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 up in the schoolyard, Emily and Rosie were both still locked in the middle of their little duel... with a huge crowd here to watch it happen.
-Emily (LP: 1300) was currently in a bad situation; she just lost one of her best monsters, and had no other cards in play.
-Rosie (LP: 4000) was untouched in life points, possessed the Dark Magician of Chaos on her side of the field, and a complete replica of Thomas's own deck.
Diesel, Arry, Bert, and Dennis, meanwhile, were all feeling pretty pleased with themselves... but mainly the devious black-haired boy.
"This was the best idea I've ever had." bragged Diesel. "Not only will Sterling be humiliated upon losing, but I'll be stinkin' rich!"
"What was that, Diesel?" Dennis quizzed, having overheard the devious black-haired boy. "Don't you mean that WE'LL be rich?"
"As in you, me, Dennis, and Arry?" added Bert.
"O-Oh yes." Diesel corrected himself. "Silly me... Of course, I wouldn't forget my three best of pals."
Over with Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, and Stanley. They were worried about the situation Emily was in.
"Emily is in deep trouble." Percy commented.
"No wonder." frowned Stanley. "She's not only facing the Dark Magician of Chaos, but also a complete copy of Thomas's deck. Not to mention Emily hasn't even made a dent in Rosie's life points, yet."
"Come on, Emily." Thomas thought to himself. "You can do it. I believe in you."
Title: The Queen of Copycats, Part 2
Over in the duel field, Emily was looking quite worried over the pickle she was in.
"With my monster being removed from the game-" she thought to herself. "-and me having to face the Dark Magician of Chaos, this won't be easy."
With that thought, Emily held up a drawn card.
Turn Eleven: Emily Sterling (LP: 1300)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (3): Book of Secret Arts, Super Junior Confrontation, and Hurricail
"This won't help me." The dark green-haired girl sighed mentally, but still decided to play it. "I summon Hurricail in defense mode!"
Appearing onto the field was a small, tornado-like creature (Level: 2/ATK: 900/DEF: 200).
"Next I place one card facedown and end my turn." The dark green-haired girl finished, slotting a card into a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk.
A facedown card materialized on the field.
"You're making this too easy." Rosie pointed out, drawing her card. "But that's fine with me."
Turn Twelve: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 4000)
Deck: (31)
Current Hand (2): Multiply, Monster Reincarnation, and Kuriboh
As the magical swords from Swords of Revealing Light faded away, the Kuriboh monster card materialized face-up on the field.
"I summon Kuriboh in attack mode!"
Appearing onto Rosie's side of the field was Kuriboh. But unlike Thomas's Kuriboh, this one was purple with yellow limbs (Level: 1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200).
"Another alternate version of one of Thomas's monsters." came from Oliver.
"Where do you think she got them?" Caitlin asked Connor.
"Must have been a sale at the card shop." shrugged Connor. "After all, Rosie did mention shopping at that place for most of this week."
Back in the duel field, the battle phase commenced...
"Dark Magician of Chaos, wipe out Hurricail!" The pink-haired girl called out.
Dark Magician of Chaos obeyed, firing off another blast from his scepter. The blast closed in on Hurricail...
"Trap card, open!" announced Emily, just as her set card flipped face-up and revealed itself. "Super Junior Confrontation! Your attack is negated, but now the weakest monster controlled by each player is to do battle with each other!"
Kuriboh charged force and bit into Hurricail, destroying the weak monster.
"Due to the effect of Super Junior Confrontation, the battle phase ends." finished Emily, before attempting to reason with her opponent... "Listen, Rosie, I'm going to make this very clear; Thomas does not want to be your boyfriend."
"Yeah right." Rosie huffed in an instant.
Emily sighed in frustration.
"Now, go and make your move!" The pink-haired girl demanded.
The dark green-haired girl complied and drew her card.
Turn Thirteen: Emily Sterling (LP: 1300)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (2): Book of Secret Arts and Luminous Heaven(!)
On cue, a Spell card called Luminous Heaven materialized face-up on the field.
"From my hand, I'll activate Luminous Heaven!" announced Emily, drawing three more cards. "As I have at least three light attribute monsters in my graveyard-" As she spoke, images of the Shining Angel, Magician's Valkyria, and Maha Valio monsters cards were shown. "-I draw three cards."
