This story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Special thanks to AaronCottrell97 for the flashback idea. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:
Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel
The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry
Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami
Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown
WARNING: This story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence, bloody moments, and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
Genre(s): Game, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Romance
(Thomas stood alone over a desert alone. As he looked up, a tear falls from his eye to the ground. From behind him are his friends, Percy Avonside, James Hughes, a taller Emily Stirling, Toby Holden, Edward Stewart, Gordon Gresley, and Henry Stanier. With them are also Molly Russell, Mavis Drewry, Rosie Vulcan, and Stanley Hudswell.)
As you hang your head and smile with your joyful soul,
a single tear of hope lands on your cheeks
(Appearing as well, standing opposite of each other, were two groups of Duel Monsters. One with a dark purpose, while the other were trying to stop what the evil ones have planned. A male monster called Vampire Lord was among the evil group, along with a few other monsters (Vampire Lady, Airknight Parshath, Earl of Demise, and Darkbishop Archfind) and a human male. The screen changed into the main title.)
YU-GI-OH! The Sodor Chronicles
(Thomas again stood alone as some of his monsters appear behind him; Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Magician's Valkyria, the Poker Knight trio, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Big Shield Gardna, and five multicolored Kuribohs. It then showed Emily with some of her own monsters; Wingweaver, Kuribon, Petit Angel, Shining Friendship, Happy Lover, Maha Vailo, and Gemini Elf.)
You pretend to be strong and brave but we know the truth
Underneath you are hiding sighs through a cloudy smile.
(Percy and James are both then shown with their own monsters; Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Flame Swordsman, Gearfried the Iron Knight, Gilford the Lightning, Baby Dragon, Elemental HERO Neos, Winged Kuriboh, Yubel, some Elemental HEROES and Neo-Spacians. Then, to James and Percy's surprise, Mavis, winking, suddenly came in with some of her own monsters; Cyber Tutu, Cyber Gymnist, Etoile Cyber, Blade Skater, Cyber Blader, and Cyber Prima.)
It sticks to me like the shattered glass of your soul
Never fault. For hope's all you need.
(Thomas looked forth at the sky as Emily appeared beside him. Both of them were ready for what's coming.)
It's OK to talk about the pain that dwells inside your heart
(Spencer Gresley then appeared with some of his own monsters; the three legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Maiden with Eyes of Blue. Rosie and Stanley both then looked out as the latter gasped as a vision of his late father stood before him.)
Cause your smile has always saved me
From the cold of the heartless realities.
(Pan to Thomas and his friends fighting off some evil Duel Monsters with some assistance of a new ally; Maiden of the Aqua.)
Through that dark times, we will always strive
I'll be here right beside you through all the grief.
(Thomas eventually summoned the three Egyptian Gods (Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and The Winged Dragon of Ra) against a figure cloaked in darkness with glowing red eyes.)
Together, we'll shine the light forever
(Thomas shouted to the sky as his Millennium Puzzle glows, shooting a beam of golden light into the air. Final shot showed Thomas and his friends standing together as the title comes back again.)
YU-GI-OH! The Sodor Chronicles
July...that's what it finally was on the Island of Sodor; July 2nd. But it wasn't an ordinary day. No way! It was a certain dark green-haired girl's 16th Birthday today... Thomas Billinton, Percy Avonside, and James Hughes were each walking down the streets of Knapford City towards the Sterling residence.
Thomas, 15-years old, had short bright blue-hair, and very commonly wore a black sleeveless shirt, blue jeans with a belt, a blue jean jacket over the shirt, and black sneakers. Recently, he had won the Battle City title of Duel King. Percy was a 14-year old boy with short light green-hair, and was wearing a white t-shirt with a big green stripe in the center, blue jeans with a belt, and green sneakers. James Hughes, now 16-years old, had slick red hair, wore a red jacket (a black sleeveless shirt was underneath) with the number five on the left side, along with bright blue jeans.
"Oh boy! I can't wait to get to Emily's place!" chirped a very excited Percy.
"You and me both, Percy!" agreed James, grinning widely. "Our friend is finally turning the big 1-6!"
Thomas, meanwhile, was holding onto something in his hands while looking nervous.
"I really hope Emily likes the present I got her." he thought only to himself with a blush.
"You alright, Thomas?" came Percy's voice.
Thomas snapped out of his thoughts and looked to his green-haired best friend.
"Huh? O-Oh, yeah..."
But James, knowing much better, had caught onto the blue-haired boy pretty darn quickly...
"You were thinking about Emily again, weren't you?" The red-haired boy asked, although not in a teasing way.
