Okay, I finally decided to get back to writing this story, I am terribly sorry for my disappearance for half a year. I hope you will enjoy this one.
Leo was running through the cave as fast as he could, which turned out to be pretty fast. He wasn't getting tired like he normally did. His sight seemed to get better as well as he was able to see in the in dark. He started noticing tiny details in the walls. Now he would have hard time getting lost in here. Finally he saw a tiny trace of light coming from a wall in front of him. He ran over to it.
It was tiny crack in the wall. The boy scratched it with his nails. They became black and hard and now could be classified as claws. The teal haired boy dug at the stone. In a few minutes he made himself a large hole to climb through. He dived into the hole and found himself in a corridor. It was long and dark. It appeared that no one was using it for long time since cobwebs were hanging on the ceiling and walls. The air had a smell of old stuff and moss. It was hard to breathe in here.
The boy dashed to the right. He ran through the corridor until he reached an old wooden door. He swung it open, only to let out a curse. It was an old dungeon, that wasn't used anymore. The boy hung his head and ran in the opposite direction. There was a door on the other end of the corridor as well. He put his hands onto large handle and pulled at it. The door was locked. Leo growled in frustration. This was so annoying. He took a few steps backwards and charged forward. He slammed into the door. It turned out to be rotten and the teal haired duelist went right through it. He fell onto the floor and hit his shoulder.
Leo stood up, while rubbing his bruised shoulder. He looked around the room. It appeared to be used judging by the lit chandelier and beds with white sheets on them. There was another door on the other side of the room. Leo went to it. When he was about at the middle of the room, the door swung open and two knights walked into the room. Leo face palmed himself. "Guys, couldn't you have waited juts two minutes longer before walking in?!". The knights got out their duels disks and prepared for a duel, Leo followed their example and the duel has begun.
Luna and Max got out of the torture chamber and were now walking up a staircase. They didn't meet any knights on their way. Finally they reached the end of the staircase. They went through yet another old door and found themselves in a wide hallway. It was unlike the corridors they were walking through all this time. It was well lit with candles. The floor was made out of marble and the walls were decorated with paintings.
The teens slowly walked into the hallway. The door shut behind them all by itself. "Okay, that is not creepy at all", muttered the girl as she shivered slightly. She saw a hand in front of her. Luna moved her own hand to grasp it. She looked up and for a brief second expected to see her brother, but she only saw Max. She retreated her hand as if the boy was made out of fire. Max seemed hurt. Her reaction surprised him. Luna looked down, ashamed of herself. Maybe leaving her brother down was a mistake. Max could surely protect her, but it was so strange. For years her protector was Leo, seeing this another face just felt weird and it kind of felt like a betrayal.
Max pressed his mouth into a thin line, turned around and went to the door. Why didn't she accept his hand? She seemed to be quite fond of physical contact with Leo. They were always walking close to each other, or with hooked arms, around the school, so he thought that she would be glad to have someone to hold onto. He was reliable and could protect her, probably even better that Leo could, so why? These thoughts made him jealous, just slightly, but he still blushed after he realized what this feeling was. He was slightly ashamed of himself. He shouldn't be jealous. Leo was her brother so obviously she would be close to him. The brunet shook his head.
They were already near the door. Luna put her hands onto the wood and pushed the doors open. She pushed them hard but they moved only a few centimeters, creating a crack between the doors. The teens entered a large throne room. Large golden chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. It was illuminating the whole room with warm yellow light. A long table, made out of dark oak wood, was standing in the middle of the room. It had nothing on it and it didn't have any chairs near it. The floor had a circle on it. It had a dragon with spread wings on it. It was a crest of some sort. The circle had runes on its border.
Luna put a finger to her chin in thought. "I thought that the table was supposed to be round".
"That table is situated in another room", said a voice from the left. The teens looked in direction from which the sound came from. A large man was walking in their direction. He had gray hair and a short beard. He was wearing ivory armor decorated with gold along with a red cape. He had a sheath without a sword on his hip.
