The Dalish:
Jaden groaned as he stretched his body and pushed himself up to a sitting position. He rubbed his head as he felt a massive headache "Oh man" he groaned "What happened, the last thing I remember was duelling Crowler so we could go and save Solona" it was then he gasped as he remembered the portal opening and then overpowering and watching people get sucked in "Wait, the portal!" he gasped as he pushed himself up to stand "Alexis! Zane! Daylen!" he looked around "Is there anyone here!"
"Jaden, stop shouting" a female voice hissed and Jaden turned to look behind him and saw Alexis had been lying behind him. The two of them realised that they had been lying next to each other which made them blush as Jaden helped her up. "Jaden, are you alright"
Jaden rubbed his eyes as he thought he was seeing things "I'm feeling alright Lex" he stated "But I'm not sure my eyes are fine as they keep seeing you wearing different clothes than your uniform"
Alexis looked confused "Then my eyes must have a problem because you're not wearing your Slifer Uniform"
Jaden and Alexis looked at each other and then down at their clothes and the two gasped. Neither of them were wearing their uniform anymore. Jaden now wore some kind of leather armour while Alexis wore some kind of blue dress which covered her legs "Wait, how did we change into these clothes"
"It must have been something to do with the portal's power" came another voice and the two of them turned to see Aristide wearing some kind of Ceremonial armour and Avexis was standing next to him wearing a small tunic. But Alexis gasped when seeing that Avexis' ears had changed to become pointy "The portal must have changed our appearances so that we would fit in this world"
"So why did it changed Avexis' ears?" Jaden asked
Aristide shook his head "I afraid I don't know the answer to that" he stated "The portal must have different effects on people."
It was then they heard someone shouting "Hey Jaden, if you're there then can you please help me, I can't get up!"
Alexis recognised the voice "That sounds like Chazz" she called and then she and Jaden found Chazz hidden near a tree and it couldn't get up due to what he was wearing.
"I don't know how it happened but I seem to be wearing this armour and it's weighing me down" Chazz groaned "Now can you help me get up"
Alexis and Jaden took hold of Chazz's shoulders and they managed to drag him to his feet. But the two of them were shocked to see that not only had Chazz's clothes had changed to some sort of chainmail armour, but he had also grown shorter and was now much smaller than Jaden and only came up to Jaden's chest. Jaden couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Chazz noticed this "Hey, what are you laughing at?" he demanded
Alexis tried to hold in her giggles but then she started laughing too "Have you seen yourself Chazz?" she questioned "You've gotten shorter"
Chazz looked confused but then realised that Jaden and Alexis were now much taller than him and when he looked down, he saw that his legs and arms had gotten shorter which made him gasp "Ahhh, what's happened"
Aristide came over "It seems Chazz that the portal has changed you into a Dwarf just like it changed Avexis into an elf"
Chazz gasped in horror "This can't be!" he gasped "I look stupid like this"
Jaden couldn't resist a joke "Hey, when did you shrink" he joked before laughing again.
Chazz was not amused "It's not funny and why don't we see what this little body can do" he then charged at Jaden and knocked him down and shaking him around until Aristide pulled him off.
"Now we don't have the time for fighting amongst each other" Aristide stated "We have to find the others as we're now lost in the forest."
They all looked around and saw that they were now in some sort of forest with tall trees all around them but they also saw a dirt track "I think that we just need to go along this dirt track and we can find our way out of this forest" Jaden stated
"Well I guess there is nothing else we can do" Aristide sighed "Well I guess we'll be walking along this track." He then took Avexis' hand and began walking her along the path followed by Jaden, Alexis and Chazz.
...
Theorn carried on wandering along the river as he tried to find a way out of the forest. He was staring to get tired from all the walking he had been doing and also he hadn't had anything to eat. But soon, he spotted something in the distance; it was some kind of tent near the river. There was a group of them nearby with people around them. Theorn was worried about them but maybe they could help him get out of the forest and so it began walking towards them. As he got closer, he saw that every one of them had pointy ears which made him even more nervous now.
Eventually he realised that these people had seen him as he saw a small group of them walking towards them and he noticed that they all had duel disks activated and were looking cautious.
"Stop right there!" the leader of them stated who Theorn saw was female with faint tattoos on his face "We don't know who you are, you may be one of us but that doesn't mean that we trust you."
Theorn put his hands in front of him "Look, I just saw you guys and I was hoping that you may be able to tell me how to get out of this forest." He stated "I've been wandering around for some time and now I'm lost. I haven't had much to eat and I'm tired, I just want to get out of here."
One of the others who was a man looked at their leader "Mithra, I don't think he wants to hurt us" he stated "He hasn't made any demands."
