Here is a revised version of Season 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sodor Chronicles with more mistakes fixed and new things added in. The original version of the story was originally posted on the account of Jriddle41, but it's gonna be moved to my account. The story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:
Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel
The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry
Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami
Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown
WARNING: Again, the story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
Opening near the Golden Gate Bridge, the forest was still present in the area where Thomas and Diesel were dueling:
-Thomas (LP: 2600) was sweating nervously. All he had was the Parasite Paracide on his side of the field.
-Diesel (LP: 4000) was laughing in evil delight. He had a Killer Needle monster, the Field Spell card Forest, and the Continuous Spell card Reckless Parasite on his side of the field.
Arry and Bert were both holding a badly beaten, weak, and tired Mavis (who also had no food to eat or water to drink since the last day) captive, smirking and thinking that Thomas would lose very soon. The remaining Tidmouth Teens, meanwhile, all stood a distance behind Thomas, worried for how he was going to turn the duel around with that Parasite monster on his side of the field.
"Man, how's Thomas going to get through this?" asked James.
"Yeah." agreed Henry. "Thanks to that Parasite card, Thomas's monsters not only become insects, but he also cannot tribute them."
"And if he loses, then not only will he get booted from the tournament-" added Edward. "-we'll also never see Mavis again."
Suddenly, there was a new voice. "What's going on?"
The friends turned to the source of the new voice.
"Lady!" exclaimed Percy. "What are you doing here?"
The green-haired boy was correct on who it was; it was the gang's new friend, Lady Stone. The beautiful blonde-haired girl ran up to her new friends.
"Well, I've seen you guys running after someone, and so I decided to follow." Lady explained, before she narrowed her eyes. "But now I see why you were after that guy."
Lady was referring to the Tidmouth Teens' captive friend. The beautiful blonde-haired girl then turned to glare at Diesel.
"How dare you kidnap an innocent girl, beaten her up, and nearly starve her to death!" she demanded angrily. "You let Mavis go right now or else I'm calling the police!"
"Threaten me, will you?" sneered Diesel. "Do so, and I'll have Arry and Bert beat up my former girlfriend once again, and you fools will never see her again!"
"Former girlfriend?" Lady blinked, before she got shocked. "You mean you and Mavis used to date each other?"
"Yes." confirmed Diesel. "Mavis used to be a member of my little gang. But then those twerps, but mainly Toby here, turned her against us and also hot her to break up with me! She deserves to suffer for it!"
"That's...that's so inhuman of you." Lady whispered, before raising her voice to Thomas in further anger. "Take him down, Thomas! Make that devious jerk pay for his misdeeds!"
"I have every intent to do so." said Thomas firmly. "I'll make sure Diesel never harms my friends ever again!"
With that said, he angrily drew his card.
Turn Four: Thomas Billinton (LP: 2600)
Deck: (33)
Current Hand (6): De-Fusion, Gaia The Fierce Knight, Monster Recovery, Collected Power, Dark Magic Ritual, and Card Destruction
"I play the Spell card Card Destruction!" Thomas slid the card into a Spell/Trap slot, causing the card to materialize face-up. "Now we both must discard every card in our hands to the graveyard and draw a clean sleight!"
"Whatever." Diesel snorted, discard his two cards, and then drawing two new ones.
Thomas had discarded his own hand and drew five new ones. They were Polymerization, Berfomet, Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, Seven Tools of the Bandit, and The Shallow Grave.
"Excellent!" Thomas thought to himself proudly, and held out three cards. "I play Polymerization!"
A hologram of the card appeared along with the Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts card and the Berformet card.
"With this card-" announced the blue-haired boy. "I fuse Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts with Berformet to fusion summon Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast!"
Gazelle and Berformet fused together and Chimera came in their place (Level: 6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1800)
"Alright!" cheered Percy. "Diesel may have cut Thomas off from tribute summoning, but he can't cut off his fusion summoning."
"But you forgot about my Parasite!" reminded Diesel.
Suddenly, Parasite Paracide stabbed Chimera with its tentacles, causing the great beast to roar in pain as part of its leg turned into that of an insect's.
"Chimera! Attack and destroy Killer Needle now!" commanded Thomas.
Chimera, shrugging off the pain, obeyed and leaped up into the sky, pouncing onto the weaker insect upon coming down and destroying it quickly. Diesel merely grunted like he didn't care that his monster was destroyed (LP: 3300).
"That's the way, Thomas!" called Edward.
