DAWN OF THE BLACKWINGS
Chapter 1; The beginning
At a duel runner shop
"No, not good enough" Sonic thought.
He took a look at the next runner.
"No, the color sucks" He thought.
And the next one.
"Too low horsepower. Darn it. Isn't there any good enough duel runner in here?" He said inside him.
The owner saw Sonic's disappointment.
"Don't worry young man. Take it easy. The runner will pick you at the same time you pick it." He said and left.
Sonic took a moment to think these words and continued. He couldn't get disappointed yet. After all the shop "Speed's core" was huge. Surely, there had to be a runner that would fit him. And at that very moment he saw it. A red runner at the color of fire with an arrow at the shape of a lightning at the sides. Its nose was sharp which would reduce the wind resistance. And at its back was printed the name "Furious Flame". It was perfect every way and the price was logical.
"Excuse me" he shouted "I'm interested in this one please"
The owner arrived in a flash.
"Oh,this one. You 're lucky. I have it in discount for the next 4 days. It is yours for 400 euros" He said.
"Ok, I 'll buy it" Sonic responded
Then the owner brought him a contract. Sonic singed it and paid for it plus an extra 50 euros for fuel. Afterwards he received the runner at the garage of the shop. He decided to test it right away. When he put the engine on a sound similar to the roar of a lion echoed in the entire garage.
"Wow, the sound of the engine is just awesome." He thought.
When the owner opened the garage gate he sped up in the blink of an eye.
"Thanks!" he shouted once he passed near the owner.
Immediately he headed to the closest runner highway. He couldn't wait to duel other duelists he would encounter there. It was 5PM. The time when duelists went out and searched for opponents or to hang out with friends. It was even possible that he would encounter his friend Knuckles the Echidna. At this time of day usually he was out trashing other duelists he encountered.
Sonic and his friends, Miles "Tails" Prowers, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose and his eternal rival and friend Jet the hawk all lived in Athens, capital of Greece. All of them, and for some reason Sonic specifically, were known as some of Greece's top duelists. They started playing the game Duel Monsters ever since it came out when they were 7 years old. As years went by Sonic, Tails and Knuckles met Amy and Jet and they were a team now. Sonic's deck was blackwings and his ace was Black-Winged Dragon, Tails had a deck of his own creation which didn't belong to any meta of the game with his own ace being Red Nova Dragon, Knuckles was using Elemental heroes, Amy plants and Jet had 2 decks a cyber dragon deck and a samurai deck with the samurais as his main deck. They had learnt to enjoy the game from the depths of their soul and encouraged the other duelists to play for fun. They also participated in various dueling tournaments held all over Greece. In every single one Sonic ended up in the first place receiving tons of cards and money prizes that he shared with his friends. And now he had his very own runner. That way he could duel while riding his runner to increase the feeling of joy he received whenever he dueled.
It was only 5 minutes ever since he entered the motorway and saw Knuckles' duel runner, the so-called Black Blade on the horizon. He accelerated and overtook a duelist who, as it seemed, had just lost. He went near Knuckles.
"Hello Knucks" he greeted him.
"Well, well if it isn't Sonic. I see you finally got your license" Knuckles greeted back.
"You bet I did. Wanna take me on? I really want to see what this baby can do." Sonic said challenging Knuckles to a duel.
"Well the guys I dueled before barely even resisted me. I really need some challenge."
"Well then, there's only one thing to say Knucks. Let's duel!" Sonic shouted triggering the duel mode of his runner.
"Let's see how this will turn out." Knuckles said smiling.
They each drew 5 cards and Sonic as the winner of his last duel with Knuckles took the first move.
"It's my turn. Draw. I activate the continuous spell, Black Whirlwind. Next I summon blackwing-shura the blue flame in attack mode. Next my whirlwind activates so I can add a blackwing monster card from my hand to my deck with less attack points than the one which was just summoned. Shura's attack points are 1800 so I add the 1100 atk point blackwing-Breeze the zephyr to my hand. That activates Breeze's effect. When it is added to my hand in a way other than drawing I can summon it immediately. Also I special summon from my hand blackwing-bora the spear. As you know it can be summoned from my hand if I control at least one face-up blackwing. Now I tune the level 3 tuner Breeze the zephyr with the lever 4 bora the spear to synchro summon blackwing Armor Master".
"Right off the bat. I expected nothing less from you Sonic"
"I 'll place 2 cards face down and now it's your move Knuckles."
"Here I come. Draw. Perfect. I activate polymerization to fuse king of the swamp who can be substituted for any fusion material with elemental hero necroshade to summon elemental hero absolute zero in attack mode. Then I activate necroshade's effect in my graveyard. Once per duel I can summon an elemental hero that requires tributes without any tributes so say hello to elemental hero bladedge. Ready or not, here I come. Absolute zero attack and destroy Armor master."