The woman known as Mithra looked at the man "Alright Athras" she claimed "But if he tries anything, it's all on you" she then looked at Theorn "We'll take you to see our leader; she'll decide what to do with you. But be warned, if you try anything then I'll take you out"
Theorn nodded "Understood" he stated
They took him towards a larger tent in the camp and Theorn saw a woman wearing a yellow and blue robe and she had pale brown hair. Theorn realised that this woman must be important to the group, a leader or a shaman.
Athras stepped forward "Lanaya" he stated "We found this one wandering near our camp, he says that he is lost and wants to find a way out of the forest."
The woman known as Lanaya looked at Theorn "My clan doesn't usually trust outsiders" she claimed "But I am prepared to test you to see if we can."
"And what might this test be?" Theorn asked
Lanaya answered the question by holding up a deck of duelling cards "By duelling me, I will be absorbing you during the duel and we'll see if we can trust you after that."
Theorn smiled "Well I don't mind duelling" Theorn stated "It's been a while anyway but I'm ready"
"We'll see if you are" Lanaya answered and then she led Theorn to the centre of the camp where the rest of the group had gathered to watch the duel. Lanaya and Theorn stood on opposite sides of the field as they activated their Duel Disks and drew 5 cards each.
"DUEL!"
Theorn: 8000
Lanaya: 8000
"Since this is a test, you go first" Lanaya offered
"Why thank you" Theorn smiled as he drew his sixth card "I'll start by summoning my Dalish Soldier in attack mode" the elven warrior in leather armour and carrying a sword appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1200) "And when he is summoned, I can summon another Dalish monster with 1500 attack points or less and so I summon Dalish Archer in attack mode" Another Elven Warrior this time with a bow and arrow appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1200 Defence 900) "And that will do it for me"
The guard known as Mithra looked at Theorn's monsters "Those monsters look Warrior type but they look a lot like us"
"Maybe he's not a bad guy" Athras stated "I mean he hasn't made any demands yet"
"My turn" Lanaya stated as she drew her card "I'll start by summoning Naturia Mantis in attack mode" a small green insect that was smiling appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1500)
"Naturia?" Theorn questioned "I've never heard of that kind of monster?"
"Well you will have heard of what I'm doing next" Lanaya stated "Because now my Mantis will attack your archer." The Mathis insect leapt onto the Archer and stabbed him multiple times with his legs until he shattered
Theorn: 7500
Lanaya: 8000
"Then I will place one card facedown and end my turn" Lanaya finished
Mithra smirked "Now Lanaya has the strongest monster on the field and has taken one of his out"
"Don't count this lad out yet Mithra" Athras stated
Theorn looked at the cards in his hands and then he drew his card and he smirked "I sacrifice my Dalish soldier so then I can summon my Dalish Hahren in attack mode" an older looking elf that looked to be some kind of wise man appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defence 2000)
But Lanaya smirked "You've just activated my Mantis' effect" she stated "Since you just normal summoned a monster, I can discard a Naturia monster from my hand and then that monster is destroyed so I'll discard Naturia Beans and your Hahren is destroyed." Theorn gasped as Hahren shattered
Mithra smirked as now Theorn's field was wide open. But Theorn remained calm "That would have been a good move I'm afraid that it is not for you"
"Why?" Lanaya questioned "You have no monsters and you've already summoned this turn"
"Yes, my field is empty" Theorn stated "Which is why I can special summon my Dalish Lookout in attack mode. When there are no monsters on the field, I can special summon this" a elven hunter that looked much more like he was good at stealth appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2300 Defence 1000) "And my Hahren is coming back as I play monster reborn to summon him back" Hahren returned to the field. "And as long as Hahren is on the field, all Dalish monsters gain 200 attack points" Hahren and Lookout glowed as they gained more power (DH Attack 2400-2600) (DL Attack: 2300-2500)
Lanaya gasped as now she realised that she was in trouble, her plan to stop Daylen from attacking had turned against her.
"Now Lookout will attack your Mantis" Theorn ordered and the Lookout fired an arrow from his bow which struck the Mantis and destroyed him.
Theorn: 7500
Lanaya: 7200
"And now that you have no monsters, my Hahren will attack you directly" Theorn added and then the Hahren began chanting which caused Lanaya to glow as she lost more life points.
