Dueling is Magic!
Many Futures
Chapter Two
Royal Rumble: Twilight vs. Celestia and Luna!
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“A duel?” said Twilight. “But... how do you two know how to duel? I mean, I know you’ve watched Yusei duel, but...”
“Twilight Sparkle, you have many questions,” said Luna. “But we will not answer them just yet. We have a test to administer.”
“If I win, will you tell me what this is all about?” asked Twilight.
“If you pass the test, then we will tell you,” Celestia answered. “The rules are simple. Luna and I will function as a single duelist. We will have a standard-sized field and a single Graveyard, and share four-thousand Life Points. Our hands, decks and Extra Decks will remain separate. Only one of us will control the field at a time, and we will switch after each of your turns.
“Okay,” said Twilight. She took a deep breath, let it out, then used her magic to draw five cards from her deck. “I’m ready.”
“DUEL!” shouted the three ponies.
Life Point Count
Celestia/Luna: 4000
Twilight: 4000
“I will take the first turn,” said Celestia. She drew a card with her magic. “I activate ‘One for One’. By sending a monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a monster from my hand or deck. From my deck, I summon ‘Supay’ in Defense Mode.” A brown mask with large eyes, horns and tusks appeared. Several red markings decorated its nose, cheeks and forehead.
Supay
DEF/100
LV 1
“Next I Release Supay and Advance Summon ‘Oracle of the Sun’,” Celestia continued. The mask vanished in a swirling light and was replaced by a human man. He wore layered robes with a large red sun painted on the front of his shirt.
Oracle of the Sun
ATK/1000
LV 5
“I Set two cards and end my turn,” said Celestia. “Your turn, Twilight.”
“I draw,” said Twilight. “Okay, I activate ‘Arcane Barrier’. Each time a Spellcaster-Type monster is destroyed, it gets a Spell Counter. Next, I summon ‘Crusader of Endymion’ in Attack Mode!”
A thin man in blue garb appeared. His face was covered by a blue helmet and blue armor floated around his arms and legs, linked to him by circles of magic.
Crusader of Endymion
ATK/1900
LV 4
“Battle!” said Twilight. “Crusader of Endymion, attack Oracle of the Sun! Lunar Punch!”
The warrior pulled his fist back, then threw it forward. A bright white beam of energy shot out of the white gems on the end of his gauntlet. It struck the Oracle in the chest, piercing the sun painting on his shirt and destroying him. A small, green light appeared and began to circle Twilight’s ‘Arcane Barrier’ card.
Life Point Count
Celestia/Luna: 3100
“I guess the Oracle was a Spellcaster,” said Twilight. “Honestly, I expected one of your face-downs to destroy my Crusader.”
“But since it was Oracle who was destroyed, his effect activates,” said Celestia. “Now I can add ‘Fire Ant Ascator’ from my deck to my hand.”
“I’ll Set two cards face-down and end my turn,” said Twilight.
Luna stepped forward. “It is my turn now,” she said. “I draw! And I activate ‘Call of the Haunted’!” One of the Set cards that Celestia had played flipped up. “This card Special Summons a monster from our Graveyard in Attack Mode. Revive, ‘Apocatequil’!”
Dark purple rings filled with arcane runes appeared in front of the Continuous Trap and a short man made entirely of wood blocks appeared. He wore a white robe and held a golden staff in his hand.
Apocatequil
ATK/1800
LV 4
“Next I activate ‘Call of the Reaper’!” Luna shouted. The other Set card flipped up. “When a monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, I can also Special Summon ‘Fire Ant Ascator’ or ‘Supay’ from the Graveyard. Be reborn, ‘Supay’!” The brown mask reappeared on the field.
“Apocatequil’s effect is applied,” the lunar princess continued. “While I control a Tuner Monster, it is treated as Level Five! Level One Supay, tune with the Level Five Apocatequil!” The brown mask rotated around to reveal a white star inside of it. The mask vanished and the star rose into the air, drawing a green ring as it did. The little wooden man jumped into the air and was encircled by the ring. Its body became a bright orange outline, but was then stripped away, leaving five more stars like the first. They formed a line in the ring and were engulfed by a pillar of green light.
“When darkness threatens to consume all, it is the moon that will light the way home. Shine through the clouds with your gentle glow!” said Luna. “Synchro Summon! Rise in dreams, ‘Moon Dragon Quilla’!”
Thick clouds appeared overhead and a soft, blue glow emanated from behind them. A blue moon with a face arose from behind the clouds. Then four serpentine necks unfolded from behind it. At the end of each neck was a blue dragon’s head.