"Come on Knucks you sure can do better. Go! The trap Negate Attack. I don't have to say what it does besides it also end your battle phase."
"Darn. Ok I set 2 cards and end my turn as well"
"Too obvious Knuckles. You wanted to KO your absolute zero to have its effect destroy all my monsters when it leaves the field. And I won't be surprised if one of your set cards was de-fusion." Sonic said smiling with an "evil" look on his face.
"That's why he is a worthy opponent. He completely reads his foe's moves" Knuckles thought smiling as well. "Bring it on Sonic."
"Don't mind if I do. My turn. Draw. I activate the spell blackwing feathers. For every blackwing with a different name on my field I draw a card. I have bora and armor master so 2 cards. And what cards! I summon blackwing elphin the raven in attack mode. I'm sure you know his effect right?"
"Yes. 1 monster on my field switches battle modes. And yes you summoned it without tributing although it's level 6 due to controlling at least 1 blackwing."
"Exactly. So bladedge is not so edgy anymore as he goes to defense mode. Afterwards due to the effect of black whirlwind I add to my hand blackwing kalut the moon shadow. Now it's time for some damage. Bora attack bladedge."
"I know what you re aiming for. Go! De fusion!"
"Knew it" Sonic thought
"I break absolute zero back to king of the swamp and necroshade. And through this absolute zero's effect is triggered. He left the field so he blows yours up."
"As I said earlier I predicted that. You 're trying to destroy 3 monsters, enough to trigger the trap Starlight road"
"Here it comes" Knuckles whispered.
My trap negates an effect that wuld destroy 2 or more cards on my field. Also it calls upon my field the mighty stardust dragon!"
Stardust appeared.
"Now on with the battle. But bora's target switches. Now it is king of the swamp!"
King of the swamp was killed off instantly.
"Darn" ( Knuckles LP 7400)
"Next elphin will attack and destroy necroshade. And armor master will deal with bladedge."
Now knuckles was defenseless.
"Stardust dragon. Attack with cosmic flare!"
"AAAH" (Knuckles LP 4900)
"I'll throw down a set card and call it a turn Knucks"
"My turn. Excellent. Now I can fight back. I summon elemental hero prisma. His effect allows me to choose a fusion monster in my extra deck. Then I choose 1 fusion material for this in my deck and toss it in the graveyard. I choose elemental hero avian. Next I play my trap. Call of the haunted . It brings bladedge back to the field next I play super polymerization. By discarding 1 card from my hand I fuse my prisma and your stardust dragon."
"Uh oh. That's bad."
"That's the least bad you can say it is. For I fusion summon elemental hero great tornado. As you sure know he halves the attack points of all your monsters. Next I play miracle fusion to remove from my graveyard prisma and bladedge to summon elemental hero the shining. And as if he was enough he gains 300 attack points for every removed elemental hero so he has 3200 hundred. What was it you said earlier? Time for some damage? You were absolutely right. Great tornado. Send stardust dragon to the stars."
Stardust was defeated with halved attack (Sonic LP 6450)
"Now I attack elphin the raven with the shining".
Elphin was killed as well (Sonic LP 5450)
"Ok Sonic get out of this mess, if you can that is"
"Oh you bet I will. Specifically this turn I'll win."
"Bring it then"
"Consider it brought! Draw. Exactly what I needed. Dark Hole!"
"Leave it to you to draw the card you need in a pinch. But I activate the effect of the shining. When it is destroyed I add 2 removed heroes to my hand. Welcome back prisma and bladedge." Knuckles said smiling
"Ok Knucks It end here. I play my own call of the haunted to bring back elphin the raven. Next I summon blackwing kalut the moon shadow and add due to whirlwind effect to my hand blackwing oroshi the squal and since I control a blackwing monster he appears on the field as well.
"Oh no!" Knuckles said with wide open eyes "A level 1 tuner and a level 7 non tuner? Are you…?"
"That's right Knuckles. Say hello to my ace. I tune the level 1 tuner blackwing oroshi the squal with level 7 not tuner blackwing armor master to bring for the mighty Black-Winged Dragon!"
"I was hoping I could win before he appeared. Well… looks like good game well played Sonic."
"Precisely. Elphin the first hit is yours. Attack!"
"Dah" Knuckles said when attacked.(Knuckles LP 2700)
"Black-winged time for the finale. Attack with Black Blazing stream!"
"AAAAAH"(Knuckles LP 0)
"Damn. That's why you 're the best dude."
"Thanks Knucks. Huh?"
"What?"
"Message from Amy. She writes "At the usual place in 10 min. We 're waiting" Cool. I really wanted to run with this baby even more."
"Ok then. Next stop; Duelist's haunt."
"Let's go. Try catching up to me." Sonic said accelerating.
And they both headed to their favorite meeting place.
