//------------------------------// // Duel 7-The Second Horseman // Story: It's Time to Duel! // by thisissparta789789 //------------------------------// September 16, 2015 After school, Twilight talked to Spike about the past several days being filled with a variety of events. As they sat down and did homework, Twilight said, "I don't know, Spike. Ever since I solved that puzzle, I've been blacking out for various periods of time. Plus, I think something was up with that Lila Love girl. I can't remember my encounter with her that much, but I do know it seemed like she was sent by someone. Who that someone is, I have no clue." Spike, worried about Twilight, said, "I wonder if they are after the puzzle. I heard that rare artefacts from the times before Discord could fetch well over hundreds of thousands of bits." "If you're implying I should give up the puzzle," Twilight said, annoyed. "I won't." "I'm not saying that at all. The only person me and Celestia trust in regards to that puzzle is you." Then, a knock on the door was heard. Spike got up to get it. When he opened the door, he was greeted by a pegasus that said, "Hello there, is Twilight Sparkle here?" "Uhhhh, yeah?" Spike was confused by this visitor. "Who are you?" Suddenly, the visitor pulled out a cloth and said, "Your worst nightmare." He then spun Spike around and placed the cloth over his mouth, causing him to pass out. "Well, now that I've taken care of the witness, it's time for me to confront you." He then shut and locked the door behind him. Twilight, angered and scared by the visitor's assault, shouted, "Who are you?! What the hell did you do to Spike?!" "I just gave him some chloroform. I wouldn't want him getting in the way. Anyways, my name is Cloud Tail. I am associated with that Lila Love girl you dueled and defeated." He then grabbed game supplies out of his bag. "Now you will face me." Twilight then clutched her chest as the puzzle glowed once more. After a minute, she looked at Cloud Tail, determined and confident, and said, "So you are. What game do you have in mind?" "Capsule Monsters Chess." He then laid out the board and game pieces on a reading table in the main room. "I have brought 10 pieces for us to use. We will pick them at random from a bag." Twilight sat down at the reading table and said, "Be warned, Cloud Tail. This is no ordinary game." "I know. Lila Love told me that you change into someone else when you battle. It's almost as if you are a different person, in fact." Once the game was set up, Twilight said, "Let's begin." Cloud Tail's Pieces: 1. Eye Mouth (1) 2. Ganpo (5) 3. Red Cobra (4) 4. Devil Castle (1) 5. Flowerman (1) Twilight's Pieces: 1. Torigun (2) 2. Ninja Squid (2) 3. Winged Dinosaur (5) 4. Mogley (1) 5. Brain Slime (1) Twilight clumped together all of her pieces on the right side of the board, with the exception of Torigun, which was left on the left side by itself. Cloud Tail thought to himself, "Hmph. Her formation is amateurish at best." Twilight moved Mogley first, right into the attack path of Cloud Tail's Ganpo. She said, "Throughout this game, I'm gonna teach you some lessons." "Whatever," Cloud Tail replied. "Attack!" Suddenly, the pieces came to life, and Ganpo incinerated Mogley. Twilight said, "Just like with Lila, I have turned this into a shadow game. The loser will face a punishment beyond their imagination." Cloud Tail said in disbelief, "No way! What Lila said about the monsters coming to life was real?!" "Indeed. Now, I'm gonna move my Ninja Squid up to your Red Cobra." She then sighed. "Forgive me, God, for what I'm about to do. Suicide Attack!" Ninja Squid, using one of its special effects, blew itself up, also destroying Red Cobra. Cloud Tail simply shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. I still have more pieces than you." He then moved his Eye Mouth forward. "Ganpo, destroy her Brain Slime next." As Twilight's Brain Slime burned, she said, "The first lesson is this: When a player is too confident in their abilities, they begin to show off their weaknesses." "Shut up," Cloud Tail exclaimed. "I have no time for your remarks." "The second lesson is this," Twilight said as she moved Torigun for the first time. "Never lose your temper. By the way, take a look at the way your monsters are positioned." Cloud Tail, confused by what she meant, looked at the board and said, "Yeah, so? They're diagonal, not that it makes a difference." "Now look at where my Torigun is located." Cloud Tail looked over at her Torigun and said, "Once again, it won't make a-" He then paused. "Wait a minute." He suddenly realized why she asked that question. "No way..." "Torigun's special effect allows it to destroy all monsters in a diagonal line once per game. You lose. Attack!" Then, Torigun flew up above the board and slashed through all of Cloud Tail's monsters, ending the game. "I lost?!" "Let this be the third lesson: Always save your trump card for last." She then stood up from the table as her horn, puzzle, and eyes glowed. "Now the door the darkness has been opened." Then, she pointed at Cloud Tail and exclaimed, "Penalty Game!" Suddenly, Cloud Tail saw the bottom half of a capsule form around him as well as the top half of one form above him. "What... What's going on?!" Then, the capsule began to fall around him as he screamed. Twilight angrily said to him, "Now, tell me who sent you and Lila before I banish you to hell!" Cloud Tail then laughed. "Fine, you unicorn bitch! I'll tell you who fucking sent me!" He then gave Twilight the double middle finger and he said, "It was Nightmare Moon! My mentor sent me! Are you happy, you little bitch!" He then laughed again as his sanity slowly dwindled and the capsule closed on him. In the real world, Cloud Tail then collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Twilight picked him up and said, "Looks like you kinda went crazy there for a sec." She then dragged Cloud Tail out the front door and picked him up on her shoulders. "Where to put you..." She then went to the back of her house and found a dumpster. "Perfect." She then threw him into the dumpster as she said, "Into the trash you go!" When she walked back inside, she had transformed back to normal, and Spike had woken up. He asked Twilight, "What happened? Where was that pegasus guy?" "I have no idea. I had another blackout." Twilight then walked over to the reading table. "Why is there Capsule Monsters Chess stuff here?"