//------------------------------// // Ch.5- One banner, One rule, a Dark Harmony // Story: Duel of the Millennium // by RoyalStar709 //------------------------------// “Now Mistress Starlight, you must concentrate on your studies!” The Toon Sorcerer scolded the young filly. “These cards you have chosen for your deck are less than effective.” The Toon tsk, grabbing a monster card from the filly’s deck, “I mean really? While the Watapon may be a good card in the right hands, it is simply much to advance of a card for you to properly use!” Grabbing Starlight’s deck, he looked through the cards, “And the worst part is, that this deck is filled with nothing but monster cards! Not a single trap or spell to be seen!” Starlight groaned, “What’s the big deal anyways? So my deck doesn’t have any spells or traps, but it filled with only the strongest monsters in the vault!” She proclaimed smugly. “He’s right Starlight, you can’t run a proper deck with only monsters.” Starlight and the Toon jumped from the sound of the new arrival. “In fact my deck would be completely worthless without the spells and traps it has.” “S-Sorry Mr. Pegasus.” Starlight said, pouting at the cards. “But this game is just too complicated!” Pegasus frowned at that. “Now Starlight, while this may seem like a game, it isn’t.” He walked up behind her and picked up a card from her deck. “You see Starlight, the reason why we use playing cards as our weapons is because the monsters are sealed inside the cards, and the only way to bring them out is when he summon them during a duel.” Starlight rolled her eyes, “It still sounds like a game to me..” Pegasus stopped walking, narrowing his eyes at her, “Just because it’s called the Shadow Games and we use playing cards doesn’t mean it's a game!” He walked towards a bookshelf and pulled out a large tome, “Perhaps it is time for you to study the true nature of a Shadow Game.” Pegasus dropped the tome in front of her, “You are to read the history of the Shadow Games and are expected to give me a report on its mechanics by tomorrow.” Starlight gaped at the large book, it was at least half her size, “B-B-But.” “No buts! I expect the report to be finished by tomorrow,” Pegasus said sternly, giving no room for argument, “Now if you excuse me I have something that needs to be taken care of.” “Don’t you think you’re being a bit hard on her?” Pegasus stopped walking, turning towards the Kuriboh, he rolled his eyes. “Starlight needs to learn that the shadows isn’t something she should take lightly.” “Yeah but, let’s be honest, we all used to think this was nothing but a game.” Jack said, floating towards Pegasus. “I know the shadows are something someone shouldn’t take lightly, but you’re being too protective of her! You weren’t this protective to your first student!” He gritted his teeth, “And look where that got him.” Pegasus glared at him, “If I had been more careful during his studies then he would have never been consumed by the shadow’s power! He would have never tried to enslave a whole empire!” Pegasus took a few calming breaths before turning away. “Goodbye Jack, I’m going out for a walk, don’t follow me.” Folteren sat in his throw, concentrating harder than ever. If he wasn’t careful, he’d lose. He scratched his chin, and ‘humphed’. He was outnumbered ten to one. He sighed. He moved his final piece. [Checkmate.] Sandy declared, [Five-Hundred-and-forty-three, to zero.] Folteren glared at the hologram of his AI, he sucked at chest, and Sandy kept rubbing it in his face. “You know what!? I don’t give a flying monkey's butt! Your a robot, practically built to do this!” Folteren snapped. [I believe you are being a ‘sore loser’.] “I hate you…” [I know master.] He sighed in defeat. Folteren sat up out of his throne, and proceeded to walk out. He reached the kitchen. Scootaloo had Goldie on her back as she eat, Shadow was playing with her Lightsaber, Boomer was chasing Venture, Vision was making a mess, and Waffles was eating waffles… Weird… Folteren cleared his throat, getting the attention of everyone. He sighed, “Why me?” Shadow, being the smart alec she was said, “You bought a Pip-Boy that didn’t match your costume!” I live with comedians… I was pulled out of thought by something hitting my head. Hard. Looking at the object, he saw it was a book. A weird book. The book was a large green tome, the words ‘TOON WORLD’ were written in the top, while a picture of an orange dragon sat on the cover. On the back of the green pop-up book was a picture of a cartoonish mermaid. Upon touching the green book, a message echoed throughout the room. “True peace can only be achieved through power, true harmony can only be achieved if all are united under one single banner. If you are ever in need of assistance or if you are a fellow warrior of harmony, summon us and we will come to you. I am Pegasus, Spirit of Harmony, and wielder of the Millennium Items." ‘Huh... ’ Folteren thought for a second, then realized, “I might need his help!” “No duh!” Venture said, and winced as Folteren Force Choked him, “Uncle! Uncle!” Folteren let go of his grip on Venture and walked back to his Death Star throne. Once there, he spoke, “I summon you, Pegasus!” ‘I have no idea how this works!’ And waited for something to happen. Suddenly the pop-up book opened, revealing a large gloomy castle sitting on top of it’s pages. The book started to glow sinisterly, shocking Folteren with electricity. Once the electricity stopped flowing, a catchy tune started playing out of the book, a pink vortex appeared above the book, dropping a well dressed man in front of Folteren. He looked around his new surroundings for a few moments before spotting the sith lord. “Ah! Hello there my good friend, I am Maximillian Pegasus, and who are you?” He finished, bowing at him, the book floated behind him, still glowing. Folteren’s glare subsided and was replaced by one of annoyance, “I am Darth Folteren.” He said simply. Pegasus put a hand over his left eye, activating his Millennium Eye. “Well Darth Folteren, for what reason do you have in summoning me this fine day?” ‘This guy better not shock me again...’ Folteren thought, “I need help with the Royal Sisters. They have caused me enough trouble and pain.” Folteren clarified, using the force to retrieve his mask that sat on the throne and secured it to his face. Pegasus smirked, “Well then I believe that should be easy enough, since you have summoned me here, I will help you in your endeavors!” Pegasus then smiled sheepishly at him, “I also want to apologize for Toon World trying to claim it’s tribute, you see when Toon World is activated, it demands for a tribute, for me it’s a thousand of my life points, for others it’s a small piece of their soul or it just shocks people for it’s own amusement.” “Well, I guess being shocked is better than the alternative. Give people a warning though.” Folteren looked behind him to see his two apprentices, Boomer, Waffles, and that freaky bear plushie. “Looks like we have eavesdroppers.” Folteren smirked, and pulled them out to the open. Scootaloo spoke first, “H… Hi, I’m Scootaloo…” Pegasus smiled softly at the small filly, “Hello Scootaloo, as you may have heard, I am Pegasus, it is a pleasure to meet you.” Scootaloo seemed overcame her fears, “It’s nice to meet you too Mr. Pegasus! These are Shadow, Boomer, Waffles, and Goldie!” She pointed to each one as she said their names. Pegasus narrowed his eyes, “Is that a Mudkip and a Golden Freddy?” He tensed up a bit, “That animatronic always used to scare me.” “Yep! Mr. Fazbear gave it to my to protect me! And Waffles was given to Master by Mr. Freddy!” Scootaloo explained, and Folteren shrugged while nodding his head. ‘I don’t understand it, but she’s right.’ Folteren thought. “A Golden Freddy displaced? I’m honestly not sure if I should be worried or not.” Pegasus looked at Goldie as if it was going to attack him. “You think after so many years being in Equestria, I would’ve forgotten about him.” Folteren chuckled, “First, yes, you should be worried about that guy. He’s killed and absorbed two Discord’s, and fused with every version of him in the multiverse. I’m scared of him, and I’m one of his friends.” Folteren shivered, “Second, those jump scares will stay in your head for eternity.” “So he’s able to defeat two Discord’s? Hmm, well if he has that type of power, I should be able to hold my own against him if he decides to try and attack me.” Pegasus muttered. Folteren heard him, “He has phenomenal cosmic power, the guy made Waffles by snapping his paws, made the FNAF group, and beat an army.” Folteren warned, “But he won't bite. He sticks to his world. But back to the matter at hand!” Folteren turned and walked away, “Come, I’d hate for you to die in space.” Pegasus looked around the area for a second, “We’re in space?!” He asked, mildly confused and awed. Seeing Folteren walking ahead, he sprinted towards him. “So, what exactly is the plan?” Folteren continued to walk as he explained his plan, “My droid army will attack Canterlot and distract the guards and civilians. We will take on Celestia and Luna. Cadence may be there too, and Shining Armor. The Elements will be fighting themselves as I’m related to two of them, and the third is extremely loyal to Scoots, so no worries about turning to stone.” Boomer bumped into Folteren, “Beep!” Folteren glared, “Don’t talk dirty! That’s rude, even for you!” “Will any civilians get hurt?” Pegasus asked curiously, “To be honest, I never approved of senseless violence when it’s given to those who are innocent.” Folteren sighed, “I’m not that cruel. The guards will be killed if they are stupid. The Elements I have aren't evil, and I’d like to keep them with