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. Credit to author AaronCottrell97 for a few ideas and character suggestions. 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: Again, the story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
Opening up somewhere in the Sanctuary in the Sky's temple grounds, a Duel Monsters match was going on between Emily and her own spirit monster in Wingweaver. Too bad it wasn't going to be easy for the former to win it.
-Emily (LP: 3600), in addition to only having one facedown card, had lost her only monster to a Trap card her opponent used just recently.
-Wingweaver (LP: 4000) had a monster called Banisher of the Radiance on her side of the field.
"As long as she has that monster on the field-" Emily thought to herself. "-every card that goes to the graveyard gets banished. So, I have to find a way to defeat it!"
Briefly, she glanced at her facedown card.
"Although it will cost me more life points, my facedown card should help protect me from an attack." The dark green-haired girl spoke aloud. "My turn is over!"
"It's my turn." said Wingweaver, drawing a card. "I draw!"
Turn Four: Wingweaver (LP: 4000)
Deck: 30
Current Hand (5): Cry of the Wingweaver, Cards from the Sky, Urgent Ritual Art, Serapheem, Mirror Mail, and Celestial Transformation
With Emily's field clear of any monsters, the angelic monster had a chance to deal out some serious damage to her opponent.
"Banisher of the Radiance, attack Emily directly!"
Banisher of the Radiance obeyed, charging a blast.
"Reveal facedown card!" cried Emily. "Continuous Trap - Ultimate Offering!"
The dark green-haired girl's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself. Immediately, Emily felt herself taking 500 points of damage (LP: 3100).
"By giving up 500 of my life points-" began Emily, explaining her card's effect. "-I can right away summon a monster during the battle phase to take the hit!"
On cue, the female Kuriboh appeared (Level: 1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200).
"I'll use Kuribon to protect myself! ...and I'll put her in attack mode."
"But why in attack mode?" asked Wingweaver. "That would make you take a serious amount of damage."
"I'm afraid that won't be happening." smirked Emily.
"Why do you say that?"
"When Kuribon is attacked-" The dark green-haird girl pointed out. "-I take no battle damage during damage calculation."
Wingweaver had a look of approval on her face... just as her life points suddenly went up (LP: 5600).
"Your life points!" Emily gasped. "They've just increased! But how?"
"That's one of Kuribon's other abilities." explained Wingweaver. "She increases my life points by the attack points of my monster."
The dark green-haired girl was dismayed to hear that. She knew about Kuribon's battle damage negating ability... but the opponent gained life points afterwards? Talk about unfair. Just as Banisher of the Radiance destroyed Kuribon, the furry little monster turned to light and returned to Emily's hand.
"Wait, did Kuribon just return to my hand?" Emily quizzed.
"That she did." confirmed Wingweaver.
"But how?"
"That is a third of Kuribon's abilities." explained Wingweaver. "Instead of being destroyed when attacked, she returns to your hand. Now tell me, how often did you use Kuribon in your duels?"
"T-This is my first time using her." Emily admitted. "The first time I got her, I only knew of her first effect... not the other two."
"Well, you learn something new everyday." smiled Wingweaver, taking another card from her hand. "I place this card facedown and end my turn."
A facedown card materialized. As Emily watched on with worry, Kuribon flew over to speak to the human girl.
"This is harder than I thought it would be, Kuribon." sighed Emily. "What can I do?"
The female Kuriboh spoke to the dark green-haired girl with a few 'Kuribis'.
"What? Are you saying your card and my face-up Ultimate Offering Trap card are both the first steps into winning the duel?"
Kuribon nodded.
"I won't need Serapheem to win?" Emily mumbled, looking to her hand. "Can I even pull it off?"
Deep down inside, the poor girl was feeling rather doubtful of herself. But she couldn't give up. Emily had come too far to even think of quitting.
Title: Emily's Guardian Angel, Part 2
With that thought on hand, Emily finally begun to take her turn.
"It's my turn!" announced Emily, drawing her card.
Turn Five: Emily Sterling (LP: 3600)
Deck: 38
Current Hand (4): Freya, Spirit of Victory, Bad Reaction to Simochi, Kuribon, and Pot of Greed
The drawn card was the Pot of Greed Spell card.