From there, a monster card Happy Lover materialized face-up on the field.
"Come forth - Happy Lover!"
A cute fairy-like monster appeared on the field (Level: 2/ATK: 800/DEF: 500). Not only that, but a Spell card called Soulpatch(!) materialized face-up on the field.
"Not only that, I'll also equip my monster with Soulpatch!" continued Emily, with two fingers braced onto a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk. "This can only be equipped to either an earth or light attribute monster. The equipped monster receives 1000 extra attack points!"
Happy Lover grew stronger (ATK: 800 - 1800). From there, another Spell card (Blessings from Heaven(!)) materialized face-up on the field.
"Finally, I activate the Continuous Spell card Blessings from Heaven! This card can only be used when I control a level 4 or lower monster... My monster, when I do battle during my turn, gains 800 extra attack points during the damage step."
Rosie said nothing in response. Finally, the battle phase commenced...
"Go, Happy Lover!" commanded Emily. "Take down Kuriboh!"
Happy Lover obeyed, charging towards Kuriboh...
"But which Kuriboh?" Rosie asked mockingly, just as her facedown card flipped face-up and revealed itself. "I activate a Quick-Play Spell card - Multiply! By tributing my Kuriboh, I can special summon four Kuriboh Token monsters in its place!"
Kuriboh in a blue streak, just before Emily's monster could strike. Appearing on the field in Kuriboh's place, were four Kuriboh Tokens.
"Wait, doesn't Multiply actually create an infinite amount of Kuribohs or something?" James asked, wondering why Kuriboh Tokens were present instead of unlimited Kuribohs.
"Its effect was recently watered down." Thomas explained, looking at his own copy of the Multiply Spell card. "Discord thought its original effect was too broken, and so it got nerfed."
Back in the duel field...
"Botheration!" pouted Emily, watching as her Happy Lover destroyed a Kuriboh Token.
"You're very lucky, though." Rosie pointed out. "I can't tribute any of my tokens for a tribute summon. But they sure are handy for the defense."
Emily remained unhappy. "Ngh... I end my turn."
Rosie drew her next card.
Turn Fourteen: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 4000)
Deck: (29)
Current Hand (1): Card of Sanctity and Monster Reincarnation
"Just to show you that I'm nice-" The pink-haired girl held out her drawn card. "-I'll activate the Spell card Card of Sanctity! Now, we both are required to draw until we both have six cards in our hands."
Again, James seemed annoyed by duelists constantly using the Card of Sanctity Spell card.
"What's with duelists and Card of Sanctity?" he asked aloud.
"It's a pretty handy card." Percy pointed out.
Back in the duel field, both dueling girls drew their new hands. Smiling, Rosie held out a familiar light attribute monster card from her hand.
"Thanks to Card of Sanctity, I've drawn Watapon." she said happily. "And I special summon it in defense mode!"
The white furball-like monster appeared on the field (Level: 1/DEF: 300). The sight of this monster caused Caitlin to squeal on how cute it looked.
"It's so adorable!" The tall, pink-haired girl gushed with blushes on her cheeks.
Back in the duel field...
"But Watapon won't be around for long." continued Rosie, holding up another card. "Why? Because I sacrifice it to tribute summon Dark Magician Girl!"
"What?!" gasped Emily.
Watapon vanished in a blue streak, and appearing on the field in its place was the all-too familiar female apprentice of Dark Magician (Level: 6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1700). This Dark Magician Girl looked somewhat similar to Thomas's version, but there were still a few key differences. Her upper body, or rather...bust size, looked a smidge bigger, her eye color was green, and her trademark blush looked a little darker red than pink. Not that this bothered any of the boys in the crowd.
"Woo!" cried James. "And here I thought she couldn't get any hotter!"
Rosie's Dark Magician Girl seemed to enjoy the attention she was getting from many of the boys in the audience (even the ones saying perverted comments about her). Only Thomas, Percy, and Stanley were not interested in the slightest.
"She seems to be enjoying the attention." Percy commented, speaking about Rosie's Dark Magician Girl.
"Uh-huh." agreed Stanley in a deadpan tone.
Thomas nodded unhappily. Suddenly, he felt his deck reacting and drew the top card. It was coming from his copy of the Dark Magician Girl monster card.
"Huh?"
