Andrew stepped off the train. "You sure you know the strategies?" he asked Twilight.

"For the thousandth time, yes." Twilight said with more than a touch of annoyance. "I need to talk to the girls and tell them about this." Andrew nodded and Twilight flew off.

"We should head home too." Matt said. Andrew looked at his purple watch. "Unless you got somewhere to be."

"Yeah, I was supposed to be somewhere and I'm about to be late." Andrew said, extending his wings. "See you at home." he said as he took off.

Dinky heard a knock at the door and she ran to open it. Andrew stood with some roses in hoof. "Oh, hello." Dinky said nervously. "Can I help you?"

"I'm here for Derpy. I am in the right place, aren't I?" Andrew responded, then IDed her as Derpy's daughter.

"Oh, you're the colt who Mom was talking about. Come on in." Andrew walked in and took a seat on the couch. "So, when did you meet my mom?"

"Actually, she crashed into a tree near me when I came to Ponyville. Just yesterday I came across some tickets to Octavia's concert. My brother doesn't care for the Cello and I don't have many friends yet."

"Don't we count?" Flame asked.

"Yeah, don't they count?" Dinky asked. Andrew and Flame looked at her completely stunned.

"You can see me?" Flame asked.

"Of course, and that cute yellow dragon skipping around."

" .poki." Andrew looked to see his Poki Draco dancing on the floor.

"Poki, back into your card." Andrew ordered, then seeing Dinky's look said, "On second thought, Dinky have you heard of Yu-Gi-Oh?" Dinky nodded enthusiastically. "Well, I don't use Poki Draco's deck very often, how would you like to have it?" Dinky almost literally hit the roof.

"Really? Can I have it?" Andrew called the deck in question and muttered something else to create a duel disk to match. "Oh wow! Thank you so much!"

"And that Duel disk has an adjustable arm strap so you can keep it without replacement." Andrew said with a smile.

"Now I can duel Mom, and maybe even beat her!" Dinky said, looking through the deck.

"Your mom duels? What kind of deck does she use?" Andrew asked.

"She uses Lightsworns, Ryko and I play all the time." Dinky said distractedly.

"Oh, hi Andrew." Andrew turned to see Derpy walking down the stairs. "What were you up to with Dinky?"

"Mom, Andrew was nice enough to give me one of his decks! Now I might even be able to beat you." Dinky said, running to hug her mother.

"Well how nice of him. You and I can duel tomorrow if you want, but Andrew and I are going to a concert now."

"Okay, have fun on your date." Derpy and Andrew blushed.

"It's not a date, Whooves will be here soon, be good for him."

"Okay, have fun. Come on Poki." the unicorn filly and mini-dragon ran up the stairs.

"You realise you'll never get that back." Derpy said as she heard the door close.

"Never really use it, she seemed to like Poki, I don't intend to." Andrew opened the door. "We should probably get going if we want to make it."

"That was fun." Derpy said as they walked out of the concert hall. Her stomach growled.

"Want to head to Sugar Cube Corner? On me." Andrew said as both pegasi flew off. Derpy swayed a few times and came close to a few trees, only to have Andrew steady her. They landed at the front door. "Three, two, one." Andrew counted down as Pinkie flicked on the lights.

"Sorry, we had a power outage a few minutes ago and the lights only just came on." she explained.

"She seems rather calm." Flame said.

"Something is up, Derpy, be ready." A white armored paladin appeared beside the mare.

"Relax Jain, even Pinkie can't keep all that energy 24/7." Derpy reassured her.

"What will it be tonight?" Mrs. Cake asked.

"I would like one of those sugar apples I've heard so much about." Andrew said, keeping his tone positive as he could.

"Could I get some blueberry muffins?" Derpy asked.

"Of course, deary, just a minute." Mrs. Cake walked behind the counter and into the kitchen.

"So, Dinky tells me you duel." Andrew said. Derpy smiled.

"Yeah, I found my deck a few months ago. I probably shouldn't have taken it since it was in Everfree, but Jain here begged me."

"I did not beg." Jain said embarrassed.

"You did too. Anyway, it was a couple weeks later Discord introduced Yu-Gi-Oh to Equestria. I climbed the ranks faster than I thought possible, and whenever I got stumped, the cards would tell me what to do."

"Kind of like we do with Andrew." Flame said.

"Kind of." Andrew agreed. "Hey, Dinky could see Flame and Poki at your place, any idea why?"