"I activate the Spell card Pot of Greed!" said Emily, just as the mentioned Spell card materialized face-up on the field. "This allows me to draw two more cards."
With that said, the dark green-haired girl drew her two cards. The good news, they could help her out.
"Light Effigy and Mage of Fairies... these could help me." Emily throught to herself. Finally, she made a move... "I special summon Mage of Fairies in attack mode!"
A fairy monster wearing magic-like armor materialized (Level: 5/ATK: 1800/DEF: 500).
"I can special summon this monster from my hand by allowin you to add one Spell card from your deck to your hand."
A card came out from Wingweaver's deck and she added it to her hand.
"I've added Monster Reincarnation to my hand." The angelic monster thought to herself. "I will need it for when the time comes."
"Next, I'll normal summon Light Effigy in attack mode!" continued Emily, placing another card onto a monster field slot on he Duel Disk.
Appearing to the field was a cluster of pink light (Level: 4/ATK: 1500).
"Get ready to attack, my monsters!"
Mage of Fairies went first, firing light from her hands towards Banisher of the Radiance.
"With your monsters gone-" announced Emily. "-my cards won't be banished anymore!"
Wingweaver smiled. "My monster will take your Mage of Fairies down with it."
On cue, the angelic monster's facedown card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"Reveal facedown card! Mirror Mail!"
"Mirror Mail?" questioned Emily. "Is that-?"
"A Trap card that makes my monster have the same attack as yours." confirmed Wingweaver, interrupting Emily. "Your Mage of Fairies has 1800 attack points..."
"...meaning your monster will have 1800 attack points as well!"
Banisher of the Radiance's attack points went up slightly (ATK: 1600 - 1800). Due to this, both monsters were destroyed.
"But now you're wide open for an attack!" Emily pointed out. "Light Effigy, attack her life points directly!"
Light Effigy obeyed, charged, and tackled Wingweaver hard in her chest. Wingweaver winced and stumbled back as she took damage (LP: 4100).
"Yes!" cheered the dark green-haird girl proudly. "I was able to take out that Banisher AND deal damage at last!"
"I'm proud of you, my child." praised Wingweaver. "You're doing well so far in our duel, and do have what it takes to become the best of the best."
"Thanks."
The angelic monster then smirked. "Even then, you still have quite the ways to go if you want to beat me."
With that said, she drew her card. But Emily stood firm. The dark green-haired girl was ready for whatever was in store.
Turn Six: Wingweaver (LP: 4100)
Deck: 28
Current Hand (7): Cry of the Wingweaver, Cards from the Sky, Urgent Ritual Art, Serapheem, Celestial Transformation, Monster Reincarnation, and The Forgiving Maiden
Wingweaver's drawn card was a monster called the Forgiven Maiden.
"I summon The Forgiving Maiden in defense mode!" she announced.
A woman wearing maiden-like clothing materialized (Level: 4/DEF: 2000).
"This will protect my life points from your attacks."
Meanwhile, Guardian Eatos was still watching the duel and thinking about Emily.
"The girl shows much potential." The female Guardian monster thought to herself. "Could she truly be the one who will save the boy from the 'Evil One's' influence?"
Over with Emily, the dark green-haired girl drew her card.
Turn Seven: Emily Sterling (LP: 3100)
Deck: 35
Current Hand (4): Freya, Spirit of Victory, Bad Reaction to Simochi, Kuribon, and Burial from a Different Dimension
Her drawn card was the Burial from a Different Dimension Spell card.
"Burial from a Different Dimension?" she thought to herself. "This can be helpful later on." With that thought on hand, Emily took two cards from her hand and slotted them into Spell/Trap slots on her Duel Disk. "I set two cards."
Two facedown cards materialized.
"That's all for me." finished Emily. "It's your turn, Wingweaver!"
"As you wish." The angelic monster nodded, drawing a card. "And now...!"
Turn Eight: Wingweaver (LP: 4100)
Deck: 27
Current Hand (7): Cry of the Wingweaver, Cards from the Sky, Urgent Ritual Art, Serapheem, Celestial Transformation, Monster Reincarnation, and Seraphim Saber
Emily waited patiently for Wingweaver to make her move, wondering what she was up to. At last, the angelic monster took a card from her hand and placed it onto a monster field slot on her Duel Disk.
