Just watched Season 5 premiere, awesome! here's the next chapter

"Are you sure about this?" Matt asked.

"That's what she said. And no, that was not a joke. Diamond actually asked that same question." Andrew replied. Diamond nervously stepped into the room.

"Andrew, where's the bathroom?" the filly asked.

"Two doors down on your right. Kikyo, make sure she doesn't miss it." the Soul Collector and filly went out. "This is one pony I can help, and it could be fun for all of us." Andrew yawned. "It's late, and Twilight will be finding the map soon. That and the Grimoire attacks spiking means we need our rest." Andrew stood, "I was going to put Diamond in the room next to mine, any objections?" When they didn't respond, Andrew smiled and left.

"These crazy notions age gonna get him killed one of these days, he makes too many attachments like that." Matt muttered. Maiden appeared.

"I have to agree, this is getting old, not to mention dangerous." she replied.

"So, why are you doing this?" Diamond asked as Andrew walked her to her room.

"You needed a place, I gave you one. I'm really not that bad a colt when you get to know me." Andrew replied. "I only have a few rules. First, no bullying. Second, check with either me or Matt if you want to go somewhere with Silver Spoon or anypony else. Third, if there's an issue, like say you break something, you come forward and help fix it. Follow these rules, there won't be anything to worry about. Break the rules, privileges get revoked. Sound fair?"

"Yeah." Diamond froze, "My deck! I must have dropped it at the hospital! I have to go and get it."

"Relax, the nurse gave me it on the way out. Here." Andrew handed the deck over, and he thought he saw smoke as it left his hoof.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" Diamond screamed. She slid the deck into place behind her tiara and smiled. "Thank you, for all that you're doing."

"Your welcome." Andrew smiled as the filly entered her room, "Oh, and I'm in the next room, so if you need anything come on over." Andrew called before the door closed. "I knew there was a reason for that attitude."

"WHat do you mean?" Flame asked.

"Behaviors are learned, and with a dad like Filthy Rich, she turned into an angry filly fast." Andrew entered his own room. "Tomorrow we should see just how well she handles that deck." Andrew couldn't help thinking it would be a fun day tomorrow.

The next day, the brothers and Diamond were eating pancakes in the dining room, which only took two tries for Diamond to find. "Do you think one of you could show me around, so I don't get lost of course."

"Of course." Andrew replied. "I'll be glad to show you around after breakfast. And maybe later you could show me your deck in action. I happen to be an old hand at it."

"What's a hand?" Diamond asked. Andrew flinched at his careless wording.

"I'll show you when we start. Come on." they finished their pancakes and left. "Over there is the front bathroom, there are four in the entire castle. That room's for games you might find in an arcade. That's the TV room, just ask it and you can watch anything. This is the library, where you can usually find me. That one is another bathroom." Andrew continued on this, making sure Diamond was keeping track.

They came to a door near the south end of the castle. "What's this one?" Diamond asked, reaching for the knob. Andrew reacted instantly, knocking away her hoof.

"That is the Southern Courtyard, Not even the Brain Bug is allowed in there. It's kind of my secret place."

"Oh, okay." Diamond said, rubbing her hoof.

"Sorry about that. Last time someone tried to come in here the castle was under attack. And the few other times before that. It turned to reflex, like if you tried to touch my pendent."

"Noted, so I guess we go to the north courtyard to duel?"

"That would be preferable, yes." In about three minutes, they were in position. "Try not to freak out about this next part." Andrew breathed in and called, "Night King Transformation! Star-wing disk, engaged." Andrew stood and held out one hand. "To answer your question, this is a hand."

"Oh, cool."

"Duel!"

Andrew:8000

Diamond Tiara:8000

"Ladies first. I play polymerization. Now by fusing Gem-knight Sapphire and Garnet, I can summon Gem-Knight Aquamarine(ATK:1400). I end my turn with one facedown."

"First, since you're the only one with monsters on your field, I can summon Cyber Dragon(ATK:2100), next I summon Pursuit Chaser(ATK:1400) and attack your Gem-knight with Cyber."

Diamond:8000-7300

"Next I attack with my Chaser. Go Pursuit Blaster!"

Diamond:7300-5900

"My Gem-Knight AquaMarine's ability activates, now I can return Cyber Dragon to your hand." The mechanical dragon disappeared.

"That ends my turn." Andrew said.

"My move, I summon Gem-Knight Obsidian(ATK:1500) and activate Gem Enhancement. Now by sacrificing my Obsidian, I can resummon Aquamarine(ATK:1400)."

"Why resummon that card?" Andrew asked.

"So I can do this, I play the Particle Fusion to fuse Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Obsidian to summon Gem-Knight Topaz(ATK:1800) Now I overlay my two monsters." Diamond smiled, "Show them the true power of the gems. I Xyz summon Gem Lord: Exodius(ATK:2000)." A pillar of light shone and a gem version of Exodia appeared.

"That can't be good." Matt said from his and Lightning's spots.

"Now by discarding one overlay unit, I can destroy your monster and its attack points are added to my lifepoints. Go Obliteration hand!" The Exodius held out a hand and zapped Pursuit Chaser.

Diamond:5900-7300

"I end my turn with one facedown."

"This isn't good. First, since you're the only one with monsters on your field, I can summon Cyber Dragon(ATK:2100) and I also summon Lord of Dragons(ATK:1200). I play flute of summoning dragons. Now I can summon my Red-Eyes from my hand(ATK:2400). I play Inferno Fire Blast. Now Red-Eyes attacks you directly.