"Honestly, no. Dinky could see them just as well as I could, but I figured it had something to do with her being my kid." Andrew nodded.

"Makes sense."

"So what about you? Where do you live now?"

"The big black-stone castle on the outskirts of town. Matt and I are dimension travelers, we summoned the castle just last week." Andrew waited for the inevitable.

"So what about money?"

What? "Well, the money room converts anything in it to the dimension's currency. I'm loaded." Andrew had no problem admitting that.

"Well, here's our food." Derpy said as Mr. Cake appeared with two plates. They ate their meals, paid, and left with a smile on each of their faces. Andrew should have known it wouldn't last.

"Which one of you is Andrew?" a voice hissed. Both ponies whipped around to see a familiar face.

"Your Trixie, that show pony who almost destroyed the town with your boasting and a couple foals getting the wrong ideas." Derpy said.

"That would be me. Now, is the colt the one Trixie seeks?"

"Yes, so what do you want?" Andrew asked mildly.

"Trixie wishes to challenge you to a duel."

"I don't think so, I've had a fun night and I don't want it ruined."

"I'll duel you." both Andrew and Trixie looked surprised as Derpy stepped forward. "Muffin Launcher, engaged." a duel disk with a muffin encrested on it appeared.

"Trixie will duel and if she wins Andrew must duel her."
"Fine, Derpy, you better be as good as Dinky says." Andrew said, he leaned against a nearby wall.

Trixie:8000

Derpy:8000

"Trixie will start with the field spell Soul Arena-Inferno Fire." the seal surrounded them.

Shit, she's a Grimoire. Andrew thought as the seal completed. "Derpy, switch me out. That thing is dangerous."

"No chance." Derpy said, now in a full dual mode.

"Trixie summons Photon Circle(ATK:1000-1300), then ends her turn with a facedown."

"My turn." Derpy drew. What do you think Jain?

"Try summoning me, I gain 300 attack when I swing."

"Sounds good, I summon Jain, Lightsworn Paladin(ATK:1800). When she attacks she gains 300 attack, go shining saber(ATK:1800-2100)!" Jain swung and the circle was destroyed.

Trixie:8000-7600

"What, that should have done twice as much."

"Any damage involving Photon Circle is halved. Photons are a tough variety." Andrew called.

"I play one card facedown and end my turn, which means I discard two cards from my deck, and since he went to my graveyard I can summon Wulf, Lightsworn Beast(ATK-2100)!"
"Trixie's turn, and she summons her Photon Crusher(ATK:2000-2300). She also activates Monster Reborn in order to resummon Photon Circle(ATK:1000-1300). Now she overlays them in order to summon Starliege Paladynamo(ATK:2000-2300)."

"Not good." Andrew said, remembering how he beat Hero.

"Doesn't look that tough." Derpy said.

"Trixie activates Starliege's ability, by discarding two overlay units she can reduce your monster's attack points to 0 and negate their effects. Go Star Saber Drain!" (Jain ATK:1800-0) "Destroy her, Star Saber Slash.

Derpy:8000-5700

"That stung." Derpy said.

"Trixie ends her turn."

"I draw. I play a monster in defense mode and end my turn." I only need one more Lightsworn and I can summon Judgment.

"Trixie draws, she special summons her Photon Slasher(ATK:2100-2400). Now that she has a photon monster on her field, she can summon Galaxy Knight without a sacrifice(ATK:2800-3100). I sacrifice Photon Slasher and Galaxy Knight in order to summon the Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon(ATK:3000-3300). Photon stream of Destruction."

"Ryko's ability activates, I can destroy one monster on the field and discard three cards from my deck. Say goodbye to Galaxy Eyes." Galaxy exploded and Trixie snarled.

"Starliege, attack Wulf."

Derpy:5700-5500

"Trixie ends her turn."
"My move, I have more than four Lightsworns in my graveyard, so I can summon not one, but two Judgement Dragons(ATK:3000 x2). Now by paying 1000 life points, I can clear your field."

Derpy:5500-4500

"Your wide open. Judgement one and two, Ryko, attack."

Trixie:7600-400

"I activate Ookazi."

Trixie:400-0

The seal closed in and Trixie shrieked. "This isn't over, even if Trixie falls, Soul Edge still has many more agents to send. The Grimoires will rule!" she collapsed.

"What just happened?" Derpy asked, turning to a surprised Andrew and Flame.