"Seraphim Saber, come forth!"
"Seraphim Saber?" asked Emily. "I've never heard of that card before.
On cue, an angel-like monster materialized in a battle position. (Level: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1500).
"And for every other fairy-type monster on the field-" said Wingweaver. "-my monster gains 300 attack points."
"300 points?" gasped Emily. "Knowing Wingweaver, her deck is filled with that type."
Seraphim Saber glowed as he became stronger (ATK: 1600 - 2500).
"Now, attack!"
Seraphim Saber obeyed and sliced through Light Effigy in two with its wings, causing the pink monster to disappear into nothingness. Emily winced as she took more damage (LP: 2100).
"Bother." she groaned.
Kuribon reappeared and spoke to her human friend once more.
"I know, little one." Emily was saying. "Just keep trying."
On cue, one of the dark green-haired girl's facedown cards flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"I activate Burial from a Different Dimension!" announced Emily. "This Quick-Play Spell card allows me to return up to three banished monsters to my graveyard."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, three monster cards flew around Emily before they soared straight into her graveyard.
"The monsters chosen were Mage of Fairies, Mystical Elf, and Gemini Elf!"
"An interesting play." Wingweaver admitted. "But will it be enough?"
"I don't know." Emily thought to herself. "But I hope so."
With that thought on hand, the dark green-haired girl drew her card.
Turn Nine: Emily Sterling (LP: 2100)
Deck: 35
Current Hand (3): Freya, Spirit of Victory, Kuribon, and Angelic Gift
"Angelic Gift! And with Mage of Fairies back in my graveyard, I can draw two cards and hopefully draw something to help me."
With that thought on hand, Emily slotted the card into her Duel Disk. from there, a facedown card materialized on the field...before flipping face-up and revealing itself.
"Behold the Angelic Gift Spell card!" Emily announced pridefully.
"Angelic Gift?" blinked Guardian Eatos.
"This allows me to draw two cards if I banish a fairy-type monster from my graveyard." explained Emily. "The more fairy-type monsters I banish, the more cards I draw."
A card ejected from her graveyard.
"So I'll banish my Mage of Fairies-" Emily then drew two more cards. "-to draw two cards from my deck!"
The two cards were shown to be a Trap card (Graceful Tear) and effect monster card (Skelengel).
"Next I place one card facedown and summon one monster in defense mode."
Two facedown cards materialized (one of them was side-ways).
"My turn is done." Emily concluded.
As Wingweaver was about to draw her card, she felt something come from the top of her deck.
"It must be time to play it." The angelic monster thought to herself.
Finally, she drew her card.
Turn Ten: Wingweaver (LP: 4100)
Deck: 26
Current Hand (7): Cry of the Wingweaver, Cards from the Sky, Urgent Ritual Art, Serapheem, Celestial Transformation, Monster Reincarnation, and Wingweaver
Indeed, it was time.
"I activate the Spell card Cry of the Wingweaver!" called Wingweaver.
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up.
"Oh no..." gasped Emily, knowing what was coming next.
"By giving up 1000 life points-" explained Wingweaver (LP: 3100). "-I may call forth myself!"
In a pillar of light came the Duel Monsters version of the incredibly beautiful monster known as Wingweaver (Level: 7/ATK: 2750).
"And because Wingweaver was summon by that card..." thought Emily, knowing what was about to happen.
"And because I used Cry of the Wingweaver to summon my monster-" continued Wingweaver. "-she now has, for the remainder of this turn, doubled attack points!"
The Wingweaver monster glowed as she became stronger (ATK: 2750 - 5500). Finally, the Monster Reborn Spell card materialized face-up.
"Lastly I'll use the Monster Reborn card you gave me to revive your Light Effigy in attack mode!"
Light Effigy came out of Emily's grave to Wingweaver's side of the field.
"First, your facedown monster must be dealt with." announced Wingweaver. "Seraphim Saber, attack now!"
"Seraphim Saber obeyed, attacking the facedown monster.
"You've attacked Skelengel!" declared Emily, drawing a card. "Her destruction upon being flipped face-up allows me to draw one card."
From there, the dark green-haired girl's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"Next I activate my Graceful Tear Trap card!" Emily tossed her drawn card over to her opponent. "By giving you a card from my hand, I gain 2000 life points!"