"Take that, Diesel!" cheered Henry.
"Thomas is making a comeback!" added Emily.
"Now get ready to have your own card be used against you." continued Thomas. "Parasite Paracide, attack Diesel's life points directly!"
The Parasite Paracide card lurched forth, wrapped its tentacles around Diesel, and squeezed him (LP: 2600). Did Diesel look like he cared or was worried about the direct attack or anything? Not at all.
"Are you done yet?" he yawned. "Your attacks were rather pointless."
"You won't be saying that for long." retorted Thomas, taking a card from his hand. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
A facedown card appeared behind Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast. Thomas then gave a determined glare to Diesel - he wasn't going to let him get away with hurting Mavis.
Title: Playing with a Smelter Teen, Part 2
"So you say." Diesel remarked. "Just think about this; my Reckless Parasite is on the field - and combined with Parasite Paracide on your field, it makes you unable to call forth any of your stronger monsters, like the Dark Magician. And best of all, even though your monsters do become insects, they won't get the bonus from my field Spell card!"
"What?!" Thomas gasped.
"That's right." The devious black-haired boy. "Nothing you do will stop me."
He then drew his card.
Turn Five: Diesel Horwich (LP: 2600)
Deck: (30)
Current Hand (3): Parasite Caterpillar, Negate Attack, and Kiseitai
"I'll play Parasite Caterpillar in defense mode!" announced Diesel, placing his monster onto a monster slot on his Duel Disk (sideways).
A large green parasite-like Caterpillar appeared (Level: 3/ATK: 800/DEF: 800).
"And finally-" The devious black-haired boy then slotted a card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "-I'll place one card facedown. This will end my turn."
A facedown card appeared behind Parasite Caterpillar.
"I don't trust that Caterpillar." said Edward with unease.
"What's some giant bug gonna do that would be such a threat?" asked James with no interest.
"It's my turn!" declared Thomas, drawing his card.
Turn Six: Thomas Billinton (LP: 2600)
Deck: (27)
Current Hand (2): The Shallow Grave and Sage's Stone
His drawn card was a Spell card called Sage's Stone...not very helpful at the moment.
"These two cards won't help me." Thomas thought to himself. "I guess I'll have to attack."
"That's it, Billinton." Diesel thought to himself. "Attack my Caterpillar..."
"Chimera! Attack Parasite Caterpillar!" commanded Thomas. "Pulverizing Pounce!"
"Thomas, no!" cried Edward.
But it was too late. Chimera pounced on the large caterpillar.
"Thank you, Thomas!" grinned Diesel. "I was hoping you'd attack."
"Huh?!"
"By attacking and destroying my Parasite, you've activated it's effect!" The devious black-haired boy's grin widened. "Now it becomes equipped to your monster!"
Chimera cried out in pain as a parasite-like virus infected it, turning it into a cocoon of sort. The Tidmouth Teens in the audience grew disgusted with the sight.
"That is so gross!" winced Emily, trying her hardest to not to puke.
Thomas was cross, too. "You'll pay for that, Diesel!" he growled. "Your move has still left you wide open. Parasite Paracide, attack his life points directly!"
Parasite Paracide obeyed and lunge forth...but Diesel was prepared for that, too.
"Boy, are you stupid." he snickered, before holding his right hand out. "Go Negate Attack!"
The facedown card on Diesel's side of the field flipped up and revealed itself.
Thomas gasped. "A Spell card!"
"That's right." Diesel continued to grin. "This negates your little attack and ends the battle phase."
Frustrated, Thomas nodded. "I end my turn."
"Then it's my turn then!" Diesel said, drawing his card.
Turn Seven: Diesel Horwich (LP: 2600)
Deck: (29)
Current Hand (2): Kiseitai and Pot of Greed
Diesel frowned a bit, unhappy with his hand. He picked a card from his hand, and placed it into the Duel Disk.
"I activate Pot of Greed!" The devious black-haired boy stated, as the mentioned Spell card materialized face-up. "Now I can draw two more cards from my deck."
He drew two cards from his deck. Looking at them, Diesel laughed to himself.
"It's almost time, my Queen." he thought to himself, before selecting a card from his hand. "I'll just set this monster in defense mode, and set a card facedown."
Two facedown cards appeared. One sideways (monster), and facing forth (Spell/Trap).
"That's it for my turn."
"I don't want to end up falling for another stunt like that." thought Thomas. "I'll have to be more careful."
Then he drew his card. As soon as Thomas drew his card, however, Diesel started laughing.
