Yu-Gi-Oh! Mysteries of Dimensions Chapter II
Anna walked slowly towards the dueling platform; she was still shocked from hearing Donavan's last name. 'Could this be the same Donavan Car?' She wondered.
Her train of thought was interrupted by the exam instructor. "Miss Smith, I presume?" A man that looked to be in his mid twenties asked.
"Yes sir," Anna replied, still dazed. 'I have to concentrate on what I have to do now, I can ask Donavan about it later,' she realized. Anna immediately perked up, and was ready for her exam.
"Well then, nice to meet you. My name is Wilson Joy, and I will be giving you your exam. This year, the professors will not be giving the dueling exams. Instead, they have entrusted senior Obelisk Blue students to give the exams using various deck types." Wilson informed her. "Let's get this show on the road!"
"I will start things off then!" Anna confidently informed him with a smile on her face. 'Excellent,' she thought. "I will start things off by playing my Marauding Captain in attack mode! Then, using his special ability, I will special summon Command Knight in attack mode! Finally, I will set one card and end my turn," She concluded.
Wilson looked at these two formidable warriors with no fear. One, a captain decked out in armor, ready to lead his army to victory. The other was a valiant knight in red armor, willing to boost the power of those around her.
"Impressive," Wilson admitted. "But not good enough to win!" First I will play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Next, I will play Nobleman of Extermination! This not only allows me to destroy your facedown trap, but if any copies of the card are in either of our decks, they are all sent to the graveyard!" He informed Anna.
A knight emerged onto the playing field, stabbing straight down into Anna's Dust Tornado. Then two other copies from Anna's deck appear and go straight to the graveyard.
"Next, I will play Lightening Vortex; by discarding my Ceasefire from my hand to the graveyard, I can destroy all of your monsters." Wilson calmly explained. "I will follow up by setting a monster, activating Wave-Motion Cannon, and setting two facedown cards." He ended.
'He made a very strong move, but he has no cards left in his hand. This one card is enough to clear most of his field.' Anna thought. "I will play Heavy Storm," She decided. "This lets me destroy all of your magic and trap cards on the field.
A hurricane like storm attempted to sweep Wilson's magic and trap cards away. Then, one of the cards was activated, and calmed the storm.
"I knew you would try that, so I'm going to play my Solemn Judgment trap card! This allows me to pay half of my life points to negate any card effect. Say good-bye to Heavy Storm!" Wilson replied triumphantly.
"But, that was supposed to win me the duel!" Anna pouted. "Oh well, I think I'll just summon my second Command Knight and attack your facedown monster!"
Another red knight rose to the field, and it charged straight into the unknown danger.
"Not so fast, I will activate Gravity Bind. All of your monsters with four stars or higher can't attack as long as it remains on the field; this duel is over!" Wilson chuckled. 'There is no way I can lose this game.'
"There is no way you will win this; I have too much on the line. You are going down!" Anna said sternly as she threw her hair back.
Donavan walked towards Duel Platform D with high hopes, not only for his exam, but for afterwards. 'Maybe, while recovering what I lost, I can gain more than that,' he hoped.
"Are you Donavan Car?" The examiner asked.
"Yup, are you my examiner? Prepare to lose, there is now way you can beat me," Donavan told the examiner.
"Mighty cocky aren't we? Well, you are lucky kid. You have been randomly selected to take a special entrance exam. It is very simple, if you win, you will be placed in Obelisk Blue. However, lose, and you will never make it to the Academy. I am Vince King, the top of the senior Obelisk Blue class. I have been given the privilege to test you with the deck of one of the greatest students ever to attend Duelist Academy." Vince informed Donavan.
"Hmm, I guess to be the best, I will have to take down the best," Donavan dryly stated.
The competitors bring out their Duel Disks and prepare for what would become a surprising duel.
A stern look finds its way onto Donavan's face, a complete transition from when he was talking to Anna. He is ready for this, and nothing will stop him.
"I'll let you go first; you will need the head start," Vince said jokingly.
However, Donavan didn't take this as a joke. "I think you will find differently soon enough," Donavan harshly said. "I will play a monster in defense mode, and set a facedown," he concluded.
"With all of your talk, I figured the opening move would have been much more impressive. I guess it is time for me to heat things up!" Vince said enthusiastically.
Vince took one look at his opening hand, and a sly grin spread across his face.
"Kid, you have no chance. I will play polymerization on two of my Cyber Dragons to form Cyber Twin Dragon! Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his monster now!" Vince demanded.
Everyone watching looked on in amazement as they finally realized whose deck was being used. Seeing this familiar machine, nobody believed Donavan had a chance.
The twin-headed, mechanical, dragon tore straight through what became a small, purple train.
"I knew you would fall for it, since you destroyed my Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive, I get to draw one card." Donavan said in a demeaning tone.
Donavan looked at the card and laughed.
"You must not know the effect of Cyber Twin Dragon to be laughing like that," Vince scoffed.
"Oh, I am perfectly aware of his effect; however, I also know that I will win." Donavan replied not caring what Vince had to say.
Cyber Twin Dragon forwarded for the second attack, and Donavan's life point gauge dropped to 1200. Gasps from the crowed erupted until the room fell silent.
"This duel is almost over; I will set a facedown and end my turn," Vince said.
"I agree with you, this duel is almost over. At your end phase, I will activate Mystical Space Typhoon on your facedown.
A cyclone came forward and swept away Vince's Limiter Removal.
"Planning a quick win, eh? Well, it won't be that easy. I will special summon my own cyber dragon, and attack you!" Donavan declared.
