Pegasus awoke the next morning only to discover an unfamiliar weight on his knees and chest. Looking down he say a head of black hair and was instantly assaulted with the memories of the day before. Young Harry had fallen asleep near the end of his explanation about duel monsters holding one of the very cards of the game. But what shocked Pegasus minutes later when he managed to shift Harry enough to look was what the card was. For their in the young twelve year-old's hand was a card that listened to only one other… The Dark Magician. As he stared at the card, holding the sleeping child in his lap he was even more astonished to watch it change before his one good eye. A slow yet bright flash of light filled the card causing him to look away. When it dimmed enough for him to see it, Harry had awoken and the card had slipped up his sleeve.
Though Pegasus smiled upon seeing the sleepy face of the child he was initially worried about what he had seen. Duel Monsters cards were only ever affected by intense shadow powers and from what he had been told, Harry didn't have powers of that nature. Did he? While Pegasus was turning ideas over in his mind he looked at the child once more.
"Well Harry boy what say we get some breakfast?" He expected protest but either the boy had gotten used to his inability to take no for an answer or he was simply too hungry to try. So he simply nodded and together they walked to the dining room to find breakfast already there. While they ate Harry asked questions such as where was he, what would he do etcetera. Though he asked them all in the hypothetical sense Pegasus could feel the genuine worry rolling off him in waves. He didn't have to be a mind reader (anymore) to know what the young boy in front of him was thinking. So instead of answering his questions he decided he would lighten the mood.
"I think it's time you do what every other child your age is doing right now." He answered mysteriously as he finished eating. Seeing the bemused look on Harry's face he stood once more and beckoned him to follow. When he finally caught up Pegasus took Harry's hand in his own and lead them down the corridor opposite the one they entered the night before only for it to lead to a similar door.
Once more opening with the Toon world card it opened reveal a room many a duellist had begged to see. For in this room was the collection of Duel Monsters cards that even Yugi Moto himself would never be able to match. Triplicates of almost every card in the world lied in cases that lined the walls, floors and in very rare cases, the roof. Harry simply gaped in wonder until Pegasus' voice managed to draw his attention once more.
"In this room is almost every card in Duel Monsters, from the most common Kuriboh to the chaos cards themselves." He explained gesturing from one side of the room to the other as he did. "Do you remember the rules of the game I told you yesterday?" Reaching for one of the deck boxes on his belt he continued. "Then I want you to make a deck using any of these cards except the ones in black boxes."
"Why not those?" Harry asked curiously. He had no intention of disobeying the order but his own natural sense of curiosity forced him to ask.
"They are cards deemed too powerful. And rightfully so, they were banned because of their power. No hurry, there's more to today than picking out cards."
Pegasus watched as Harry slowly entered the room. Naturally slipping the Dark Magician card from his sleeve giving Pegasus a look at what had happened to it earlier that morning. Thankfully Harry was too engrossed in picking out cards to notice the change but Pegasus did. Dark Magician was one of if not the most famous and recognizable cards in duel monsters. With few variations it was often seen in purple armour, wielding a staff of great power and surrounded by arcane magical symbols. But as he saw the card he knew it was no longer so. For in Harry's hand the Dark Magician was an intimidating sight.
Dressed in black style of its armour, the head of its staff looking wicked, more so than ever before and staring at you from the coffin of dark renewal itself with piercing green eyes mirroring Harry's own. The card pulsed with power, dark but not evil. Pegasus knew this power, it radiated from the young Yugi boy all those years ago. Looking at the card, Pegasus knew that Harry would achieve great things in this world.
Harry on the other hand was oblivious to all this as he picked out seemingly random cards from the cases. He felt a pull to them all and as he picked up one or two at a time he felt more and more complete with each one he added to the box. When he no longer felt the pull from the cases he put the Dark Magician into the box as well and smiled as he felt the course of energy rush through him, reminding him of the time he received his wand. Turning to Pegasus he saw a smile on his face as he watched the young boy make his first deck, before beckoning him to follow once more. This time to the duelling arena.
Though Pegasus did indeed possess duel disks. He always preferred to use the duelling arena over the portable version simply for nostalgias sake. So when he stood on the opposite side of Harry he was reminded of the last time he had duelled somebody so young. And he knew, now that Harry was duelling with his own cards, he may just repeat the loss as well as the challenge.
"Are you ready Harry?" He asked. His tone becoming more serious and challenging as the game neared.
Harry simply nodded. His eyes becoming narrow as he stood tall and proud.
"Let's duel!" They shouted.
Harry drew the five standard cards, letting Pegasus go first out of courtesy while also allowing him time to study his hand. He smirked when he saw what he had, a smirk that didn't belong on the face of any twelve year old but he couldn't help it. He could feel the power in the cards and knew, he didn't know how he knew but he knew that he would beat Pegasus.