Moon Dragon Quilla
ATK/2500
LV 6
“Battle! Moon Dragon Quilla, attack Crusader of Endymion!” said Luna. “Moonlight Flame!” The four heads opened their mouths and spat out streams of blue flame. The fire condensed into a ball that grew larger and larger. Finally, a pale beam of light shot out from the moon-like body of the creature, propelling the fireball toward Twilight’s monster. It slammed into the Crusader, engulfing him in flames and destroying him. Twilight covered her eyes with one hoof until the flames died away.
Life Point Count
Twilight: 3400
“I end my turn,” said Luna.
Twilight put her hoof back on the ground, planting it firmly beneath her. “My turn!” she said, taking a card from the top of her deck. “I activate ‘Monster Reborn’ and revive Crusader of Endymion!” The dark purple portal reappeared, this time in front of Twilight. The Crusader of Endymion jumped out, brandishing his huge gauntlets.
“Crusader of Endymion is a Gemini Monster, which means it’s treated as a Normal Monster on the field and in the Graveyard,” said Twilight. “But it also means I can turn it into an Effect Monster by Normal Summoning it while it’s in play. I Gemini Summon ‘Crusader of Endymion’!”
Twilight’s monster was enveloped in a pillar of white light. The light vanished and the Crusader seemed to glow with a green aura. Silver, wing-like blades had appeared on his back and the white gems on the massive gauntlets were alight.
“I activate Crusader’s effect,” said Twilight. “Once per turn, I can place a Spell Counter on a card that can have Spell Counters, and Crusader gains six hundred Attack Points until the End Phase. Arcane Barrier now has three Spell Counters, and my Crusader is powered up!”
Crusader of Endymion
ATK/2500
LV 4
“Battle! Crusader of Endymion, attack Moon Dragon Quilla!” Twilight ordered.
“Moon Dragon Quilla’s effect activates!” said Luna. “When it is targeted for an attack, we gain Life Points equal to half the attacking monster’s Attack Points!”
“I play the Trap ‘Magician’s Circle’!” said Twilight. “When a Spellcaster-Type monster attacks, this card makes both of us summon a Spellcaster from our decks with two thousand or fewer Attack Points in Attack Mode. I summon ‘Dark Red Enchanter’!” A new monster appeared next to Twilight’s first. This one was another humanoid, dressed in red garb. His shoulders were adorned with massive gold and red plates embedded with one large ruby each. A two-pronged helmet rested on his head. In his hand was a gold and red staff, hooked at the end and holding another ruby.
“In that case, I shall summon Oracle of the Sun,” said Luna.
Dark Red Enchanter
ATK/1700
LV 6
Oracle of the Sun
ATK/1000
LV 5
“The Crusader’s attack continues!” said Twilight. “Go, Light of Selene!” The Crusader threw both fists forward. White light shined from his metal wings onto the massive gauntlets, flowing from one end to the other like water. The four white jewels on each of the massive gauntlets fired white beams of energy at the Moon Dragon, striking it in its stone center, but not before it launched four fireballs at the magical warrior. Both monsters were destroyed.
“Do not forget about Quilla’s effect,” said Luna. “We have gained half of your Crusader’s Attack Points as Life Points, a total of twelve hundred and fifty points.”
Life Point Count
Celestia/Luna: 4350
“I’m not done yet,” said Twilight. “I play the Continuous Trap ‘Pitch-Black Power Stone’.” Twilight’s other Set card flipped up and a black orb with a yellow triangle inside of it appeared. Each of the three points of the gold triangle were glowing. “When it’s activated, it gets three Spell Counters, and during my turn, I can move any of those Spell Counters to another card. I’ll move one of them to my Dark Red Enchanter. And for each Spell Counter he has, he gains three hundred Attack Points!” The the red gem on the Enchanter’s right shoulder plate lit up with a bright red glow.
Dark Red Enchanter
ATK/2000
LV 6
“Dark Red Enchanter, attack Oracle of the Sun with Dark-Red Shock Wave!” said Twilight. The red magician pointed his staff at the Oracle. A crimson beam exploded out of the jewel, sending bright red shockwaves into the air around it. It pierced the Oracle’s chest and destroyed it. Luna shielded herself from the blast with her wings.
When the roar of the explosion died away, Luna revealed herself and said, “When Oracle of the Sun is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I am allowed to add either ‘Fire Ant Ascator’ or ‘Supay’ from my deck to my hand. I choose ‘Supay’.”
