Summer was in a tight spot ever since she started the duel with Ranni as the witch's invoked monsters were putting her in a bind especially the fusion monsters as right now she only had Cocytus, Mekk-knight Indigo, and three facedowns while she only had two cards face down being descending lost star and half-shut with two cards in her hand and nothing on her field.
Summer LP:700
Ranni LP:4000
'Focus Summer. You're not done yet but even so, her field is good and I still have no clue what her face-downs are. My best bet is to set and pass.'
"I set two cards t and end my turn. Back to you Ranni."
"Very well. I draw."
Turn 4
Ranni looked over her hand and at the new card she had just drawn before coming to a decision.
"I activate the effect of Invocation in the graveyard."
"What?"
"I return my banished Aleister the Invoker to my hand then return Invocation to my deck."
Ranni's duel disk spit out Alesiter from the banished zone as one of her four hands grabbed it and put it back in her hand while her other hand took invocation and slid the card back into her deck as her duel disk shuffled the deck.
"Now I summon the Aleister the Invoker that was recovered from my banished zone which by summoning him lets me grab an Invocation spell from my deck."
Ranni's duel disk shuffled her deck until it spit out an Invocation which she grabbed.
"Now I play Invocation and by banishing my Aleister and Mekk-Knight Indigo I can call him forth."
Aleister and Mekk-Knight Indigo both disappeared as they became one in a blue magic circle as they were removed from play.
"Mechicanal beast come from the great seal of magic to vanquish the non-believers. Come forth and show them the power of the Invoked. I fusion summon; Invoked Mechaba!"
(ATK 2500/DEF 2100)
From the blue magic circle came the creature of Ranni's summon it was a mechanical horse with two front legs but it had two wheels in the back and attached to its top was a mechanical knight with a sword and shield.
"I'm not done. Next, I play the quick play spell; The Book of Law which when played lets me tribute an Invoked monster then I can summon one Invoked monster from my extra deck with a different original attribute than the one I tributed and it'll count as a fusion summon."
Ranni played Book of Law as a Grimoire with a big blue gem in the middle and different lines running across it. It opened up as its pages began to rapidly flip it stood right up and began deciding who to absorb as a tribute between Cocyuts and Mechaba.
"I choose Invoked Cocyuts as the tribute for The Book of Law!"
Ranni then removed Cocyuts from her duel disk and sent it to the graveyard to Summer's surprise the card slot on Rannis's duel disk rotated until it stopped on a much smaller deck of cards that was at 13 cards and was about to go to 12 cards as another card came up from the slot.
"I summon Invoked Magellanica in attack mode!"
(ATK 3000/DEF 3300)
Book of Law sucked in Cocyuts as the blue magic circle glowed brightly as the pages once again began flipping rapidly until they stopped as a giant hand made of earth and magma came from the circle grabbing the ground to push itself out as a second hand came out followed by a massive body of Magellancia came forth with the same staff symbol on its right hand. The giant magic monstrosity's impressive height was on display as the barrier grew to match its height.
Ranni once again went over her field before making her move.
"I end my turn."
"What?! Why?"
"Lady Summer it is not arrogance that I choose to end this early. I know I can end this whenever but I do not wanteth thee to go out on a whimper."
"So that's why huh?"
"Precisely right."
Summer narrowed her eyes as her silver orbs stared into Ranni's singular blue one but she found no deceit or ill intent, unlike Pluto.
"I see. My turn then."
Turn 5
"I draw."
'What now Mom?'
Summer turned to see Ruby again in spirit floating next to her.
'I'm not sure Ruby. She's got me against the wall and all I've got in my hand is Unknown Synchron and Sonic Chick. At this point I'm considering…'
'Don't do it, Mom!'
Summer looked at her daughter in surprise.
'I know things look terrible right now but I know you can do it. I believe in you. I always have and I always will no matter what!'
Ruby waved her arms adorably in protest as Summer chuckled at her daughter's outburst.
'I appreciate the short rejuvenation sweetheart but…'
'Nope.'
'Nope?'
'Nope. You aren't allowed to give up besides just think of a new strategy and accelerate with that. You can come up with something.'
'Accelerate? Wait, wait, wait Ruby say that again.'
'You can come up with something?'
