Notes: Card games, finally
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Harry Potter and the Duel Academy
Ch. 3: Enrollment Day part 1
It was Harry's birthday today, and while he thought Ron and Hermione might spend the day with him, he never expected much. This birthday, however, would be different. There was a loud knock on the door.
"Who in blazes is banging on the door?!" Vernon yelled, "Answer it, boy!"
Harry was already almost at the door. He opened it to see…
"Hello there, Harry."
"Hagrid?"
"That's right. Happy Birthday, Harry!"
Hagrid gave Harry a big bear hug.
"Thanks, Hagrid, but that can't be the only reason you're here."
"You're right. I also came to help you get ready for the academy. Enrollment's not that far away."
"But I don't have any money, and—"
"And I'll not pay for that boy to go to some pointless card game school taught by an old crackpot!" Vernon interrupted.
Hagrid glared at him, "Never…insult Albus Dumbledore…in front of me."
Vernon backed away. Hagrid turned to Harry and his expression softened.
"As for money, we'll take care of that. Come on."
Harry gave a short wave to his family before he left.
Soon
Hagrid had led Harry to the bank.
"Fourteen years old already. I can hardly believe it."
"Are we here to set up an account, Hagrid?"
"Not exactly."
The bank teller looked up.
"Hagrid, so nice to see you again. Running an errand for Dumbledore?"
"Yes and no. I'm here to get Harry Potter started, as it were."
"Potter?" the teller looked at Harry, "You're their son. They left you quite the sum."
"They did?"
"You didn't think they left you with nothing, did you? Your dad came from a well-off family, you know. Now that you're going to attend our school, you can access the money your parents left you. Just try not to splurge."
Harry thought that wise, so only took out what he might need. He also received a debit card. They then stopped to get Harry a cellphone.
"I don't have one myself, but I reckon you could use one."
Harry grinned as he called up Ron and Hermione. Afterwards, Hagrid took him to the academy to shop for cards.
"We can do that?"
"The biggest and best card shop is at the academy. It's open to anyone."
Once there, Harry could at last buy the cards he wanted. He got plenty of cards that supported the Black Magician and Stardust Dragon. Ron and Hermione soon arrived to join him. Surprisingly, Ginny was already at the card shop with Luna and Neville.
"What are you guys doing here?" Harry asked.
"It's a secret," Neville replied.
"Shut up," Ginny muttered.
"We're buying you a present," Luna admitted.
"That was supposed to be a surprise," Ginny said.
"Well he doesn't know what card you'll get him…mostly because you haven't found one yet."
"You remembered my birthday?"
"Ginny rushed here as soon as possible to get you something," Luna explained.
Ginny blushed, "Let's just keep looking."
She shoved Neville and Luna to another section of the store. Harry shrugged, not knowing what to think. Ron rolled his eyes, while Hermione gave a little smile. They soon walked outside.
"Harry," Hermione said, "I insist we treat you for lunch on your birthday."
"I appreciate the thought, but if anything, I should treat all of you."
"Well we have to get you something…"
She cleared her throat at Ron and motioned towards the card shop.
"Oh…yeah," Ron hesitantly said, "Be right back."
The two rushed off, bumped into Hagrid, and went inside.
"Got these for you, Harry," Hagrid said, handing him a pair of cards, "Happy birthday."
They were both monster cards: Baby Dragon and Thousand Dragon.
"I noticed you got the Time Wizard card. These should go with it."
"Thanks, Hagrid."
Ron and Hermione had come back.
"Here we are, Harry," Hermione said.
"I got you Knight's Title and Black Magician Knight," Ron said.
"And I got you Skilled White Magician, Proof of Dragon Destruction, Buster Blader, and Fusion."
"I can't believe I forgot these, and after I picked up Super Magical Swordsman – Black Paladin. Thanks, guys."
They shared a hug. Right then, Ginny came outside with Luna and Neville.
"Harry," Neville said, "I got you Holy Elf, because it has good defense."
"I got you Witch of the Black Forest," Luna said, "It has a handy searching effect."
