//------------------------------// // Part 4: The Fate of Equestria Chapter 33: First Match // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Magic // by moviemaster8510 //------------------------------// This chapter's featured card: Great Shogun Shien Effect Monster Level: 7 ATK: 2500 DEF: 2400 Attribute: FIRE Type: Warrior If you control 2 or more "Six Samurai" monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). Your opponent can only activate 1 Spell/Trap Card each turn. If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy a face-up "Six Samurai" monster you control instead. Alex and the others arrived at Cloudsdale where Princess Celestia greeted them. “Welcome guests, to the magnificent city of Cloudsdale,” said Princess Celestia. Everyone bowed to her in respect. Before they could step onto the cloudy surface, Princess Celestia emanated a spell from her horn where the wispy beams encompassed all of the humans plus Orion. “What was that?” asked Lucas. “It’s a spell that allows non-pegasi to walk on clouds,” said Princess Celestia. “Alex then cautiously stepped on the clouds as to make sure he wouldn’t really fall through. Upon seeing that the clouds could really hold his weight, he told every to walk out of their chariots. Everyone did so, delighted upon finding out they could walk on clouds. Twilight and Zecora got out and walked around with no problems at all. “Wait,” said Orion. “I don’t remember Princess Celestia casting the spell on you.” “I already casted the spell on myself when I attended the Best Young Flyer Competition last year,” said Twilight, “and I cast the spell on Zecora before we came.” Everyone began to make their way to the coliseum where the tournament would be held. The stadium was absolutely humongous, and it looked big enough to seat all of the competitors who didn’t pass the competition plus more. The normally floorless bottom had been filled with a cloudy ring with a hole that was about 50 feet in diameter. The large size of the coliseum still left plenty of cloud to stand on. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie then swooped down and greeted everyone. “Hey guys,” she said. “Are you ready for today?” “As I’ll ever be,” said Alex nervously. They then looked up to see a very large number of royal escorts similar to the ones that sent the humans and Orion to Cloudsdale, no doubt ponies that wanted to see the tournament for themselves. Alex then went to the waiting rooms to warm up and get ready, as he was the first duel that afternoon. It was then 8:52, just minutes until the tournament would begin. On one side of the coliseum, Alex and Orion were waiting behind the curtains of the waiting room where they would step out and make their way to the outside of the hole in the middle of the cloud ring to begin their duel. “Hey,” said Sammy walking by. “Good luck.” Alex and Orion gave her a nod. On the other side of the coliseum, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were waiting for their turn to go. Suddenly, the 9 o’clock bell tolled and marked the start of the finals. A dark grayish blue pegasus with wavy gray hair wearing what looked to be a black athletic suit modified for a pegasus and a microphone headset was elevated on a cloud and began announcing. “Fillies and gentlecolts, welcome to the 1st annual Equestrian Friendship Dueling Finals. Now, please give a hand in welcoming our beloved Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!” Princess Celestia and Luca flew onto a royal balcony with two royal guards standing by their side. The balcony was facing perpendicularly from the entrances to the waiting rooms where the competitors would walk out and face each other, giving them a perfect view of the duels. The crowd cheered upon the princesses’ arrival, and the princesses waved to them in return. After playing the Equestrian National Anthem, the announcer pegasus began introducing the competitors. “Now entering the stage to start off the quarter finals, please welcome to the arena, Alex and Orion.” Alex and Orion walked out at made their way to the innermost point of the ring as the crowd cheered. “And their competitors, the young and feisty Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.” The crowd roared with applause as Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle made their way to the inside of the ring. “Now we shall see how these two teams will face one another.” Suddenly, 8 screens materialized in the air in a circle the same size as the hole in the coliseum, so that the ponies sitting in the nosebleeds could see the action as well as everyone else. On the screens appeared a 4-spaced spinner, each with their own acronyms: SD. Standard Doubles. SR. Standard Relay. RD. Riding Doubles. RR. Riding Relay. A marker then began spinning rapidly around the spinner, and it slowed down to the space labeled RR. Riding Relay. “It