“My turn’s not over yet, Princess Luna,” said Twilight. “I move to Main Phase Two and activate the Spell Card 'Magical Blast', which hits you for two hundred points of damage for each Spellcaster I control." A swirling ball of blue, violet and white energy appeared and slammed into the dark blue alicorn.
Life Point Count
Celestia/Luna: 3150
"Dark Red Enchanter gains a Spell Counter each time a Spell is activated. Next, I activate Dark Red Enchanter’s effect. By removing two Spell Counters from it, I can make you discard a random card from your hand.” The glow from the magician’s shoulder plates vanished. A card in Luna’s hand began to glow with a dark red aura and it slid into the Graveyard slot on her Duel Disk.
“Since four Spellcasters were destroyed while it’s been in play, it’s at its maximum of four Spell Counters,” Twilight continued. “So I’ll activate its effect by sending it and Dark Red Enchanter to the Graveyard, letting me draw one card for each of those Spell Counters!” Twilight drew and studied her hand for a few seconds before setting a card face-down and declaring the end of her turn.
Life Point Count
Celestia/Luna: 3150
Twilight: 3400
“It is my turn again, my faithful student,” said Celestia. “But you have only just begun to see what Luna and I can do. My turn!”
Celestia’s horn lit up with her magic as she swiped a card from the top of her deck. “I activate ‘Magical Planter’. By sending a Continuous Trap I control to the Graveyard, I can draw two cards. Since ‘Call of the Haunted’ is just taking up space, I’ll use it to pay the cost.” The Trap Card vanished from the field and Celestia drew two more cards. “Next I activate ‘Monster Reborn’ and revive my Oracle of the Sun!”
“Again?” said Twilight as the priest figure appeared. “That’s the third time!”
“He has one more purpose to serve,” said Celestia. “I summon the Tuner Monster ‘Fire Ant Ascator’.” A giant fire ant appeared on the field. Yellow markings decorated its head, giving the impression of eyes.
Fire Ant Ascator
ATK/700
LV 3
“Level Three Fire Ant Ascator, tune with the Level Five Oracle of the Sun!” said Celestia. The fire ant vanished and three stars replaced it. They formed green rings that encircled the Oracle, stripping away its form and leaving five stars behind.
“When the sun rises, it will illuminate all the dark places,” Celestia chanted. “May its light flood across the land! I Synchro Summon ‘Sun Dragon Inti’!”
A bright light appeared overhead. Sunbeams spread and danced across the throne room floor and the stained glass windows, making the glass and tiles sparkle. A stone sculpture of the sun descended and four crimson dragon heads unfolded from behind it.
Sun Dragon Inti
ATK/3000
LV 8
“Battle! Sun Dragon Inti, attack Twilight Sparkle directly!” ordered the princess. “Solar Prominence!” The four heads began to breath bright orange fire that started looping around its body. The sun sculpture absorbed the fire, then let it loose in a giant, spiraling loop. The crest of the loop grew as it raced toward Twilight.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Next time on Dueling is Magic! Many Futures
Twilight tries to maintain her resources while the royal tag-team continue their assault! With the advent of Twilight’s ace monster, will she be able to stand up to the combined power of the Sun and Moon Dragons?
Chapter 3
The Eternal Cycle
Looking great so far. I like how you took that one guy's idea of Celestia and Luna sharing a Inti/Quilla combo; it really suits them. However, I expect a Jack Atlas duel by the time all is said and done.
I was waiting for this to come out. Hmm, if Twilight and her friends are going to the human world, I would LOVE to see Jack and Crow's reactions to Yusei having pony friends form another world, it would be hilarious. I wonder if those cards Twilight got from that stranger will be any high-tiered cards that will be useful to her later on?
Also another thing: Will you be using Xyz Monsters in this fic?
And one more thing: Pitch-Black Power Stone can only transfer a Spell Counter once per turn, so Twilight can't use it twice.
Until the next chapter then.
2379575 I'd planned to do the Sun/Moon combo from the beginning. It's an obvious choice, but as you said, it suits them. And don't worry, Jack will definitely duel. He was one of my favorite characters from 5D's, and definitely had one of the most consistent decks in the show. Yusei relied on little combos building to big results but often relied on luck of the draw. Crow just used tricks to maintain field control/presence while whittling away at the opponent. Jack? Jack was pretty straightforward about his strategy. Level 5 + Level 3 = Red Dragon Archfiend, then PUUUUUUUNCH! Simple.