me.” “Then consider my Toon army at your disposal.” Pegasus answered, with a confident smirk. “Thank you.” They arrived at the hanger. A Imperial Shuttle was in front of the two. Folteren went up the ramp, followed by Pegasus. The ramp closed, and a blue Battle Droid sat in the pilot seat. “Taking off.” The Droid said. Pegasus saw four humanoid robots with red eyes, a white short cap, and a long staff. “Those are my Grievous Magna-Guards.” Folteren explained. Pegasus looked over at the four bots, “Impressive.” Taking out a card from his deck, he summoned it into the field. “Toon Ancient Gear Golem!” The Toon World book near him glowed, opening, the book spit out a large robot like toon, it’s whole metal body was rusted and its gears were visible to everyone around him, his large cartoonish eyes blinked. “This is my guard the Toon Golem.” “You should wait until we land.” Folteren warned. “I’m simply being careful, I just needed one toon out incase of anything.” Pegasus replied, “In any war or battle, one must be prepared for the worst.” He patted the Toon, “And this Toon of mine is just a extra safety measure.” “I fully agree, but we are in a spaceship. He could have made the ship sluggish, and droids suck at surprises. But summon anymore, and crashing isn’t something I want to do.” Folteren looked out the front windshield, “But we are nearly there.” “Have faith in me Folteren, I wouldn’t have done something so idiotic without knowing the end result.” Pegasus said, grabbing the glowing Millennium Necklace around his neck. “Unfortunately the necklace can only tell me so much.” The pilot turned its head, “We’re about to land Lord Folteren!” Folteren growled, “Keep your optics forward.” He turned around to face Pegasus, “I hate flying, especially when the pilot is an idiot.” “Trust me, I’ve had my fair share.” Pegasus glared at his deck, “If you think an idiot pilot is bad, try having a toon flying you around.” Folteren chuckled, “That does sound bad.” The ship shook, then stopped, “Looks like we’ve arrived.” The ramp lowered, and seven guards along with a captain stood tall, until they saw the two humans. Pegasus smiled sinisterly, several black chains appeared, wrapping themselves around Pegasus’ duel disk and his deck and then disappearing. Taking out five cards, he summoned one onto the field, “Toon Cyber Dragon, attack!” In an explosion of light a small metallic snake appeared, pouncing at the guards, he wrapped himself around them, making it impossible to move. “What would you like to do with these guards?” Folteren thought for a moment, then smirked and waved his hand, “You will evacuate civilians at all costs.” The guards repeated what he said, except the Captain and one other. Folteren turned to Pegasus, “Let all but those two go. Might as well get some guards to help ponies as my droids attack. Do whatever you want to the two that resisted, guards are loyal to the princess.” Pegasus smirked, snapping his fingers, the Toon Golem walked up, Toon World in his claws. “I always wondered what would happen if I turned ponies into Toons, and now I think it’s time to find out.” The Toon World book opened, absorbing the two guards into the book, seconds later the book opened and deposited two new cards, picking them up he read their stats. “Toon Pegasus guard, Atk and Def 1400/1200. Mediocre at best.” He looked at the other guard. “Toon Unicorn Guard(Captain), Atk and Def 1900/1500. Not bad.” He put the two cards into his hand. “So Folteren, any ideas?” Folteren snapped out of his awe and turned to the castle as droid drop ships began landing, “Well, lets pay the rulers a visit.” The four Magna-Guards jumped out of the shuttle. “And I might give you some Star Wars style cards, how does that sound?” Folteren began walking towards his destination. “I think that sounds wonderful, I can just tell, by the end of the day, my Toon deck will be receiving one major power boost!” Pegasus went back to reading the effects of his Toon Unicorn Guard. By the time the two reached the palace, the battle had already begun. The Elements of Harmony had their work cut out. “You're not WHAT!?!?!?” Twilight shouted, staring at her friends in shock. “You heard us. We ‘ain't helpin.” Applejack said sternly. “But why!? These brutes are tearing up the city!” Rarity cried with a flare of drama. “Yeah, a city built on chance!” Rainbow roared, glaring daggers at Twilight. Twilight gasped, “Rainbow! How could you!” As the four fight, Pinkie played with a ball, and Fluttershy whimpered. The six were seated in the throne room as Celestia retrieved the Elements. Another human stood with a long metal rod. The Princess of the sun returned with her sister. But before they could do anything, the gate came off it hinges. Folteren and Pegasus walked into the room, followed by the Magnaguards and a couple of Toons. “SUN-BUTT!!! I’M