Chapter two: Family bonding
Twilight was an emotional wreck as her train lead her out of the shinning city of Canterlot and down towards the far less shiny town of Ponyville, her mind was racing as she kept thinking over and over about she should do. Part of her wanted to try and fulfill her idol’s wishes and figure out just what she was meaning by unravelling the mystery of the heart of the cards; yet the other part wanted to purpously fail in order to return Celestia’s deck to its rightful owner, even if it meant disappointing her.
She was just so torn and confused as continued on her lonely journey.
“Oh come on Twilight, cheer up already! Just think about all the fun we’ll have wasting everyone with our duelling skills!”
And also her little brother Spike was there.
Spike was Twilight’s adopted younger brother and an aspiring duelist just like his sister; and it is due to this fact that their parents, Night Light and Twilight Velvet, decided that he should tag along and enter the tournament as well in order to turn it into some form of brother/sister bonding trip.
“It’s fine Spike, I’m just a bit anxious is all.” Twilight sighed.
“Look Twi, you don’t need to worry about how I’m gonna fare in my first Tournament” Spike said cockily, “the only people who have a chance at beating me are you and Celestia, ol’ Spike and his Neo-Spacians have this in the bag.”
Twilight couldn’t help but cringe, it was a well known fact amongst duelists that Neo-Spacians was one of the worst archetypes ever put to card, and Spikes deck was no exception.
“Yep, you’re so right there Spike” Twilight said with a forced smile and clenched teeth, “But are you sure you don’t want to borrow a deck from me for this, it is an elite tournament after all and I know how much you love Gem-Knights.”
“Thanks for the offer Twilight, but how could I pass up the opportunity to use this guy, I mean come on, he’s a literal alien superhero!” Spike exclaimed as he quickly pulled his deck from the box on his belt to draw his favourite card, the Elemental HERO Neos.
“I know that Spike, its just that he’s not very....well.......good, like at all...” Twilight said, trying to let her brother down gently.
“Psh, that’s what they all say, but I believe in my deck and its abilities, and I’ll prove its usefulness to you right now!” Spike said standing up and gesturing to his elder sister, “Sis, I challenge you to a duel!”
Believe...
Twilight pondered Spikes words for a second before responding, “Well I guess a little practice with my new deck wouldn’t hurt... Alright then I accept your challenge.” She said before looking about the crampt compartment, “although we might have to wait until the train stops befor we can whip out our duel disks, not really enough room here for a holographic battle...”
“That’s fine, we can play it manually on the pull out table.” Spike said as he extended the panel from the wall to form a flat surface for the two of them to use.
“Oh yeah, I guess I’m so used to duelling with disks and holograms that I forgot that was an option” Twilight said, slightly embarrassed by her oversight.
“It’s whatever, now lets stop stalling, its time to duel
~~~~~~~
Twilight: 8000LP
Spike: 8000LP
“Since you challenged me, I think I’ll take the first move Spike.” Twilight said as she look down at her hand.
Twilights hand:
Kuribandit
Chaos Sorcerer
Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter
Charge of the Light Brigade
Vanquishing Light
(Since its his first turn, I doubt Spike would be able to deal that much damage to me in one turn, especially with a Neos deck.) Twilight thought to herself, (So it’s probably safe to pull out Kuribandit for a bit of search power.)
“I summon from my hand the Kuribandit in attack mode.” Twilight said as she placed down her card onto the table.
“Ha, that little guy looks like a chestnut decided to become a pirate!” Spike laughed out loud.
“Yeah, well this chestnut won’t stick around for long as I set a card and end my turn, which allows me to activate Kuribandit special ability!” Twilight announced, “during my end phase I can tribute Kuribandit to look at the top 5 cards of my deck and pick a spell or trap card from among them and add it to my hand while sending the rest to my graveyard.”
Twilight then proceeded to excavate the top cards of her deck and decided upon her choice of card, “I add the Solemn Strike to my hand, your move Spike.”
“Alright, I draw! And first I play the spell card A Hero Lives!” States Spike as he slaps his card to the table, “this card lets me special summon a level 4 or lower Elemental HERO monster from my deck at the cost of half my life points, and I choose to special summon Elemental HERO Prisma in attack mode!”
Spike: 8000LP -> 4000LP
“Next I activate his ability to reveal one fusion monster from my extra deck and then send one of the listed fusion materials from my deck to the graveyard while Prisma gains the monsters name and effects, and I choose to reveal the fusion monster Elemental HERO Air Neos in order to send my Elemental HERO Neos to the graveyard.” Spike said with a slight giddyness to his voice.
“And next since I haven’t used my normal summon for this turn, I summon from my hand Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird in attack mode in order to contact fuse my Prisma and Hummingbird to create Elemental HERO Air Neos!” Spike said proudly as bounced up and down in his seat.