"W-What?" Thomas gasped, turning red in the face. "N-No, I-"
"Come on, man, you've had a crush on Emily for almost five years, now." continued James. "And judging from the nervous look on your face, you're afraid to give her the present you got her."
"James's right, Thomas." Percy agreed. "It's time to sink or swim."
Thomas looked down. "I don't know..."
"It's your choice if you want to or not." James pointed out, before smiling kindly. "If you want our advice... you should go for it."
Thomas remained silent all the way to the Sterling residence.
Title: A 16th Disaster
An hour later, inside the Sterling residence...
"Our daughter's sweet sixteen..." Mrs. Sterling cried happily, carrying towards the table in the dinning room a large chocolate cake.
"I've never been so proud of her." smiled Mr. Sterling.
Around the table was Thomas, Edward Stewart (17), Gordon Gresley (18), Henry Stanier (18), James, Percy, Toby Holden (16), Mavis Drewry (16), Stanley Hudswell (15), Molly Russell (16), and Rosie Vulcan (15).
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMILY!" cheered much of the gang.
"Sixteenth, that is!" added James.
At the head of the table was the Birthday girl herself... Emily Sterling, now 16-years old.
"Thanks, everyone." Emily smiled, just after blowing out her candles.
Thomas, meanwhile, was blushing almost crimson red as he nervously stood up and approached the dark green-haired girl with something behind his back.
"Um... Emily?"
Emily looked to the blue-haired boy. "Yes, Thomas?"
Thomas was shuffling his feet a bit bashfully as he struggled to find the right words.
"I, err, got this for you." he finally said, taking a small box from behind his back.
Curiously, Emily took hold of the box, unwrapped it, opened it up, and gasped.
"Oh, Thomas..."
Inside the box were two things; a Spell card called Swing of Memories, and a heart-shaped locket.
"Happy Birthday, Emily." said Thomas.
Emily curiously held the card up. "What is this card, Thomas?"
"It's called Swing of Memories." explained Thomas. "I found two of them in a booster pack, and I thought you would like one of them."
Emily had another curious look on her face. Thomas immediately cleared his throat and decided to explain something about that card... Not its effect... but something about it.
"This card actually represents the precious memories we've shared together." The blue-haired boy pointed out. "From we first met, and especially after you were saved from yourself."
A flashback began.
FLASHBACK
In a classroom within Sodor Middle School, the teacher, Mr. Perkins, was calling out the register.
"Percy Avonside?"
"Here." said the 8-year old green-haired boy.
"Thomas Billinton?" asked Mr. Perkins.
No one replied.
"Typical." sighed Mr. Perkins. He figured Thomas was running late...again.
"Late as usual." laughed 10-year old James.
(elsewhere...)
Outside the Middle School, 9-year old Thomas was running as fast as he could. He was late, and knew it full well.
"Oh man, I'm late again!" The young blue-haired boy wailed.
He ran through the main school entrance...without looking in front of him, and thus ran into someone else This caused both Thomas and the other person to fall back on the ground.
"Ow..." groaned Young Thomas, rubbing his head. "I'm so sorry about that! Are you alri-"
The young blue-haired boy stopped mid-sentence when he looked at the person he bumped into. In front of him was a very pretty 10-year old dark green-haired girl with a yellow headband. The girl didn't look to be in too much pain, as she had a reassuring smile on her face. This made Thomas's heart skip a beat, as well as make him blush.
"Don't you worry, I'm perfectly fine." reassured the girl, in a sweet voice. "Are you okay?"
"U-U-Um... y-yeah, I'm okay." mumbled Young Thomas nervously, as he and the girl both stood back up.
The girl was only a little bit taller than Young Thomas, but he didn't take much notice of that. The young blue-haired boy was more focused on how pretty the girl was, though she didn't seem to notice.
"Umm... I've never seen you around before."
"I've only just moved to the Island of Sodor. As you can see, this is actually my first day in this school." The girl pointed out. "I'm Emily, by the way. What's your name?"
"M-My name is Thomas. Welcome to Sodor, Emily." Young Thomas kindly held his hand out, to which Young Emily accepted and shook hands with him.
Thomas started blushing again he felt Young Emily's hand touching his. Young Emily saw that and, admittedly, thought Thomas looked cute with a blush on his face.
"Late again, are we, Thomas?" A new voice spoke up.
Young Thomas gulped, looked aside, and saw the school principal, Mr. Arkwright, walking towards him and Young Emily.
"M-Mr. Arkwright, sir!" Young Thomas stuttered nervously. "I was just on my way to class w-when I ran into-"
"So you've acquainted yourself with our new student already." said Mr. Arkwright, smiling. "Well, Mr. Billinton, young Emily here will be joining your class with Mr. Perkins... where you should be right now. Please show Ms. Sterling the way to your classroom. I hope you will help her settle in with the rest of the students... And try not to be late to school in future, will you?"