'No before that.'
'Just think of a new strategy and accelerate with that?'
'Yes! Why didn't I think of that?! Baby girl I love you so much you know that.'
'Glad I could help but what do you have in mind, Mom?'
'Watch closely Ruby. Mommas' gonna show you what you can do with a full heart and a clear mind!'
'Go for it, Mom!'
"Ranni I place one card face down then end my turn."
Now Ranni looked at Summer confused as to why the duelist would suddenly end her turn like that as did Lance who was observing from behind the ruins However the knight had noticed that up on one of the branches a single raven had been watching the duel with a surprising amount of intrest which left him puzzled. However, he could concern himself with that later as he diverted his attention back to Ranni and the duel.
"My turn. I draw."
Turn 6
"Before I move to my battle phase I use the effect of Invocation in my graveyard so I return Aleister from my banished zone back to my hand then return Invocation to my deck."
The process repeated itself like a few turns earlier as Aleister went back to Ranni's hand and Invocation moved from the graveyard back to the deck and the deck shuffled itself.
"Now I summon Aleister the Invoker to my field then follow it up by playing the spell card; Spellbook of Knowledge and by sending a spellcaster I control or another spellbook card from my hand or field to the graveyard I can draw two cards. So I'll send away from my field Aleister the Invoker to draw two cards."
Ranni grabbed Aleister from her duel disk card slot and moved him to her graveyard slot then she drew two new cards.
"Battle! Invoked Magellancia attack her directly."
Magellancia raised its giant fist and aimed at Summer preparing to squash her and the rest of her life points but then Summer enacted her plan.
"Now I activate the Trap Card; Descending Lost Star. This-"
"I am already familiar with this card Lady Summer. You can grab a synchro monster from your graveyard and summon it in defense position but its effects are negated, its level is reduced by 1, and it has no defense points."
Summer had an adorable pout as she played the trap card.
"Party Pooper."
"Sorry."
The trap card flipped up showing Ally of Justice Catastor appearing from white light beneath it.
"I bring back Junk Berserker!"
(Level 7-1 = 6. ATK 2700/ DEF 0)
"I see but you know this will not help you Lady Rose for the attack of Invoked Magellancia still goes through so it seems your trap was a waste."
Magellancia's attack still went through but that's when Summer enacted step two of her plan.
"I figured this would happen so I activated the quick play spell I set back a few turns Half-Shut! This card cuts my monster's attack in half but on the plus side it can't be destroyed by battle this turn."
Junk Berserker was surrounded by a blue aura as it held its axe up and blocked the punch and was not destroyed as Ranni decided on the next logical move to make.
"I set a card and end my turn."
Turn 7
"I draw."
When Summer saw the card she had drawn she smiled then closed her eyes watching the combo play out in her head.
'If this works I'll have turned the entire game around. You there Ruby?'
'I'm here Mom.'
'Good. I want you to watch closely. Cause Mommas about to show you…Accel Synchro.'
'Go for it, Mom!'
"First I play the spell card; Double Summon. This card lets me perform two normal summons this turn instead of one. So to start I summon out Unknown Synchron to my field in attack mode!"
Appearing on Summers' field was a small machine with two antennae, a small red eye with the antenna, and an eye on and inside a small metal shell.
(Level 1. ATK 0/DEF 0)
"I'm not done there 'cause now I summon Sonic Chick in attack mode as well.
Appearing on the field next to Unknown Synchron was an adorable tiny pink birk with big red rubber boots and a green collar with a bell on it.
(Level 1. ATK 300/ DEF 300)
"Now I'm going to tune Unknown Synchron with Sonic Chick to summon out one of the fastest Synchros I know."
Unknown Synchron turned into one star as it created a green ring that scanned Sonic Chick as both their one stars came together and formed the beam of green light.
"Gathering wishes will call out a new speed's horizon! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! The power of hope, Synchro Tuner, Formula Synchron!"
From the bright light emerged a robot with the body of a Formula One car as it zipped around before taking its place on Summers' field.
"Thanks to Formula Synchron I can draw one card!"
Summer put her hand on the top card of her deck as she took a breath before she drew the card.
'Please. Let this be the card I need otherwise I'm done.'
Summer drew her card and upon seeing it she had a bright smile.
