The Grand Championship

by Shadow Kick

Twilight vs Vladimir

The winners of the previous duels reported to the Kaiba Dome.

“Spectators and duelists!” said Roland. “Round one has come to a close, and half of our super sixteen competitors have been sent home! So now, I give you the elite eight!”

“Oh boy,” said Twilight. “This is gonna be tough.”

“So what?” asked Flash. “You’re tougher, Twilight.”

“Just do what Sweetie Belle did,” said Rarity. “Show no fear.”

“Thanks sis,” said Sweetie.

“You’re welcome,” replied Rarity.

“You can do this,” said Fluttershy.

“Totally,” said Sunset.

“Go Twilight!” said Pinkie in a cheerleading outfit.

“Thank you, everyone,” said Twilight. She then walked over to Vladimir. “Excuse me, Vladimir. I just wanted to wish you good luck.”

Vladimir frowned “Unlike you, I don’t need luck.”

“Hey!” called Flash. “She was just being friendly, ya freak!” Vladimir chuckled and kept walking. Flash then ran after him. “Hey, no one treats my girlfriend like that!” Flash tried to grab Vladimir’s jacket, but he sidestepped Flash causing him to fall.

“Don’t touch the suit,” said Vladimir. “It’s worth more than you’ll ever make in your entire life.”

“Oh I’ll touch more than that!” said Flash.

“Flash, don’t!” called Twilight.

“I’d listen to them if I were you,” said Vladimir.

“Yeah, well fuck you!” yelled Flash.

Vladimir stopped. “I’ve wasted enough time here. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a duel to win.”

“In your dreams!” called Flash. “He’s lucky I’m not dueling him.”

“Thanks for sticking up for me, Flash,” said Twilight. “But there’s no need to get violent.”

“You’re right,” said Flash. “Sorry.”

“Well, I guess I should be heading to my match,” said Sweetie.

“Then let’s get going,” said Applebloom.

“Right behind ya,” said Scootaloo.

“I can’t wait to see you cage that ape man,” said Rarity She then looked at Pinkie. “Wish Twilight luck for me.”

“Will do,” said Pinkie.

Garble peeked out from a nearby restroom and grinned.

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“Let’s get ready to duel!” said Roland. The crowd cheered. “The next four championships bouts are about to begin! Facing off in the House of Horror is our wonder boy, Leon vs the ripping rapper, Golden Grape! Next, it’s show time at the Kaiba Land Theater! As the duelist detective, Shadow Shape faces The Great and Powerful Trixie! Now, let’s move onto the Wheel of Wonder, as the young champion, Sweetie Belle faces Ahuizotl the ape man! And finally, in the Volcanic Pit, Twilight Sparkle will square off against Vladimir!”

Vladimir and Twilight were already standing on a rock outcropping in the middle of the Volcanic Pit shuffling each other’s decks.

“Well, here goes,” said Twilight.

“Wait for us!” called Fluttershy.

“We’re here for ya!” called Applejack.

“Knock that this freak out!” called Flash.

“Easier said than done,” thought Twilight as she drew her cards. “But I have to believe in myself if I want to win.”

“Let’s duel!” said the two.

Vladimir: 4000
Twilight: 4000

“Since you clearly have no chance, you should go first,” said Vladimir.

“Shut the fuck up!!” called Flash.

“Don’t listen to him, Twi!” said Sunset.

“You can do it!!” yelled Applejack.

“GO TWILIGHT!!” cheered Pinkie.

Turn 1: Twilight
“I draw,” said Twilight. “What?! Oh no! I can’t summon anything!”

“I think Twilight may have a bad hand,” said Fluttershy.

“I gotta think of something! Thinkthinkthinkthinkthink, Twilight, think!! I’ll place one card face down and end my turn,” said Twilight.

“That’s all she’s gonna do?” asked Pinkie.

“I believe, that’s all she can do,” said Rarity.

Turn 2: Vladimir
“Watch and learn,” said Vladimir. “I play Graceful Charity, so I draw three cards and discard two. Finally, I’ll wrap things up by placing one card face down.”

“Looks like Vladimir didn’t get a good hand either,” said Fluttershy.

“Told ya,” said Flash. “Twilight can take him out easy.”

“I don’t like this,” thought Sunset. “Twilight better stay on her toes.”

Turn 3: Twilight
“Let’s try this again,” said Twilight as she drew. “I summon Justice of Prophecy in attack mode. Now attack!”