Max jumped in front of Luna protectively. "Who are you?!" asked the boy as he readied his duel disk. The man chuckled. "Oh, but of course I am Arthur, King of Knights and you are in my castle. I hope my knights had given you a warm welcome"
"Where are our friends?!" demanded the girl. The man chuckled once again. "Oh, they will be here, but now is not the time. You will be joining them soon" said the man as he put his deck into the duel disk. Luna walked up to Max and prepared to duel, despite boy's protests.
"I will give the first turn to the lady" said the man.
Luna: Lp-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I play a spell card Painful Choice. I can take five cards from my deck, you choose one of them and it goes to my hand while all other go to the grave. I choose three Marie, The Fallen One and two Fire Princess.
"You can have the Fire Princess"
"What?!"
"Take the Fire Princess. It is quite crucial for your strategy, am I right?"
"Uhm, okay… I play Fire Princess and set three cards face down and end my turn."
Luna: Hand -2
Arthur: Lp-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I play a spell card Reinforcement of the Army and add Noble Knight Brothers from my deck to my hand. I summon Noble Knight Brothers and special summon two more Noble Knights from my hand. I special summon Noble Knight Borz and Noble Knight Gawain. I equip Borz with Noble Arms – Gallatin. I activate his effect and search my deck for three Noble Arms cards and add one of them to my hand. I add Noble Arms – Calliburn to my hand and equip Noble Knight Borthers with it. I activate Calliburn's ability and gain five hundred life points."
Arthut: Lp-4500
"Now I equip Gawain with Noble Arms of Destiny. I attack the Fire Princess.". The knights charged forward.
"I play my trap card Negate Attack. It ends the Battle Phase." The knights stopped dead in their tracks as blue barrier appeared in front of them protecting the elven woman and the green haired girl behind her.
"Fine then. I set a card face down and end my turn"
Arthur: Hand-1
Max: Lp-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Munda, Ambush Leader."
Munda, Ambush Leader: LV-4 ATK-1900 DEF-1000 Attribute-Fire Type-Warrior Tuner
"Whenever I summon him I can special summon one level four or below warrior-type monster from my hand. I special summon Knight of the White Orchid"
Knight of The White Orchid: LV-2 ATK-800 DEF-600 Attribute-Light Type-Warrior
"Whenever I summon Knight of The White Orchid I can search my deck for one trap card and put it into my hand. I add Ambush Order to my hand. I attack Noble Knight Brothers with Munda."
Arthur: Lp-4300
"Whenever Munda destroys a monster I can look at the top four cards of my deck and choose any amount of warrior-type monsters and put them back in any order. All cards of other type go to the bottom of the deck. One card will go to the bottom of the deck. I set one card face down and end my turn."
Max: Lp-4000
Hand-4
Arthur: Lp-4300
Hand-1
"I draw. I play a spell card, Morgana's Scheme. I sacrifice two Noble Knights from my field and send five Noble Knight cards from my deck to the grave. I send Eachtar, Artorigus, Berdwyr, Drystan and Laundsalyn to the grave. I set another card face down and end my turn"
Arthur: Hand-0
"I activate my two face down cards. They are Solemn Wishes"
Luna: Lp-4000
Hand-2
"I draw. Since I drew a card I gain five hundred life points from each Solemn Wishes. That means that I will gain a thousand life points and you will lose the same amount from the effect of Fire Princess. Oh and I also gain two hundred life points three times from the effects of Maries in the grave. Now you shall lose fifteen hundred life points."
Arthur: Lp-1800
"I reveal Golden Ladybug from my hand and gain another five hundred life points"
Luna: Lp-6100
Arthur: Lp-1300
"I play a spell card Pot of Greed and draw two cards, this will activate my Solemn Wishes again and you will lose another thousand of life points."
Arthur: Lp-300
"I play…"
"Oh, wait there my dear. I play a trap card, Knight's Call. Now I can special summon one warrior type monster from my Extra Deck and equip this card to it. The summoned monster will be destroyed at my next End Phase. I summon Artorigus, King of the Noble Knights. Whenever this card is summoned I can target three Noble Arms cards in my grave and equip them to Artorigus. I choose Caliburn, Gallatin and Noble Arms of Destiny. Now I activate my second trap card, Merlin's Magic: Time Spiral. If I control Noble Arms – Caliburn I can end current player's turn."