Suddenly the spirit of Thomas's Dark Magician Girl appeared. Again, only Thomas could see the spirit.
"You too, Dark Magician Girl?" The blue-haired boy asked.
Dark Magician Girl merely glared at the so-called 'imposter' Dark Magician Girl and did an akanbe (a childish Japanese gesture consisting of someone pulling down one's lower eyelid to expose the red underside towards someone, often accompanied by sticking their tongue out) directed at her.
"Show off!"
Again, Thomas sweatdropped at how OOC his Dark Magician Girl was acting. Back in the duel field, Rosie wasn't done yet with her turn.
"Since I have a Dark Magician in my graveyard-" she was saying. "-Dark Magician Girl gains 300 attack points."
Dark Magician Girl glowed purple as her attack power rose (ATK: 2000 - 2300).
"If Rosie attacks with both her magicians, Emily will lose!" Percy exclaimed.
Indeed so...
"Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Happy Lover!" called Rosie.
Dark Magician of Chaos obeyed and fired another blast from his scepter. The blast was just about to hit Happy Lover when...
"I activate the other effect of my Blessings from Heaven Spell card!" announced Emily, just as the Blessings from Heaven Spell card faded away in a blue streak. "At the cost of my Spell card, my monster is spared from being destroyed in ONE battle, and I sustain no battle damage."
Happy Lover formed a sort of shield of light with her wingss that stopped Dark Magician of Chaos's attack.
"You may have stopped one of my magicians-" retorted Rosie. "-but I have another one..." She pointed forth. "Dark Magician Girl, Dark Burning Attack!"
Dark Magician Girl obeyed and fired off a blast from her wand. This time, Happy Lover was unable to stop the attack, and ended up being hit and destroyed by it. Emily grimaced as she took damage (LP: 800). With the audience...
"This doesn't look good." Percy commented. "Emily is wide open, and she still hasn't even made a dent in Rosie's life points."
Over to Diesel, he took hold of the microphone and started to make a few comments on the duel so far.
"So far, our former champion Rosie has an untouched 4000 life points." announced Diesel, sounding like he was mocking Emily. "While Emily 'Newbie' Sterling is barely holding on with 800. How will she be able to turn this duel around?"
Emily gritted her teeth in frustration. There had to be a way to turn this duel around. Though the Card of Sanctity Spell card refreshed her hand, she still needed a draw to possibly work it out.
"My move!" The dark green-haired girl announced, drawing her card. "Draw!"
Turn Fifteen: Emily Sterling (LP: 1300)
Deck: (15)
Current Hand (7): Book of Secret Arts, The Cry of Wingweaver(!), Emergency Provisions, Wingweaver, Heavenly Light(!), Waboku, and Graceful Charity
Her new hand contained Book of Secret Arts, The Cry of Wingweaver(!), Emergency Provisions, Wingweaver, Heavenly Light, Waboku, and the drawn Graceful Charity.
"I begin by setting one card facedown." she said, as she slotted a card into one Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk, causing a facedown card to materialize on the field. Emily then selected another card from her hand and also slotted it into her Duel Disk. "Then, from my hand, I'll activate Graceful Charity!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up on the field.
"I draw three cards, and then send two cards from my hand to the graveyard... HOWEVER!" As Emily spoke on, the Emergency Provisions Spell card materialized face-up on the field. "I chain Graceful Charity with Emergency Provisions!"
"A chain..." whispered Rosie.
"Thanks to this-" The dark green-haired girl explained. "-I can tribute my Spells and Traps and boost my life points by 1000 for each card."
Both set cards vanished, granting Emily 2000 life points (LP: 2800).
"But since this was part of a chain, Graceful Charity's effect still activates." continued Emily, drawing three cards. From there, she sent two of the cards to the Graveyard. "And that's my chain."
"But what good will that do for you?" asked Rosie harshly.
"From my hand, I'll activate the Spell card The Cry of Wingweaver!" Emily cried, holding her next card out. "By paying a total of 1000 life points-" Her life points then took a hit (LP: 1800). "-I can special summon, from my hand, one copy of Wingweaver!"
Appearing onto the field, from a beacon of light, was Emily's ace monster known as Wingweaver (Level: 7/ATK: 2750/DEF: 2400), much to the audience's delight.
