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 (especially the duel layout for the story). 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, this story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence, bloody moments, and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.


Outside The Sanctuary in the Sky, all was quiet... Too quiet. One Blade Knight was alone and patrolling the shrine's grounds, but he was feeling bored.

"Sheesh!" muttered the Blade Knight. "I'm so bored! I wish something exciting would happen, right about now!"

Unknowingly, he would soon regret his statement. All of a sudden, someone snuck up on him from behind...

*THRUST*

...and the poor Blade Knight collapsed as a pool of blood formed from the knife sticking in his upper back. The culprit was soon shown to be...

"Have a good, endless night." whispered Gozaburo Gresley, laughing quietly and darkly.

With no other foe standing in the way, the evil man then turned to look back to his army of darkness.

"Go now, my creatures of the dark, and tear this filthy place apart! 'I' will go and search for our missing ally."

The evil monsters did as they were told, and began to wreck havoc.

(elsewhere...)

Back in the forest of flowers, the duel between Emily and Airknight Parshath continued to get fierce as the former narrowed her eyes.

"Whatever you're planning right now-" The dark green-haired girl said boldly, just before pointing forth at her opponent. "-I won't allow it to take place!"

Airknight Parshath chuckled. "So you say... Let me ask you something, Emily, why don't you just give up now, and come back with me to the Castle of Dark Illusions where you can be used for our experiments?"

"Why should I? The Court of Darkness is evil! All you care about is hurting others to get what you want!"

"You wish to be with Thomas, do you not?" questioned the centaur-like monster. "What if I were to tell you there was a way to bring him back?"

Emily became surprised. "Bring him back?"

"Yes." said Airknight Parshath. "The ever-growing darkness in your heart will serve as part of the tools necessary to revive the dead."

Emily briefly looked down at her chest before looking back up at her opponent. Even then, she stayed absolutely silent on the matter and allowed her opponent to continue speaking...

"That way-" The Court of Darkness member went on. "-it will be put to a good use."

Just before Emily could speak up once more, there was a bright light coming from inside Airknight Parshath's armor. Frowning, he took out the crystal ball, saw what was going on, and gave a deadly smile.

"It would appear that your friends in The Sanctuary in the Sky are in trouble." he commented. "My comrades are beginning their attack."

"What?!" screamed Emily, growing alarmed.

"Yes... Would you like to see them?"

Emily remained silent, scowling in anger at Airknight Parshath, who kept his smile and took the silence as a 'yes'. From there, the Court of Darkness member held out his crystal ball and showed what was going on...


Title: The Angel Trapped in Darkness, Part 3


At The Sanctuary in the Sky, it was absolute carnage! Evil Duel Monsters were busy attacking and destroying the whole peaceful shrine while killing many innocent humans and Duel Monsters. It was like Vampire Lord had told them to destroy the building and take no prisoners!

(elsewhere...)

Somewhere inside the main temple, Gozaburo and a number of Summoned Skulls were making their way to the containment center with their ally Darklord Zerato. Along the way, they met some opposition...

"Do not let the enemy get anywhere near the prisoner!" bellowed a Blade Knight to his squad.

They were determined to keep Darklord Zerato contained at all cost. Gozaburo, however, merely grinned evilly.

"Lightning Strike." he commanded shortly.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot from the sky above, electrocuting and destroying the group of Blade Knights.

(elsewhere...)

Inside one containment field, Darklord Zerato was asleep on the bed when a shake-up jolted him awake.

"Huh? What?" The monster mumbled groggily. He sat up. "What's going on?"

The trapped monster looked over out to the window to see what the fuss was about.

"What?!"

He could see his comrades from the Court of Darkness causing chaos among the whole area of The Sanctuary in the Sky.

"Are those-?" Darklord Zerato started to say, but never finished.

"Darklord Zerato-" interrupted a voice (male). "-we have come for you."

The evil monster looked back and saw, to his surprise, Gozaburo Gresley and a number of Summoned Skulls.