"What the hell are you doing? Are you that ignorant? My Cyber Twin has 700 more attack points than your single dragon!" Vince asked shocked.
Just as Cyber Dragon nearly reached its twin-headed brethren, it became visibly stronger.
"I activate my own Limiter Removal from hand! As you should know, it doubles Cyber Dragon's attack until the end of the turn. Say good-bye to Cyber Twin!" Donavan exclaimed.
Cyber Dragon clearly overpowered its adversary, and Cyber Twin was destroyed.
"This isn't over Donavan!" Vince yelled as his life points dropped to 2600. 'I can't lose to a scrub that hasn't even made it into the Academy! My reputation would be ruined, especially since I'm using a famous deck!' Vince realized.
"I'll set a monster and a facedown, ending my turn." Donavan replied ignoring Vince's statement.
As Donavan's turn ended, Cyber Dragon burst into a thousand pieces.
"I'm forced to end my turn," Anna admitted with a sigh
"Well then, prepare for a good bit of damage!" Wilson replied. "I will draw, and my Wave-Motion Cannon gains a counter." Wilson informed Anna.
One of the dots on the enormous cannon gleamed green as Wilson entered his stand-bye phase. Once Wilson glanced at the card he drew, he wished he didn't have gravity bind on the field.
"First, I will flip my stealth bird, causing you to lose 1000 life points. Then, I will sacrifice it to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch. For its effect, you lose a card from your hand!" Wilson yelled.
"No, you hit my Freed the Matchless General!" Anna complained half-heartedly
A large figure, that looked like it had come from Hell, rose to the field and blew a magnificent flame at Anna's life points. Anna groaned as her life points dropped to 2500.
"Why did I lose an extra 500 life points?" Anna asked amazed.
"It is simple," Wilson replied. "Whenever a monster is targeted by Thestalos' effect, you take damage equal to the level of the targeted monster. However, thanks to my Gravity Bind, I'll have to end my turn."
"It just so happens that I have a monster that can get under Gravity Bind. I summon another Marauding Captain." Anna smoothly told her opponent.
A familiar warrior rose beside its comrade. As he noticed the towering monarch opposing him, he was taken aback.
"It isn't like it will matter, you captain still has 800 attack points less than Thestalos," The intrigued examiner explained.
"Correct, however, you fail to realize that Thestalos has a low defense. I activated Book of Moon to flip Thestalos down into defense mode. Now, my captain will annihilate your monarch!" Anna ordered.
The once towering king of fire fell to a lowly captain as dual swords sliced it apart.
"And with that, my turn ends," Anna said with a wink.
A concerned Wilson drew his card and smiled. After he drew, another counter was lit green.
"You know, unless you can destroy me next turn, Wave-Motion Cannon will deplete the rest of your life points," Wilson commented. "I will activate the magic card dark hole, and use it to destroy your Marauding Captain."
A black hole appeared and swallowed Marauding Captain and Command Knight like they never existed.
"I will now end my turn, but if you don't get a level three or lower monster with at least 2000 attack points, its over." Wilson declared.
'Well then, it all depends on what I draw here. If I get what I need, I go to the Academy to fulfill my dreams. If not...' Anna thought.
"Wilson you were wrong, I don't need a monster with 2000 attack points to beat you! This should be enough. Mataza the Zapper will finish you off!" Anna told the surprised Wilson.
A samurai in dark armor drew a sword and charged in at Wilson's life points. The life point count now became Anna-2500 and Wilson 700.
"Hah! I thought you said you were going to win, but I guess not." Wilson smirked obnoxiously.
"For an Obelisk, you sure don't know your card effects. Mataza is allowed to attack twice in the same battle phase! Now Mataza, finish this duel!" Anna ordered triumphantly.
The samurai ended the match in one final stroke of its sword.
"That was a great duel Anna, welcome to the Academy," Wilson said sincerely as his life points dropped to zero.
After a moment of satisfaction, Anna remembered about Donavan. She ran off to Dueling Platform D.
"Game over kid," Vince smirked after he drew his card. "I will special summon Cyber Dragon, normal summon Proto Cyber Dragon, and activate Power Bond to form another Cyber Twin Dragon. The only difference is that this one will have double the attack points of the last!"
Another twin-headed machine appeared this one stronger than the last. Donavan simply smiled at the situation.
"Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his facedown monster, and attack again to end this duel!" Vince exclaimed.
"This duel is over! I will activate my face down Waboku, diminishing all damage I would have otherwise taken this turn! Of course, that's not all; since you activated Power Bond you will take 2800 life point damage direct at the end of the turn. Therefore, you lose the duel." Donavan said claiming victory.
A priest appeared onto the field, absorbing all of the damage.Vince searched frantically for some way out of this, but there was nothing he could do.
"I…I, there's nothing I can do," he whispered. "I'm forced to end my turn…" he concluded slowly.
At this, Vince's life points dropped to zero. The crowed was shocked into silence for a brief moment, and then went erupted with cheers. Many began to laugh at such a humiliating finish. This kid clearly outplayed the best student at Duelist Academy.
Vince walked away quickly to avoid the humiliation of losing. 'How could I lose to some scrub? I was humiliated in front of everyone, and I have lost much of the respect I have worked for. I hate this new student; I hate him with a passion. One day, I will repay him the humiliation two-fold.' Vince promised himself.
Anna arrived at Donavan's duel just at the conclusion. 'Using Waboku to stop Vince's assault was simply amazing,' she thought. Then she remembered that she had a few questions for Donavan. "Donavan, can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked.
"Sure," Donavan replied as he ran off towards Anna.