Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh GX... But I do own the original characters and cards...
CHAPTER 1: EXAMINATION DUEL, PART 1
"William, wake up! It's very late!" said a beautiful girl with green eyes and brown short hair. She was wearing a green skirt with a white top and a green jacket.
"Come on, sister... let me sleep a little longer..." told a boy, still in bed, covering his face with his Dark Magician sheets.
"You are so irresponsible! I'll leave without you" said the girl, obviously mad at his brother
"Ok, ok... Stop being so annoying... I'll be ready in 5 minutes...". The girl left the bedroom and closed the door . "A few minutes more, a few minutes less..." said William, covering his face with his bed sheets again
20 MINUTES LATER
"WILLIAAAAAAAAM!!!! I'm going to kill you!!!" screamed the girl
"I'm ready, I'm ready!" said the boy, running to the kitchen "I'll eat my cereal and I'll be ready"
"No breakfast for you!... Chris is waiting outside..."
"Alessa... I'm hungry... I can't duel being hungry..."
"I don't care... Let's go! You are so slow! I'm sure you will be in Osiris Red! Slacker!" said Alessa, taking her backpack
"Well... Judai was in Osiris Red, and now he is a Pro Duelist and married to the girl, the ex-Queen of Obelisk Blue"
"Shut up!"
The boy and the girl left the house quickly. A silver car was waiting them outside.
"What took you so long?" asked the driver, a young man with blue eyes and a bright smile
"Hi cousin!" said Alessa, giving him a hug "William didn't hear the alarm clock... as usual..."
Chris laughed loudly. "Well, are you prepared for your big day?"
It was their big day, indeed. European Duel Academy (EDA) opened about 7 years after the original Duel Academy located in Japan. It was located at a small island near Italy. However, the examination duels were held at various cities of Europe, including Paris, where Chris, William and Alessa Givet lived.
Chris was a famous Pro Duelist that studied at EDA and teached his two cousins how to duel. Both of them were very good and won a couple of small tournies in the local card shop. But they wanted to enter the EDA, and today was their chance.
"I'm not so sure..." said Alessa, with a faint smile "I'm not sure if I will be able to win the Examination Duel"
"Don't be so scared sis, they use weak decks, they won't stand a chance against us"
"William is right, the examination decks are pretty weak. Also, you have an amazing deck, and you are very good. You are just nervous"
Alessa didn't answer. The trip was a short one, and soon they were at Paris Duel Arena, a gigantic dome where the Examination Duels were being held.
"Alessa, be confident! You scored 94/100 on the written test. You are very good at this!"
"Yeah sis, I only got a 61, but I'm sure I will win this"
"Yeah... I will win... And I will enter the Duel Academy!... I will be an Obelisk Blue!!!" said Alessa, looking at the sky
"Ummm... yeah... obelisk..." said William, rolling his eyes. "Alessa is a good duelist, but not THAT good"
Suddenly, Chris reached for his pocket and took three cards. "I found this for you... they are very rare... but I know they will be useful..."
Alessa opened his eyes and looked at Chris "But these cards... They are more than rare... they are almost imposible to find!"
"Not when you are a Pro" smiled Chris "These two are for you Alessa and this one is for you, William"
"Thanks Chris!" said both of them
"It's ok... Now enter the dome... good luck... I will be watching you" Chris said with a wink
They entered the building and walked to the stand. A fat old lady was there, opening some booster packs. She gave them an apathic look and left the cards at the desk, turning to the computer
"Your names?" said the old lady in a monotonous voice
"Alessa and William Givet"
"Ok... you will be called soon... prepare your decks... Good bye..."
William sighed and put his Duel Disk. Alessa did the dame thing.
"ALESSA GIVET. ALESSA GIVET! REPORT TO ARENA #3!"