"You!" gasped Darklord Zerato. "You're-!"

"A friend of yours." finished Gozaburo. "Here to release you so that we may finally get rid of 'her'."

"You mean that girl who defeated me?"

Gozaburo shook his head. "No... Wingweaver."

"Wingweaver?" blinked Darklord Zerato. He then realized something about what the evil man meant by getting rid of Wingweaver... "Ah, yes... if we kill Wingweaver, then this whole shrine will immediately surrender to you!"

"Yes, that's right." laughed Gozaburo in agreement.

"Well then... Get me out of here then!"

Nodding, Gozaburo took a card out of his pocket. It was a Blast with Chain Trap card!

"Stand back." The evil man warned.

Darklord Zerato stood back from the door. All of a sudden, an explosion erupted from the card.

(elsewhere...)

Down in another hallway of the shrine, Nathaniel and Guardian Eatos were both on the run when the noise of an explosion rang in their ears.

"That explosion-!" began Nathaniel.

"It came from the dungeons!" cried Guardian Eatos. "Someone is trying to break Darklord Zerato free!"

"We must stop them at once, Mother!"

Before too long, three Gil Garths stood in the pair's path. Immediately, Guardian Eatos summoned her Celestal Sword and readied it.

"Stand down or die!" she declared.

The Gil Garths merely lunged forth to attack. Guardian Eatos could only raise her glowing sword up and charge it with light and power.

"FORBIDDEN GOSPEL!"

She then slammed her blade down, sending a wave of energy towards the trio of Gil Garths. The wave struck and vaporized the monsters in a matter of seconds.

(elsewhere...)

Airknight Parshath was still holding onto the glowing crystal ball. Even worse, it was still showing images at the attack going on.

"Huh, I never expected my comrades to lay siege to my old home." The Court of Darkness member remarked in a uncaring tone, before looking over to his opponent. "Rather ironic, wouldn't you say?"

Emily's body shook violently, and she clenched her fist in anger. Seeing the destruction and deaths of many friendly Duel Monsters spirits further angered and tainted her dark heart.

"How could you?" hissed Emily. "That was your original home. They took you in, they treated you as one of their own, THEY ALSO SAVED YOU FROM DEATH! And this is how you thank them?! You are completely unforgivable!"

Before long, the dark green-haired girl collapsed to her knees in pain. The darkness in her heart was growing at an alarming pace, and this was something she could NOT let happen—lest she loses herself completely.

"N-No!" Emily cried out in pain. "I won't...give in to the darkness!" Struggling, she took two cards from her hand and slotted then slowly into the Duel Disk. "I set...two cards!"

Two facedown cards materialized on the field. As it was the end phase, the face-up Sacred Arrow Trap card activated and fired an arrow into the chest of Airknight Parshath! ...although he didn't flinch, yell, or do/say anything about it (LP: 1000). Instead, he...smirked confidently.

"It's almost time..." thought Airknight Parshath. "All I need is a few more moments..." Finally, he drew his card. "It's my turn, now!"


Turn Six: Airknight Parshath (LP: 1000)
Deck: 35
Current Hand (1): Card of Sanctity


"And now, for the effect of Darklord Marie in my graveyard!"

A dark glow came from Airknight Parshath's graveyard as his life points increased (LP: 1200). From there, the Card of Sanctity Spell card materialized face-up on the field.

"From my hand, I'll activate Card of Sanctity!" announced Airknight Parshath, drawing six cards from his deck. "Thanks to this, we both draw from our decks until we hold six cards." He then motioned his left hand forth. "So now... draw your cards if you can!"

Emily, still clutching her chest from the pain and darkness she was feeling in her heart, managed to slowly draw four cards. Airknight Parshath's hand now contained Darknight Parshath, Darklord Contact, DNA Transplant, Misfortune, Draining Shield, and Shadow Spell.

"And now, I'll continue to make sure you accept your darkness." said the Court of Darkness member smugly, taking and holding out a special Spell card called Darklord Contact. "From my hand, I'll activate the Spell card Darklord Contact!"