She then recovered lots of life points (LP: 4100).
"You're still open for a direct attack." Wingweaver reminded. "And I will now use myself to finish you off!"
Wingweaver began to unleash an attack, but Emily wasn't beaten yet.
"I use Ultimate Offering!" she cried out (LP: 3600). "I summon Kuribon to take the attack!"
Kuribon reappeared. Wingweaver fired a light orb and destroyed the female Kuriboh. From there, Emily regained the card to her hand while Wingweaver gained a massive amount of life points (LP: 8600).
"Again, you're open to attack!" continued Wingweaver. "Light Effigy, attack Emily now!"
Light Effigy obeyed and lunged towards Emily, who then payed 500 more life points.
"And again!" she announced (LP: 3100). "Kuribon, come forth!"
Yet again, the female Kuriboh reappeared. On cue, the dark green-haired girl's final set card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"In addition, I activate my set Bad Reaction to Simochi Trap card!"
"What?!" gasped Wingweaver.
"Whenever you gains life points-" explained Emily "-this Trap card turns it into damage instead!"
Light Effigy destroyed Kuribon, and Wingweaver was dealt damage instead of gaining life points (LP: 7100).
"How's that?" asked Emily, adding Kuribon back to her hand. "Now you won't be able to gain life points from Kuribon if you decide to attack her!"
"Well played." admired Wingweaver. "And since it's my end phase, my attack points are lowered back to their original amount."
The monster Wingweaver's attack went back to normal (ATK: 5500 - 2750).
"I bought myself some time-" Emily thought to herself. "-but I still need a plan on how to win!"
Once again Kuribon spoke to her human friend.
"What was that, little one?"
Kuribon again spoke in her 'Kuriboh' language.
"You say there's still a chance for me to win?" repeated Emily.
The female Kuriboh nodded.
"Then I guess I'll have to keep fighting, right?" remarked the dark green-haired girl, looking at her deck. "But I'll need more time to pull off my win."
With that said, she drew her card.
Turn Eleven: Emily Sterling (LP: 3100)
Deck: 32
Current Hand (3): Freya, Spirit of Victory, Kuribon, and Swords of Revealing Light
"This should be a good start."
From there, Emily slotted the card into a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk.
"I activate Swords of Revealing Light!" she announced.
The mentioned Spell card flipped face-up and revealed itself. Countless swords of light rained down and trapped Wingweaver's monsters.
"Thanks to this Spell card-" declared Emily. "-none of your monsters are able to attack me for three turns!"
Guardian Eatos smiled while watching the dark green-haired girl make that play.
"Very clever, Emily." she said to herself. "This will buy you some more time to work up a counter."
Over with Wingweaver, the angelic monster had to agree.
"A good move, Emily, but do you mind if I point something out?"
Emily looked up, but said nothing.
"Your combo of Kuribon, Ultimate Offering, and Bad Reaction to Simochi is very effective." said Wingweaver. "But why didn't you activate your Trap the moment I planned to send Wingweaver to attack? It would have won you the duel right away."
"There would have been a replay." Emily pointed out. "If I had pulled this move too early, you would have likely decided to call off your attack."
Wingweaver was impressed. "Very clever." smiled the angelic-like monster. "You certainly know how to think ahead."
"I've learned all I need from the best."
"From Thomas, I bet?" teased Wingweaver.
That comment made Emily blush. "M-Maybe."
"Easy there, Emily." giggled Wingweaver. "I was only playing around."
Emily felt slightly better. It was then Wingweaver drew her next card.
"But let's see how long your swords will help you!"
The dark green-haired girl readied herself for the angelic monster's play.
Turn Twelve: Wingweaver (LP: 7100)
Deck: 25
Current Hand (6): Cards from the Sky, Urgent Ritual Art, Serapheem, Celestial Transformation, Monster Reincarnation, and Card Destruction
Swords of Revealing Light: Three turns
On cue, a facedown card materialized, followed the materialization of the Card Destruction Spell card.
"I set these two cards facedown, and activate Card Destruction!" announced Wingweaver. "Now we send both of our hands to the graveyard and draw the same amount."
While Emily drew only one card, Wingweaver drew three cards. From there, the angelic monster held out the Pot of Greed card.