"In addition, my monster, for the rest of the turn, has double the attack points!" Emily continued, now smirking.
Wingweaver grew even stronger (ATK: 2750 - 5500). Everyone in the crowd gasped at how effective Emily's plan was.
"Now, attack the Dark Magician of Chaos!" called Emily. "LUMINOUS SPARK RAIN!"
Wingweaver obeyed, raising her hands into the sky and causing a rain of light to fall, striking and destroying Rosie's Dark Magician of Chaos. The destruction of her best monster caused the pink-haired girl to take a huge amount of damage (LP: 1300).
"Way to go, Emily!" cheered Thomas.
"It's about time Emily did some big damage." Percy added.
Diesel, looking surprised at Emily's comeback, reluctantly spoke into the microphone.
"What a turnaround!" he cried out, acting excited. "Emily has pulled off a major counter and not only destroyed Rosie's strongest monster, but dealt a great deal of damage to her in the process!"
But, deep down, Diesel was unhappy with the turnaround. He wanted her to lose and be humiliated. Her winning was just simply not an option.
"All right, Rosie!" called Emily. "It's your turn, now."
But did Rosie look worried? Not the slightest.
"That the best you can do?" The pink-haired girl asked, drawing a card. "I'll show you a better move."
Turn Sixteen: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 1300)
Deck: (23)
Current Hand (5): Monster Reincarnation, Spider Web, Book of Secret Arts, Magicians Unite, and Alpha The Magnet Warrior
"I'll start by switching Dark Magician Girl to defense mode."
Dark Magician Girl kneeled into a defensive stance.
"Then, I'll set two cards!" Rosie went on, just as three facedown cards materialized on the field. "From there, I'll activate Spider Web!"
One of the set cards flipped face-up and revealed itself, causing a spiderweb to shoot out of the card and into Emily's Duel Disk (graveyard), managing to pull out her Emergency Provisions Spell card.
"As you know from seeing Thomas use this card-" said Rosie, adding the card to her hand. "-Spider Web lets me take a Spell card from your graveyard that you've used last turn." Then she held out the Monster Reincarnation card. "Afterwards, I'll play Monster Reincarnation once more. Discarding a card from my hand to add a monster from my graveyard to my hand."
Rosie discarded her Alpha The Magnet Warrior monster card and added a card to her hand, showing it to be the Kuriboh monster card.
"I'll add Kuriboh to my hand. Finally, I'll chain my activated card with the Emergency Provisions card I took from you. Sending Monster Reincarnation and both of my facedown cards to the graveyard to gain 3000 life points." Rosie then smiled as her life points recovered (LP: 4300). "So, did you get all of that?!"
Back with the audience...
"Oh, come on!" complained Percy. "Now she's back to over 4000."
"4300, to be exact." added Gordon.
Back in the duel field...
"It's my turn!" declared Emily, drawing a card. "Draw!"
Turn Seventeen: Emily Sterling (LP: 1800)
Deck: (14)
Current Hand (3): Heavenly Light, Waboku, and Pot of Greed
Her drawn card was the Pot of Greed Spell card.
"Go, Pot of Greed!" The dark green-haired girl cried out, just as her card materialized face-up on the field. "Now, I get to draw two cards from my deck."
She draws her two cards. They were shown to be Monsters of Light(!) and Angel's Fist(!).
"Next, I'll activate the Spell card Monsters of Light! This card allows me to target one monster card in graveyard, and one banished monster - both must be light attribute monsters. In this case, I'll summon Maha Vailo and Shining Friendship from the graveyard and banished zone respectively!"
Appearing on Emily's side of the field were both Maha Vailo and Shining Friendship.
"Finally, I'll activate the Equip Spell card Angel Fist!"
Wingweaver's hands started glowing with the power of light.
"Thanks to this, Wingweaver is able to make a second attack during the battle phase!" explained Emily.
"But my monsters are all in defense mode." protested Rosie. "So even if you do wipe them out, I'll take no damage from a direct attack or anything."
"That's why I'll summon this monster to help my Maha Vailo and Shining Friendship wipe out your Kuriboh Tokens." Emily said wisely, before pointing forth. "Go, now! Attack at once, Guardian of the Throne Room!"
A large brass robot with treadmills and missiles appeared (Level: 4/ATK: 1650/DEF: 1600). From there, the battle phase began.