"Yes! Now thanks to Formula Synchron I play the spell card; Synchro Overtake! This card lets me reveal a synchro monster from my extra deck then I can pick one of its listed synchro materials then either add it to my hand or special summon it."
The spell card in question showed an image of Road Synchron racing down a green speedway with a green Synchro ring behind him.
"From my extra deck, I pick the monster Nitro Warrior then I pick its synchro material Nitro Synchron, and special summon it to my field in defense mode."
Summers' duel disk spit out Nitro Warrior as she grabbed it and showed it to Ranni before putting it back in the slot her duel disk then shuffled her deck before giving her Nitro Synchron which she then summoned out in defense mode.
"Now I synchro-summon Nitro Synchron with Junk Berserker to call my friend from the stars!"
Nitro Synchron scanned Junk Berserker as the shadow of Stardust dragon was visible from the green pillar of light.
(2+6=8)
"Clustering wishes will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Soar, Stardust Dragon!"
Stardust dragon appeared and let out a roar eager to be by his duelists' side again.
"With that, I end my turn."
"What? That can't be your turn, Lady Summer."
"Oh, but it is dear Ranni. Don't tell me I've unnerved you."
"Not at all Lady Rose. I guess it's my turn then."
Turn 8
"I draw."
"I was waiting for this moment!"
"What?"
"Now it's time for the real show! Formula Synchron tune with Stardust. This is Accel Synchro!"
(OST- Masaaki Endoh Clear Mind)
Formula Synchron began speeding up as it scanned Stardust as the stars aligned in a pillar of green light.
(2+8=10)
"Dreams crystallize to open a new door of evolution! Become the path that lights the way! Accel Synchro! Arise! Shooting Star Dragon!"
"AHHHHH!"
Summer shouted at the top of her lungs as the darkness barrier broke surprising Ranni and the observing Lance while Summers's eyes glowed a bright silver as from the light came Shooting Star Dragon.
Shooting Star Dragon finally descended next to Summer as its brilliant form was dazzling putting it mildly.
(ATK 3300/ DEF 2500)
Ranni was awestruck at Shooting Star Dragon and knew that currently none of her monsters were strong enough and the card she drew would help her so she had to bide her time.
"I switch Magellancia to defense mode and end my turn."
Turn 9
"I draw."
"I activate Pot of Greed. So now I can draw two cards."
There was a brief silence as Summer drew her two cards.
"I now play Raigeki to wipe your board clean."
"I activate the effect of Invoked Mechaba; when you activate a spell/trap or monster effect by discarding a card of the same type you played I can negate and banish it. So I discard Spellbook of Knowledge to negate and banish your Raigeki."
Spellbook of Knowledge appeared before Mechaba as the mechanical knight absorbed the spell card before shooting a ray of light at Raigeki negating the spell card before sending it to the banished zone.
"That's what I wanted you to do Ranni."
"How?"
"I knew you'd use Mechaba's effect to stop any destruction to your field but I had you negate Raigeki so I could play this. The spell card; Stop Defense.
This spell card turns all your defense position monsters to attack mode."
To Ranni's dismay, Magellancia switched to attack as it rose from its knees up to full height.
"Battle! Before I attack I activate Shooting Stars effect! I excavate the top five cards of my deck and based on the number of Tuner monsters I excavated is how many times Shooting Star can attack. My Monsters, Ruby. Give me the strength I need to draw what I need."
Summer then grabbed the top five cards of her deck as both she and Ranni waited with bated breath.
"First card; Junk Synchron! Second Card; Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! Third card; Turbo Synchron! Fourth card; Road Synchron! Fith Card…"
Summer held her breath as she hoped the last card she excavated would be what she needed.
"...Accel Synchron! That makes a total of four attacks! Battle!"
Shooting Star Dragon let out a roar as four other versions of Shooting Star appeared each one a different color. The first one was red, the second one was green, the third one was yellow, and the last one was blue.
"Go Shooting Star Dragon! Take out Invoked Magellancia!"
The red copy of Shooting Star took flight towards Magellancia as the magma giant attempted to punch the copy but instead, Shooting Star's first attack blew a hole threw Magellancia's chest.