HOME!!!” Folteren yelled, laughing. “I’ve been waiting to say that for a thousand years!” The three Toons behind them laughed, Pegasus glared at the solar princess, “Well I don’t believe we have met, I am Pegasus the Spirit of Harmony.” The Princess's eyes widened, “Spirit of Harmony!? What kind of mockery is this!?” “Oh shut up! You were never that good at meeting human, where you?” Folteren glared, venom lacing his voice. A human female stepped forward, “Whitney!? Is that you!?” The dark lord stared at her, “You… Leave before I kill you too Jackie!” “So its true, the dark side has taken you.” She flicks a switch on the staff, and two yellow blades appear on either side, “Then I have no choice.” Princess Celestia turned around and ran out of the room, and the Elements fight each other(Mostly AJ and RD vs. Twi and Rare). “Magnaguards! Get Celly and bring her to me alive!” Folteren turns on his red and purple lightsabers, “Pegasus, take care of Luna, I’ve got this under control.” “With pleasure!” Pegasus eyed Luna, his smirk never leaving. “Before we begin our duel, I do have two friends who you might recognize.” He summoned out the Toon Pegasi Guard and his Toon Unicorn Guard (Captain). The two Toon ponies were about the size of a foal, only slightly more larger, their eyes were much bigger, their flat teeth were replaced with razor sharp teeth, their cutie marks replaced by a picture of Toon World.. “Princess Luna, I like to introduce you to my Toon pony guards!” The toon pegasus pounced at Luna, his razor sharp teeth snapping. Luna blasted the Toon as she backed away, horror filled her features at the monsters image. “What have you done to that pony!?” “What have I done?” He chuckled, “Why I helped this pony achieve it’s most superior form.” Pegasus leered at Luna, his smile becoming unsettling “ Something that I hope I’ll be able to achieve with you.” Pegasus motioned his other Toon Pony to attack, “Toon Unicorn Guard Captain, attack!” The Toon Unicorn fired a large bolt of magic at Luna. Luna used her magic to create a force field. “Tia!” She cried in fear, but her sister never came, Luna used her magic to create a small star and hurled it at the Toon. The Toon smirked, pulling out a stop sign, the small star stopped and fired at a different direction, the Toon Unicorn laughed at Luna’s shocked expression. “Sorry Princess, but my Toons can’t be defeated by such simple means. I’m afraid you’re going to have to try harder than that.” Luna backed away, shaking as she looked around to find something. Behind Pegasus, two lunar guards tried to jump him. “No!” Luna yelled, worried they would share the same fate as the solar guards. The Toon Golem jumped in front of the guards, grabbing them by their necks, he dragged them towards the open pages of Toon World. The Toon World book absorbed the two lunar guards, slamming shut, Toon World spat out two new cards in front of Pegasus. “Hmm…. Two brand new cards, one female and another male, Toon Bat Pony Guards, Atk and Def 1700/1500, huh. These two are a lot more stronger than the solar guards.” Summoning one of them into the field, a small Toon flapped its bat like wings, it was slightly larger than the other two toon ponies. His bat wings, like the Toon Pegasus, were small, his eyes were larger than normal, his razor sharp teeth snapped at Luna. “Well isn’t he adorable?” Luna glared, “I shall destroy you!” Her horn glowed a starry black, and a powerful beam shot at the Toons creating a huge explosion breaking all the windows and pillars. Folteren was flung across the room, as well as Jackie. Pegasus using the Millennium Rod, anchored his feet to the ground. “I summon the Toon (Female) Bat Pony Guard!” Like the other Toon, their appearance were almost exactly the same, one difference was how she was slightly smaller than the male counterpart. “Now Lulu this Bat Pony is a little different, for every Toon pony guard I have on the field, she gains an extra 200 attack points.” Pegasus smirked, “And since I have three, she gains an extra 600 attack points!” The female guard started growing, still she was almost the same size as a normal pony, her attack points were now at 2400. “Toon ponies, attack your former monarch!” All four of the Toons charged at Luna, they were all holding hammers, axes, spears, and swords. Luna tried defending herself, but she couldn't as the Toon ponies overpowered. She lay on the ground, crying her sister's name as if it could help. Folteren stopped, “Jackie, you’ve lost. The elements are useless, Celestia has abandoned you all, Luna has been defeated, and I have an army. Since we used to be friends, I’ll let you go.” Jackie froze, looking at the area she saw the girls fighting, Luna bleeding, and a Droid army marching towards them. “You can take the girls that want to go.” Jackie glared at Folteren, “I can’t believe you… You have