"Y-Yes, sir." Young Thomas promised, before turning back to Young Emily. "You'll like Mr. Perkins; he's a really nice teacher."
"Really? Well, you'd better show me the way then, you're already late enough. I don't want to get you into trouble." said Young Emily.
"O-Oh no, it's fine, don't worry about me. How about I show you around during lunch?"
"Oh, that's so sweet of you, Thomas." The young dark green-haired girl gushed happily with a warm smile, making Young Thomas blush again.
"It's no problem." The young blue-haired boy said nervously - but kindly.
With that said, Young Thomas began to lead the new girl to class.
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended.
"I...remember..." Emily muttered, recalling those good times.
Thomas smiled. "I've never forgotten those special times... and I bet you haven't either."
Emily smiled as she embraced Thomas in a hug.
"It's wonderful, Thomas." The dark green-haired girl said happily. "Thank you so much."
Thomas remained silent as he blushed harder than ever before. Soon after more presents were opened, Emily excused herself to go to her room and try on one of the shirts her parents got her. As soon as the dark green-haired girl was gone, Gordon, James, and Henry each started whistling and hooting loudly for Thomas.
"What is it?" asked Thomas.
"You lucky dude!" cheered Gordon.
"Nicely played, Thomas!" added James.
"I think you've earned a girlfriend in Emily!" finished Henry.
"W-We're just friends!" protested Thomas, blushing. "I can't ask her to be my girlfriend."
"And why not?" asked James.
"I'm... I'm too afraid."
"Afraid?" scoffed Gordon. "How can you be afraid, little Thomas? I mean, for crying out loud, you're a champion Duel Monsters player!"
"I hate to have to say this to you, Thomas..." Mavis spoke up. "But I have to agree with Gordon here. You're one of the best duelists on the Island of Sodor, have been in several life-and-death matches, and yet you're afraid of confessing your feelings to Emily?"
The blue-haired boy still didn't let up with excuses. "What if she laughs at me and/or rejects me?"
"Somehow I doubt that will happen." Mavis replied, folding her arms. "I should know - I've confronted her a couple of times on her feelings-"
"She's older AND taller than me." added Thomas, interrupting the blonde-haired girl. "Compared to her, I'm still a kid."
"Older?" coughed James. "You both were born in the same year! ...just a couple of months apart. Besides, come November, you'll be the same age as Emily."
Before anything more could be said, a familiar scream was heard from upstairs.
"That sounds like Emily!" exclaimed Stanley, racing up the stairs.
"Emily!" Thomas cried out, racing behind his gray-haired friend.
"We're coming!" added Rosie, standing up from the table.
The duelists ran upstairs down the hallway. Some voices could be heard coming from the dark green-haired girl's room.
"What do you want with me?" The voice of Emily seemed to demand. "Let me go!"
Thomas, Stanley, and Percy each immediately burst into the room. There, they saw some Lizard Soldier monsters trying to pull Emily into a portal.
"Lizard Soldiers?!" gasped Stanley.
"REAL Lizard Soldiers?!" added Percy.
"Get your hands off my friend!" screamed Thomas, racing to rescue Emily.
One of the Lizard Soldiers noticed that lowly human attempting to rescue the girl and immediately whipped its tail, striking the blue-haired boy and knocking him into both Percy and Stanley, thus sending all three boys out of the room.
"Thomas, no!" screamed Emily, before feeling one of the Lizard Soldiers tugging at her long hair. "OW! Watch my hair!"
The Lizard Soldiers, with the dark green-haired girl in captive, turned towards the dark portal...watching as a Witty Phantom walked out.
"Ah, you lizard boys got the girl." The Witty Phantom praised his minions. "Well done! Vampire Lord will be very pleased."
"Y-You're a Witty Phantom!" Emily said in realization.
"Correct you are, my dear." said Witty Phantom, briefly removing his hat and giving a quick bow. "Now, be a good girl and come along. The Court of Darkness has very important plans for you."
"Let her go!" demanded Thomas, getting back into the room.
The Witty Phantom eyed the blue-haired boy, while also noticing several more of his friends entering the room.
"A Witty Phantom?" Edward blinked.
"And it looks real!" added Toby.
"Quite right, lad." replied the Witty Phantom politely. "I, as you have said, am very much real."
"What do you want with our daughter?!" asked Mrs Sterling tearfully.
"Please let her go!" demanded Mr. Sterling in terror. "I'll pay you anything you wish!"
"Pay?" The monster gave a laugh. "Of course you'll pay... Pay up with this girl, that is!"