(3300-3000= 300. 4000-300= 3700)
Ranni: 3700 LP
"Second Attack! Take out Mechaba!"
The green version of Shooting Star Rushed Mechaba as it easily tore through the mechanical knight like butter.
(3300-2500=800. 3700-800=2900)
Ranni: 2900 LP
"Third Attack! Attack her directly!"
Shooting Star flew directly towards Ranni slamming into her and knocking her down.
"It's over Ranni! Shooting Star finish it with Stardust Mirage!"
Shooting Star roared in agreement with its duelist as it soared high in the sky before flying down and hitting Ranni in a direct collision in a grand explosion wiping out the rest of her life points.
"Ahhhh!"
(2900-3300=0)
Ranni:0 LP
(OST- Masaaki Endoh Clear Mind ends)
"Ranni!"
With the duel over Lance rushed from his hiding place to be by Ranni's side as Summer raised her left eyebrow in confusion due to her never seeing this guy with Ranni although she assumed he probably came with her.
"You a friend of hers?"
Lance didn't answer Summer at first as he kept trying to desperately wake up however to his joy Ranni started stirring and woke up.
"Lance? Why doth your eyes leak?"
"Thank goodness. If I had lost you I don't know what I would've done!"
"*Ahem* So are you two like a couple or something?"
Ranni got up and dusted herself off.
"No Lance and I are just close friends. That being said Lady, Summer congratulations."
"What am I being congratulated for?"
"You passed my test so I reward you with this."
Ranni then handed Summer a card which the duelist took cautiously however, she froze when she saw what the card was; Blackwing Full Armor Master.
"Where did you get this? Answer me."
"Our master has been holding it and other strong duel monsters in the Black Castle for reasons unknown."
"So I was right. You guys do have a master. Is it that Salem chick?"
"No. Our master is stronger and more…adept than her but all of us just call him Overlord."
"I see…"
Summer then looked down at Full Armor Master before looking back at Ranni and Lance something clicking in her head.
"You two aren't bad guys. You just got mixed up in something bad."
Ranni giggled as she began walking away.
"Do take care of that card Lady Summer and I hope our paths can cross again."
"Wait!"
This caused the witch and the knight to turn around back to Summer.
"You say this was a test but I call bullshit. There were several times when you could've taken out the rest of my lifepoints. You could've used Mechaba's effect to banish Shooting Star to force me to use the effect then taken out the rest of my life points with Magellancia. Why didn't you?"
Ranni let out a cute chuckle.
"I'm going to let you solve that one out. Fare thee well Lady Rose."
With that, the two grimm disappeared into the forest.
"So she passed huh?"
"Yes, Lance. During our duel, I could tell. She would've beaten Pluto easily if he hadn't been fooling around."
"Do you think she is the one?"
"Yes, I do. She is the one who will free us from this grimm curse then we can rest."
"I hope so Ranni for both our sakes."
With that, Lance grabbed his sword and cut a hole in the dimensions as the two grimm made their way back to the Black Castle.
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'Thatwassocoolmom!Thewayyouwentboomthenpowthencrashthenwhenyousummonedthatdragonitwas.'
'Ruby…breathe baby girl. Breathe.'
'R-Right. Sorry.'
'Don't be sorry Ruby. I'm happy you enjoyed watching your mother duel.'
'So that thing you did with the racecar monster and stardust. That was Accell Synchro?'
'Yeah. It's a type of Synchro SUmmoning that took me several months to master and perfect but trust me Ruby when I say you've only seen the tip of the iceberg. You should see me when I go over the top.'
'That sounds amazing!'
'I know. I-'
Summer stopped her mental conversation with Ruby as her eyes looked down and she clenched her fists.
'Mom, what's wrong?'
'I should've lost Ruby.'
'What?'
'I should've lost Ruby. Ranni had me dead to rights! And if I lost I could've lost you or-or…'
Summer began panicking at the thought of possibly losing Ruby during the duel with Ranni.
'Then get better!'
Summer turned to Ruby once again surprised by her daughter's resolve.
'You say you almost lost then improve. Don't get stuck on what could've happened. Focus on what you can do better next time so you don't feel like this again.'
'Ruby…'
'Plus I know you'd never let anything happen to me.'
'You're right. I've gotta get better so next time I can win without a stoppage or my opponent going easy on me.'
