This chapter's featured card: Genex Ally Axel
Synchro Monster Level: 8 ATK: 2600 DEF: 2000 Attribute: DARK Type: Machine
1 "Genex" Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, you can discard 1 card to select 1 Level 4 or lower Machine-Type monster from your Graveyard, and Special Summon it. The ATK of that monster is doubled until the End Phase, but it cannot attack your opponent directly. Remove that monster from play during your End Phase.
Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were walking around looking for opponents. Unfortunately, not many colts and fillies registered for the tournament, and Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo weren’t too comfortable dueling older opponents, so they were having little luck with finding an opponent. “C’mon,” said Scootaloo, “we’re never going to find an opponent at this rate if we keep trying to find opponents our age.” “I just don’t feel too up to it,” said Sweetie Belle. “Don’t forget,” said Scootaloo, “I defeated Maddie that one time, so if you were to need any help, I’d be there for you. I mean, what are friends for?”
“Well, well, well,” said a snooty voice. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle turned around and saw two familiar faces standing before them. One of them was a pink filly with a purple and white mane and tail and a tiara for a cutie mark, and the other was a grey filly with a lighter grey mane and tail with sky blue librarian style glasses and a pearl necklace with a spoon for a cutie mark. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo remembered them as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, respectively, two classmates of their friend Apple Bloom who tormented her (and them, for that matter) for not having a cutie mark by bestowing the title of “Blank Flank” upon them. “If it isn’t two of the three members of the, what was it again? The losers club?” said Diamond Tiara in a demeaning tone. “No!” shouted Sweetie Belle, “The Cutie Mark Crusaders!” “Yeah?” said Silver Spoon, “And how’s that going?” “For your information,” said Sweetie Belle, “me and Apple Bloom already have our cutie marks.” She then showed them her cutie mark that she got from singing with Lamss. “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked Diamond Tiara, who couldn’t read music at all. “Does that cutie mark mean you can draw scribbles really good?” Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laughed at Sweetie Belle, who began feeling flustered. Scootaloo stepped in. “Well I’m surprised none of you have a towel for a cutie mark, because you’re both acting like a pair of rags.” Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon gasped at the audacity of her words. “At least we have our cutie marks, Blank Flank,” said Diamond Tiara. “So what?” said Scootaloo, “I bet you two aren’t even a quarter of the ponies that we are.” “Oh,” said Silver Spoon with sarcastic surprise, “it sounds like this filly wants to play hardball. Then challenge us.” “You’re on!” shouted Scootaloo. “Let’s have ourselves a riding duel, relay style,” she said putting on her purple helmet with two white lines running down the middle while getting on her very own wooden scooter. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon then stepped away to reveal 2 nicely furbished scooters. These were unlike the wooden ones that Apple Bloom made; these were made of metal and had large motors on the back of them. “You like it?” said Silver Spoon. “We’d never be daft enough to even touch one of those ugly wooden ones with a ten foot pole, so we got our own made just for us. They even attached a prototype electric motor to them, because I mean having to manually run your scooter is so loserville.” Scootaloo was fuming at this point. “Enough talk,” she yelled. “Let’s do this.”
The two teams decided their order. Sweetie Belle would face Silver Spoon first. Scootaloo knew Sweetie Bell wasn’t skilled enough with her unicorn magic to push the scooter by herself, so Scootaloo would stand behind her and propel it with her wings. Diamond Tiara then drew a line in the path of a dirt road that would serve as their circuit with a stick. Each duelist attached their duel disk to the center of the handlebars and slid the deck slot on their wrist dealers and twisted the graveyard slot so that the deck and graveyard slots faced to their right when they put their hooves on the handlebars. “Sweetie Belle looked nervous, but Scootaloo didn’t want Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon to see it. “Game face,” said Scootaloo reassuringly. Sweetie Belle then did her best to look as serious as possible. Diamond Tiara just waited on the sidelines making faces at her two enemies while she waited her turn to go. Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon then tapped the Speed World 2 card on their duel disk touch screens to begin the riding duel. After their zones unsheathed, the area around them then became enveloped with the holographic aura and a countdown began. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. BEEP! The two scooters began moving. With the combined weight of Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, and with the power of Silver Spoon’s scooter, Silver Spoon made a hefty lead over them. As they reached the corner, Silver Spoon made the turn before they did, so she would be going first. They drew 5 cards and put them in the card-hand holders in the back of the deck zone. “DUEL!” they both yelled.
Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara vs. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo
Round 1: Silver Spoon vs. Sweetie Belle
Silver Spoon’s Turn: SS:1 SB:0 Silver Spoon summons one monster face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-5 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-0
“Remember,” said Scootaloo to Sweetie Belle, “game face.”
Sweetie Belle’s Turn: SS:1 SB:1 Sweetie Bell summons Fabled Oltro (ATK: 800 DEF: 500). Sweetie Belle then activates its effect, discarding a card from her hand to special summon a level 3 or lower monster from her hand, choosing Fabled Dyf (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1700). Next, she activates the effect of The Fabled Ganashia from her graveyard. When it was discarded from her hand, Sweetie Belle can special summon it from the graveyard (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1000). Sweetie Belle tunes The Fabled Ganashia and Fabled Dyf with Fabled Oltro to synchro summon Fabled Valkyrus (ATK: 2900 DEF: 1700). Sweetie Belle attacks Silver Spoon’s face down monster which was a Morphing Jar (ATK: 700 DEF: 600). With its effect, all players discard their hands and draw 5 more cards. Silver Spoon activates the effect of Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, special summoning it from the graveyard if it was discarded from her hand by a card effect (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1300). Next, she activates the effect of Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World from her graveyard. When it’s discarded by a card effect, Silver Spoon chooses one monster on the field and destroys it, choosing Fabled Valkyrus.
Sweetie Belle places 2 cards face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-0 Face Down Cards-2
Silver Spoon’s Turn: SS:2 SB:2 Silver Spoon activates the speed spell Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 1. She activates the effect of Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World. When it’s discarded by a card effect, Silver Spoon can choose one card on the field and destroy it, choosing one of Sweetie Belle’s face down cards. Next, she summons Zure, Knight of the Dark World (ATK: 1800 DEF: 1500). She then activates the effect of Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, special summoning it from the graveyard by sending one Dark World monster she controls to her hand (Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World) (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1800). Silver Spoon attacks Sweetie Belle directly with Zure, Knight of the Dark World.
Sweetie Belle’s Life Points: 4000 -> 2200
Next, she attacks with Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World. Before taking battle damage, Sweetie Belle activates Call of the Haunted, special summoning R-Genex Accelerator from the graveyard (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1900).
Sweetie Belle’s Life Points: 2200 -> 0
Silver Spoon wins the round.
Status: Hand-6 Life-4000 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-0
Sweetie Belle switches with Scootaloo, and will pass R-Genex Accelerator on to her.
Scootaloo dropped off Sweetie Belle at the starting line and went on to complete her turn. “Back already?” chortled Diamond Tiara. “Now let’s see how badly your friend is going to fail.” “Oh, don’t worry,” said Sweetie Belle with a smile, “she won’t.”
Scootaloo now didn’t have another pony to push around, so she was riding much more efficiently. “Don’t get your hopes up,” said Silver Spoon proudly. “You have 8000 life points to knock down on your own, and I control the field. Face it Blank Flank, you’ll never be as good as us.” “You’re right,” said Scootaloo. Silver Spoon was reveling in her apparent submission. “I won’t be as good as you. I’m going to be even better.” “How?” laughed Silver Spoon. “Watch me,” said Scootaloo.
Round 2: Scootaloo vs. Silver Spoon
Scootaloo’s Turn: S:3 SS:3 Scootaloo activates the effect of R-Genex Accelerator. When a Genex monster is added from her deck to her hand, she can reveal the monster and special summon it, choosing R-Genex Overseer (ATK: 200 DEF: 100). Next, she activates the effect of R-Genex Overseer, special summoning a level 3 or lower Genex monster from her hand, choosing R-Genex Crusher (ATK: 800 DEF: 800). Scootaloo tunes R-Genex Accelerator and R-Genex Crusher with R-Genex Overseer to synchro summon Genex Ally Axel (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2000). Scootaloo activates Genex Ally Axel’s effect. By discarding one card, Scootaloo can special summon a level 4 or lower Machine-type monster from her graveyard, choosing R-Genex Accelerator. Plus, its ATK is doubled (ATK: 1500 -> 3000). Next, Scootaloo activates her speed spell Speed Energy, increasing Genex Ally Axel’s ATK by 200 for every speed counter that Scootaloo has (ATK: 2600 + (200 x 3) = 3200). Scootaloo attacks Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World with Genex Ally Axel.