Theorn: 7500
Lanaya: 4600
"And now I will end my turn by throwing one card facedown." Theorn finished
Athras looked impressed "He turned Lanaya's trap against her and now he has two powerful monsters on his field"
"Don't count Lanaya out yet" Mithra stated "There's a reason that she is our leader"
Lanaya smiled "That was a good move" she stated "You turned my trap against me. But I still have more tricks to play" she drew her card "I'll start with Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards from my deck" she drew two extra cards "now I play another spell card, Double summon which allows me to normal summon twice this turn, so I summon Naturia Cliff and Naturia Butterfly in attack mode" two new monsters appeared on the field, first a large moving stone wall with red moss as hair and holding a tree in his hands like a weapon (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1000) and this was followed by a small purple butterfly that was walking on green legs (Level 3 Attack 500 Defence 1200) "And my Butterfly is a tuner monster"
"Tuner?" Theorn gasped "Oh great, now you're going to Synchro summon"
"I sure am" Lanaya stated "I tune my level 3 Butterfly with my Level 4 cliff which allows me to Synchro summon my Level 7 Naturia Landoise in attack mode" Butterfly turned into three circles which went around Cliff and made him transparent, then a large beam of light formed which then transformed into a large stone turtle with an island as the shell (Level 7 Attack 2350 Defence 1600) "And when my Cliff is sent from the field to the graveyard, I'm allowed to summon a level 4 or lower Naturia monster from my deck in attack mode so I summon Naturia Dragonfly" a small Dragonfly appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defence 400) "And now I will use my Call of the Haunted in order to bring back Mantis" the green insect returned to the field.
"I see that you now have three monsters on your field" Theorn stated "But none of them can defeat my monsters"
"Not yet but they will" Lanaya stated "First my Dragonfly gains 200 attack points for every Naturia monster in my graveyard so with three, that's 600 attack points" (ND Attack: 1200-1800) "And now I play another spell card Leodrake's mane now my Mantis' effects are negated but her attack points become 3000 until the end of this turn" A large golden leaf covered Mantis and made the insect glow (NM Attack 1700-3000) "Now Mantis will take out that Hahren" Mantis jumped onto Hahren and stabbed him with his legs until he shattered.
Theorn: 7100
Lanaya: 4400
"Then Landoise will attack that Lookout since his attack points decreased since Hahren is on the field" Lanaya added as now Lookout had lost his attack boast. The giant stone turtle stepped on Lookout who shattered
Theorn: 7050
Lanaya: 4400
"And finally Dragonfly will attack you directly" Lanaya finished and Dragonfly buzzed through Theorn
Theorn: 5250
Lanaya: 4400
"And now I will end my turn" she finished
Mithra smirked "Now that's how it's done" she stated "Sure this lad has more life points but Lanaya has more monsters"
"I am curious to see what this lad does next" Athras finished
Theorn looked as his hand 'I have to take out that Dragonfly as it will become more powerful when I take out those others monsters' he thought and then he drew his next card and he smiled. "You're not the only one who can draw extra cards, I also play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two extra cards" Theorn drew two extra cards from his deck. "And then I will play my facedown card, the trap Dalish Vengeance, now by sacrificing 500 life points, I can destroy one card on the field and I choose that Naturia Dragonfly." The ground started shaking and the Dragonfly was swallowed "Now it won't power up if I destroyed another monster."
Theorn: 4750
Lanaya: 4400
Lanaya smiled "You helped yourself more than you realise, Dragonfly can't be destroyed by monsters with 2000 attack points or more"
"Well it's a good job that I destroyed it" Theorn stated "Now I play Monster Reincarnation, by discarding a card in my hand, I can get a monster back into my hand and I choose my Dalish Lookout." The lookout returned to Theorn's hand after he discard his Celtic Guardian "And since I have no monsters, I can special summon him and since this is a special summon, Mantis' effect won't work." Dalish Lookout returned to Theorn's field "And now I'll equip him with Heartwood Bow which gives him an extra 1000 attack points" the bow that the Lookout held changed into a larger more decorative bow (DL Attack 2300-3300). "And now Dalish Lookout will destroy that Mantis" The Lookout fired a shot from his bow which struck Mantis and destroyed him once again.
Theorn: 4750
Lanaya: 2800
"And now I will end my turn" Theorn finished
Lanaya smiled "That was a good move but I'm afraid that it won't help" she stated "Now it's my turn" she drew her card and smirked "I play the Spell Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands" Theorn and Lanaya drew until they held 6 cards in our hands. "next I play another spell card Premature Burial, now by paying 800 life points My Naturia Cliff returns to the field" Naturia Cliff returned to the field "And now I summon Naturia Cherries in attack mode" a pair of small cherries with smiling faces appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 200 Defence 200). "And like my Butterfly, Cherries is a tuner monster so now I tine my level 1 Cherries with my Level 4 Cliff which allows me to Synchro summon my level 5 Naturia Beast in attack mode." Cherries turned into a ring which wrapped around the Cliff and turned into a bright light, then a large green tiger made of bushes and other plants appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defence 1700). "And since Cliff was sent to the graveyard, I can summon my Naturia Horneedle in attack mode" a new monster that had the upper body of a plant but the lower body of a wasp and had the wings like grass appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 100).