"With Pot of Greed, I draw two more cards!"
Wingweaver drew two more cards. On cue, the Monster Reincarnation Spell card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"Finally, I'll activate my set Monster Reincarnation card!" announced Wingweaver. "By sending a card from my hand, I get back a monster from my graveyard."
She held up a card she was gonna discard.
"And this-" The angelic monster grinned. "-is the card I'll discard."
Wingweaver turned it over to show her opponent, and Emily gasped at what it was.
"Heavenly Light?!"
"That's right." confirmed Wingweaver. Taking a card from her graveyard. "And this is the very monster I'll take back..."
She turned the card over and showed her opponent once more.
"Serapheem!" Emily exclaimed, taking a step back out of reflex.
"Correct, little one! Your most powerful monster and guardian angel is now back in my hand."
"But without Heavenly Light-" protested Emily. "-you have no way of summoning her! Why didn't you discard something else?"
"I have other ways to summon her..."
Emily was shocked. "There's another way?!"
"You remember a certain card that Kuribon supplied you when you faced Chaos Sorceror, right?" questioned Wingweaver.
Emily winced a bit as a flashback ensured.
FLASHBACK
Emily looked at her drawn card and gasped at what it was.
"What is this card?" she thought. "I've never seen or added it to my deck!"
It was a Spell card called Heavenly Light - Type B.
"How did it get in here?"
Kuribon opened her eyes and said a few words to the confused dark green-haired girl.
"Kuribon?" asked Emily. "Was this your doing?"
Kuribon nodded before adding a few 'Kurbis' that seemed to resemble 'Play that card and you'll witness its power'. Getting the hint, the dark green-haired girl nodded.
"Alright." she said mentally. From there, Emily slotted the card into her Duel Disk. "I activate Heavenly Light - Type B!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up. The Gemini Elves were shocked to see the card.
"Such a rare and powerful card!" gasped the first Gemini Elf.
The card emitted a powerful beam of light.
"AGH!" wailed Chaos Sorcerer. "T-The light...!"
"This is an excetionally powerful Spell that allows me to send five light attribute monsters from my deck to the graveyard." explained Emily, taking her whole deck out of her Duel Disk. "Once that's done, I can special summon a light attribute ritual monster from my hand, deck, or graveyard while ignoring the summoning conditions!"
Upon sending five light attribute monster cards to the graveyard, a ritual monster card slipped out in response.
"And I choose to summon my guardian angel - Serapheem!"
The beam of light shot into the sky as the clouds parted. From there, the most powerful form of Wingweaver descended from the bright heavens (Level: 12/ATK: 2900/DEF: 2500).
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended.
"Y-Yes." said Emily nervously. "You also have it, don't you?"
"Actually, no..."
"HUH?!" The dark green-haired girl gawked. "You don't?!"
"I'll show you when the time comes." insisted Wingweaver, before easing up. "My turn is now over."
Emily was stunned that Wingweaver had another method to summoning Serapheem without the use of Heavenly Light.
"I-It's my turn." said the dark green-haired girl a bit nervously, just as she drew her card.
Turn Thirteen: Emily Sterling (LP: 3100)
Deck: 30
Current Hand (3): Spring of Rebirth, Kuribon, and Wonder Wand
Sadly, Emily was very dismayed with her draw.
"Nothing..." she moaned, before speaking aloud. "I pass this turn!"
"It's my turn once more!" announced Wingweaver, drawing her card.
Turn Twelve: Wingweaver (LP: 7100)
Deck: 25
Current Hand (5): Serapheem, Heavenly Rays(!), Seraphim Blaster, Angel Sacrifice, and Seraphim Gardnan
Swords of Revealing Light: Two turns
A monster card called Seraphim Blaster materialized face-up.
"Watch as I summon Seraphim Blaster in attack mode!"
Appearing to the field was a fairy with some sort of large gun (Level: 4/ATK: 1800).
"My new monster shares the same effect as my Seraphim Saber." explained the angelic monster. "It gains 300 attack points for every other fairy-type monster on the field."
The new monster's attack rose (ATK: 1800 - 3600), while Seraphim Saber also got more powerful due to another fairy being present (ATK: 2200 - 3400). On cue, a Spell card called Heavenly Rays materialized face-up.