"Now for my surprise!" he cried out.
"What are you talking about, Diesel?" Thomas demanded.
"Just take a look at your Chimera!"
To Thomas's surprise, Chimera began to get covered in a slimy cocoon.
"After three of your standby phases, your Chimera will be destroyed!" Diesel explained. "To be replaced with an entirely new monster that will win me the duel. Oh, and until that time, your monster cannot attack or defend itself, nor can I attack or target it with anything else."
"Three standby phases?!" Thomas gasped, before going into his thoughts. "Then I'd better hurry and win this duel before the cocoon hatches."
He looked at his hand.
Turn Eight: Thomas Billinton (LP: 2600)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (3): The Shallow Grave, Sage's Stone, and Dark Red Enchanter
"Still nothing." Thomas thought to himself. "But no matter, I'll destroy his facedown monster." He pointed forth. "Parasite Paracide, attack Diesel's facedown monster!"
The Parasite obeyed and lunged forward to Diesel's monster. The facedown monster was revealed to be...the effect monster, Kiseitai (Level: 3/ATK: 300/DEF: 800).
Thomas gasped. "Not Kiseitai!"
"Then I take it you've heard of this card?" Diesel asked. "When you attacked it, it becomes equipped to the attacking monster."
Kiseitai attached itself to Parasite Paracide, pushing it back until it was on Thomas's side of the field. Percy, however, was confused about what was so special about that monster.
"What's so dangerous about it?" he asked Edward.
"Kiseitai attaches itself to the monster that attacks it," explained Edward." Then during Thomas's standby phase, Diesel will gain life points equal to half the attack of the equipped monster."
"And since Parasite Paracide has 700 attack points, due to the bonus from Forest..." Emily mumbled, before her eyes widened. "Diesel gains 350 life points!"
Diesel laughed. "Correct! By the time Thomas tries something, I'll be invincible!"
Thomas frowned. "Before I end my turn-" he said as calmly as possible. "-why not set Mavis free and finish this duel with honor?"
Diesel was cross. "Me? Release Mavis?" he replied angrily. "And finish the duel with honor?!" He raised his voice in further fury. "ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE TIMES YOU'VE HUMILIATED ME?!"
Lady recoiled back from hearing the black-haired Smelter Teen's outburst.
"Playing dirty is the only way to prove who's truly the best!" retorted Diesel, fiercely drawing his card.
Turn Nine: Diesel Horwich (LP: 2600)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (2): Pinch Hopper and Eradicating Aerosol
His drawn card was a Spell card called Eradicating Aerosol.
"I summon Pinch Hopper in attack mode!" Diesel angrily slammed his monster onto a monster field slot of his Duel Disk.
A large green grasshopper appeared on Diesel's field (Level: 4/ATK: 1000 - 1200/DEF: 1200 - 1400)
"And next-" The devious black-haird boy continued, slotting a card into his Duel Disk. "I activate the Spell card Eradicating Aerosol!"
The mentioned Spell card flipped face-up, revealing itself.
"Doesn't that card look very much like Eradicating Aerosol?" asked Percy.
"It does." Toby agreed. "But its effect is much weaker; instead of destroying all insect-type monsters, it instead destroys one at the choosing of the duelist."
"Correct!" Diesel said gleefully. "But don't worry, I won't be targeting your Parasite Paracide because I need it around. I'll target my own Pinch Hopper!"
"That makes no sense." James protested. "Why would Diesel destroy his own monster?"
Diesel smiled. "My Pinch Hopper's effect activates when it is destroyed."
A large can of insect killer materialized and sprayed its contents onto Pinch Hopper, destroying it. All of a sudden, an insect-type monster card slipped out of Diesel's deck. This one had the picture of a large female insect and had an attack of 2200 and defense of 2400.
"Thanks to Pinch Hopper's destruction, I can now special summon from my hand or deck the queen of bugs! The Insect Queen!"
Diesel played the card on an empty monster card slot on his Duel Disk. This caused the ginormous Insect Queen to appear with a great screech (Level: 7/ATK: 2200 - 2400/DEF: 2400 - 2600)
"That thing is huge!" cried Henry.
"And she's about to get even bigger!" said Diesel proudly. "For every insect on the field, my queen gains 200 attack points."
Thanks to Thomas's two monsters, as well as itself, Insect Queen screeched once more as she grew even stronger (ATK: 2400 - 3000/DEF: 2600).
"3000 attack points?!" gasped Thomas.