"Now, my first three monsters!" Emily commanded, speaking to Guardian of the Throne Room, Shining Friendship, and Maha Vailo. "Wipe out the three remaining Kuriboh Tokens!"
Emily's three monsters obeyed, destroying three tokens.
"Oh no, now I only have my Dark Magician Girl!" cried Rosie.
Yup...
"Wingweaver, destroy Dark Magician Girl, now!" Emily called out.
Wingweaver obeyed, raising her hands into the sky and using a series of light rays to strike and destroy Dark Magician Girl.
"And thanks to Angel Fist, Wingweaver can attack, again!"
Wingweaver fired off some more sparks of light, this time at a defenseless Rosie... Just then, a wall of Kuribohs appeared and intercepted the attack.
"What?!" cringed Emily.
"You seem to have forgotten about my Kuriboh." Rosie pointed out. "I've discarded it so that I wouldn't take any battle damage. You see, Emily, as this is a special duel to decide who truly deserves Thomas, then I want this victory to be perfect."
Thomas only face-faulted in embarrassment.
"Will you get a clue already, Rosie?!" Emily shouted, slotting a card into her Duel Disk. "Thomas likes you, yes, but ONLY as a friend! Why won't you get the hint?!"
Drawing her next card, Rosie ignored Emily.
Turn Eighteen: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 4300)
Deck: (22)
Current Hand (1): Pot of Greed
"I activate my own copy of Pot of Greed!"
Rosie drew her two cards. Looking serious, the pink-haired girl held up her first card.
"I use De-Spell to destroy your Equip Spell card!" announced Rosie, holding the mentioned card out.
Wingweaver felt the power in her hands fading away.
"Now your monster's power boost is gone." Rosie went on. "Once I get something out, I'll be able to destroy it. Then Thomas and I will live happily ever after."
"Listen, Rosie." said Emily slowly. "Thomas does not like you like that. He only sees you as a friend!"
"No!" The pink-haired girl shook her head stubbornly. "You're wrong! I'm positive he likes me more than as a friend!"
"No, he doesn't." Emily insisted. "And copying his cards won't win him over! It will just make you seem like a stalker."
"Be quiet!" screamed Rosie. "I remove a light monster and a dark monster from my graveyard!"
Both the Watapon monster card and Kuriboh monster card slid out of the graveyard.
"Why's she doing that?" asked Percy.
"No..." Stanley whispered in horror. "Not that card!"
"Stanley?" Thomas asked, looking worried for his friend. "Are you okay?"
"I've heard that there are powerful cards that can be summoned that way." answered Stanley. "One is Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End. The other is so rare, that people claim that it doesn't exist."
"Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End?" Gordon quizzed. "Spencer has that card in his deck."
"But what about the other card?" James curiously asked.
Before Stanley could answer, Rosie did the answering...
"It's something I've been saving for this very moment." she said, holding her final card up for everyone to see. "A card I'd like to call - Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning!"
Cue gasps from the audience.
"No way!" gasped Conner.
"It DOES exist!" exclaimed Oliver.
"That's a legendary beast!" put in Marion.
Appearing on Rosie's side of the field was what looked like Black Luster Soldier... but his armor was a lighter shade of color (Level: 8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500).
"Wait a minute..." Thomas muttered in amazement. "I recall seeing that card in one of the Booster Packs from my starter set."
"Great." giggled Rosie. "Then that means you know what it does, correct?"
"Yes... You can either attack and banish one monster on your opponent's side of the field, which also prevents Black Luster Soldier from attacking that turn. Or when it successfully attacks and destroys a monster, it can attack again."
Rosie rejoiced. "Bingo! Black Luster Soldier, attack Wingweaver with Luster Blade Attack!"
"If Emily loses her Wingweaver, then she'll have no hope of winning the duel!" Percy cried out.
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning jumped into the sky and came down with a sword slash aimed at Wingweaver.
"It's all over!" laughed Rosie.
"I don't think so!" shouted Emily, poking a button on her Duel Disk. "I activate a Trap - Wabaku!"
The dark green-haired girl's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"For the rest of the turn, my monster cannot be destroyed by anything, and all battle damage I take becomes zero!"
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning's attack failed.
"Bother!" sighed Rosie, unhappy over attack failing. "You've bought yourself another turn... But I promise you that you won't get away, next time! Thomas WILL be mine!"