(A fusion summon on his first turn! This could get hairy, but at least since it only has enough attack to deal 2500 points of damage I’m not in risk off loosing this turn.) Twilight thought to herself as she witnessed her brothers combo.
“But that’s not all Twilight, you see Air Neos has a special ability that means that if my life points are lower than yours the difference is added to its attack points, and since I only have 4000 to your 8000, his attack increases by 4000 points from 2500 to 6500!”
“WHAT!!!!” Blurted out Twilight, in awe of what was taking place.
“What is right sis, but I still have more I can do; I play the Upstart Goblin spell card, giving you 1000 life points and allowing me to draw 1 card from my deck.”
Twilight: 8000 -> 9000
Air Neos: 6500atk -> 7500atk
“Now there is only one card in my deck that can win me this duel this turn before you can mount a comeback, but I know my deck won’t let me down! I DRAW!” Spike yelled with passion as he drew the top card of his deck, and though Twilight might not have noticed it at the time, his deck shimmered slightly in response to his call.
Spike was silent for a second before slowly growing an enormous smile.
“Well, what is it?” Asked Twilight, slightly offput by her little brothers reaction.
“It’s my victory, I activate from my hand the effect of my Elemental HERO Honest Neos!” Spike announced as he flipped the card in his fingers, revealing it to Twilight, “its effect lets me discard it from my hand in order to raise the attack of one HERO monster by 2500 points, and I choose my Elemental HERO Air Neos!”
Air Neos: 7500atk ->10000atk
“Oh no” whimpered Twilight.
“Oh yes!” Said Spike as he punched the air, “Next I attack you directly with Air Neos for 10000 points of damage!!!”
Twilight: 9000LP -> 0000LP
Winner - Spike
~~~~~~~
“Well that was a quick win wasn’t, got anything to say to the kids watching at home?”
Twilight was in shock, “huh...buh...wah” was all she could say as she gazed, wide eyed at the cards upon the table, unable to grasp the concept of what had just occurred.
“Yeah, not so terrible now are they Twi...Twi?”
“....”
“Twi, are you alright?” Asked Spike, starting to get a bit worried for his sister.
“How did you do that?”
“Huh?”
“How did you do that? How did you manage that play? I know your deck, it only has one of each card, so how did you manage to draw not only the perfect hand, but then get the perfect draw from the Upstart Goblin. That can’t have been dumb luck just now...” Twilight said as she tried to come to terms with her loss.
“That’s the thing Twi, that’s pretty much all that happened.” Spike said, “I just prayed to my deck for the perfect draw and my deck obliged.”
“....”
The two spent the rest of the trip after that without talking until they reached Ponyville station where they got up to grab their things to depart from the locomotive, and while Spike hopped off, Twilight hesitated for a second before looking back at the now empty cabin they were sitting in.
“Praying to your deck... and having it answer your call...” She said outloud to herself before disembarking as well to head into town.
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Spike knows the Heart of the Cards, even if he doesn't know it by that name.
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Yeah, I didn’t want to leave him completely redundant or anything
Kinda short, but I loved how Spike pretty much just trolled Twilight in this chapter. That was the best thing to happen yet and I can't wait for more.
yeah nah i call bulshit spike stacked his deck as they never shuffled
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Yeah, I’m not that good at writing longer chapters... sorry ‘bout that :/
9059248
: what do you mean? It was all just the heart of the cards baby *eyes dart back and forth nervously*
9059665
im onto your shite spike you don't think i know the temptation to stack the deck so you can pull shit like the tv show.
not to mention several main charecters made there own cards any way so there op as shit
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: *sweats profusely*
So, are we to expect Twilight's Duel with Nightmare Moon to be a Shadow Game? I think it would be interesting to see NMM pull a Dark Marik if that's the case. Y'know, where Luna and someone Twilight cares about (probably Spike) are put at risk to be swallowed by the Shadow Realm? That would make for a neat twist. And then Twilight does an ass-pull outta nowhere to switch NMM and Luna's places via the Elements of Harmony or something like that, and Luna banishes NMM by surrendering the Duel.
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I have something similar in mind, not quite that tho so keep guessing :)
Is this story still being continued?
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I’d like to, but I’m really bad at getting motivated towards writing things... :/
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I hear you. If you need any help, just let me know and I'll do whatever I can.
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Thanks for the offer :)
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Thanks, I shall remain a subject of amazement
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Good!
Will this story continue?
Really loved how Spike will get to duel and how he won his first duel here.
Any plans for him? Like where he would be part of the "chosen ones"(Mane 6) there too?
"I call shenanigans on that! You must've stacked your deck."
"No I didn't. It's the power of the heart of the cards."