The Tidmouth Teens (as well as Lady) were all very worried about their friend.
"This looks bad." Lady commented. "As long as Parasite Paracide is n the field, any monster Thomas summons becomes an insect. And while Reckless Parasite is on the field, Thomas cannot tribute any of his monsters. Worse of all, Diesel will gain 350 life points when Thomas takes his turn, Not to mention in a few more turns, that cocoon will hatch."
"That's right." replied Diesel smugly. "This duel, and Mavis, will be mine. I'll end my turn, like there's anything you can do."
Thomas just silently drew his card.
"And now my life points increase!" Diesel reminded (LP: 2950). "Not to mention you have two more Standby phases until the cocoon hatches."
Thomas grimaced and looked at his hand.
Turn Ten: Thomas Billinton (LP: 2600)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (4): The Shallow Grave, Sage's Stone, Dark Red Enchanter, and Graceful Charity
"This is getting hard to do." The blue-haired boy sighed to himself, selecting a card from his hand and holding it out for Diesel to see. "I play Graceful Charity!"
Raindrops gently fluttered above Thomas and onto his deck, almost like celestial light of some sort.
"This lets me draw three cards, and then I must discard two." Thomas drew his three cards. They were revealed to be Magician of Faith, Dark Magician, and Exchange. The blue-haired boy discarded both Dark Red Enchanter and Sage's Stone. "Next I'll switch Parasite Paracide into defense mode."
The parasite went into a defensive stance of a sort.
"Boring! Like that will do anything to stop me!" scoffed Diesel.
"Don't get sniffy with us!" James warned.
"I'll get sniffy with you guys if I want to!" Diesel snapped back.
Thomas ignored that pointless argument and finished his turn.
"I'll summon this monster in defense mode." The blue-haired boy laid a monster facedown and sideways onto a monster slot on his Duel Disk.
A monster appeared facedown and sideways, showing it was in defense mode.
"And that will do for my turn."
"It's my turn." announced Diesel, drawing his card.
Turn Eleven: Diesel Horwich (LP: 2950)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (1): Cockroach Knight
Smirking, he laid the only card left in his hand onto a monster slot on his Duel Disk.
"Come forth, Cockroach Knight!"
A large Cockroach dressed in armor appeared on the field (Level: 4/ATK: 800 - 1000/DEF: 900 - 1100)
"And with another insect out-" continued Diesel. "My Queen gains 200 more attack points."
Insect Queen grew stronger (ATK: 3000 - 3200/DEF: 2600).
"But my knight won't be here for long. In order for my Queen to attack, I must sacrifice an insect on my side of the field. So I'll sacrifice my Cockroach Knight..."
Cockroach Knight vanished.
"...to allow my Queen to attack!" Diesel continued. "Destroy Thomas's facedown monster!"
Insect Queen lunged forward and attacked Thomas's facedown monster.
"Heh heh heh, my Queen has destroyed your monster!" Diesel giggled wickedly.
The facedown monster was revealed to be Magician of Faith, which brought a frown to Diesel's face, and a smile to Thomas's face.
"You've destroyed my Magician of Faith." The blue-haired boy said, taking his Card Destruction Spell card. "When she is attacked while in facedown defense mode, I can bring one Spell card back to my hand. And I choose to get back Card Destruction."
"Do whatever you want!" shrugged Diesel. "But now my Queen has another ability. Every time she destroys a monster, she lays an egg."
On cue, the Insect Queen proceeded to lay an egg.
"Gross." groaned Emily.
"As long as the Queen's eggs remain on the field, she won't lose her attack bonuses." Diesel explained, before holding up his Cockroach Knight card. "And better, if Cockroach Knight is sent to my graveyard, and I can go and place him on top of my deck."
"That's so not fair!" objected Percy. "That means he can keep using it over and over again."
"Exactly!" laughed Diesel. "Now I can keep using it over and over again. This will allow my Queen to lay eggs, and wear down Billinton's monsters!"
"I haven't lost yet!" Thomas argued.
"Then go ahead and draw your next card!" Diesel insisted.
"Very well!"
Thomas draws his next card. On cue, Diesel gained more life points (LP: 3300).
"One more turn, and the cocoon will hatch." Thomas thought to himself.
Turn Twelve: Thomas Billinton (LP: 2600)
Deck: (21)
Current Hand (5): The Shallow Grave, Dark Magician, Exchange, Card Destruction, and Multiply
He held out his Card Destruction card.