Back with the audience...
"THAT was a close on." commented James.
"Come on, Emily!" cheered Thomas. "You can do this!"
"Stop cheering for her, and cheer for me!" protested Rosie, feeling upset over being left out. "Can't you see we're destined to be together as we both use similar decks? She's not even as experienced as I am!"
Emily, meanwhile, was in her thoughts over the situation...
"I may be down, but I'm not out." she thought to herself. "But... how am I going to win if Rosie is using Thomas's own deck? No! I trust in my cards like Thomas does, and..." Suddenly, Emily realized something. "Wait a minute!" She then spoke aloud. "Rosie, answer me this question... How long did you own those cards, anyway?"
"Since finishing my deck last night." answered Rosie. "Why do you ask?"
"That's it!" thought Emily. "I know how I can win!" She pointed a finger towards Rosie. "I know your deck's biggest weakness, Rosie!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Rosie. "My deck's unstoppable!"
"You didn't put your heart into making it." Emily pointed out. "You only made it out of your crush on Thomas. When building a deck, you need to put your heart and soul into it. That's a little something I've learned from Thomas."
"That's so silly!" laughed Rosie. "Heart and soul into making a deck?! What a laugh!"
"It's no laughing matter." Emily said seriously, preparing to draw her next card. "And now, I'm gonna show you the true power of my deck and Wingweaver!"
The dark green-haired girl drew her card, slashing a colourful wave from her deck in the process (Destiny Draw city).
Turn Nineteen: Emily Sterling (LP: 1800)
Deck: (11)
Current Hand (2): Heavenly Light and Serapheem(!)
"From my hand, I'll play a special Ritual Spell card." The dark green-haired girl slotted a card into her Duel Disk. "Heavenly Light!"
A huge ray of light came down onto the field, causing some people to shield their eyes.
"To use this card, I must offer monsters to equal 12 stars." Emily was explaining. "However, I also MUST control a Wingweaver in the offerings, too."
All four of Emily's monsters faded into streaks of blue. The light around the field grew even stronger.
"And now, with the offerings met, I call forth my guardian angel! Come out - Serapheem!"
Lowering from the light in the sky came a monster resembling Wingweaver. However, her clothes were orange in color, and her wings were yellow in color (Level: 12/ATK: 2900/DEF: 2500). Everyone in the crowd was amazed at the monster's appearance and beauty.
"Whoa." breathed Oliver. "Now that's what I call enchanting."
Serapheem and the Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning both faced off against each other.
"W-Where did you get that card?" Rosie asked nervously. "I... I've never seen anything like it, before."
"It was a gift from an old friend." answered Emily. "And she, alone, will be the instrument of your downfall."
"Explain!"
Emily smirked. "Gladly. My new monster gains 600 attack points for every light attribute monster in my graveyard."
"H-How many do you have?" Rosie quizzed, dreading the answer.
"Let's count 'em up, shall we?" Emily stated, as cards slid out of her graveyard.
The audience grew very tense. Even Diesel was on the edge of his seat... Well, if he was sitting down.
"I count five of them." Emily held out the monsters in question.
Rosie gasped. "That means your monster will gain 3000 attack points!"
"Correct!"
Serapheem glowed white as her overall strength went up even higher (ATK: 2900 - 5900). Rosie looked worried, but quickly calmed herself.
"No matter." she thought to herself. "I'll still survive on life points."
"Serapheem has another effect." said Emily, breaking Rosie thoughts.
"And what's that?"
Emily dropped the bombshell. "Whenever she battles a light attribute monster and destroys it successfully... my angel can attack again!"
"NO!" thought Rosie in horror.
The battle phase commenced...
"Serapheem, destroy Black Luster Soldier!" commanded Emily, entering the battle phase.
Serapheem obeyed, destroying Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning with a more powerful-looking Luminous Spark Rain.
"My Black Luster Soldier has been destroyed!" cried Rosie (LP: 1400).
"And now for her final attack!" boomed Emily. "Serapheem, attack Rosie directly!"
Serapheem obeyed and fired off more rays of light. Rosie was hit by them, making her grimace as her life points finally dropped to zero (LP: 0).
DUEL RESULTS: Emily Sterling wins!
Emily was just staring in disbelief.