Silver Spoon’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3800
Scootaloo attacks Zure, Knight of the Dark World with R-Genex Accelerator.
Silver Spoon’s Life Points: 3800 -> 2600
Scootaloo then normal summons Genex Controller (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200). Scootaloo tunes R-Genex Accelerator with Genex Controller to synchro summon Windmill Genex (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1600).
Scootaloo places 1 card face down and ends her turn.
Status: Hand-0 Life-4000 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards: 1
Silver Spoon’s Turn: S:4 SS:4 Silver Spoon activates Speed World 2’s effect. By removing 4 speed counters (SpC.: 4 -> 0), Silver Spoon can inflict 800 points of damage for each speed spell card in her hand. She has 4.
Scootaloo’s Life Points: 4000 -> 800
Next, she summons Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, and activates Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World’s effect to special summon itself from the graveyard by sending a Dark World monster she controls to her hand. Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World attacks Windmill Genex, but Scootaloo activates Magic Cylinder, negating the attack and inflicting damage equal to the ATK of the attacking monster.
Silver Spoon’s Life Points: 2600 -> 0
Scootaloo wins the round.
Status: Switched
Silver Spoon switches with Diamond Tiara, and will pass Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World on to her.
When Silver Spoon got off her scooter, Sweetie Belle just greeted her with a smug smile. Silver Spoon got nervous knowing that Scootaloo more than likely had all the elements in her grasp for a victory.
Final Round: Scootaloo vs. Diamond Tiara
Scootaloo’s Turn: S:5 DT:1 Scootaloo activates Overboost, increasing her speed counters by 4 (SpC.: 5 -> 9). Next, she activates Speed World 2’s effect. By removing 7 speed counters (SpC.: 7 -> 2), Scootaloo can draw 1 card. Next, she activates her Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 1. Next, she activates Genex Ally Axel’s effect. By discarding one card, Scootaloo can special summon a Machine-type monster from her graveyard and double its ATK, choosing Genex Neutron (ATK: 1800 DEF: 1200) (ATK: 1800 -> 3200). Scootaloo attacks Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World with Genex Neutron.
Diamond Tiara’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3500
Next, Scootaloo attacks her directly with Windmill Genex.
Diamond Tiara’s Life Points: 3500 -> 1500
Lastly, Scootaloo attacks Diamond Tiara directly with Genex Ally Axel.
Diamond Tiara’s Life Points: 1500 -> 0
Scootaloo wins the round.
Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo win the match.
Scootaloo did a drifting brake at the starting line, and took off her helmet as she dismounted the scooter. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo hugged in celebration. Then Sweetie Belle noticed something on Scootaloo. “Scootaloo,” she said, “your flank.” Everyone looked at Scootaloo’s rump, and on it was a very elaborate design resembling the art on the Speed World 2 card. “Alright!” cried Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo pounding hooves. They then rode off to Ponyville on Scootaloo’s scooter. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stood there dumbfounded. “Yeah? Well, that design looks stupid anyways,” cried out Diamond Tiara, but to no avail. “Just forget it,” said silver Spoon sadly.
Applejack and Apple Bloom were just finishing defeating their next opponents when Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo rode in. Apple Bloom instantly noticed the cutie mark on Scootaloo’s rump. “Wow, awesome!” she said. “Can you believe it?” said Sweetie Belle. “We all finally got our cutie marks!” “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS CUTIE MARK CRUSADING COMPLETE! YAY!” they all yelled in unison. “But that means,” said Apple Bloom sadly all of the sudden, “that we aren’t the Cutie Mark Crusaders anymore.” “Oh, don’t feel bad, sugars,” said Applejack. “Sure this may be the final time y’all can call yourselves Cutie Mark Crusaders, but maybe this is the dawn of something else.” “Oh, I know,” said Apple Bloom. “We can help other colts and fillies that don’t have their cutie marks find theirs.” “Yeah,” said Scootaloo catching on, “that way we can keep the Cutie Mark Crusader name alive for future generations to come.” “That’s the spirit,” said Applejack. Suddenly, two odd looking unicorn colts came up to the group wearing their own duel disks. One was blue, rather portly, and had a pair of scissors for a cutie mark. The other was yellow, had a long skinny neck, a round face, and had a snail for a cutie mark. “Hey, guys,” said the portly one. He then noticed Scootaloo’s cutie mark. “Whoa. Awesome cutie mark. How’d you get it?” Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo both looked at each other and made wide, confident smiles towards each other as Scootaloo put her helmet back on.