"I once again play Card Destruction!"
Thomas discarded his four cards and drew four new ones. He had drawn Cursebreaker, Magical Academy, Diffusion Wave-Motion, and Queen's Knight.
"I set two cards facedown." The blue-haired boy continued, while placing two cards into spell/trap slots.
Two facedown cards appeared.
"And now I call Queen's Knight to defend my life points!" Thomas finished.
Queen's Knight appeared, kneeling and using her shield to protect herself (Level: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600).
"And thanks to my parasite-" spoke up Diesel. "-your Queen's Knight becomes an insect monster, boosting my Insect Queen's power."
Parasite Paracide approached and stabbed its tentacles into Queen's Knight. The female monster groaned as her skin started turning greenish, signalling that she had become an insect-type monster. This, of course, powered Insect Queen even further (ATK: 3200 - 3400 / DEF: 2600).
"Poor Thomas." sighed Percy. "He's not doing so well against Diesel, isn't he?"
"Not from the looks of it." said Edward. "As long as that Parasite's out, Thomas has no chance of bringing out his stronger monsters. Especially with that Insect Queen on the field."
"It's my turn now!" Diesel announced, drawing a card.
Turn Thirteen: Diesel Horwich (LP: 3300)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (1): Cockroach Knight
"Say hello to my old friend, Cockroach Knight!" Diesel set his monster onto the Duel Disk.
A large Cockroach dressed in armor appeared on the field.
"And as before, my Insect Queen gets even stronger!" added Diesel.
Insect Queen grew stronger (ATK: 3400 - 3600 / DEF: 2600).
"Now I'll offer my Knight-" As Diesel said those words, Cockroach Knight vanished. "-to allow my Queen to attack!"
Insect Queen devoured Cockroach Knight and let out a screech before attacking Queen's Knight.
"Your female knight is doomed!" shrieked Diesel with glee.
He was right; Queen's Knight was destroyed in a single lunging attack from the Insect Queen. Thomas narrowed his eyes in frustration.
"My turn is now over. So make your next move, Billinton."
Thomas watched the Queen lay her next egg and then drew his card. Suddenly, Diesel laughed maniacally as he gained life points (LP: 3650).
"Need we also forget?" he asked. "It's been three standby phases, so watch as my cocoon destroys your Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast and then hatches into the monster of your destruction! Poison Butterfly!"
The cocoon broke open and in its place was a large butterfly (Level: 7/ATK: 2700 - 2900/DEF: 1800 - 2000).
Diesel continued to gloat. "What's the matter? I've given you a powerful monster. ...too bad you'll never get a chance to use it!" He pressed a button on his Duel Disk. "Because he will be the end of you!"
Diesel's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"I activate my facedown Parasite Worm Trap card!" he announced. "Since you went and summoned a monster. The summoned monster is destroyed instantly and you will take damage equal to the monster's base attack points!"
"What?!" cried Thomas. "That's 2700!"
"It's all over, guys." sighed Lady. "Thomas tried, but he failed."
A large parasite come out of the Trap card and lunged at Poison Butterfly.
"It's all over!" cackled Diesel.
"No, it's not!" cried Thomas.
"What?!"
"Go Seven Tools of the Bandit!" Thomas's first of his three facedown cards flipped up and revealed itself.
Just before the Parasite Worm could come in contact with Poison Butterfly, a large Swiss Army knife got in the way and sliced the worm into pieces.
"What are you doing?!" Diesel demanded.
"My Trap card will negate the activation of your own Trap card." Thomas explained. "All I have to do is give up 1000 life points."
The blue-haired smiled in relief as the Parasite Worm card faded away (LP: 1600). The gang was deeply relieved.
"That was so close." moaned Toby.
"I nearly felt my heart stop." Edward admitted.
"Thomas!" called Gordon. "Never scare us like that again!"
Thomas looked back and smiled. "I won't." He then began to take his turn.
Turn Fourteen: Thomas Billinton (LP: 1600)
Deck: (16)
Current Hand (2): Diffusion Wave-Motion, and Pot of Greed
"I play Pot of Greed!." Thomas announced, holding his Spell card out. "Now I draw two cards!"
He held up his two drawn cards to look at them, which were both Big Shield Gardna and Curse of Dragon.
"I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode!"
A warrior monster wielding a big shield appeared and kneeled in a defensive stance (Level: 4/ATK: 100/DEF: 2600). Sadly, as before, Parasite Paracide stabbed Big Shield Gardna with its tentacles, turning his skin green.