'And I'll be there every step of the way with you Mom.'
Summer could help but smile at her daughter as her resolve strengthened.
However, after the mother and daughter touching moment Summers's eyes began darting around to her daughter's worry and confusion.
'What's wrong now, Mom?'
'We're being watched.'
Ruby's spirit looked around but saw nothing.
'You sure, Mom?'
'Positive.'
Summer's silver eyes darted around the area until she noticed a raven However this bird seemed to be keeping an eye on her until the Raven seemed to be flying away until it went behind a tree and turned into a woman to Summer's surprise as well as Ruby's surprise.
The women's attire in question consisted of a V-neck black and red wrap style top with a black pleated skirt that has black shorts underneath, with a series of beaded necklaces. She also wears a red obi sash around her waist alongside a red tasset wrapped around her waist that carries her weapon's sheath. Attached to it is a long black object that is either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandana material hanging from behind her. Her forearms bear red armored gauntlets that protrude outwards and black fingerless gloves. She wore black mid-thigh high boots, that had armor plating with red splatter patterns and black heels. On her hip was her main weapon of choice; a sword called Omen which was a scabbard that had a rotary chamber filled with different types of Dust blades but what stuck about this woman to both Summer and Ruby was the mask that she was wearing. The mask in question was a full-face mask that resembled the face of a Creature of Grimm. The mask had four eye slits, further enhancing the character's inhuman appearance.
"Do I know you?"
The woman removed the mask and to Ruby's surprise, she looked exactly like Yang except her hair was a black mane compared to Yang's hair which was a bright yellow, and her hair was tied into a ponytail with a cowlick on top just like her daughter.
"Wow, Sum I'm hurt. You forgot me that quick?"
"If I knew you I wouldn't ask. Now that I think about it you seem to know my name albeit a nickname but I don't know your name."
She searched Summers's eyes for any sign of deceit but her red eyes went wide as she saw Summer was telling the truth.
"Holy shit. You don't remember me."
"You finally noticed?"
"Raven."
"What?"
"My Name is Raven Branwen."
"I'd say nice to meet you but I don't take kindly to people spying on me without my consent."
"Well I was surprised to see someone from my past playing cards against a sentient grimm so sue me."
"How do you know me, Raven?"
"That's a long discussion."
"I have time."
"Alright fine."
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Kingdom of Atlas; Mantle Peitro's workshop
Penny Polendina sat in stasis as her father/creator Peitro was doing some brief maintenance after he heard his daughter was involved with that skirmish at the Vale docks wanting to make sure everything was still working in order but little did he know something else was happening inside Penny's mental scape.
Penny looked around her digital mindspace as usual while her father was doing maintenance however, she noticed something odd. There was a group of programs that she had never seen before that were conversing.
"Excuse me. How did you get in my head? What are you?"
Seeing her the programs debated as they did Penny observed each one she noticed they were all small digitoid humans but they were different colors. Before she could observe they seemed to be done debating as one of them stepped forward. He had a pointed top and clown shoe-like feet. He had markings over his purple-tinted black body, in the shape of thin lines and circles, which were tinted with a purple color. He had oval-shaped, yellow-orange eyes.
"Yo nice to meet ya! I'm Ai and over there are my comrades. Flame, Earth, Aqua, Windy, and Lightning."
"While it is very nice meeting you all I am still quite curious as to why you are all inside my head or why you are even here.
"We needed help to accomplish our objective so we sought out someone who could house us and you were a primary choice we entered this world."
The orange Ai spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.
"What is your objective?"
"Well, you see we need to help out our friend who's fighting this threat to this world right now."
"Long story short we need help."
Aqua and Windy answered Penny.
"What is the name of this friend of yours?"
Ai got Penny's attention before he spoke.
"Her name is Summer Rose and we need your help so we can help her."
This was the start of a possible partnership between the six Ignis and an optimistic robot girl.
This chapter was a bit of a struggle to write and I know I haven't given summer the best win record but I'm working on it. Trust me as for the next chapter well that deals with Penny and the Six Ignis. How are they all here together again? Well, that will be explained. As always enjoy favorite, follow, and leave a review to let me know you like the content and wanna see more Until next time see ya!