looks like our competitors will be facing each other in a riding duel. Both teams shall pick a competitor to go first, and the rest is anyone’s guess. Good luck to both teams.” The announcer then sat on the sidelines to watch. Alex and Orion agreed that Orion would go first. Alex then took his salamence Zephyr out of his pokéball and Orion mounted him and walked him to the edge of the ring. Princess Celestia enchanted Scootaloo’s scooter to be able to fly, evening things out for everyone. Sweetie Belle agreed to go first as she hopped on Scootaloo’s scooter and rode it towards the edge of the inside of the ring. Sweetie Belle adjusted her wrist dealer and attached the d-pad to the center of the handlebars where it unsheathed. Orion took his wand out of his pouch and turned it into his duel disk. Luna saw this with shock. “That wand…” she said. Sweetie Belle activated Speed World 2 engulfing the area with the holographic aura. The countdown then began, with the crowd chanting the numbers as the numbers appeared on the screens. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. BEEP! The two then hopped off of the cloud and flew downward to their goal: A ring shaped cloud. Flying through it first would determine who goes first. Zephyr’s speed was too great for Sweetie Belle to catch up on, leading Orion to fly through it first and make the first turn. They both drew 5 cards and were ready to go. “DUEL!” they both yelled. Orion and Alex vs. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo Round 1: Orion vs. Sweetie Belle Orion’s Turn: O:1 SB:0 Orion summons The Six Samurai – Irou (ATK: 1700 DEF: 1200). When Orion controls a Six Samurai monster, Orion can special summon Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan from his hand (ATK: 1800 DEF: 500). Orion places 1 cards face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-1 Sweetie Belle’s Turn: O:1 SB:1 Sweetie Belle summons Fabled Ashenveil (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200). Sweetie Belle attacks The Six Samurai – Irou. Sweetie Belle then activates its effect, discarding one card from her hand to the graveyard to have Fabled Ashenveil gain 600 ATK during damage calculation (ATK: 1600 -> 2200). Next, she activates the effect of The Fabled Catsith that she discarded, destroying on card on the field, choosing Orion’s face down card. The attack goes through. Orion’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3500 Sweetie Belle places 2 cards face down and ends her turn. Fabled Ashenveil’s ATK returns to normal (ATK: 2200 -> 1600). Status: Hand-2 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Orion’s Turn: O:2 SB:2 Orion activates the speed spell Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 2. Next, he summons Spirit of the Six Samurai (ATK: 500 DEF: 500). Then, when Orion controls 2 Six Samurai monsters, he can special summon Great Shogun Shien from his hand (ATK: 2500 DEF: 2400). Then, Orion equips Spirit of the Six Samurai onto Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan, having it gain 500 ATK (ATK: 1800 -> 2300). Orion attacks Fabled Ashenveil with Great Shogun Shien, but Sweetie Belle activates Card Defense, negating the attack and by discarding 1 card. Then, she draws 1 card. Sweetie Belle activates the effect of The Fabled Cerburrel that she discarded, special summoning it from the graveyard when it was discarded in defense mode (ATK: 1000 DEF: 400). Orion then attacks Fabled Ashenveil with Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan. Sweetie Belle’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3300 When a monster equipped with Spirit of the Six Samurai is destroyed, Orion can draw 1 card. Orion places 2 cards face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-1 Life-3500 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-2 Sweetie Belle’s Turn: O:3 SB:3 Sweetie Belle summons Fabled Dyf (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1700). Sweetie Belle tunes Fabled Dyf with The Fabled Cerburrel to synchro summon Fabled Ragin (ATK: 2300 DEF: 1800). Sweetie Belle then activates the speed spell Speed Energy, increasing Fabled Ragin’s ATK by 200 for each speed counter she has (ATK: 2300 + (200 x 3) = 2900). Sweetie Belle attacks Great Shogun Shien, but Orion activates its effect, sending a Six Samurai monster he controls to the graveyard to negate Great Shogun Shien’s destruction. Battle damage is still applied. Orion’s Life Points: 3500 -> 2900 Sweetie Belle places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Fabled Ragin’s ATK return to normal (ATK: 2900 -> 2300). Status: Hand-0 Life-3300 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Orion’s Turn: O:4 SB:4 Orion summons Chamberlain of the Six Samurai in defense position (ATK: 200 DEF: 2000). Next, Orion activates the speed spell Synchro Defuse, taking control of an opponent’s synchro