William smiled and gave a hug to his sister. "You will win this"
Alessa nodded and walked to the Arena. There was a tall man with grey hair and a Yellow Jacket. "I'm Aldo, a teacher at Ra Yellow. If you want to enter the Duel Academy, you have to duel me. I think you know the rules. You win, you enter. You lose, try next year" he said, as both of them drew five cards. "Ladies first"
Alessa drew a sixth card and looked her options. "This is not a very good hand...".
"I put a monster in face-down defense position and set a card" said Alessa as two cards appeared in her Field. "Your turn"
The professor drew a card. "I set a card and now I summon Solar Flare Dragon!" A red serpentine dragon covered in flames appeared in his Field. "I end my turn... And my dragon burns you!".
The dragon spat a fireball that hit Alessa in the shoulder ALESSA: 3500 . She felt as if her skin was burning. "This new Solid Vision System is very impressive". She drew another card and then smiled.
"I play this card! Cauldron of Summoning!". A black cauldron filled with green bubbling liquid appeared in her Field. "Now I flip summon my face-down monster! Herbalist Witch! (1200/500)". An old lady with a gray tunic appeared and threw some herbs in the cauldron, that started to bubble.
"Witch card?" asked Aldo. "Those are weird cards, not to mention very difficult to find and much more difficult to use"
"I know Professor, but I know exactly what I'm doing. Everytime a Magic card is played or a Witch is successfully played, my cauldron gains a Spell Counter. Also, my Herbalist Witch effect lets me put two Spell Counters in any card on my Field, of course, I selected Cauldron of Magic. So now, my cauldron has three counters... But that's not enough... So now, I will summon Witch of the East Tower (1500/1800)!"
The black cauldron bubbled more as a lady with a blue tunic appeared on the field. "Now, I can activate the effect of my Cauldron. I remove 4 spell counters to special summon a monster with level 4 from my hand, deck or graveyard. I choose Witch of the South Tower (1900/500) from my deck!"
A lady with a red tunic appeared on Alessa's Field. "Now my witch, show him the power of the south tower! Spell of Fire!".
"Not so fast! I reveal my face-down, Nightmare Wheel!". A torture wheel appeared and the red witch was suddenly bound to it. Aldo smiled. "Now your witch can't attack. And you will lose 500 life points during each one of my standby phases"
"I... I... I end my turn" said Alessa, her hands starting to shake.
"You seem very nervous. Well, I can understand that" said Also, drawing a card. The wheel started to move and the red lady screamed. Alessa felt the same pain ALESSA: 3000
"I set two cards and then I summon Raging Flame Sprite! (100/200)". Another monster appeared in the professor's Field. "Dragon! Attack Herbalist Witch!". The dragon spat a fireball and destroyed the witch ALESSA: 2700. Aldo smiled. "It seems that you'll have to try next year... Sprite, attack directly! Raging Flames!". Alessa felt as if she was burning, the pain was very intense ALESSA: 2600.
"My Sprite becomes more powerful... (1100/200) and I end my turn... So my dragon will burn you again". Alessa closed her eyes as the dragon threw another fireball at her ALESSA: 2100
Alessa was shaking, the new Solid Vision System was more intense than she could imagine, and facing a Fire deck was specially painful. She drew a card and hesitated in what to play.
"She is in trouble" thought Chris, watching the duel from the Arena stands. "If she doesn't calm herself, she will lose..."
"That sprite is a threat, so I will have to destroy her now that it is little" said Alessa, summoning a lady in pink clothes. "Meet Witch Enchantress (1600/1000)"
"She is cute, but she won't be able to attack... I reveal my face-down, Gravity Bind!"
Alessa smiled. "That won't be enough... Because my witches will cast a special spell now that they together in the Field". She put a magic card in her duel disk. "Ritual of Purification will destroy a number of spell and trap cards on the Field up to the number of witches on my side of the Field... I have three witches, so your Nightmare Wheel, Gravity Bind and face-down will be destroyed!"
The three witches chanted a spell and the three cards exploded. "Now that my Witch of the South Tower is free... She will destroy your dragon! Spell of Fire!". The witch chanted a spell and the dragon exploded. ALDO: 3600.