With that said, the Lizard Soldiers started to take the screaming Emily into the portal.
"Hold it!"
The Witty Phantom smiled as looked towards one of the humans glariing at him angrily. Thomas was seething with anger... The blue-haired boy had nearly lost Emily to that Shadow Game not long ago, and he would be forever damned if he lost her now, forever.
"What is it?" The monster sighed in annoyance. "My partners and I are behind schedule right now, so make your statement quick."
"I won't let you take her away from me!" shouted Thomas. "Take ME instead!"
Witty Phantom started to laugh. "You humor me, kid. I kinda like that. I think I'll give you some more of my time."
"What does he mean by that?" Molly whispered to James, who just shrugged.
"For that time... I think I'll play a game with you." continued Witty Phantom, making a Duel Disk appear on his left arm.
"Duel Monsters?" blinked Gordon.
"Ah, so you know of it." teased Witty Phantom, laughing softly. "That is correct. The game is Duel Monsters, and I'd like to make a wager for this match."
"What kind of wager?" asked Thomas.
"Quite simple... If you win... me and my partners will leave here forever, while not hurting a single hair on the girl's head. I win? Well, I'll let the Lizard Soldiers here demonstrate what will happen." The monster turned to one of the Lizard Soldiers in his party. "Proceed."
The Lizard Soldier nodded and, with a snarl, used its sword to slice the nearby table clean in half. Witty Phantom chuckled and looked back over to the group.
"So... do we have a duel?"
"We have a duel." said Thomas firmly, activating his Duel Disk.
"Ah, but this place has too little space." Witty Phantom claimed. "Is there somewhere with...wider space?"
(elsewhere...)
Minutes later, everyone was atop the roof of the apartment building. It was big and had plenty of space for the two duelists.
"Quite large and wide open." Witty Phantom muttered in disgust, but then smiled darkly. "I love it!"
"Enough talk!" exclaimed Thomas angrily.
With that said, both duelists drew their opening hands (LP: 4000).
"Let's duel!" They both said at the same time.
With the audience...
"I hope Thomas can save our daughter..." whispered Mrs. Sterling.
"Me, too..." agreed Mr. Sterling. "Me, too."
"Man, I REALLY hope Thomas can win this match." Percy pleaded.
Back in the duel field...
"I'll take the first turn, if you don't mind." said Witty Phantom, preparing to draw. "If I remember correctly... a new rule had been added not long ago, correct?"
"Yes." nodded Thomas. "Now the player going first may draw a card from their deck."
"As I expected." smirked the monster, drawing his card. "Watch closely!"
Turn One: Witty Phantom (LP: 4000)
Deck: 44
Current Hand (6): Negative Energy, Witty Phantom, Dark Chimera, Fiend Castle, Witty Phantom, and Fiend's Twin(!)
Looking to his hand, Witty Phantom gave a low chuckle.
"My, oh my... what a good hand I've drawn so soon." he said to himself, taking a card.
Thomas braced himself, watching as a Spell card called Fiend's Twin materialized face-up on the field.
"Behold the Spell card Fiend's Twin!" announced Witty Phantom, taking a small life point hit (LP: 3500). "By coughing up 500 life points... I can special summon two copies of Witty Phantom from the hand onto my side of the field in attack mode."
Suddenly, two more Witty Phantoms appeared onto the field (Level: 4/ATK: 1400).
"You like them? They're my good buddies." chortled the real Witty Phantom.
"Just what we need..." muttered James. "Witty Phantom triplets."
"Thomas'll take care of them, easy." said Percy confidently.
"Now, I want to introduce you all to another special card of mine." continued Witty Phantom, taking and slotting another card into his Duel Disk. "Negative Energy!"
"Negative Energy?!" cried Thomas.
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up on the field.
"This handy Spell card doubles the attack points of all dark attribute monsters on the field." explained Witty Phantom.
Both Witty Phantoms gained considerable strength (ATK: 1400 - 2800) x2.
"Two 2800 attack point monsters on the first turn?!" Thomas thought to himself.
"That can't be legal!" objected Gordon.
"Oh, but it is, my friend!" teased Witty Phantom. "Both my monsters are of low level and low attack! ...so I merely gave them a helping hand."
He then gave a cackling laugh. Nearby, Emily, with some Lizard Soldiers guarding her to make sure she didn't try to escape, could only watch with worry.
"I believe that's all for me. Let's see if you can do better."
"My turn!" announced Thomas, drawing a card. "Draw!"