Ginny took a deep breath and stepped forward, "I bought you Saint Magician. It lets you bring back a Spell card from the Graveyard to your hand. You'll be using a lot of Spells in a Magician deck."
"Thank you, all three of you. I can't wait to see you all at the academy. Yours was especially thoughtful, Ginny."
She had a big smile on her face, and softly said, "My pleasure, Harry."
"Are we going to eat or what?" Ron griped.
Hermione smacked him in the chest.
"That's right," Harry said, "You three are free to join us. Right, Hagrid?"
"It's your birthday, Harry. Course I think I better pay for me own meal."
Hagrid sort of trailed off, but Harry thought he heard him say something about 'medicinal purposes'.
Later
It was a great, filling meal. It was getting late, so everyone said their goodbyes. Hagrid walked Harry home.
"Don't forget, Harry. Apart from the written exam, you'll have to duel someone. Sometimes it's a professor, but other times it's a former student."
"A former student? That means the duel's going to tough."
"Best way to learn, Harry. Still, it's best you start from the bottom. Course I never left Osiris Red, what with being expelled…I shouldn't have told you that."
"Why were you…?"
"Long story, maybe later…anyway, you just practice until late August when it's time. I know you'll do great. Good night."
Harry decided he better plan his deck for anything.
Time passes
At last, the day had come. As Harry prepared to leave, the Dursleys more or less ignored him. He even said goodbye, just to see if he'd get a reaction…no such luck. Harry ran as fast as he could to the Duel Academy. He was ready. Upon arriving, he could see the test hall was packed. Most of the kids from his previous school were here, and so were those stuck up kids from that private school. The written exam part was definitely the hardest, but he'd make up for it in the dueling section. The dueling arena was filled to the brim. All the applicants were seated on one side. The current students and previous students sat on the other side. Draco and his cronies sat at the very top, as if looking down on everyone else. They even already had on their Obelisk Blue uniforms. At the bottom were the professors, even Principal Dumbledore. All around were the different kids he'd met from before.
"There you are, Harry."
It was Hermione, and Ron was with her.
"I know I passed that written exam," she said.
"I know I failed it," Ron said, "Oh, and before I left, Ginny said to tell you to knock 'em dead, Harry."
Harry smiled and continued looking around.
"Hey, Harry! So nice to see you," said George.
"I know you'll do better than Ron here," Fred joked.
"I see you're still in Ra Yellow," Ron observed.
"All in good time, little brother," Fred replied.
"There's Bill down there," George said, "Just a few rows above the professors."
A tall redhead with shoulder length hair stood imposingly in the stands.
"How very amusing, he's trying to look intimidating," Fred added.
"Charlie and Percy are right next to him," Ron said.
Charlie was more bulky, and slouched across two seats, looking bored. Percy was thinner and gave off this self-important vibe. Harry had met all three of them when they visited around the holidays.
"This is so exciting," Hermione said, "Look there. That's Nymphadora Tonks. She's a great duelist."
A woman with purple hair was also slouched in her chair, but she looked excited to be there.
"And there's good old Oliver Wood," Fred pointed out.
A tall, somewhat burly man with short brown hair was sitting a few seats from Tonks. He appeared to be dozing off.
"He would always assume command of the inter-house duels," George explained, "Sometimes just as a means of tracking progress, but usually to see if you qualify to move up to the next dorm. Well, we're off to join the girls, but we'll be watching."
"Especially your duel, Ron," Fred added, "Better hope you don't get Bill…or Charlie…or even Percy…"
They walked off to join Angelina, Alicia, and Katie. That's when Harry also noticed Cedric giving a pep talk to Hannah, Susan, and Ernie. Cho Chang was giving words of encouragement to Padma, Parvati, and Lavender. At last, one of the professors stood up, holding a microphone.
"Students to be, if I could have your attention, please. My name is Professor McGonagall. I shall call your names alphabetically, and you are to come down here. You will then be assigned an opponent."
She then starting calling different names, but Harry was only half listening, knowing it would take a while for him to be called on.
"Abbott, Hannah..."