"Did I...just win?" she asked slowly.
Diesel, who also couldn't believe that Emily had won too, then spoke into the microphone once again.
"It looks like as a surprise." The devious black-haired boy said, trying to sound excited. "The winner of the duel is Emily Sterling!"
Finally coming to a realization that she won her first duel in a while, Emily leaped into the air in complete joy.
"I've won!" The dark green-haired girl cried happily.
The crowd also erupted into cheers. Rosie, meanwhile, collapsed onto her knees in defeat.
"How could I lose?" she asked herself, just as the remaining contents of her deck slipped out of the Duel Disk. "I've made my deck to be exactly like Thomas's... I even copied his plays exactly to the letter... But in the end, I ended up losing, anyway."
Emily walked over to the saddened pink-haired girl and held out a hand for her to take.
"Great duel, Rosie."
But Rosie didn't look up. "Why didn't I win?" she squeaked.
Emily sighed to herself... She sorta knew that this would happen.
"It's because you didn't put your heart into making the deck." Emily explained calmly. "You've only made that deck out of your crush on Thomas." She gestured her thumb towards herself. "As for myself, I actually put my heart into making my own deck."
With that said, Thomas, Percy, Stanley, James, and Gordon all walked over to join their friend.
"Rosie-" said Thomas. "-do you know what I've told Spencer after I defeated him in our first duel?"
The pink-haired girl looked over to the blue-haired boy sadly and puzzled.
"I said 'No matter how strong your cards are, without heart they're meaningless.'" Thomas answered. "'But if you link your heart to the deck and trust the Heart of the Cards, miracles can happen'."
That caught Rosie's attention. "Really?" she whimpered. "Is it true?"
"Is it." Percy nodded.
"We were there." Gordon added.
"Heck yeah!" agreed James.
The pink-haired girl finally realized the error of her ways and burst into tears as a result.
"How could I have been so stupid?" Poor Rosie weeped. "I'm sorry for trying to pick a fight with you Emily. And I'm so sorry that I copied your cards, Thomas. I just wanted you to see how well I could use your deck and fall in-love with me."
Thomas knelt down to Rosie's level and held her close to him.
"It's okay, Rosie." The blue-haired boy said softly. "I do forgive you for that, but you have to understand that I only like you as a friend. I'm not ready to settle down with a girlfriend, yet."
Before anymore could be said, Diesel interrupted the moment.
"Now that the duel is over-" he announced, full of excitement. "-it's time to do the big draw."
Everyone in the crowd (including Gordon and James) who had bought a ticket, waiting anxiously as Dennis approached Diesel while carrying a large bowl with slips of paper. As soon as the gray-haired Smelter Teen approached his friend/leader, he whispered into his ear.
"Ready?"
"Oh, yeah." Diesel whispered back.
"Let's do this." said Dennis quietly.
With that said, Diesel put his hand into the bowl and shifted it around for a few second before pulling out a slip of paper. It was completely blank... but it was all according to plan.
"And the winning number is..." said Diesel dramatically, thinking up random numbers. "...689-332-095!"
The crowd gasped. None of their numbers seemed to match that one.
"Oh, gee... If no one's numbers match what I've draw-" snickered Diesel. "-then it would seem you all lose."
"That's no fair!" whined James. "I demand a redraw!"
The rest of the crowd was disappointed, too.
"Wait a second..." Stanley then walked over, snatched the bowl away from Dennis, and drew a number—which was also blank. "These tickets are all just blank pieces of paper... Diesel was trying to con all of the people who bought tickets!"
Once the crowd heard that, they were angry at Diesel for tricking them.
"You lying cheat!" shouted a tall, muscular orange-haired boy named Murdoch.
"We want our money back!" shouted a blonde-haired girl named Daisy.
Diesel, Dennis, Arry, and Bert were all caught red-handed.
"Hey, look at the time!" cried Diesel. "My Mom and Dad are expecting me home for dinner, bye!"
With that said, he began to make a run for it.
"Wait for us!" wailed Dennis.
"After them!" shouted a dark red-haired boy named Arthur.
"Don't let them escape!" echoed Conner.
The crowd quickly gave chase after the four Smelter Teens. Leaving only Thomas, Percy, Stanley, Emily, and Rosie behind.