Turn Two: Thomas Billinton (LP: 4000)
Deck: 39
Current Hand (6): Alpha The Magnet Warrior, Polymerization, Gamma The Magnet Warrior, Beta The Magnet Warrior, Sage's Stone, and Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
The blue-haired boy saw that the cards he needed to win were already in his hand. He then added the drawn Valkyrion the Magna Warrior monster card to his hand.
"You're going to regret ever coming here." Thomas growled aloud. "Prepare to experience real teamwork!" He then held out his three Magnet Warrior cards. "I call forth the three Magnet Warriors!"
Beta The Magnet Warrior, Alpha The Magnet Warrior, and Gamma The Magnet Warrior each materialized face-up.
"Alpha, Beta, Gamma! All three of the Magnet Warriors have gathered!" The blue-haired boy held his hand out. "Here we come! Join together, my monsters!"
The three Magnet Warriors came apart and, upon reaching the sky, began merging together.
"Together, they create the all-powerful Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
The light in the sky faded away and revealed the powerful combined form of the Magnet Warriors (Level: 8/ATK: 3500/DEF: 3850).
"Oh my! Such a powerful monster!" Witty Phantom exclaimed, obviously sounding very sarcastic. "Take your best shot, my friend!"
"Don't mind if I do!" Thomas fiercely accepted. "Valkyrion, attack one of the Witty Phantoms with Magnet Saber!"
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior was more than happy to obey, sword slashing one of the two Witty Phantom monsters and causing that phantom to shatter into pieces. The real Witty Phantom grimaced from the damage he took... but immediately smiled to himself afterward (LP: 2800).
"I can feel your growing anger..." The phantom-like monster thought to himself. "I'll just try to push your buttons a bit further, now..."
With that thought on hand, he drew a card and begun his turn.
Turn Three: Witty Phantom (LP: 2800)
Deck: 43
Current Hand (3): Dark Chimera, Fiend Castle, and Card of Sanctity
"I think I'll play this Spell card." Witty Phantom said as soon as he saw his drawn card. "One that I think you might like."
"What?!" Thomas asked suspiciously.
"The Spell card Card of Sanctity!" The mentioned card materialized face-up before the phantom-like monster. "Watch its magnificent power activate!"
A beautiful light filled the sky and shined rays upon both duelists.
"Now, we both must draw until we hold six cards in our hands!" Witty Phantom explained, drawing four cards. "Well now, I've helped you, didn't I? A thank you would be most appreciated, you know!"
"A thank you?!" Emily called out. "You liar!"
Witty Phantom smirked to himself. Suddenly, a Lizard Soldier slapped Emily across the face, causing her to cry out in pain.
"Leave her alone!" roared Thomas.
"Oh my! Don't tell me you have feelings for that girl...!" Witty Phantom asked in mock drama.
Thomas growled in response, but said nothing. With his hand refreshed, Witty Phantom took a card and placed it sideways onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
"Meet the Castle of Dark Illusions in defense mode!" he announced gleefully.
Appearing to the field was a large floating castle (Level: 4/DEF: 1930).
"A defense of 1930?" quizzed Percy.
"That's a bit unusual." added Mavis.
"You've said it." agreed Toby.
"But it's still much weaker than Valkyrion the Magna Warrior." Edward pointed out.
"Unless he's planning something big." Gordon put in.
Back over with Witty Phantom; it would seem he already had a scheme cooked up.
"That boy has no idea what he's in for." The phantom-like monster thought to himself, taking a card from his hand. "This should be useful..."
"What will his next play be?" thought Thomas. "It likely has something to do with his Castle of Dark Illusions."
Witty Phantom then slotted a card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk.
"Now I shall combine my Castle of Dark Illusions with another castle-like card!" he announced. "The Fiend's Castle, that is!"
Suddenly, the Castle of Dark Illusions became much more powerful looking.
"Thanks to the efforts of Fiend's Castle, Castle of Dark Illusions has not only gained a solid 30% attack and defense bonus, but now has transformed into something completely different!"
Witty Phantom started to laugh aloud as his castle-like monster gained both attack and defense points (ATK: 930 - 1196/DEF: 1930 - 2509).
"Now that thing's invincible!" complained Percy.
"Now, don't you all fret!" smirked Witty Phantom. "My castle only got a 30% power bonus. Meaning it still isn't a match for Valkyron the Magna Warrior...yet."
"It won't be standing for long!" retorted Thomas.
"So you say..." Witty Phantom took two cards from his hand and slotted them into separate Spell/Trap slots on his Duel Disk. "But maybe I've said too much already, let's move on with the match."
Two facedown cards materialized on the field.
"I'll set these two lucky cards facedown and end my turn."
"He didn't even switch his only remaining Witty Phantom into defense mode!" remarked James. "Dumb move if you ask me."
"He must want Thomas to attack it." said Henry.