Luna: Lp-7100
Hand-4
Arthur: Lp-300
Hand-0
"I draw. I activate the effect of Excaliburn in my grave and rank up one Artorigus Xyz monster on the field. I Xyz summon Sacred Noble Knight of King Artorigus. The effects of my Noble Arms activate and I can reattach them to Artorigus. His effect activates as well and I can equip one last Noble Arms from my grave to my monster. I equip Artorigus with Noble Arms – Arfeudutyr. I detach one Xyz material from Artorigus and now I can destroy one monster on the field. I target Munda."
"I activate my trap card, Ambush Order. Now I can special summon one level four or bellow monster from my deck to the field, its effects are negated and its attack is halved. I special summon Cleric of The Law."
Cleric of The Law: LV-4 ATK-1500 DEF-1100 Attribute-Light Type-Spellcaster
"Then I can immediately synchro summon one monster. I tune my level two Knight of the White Orchid and my level four Cleric of The Law to my level four Munda the Ambush Leader and synchro summon Gideon, Undefeated Hero.
Gideon, Undefeated Hero: LV-10 ATK-3000 DEF-2500 Attribute – Light Type – warrior.
"Whenever I synchro summon this card, I can change all monsters on the battlefield to defense position. Gideon can't be destroyed by battle."
"Very good, boy. Now I can't change the battle position of my card. I activate Calliburn's effect and gain five hundred life points. I end my turn here"
Arthur: Lp-800
Hand-1
Max: Lp-4000
Hand-4
"I draw. I summon Council's Lieutenant. Whenever I normal summon this card I can give all monsters under my control gain two hundred life points."
Council's Lieutenant: LV-2 ATK-500 DEF-500 Attribute-Light Type-Warrior
"Whenever the attack of a monster under my control changes, I can special summon Gideon's Lawkeeper from my hand and negate the change in attack."
Gideon's Lawkeeper: LV-2 ATK-200 DEF-1200 Attribute-Light Type-Warrior
"Now I have two level two monsters. I overlay Gideon's Lawkeeper and Council's Lieutenant and Xyz summon Gideon's Strategist."
Gideon's Strategist: Rank–2 ATK-1300 DEF-800 Attribute –Light Type – Spellcaster.
Arthur gave the boy a slightly amused look. "Good, very good boy", said Arthur as he clapped almost mockingly. "I believe that one of my knights had suggested for you to join us. I shall offer you an opportunity to join us again. Come with us and become our Mordred"
"I said that I will never join you. I detach one Xyz material from Gideon's Strategist. I target one light attribute warrior-type monster on my side of the field. It can make two attacks during this battle phase. I attack you with Gideon."
"Once per turn I can negate the destruction of the monster equipped with Noble Arms of Destiny. Now Artorigus is not destroyed"
"Well, I can attack you again, Go Gideon"
"I discard Noble Arms – Pridwen and your attack is negated"
"I set three cards face down and end my turn"
Max: Lp-4000
Hand-0
Arthur: Lp-800
Hand-0
"I draw. I play an equip card, Noble Arms – Ron". A lance appeared in knight's hands. "Not many people know that Arthur used to wield a lance as well. Artorigus gains fifteen hundred attack points. Now, since I control five Noble Arms and an Artorigus Xyz monster I can Xyz summon Eternal King, Artorigus.
Eternal King, Artorigus: Rank-6 ATK-100 DEF-100 Attribute-Light Type-warrior
"The effects of my equip cards activate and they get reequipped to Artorigus. While I control this card I can't lose the game and my opponents can't win the game. I attack Gideon with Artorigus."
"I activate my trap card Grasp of Hieromancer. I change Eternal King, Artorigus to defense position via this card's effect."
"Fine then. I activate Calliburn's effect and gain five hundred attack points. I end my turn"
Arthur: Lp-1300
Hand-0
Luna: Lp-7100
Hand-4
"I draw. I gain a thousand life points from Solemn Wishes and another six hundred life points from my three Maries in the grave and another five hundred from my Golden Ladybug. That would be a grand total of twenty one hundred life points and you will take three thousand life points of damage, but, due to Artorigus's effect, you won't lose."
Luna: Lp-9200
Arthur: Lp- -1700
"Now I play Terraforming and add Ancient Forest from my deck to my hand. I play Ancient Forest and now each monster that attacked during the Battle Phase would be destroyed. I summon Arisa, Wondering Archer."