2379682 I was actually skeptical about the "once per turn" thing. I'd always interpreted as being able to use the effect any time during your turn to move 1 counter at a time, but with no limit to how many times you could activate the effect. I found the Japanese text and threw it into Google Translate and it said "once per turn". So I've fixed that. Had to fix the rest of the duel outline too, but that's done now. Shouldn't be any more hiccups.
I'm not sure I'll be using Xyz Monsters. Until their origin becomes a bit clearer in ZEXAL, I'd rather steer clear of them. But if I DO use them, I know exactly how I'll introduce them.
2380198 i won't hold my breath for yugi or jaden to appear, but will yuma or any of the other zexal characters at least make an appearance??
ok i have that deck in real life and its a real pain in the neck, sun dragon and moon dragon, but i also use the tricky for easy synchro summon
the tricky
lvl5
spellcaster 2000/0
"once per turn you can special summon this card if your opponent controls a monster and you dont"
i think, i havent used that deck in ages
Humans and Ponies I Predict Will Hit it Off:
Jack: Jack is one of the coolest characters in all of 5D's. There's no doubt that he and Rainbow Dash are going to become friends (despite multiple bull-headed arguments along the way ). Not to mention, his taste in fashion (and the fact that he's a total hunk) will attract Rarity (and he would easily take advantage of her low rates) (wink wink).
Crow: Crow's devotion to the orphans (whom he considers his family) will be heavily admired by Applejack. However, with his daring attitude and strong spirit, he'll also be a favorite of Rainbow Dash's.
Akiza: With her newfound kindness that she will develop on her road to being a nurse, she'll get Fluttershy to warm up to her. Plus, her knowledge in the field would be of interest to Twilight. And I don't know why, but I feel that she and Applejack would get along nicely.
Leo: I assume that he'll be the most apprehensive about the ponies at first and will be one of the last to fully warm up to them. But, as it mostly would be, it's Pinkie Pie, the friendliest of them all, who wins Leo over.
Luna: Her soft and kind attitude is almost identical to Fluttershy's. No surprise here.
Martha: I think that Pinkie Pie's being great with kids or Applejack's cooking skills would be received well by Martha.
Carly: She'll go gaga for all of them.
Wow.... Dueling is magic! I just caught up with it all... and it's easily one of my favorite crossovers I've read. I like how you give the ponies decks that make sense, and I honestly need to keep better track of the shows, because I've only seen Yusei's and The Twin's (C + L) deck types before.... I had no idea the Cbeasts could even hope to compete with Malefic monsters.... but Dash did good. I hope we see more of this awesome stuff! Keep up the good work!
2380198 Speaking of Jack and Crow, am I correct in expecting them to have Black-Winged Dragon and Red Nova Dragon in their decks in this fic?
And speaking of the signer dragons will Leo have Life Stream Dragon too? And let's throw in some Assualt Mode and Majestic action into the mix, those guys could use a bit more love, pluse they'd make some pretty good plan B strategys should Accel Synchro (Or in Jacks case Double Tuning) fall short of the mark.
And now that I've brought up Accel Synchro, does Yusei have Shooting Quesar Dragon in this fic?
Don't worry about my review by the way, I'll give a full one once the main story get's going. I will say now however, I am REALLY liking what I'm seeing so far.
Jack and Crow will have their ace monsters now that Paradox has returned them. Leo will probably still have Life Stream Dragon. Seeing as he gave the physical card to Yusei in the final duel against Z-one, I see no reason why Leo wouldn't still have it.
The Majestics are no longer accessible to Jack and Yusei. The Crimson Dragon left at the end of 5D's, taking its marks with it. Majestic Dragon was only accessible through the Crimson Dragon's power.
I don't know about any Assault Mode monsters. It really depends on how the duels flow.
Shooting Quasar will be... difficult. I still don't know about it.
I've never heard of these cards the Princesses are playing but they really suit them.
2406257 Okey, cool I've wanted to see how you'd handle those dragons.
Ooooh so THAT'S what happened, I never got to see the end of the series (Fucking copyright spoil-sports!) so I thought the Majestics were still an option, to bad though, I really liked those ones, they were so shiny.
I'll cross my fingers then and hope for the best.
It can be a chore to summon can't it, I guess it all comes down to preference.
2414510 They were used by Rex Goodwin in the ultimate shadow turbo duel at the end of the first season of 5D's
It may be a little too late to mention this, but, Celestia/Luna's Life Points skip from 4350 to 3150 when they only took 200 damage. O.o
It might or might not be too late to change it, if it's too late, well that's a bit silly. XD
Sorry if you've already been nagged about this.
3168597 um...