The mentioned Spell card flipped face-up and revealed itself.

"With this, I can special summon one Darklord monster from my graveyard to the field! So, I want you to meet this monster - Darklord Superbia!"

Appearing onto the field was a large jar-shaped monster with claws and red wings (Level: 8/ATK: 2900). Just then, yet another Darklord monster (this one being called Darklord Ixchel) appeared on the field and joined its fellow archtype (Level: 10/ATK: 2500).

"Using the effect of Darklord Superbia-" continued Airknight Parshath. "-I can revive one Darklord monster from the graveyard and place it in attack mode! ...like Darklord Ixchel here."

Emily, still wincing, was curious to know what her opponent had planned. She was about to find out now... as her opponent suddenly took a 1000 life point hit (LP: 200).

"Now, I'll play the special effect of Darklord Ixchel! By spending 1000 life points, I target one Darklord-related Spell or Trap card from my graveyard, apply its effect, and then shuffle that target into the deck!"

A card slipped out of Airknight Parshath's graveyard, and he told hold and held it out.

"And I've chosen Banishment of the Darklords!" announced the Court of Darkness member. "This lets me add one Darklord monster from my deck to my hand."

Emily watched as a card slipped from her opponent's deck, and he added it into his hand. From there, thanks to Darklord Darklord Ixchel's effect, the Banishment of the Darklords card was added to Airknight Parshath's deck.

"What is he going to do, now?" Emily thought to herself. "Is there something big about to come out?"

Whatever it was, she had to be ready. Airknight Parshath soon took and readied a card from his hand.

"It's time!" The Court of Darkness member announced. "I offer Darklord Superbia as a tribute to summon my most noteworthy monster!"

The mentioned Darklord monster disappeared in a streak of darkness. All of a sudden, the body of a centaur-like monster was shown in a surge of purple fog.

"That monster..." whispered Emily.

"I call forth Darknight Parshath!"

The fog faded away... and revealed a familiar-looking monster, but colored differently. It also looked far more dangerous (Level: 5/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1400).

"Darknight Parshath...!" Emily mumbled. "Could this be what I've been sensing about him at the start of our duel?"

"Behold my mightiest creature!" declared Airknight Parshath. "It will be the key to my victory, and your turn towards joining the dark side."

Emily suddenly began to have a thought about something before speaking up...

"It was you." The dark green-haired girl frowned. "You put that Dark Angel card in my Deck, didn't you?"

"Heh, whatever do you mean by that?"

"Until I came to this world-" scowled Emily, pointing at her opponent accusingly. "-the Dark Angel monster card wasn't in my deck. It was only during my duel with Fallen Angel of Roses that I came across it. Once I did, it made my darkness go completely out of control!"

"Did it?" asked Airknight Parshath ominously.

"Huh? What are you-?"

"Did it make your darkness go out of control?" asked Airknight Parshath. He ended asking his next question with an evil smile on his face... "...or was it all you?"

Emily froze when she was asked that question. Did the Dark Angel monster card really make her do what she did to Fallen Angel of Roses, or was it really all her?

"Was it really all me?" The dark green-haired girl thought only to herself. "Am... am I really a monster?"

(elsewhere...)

Back at The Sanctuary in the Sky, Darklord Zerato was by himself and running down a hallway. He was currently seeking out Wingweaver. That way, he could assassinate the still wounded angelic-like monster so that the morale of the monsters at the shrine would falter and result in them surrendering to the Court of Darkness.

"And then, once Wingweaver is gone, the darkness will reign forever!" Darklord Zerato cackled to himself. "For Lord Diablon!"

Eventually, the doors to one room smashed apart. Darklord Zerato found himself inside the main praying room.

"Wingweaver! Come on out and fight me! I know you're in here somewhere."

After what seemed like forever, Wingweaver emerged from behind a large pillar.

"I am here." The angelic-like monster said in a calm, collected tone. "And I see you have escaped your cell."