Arisa, Wondering Archer: Lv-4 ATK-1300 DEF-500 Attribute-Wind Type-Fairy Tuner
"Whenever I normal summon this card, for each time I gained life points this turn I can special summon level one fairy with zero attack and defense. I will summon three fairies. I tune my three level one fairies to my level four Arisa and synchro summon Ancient Fairy Dragon in defense position. I activate her effect and now can special summon one level four or bellow monster from my hand. I special summon Regulus in face up defense position. I end my turn."
Luna: Lp-9200
Hand-2
Arthur: Lp- -1700
Hand-0
"I draw. I summon Stone of Legend"
Stone of Legend: Lv-1 ATK-0 DEF-500 Attribute-Earth Type-Rock
"If I control three or more Noble Arms card while this card is on the field, my warrior type monsters can't be targeted by card effects and all other monsters lose their effects. I detach one Xyz material from Eternal King, Artorigus and now he can make attacks equal to the amount of Noble Arms equip cards attached to it. That means five. I attack Gideon with Artorigus"
Max: Lp-4000→3900
"Whenever a monster equipped with Ron destroys a creature, I can deal damage equal to the original attack of the destroyed monster. I deal three thousand damage to you, Maxwell."
Max: Lp-3900→900
"I attack Ancient Fairy Dragon."
Luna: Lp-9200→7100
"Then I attack Fire Princess and then Regulus"
Luna: Lp-7100→5000
"I attack you directly with Artorigus"
Luna:Lp-5000→1900
Arthur stopped his onslaught. He looked at the boy as if he was expecting something. Max was didn't know what to do. He never expected this. He couldn't even imagine losing to someone. That had never happened before. He was a signer after all. He couldn't lose to a simple duelist, and yet here they were. Luna was about to be carded right in front of his eyes and that thought brought misery onto him.
"So, will you decline my offer once again? If you will agree to be our Mordred, then I will not attack the girl" offered the man. He was in complete control of the situation now. "Don't listen to him, Max! He has only one attack left, you can still win this one!" yelled the teal haired girl. Max looked at her with a mix of emotions: sadness, horror, despair. He placed a hand onto his duel disk. "I am sorry Luna. I… I just can't. I won't bare the weight of this sacrifice. You know, we may have met only in the morning, but I think I might have fallen in love with you, so please, be safe" said the boy with a smile as he pressed a button on his duel disk to forfeit.
Luna was ready to scream… in frustration. Don't mind her light blush, any girl of her age would blush at such a confession, but she really couldn't believe this guy. Fallen in love?! They knew each other for less than a day! Even she didn't believe in love at first sight at such young age. Light surrounded Max as the process of carding has begun. Luna felt pity for him, but she didn't feel despair that all those love novels usually describe when your loved one dies.
"Very well. I end the battle phase" said the man. Luna already put her fingers onto the top card of her deck, when she felt a rush of force and she got thrown into a wall. She hit her head and dropped onto the ground unconscious. "No! You promised!"
"I promised you to not attack the girl with my monster and I didn't"
Max was about to rush to the man, but he got turned into a card the next moment. Light surrounded Luna's body and she got turned into a card as well. Arthur walked over to Max's card and picked it up. He smirked. This boy would make a great Mordred. He looked at Luna's card. Well, it would be wrong to just leave her there. He picked it up and gave it a long look. He put a hand onto his chin, deep in thought. Maybe he could use her, no, he will definitely use her. With that, the man turned around and walked to his throne.
Leo felt something. It was a disgusting feeling, feeling that something was wrong, something was wrong with Luna. It was like twin's telepathy. Something definitely happened to his sister, something bad. Leo gritted his teeth in anger. "Power Tool Dragon, attack him directly!". The machine dragon flew forward and crushed Noble Knight Brothers. The last opponent went down. The boy turned around on his heels and rushed forward. Somehow he didn't get lost. Each time he met a crossroad he would make the right choice. The only thing that occupied his mind right now was Luna. He will save her, even if he had to take apart this castle brick by brick!
I hope you enjoyed and once again sorry for the delay. Please leave your reviews and comments and have a nice day.