"Since your monster's become an insect, my Queen gets even stronger!" Diesel reminded.
As he said this, Insect Queen screeched as her attack stat grew even higher (ATK: 3400 - 3600 / DEF: 2600).
"That thing has nearly 4000 attack points!" Henry complained.
"And Thomas still can't get anything strong enough to beat it!" Gordon complained.
"Thomas HAS to win!" Emily stated. "Otherwise Mavis will probably..." She let her sentence hang there.
"My turn is over." Thomas sighed.
Suddenly, The blue-haired boy's life points dropped by 500 (LP: 1100).
"Huh?! My life points decreased?!"
"That's my Poison Butterfly's special ability." said Diesel. "At the end of your turns, you lose 500 life points."
Now Thomas was really worried.
"My turn now!" The devious black-haird boy drew his card.
Turn Fifteen: Diesel Horwich (LP: 3650)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (1): Cockroach Knight
"And the results keep happening!" Diesel immediately laid his card onto a monster slot of his Duel Disk. "Come on out, Cockroach Knight!"
A large Cockroach dressed in armor appeared on the field.
"Not again..." moaned Percy.
"That's right." snickered Diesel. "I sacrifice Cockroach Knight so my Queen can attack! Now who wants to be my Queen's latest victim?"
He looked around, and made his decision.
"Destroy his Big Shield Gardna!"
Insect Queen devoured Cockroach Knight and let out a screech before attacking and destroying Big Shield Gardna with a lunging attack.
"I think I'll keep Poison Butterfly out on your field a little longer." Diesel said snidely as Insect Queen laid another egg. "After all, if you keep defending with other monsters, it will deplete the rest of your life points eventually."
"Face it, Billinton!" called Arry. "You were never a match for Diesel!"
"So just give up while you still can!" added Bert.
Thomas looked over at the weakened Mavis.
"I'll never surrender if a friend is at stake..." whispered Thomas to himself.
"She needs to go to a hospital!" said Toby in worry. "Please, let her go!"
"Not a chance!" Diesel replied cruelly. "Once I win this duel, I'll go and truly have my way with her. That'll teach her not to dump the great Diesel Horwich!"
The Tidmouth Teens (and Lady) all really didn't want to know what he meant by that... though they did have a pretty good idea on what it was. And it was one of the worst things Diesel could ever do to ANY girl.
"What am I to do?" Thomas asked himself. "Diesel's Insect Queen has almost 4000 attack points, and both my monsters are not even close to being strong enough to even try and destroy her. Not to mention I can't tribute them as long as Reckless Parasite is on Diesel's side of field."
"Thomas!" called Lady.
Thomas turned around to listen to what the beautiful blonde-haired girl had to say.
"We know you can do this." insisted Lady. "You were able to defeat Spencer, who was a champion. Diesel is nothing but a manipulative cheater with no real friends. We believe in you!"
Emily glared at Lady for a moment. There, she could see the fires of determination in the girl's eyes. Her (Lady) words also seemed to be serious instead of flirting. Finally, the dark green-haired girl found her voice and called out to her blue-haired friend.
"Lady's right!" she called out. "While Arry and Bert are Diesel's friends, they're nothing more than cronies. You've got us by your side. From now till the end!"
"Yeah!" said James. "We believe in you!"
The rest of the teens agreed with Lady's speech.
"Alright..." whispered Thomas, preparing to draw his card. "It's my turn!"
With that said, he drew while slashing a wave of color from his deck. As before, Diesel's life points increased (LP: 4000). Thomas looked at his card and smiled.
Turn Sixteen: Thomas Billinton (LP: 1100)
Deck: (13)
Current Hand (3): Diffusion Wave-Motion, Curse of Dragon, and Card of Sanctity
"First off, I'll play Card of Sanctity!" Thomas called, holding the card out. "Now we both draw until we hold six cards in our hands."
Diesel drew six cards, while Thomas drew four cards. Upon seeing what he drew, the blue-haired boy smiled again briefly...before narrowing his eyes.
"And now I reveal one of my facedown cards!" he shouted. "The first one will be Cursebreaker!"
The facedown card on the left flipped up first.
"This Spell card lets me negate all other Spell effects." Thomas explained. "So your Spell cards are now rendered useless and my monsters are free from your parasite!"
With Forest's effect negated, the whole field return to how it was before the Field Spell was played. It also resulted in Insect Queen's bonus dropping (ATK: 3600 - 3400/DEF: 2600 - 2400).