"Enchantress, destroy that Sprite! Witch of the East Tower, attack directly!" ALDO: 1600
"That was a great comeback... You wiped my field..." said the Professor. "But this duel is not over" he said, drawing a card. "Just exactly what I mean, Pot of Greed" The smiling pot appeared and shattered, while Aldo drew two cards. "I set a card and put a monster in face-down defense mode... that will be enough"
"I think this duel is over" said Alessa, grining. "I play this card! Lore of the Ancient Witches!. By discarding a card from my hand, it allow me to put a Spell card from my Graveyard into my hand. Of course, it will be Ritual of Purification! And I play it again!"
The three witches chanted the spell again and destroyed Aldo's set card. He backed away a little. "And that's not it... Remember my cauldron?" Alessa asked, the cauldron bubbling a lot. "Do you know how many counters it has?"
"I choose Witch of the South Tower!... Meet Witch Enchantress!... Ritual of Purification!... Just exactly what I mean, Pot of Greed... I play this card! Lore of the Ancient Witches!... Ritual of Purification! And I play it again!"
"Six counters" said Aldo.
"Exactly" Alessa grinned as she took a card from her deck. "Now, I remove those six counters to special summon Lunaris Witch! (2500/1600) from my deck. Lunaris attack his monster! Moon Spell!". The witch was all covered in silver, and had silver hair and eyes. She chanted a spell and the face-down monster dissapeared in a silver flash of light"
"Witches of the Towers, attack him!". Alessa screamed as her witches attacked Aldo. He just sighed and smiled. ALDO: 0
"She woooooooon!!!!!!!!" screamed William from the stands "She is my sissssss!". Chris gave him a "not so friendly" look... "Shut up William".
"Congratulations. Welcome to European Duel Academy!" said Aldo.
Alessa smiled. From the stands, another girl was watching the duel. "My pendulum didn't fail... She has the cards I'm looking for..."
"WILLIAM GIVET. WILLIAM GIVET! REPORT TO ARENA #1!"
"My turn" said William, running to the Arena.
ORIGINAL CARDS
HERBALIST WITCH
Earth/Spellcaster/3/1200/500
When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned or Special Summoned, put two Spell Counters in any card on your Field you can put a Spell Counter on
WITCH ENCHANTRESS
Dark/Spellcaster/4/1600/1000
Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell card, put a Spell Counter in this card (max. 3). Remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to take control of one of your opponent's face-up until the End Phase of the turn this effect is activated. The selected monster can't attack and can't be tributed.
WITCH OF THE EAST TOWER
Wind/Spellcaster/4/1500/1800
Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell card, put a Spell Counter in this card (max. 3). Remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to return 1 face-up monster on the Field to its owner's hand.
WITCH OF THE SOUTH TOWER
Fire/Spellcaster/4/1900/500
Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell card, put a Spell Counter in this card (max. 3). Remove 3 Spell Counters from this card and declare the name of a card. If that card is in your opponent's hand, send it to the graveyard
LUNARIS WITCH
Dark/Spellcaster/6/2500/1600
If this card attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, destroy the monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or applying damage calculation.
CAULDRON OF SUMMONING
Continuous Spell
Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell card or a monster with "Witch" in its name is successfully summoned, put a Spell Counter in this card. Remove any number of Spell Counters from this card to Special Summon from your Hand, Deck or Graveyard a monster with level equal to the number of Spell Counters removed.
RITUAL OF PURIFICATION
Normal Spell
This card can only be played if there is at least two monsters on your side of the Field with "Witch" in their names. Destroy a number of spell and trap cards on the Field up to the number of monsters on your side of the Field with "Witch" in their names.
LORE OF THE ANCIENT WITCHES
Normal Spell
You can only play this card if there is at least one monster on your side of the Field with "Witch" in its name. Discard 1 card from your Hand. Add a Spell card from your Graveyard to your Hand.