"Finally, I'll activate Heavenly Rays!" continued Wingweaver. "While its name does sound very similar to the Solar Ray Spell card you own while also possessing a very similar effect, this card instead deals 600 points of damage to your life points for each and every light attribute monster I control on the field!"
"No!" screamed Emily (LP: 3100).
Numerous lays of light rained down and struck the dark green-haired girl.
"Because I control five light attribute monsters-" said Wingweaver. "-you lose 3000 life points!"
Poor Emily was now in a very dangerous situation as the rays of light ceased (LP: 100). She was now down to 100 life points and still had nothing to stop Wingweaver's monsters. What was she going to do?
"I can't give up!" The dark green-haired girl thought to herself. "With two turns remaining, I must have SOMETHING that can help!"
She drew her card.
Turn Fifteen: Emily Sterling (LP: 100)
Deck: 29
Current Hand (3): Spring of Rebirth, Kuribon, Wonder Wand, and Diffusion Wave-Motion
Alas, Emily still didn't draw what she needed.
"Nothing." she sighed unhappily. "I end my turn."
Turn Sixteen: Wingweaver (LP: 7100)
Deck: 18
Current Hand (4): Serapheem, Angel Sacrifice, Seraphim Gardna, and Angelic Gift
Swords of Revealing Light: One turn
Immediately, a Spell card called Angel Sacrifice materialized face-up.
"First up, I'll activate a Spell card called Angel Sacrifice!" continued Wingweaver. "By tributing my The Forgiven Maiden, my next monster will gain twice its standard attack points!"
The Forgiven Maiden faded away in a blue streak. On cue, the Angelic Gift Spell card materialized face-up.
"Next I'll activate a card that should be very familiar to you..." Wingweaver announced. "Angelic Gift!"
Emily gasped, watching as two cards slipped out from the angelic monster's graveyard.
"Oh no." she thought. "She'll be able to draw more cards now..."
"By banishing two light attribute monsters from my graveyard, I draw four cards!"
Wingweaver then drew her four cards. Upon looking at them, she gave a nod and held one of them out.
"Now I summon Seraphim Gardna!" The angelic monster declared, placing her card onto a monster field slot on her Duel Disk.
An shield baring angel appeared (Level: 4/ATK: 1000 - 2000). Then another Spell card materialized face-up.
"Next I activate Wingweaver's Prayer(!)!" continued Wingweaver, with her two fingers at a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk. "Since I control Wingweaver, I can negate the effect of one face-up Trap card on the field for the rest of my turn!"
Emily gasped once more. "My Bad Reaction to Simochi!"
"With it negated, I can gain life points once more! ...as so..." Wingweaver slotted yet another of her drawn cards into a Spell/Trap slot. "I activate Radiation of Light(!)!"
The mentioned Spell card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"This reduces the attack of all my monsters to zero...but their total attack will be added to my life points!"
"But why do that?" asked Emily in shock. "Your life points are already even higher than mine."
"This serves as part of testing your fighting spirit." explained Wingweaver.
With a combined total of 3600 + 3400 + 2000 + 2750 + 1500, that gave Wingweaver a grand boost of 13250 life points (LP: 20350).
"And now, it's time to summon Serapheem..." The angelic monster proclaimed.
"But how?" demanded Emily. "You have Heavenly Light in your graveyard!"
"Young one, I want you to take a good look at my facedown card."
On cue, Wingweaver's facedown card flipped face-up and revealed itself to be...
"Urgent Ritual Art?!" exclaimed Emily.
"That's right." confirmed Wingweaver. "As I control no ritual monsters, I can banish a Ritual Spell card from my graveyard to have this Trap card's effect become that of the banished card. And I shall banish Heavenly Light!"
Heavenly Light ejected from the angelic monster's graveyard. Urgent Ritual Art then turned itself into the Heavenly Light Ritual Spell card.
"Now I shall offer all five of my monsters to ritual summon...Serapheem!"
All five monsters vanished in beams of light.
"Here it comes..." Emily whispered to herself.
Out of the large form of light was none other than Serapheem; the evolved form of Wingweaver (Level: 12/ATK: 2900/DEF: 2500).
"For every light attribute monster in my graveyard, my monster receives 600 attack points." explained Wingweaver.