Hannah was quite nervous. She also didn't have good luck with her draws. All she could do was play defensively as Tonks took chucks out of her life points.
"…Bones, Susan…"
Susan Bones had an aunt who used to be a famous duelist, but retired and went to work in the ministry. Now Susan had inherited her deck, and tried to make a few improvements. She came very close to defeating Bill with her Photon monsters, but he still won.
"...Brown, Lavender…"
Lavender used a lot of cards that relied on coin flips. The odds weren't in her favor today. Charlie beat her rather easily.
"...Crabbe, Vincent…"
Crabbe was surprisingly aggressive, but he neglected to use any spells or traps to protect his monsters, so Percy wiped the floor with him.
"...Finnegan, Seamus…"
Quite predictably, Seamus used a lot of Fire monsters. His Volcanic deck managed to burn most of Bill's life points, but Bill still came out on top. Meanwhile, Harry started to look over his cards repeatedly.
"Granger, Hermione…Greengrass, Daphne…Goyle, Gregory…Longbottom, Neville…"
Hermione rushed down the steps once she was called. Neville, meanwhile, slowly and nervously started down the steps. Hermione was directed to her spot, and was excited to see who her opponent was.
"Wow, I get to duel Nymphadora Tonks."
She winced in response, "Please don't mention my first name. Just Tonks will do."
"Oh…okay, Tonks."
HG: 8000
NT: 8000
"As your senior, I'll go first. I banish the top three cards from my deck to activate the field spell Toon Kingdom."
A large book opened with a pop-up castle above her head.
"I summon Toon Alligator."
Toon Alligator
LV4
Water
Reptile
800/1600
A cartoon alligator with a big smile and a large axe appeared.
"Now I tribute Toon Alligator to special summon Toon Daemon."
Toon Summoned Skull
LV6
Dark
Fiend/Toon/Effect
2500/1200
A cartoon demonic skeleton jumped out of the book with a mad giggle.
"Now I set two cards. Your move, Granger"
"Since you control a monster, and I control no monsters, I special summon Level Warrior."
Level Warrior
LV3
Light
Warrior/Effect
300/600
A figure appeared in a red jumpsuit and cape. Three stars adorned its body.
"Since I special summoned it, its level is now four."
"I'll activate my trap Toon Mask. I can special summon a Toon monster from my hand or deck that has a level equal to or less than the monster you summoned. I choose Toon Mermaid."
Toon Mermaid
LV4
Water
Aqua/Toon
1400/1500
A cartoon mermaid inside a giant clam emerged from the book.
"Very clever, Tonks, but now I activate Dual Summon to bring out Drill Synchron."
Drill Synchron
LV3
Earth
Machine/Tuner/Effect
800/300
A round machine on treads appeared. It had a drill on its head, and one for each hand.
"Now I'll tune my level three Drill Synchron with my now level four Level Warrior to Synchro summon Lightning Warrior."
Lightning Warrior
LV7
Light
Warrior/Synchro/Effect
2400/1200
A blonde, spiky-haired warrior clad in white armor appeared with a bolt of lightning.
"I set two cards and end my turn."
"I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards. I summon Dark Rabbit."
Dark Rabbit
LV4
Dark
Beast
1100/1500
A cartoon rabbit bounced around on its long, spindly legs.
"Now I tribute both Toon Mermaid and Dark Rabbit to special summon Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon."
Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
LV8
Light
Dragon/Toon
3000/2500
A small blue, wide-eyed dragon jumped out of the book and gave an insane laugh.
"Now's the time," Hermione said, "I activate my quick-play spell Cyclone (Mystical Space Typhoon) to destroy your Toon Kingdom."
"In that case, I activate my trap Magic Jammer. I discard a card to negate and destroy your Cyclone."
"Then I activate my counter trap Bribe of the Demonic Palace (Dark Bribe). I negate and destroy your Magic Jammer, but you draw a card. Regardless, your Toon Kingdom is destroyed, and thus your Toons are destroyed."
The book faded away, and then the two Toons exploded. Tonks lightly clapped her hands.
"Well played. I end my turn."