"So what?" asked Diesel dismissively, although he still sounded worried. "My Insect Queen is still stronger than anything you have!"
"But I'm not finished yet." Thomas pointed out. "Now I reveal my second facedown card!"
The remaining facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"Magical Academy!"
"Great!" said Percy. "Now Thomas can summon a spellcaster-type monster with its level and attack increased."
"Got that right, Percy!" Thomas smiled. "And I have the perfect one to finish the duel." He discards two cards from his hand. "First I have to discard two cards from my hand, and then offer a monster on my side of the field as a tribute."
Poison Butterfly vanished in a blue streak. The loss of another insect monster weakened Insect Queen slightly (ATK: 3400 - 3200/DEF: 2400). On cue, a silhouette of a familiar female monster was shown.
"I special summon Dark Magician Girl!"
The silhouette was now shining brightly, revealing the Dark Magician Girl posing with her wand (Level: 6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1700).
"And thanks to Magical Academy's effect, her attack increases by 500 points." Thomas finished.
Dark Magician Girl glowed golden as her strength increased further (Level: 6 – 8/ATK: 2000 - 2500).
"Yes, she's returned for us!" cried James happily.
Even Arry and Bert both found the Dark Magician Girl to be lovely looking.
"Gosh..." commented Bert. "She sure looks pretty."
Arry was trying to smooth back his hair and smell his breath.
"Sorry, but your little girlfriend is still no match for my lovely Insect Queen." Diesel stated. "That move on your part was the last mistake you'll ever make!"
"Tell that to my final Spell card!" Thomas rebuffed, holding a card out. "Diffusion Wave-Motion! Now, by paying a total of 1000 life points, my Dark Magician Girl can go and attack all your monsters at once!"
The blue-haired boy slotted his card into the Duel Disk. He then glared fiercely at the black-haired Smelter Teen (LP: 100).
"Normally this card requires a level 7 or higher spellcaster-type monster to use, but thanks to Magical Academy my Dark Magician Girl's level also increased from 6 to 8. And with the Dark Magician card in my graveyard, she gets a even bigger power boost of 300 extra attack points!"
Dark Magician Girl's wand was crackling with blue energy from Diffusion Wave-Motion, while her whole body was glowing purple from the power boost from the Dark Magician in Thomas's graveyard (ATK: 2500 - 2800).
"Aw yeah!" cheered Percy. "Scramble those eggs, Thomas!"
"Dark Magician Girl." commanded Thomas. "Go and destroy all of Diesel's insects with Dark Burning Attack now!"
Dark Magician Girl obeyed and fired a magical shockwave blast from her wand, destroying all of Diesel's monsters. The egg tokens were the first to be destroyed. This weakened the Insect Queen considerably (ATK: 3200 - 2600 / DEF: 2400). One final shockwave ripple then came and tore through the Insect Queen and destroyed her. Diesel's eyes widened as the ripple suddenly came and smacked into him, knocking him back a distance while yelling until he laid down on the ground (LP: 0).
DUEL RESULTS: Thomas Billinton wins!
"I win, Diesel." Thomas said firmly, while all of the holograms vanished.
"Now give Thomas your star coins and let Mavis go!" demanded Toby.
Diesel slowly got back onto his feet, seething. He was so angry that he lost to Thomas that his eyes were literally burning with fury.
"No..." he said slowly. "If I can't have her...then I'll JUST HURT HER!"
With that, he ran to his left...which was also towards Mavis. Toby, however, was not about to let that happen. No sir. He was very angry that Diesel had kidnapped Mavis, beaten her like this, sabotaged Thomas's deck, and then broke his promise on releasing the blonde-haired girl.
Toby Holden had had enough.
Without any warning, he charged forward towards the cheating bully.
"Toby!" cried the Tidmouth Teens (and Lady).
Before Diesel could reach Mavis, Toby's fist had come and hit him square in the face. The blow was so strong that it knocked the black-haired Smelter Teen downed onto the ground on his back. Arry and Bert both saw this and were so scared that they scuttled away from Mavis as quick as they can, leaving her to collapse onto the ground. Meanwhile, Toby stared at Diesel with hatred in his eyes.
"You stay away from her, Diesel!" he shouted at Diesel. "Thomas beat you fair and square, and here you go back on your deal and try to further hurt Mavis? You disgust me!"
Toby then took the opportunity to kick Diesel. The kick flipped the devious black-haired boy over onto his stomach. Diesel started to get up and he breathed hard, staring angrily at the brown-haired boy.