"Got that right." confirmed Darklord Zerato. "I had my fellow comrades break me out, and now I can put you out of commission!"

"What makes you think you'll even defeat me?"

"I have the powers of darkness on my side." Darklord Zerato bragged, pointing at his enemy. "You, on the other hand, are still weak from our last ordeal."

A flashback ensured.


FLASHBACK

Emily was gazing long and hard at Darklord Zerato when, suddenly, Wingweaver took a step forth, making the dark green-haired girl look up in surprise.

"Wingweaver...?"

"You must leave here at once." The angelic-like monster interrupted. "We've done all we could to help you. Now, you need to continue with your journey."

"No, I can't!" Emily shook her head. "I won't abandon my friends here!"

Darklord Zerato was getting annoyed with the constant interruptions to his plans. He turned...and saw a baby Winged Kuriboh trying to get away from the chaos and destruction going on.

"What's a guy got to do to get something done right around here?" Darklord Zerato said to himself. The evil fairy then smirked. "Perhaps something like this!"

He raised his sword and prepared to throw it. Guardian Eatos was the first to notice this action.

"What are you doing?!"

"Target practice!" cackled Darklord Zerato. And he threw the sword towards the baby Winged Kuriboh.

"Look out!" exclaimed Emily, running to the rescue.

The sword soared through the air towards the baby Winged Kuriboh, who got incredibly frightened and froze in place. Emily ran as fast as she could to try and rescue the baby from being skewered in half, but it was clear she would never make it in time.

*SLASH*

Emily froze as a look of great shock slowly melted onto her face.

"No..."

The Winged Kuriboh had its eyes closed at first while bracing for the impact, but soon opened them and saw it was unhurt... but when it looked up ahead, it wished it hadn't opened its eyes... Wingweaver had managed to get in the path of the sword just in time... and was impaled in the lower back (with the sword tip slightly sticking out of her bloodied stomach).

"Wingweaver!" cried Emily.

Wingweaver was shivering, spluttering, and coughing in great pain before finally closing her eyes and collapsing onto the ground. Emily, Kuribon, Guardian Eatos, and Nathaniel all approached the critically wounded angelic monster.

"Mistress Wingweaver! Mistress Wingweaver!" pleaded Nathaniel, shaking Wingweaver gently.

Guardian Eatos carefully remove the blade out of Wingweaver's lower back and turned her body over. She was bleeding heavily from both the back and the stomach.

"She's still alive, but is gravely injured and losing blood really fast." said Guardian Eatos urgently. "We have to get her medical attention at once!"

END FLASHBACK


The flashback ended.

"What makes you think that you can protect yourself this time?" asked Darklord Zerato. "With the wound still affecting your overall skill, you cannot stop me!"

Wingweaver frowned. "Then watch me."

Darklord Zerato said nothing. He just readied himself to attack as Wingweaver raised her hands into air.

"Luminious Light Ra-!"

Just before she could complete the attack, Darklord Zerato went and tackled his enemy onto the ground. Wingweaver was completely pinned down by the dark fairy-like monster.

"You're too slow!" laughed Darklord Zerato. "Apparently, your wound has made you much slower than normal!"

"You're nothing but a puppet to the darkness." insisted Wingweaver. "But your powers are wasted with it. You could be so much more."

Darklord Zerato grew quite infuriated. "You will never convince me to betray Lord Diablon!"

"The Court of Darkness always betray one another." Wingweaver went on. "Turn back before it's too late!"

"Be silent!"

With that said, Darklord Zerato punched Wingweaver in the stomach (where the wound was), causing the angelic-like monster to cry out in pain before coughing up some blood.

"This will finish you!" hissed Darklord Zerato, readying to punch Wingweaver in her wounded spot once more. "Good night, sweet angel!"

"Hold it right there!"

Darklord Zerato's smile turned into a scowl as he looked over his shoulder. Standing at the blown down doors...was Guardian Eatos.

"You...!" growled the dark fairy-like monster.

"Let her go right now, you traitor!" shouted Guardian Eatos.