“Don’t so fast,” said Vladimir. “I have a trap, Dimensional Prison. Now, any monster foolish enough to attack me is removed from play.”

“Dang,” said Twi. “I end my turn.”

Turn 4: Vladimir
“You’re obviously not a threat,” said Vladimir. “So I’ll just place one card face down and end my turn.”

“This guy’s really pissing me off,” said Flash.

Turn 5: Twilight
“Not a threat, uh?” asked Twilight. “Fine! I draw. Yes! Now that I have three Spellbook cards in my hand, I can Special Summon High Priestess of Prophecy in attack mode! Now I’ll activate her ability, by discarding a Spellbook from my hand, I can destroy your face down.”

“Oh no,” said Vladimir.

“Attack!” ordered Twilight.

Vladimir: 1500
Twilight: 4000

Vladimir growled in anger.

“How’s that for threatening?” asked Twilight. “That’s enough damage for one turn.”

“Nice going, Twilight!” called Flash.

“Way to go!” cheered Sunset.

“Woo-hoo!” cried Pinkie.

Turn 6: Vladimir
“Maybe I under estimated you,” said Vladimir. “Which means now, I can go all out!”

“Oh boy,” said Twilight.

“I play Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards,” said Now Vladimir. “Next, I’ll play Double Summon, so I can play two monsters this turn. First, I summon Kaiser Seahorse, then I’ll use his effect. If I tribute him to summon a Light monster, I can treat him as two sacrifices. I tribute summon Photon Caesar in attack mode. And his ability allows me to bring out another one from my hand. Then I’ll activate Riryoku to cut your monster’s ATK power in half and add that amount to one of my Caesars. (Photon Caesar: 2000 – 3250) Attack her Priestess!”

Vladimir: 1500
Twilight: 2000

Twilight smiled. “Thank you.”

“What?” asked Vladimir.

“Activate trap!” said Twilight. “Liberty At Last! When one of my monsters is destroyed in battle, I can send two of your monsters back into your deck.”

“Very well,” said Vladimir. “I activate Feast of the Wild LV5, this lets me special summon two level five Warrior monsters from my graveyard. So I’ll bring back the two monsters I discarded with Graceful Charity. Two Jack’s Knights! Lastly, I’ll place two cards face down and end my turn.”

Turn 7: Twilight
“My turn,” said Twilight. “Yes! Now I can get back in this game! I summon-”

“Hold on,” said Vladimir. “I activate a trap, Tyrant’s Throes. This card requires me to tribute two normal monsters, after that, neither of us can normal summon, nor special summon effect monsters. Also, I activate Light of Intervention which stops us from setting.”

“Fantastic,” thought Twilight. “I end my turn.”

Turn 8: Vladimir
“Back to me,” said Vladimir. “I’ll place a card face down and end my turn.”

Turn 9: Twilight
“I draw,” said Twilight. “None of my cards can help me. I can’t do anything, so I end-”

“Hold on!” said Vladimir. “I activate my trap, Royal Writ of Taxation. Now I get to look at a random card in your hand, and if that card isn’t activated or summoned by the end of my next turn, you lose 1000 life points. I’ll select the card you just drew.” Twilight revealed the card. “Oh, Wheel of Prophecy. If only you hand it on the field. Oh well.”

“I get it!” said Twilight. “Now get your turn over with!”

Turn 10: Vladimir
“Very well,” said Vladimir. “I place one card face down end my turn.”

Turn 11: Twilight
“My move,” said Twilight. “I activate Magical Mallet. This card lets me select all the cards in my hand that I don’t want, and shuffle them back into my deck, then I draw the same number of cards. I’ll send these two back to my deck and draw two new ones. I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Tyrant trap.”

“I activate a new trap,” said Vladimir. “Imperial Custom, this continuous trap protects all other continuous traps from being destroyed.”

“Shit!” said Twilight. “I place one card face down and end my turn.”

Turn 12: Vladimir
“Once again, I’ll just place a card face down,” said Vladimir. “Cause that’s all I need to do. Plus, now that my turn is over, you lose a few points.”

Vladimir: 1500
Twilight: 1000

Turn 13: Twilight
“Oh yeah?” asked Twilight. “Watch this, reveal face down! Trap Stun! This card negates all other trap cards this turn.”

“What?” asked Vladimir.”

