “Yuya,” said Sunset. “I know you can do it.” Yuya readied himself for his move. “I know it’s possible, but it will be far from easy. Trump Witch and Trick Pony can turn this around but the moment I summon a monster the combination of Siren and Scylla’s effects will wipe out what little life points I have left. It all comes down to the next card…” “My turn, draw!” The motion of his arms seemed to create a rainbow of sparkles as he drew. For a moment it seemed as if the whole field faded to black, then a as if a spotlight had been turned on Yuya as standing on the crow’s nest of his wreck. “Ladies and Gentlemen!” “This is…” said Aya. “Yuya’s Entertainment Duel!” said Tetsuya. “The chills!” said Futoshi. “At this moment,” said Yuya. “I appear to be in a desperate situation, but through the power of friendship the whole scenario will turned around in a Magical Reversal!” “Magical?” said the Rainbooms. “Reversal?” said the other two Dazzlings. “To begin with I play the spell card Axe of Fools and equip it to Ocean Terror Siren!” A large silver axe with a smiling gold face appeared in Siren’s hand. The monster started smiling a genuine smile. “See a smile makes everyone look better!” said Pinkie. Siren ATK 2400 “Why would you play a card that would make mine stronger?” asked Adagio. “Because all the effects of any monster equipped with Axe of Fools are negated. That means you can no longer activate Call of the Sirens.” “All right! He broke her combo!” said Rainbow. “Next I play scale 4 Performapal Trump Witch! Along with scale 8 Timegazer Magician I set the Pendulum Scale!” A blonde masked witch appeared wearing a raggedy dress and carrying a staff topped with a skull and crossbones. A stylized number 4 appeared beneath her. “Now I am able summon level 5 to 7 monsters simultaneously! Sway, pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the heavens! Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!” The portal reappeared sending four beams of light. “From the extra deck Level 5 Stargazer Magician!” Stargazer Magician Level 5 ATK 1200 “Level 5 Performapal Kaleidoscorp!” Kaleidoscorp ATK 100 “Level 7 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” Odd-Eyes ATK 2500 “And from my hand level 6 Performapal Trick Pony!” A white pony with a blonde mane appeared wearing a small conical clown’s hat at an angle suggestive of a horn, a ruffled collar with two larger than normal ruffles that were reminiscent of wings, a blue tail bow with pink polka-dots and a single yellow star on its flank. It reared back on two legs and neighed. Performapal Trick Pony Level 6 ATK 1900 “That’s the card made by my magic,” said Sunset. “The symbol of our friendship.” “I activate Trump Witch’s pendulum effect! Once per turn I can Fusion Summon using monsters I control as fusion material! I fuse Stargazer Magician and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” Trump Witch shot symbols like those of card suits at Stargazer and Odd-Eyes. The two then became beams of light that swirled into an orb. “Bearer of mysterious powers, become a bright light in the eye of the Dragon! Fusion Summon!” The orb of light became a bipedal red dragon with gold rings on its head and back, it had a green left eye while its right was covered by a runic symbol. “Come forth arcane dragon, wielder of ancient magics! Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!” Rune-Eyes gave off a big roar. Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon Level 8 ATK 3000 “Rune-Eyes monster effect, if he was fusion summoned using a spellcaster type monster on the field it allows him to attack my opponent’s monsters multiple times depending on that monster’s level. Stargazer is a level 5 so Rune-Eyes can attack three times.” Electricity formed a triangle pattern on the indents on the larger back ring. “So that one critter can take out the two that’ve been giving him so much trouble!” said Applejack. Yuya leapt form the crow’s nest onto Rune-Eyes’ back. “Battle Phase! Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attack Ocean Terror Siren, Shinning Burst!” Rune-Eyes sent a stream of light from the lower left corner of the triangle towards Siren before destroying it. Adagio LP: 1600 Hand: 1 “The effect of Maw of Charybdis activates increasing Cetus’ attack by 300,” said Adagio. Cetus ATK 5800 “Second attack!” said Yuya. “Rune-Eyes attack Ocean Terror Scylla!” The beam this time came from the lower right corner. Adagio LP: 1000 Cetus ATK 6100 “Impressive,” said Adagio. “But my monster now has over 6000 attack points.” “And that is the moment I’ve been waiting for,” said Yuya. “It’s time for Magical Reversal’s star to come out! I activate Trick Pony’s monster effect! Once per turn I can target a monster I special summoned from the extra deck and the monster on your field with the lowest attack points. I select Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Ocean Terror King Cetus!” Trick Pony leapt onto Rune Eyes’ neck then once again into the air. As it leapt sunlight peaked through the storm clouds, as Trick Pony disturbed the rain the combined effect left a rainbow in its wake. “How pretty,” said Fluttershy. “Not to mention graceful,” said Rarity. Trick pony landed on Cetus’ head in front of Adagio and gave a short wink before leaping back to beside Rune-Eyes. “Now for the rest of the turn the targeted monsters actually exchange their attack and defense points!” “It could do something like that?!” said Sunset. “Talk about a reversal!” Rune-Eyes ATK 6100 Cetus ATK 3000 “Yuya attacked Siren and Scylla first all in preparation for this one effect!” said Yuzu. “With their attacks swapped Adagio will take 3100 points of damage but with only 1000 life points left…” “Yuya’s gonna win!” said Tetsuya. “And now for the grand finale!” said Yuya. “Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Ocean Terror King Cetus! Endless Shinning Burst!” The final light beam came from the top corner of the triangle and went straight down Cetus’ mouth. Both he and Charybdis exploded from the attack as Adagio was thrown clear off. “Incredible,” Adagio thought. “He actually did it…” Adagio landed in the now calm lagoon with an enormous splash. Adagio LP: 0 Winner: Yuya Sakaki Yuya and his monsters had taken a bow as the field returned to the normal enclosure it was before. Adagio was sitting a short distance from him. Yuya came over to her and offered his hand. “Thank you for helping me put on a good show.” Adagio took it and got up. “I should be the one thanking you. After I lost my singing I thought my life was more or less over, but now it feels like I can see daylight after a long time in the dark.” “Thank Sunset, she was the one who never gave up on you, I just gave her wishes a voice through my dueling.” “Yuya!” called out all of the students of the You Show Duel School as they ran out to congratulate Yuya. The Rainbooms came out afterward along with the other two Dazzlings. “Sis are you ok?!” asked Sonata. “I’m fine,” said Adagio. “But I think we better go back with these girls. We have a lot to make up for.” “But you’ll have some friends with you when you do,” said Sunset. As the others were talking and laughing Yuya held up his pendant and began to swing it admiring the sunlight glinting off the crystal. “It’s like my dad always said ‘life is like a pendulum’. If you push with friendship then friendship will swing back your way.” The End Cards made for this story Action Field: Shipwreck Reef Action Spell: Crashing Wave Action Spell: Gold Coin Ocean Terror Siren Ocean Terror Scylla Abyss Moray Silent Abyss Offerings Rise from the Depths Ocean Terror King Cetus Call of the Sirens Performapal Trick Pony