"Looks like Diesel's learned the hard way that cheaters never prosper." said Thomas, smiling cheekily.
"Again." put in Stanley.
"I'll say." Percy agreed. "Along with Dennis, Arry, and Bert."
"Anyway..." Rosie spoke up, standing back up. "Again, I'm sorry for acting so hostile towards you the last couple of days, Emily."
"That's all right, Rosie." reassured Emily, smiling kindly. "In a sense, you were kinda acting like me when I was younger."
"Really?" Rosie asked. "But you're one of the nicest girls in Sodor High School along with Mavis."
"As I've said, I wasn't always like that."
"It's true." Thomas spoke up. "Back in Middle School, when she was still new, Gordon and James both used to pick on her for being so nice, and so Emily thought changing her attitude would make them leave her alone."
"Unfortunately, in her anger and despair from being bullied, she started to be mean and bossy to everyone else." Percy added grimly. "This resulted her in getting into trouble on several occasions."
"That's awful." gasped Rosie, sounding horrified. "You should have told an adult about it so they'd leave you alone, Emily."
"I had actually thought of doing that... Unfortunately, I had a nightmare one night where I was told by Gordon and James that if I actually did tell an adult, I would be forever labelled as goody-goody two-shoes, and I would have been bullied forever."
"Well, what made it all finally stop?" asked Stanley.
A tear fell from Emily's eye. That was one memory that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
"One day, I've overheard some of our friends talking." she recalled. "Edward, Henry, Toby, Percy, Donald, Douglas, etc.. They had all given up on me as a result of my big change and damaged reputation. About the only one who hadn't given up on me..."
"...was me." said Thomas softly. "I argued with them for calling Emily a monster. I also insisted that she was having a problem of a sort, but they wouldn't listen to me." He then shuddered, making special care not to bring up the nastiest of the memory. "This was, because, they believed Emily was beyond redeemable at that point. Later, I found Emily outside in the schoolyard crying her eyes out, and I finally asked her why she was acting that way. When she told me what had been happening, I gave her the courage to tell Mr. Arkwright, our old Middle School principal, the truth."
"When he heard about it-" Emily continued. "-he kindly asked me why I didn't bring it up earlier. Then, especially after I told him how the bullying lasted for close to two years, he called and scolded Gordon and James both severely for causing all that trouble in the first place and made them apologize publically for it."
"Why did they bully you in the first place?" asked Rosie.
"One would say they were jealous of me on account of how popular I became at school." shrugged Emily. "But I'm guessing there was a second reason to it all."
"Perhaps they thought you were too much of a good girl and thought it would be funny, but didn't realize how badly it hurt you." suggested Rosie.
"Well, they were not only punished with a full year of detention-" said Percy. "-but they were also grounded for three months as well by their parents. James, when he and Gordon were caught, even tried to blame Gordon for it all."
"They did apologize to me in the auditorium." finished Emily. "But it still took me a long time to trust and truly forgive them."
Stanley and Rosie both couldn't believe how much pain and suffering Emily had went through when she was only 10-12 years old.
"We're so sorry you had to go through all of that, Emily." said Stanley sadly.
"Thankfully, I had Thomas to help me." Emily pointed out. "If it hadn't been for him, who knows what I would have done."
Thomas blushed to that comment and smiled at the dark green-haired girl. Rosie quickly spoke up here.
"Why don't we all go out for pizza?" she asked hastily, obviously sounding a smidge bit jealous.
"Sounds good to me." smiled Stanley.
"I know the perfect place, too." Thomas added.
With that said, the five teens all left the schoolyard. Yup, a rivalry coming to a hopeful end. What about Diesel and his gang? Let's go see...
(elsewhere...)
Somewhere in the middle of a street of Knapford City, Diesel, Arry, Bert, and Dennis were all still running away from a very angry crowd still chasing after them.
"Give us back our money, you thieves!" shouted Gordon.
Meanwhile, while running down the street, the four Smelter Teens were arguing over the situation they were in.
"Worst. Idea. Ever." snapped Dennis.
"Shut up, and keep running!" Diesel shouted in response.
"My legs are getting tired!" complained Bert.
"How long until they stop chasing us?" asked Arry.
I'm afraid that question will have to be left hanging for a while, as the four Smelter Teens kept running for their lives... Because the crowd was not about to give up the chase anytime soon.