"Traitor?" scoffed Darklord Zerato, standing back up. "Hardly..."

"You've abandoned us and turned to the darkness for your own selfish intentions!"

"And you think you're innocent, as well?" asked Darklord Zerato dismissively. "I heard that you forced your own son to murder an innocent child."

Guardian Eatos seethed. "Why, you...!"

"Face it, Eatos..." pressed Darklord Zerato. "You're just as cruel and selfish as I am! The same can be for your son, too."

"You... Leave my son out of this!" demanded Guardian Eatos fiercely. "He only did what was needed to be done."

Darklord Zerato snorted. "Why? Just to satisfy your blood lust? Just face the facts, you both are dark and murderous, and have no right to serve this holy shrine like your fellow angels. In fact, I think I'll tell that to your son... He would definitely-"

Darklord Zerato never finished his sentence, as Guardian Eatos, crying out in rage, charged forth with her sword and...fatally impaled Darklord Zerato in the chest. The dark fairy-like monster coughed, spluttered, and shivered as blood trickled down the blade, but he managed a smile despite being about to die.

"So... you do have it in you...after all."

Using what strength he had left, Darklord Zerato pulled himself further along the sword he was impaled on towards Guardian Eatos. Once he was close enough, the wounded dark fairy-like monster placed his hands on the female Guardian monster's shoulders and smiled wickedly in her face.

"Even the purest of beings...have darkness in them." he uttered, slowly but menacingly. "Your son...will soon go down...that path..."

Finally, with a dying gurgle, Darklord Zerato's eyes closed, and he finally died. Within seconds, the dark fairy-like monster turned to light and vanished. Despite still breathing hard from her fit of anger before killing her enemy, in addition to hearing his final words, Guardian Eatos never said anything throughout the whole scene.

(elsewhere...)

Back in the forest of flowers, the duel was still going on... and it was still Airknight Parshath's turn.

"For every dark monster in my graveyard-" explained Airknight Parshath. "-my new monster gains 100 attack points."

"So that's why you've been sending monster cards to the graveyard before now." said Emily, now realizing her opponent's strategy. "So you can power up your monster once the time came!"

Darknight Parshath grew stronger (ATK: 1900 - 2600). It was then Airknight Parshath entered the battle phase...

"Darknight Parshath, attack!"

Darknight Parshath obeyed and charged towards Fairy Archer, when, suddenly, she disappeared before the dark centaur-like monster's sword could strike.

"Huh?!" gasped Airknight Parshath. "Where did your monster-?!"

He then noticed one of Emily's facedown cards was now face-up (thus revealing itself).

"A Trap card!?"

"You're right." nodded Emily. "Fairy's Defender! When you declare an attack on a level 4 or lower monster I control, I can return the monster to my hand and special summon one fairy-type monster in its place!" She then held up a card without revealing what it was. "And this is the fairy-type monster I summon in Fairy Archer's place..." The dark green-haired girl turned the card over. "...Wingweaver!"

Within seconds, the six-winged angel appeared onto the field (Level: 7/ATK: 2750/DEF: 2400).

"This is the monster you have betrayed years ago!" continued Emily. "NOW, you will pay for your misdeeds!"

Suddenly, to the dark green-haired girl's surprise, Airknight Parshath...started to laugh loud and long.

"Huh? What's so funny?"

"Alright, I'll tell you... Did you really think that I would be afraid of seeing that monster?" asked Airknight Parshath, holding up a card. "I was expecting you to play it! ...because it will be a part of your downfall!"

Emily scowled. "I don't believe you!"

"Suit yourself." shrugged Airknight Parshath. "But mark my words; whether you do so willingly or not, you will embrace the darkness!"

"NEVER!" screamed Emily. "I 'HATE' the darkness!"

Just then, a Spell card called Misfortune materialized face-up on Airknight Parshath's side of the field.

"You WILL accept it." The Court of Darkness member insisted, with two fingers braced near a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "But first, I'll activate Misfortune."

"No... not Misfortune! I now take damage equal to half of my monster's original attack!"