Emily absolutely dreaded the answer. "How many do you have there?"
Several monster cards slid out of Wingweaver's graveyard.
"The amount I have..." The angelic-like monster began, while taking the cards.
Guardian Eatos continued to watch the duel as her fellow guardian gave the answer.
"I have four monsters!" announced Wingweaver. "One of which had originally belonged to you, so it doesn't count. That gives my Serapheem an additional 2400 points!"
Serapheem grew extremely powerful (ATK: 2900 - 5300).
"5300 attack points?!" Emily reeled back in shock. "There's no way I can beat a monster that powerful!"
"You still have one more turn before I can attack again." reminded Wingweaver. "As of now, your swords still prevent me from attacking."
Emily collapsed onto her knees in complete defeat.
"I can't do it." she sighed quietly. "I can't beat her. She's got over 20000 life points and a monster with 5300 attack points, and there's nothing in my hand that can help me. I'm...I'm starting to think my journey here was all for nothing."
With that said, Emily slowly brought up her hand with the intention of putting her palm on her deck in an act of surrendering.
"I give-"
"Do not despair, Emily." interrupted Wingweaver, causing the dark green-haired girl to look up. "There is a way."
"How?" asked Emily. "I've only got 100 life points left and a bad hand. You, on the other hand, have over 20000 life points and have Serapheem at 5300 attack points."
"Remember Kuribon's words?"
Emily thought for a minute. "Even the weakest of cards can defeat an opponent... you just need to combine the right ones together..."
Currently, the dark green-haired girl had Kuribon, Ultimate Offering, and a temporarily de-activated Bad Reaction to Simochi. Her hand contained Spring of Rebirth, Wonder Wand, and Diffusion Wave-Motion.
"But can I truly do it? Is there really a card in my deck that can complete the combo?"
"You will never know until you try, young child." replied Wingweaver.
"Alright." sighed Emily. "I'll try."
With Wingweaver's turn now over, the dark green-haired girl stood back up and prepared to draw her final card.
"This is it." she thought to herself. "Please, Heart of the Cards, I need your help."
Closing her eyes tightly, she felt a hand touch her own hand.
"Huh?"
To her great shock, it was a fading image of a smiling Thomas (along with Kuriboh).
"T-Thomas?" The dark green-haired girl stuttered. "It's you...! But how?"
"I know that you can do it, Emily." said Thomas kindly. "You're much stronger than you think you are."
Kuriboh bashfully floated over to Kuribon and said a few words in his 'Kuriboh' language, thus causing the female Kuriboh to blush in response.
"Aww, how sweet." gushed Emily, thinking that was so adorable (Kuriboh encouraging his female counterpart).
"So what do you say?" asked Thomas. "Want to win together?"
Emily nodded. "Together." she agreed.
The images of both Thomas and Kuriboh faded away, and the dark green-haird girl was ready to make her final play.
"It's my turn!" she exclaimed, slashing a wave of color as she drew her card.
Guardian Eatos gasped as she felt a powerful force come from Emily.
"Such power..." The female monster whispered.
Turn Seventeen: Emily Sterling (LP: 100)
Deck: 28
Current Hand (5): Spring of Rebirth, Kuribon, Wonder Wand, Diffusion Wave-Motion, and Battle Mania
Emily took one look at her drawn card and was surprised by it.
"Battle Mania?" she whispered. The dark green-haired girl began to read the card's effect in her thoughts... "'Activate only during your opponent's Standby Phase. All face-up monsters your opponent controls are changed to Attack Position, and cannot change their battle positions this turn. All monsters your opponent currently controls must attack this turn, if able'."
Emily then looked to both Kuribon and the face-up Ultimate Offering.
"This could all work." she thought, before slotting the drawn card into a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk. "I place one card facedown and activate Spring of Rebirth!"
A facedown card materialized, followed by the mentioned Continuous Spell card materializing face-up.
"Now whenever a monster card returns to my hand, I'll gain 500 life points! And finally I'll normal summon Kuribon in attack mode!
The female Kuriboh reappeared (Level: 1/ATK: 300).
"That's all for me." said Emily, concluded with her turn.
Wingweaver was surprised to say the least, and so was Guardian Eatos.
