Welcome to the Equestria Duel story.

An alarm went off in Arturo's room. he hit the off and got dressed in a red shirt and blue jeans, then went to brush his shoulder length red hair. "I hope Neyla is awake, it's tests today." he muttered.

"I'm up, don't worry big bro." Arturo whipped around to see his sister. She was only a year younger than him and had raven black hair. Neyla was wearing her favorite red hood, blue tube top, and brown short-shorts. "Do you think we'll both get in?" she asked, pulling down her hood.

"Of course. I looked over our decks and I'm sure we'll win and get into Duel Academy." Arturo smiled, "As long as a certain someone doesn't forget to play her Polymerization." he added, ruffling her hair.

"Cut it out!" she laughed. Batting away her brother's hand, she went back to brushing her hair. "What do you think?" she asked as soon as he had left.

A raccoon wearing a blue shirt and holding a golden cane appeared. "I think you should trust your brother, yourself, and us. You have a Cooper promise we'll do our best out there." he said.

"Thanks Sly." Neyla put the brush down and went to the kitchen.

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That afternoon, the siblings were sitting in the bleachers waiting to be called. "Arturo Sakyo, please report to Arena 3." a com buzzed.

"Wish me luck," the duelist in question said, standing.

"Good luck Arti." Neyla said shyly.

Arturo make his way to the arena. Standing there when he got there he saw a boy about his age standing with his duel disk on. "Nice to meet you. I'm Arturo."

"Collin. The rules are simple. You don't have to beat me to get in. You only have to get me below 5000 points." the boy said in a monotone.

"No prob. I always win."

"Duel!"

Arturo:8000

Collin:8000

"I'll go first." Collin said as he drew. "I play Polymerization to fuse Rescueroid and Ambulanceroid to summon Ambulance Rescueroid(ATK:2300). then I summon Decoyroid(DEF:500). I end my turn."

"Not bad, let's see what I've got. I activate the field spell Canderlot. Now my monsters gain a 200 attack points boost. I summon Spike in attack mode(ATK:1400-1600). Attack with Emerald Embers."

"You have to target my Decoyroid, and when a roid is destroyed, my Ambulance Rescueroid special summons it."

"Then I'll play the quick play spell Return Letter. When Spike has attacked, I can play this and he can attack again." Spike blew his flames and the tiny car exploded. "I play two cards facedown and end my turn."

"My move, I draw. I summon Gyroid(DEF:1000). Ambulance Rescueroid attack his dragon."

"Not so fast, I have a trap. Go Undercover save." A card with Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rarity popping out of their dragon costume appeared. "Now I can summon Fluttershy(DEF:2000) Rarity(DEF:1000) and Twilight Sparkle(ATK:1500-1700). Now your attack is redirected at one of them, I'll have you go after Fluttershy." the roid stopped and switched to a cowering Fluttershy, "And since she's cuter than a box of kittens, she can negate an attack on herself once per turn." the Ambulance shed a tear and retreated.

"I end my turn."

"My move then. I summon Derpy Hooves(ATK:500-700) and when she's in attack mode, I can destroy one monster on the field. I choose your oversized truck." Derpy stumbled around and smacked into the monster, destroying it. "Spike, barbecue that chopper." Spike exhaled and Gyroid looked burned before exploding. "Now Twilight and Derpy will attack you directly."

Collin:8000-5600

"Derpy switches to defense mode when she attacks(DEF:1500). I end my turn there."

"My move. Since you destroyed one of my roids, I can summon Cyberoid Dragon(ATK:2100). Attack with Strident Zapper!" Cyberoid let loose with it's blast.

"I activate Negate attack."

"I summon a Decoyroid(DEF:500) and end my turn."

...

Up in the teacher stands, Bastion sat admiring the duel happening in Arena 3. "Impressive. This boy holds his monsters in high regard, protecting them at any cost. I can think of a similar duelist from back in my school days." he heard a ring and picked up his phone. "Hello? Oh, Cyrus. Yes, all the participants are getting a chance. Yes, even the ones who show up at the last minute. I remember what happened that first day. I'll do that. Good-bye." he hung up.

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Back in the arena, Arturo was making his move. "My draw." he looked at the card. Dark Crystal, all I need is the Empire and I can call Sombra. "Alright. First I think I'll switch my ponies into attack mode (Fluttershy ATK:1000-1200) (Rarity ATK:600-800) (Derpy ATK:700). I activate Derpy's ability, destroy that Dragon." Derpy stumbled into it and Cyberoid exploded. "Now, Derpy do me a favor and bust that Decoyroid. She switches to defense mode(DEF:1500), Twilight, Spike, Fluttershy, Rarity, attack him directly." the four lunged at Collin.

Collin:5600-300

"I end my turn with a facedown."

"My move. I summon Expressroid(DEF:1600). Now I can add two roids from my graveyard to my hand. I activate Monster Reborn to summon my Ambulance Rescueroid(ATK:2300). That ends my turn."

"My move." Crystal Empire! "I play the Crystal Empire Field Spell. The boosts don't change, but I can activate my Dark Crystal spell card to add one Dark King Sombra from my deck to my hand. Hate to do it guys, I sacrifice Twilight and Spike to summon Dark King Sombra(ATK:3000). Attack the Rescueroid with Shadow Crystal Strike." the armored unicorn blasted the roid and it exploded.

Collin:300-0

"Guess I win. Good game. I think you may have had a chance." Arturo said with a smile.

"I would like that." a faint hint of a smile crossed Collin's lips.

"Neyla Sakyo to Duel Arena 2 please." the intercom called.

"That's my sister, I gotta go." Arturo ran out of the arena.

That's the first chapter. For any who are confused, Arturo's name is pronounced Are-tue-ro. Next up Neyla and her special deck.