"Oh, why the long face, chump?" asked Witty Phantom teasingly. "My Witty Phantom and Castle of Dark Illusions are both far weaker than your all-powerful Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
Thomas just drew his card silently.
Turn Four: Thomas Billinton (LP: 4000)
Deck: 34
Current Hand (7): Polymerization, Sage's Stone, Dark Magician, Dark Renewal, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Dust Tornado, and Mystical Elf
Finally, after deciding on what to do, he spoke... "You want an attack? You've got one!"
"Oh dear! I've made you angry!" cried Witty Phantom in false shock.
"Valkyrion-" commanded Thomas, entering the battle phase. "-attack the second Witty Phantom, now!"
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior obeyed and leaped into the sky... and Witty Phantom gave a laugh.
"So brave, yet so naive!" he hissed. "I'll activate my Trap card!"
The monster's first facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"Dark Energy Shield(!)! This activates when you declare an attack. Now any fiend-type monster I have on my side of the field that has a defense stat of 2500 or greater will go and take the blow instead!"
A large shield appeared before Witty Phantom, redirecting the attack to Castle of Dark Illusions.
"And now my second Trap card comes into play!" Witty Phantom continued, laughing as his second facedown card flipped up and revealed itself. "Fiend's Chaos Shield(!)!"
"Fiend's Chaos Shield?" blinked Henry.
"Look out, Thomas!" called Edward. "As long as that guy possesses a fiend-type monster at anytime, none of his monsters can be destroyed by battle!"
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior struck the Castle of Dark Illusions, but the attack was rebounded.
"Your attack has been cancelled out!" called Witty Phantom.
Thomas scowled before taking two cards from his hand. "I place one card facedown and summon Mystical Elf in defense mode."
A facedown card materialized, followed by the appearance of a blue-skinned elf with long blonde hair and green clothing (Level: 4/ATK: 800/DEF: 2000).
"Oh, how cute! An elf... defending you?" teased Witty Phantom. "I'm so deeply touched!"
Despite keeping her eyes closed, Mystical Elf surprisingly scowled a bit at Witty Phantom's remark.
"It's my turn, now." continued the phantom-like monster, drawing a card.
"Reveal Trap card!" Thomas suddenly announced, holding his right hand up. "Dust Tornado!"
The blue-haired boy's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"Oh no! Not Dust Tornado!" cried Witty Phantom sarcastically.
"This allows me to destroy one Spell or Trap card on your field!" explained Thomas. "And I know which one I'd like to eliminate..."
A tornado started to materialize and approach Castle of Dark Illusions.
"Say goodbye to Fiend's Chaos Shield!"
The Witty Phantom smiled to himself. The tornado soon struck the castle... but quickly fizzed out while leaving the face-up Continuous Trap card standing.
"What the-!?" exclaimed Thomas in surprise. "It's still standing!"
"Oh, did I forget to mention one detail about my Trap card?" laughed Witty Phantom. "One per turn, during yours or mine, I can also negate the activation of a Spell or Trap card and destroy it!"
"Oh, come on!" complained Percy.
"Now, where were we?" asked Witty Phantom mockingly. "Oh yes, my turn!"
Turn Five: Witty Phantom (LP: 2800)
Deck: 38
Current Hand (3): Dark Chimera, Negative Energy, and King of Yamimakai
"Now I sacrifice my buffed up Witty Phantom!"
The second Witty Phantom disappeared.
"He sacrificed a perfectly powerful monster?" quizzed Toby. "Why do that?"
"Our answer will come soon." replied Edward.
"I now call forth my King of Yamimakai" announced Witty Phantom.
Appearing from a black fog was a brown and green fiend-type monster (Level: 5/ATK: 2000).
"What an idiot." snorted Gordon. "Valkyrion can mop the floor with that thing."
"An idiot, am I?" Witty Phantom raised an eyebrow. "Tell me something, lad... what would you do if you were the one facing me and I made a play like this?" With that said, he held up a very familiar card. "Negative Energy!"
Gordon went pale. "A second copy?!"
"Nice going!" James snapped at the tall, blue-haired boy in annoyance. "Way to jinx our friend."
King of Yamimakai then became twice as powerful (ATK: 2000 - 4000).
"And now, my king of the dark!" called Witty Phantom. "Attack Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
King of Yamimakai obeyed, and started charging an electric shock between its bands.
"Electro-Shock Attack!"
The shock was the fired, striking and destroying Thomas's monster in an explosion.
"Valkyrion!" cried Thomas (LP: 3500).
Witty Phantom laughed joyously. "Oh, this is so much fun!"
"Thomas lost his most powerful monster..." thought Emily.