Diamond:7300-4900

"Cyber Dragon attack Exodius."

Diamond:5900-5800

"You do know Exodius can't be destroyed by battle, right?" Diamond asked mockingly.

"Well then I play Fissure to destroy Exodius." Exodius blew up. "Lord of Dragons, attack."

Diamond:5800-4600

"I end my turn."

"My turn. I summon Gem-Knight Emerald(ATK:1800) now by removing him from play, I can summon Aquamarine(ATK:1400) again."

"Why do you keep summoning that card?" Andrew asked.

"How about if you win, I tell you."

"Fine."

"I summon Gem-Knight Alexandrite(ATK:1800) and sacrifice him to special summon Gem-Knight Crystal(ATK:2450). Crystal, attack." Crystal swung at Cyber Dragon.

Andrew:8000-7650

"I end my turn with a facedown."

Andrew looked at Crystal. I have to get rid of that thing. he thought. "My turn. I play one card facedown and switch my Lord of Dragons to defense mode(DEF:1100). I end my turn."

"I draw. Crystal, blast his Red-Eyes."

"I play Ego Boost. Now Red-Eyes gets 1000 more attack points for the battle phase(ATK:2400-3400). Red-Eyes counterattack."

Diamond:4600-3650

"Aquamarine, attack the Lord." Lord of D. exploded. "That ends my turn."

"Draw. I summon the Rescue Rabbit(ATK:300). Now by removing him from play, I can summon my Sangan(ATK:1000 x2). I end my turn, which means my Sangan are destroyed, and I get two monsters with 1500 or less attack points added to my hand. Now since he was added to my hand by an effect, I summon Watapon in defense mode(DEF:300)."

"Why the Sangan? Wouldn't it have been easier to summon Starliege?" Matt muttered.

"You're not thinking deeply enough." Maiden said.

"My turn. I summon this in defense mode and attack your Red-Eyes."

Andrew:7650-7600

"That's it for now."

"My draw, I summon Key Mouse(DEF:100). I play one card facedown and end my turn."

"Watapon and Key Mouse? Oh crap, he's going for 83!"

"Now you're catching on."

"My turn. Aquamarine, attack."

"I play negate attack."

"I play two cards facedown and end my turn."

"My draw." Andrew looked to see his Kuriboh. "Perfect. I summon Kuriboh(DEF:200). Now I overlay my three monsters in order to Xyz summon Number 83: Galaxy Queen(DEF:500). I end my turn."

"That girl supposed to scare me? Crystal, attack!"

"I play an ability. By discarding one overlay unit, my monsters can't be destroyed by battle."

"I end my turn by playing a monster in defense mode."

"I draw. Since I have a Galaxy monster on my field, I can summon Galaxy Knight(ATK:2800-1800). The drain only lasts to the end of my turn, so I'll end it now(ATK:1800-2800)."

"Aquamarine, we don't have anything that can beat a monster that strong." Diamond muttered.

"Relax, alone we can't beat them, but any battle can be won with the right weapon." Aquamarine replied.

"Weapon? That's it!" Diamond drew. "Here's the weapon you asked for Aquamarine, I play Celestial sword Eatos. Now Crystal gains 500 attack, plus 500 more for each monster you removed from play(ATK:2450-3450). Celestial Slash."

"I play Galaxy Queen's ability."

"But you still take the damage."

Andrew:7600-6950

"I end my turn."
"My draw. I play Lucky Iron ax. Now Galaxy Knight gets 500 attack points(ATK-2800-3300). Attack Aquamarine."

Diamond:3650-1750

"I play Rope of life to resummon Aquamarine and give him 700 more attack points(ATK:1400-2100).

"I end my turn."

"My move. I play Gravity Ax-Grarl to increase Aquamarine's attack points by 500(ATK:2100-2600)."

"How many Guardian weapons do you have?" Andrew asked.

"Enough to take you down. Crystal, attack."

"I activate Galaxy Queen's ability for the third and final time."

Andrew:6950-6800

"I end my turn."

"I play one card facedown and end my turn."

"Crystal, attack."

"Activate trap card, Metalmorph. Now Galaxy gains 300 attack points(ATK:3300-3600) Metal Galaxy Knight Counterattack."

Diamond:1750-1500

"I still have Aquamarine, attack Number 83. Go gravity slash. I end my turn."

"My draw. Galaxy Knight, attack Aquamarine, oh and Metalmorph lets me take half your attack points(ATK:3600-4900)."

Diamond:1500-0

"Well that was close. I don't think anyone has gotten me down past 7000 life points in a while."

"Well you won, so I'll tell you about Aquamarine. Most of my deck was bought with allowance, but my mother gave me Aquamarine to boost it."
"A gift from a mother, a partner for the daughter. I know how that feels." Andrew pointed to a short sword on his belt. "This is the Hitarash. A sword forged from my mother's claw. It's all I have left of her." Andrew smiled. "Now, who wants to get some lunch? That duel took almost an hour." the five ponies laughed and went inside.

...

"This could be a problem Nightmare. That filly just hit Andrew for more points in one day than anything else has been able to do in a lifetime."

"The filly is of no concern to me. You are to send Tarlock and the Shadow when they return tomorrow." The reflection commanded.

"As you wish."

Looks like more trouble is heading their way. I couldn't find any good Gem-Knight equip spells so I went with something that would keep me on my toes. If you know something on this deck I don't, please tell me.