"Why, you-!" he snarled.
But then, the other Tidmouth Teens (and Lady) joined their friend in standing up to Diesel.
"You're outnumbered, Diesel!" said Gordon, cracking his knuckles. "Nobody messes with our friends. And unless you want things to get ugly, you'll back down and give Thomas those star coins."
"Thanks very much, kids, but I'll take it from here." spoke a voice.
Walking into the area was Discord. He did not look happy at all with what he heard. Diesel, knowing he was finished, closed his eyes and lowered his head.
"Discord!" said Thomas in surprise. "How did you know where we were?"
Discord smirked a little. "A little bird told me."
He then lost his smile as he looked over to Diesel, Arry, and Bert.
"Young man, I'm extremely disappointed in what you have done. You've kidnapped an innocent girl, beaten her up, deprived her of food and water, forced someone to duel you, sabotaged their deck to your advantage, and then went back on your word when you lost. I'm ashamed to even call you a duelist...or I would do so if you were invited to my tournament. And seeing as you had sneaked aboard..."
By now, Arry, Bert, and Diesel were each cowering before the normally goofy man.
"Please don't hurt us, Mister Discord!" begged Arry pathetically. "Diesel here made us do it!"
"Yeah!" agreed Bert. "We were only following orders!"
"I'm afraid you both are just as guilty as he is." Discord pointed out. "You've obviously showed no signs of remorse or guilt for any of your actions." He then looked over to the unconscious Mavis. "How is she?"
Edward put a hand on Mavis's wrist.
"She's still alive." reported Edward, before looking over to Discord. "I've felt a pulse."
"We should get her to a hospital." Discord suggested. "We'll take my limo."
"What about those three?" asked James, referring to Diesel, Arry, and Bert. "We need to do something about them."
"Once we get poor Mavis to the hospital, I shall personally bring them to my office for a 'little chat'." Discord replied. "Then I'll put them on a plane to take them back home to Sodor for their parents to decide their fate."
The three bullies gulped in fright. Their troubles were just getting started.
(elsewhere...)
A while later (possibly a day later), Mavis's eyes slowly flickered open. She found herself inside a hospital room, with her friends watching over her with worried expressions.
"MAVIS!" cried the Tidmouth Teens.
"Oh, thank goodness." sighed Lady.
"W-What happened?" asked Mavis wearily.
"Thomas beat Diesel and we brought you to the hospital." explained Percy.
"Diesel, Arry, and Bert each had beaten you severely." added Gordon. "They also didn't let you eat or drink any water as well. If Thomas didn't win the duel, you would have died."
"But Toby here was the bravest of all." Emily pointed out. "After Thomas had defeated Diesel, the jerk went back on his word and attempted to beat you up some more. Toby got so angry that he decked Diesel so hard that he fell onto the ground while leaving a mark in the spot he landed on."
"And then Discord showed up." Edward finished.
"Thank you for saving me, Toby." said Mavis, managing to sit up enough to go and hug Toby. "You're my hero."
As the other teenagers watched this heartwarming scene, Thomas looked at his dueling glove. Instead of two star coins, he had four.
"Four star coins." he thought to himself. "Not bad for my first duel of the tournament."
Suddenly, the door opened and a nurse walked into Mavis's room.
"Excuse me, but Ms. Drewry needs her rest now." The nurse said kindly.
Everyone was about to leave when...
"Pardon me, but if it's okay, I'd like to stay by her side until she's ready to leave."
That voice belonged to Toby.
"You sure, Toby?" asked Henry. "You might miss out on the rest of the tournament."
"Being there for my friends is more important to me than watching a tournament." replied Toby wisely. "Besides, you guys can tell me how it goes."
"If that's what you wish." The nurse said. "Then you're free to stay here with your friend until she's better."
The door opened and the Tidmouth Teens (and Lady) all started to leave the room, but not before James stuck his head back inside the room with a cheesy grin on his face.
"You two play nicely now." he said cheekily, just before leaving and closing the door.
The two teens blushed over that comment...but recovered enough to start chatting.
"Thanks for staying by my side, Toby," said Mavis gratefully.
"Oh, think nothing of it." replied Toby with a hint of blush. "You're more important to me."
Mavis blushed back. "Funny, you're important to me, too."
Now that the two of them were alone, nothing would be able to stop (or interrupt) either of them from finally admitting their feelings for each other. Which was done so...
With a passionate kiss.