"I'm not giving up!" said Thomas defiantly. "I WILL rescue Emily, even if I have to lose my life in the process!"
"Oh? Then let me see it. But, first..."
With a snap of his fingers, two of Witty Phantom's Lizard Soldiers went and punched Emily hard in the stomach, causing her to fall to her knees while clutching his stomach in pain...before being backhanded across the face by a third Lizard Soldier.
"Emily! No!" cried out the rest of the gang.
Unfortunately, someone else was taking it even worse...
"STOP IT!" screamed Thomas, feeling his anger awakening further. "STOP IT, RIGHT NOW!"
A dark aura was now beginning to glow all around him. Witty Phantom grew very excited upon seeing this.
"Yes..." he cackled quietly. "Give into your rage, young lad!"
Over with the gang...
"Anyone sensing some deja vu here?" asked Percy nervously.
"Thomas did this when he dueled against Marik's dark half." said Toby. "This usually happens when Thomas becomes deeply outraged!"
"But how is he letting darkness out?" exclaimed Mavis.
"I don't know... but it might have something to do with him seeing Emily in grave danger." Edward suggested.
The intelligent, blue-haired boy was sadly right... Thomas was blinded by darkness and his fury over seeing Emily be harmed by those monsters. He was gonna make them pay here and now!
"I will crush your bones into dust!" bellowed Thomas. "I will destroy anybody who dares to harm Emily in front of me!"
Witty Phantom merely chuckled to himself, watching as the furious blue-haired boy drew his card.
Turn Four: Thomas Billinton (LP: 3500)
Deck: 33
Current Hand (6): Polymerization, Sage's Stone, Dark Magician, Dark Renewal, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, and Graceful Charity
Instantly, Thomas held his drawn card out.
"I activate Graceful Charity! This allows me to draw three cards from my deck in exchange for sending two cards from my hand to the graveyard!"
The three cards he drew were Monster Reborn, Fiend's Sanctuary, and Obelisk the Tormentor. From there, Thomas sent Sage's Stone and Dark Renewal both to the graveyard.
"Next I activate Monster Reborn to revive my fallen Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up! From there, emerging from a hole in the ground near the card was Valkyrion the Magna Warrior.
"Next I activate a Spell card that supports me in the summon of a God!" Thomas went on, slotting another card into his Duel Disk. "Fiend's Sanctuary!"
A magic circle appeared onto the field.
"This allows me to special summon a Metal Fiend Token!"
The Metal Fiend Token quickly appeared on the field.
"Now, I will have my Magna Warrior disassemble back into the three Magnet Warriors used to summon it!" continued Thomas, motioning his hand forth. "Separate at once, Valkyrion!"
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior vanished, and Alpha The Magnet Warrior, Beta The Magnet Warrior, and Gamma The Magnet Warrior each returned.
"I now sacrifice my three Magnet Warriors to summon the last monster you'll ever see!" shouted Thomas, holding the card up high as his Millennium Puzzle began to glow all gold. That meant one thing was coming... "The Egyptian God - Obelisk the Tormentor!"
Then, with that being shouted, the clear, sunny, sky started to go all dark with thunderstorm-like clouds gathering around.
"Weird, it was sunny just a minute ago." commented Mr. Sterling.
"Sir, you have no idea." Toby responded nervously.
Suddenly, Alpha The Magnet Warrior, Beta The Magnet Warrior, and Gamma The Magnet Warrior each vanished in streaks of blue as a bolt of lighting hit the ground before them.
"ARISE NOW, GREAT GOD OF THE OBELISK!" boomed Thomas, slamming his card onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk and generating tons of electricity.
Appearing from gathering particles of light was the huge, blue Egyptian God, roaring furiously upon arrival (Level: 10/ATK: 4000/DEF: 4000).
"I will warn you one last time..." Thomas seethed further. "Surrender, and never return to this world!"
Witty Phantom's response? He merely turned towards his Lizard Soldiers and snapped his fingers.
"Hurt the girl some more!"
Just as one of the Lizard Soldiers attempted to strike Emily again... it was suddenly grabbed by Obelisk the Tormentor. The poor Lizard Soldier screamed in pain as it was crushed to death, turning into light and vanishing.
"Never...!" thundered Thomas, while the dark aura around him grew stronger and stronger in response to his growing anger. "Ever! Hurt Emily! ...in front of...ME!"
Obelisk the Tormentor then took hold of both Mystical Elf and the Metal Fiend Token.
"Now, to crush you for good! I activate Obelisk's hidden ability of Soul Energy MAX!"
"Soul Energy MAX?" blinked Stanley. "What's that?"
"It's one of Obelisk the Tormentor's most powerful of abilities." explained Edward.