no right to call me that! I’m Bastila to you.” Folteren sighed, “Get out of my sight…” Bastila took Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy and left. “Lord Folteren, the city is yours!” Vision said on the intercom. Pegasus walked over to Folteren, patting him on the back, “Congratulations on your victory, Lord Folteren.” Noticing the Toon Ancient Gear Golem was holding Luna by the horn, he asked, “I must ask you, what do you plan on doing with her?” “If you want her, she’d be weak. But Nightmare Moon isn’t, so take her. I have special plans in mind for the moon deity. Because the worst feeling in the world is when family is against you.” Folteren summoned a red crystal, and placed it against Luna’s head. Nightmare Moon appeared next to her asleep. “There, much better! Oh, and take a Magnaguard.” The Toon Golem started walking towards the Toon World spellbook, dragging the asleep clone, the Magnaguard following closely behind. He opened the spellbook, and a large pink cloud appeared above the two figures, absorbing them. The book slammed shut, spitting out two cards in front of Pegasus. “Toon Magnaguard, Atk and Def 2300/1800, six stars. Toon Nightmare Moon, Atk and Def 2500/2000, seven stars.” Pegasus smiled, “These cards are pretty good.” Folteren took off his mask, “Anything else?” Two green battle droids ran in, “Take Luna to my Shuttle, I’ll deal with her there.” Pegasus tapped his chin, “Well, can’t say there’s anything else I need.” He smiled, “Is there anything else you needed?” Folteren smiled himself, “Well, I guess two things. Take this,” Folteren handed Pegasus the red crystal, “Think of it as payment, it's call a Shard of Madness. Anything to do with the mind this can do. Mind control only works if you sacrifice it. It's rare, and could lead to insanity, so be careful.” Pegasus looked at the shard and stored it in his pocket. “Thank you Folteren, this will surely help in my quest for harmony.” “And what you did today helped my quest for power. I’ll be sure to make this world live under one banner.” Folteren turned to Toon World and used Force Lightning on it. “Payback.” Suddenly a large gloved hand popped out of the book and slapped Folteren, the glove made a tsk tsked motion and retreated back into the book, causing Pegasus to laugh. Folteren growled, sighed, gave Pegasus his CIS Comunicatore Token, and walked over to Celestia’s throne. “When you need help in a fight, supplies, or advice. Just press the switch.” Pegasus studied the token for a moment, “Thank you, and if you ever need some help or just want to give another swing at Toon World just open the book, and careful not to let Toon World have a taste of your soul, the book is in a way, sentient.” “I’ll do that, and my soul tastes just awful, I’ve been told.” Folteren chuckled, “Well, take care of Moony and your Magnaguard.” “Will do, I have a feeling that these new Toons will give my deck the power boost it needed.” Pegasus smiled, “I assume you know how to do this?” “Counteract complete.” Folteren said with a smile. Toon World shook violently causing an explosion of light, when the light faded away, Pegasus and the Toons around him disappeared, the book slammed shut and fell to the ground. Pegasus opened his eyes, looking around his new surroundings he noticed that he had returned to the temple, he reached into his deck and grabbed his six new cards, “A great power boost indeed.” “MAX!” Turning towards the source of the shouting, he saw a Kuriboh flying towards him. “Max, just where have you been?!” Pegasus smiled, “Well if you must know, I’ve just been summoned by another displaced, I even got six new Toon cards!” He said showing Jack the new cards. “What?!” Jack moaned, “Great, now how am I supposed to beat you when you’re keep getting new cards!” “What’s wrong Jack? Finally realized that you can’t beat me in yu-gi-oh?” Pegasus said with a smirk. The Kuriboh scoffed, “Oh please! My Kuriboh deck will beat yours 10 seconds flat!” “Then why don’t we test that theory?” Jack narrowed his eyes. “Your on.” Folteren’s Shuttle landed on his Mini-Death-Star. Folteren was so happy, he bounced around the base as his guards brought Luna along. His now dubbed “Mane Three” where smiling as well. “This. Is. THE BEST DAY EVER!!!” He yelled. “LETS HAVE A PARTY!!!” Folteren and Pinkie screamed in unison. ‘We are so related!’ Then Folteren sighed, “Wait. I’ll catch up with you girls after I take care of Luna.” “Oh, thats okay! We’ll meet you there!” Dash said. Folteren nodded. The group split up, getting sidetracked by the fact they were in space. When Folteren reached the medical bay, the droids set her down. “I have no idea what to do with her…” Folteren thought for a moment, then he remembered what Freddy told him, “I know! Sandy, erase her mind and age!” [As you wish.] And thus, Lord Folteren’s new apprentice was born.