"I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Now, by tributing a Warrior-type monster, I can special summon Turret Warrior from my hand."
Turret Warrior
LV5
Earth
Warrior/Effect
1200/2000
A large humanoid stone monster with turrets on its shoulders took the place of Lightning Warrior.
"Since I special summoned it this way, it gains attack equal to the original attack of the tribute monster."
(TW: 1200/2000 -3600/2000)
I activate the spell Revive Dead (Monster Reborn) to bring back Lightning Warrior. I also summon Speed Warrior."
Speed Warrior
LV2
Wind
Warrior/Effect
900/400
This warrior had a breathing mask and wheels on his boots.
"On the turn I summon Speed Warrior, during the battle phase I can double his original attack. Go, Speed Warrior!"
(SW: 900/400-1800/400)
Speed Warrior skated across the field and kicked Tonks.
NT: 6200
"Your turn, Turret Warrior!"
The turrets rained down a barrage of shots.
NT: 2600
"Finally, I attack with Lightning Warrior!"
The last warrior shot a bolt of lightning at Tonks.
NT: 200
"Not quite final, is it?" Tonks joked, "But I don't think any move I could make will save me this time. I surrender…Brava!"
Tonks walked over to another field to play against Daphne Greengrass. Daphne put up a good fight, but with her Toons, Tonks made a lot of direct attacks.
"Excellently played, Miss Granger," Principal Dumbledore chimed in, "We're proud to have you with us. Welcome to our Duel Academy."
Hermione had a big smile on her face as they directed her to a new seat.
"I knew she'd ace the duel," Harry said, looking over at a shocked Ron.
"Wicked," was all Ron could say, not taking his eyes off Hermione as she sat down.
Harry smiled to himself at Ron's behavior, but then turned his attention towards Neville. He didn't nearly fare as well against Bill Weasley.
NL: 8000
BW: 8000
"Seniors first," Bill said, "I summon Black Dragon's Chick."
Black Dragon's Chick
LV1
Dark
Dragon/Effect
800/500
A black baby dragon emerged from a red egg.
"I tribute it to summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
Red-Eyes B. Dragon
LV7
Dark
Dragon
2400/2000
There was a flash of light, and now a large black dragon landed on the field.
"I activate Fusion (Polymerization) on Red-Eyes and Meteor Dragon to summon Meteor Black Dragon."
Meteor B. Dragon
LV8
Fire
Dragon/Fusion
3500/2000
The black dragon fused with a dragon whose body was a meteor, to create a massive purple dragon with volcanic veins running through its body.
"I activate Revive Dead to bring back my Red-Eyes, then tribute it to special summon Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon."
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
LV9
Dark
Dragon/Effect
2400/2000
A gigantic, armored black dragon with enormous wings now dominated the field.
"Darkness Dragon gains 300 attack for each Dragon-type in my graveyard."
(R-EDD: 2400/2000-3300/2000)
"I end my turn."
Neville was, understandably, quaking in his boots.
"I summon Evil Thorn."
Evil Thorn
LV1
Dark
Plant/Effect
100/300
A shriveled looking plant with a grenade on it sprung up.
"I tribute this card to do 300 damage to you."
The plant's grenade shot out multiple thorns.
BW: 7700
"Then I can special summon two more Evil Thorn from my deck, but their effects are negated."
Two more plants sprouted.
"Now I activate Dual Summon to bring out Night-Rose Knight."
Twilight Rose Knight
LV3
Dark
Warrior/Tuner/Effect
1000/1000
A sword-wielding woman clad in dark armor appeared.
"Her effect lets me special summon a level four or lower Plant-type monster from my graveyard. Here's my third Evil Thorn. Now I'll tune my level three Night-Rose Knight with my three level one Evil Thorns. I Synchro summon Splendid Rose."
Splendid Rose
LV6
Wind
Plant/Synchro/Effect
2200/2000
A tall blonde woman clad in green appeared. She had roses around her ankles, and long thorny vines coming out of her back.
"I banish a Plant monster from my graveyard to half the attack of your Meteor Black Dragon."