Rosie noticed something happening to Obelisk the Tormentor. "Oh my gosh! Look at Obelisk!"
The gang all looked to see Obelisk the Tormentor growing stronger and changing color.
"Thanks to the offering..." Thomas boomed some more. "Obelisk's attack has now become... INFINITE!"
Obelisk the Tormentor gave another angry roar in response.
"FIST OF FURY!"
Obelisk the Tormentor, more than happy to obey the command, fired both of its fists at Witty Phantom and his monsters. One-by-one, King of Yamimakai and Castle of Dark Illusions both fell to the impact of the fists, and Witty Phantom also got hit by the flying fists, thus causing him to scream in agonizing pain (LP: 0).
DUEL RESULTS: Thomas Billinton wins!
Witty Phantom was thrown back to the railing of the rooftop. Everyone started to cheer for their friend's win! ...but the cheering didn't last long.
"You think you've really won?" laughed Witty Phantom, despite being fatally wounded.
"Let the girl go, or else your minions will meet the same fate as you!" demanded Thomas. The dark aura around him fading a little bit.
Witty Phantom, the right side of his face was bleeding profusely, only laughed harder than ever before.
"Oh yes... our wager." The phantom-like monster snickered deviously. "My partners and I will leave here as promised."
The monster then snapped his fingers and a portal opened up.
"However..."
The Lizard Soldiers started to leave...with Emily in tow.
"The girl will be coming with us!" Witty Phantom cackled madly.
"What?!" cried Emily's friends.
"You doublecrosser!" screamed Emily's parents.
"I've never mentioned that I would let her go if you've won the duel!" laughed the phanton-like monster. "She's much too important to our plans of revival."
Poor Emily was dragged into the portal.
"Emily!" cried Thomas, racing towards the portal.
"You want her back?" taunted Witty Phantom. "Then go get her! The Duel Monster spirit world will be waiting for you!" With a psychotic laugh, the dying monster aimed his opened hand towards Thomas. "And now, a final gift from me to you!"
"Watch it, Thomas!" called Percy.
Too late. Whatever it was the dying Witty Phantom was doing, it seemed to be unlocking the darkness in Thomas's heart even moreso.
"Enjoy my parting gift!" Witty Phantom cackled louder and harder before...finally fading away to his death, turning to light as he vanished.
"I'm coming, Emily!" cried Thomas, diving towards the portal.
Unfortunately, by the time he reached it...the portal had closed down. Thomas had failed to make it in time...
"NO!" he screamed, banging on the wall repeatedly with his fists. "Emily! EMILY!"
"Thomas!"
The rest of the gang ran over to their despairing blue-haired friend.
"I was too late to save her." whimpered Thomas, sinking to his knees as tears streamed down his face.
"Oh, Thomas..." Rosie whispered, looking like she wanted to cry, too.
"Poor Emily..." came from Stanley.
"Emily..." came from Thomas, but not of sadness...and more of growing anger.
Everyone saw that Thomas was no longer crying... but was growing angry. VERY angry. To the point the dark aura returned, stronger than ever before. He was shaking with heavy emotion before going and letting out the biggest skyward scream of rage, frustration, and grief he could ever hope to give.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
(A young Thomas of 9-years old stood by a makeshift swing as the sun started to set. He looked rather lonely.)
Sweet, Sweet Memories
Bring me comfort in my saddest dreams.
(He felt a hand on his shoulder and turns around to see a young Emily of 10-years old smiling, as if asking if she could play with him. Thomas smiled as he allowed Emily sit down and began to push her on the swing.)
Light flickers as you think of happiness
Brightening your dark and dreary world.
(As Emily comes back down after a couple of swings, she grew to 11-years old... while Thomas grew to 10-years old.)
When the life you know seems cold and bitter
Blank it out with thoughts so sweet and pure.
(Another few swings... Thomas was now 11, and Emily was now 12)
But sometimes darkness seems so
Powerful and strange.
(More swings later... Emily was 13, while Thomas was 12)
It warps our minds, makes us cruel
and turning our lives strange!
(Emily was now 14, while Thomas was 13)
But no matter what comes
We will never shake our strongest bonds.
(Emily was now 15, while Thomas was 14)
We will stay strong and true
and keep our thoughts so pure and fond.
(Emily was now 16, while Thomas was 15. Emily got off the swing and took Thomas by his hands, making him blush.)
Life is too pure for doubt
And fear that ruins duality...
But know
that we strive for happiness.
(Emily brought Thomas in for a kiss, but stopped when they noticed the rest of their friends were watching with smiles on their faces. The two teens then chuckled while blushing.)
YU-GI-OH! The Sodor Chronicles