"Well Harry boy may the best man win."
Harry: 4000/Pegasus: 4000
"To start things off I'll play the spell card Toon World." Pegasus cried as he slammed the card down.
Harry: 4000/Pegasus: 3000
"As you know it costs me a thousand of my life points but now it allows me to play all my favourite toons. Which I'll do so now with another spell card, Fiends Sanctuary."
A metal token appeared above the card before it promptly disappeared in a shower of sparks which were absorbed into Toon World.
"I'll now sacrifice that token to summon the one and only Toon Summoned Skull."
The monster burst from the graveyard pages of Toon World with a wide and creepy smile on its face but Harry had yet to even blink. Seeing this it lost its happy expression began to mope by Pegasus.
"My summoned skull happens to be a toon monster who just doesn't do things normally. See, his summoning is considered a special summon, which means I can summon another monster. Toon Gemini Elf, come forth."
Unlike last time there was no page of Toon world. The Gemini elf simply appeared out of its summoning circle before waving seductively at Harry who blushed despite himself.
"And with that move I end my turn Harry boy. Your move."
Harry drew his sixth card, looked at it, and smiled. He placed the card with the rest of his hand before grabbing the one on the far right and slamming it down "I activate spell economics. With this card I can activate any spell card I want and ignore the cost of doing so. So without further ado I also activate dark magic curtain. Now what would have been half my life points, stick around while I summon The Dark Magician."
Just as Pegasus saw the card, the monster appeared on the field, its hologram seemingly drawing the light of the room into itself. Truly, the dark magician had lived to its namesake with Harry.
"Nice try Harry boy but my Toon Summon Skull is equal to your little mage."
"Normally I'd agree. But in this case I just happen to have the card thousand knives in my hand." Seeing Pegasus's stunned look Harry's smirk became more pronounced. "I take it you know what it does? That it lets me destroy any monster on the field. Like your Skull!"
As the monster exploded in a shower of sparks Harry waved his hand. "Now Dark Magician. Destroy his Gemini Elf with Dark Magic Attack."
The Dark Magician rose his hand and to room was engulfed in darkness so that neither player could see. A scream could be heard in the darkness followed by an explosion but when the light returned the toon monster was gone and the Dark Magician was standing perfectly straight
Harry: 4000/Pegasus: 2400
"With that I play one face down and end my turn"
Pegasus looked at his hand without drawing. Thanks to his showboating on his last turn he now only had three cards. Only one of which was a too powerful monster and the other two were spells. He needed to draw a card to protect himself. And so he drew.
"I summon Toon masked sorcerer in attack mode."
Level 4
ATK/DEF: 900/1400
"And thanks to you not having any Toon monsters he can now attack you directly."
"That may be so but because you attacked with a spellcaster I can activate Magician's circle. Now we can add a spellcaster to the field that has two thousand or less defence points. And I'll summon Dark Magician Girl."
"Then I'll summon Toon Dark Magician Girl to match you card for toon Harry boy."
Harry: 3100/Pegasus: 2400.
"Thanks to my masked sorcerer's effect I can now add a card to my hand. First I activate the spell block attack to place my Library in defence mode. And then I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
Harry just drew a card. Looking at his hand he knew this would be the last turn.
"To start, I'll summon Skilled White Magician in attack mode."
Level 4
ATK/DEF: 1700/1900
"Next I'll play the card, Card Destruction which forces us to discard our hands and draw the same number of cards." As he drew his new hand Harry watched as a spell counter appeared on his Magician. "Next I play the spell card Reload. Which lets me reshuffle the last card I have and draw another."
'Come on' Harry thought. 'If I can just draw the card I need I can win this duel. Otherwise he might summon his blue eyes and if he does that I have no chance." Closing his eyes he felt the power of his deck once more before drawing the card.
"I play Dark Magic Attack. Now all your spells and traps go bye bye which means your toon world is gone. And since you had toon monsters on the field alongside it that means they go with it. And because I played another spell card did I can now sacrifice my token loaded Magician in order to summon the powerful Buster Blader."
Pegasus shook his head with a smile on his face. Yes Harry was destined for great things. And he would ensure that he would do everything in his power to help him achieve those great things. Maybe he would enrol him in Kaiba boy's new school.
"I attack directly with all three of my monsters and take my first ever win!"
Harry: 3100/ Pegasus: 0
Pegasus clapped his hands even as the dark Magician struck him with the head of his staff. Looking over at Harry he could swear he saw another vision before his eyes. Harry stood before him draped in a cloak of shadows. The eye of Anubis blazed on his forehead while his eyes glowed a deep pulsing green. But as the duel arena lost its power and the holograms faded there stood the ordinary soon to be twelve year old boy who was smiling at having one for the first time.
'Great things indeed.' Pegasus thought to himself as he hugged the boy who was already begging for another duel.