“Now I activate my Spellbook Library of the Crescent,” continued Twilight. “This can only be activated if I have no Spellbooks in my graveyard, which I don’t. Now I can select three different Spellbooks from my deck and show them to you, you select one and that will go to my hand. So take your pick.” The three cards where Spellbook of Power, Spellbook of Secrets, and Spellbook of Fate.

“I choose Spellbook of Fate,” said Vladimir.

“Excellent,” said Twilight. “Now I summon Temperance of Prophecy in attack mode. Then I’ll activate Spellbook of Wisdom, this protects my Temperance from all Spell card effects this turn. But it doesn’t really matter, because I’m activating his effect. Now that I’ve activated a Spellbook, I can send my Temperance to the graveyard and special summon my most powerful monster from my deck, World of Prophecy! Now for her effect, it allows me to add two Spellbooks from my graveyard to my hand. Now by revealing four different Spellbooks in my hand, (Spellbook Library of the Crescent, Spellbook of Wisdom, Spellbook of Fate, and Spellbook Organization) I can destroy all other cards on the field.”

“I activate Shrink!” said Vladimir quickly. “Now your monster’s ATK power is cut in half.” (World of Prophecy: 2900 – 1450)

“I don’t care,” said Twilight. “World of Prophecy, attack!”

Vladimir: 50
Twilight: 1000

“Aaahhhh!!” cried Vladimir.

“Awesome come back, Twilight!” called Flash.

“I knew you could do it!” cheered Rarity.

“Way to go!” said Sunset.

“Woo!!!” cried Fluttershy in a crazy manner.

“Thanks guys,” said Twilight. “Now I activate Spellbook Organization, which lets me arrange the top three cards of my deck. Yes! Magical Blast, I’ll put that on top. Alright, Vladimir, I end my turn. If I can hold on for one more turn, I can finish him with Magical Blast.”

Turn 14: Vladimir
Vladimir chuckled. “You should have ended this duel when you had the change, now it’s going to cost you, I draw!” Vladimir laughed. “I activate Change of Heart.”

“Oh no!” said Twilight.

“Oh yes,” said Vladimir. “Now until the end of this turn, your monster belongs to me. Now, World of Prophecy, attack her directly!”

Vladimir: 50
Twilight: 0

“No way!” cried Flash.

“I can’t believe it,” said Pinkie.

“Oh shit,” said Applejack.

“Well did you expect?” asked Vladimir. “The rich and powerful will always win. So save yourself the humiliation and know where your place is, loser.”

“Fuck you!!” yelled Flash.

“Just because you won this battle doesn’t mean you’ll win the whole tournament!” called AJ.

“Money can’t buy everything,” said Pinkie.

“Especially friendship,” added Fluttershy.

“You don’t know how wrong you are,” said Vladimir.

“On the contrary,” said Sunset. “Unlike you, Twilight doesn’t have to pay us, to be her friends!”

Vladimir scowled. “Whatever.”

“Forget him, Twilight,” said Flash. “You’ll always be the best to me.”

“Us too,” said Fluttershy.

“You don’t have to win to be a winner,” said Sunset. “And win or lose, we’re friends til the end.”

Twilight blushed. “Thanks guys.”

“Group hug!” yelled Pinkie.

Later the results from other duels were broadcasted on the park’s monitors. The winners were Leon, Sweetie Belle, and Trixie.

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(On the Wheel of Wonder)

“I did it, Rarity! I did it!” cried Sweetie Belle.

“I knew you could do it!” said Rarity as she hugged her sister.

“Way to go Sweetie Belle!” said the crusaders.

“Curse you!” wept Ahuizotl.

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(At the House of Horror)

“Way to go, bro,” said Golden Grape. “Make you’ve the skill to pay the bill, and give the crowd a thrill with that wicked will, you’re like a drill, on the mill---. You just me an idea for a new song, thanks boy.”

“You’re… welcome,” said Leon.

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(On the Kaiba Land Theater)

“The Great and Powerful Trixie always wins in the end!” said Trixie.

“Whatever,” said Shadow Shape.

Comments

[Mr-Astounding]

not bad, but a suggestion or two for at least a glimpse at some of the other duelists we've seen so far:
Ahuizotl: assuming that Daring Do is as much of a rival in this world as she would be in the pony world, I can assume that he would have either a deck centered around either Fabled or Artifact cards, depending on what his rival would more then likely carry...
Golden Grape: Photon, as it fits with what we can assume is a flashy lifestyle
Shadow Shape: Dark World, as it seems to fit what little we've seen of his personality