monster until the end phase, choosing Fabled Ragin. Orion attacks Sweetie Belle directly with Fabled Ragin, but Sweetie Belle activates Magic Cylinder, negating the ATK and inflicting damage equal to the attacking monster’s ATK. Orion’s Life Points: 2900 -> 600 Orion then attacks Sweetie Belle directly with Great Shogun Shien. Sweetie Belle’s Life Points: 3300 -> 800 Orion ends his turn. Sweetie Belle regains control of Fabled Ragin. Status: Hand-0 Life-600 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-2 Sweetie Belle’s Turn: O:5 SB:5 Sweetie Belle activates Speed World 2’s effect, removing 4 speed counters (SpC.: 5 -> 1) to inflict 800 points of damage equal to the number of speed spells in her hand. She has one. Orion activates the trap Barrel Behind the Door, inflicting effect damage that he would have received onto Sweetie Belle instead. Sweetie Belle’s Life Points: 800 -> 0 Orion wins the round. Status: Switched Sweetie Belle switches with Scootaloo and will pass Fabled Ragin and her face down card onto her. Orion knew that for as seemingly inexperienced at dueling Sweetie Belle was, getting him to below 1000 life points was no easy feat. Before Sweetie Belle ascended to the coliseum to switch off with Scootaloo, Orion gave her a two finger salute as a sign of respect. Sweetie Belle smiled and returned to switch off with Scootaloo. Scootaloo then met with Orion to resume the duel. Round 2: Orion vs. Scootaloo Orion’s Turn: O:6 S:2 Scootaloo activates her trap, Ring of Destruction, choosing one monster on the field and inflicting damage to both players equal to the monster’s ATK, choosing Great Shogun Shien. Orion activates its effect to send a Six Samurai monster he controls to the graveyard to prevent Great Shogun Shien’s destruction. Effect damage is applied normally. Orion’s Life Points: 600 -> 0 Scootaloo’s Life Points: 4000 -> 1500 Scootaloo wins the round. Status: Switched Orion will switch with Alex, who will pass Great Shogun Shien and his face down card on to him. Orion came up to the cloud ring in the coliseum and passed his cards off to Alex who mounted Zephyr and flew down to duel with Scootaloo. As Orion turned his duel disk back into his wand, Princess Luna then flew down to Orion. Orion bowed to her, and she spoke to him. “That was some very impressive dueling,” she said. “But frankly, that’s not why I’m here.” “Oh?” said Orion. “That wand you have there,” she said. Orion took out the wand from his pouch and showed it to Luna. “Yes, what about it?” asked Orion. “That wand was created by me a very long time ago. It was used originally to wield a magnificent power which now actually remains dormant in that wand.” Orion looked at her like she was joking with him. “You’re probably wondering how it came into your world. After a terrible war in which a malevolent entity used this power for his own misdeeds, we sealed away a large amount of this power into the two objects that my sister and I used to wield the power during that war: a device called Celestia’s Wing, which obviously belonged to my sister, and that wand you have there, called Luna’s Horn. To ensure that the entity couldn’t regain this power again from our world, we sent the two devices to another world. It seems that they happened to land in yours.” “But the man in the legend from my world wielded this wand,” said Orion, still in disbelief from this revelation. “The Horn indeed has awesome magical powers that only the worthy could wield, and it seems you are such a worthy wielder.” Orion was still speechless. “Plus, when you use it to duel, did you ever wonder why the blade is shaped like a crescent moon?” Orion couldn’t help but chuckle. Suddenly, everything was making sense. Before Luna could fly back to the balcony, Orion asked her, “What is this power you talk about?” With a wink, Luna said, “You’ll find out.” She flew back to join her sister. Orion then looked at his wand again as if it was a completely different object. Meanwhile, Alex caught up with Scootaloo and they began the final round of the duel. “Back off, Alex,” said Scootaloo. “This is my duel. I’m going to be the one to avenge Apple Bloom.” “And I’m going to try and save Equestria” said Alex. “All that separates us from our goal now is this last round.” “Let’s go then,” said Scootaloo. Final Round: Scootaloo vs. Alex Scootaloo’s Turn: S:3 A:7 Scootaloo summons Genex Controller (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200). Scootaloo tunes Fabled Ragin with Genex Controller to synchro summon Genex Ally Axel (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2000). Scootaloo attacks Great Shogun Shien, but Alex activates Negate Attack. Scootaloo places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-4 Life-1500 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 Alex’s Turn: S:4 A:8 Alex activates Speed World 2’s effect, removing 4 speed counters (SpC.: 8 -> 4), Alex can inflict 800 points of damage for each speed spell he has in his hand. He has two. Scootaloo activates Rainbow Life, discarding one card and gaining life points that she would have taken as damage this turn. Scootaloo’s Life Points: 1500 -> 3100 Alex summons Dragunity Pilum (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1000). Alex tunes Great Shogun Shien with Dragunity Pilum to synchro summon Nero, the Dragon Warlord (ATK: 3200 DEF: 2800). Next, Alex plays the speed spell Rapid Shotwing, having Nero, the Dragon Warlord gain 100 ATK for each of his speed counters (ATK: 3200 + (100 x 4) = 3600). Alex attacks Genex Ally Axel. Scootaloo’s Life Points: 3100 -> 4100 For every 1000 points of damage Nero, the Dragon Warlord inflicts through battle, Alex draws 1 card. Alex places 2 cards face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-4 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Scootaloo’s Turn: S:4 A:5 Scootaloo activates her Synchro Defuse, taking control of Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Scootaloo attacks directly with Nero, the Dragon Warlord, but Alex activates Damage Diet, halving the damage. Alex’s Life Points: 4000 -> 2400 Scootaloo uses Nero, the Dragon Warlord’s effect to draw a card for every 1000 points of damage it inflicts by battle (1). Scootaloo normal summons R-Genex Accelerator in defense position (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1900). Scootaloo places 2 cards face down and ends her turn. Alex regains control of Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Status: Hand-1 Life-4100 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Alex’s Turn: S:5 A:6 Alex attacks R-Genex Accelerator with Nero, the Dragon Warlord, but Scootaloo activates Invincible Hero, preventing R-Genex Accelerator’s destruction. Nero, the Dragon Warlord can inflict piercing damage. Scootaloo’s Life Points: 4100 -> 2800 Alex draws 1 card due to Nero, the Dragon Warlord’s effect. Alex summons one monster face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-5 Life-2400 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-1 Scootaloo’s Turn: S:6 A:7 Scootaloo activates the effect of R-Genex Accelerator, special summoning a Genex monster added from her deck to her hand by revealing it, choosing another Genex Controller. Next, she normal summons Genex Ally Solid (ATK: 500 DEF: 1200). Then, she activates the effect of DNA Transplant, choosing an attribute (DARK) and having all monsters on the field become the chosen attribute. Scootaloo tunes Genex Ally Solid and R-Genex Accelerator with Genex Controller to synchro summon Locomotion R-Genex (ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000). When Locomotion R-Genex is summoned, Scootaloo takes control of the monster that her opponent controls with the highest level, choosing Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Scootaloo attacks Alex’s face down monster, which was a Luster Dragon (ATK: 1900 DEF: 1600). Alex’s Life Points: 2400 -> 800 Scootaloo draws 1 card due to Nero, the Dragon Warlord’s effect. She then attacks Alex directly with Locomotion R-Genex, but Alex activates Iron Resolve, halving his life points to reduce all battle damage he takes to 0. Alex’s Life Points: 800 -> 400 Scootaloo places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-2800 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-1 Alex’s Turn: S:7 A:8 Alex places 1 card face down. Next, he activates the speed spell High Speed Crash, destroying his face down card to destroy Scootaloo’s face down card. Then, he activates his own Synchro Defuse, taking control of Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Next, he activates the speed spell Final Attack, doubling Nero, the Dragon Warlord’s ATK (ATK: 3200 -> 6400). Alex attacks Locomotion R-Genex with Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Scootaloo’s Life Points: 2800 -> 0 Alex wins the round. Orion and Alex win the match. Alex and Scootaloo both came up and landed on the cloud ring, greeted with cheers and applause from the audience. Scootaloo took off her helmet and sadly walked to the waiting room. “Scootaloo, wait!” said Alex dismounting Zephyr. Scootaloo stopped and turned to face Alex, who knelt to her level. “Not many ponies, yet alone, people your age can do what you just did. I know you wanted to save your friend, and when I go and stand up to Trixie once again, I’ll be sure to fight with her in my heart. We’ll get her back. I promise. By the way, great dueling.” Scootaloo then hugged Alex and ran back to her waiting room to watch the next duel. Alex and Orion smiled as Sweetie Belle greeted Scootaloo at the waiting room by pounding their hooves together and walking inside. Alex returned Zephyr to his pokéball as he and Orion walked to their waiting room to watch the next duels and to wait for the semi-finals.