(MBD: 3500/2000-1750/2000)
"Now I'll attack your dragon with my Rose."
She whipped the dragon with her vines.
BW: 7250
"Very good, Longbottom, but now my Darkness Dragon gains another 300 attack."
(R-EDD: 3300/2000-3600/2000)
"Oh…um…I play the spell Fake Seed (Seed of Deception) to special summon a level two or lower Plant monster from my hand. I choose Phoenixian Seed."
Phoenxian Seed
LV2
Fire
Plant/Effect
800/0
A seed with one large eye and small red leaves appeared.
"Now I tribute it to special summon Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis from my hand."
Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis
LV8
Fire
Plant/Effect
2200/0
In place of the seed was a cluster of red flowers with a bird-like head and wing-like leaves.
"I end my turn."
"You should have summoned it in defense. I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then I activate Fusion Recovery to bring the Fusion spell and a fusion material monster to my hand. I pick Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Now I'll use my Fusion spell on my Red-Eyes and my Daemon's Summon to bring forth Black Daemon's Dragon."
B. Skull Dragon
LV9
Dark
Dragon/Fusion
3200/2500
A large, black skeletal dragon flew onto the field.
"Black Daemon's Dragon will attack your Splendid Rose."
The dragon shot a massive fireball at the plant woman.
NL: 7000
"And that leaves Darkness Dragon to attack your Amaryllis."
The great black dragon unleashed a wave of fire at the flowers.
NL: 5600
"When my Amaryllis is destroyed, you take 800 damage."
BW: 6450
"I end my turn."
"I set a monster, then during my end phase, I remove a Plant monster in my graveyard from play to special summon Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis in defense. I end my turn."
"Nothing to do but defend, Longbottom? I summon Mecha Hunter."
Mechanicalchaser
LV4
Dark
Machine
1850/800
A round, six-armed robot floated onto the field. Each arm ended in a weapon.
"Mecha Hunter, destroy Amaryllis."
The machine sliced up the flowers.
"You take another 800 points of damage."
BW: 5650
"Black Daemon's, destroy the face down monster."
The dragon shot a fireball at the face down card.
Violet Witch
LV4
Dark
Spellcaster/Effect
1100/1200
A woman adorned with leaves was burned to a crisp.
"When Violet Witch is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, I can add a Plant monster with 1500 or less defense from my deck to my hand."
"Darkness Dragon, direct attack!"
NL: 2000
"I end my turn."
"I set a monster, then remove a Plant-type from my graveyard to special summon Amaryllis again. I end my turn."
"I summon Machine Sergeant."
Robotic Knight
LV4
Fire
Machine
1600/1800
A robot with a sword in its right hand, and a Gatling gun for its left hand now stood on the field.
"Sergeant, attack Amaryllis."
BW: 4850
"Mecha Hunter, attack the face down monster."
Out popped a thorny vine monster.
Lord Poison
LV4
Water
Plant/Effect
1500/1000
"When Lord Poison is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, I can special summon a Plant monster from my graveyard. I choose Splendid Rose."
"You remembered to place your monster in defense, but it won't do you any good. Black Daemon's, destroy the Rose. Then Darkness Dragon will attack directly."
NL: 0
Neville looked very disappointed. Bill walked up to him and held out his hand.
"You made a few mistakes due to being nervous, but I can see you have great potential. See me again when you become stronger. You also did a lot better than Goyle over there."
Neville gave a small smile as he shook Bill's hand.
"I see you did rather well on the written exam," McGonagall said, "You've earned your place here, Mr. Longbottom."
Neville was now sitting close to Hermione.
"I can't believe they let that loser into the academy," Draco grumbled.
He then rolled his eyes at Goyle. He knew his duel would be pathetic. Charlie beat him in a few turns.
"Macmillan, Ernest…"
Ernie, as his friends called him, brought out some rather strong Beast-Warrior monsters. He and Bill had a very close duel, but Bill came out the winner in the end.
"...Malfoy, Draco…Parkinson, Pansy…Patil, Padma…Patil, Parvati…"
Draco now had a smile on his face, "Time to show these fools how to duel."