"Will this be enough for her to win?" Guardian Eatos thought to herself. "At this point, I cannot be sure..."
"Very well." said Wingweaver, drawing. "We shall see if this move will help you win the duel."
Turn Eighteen: Wingweaver (LP: 20350)
Deck: 13
Current Hand (5): Shining Friendship, The Golden Apple, Negate Attack, Condemned Maiden, and Change of Heart
Upon seeing the drawn Change of Heart card, Wingweaver knew she had won.
"It has been three turns!" she announced. "Your swords have been dispelled!"
Swords of Revealing Light faded away. Suddenly...
"Because it's currently your standby phase-" Emily spoke up, poking a button on her Duel Disk. "-I will activate my set card! Battle Mania!"
The dark green-haired girl's facedown card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"Battle Mania?" Wingweaver blinked. "That's an extremely rare card!"
"What it does-" explained Emily. "-is it switches all monsters you have on the field into attack mode. In addition, it forces your monsters to attack if possible!"
Wingweaver watched as Serapheem began to attack.
"No... stop!" she cried out. But it was too late.
Serapheem caused rays of light to rain down. Kuribon was hit and destroyed.
"Kuribon now returns to my hand." Emily pointed out (LP: 600). "I gain life points from my Spell card, and you take damage because Bad Reaction to Simochi is now usable once more!"
Wingweaver grunted as she took damage (LP: 15050).
"But that isn't all!" continued Emily. "Because Serapheem attacked a light attribute monster, she HAS to attack once again." Her life points then took a hit (LP: 100). "In addition, I'll use the effect of my Ultimate Offering card to pay 500 life points and summon Kuribon back onto the field!"
Kuribon right away reappeared on the dark green-haired girl's side of the field.
"This has resulted in an unbreakable loop; Serapheem attacks a light attribute monster, she is FORCED to attack again! Kuribon returns to my hand, you take damage because of my Bad Reaction to Simochi, I gain 500 life points from Spring of Rebirth due to Kuribon returning to my hand, and I can then pay 500 life points from Ultimate Offering to resummon Kuribon. From there, she becomes the target of attack!"
Wingweaver was beyond speechless.
"Now watch as Serapheem is forced to attack Kuribon once again!" declared Emily.
True to her word, Serapheem was forced to shower another rain of light upon Kuribon. Instantly, the female Kuriboh returned to Emily's hand, and the human gained more life points (LP: 600).
"Say goodbye to another 5300 life points!" The dark green-haired girl exclaimed.
Wingweaver took more damage from the attack (LP: 9750).
"And the attack is forced to continue!" went on Emily (LP: 100). "Come forth, Kuribon!"
Kuribon yet again reappeared as Serapheem continued to attack. Guardian Eatos watched from nearby in complete surprise.
"She has done it..." she thought. "This girl has created an unbreakable loop..."
Kuribon once again returned to Emily's hand (LP: 600). And once again, Wingweaver took damage from Emily's Trap card (LP: 4450).
"I'm completely trapped..." Wingweaver thought to herself, watching as Serapheem began to attack again.
"And now Serapheem-" Emily called out to her opponent's monster (LP: 100). "-attack one last time!"
Kuribon appeared one last time as Serapheem had no chose but to attack her, returning her to Emily's hand (LP: 600).
"And you know what happens next."
Indeed, Wingweaver did know as she lost the rest of her life points from Emily's Trap card (LP: 0).
"I've...been defeated?" she stuttered.
DUEL RESULTS: Emily Sterling wins!
The holograms faded away. Nearby, Guardian Eatos, joined by many more monsters, were beyond surprised by the outcome of the duel.
"She did it." murmured Eatos.
With Wingweaver, she was silent at first, but then closed her eyes and smiled.
"I admit defeat." she said aloud. "Thus I reward the duel...to you, Emily. A true angel of this land."
Emily was thrilled. "I did it!" she cried out in joy. "'I've won without needing to use my Serapheem! I've finally conquered my inner darkness!"
It was a celebration of a life-time for our heroine! ...sadly, the celebration had to be cut short by something...
*BOOM!*
"What was that?"
Wingweaver and Guardian Eatos both had serious looks on their faces. It would seem the Sanctuary in the Sky was under attack! By whom, you might be asking? That's a tale for another day.