"That's right!" confirmed Airknight Parshath. "Due to Wingweaver's attack power of 2750, you can say goodbye to 1375 life points!"

The face-up Spell card fired a powerful blast at poor Emily, striking and causing her to scream as massive damage was inflicted (LP: 175). She then collapsed to a knee while breathing hard.

"The darkness..." The dark green-haired girl mumbled. "I can feel it...getting much stronger!"

On cue, three facedown cards materialized on the field behind Darknight Parshath.

"I place three cards facedown and end my turn. Are you ready to surrender?"

Still breathing hard, Emily looked up at her opponent as she weakly drew her card.

"N-Never!" The dark green-haired girl spat.

Airknight Parshath sighed in irritation. This girl was so stubborn...


Turn Seven: Emily Sterling (LP: 175)
Deck: 32
Current Hand (7): Mystical Shine Ball, Nitwit Outwit, Miraculous Descent, Kuribon, Celestial Transformation, Fairy Archer, and Wings of Misdirection


Emily was looking at her seven card hand.

"With only 175 life points left, I can't afford to make any mistake... or else it'll cost me everything."

Her hand contained Mystical Shine Ball, Nitwit Outwit, Miraculous Descent, Kuribon, Celestial Transformation, Fairy Archer, and Wings of Misdirection. Finally, Fairy Archer returned to the field in attack position (Level: 3/ATK: 1400).

"I summon back Fairy Archer!" declared Emily. "And I activate its effect!"

Fairy Archer readied to fire an arrow of light.

"For each face up light monster I control, I can infliction 400 points of damage to you!" The dark green-haired girl then pointed at her opponent. "With only 200 life points left, you will be defeated once the attack starts!"

Fairy Archer opened fire. The arrow got closer and closer and closer—before finally fizzling out, much to Emily's shock.

"My attack! It...stopped?"

It was then she heard Airknight Parshath laughing ominously. Finally, the Court of Darkness member looked up with an extremely evil smile on his face.

"Well done, Emily Sterling..." he remarked in a very dark and sarcastic tone. "You have finally fallen into the ultimate trap I've set for you."

Emily grew more horrified. "W-What?!"

One of Airknight Parshath's facedown cards was face-up. This one was revealed to be...

"Continuous Trap - DNA Transplant!"

"NO!" winced Emily. "Not that card!"

"Yes!" laughed Airknight Parshath. "This is the one card I need to make sure that you fall into darkness! What it does is it allows me to choose an elemental attribute—light, fire, the likes—and, so long as this Trap card remains face-up, all monsters on the field are treated as that type!" His smile grew eviler. "And the attribute I will choose...is the dark attribute."

The Trap card glowed in a dark aura as its effect activated.

"Now... Wingweaver, Fairy Archer... become one with darkness!"

Within seconds, Emily's monsters were affected by the DNA Transplant. Their wings and colorful hair had turned black, and their skin had become grey. Emily could hardly believe what she was seeing.

"M-My...monsters!" The dark green-haired girl stuttered in fear. "They're... they're..."

"They're much more powerful now." finished Airknight Parshath. "That is the gift of darkness." He then corrected himself. "Actually, my mistake, Fairy Archer is much weaker now that its effect has been rendered useless!"

"Useless?"

"With no light attribute monsters, Fairy Archer's effect cannot be activated!" The centaur-like monster pointed out (LP: 200). "That means I'm safe from your attempt to defeat me!"

Emily never said a word back. She was starting to hear familiar voices in her head from a very long time ago... the voices belonging to Gordon and James when they bullied her.

"You? Tell on us? Did you hear that, Gordon?" - (Young James)

"You were right. She is a nothing but a goody goody tattletale." - (Young Gordon)

"Oh yes... No likes a tattletale...like you." - (Young James)

"Goody-goody tattletale...!" - (Young Gordon / Young James)

Emily was now THIS close to finally breaking and falling into darkness. But the question is... what will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back? Stay tuned for the answer!


To be Continued!