Theorn: 4750
Lanaya: 2000
Theorn looked a bit confused "What was the point of that?" he questioned "None of those monsters can take on my Lookout"
"They will when I do this" Lanaya stated "I play the Spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, now I can destroy that Heartwood bow" Theorn gasped as a typhoon blew away the bow and Lookout's extra attack points (DL Attack 3300-2300). "And now my monsters are strong enough to take out that Lookout, first my Landoise will take out the Lookout" The giant tortoise stepped on Lookout and destroyed him.
Theorn: 4700
Lanaya: 2000
"And now you're wide open so my Horneedle and Beast will attack you directly" Lanaya added and then Horneedle buzzed through the air and stung Theorn while Beast pounced on him and knocked him back.
Theorn: 700
Lanaya: 2000
"And now I will end there" Lanaya finished
Mithra smirked "Excellent" she stated "Lanaya has reduced this boy's life points very low now"
Athras looked at Theorn "Yeah but something tells me that something big is coming" he claimed
Theorn looked at his hand 'It seems that the only way for me to win this is to bring my Varterral out' he thought as he saw the trap that he would need so he decided that he needed to survive now so he drew his card and pulled his move. "I throw one monster facedown and then place two cards facedown that will be all for now."
Mithra started laughing "That's it?" she questioned "He had 6 cards and that's all he does, he must be running out of moves"
Lanaya wasn't so sure 'He has two facedown cards so that might be a trap, but that's a risk I'll have to take' she thought as she drew her card "In order to play safe, my Beast will destroy that facedown monster" The Beast charged forward and swiped the facedown monster which turned out to be Dalish Defender which was destroyed.
"You just activated my facedown card" Theorn smirked "The trap Offerings to the Protectors"
"What does that do?" Athras questioned
"Since you just destroyed a Dalish monster, I can remove one Dalish monster in my graveyard from play along with a none Dalish monster such as my Celtic Guardian which I discarded with Monster Reincarnation. Now I can summon my Ultimate monster Dalish Varterral in attack mode" there was a large flash of light and then a large creature made from trees with multiple legs appeared on the field (Level 11 Attack 4000 Defence 4000)
Everyone watching the duel gasped as Theorn's monster appeared and let out a loud roar, but Lanaya wasn't finished "My Horneedle has an effect, when you special summon a monster, I can tribute another Naturia monster I control to destroy it"
But Theorn smirked "That won't work because my Varterral negates the effects of your monsters while they're on the field"
"What!" Mithra gasped "That will leave Lanaya vulnerable"
Lanaya sighed "Then I guess I'll have to switch my Horneedle and Landoise into defence mode since they haven't attacked yet" Horneedle and Landoise changed positions and knelt down "Now I will end my turn" Lanaya believed that she might just be able to survive this next turn.
But Theorn still had three cards in his hands and a facedown card on his field. Theorn knew that this was over now as he already had the card he needed but he still drew his card "Now I play my facedown card, my Countinious spell card Dalish Craftsman, now once per turn I can discard a card from my hand and get an equip spell from the grave, but it also increases the attack points of my Dalish monsters by 300 which is just enough to win this duel." The Varterral roared as he gained more attack points (DV Attack 4000-4300) "Now Attack that Beast and end this duel" Varterral roared and then jumped onto the Beast which was still in attack mode and then destroyed it. Lanaya fell to her knees as her life points were lost.
Theorn: 700 (Winner)
Lanaya: 0000
"Hey are you okay?" Theorn called as he walked towards but Mithra jumped in front of him
"Stay away from our leader!" she snarled
"No Mithra" Lanaya sighed as she stood up "He's a friendly and I can tell with the way he duelled, he duelled with his heart so that means he's not one of them"
"Not one of what?" Theorn asked
"One of those Shadow Cultists who have been raiding these lands" Lanaya answered "Recently our group along with the other groups in this area have come under attack from a group of Shadow Duellists who are seeking the locations of the ancient temples in the region.
Theorn had a thought "These Shadow Duellists? Are they called the Venatori?"
Lanaya gasped at the name "Wait, you know them"
Theorn narrowed his eyes "These Shadow Duellists took a friend of mine, me and a group of friends went to look for her but we got separated, if these Venatori are here then they may be the people I need to help find my friend"
Lanaya smiled "That's a nice goal" she claimed "But night is falling and you need some rest. Please, stay with us for the night and then we can help you find these Shadow Duellists in the morning"
Theorn smiled "Thank you for helping me" he stated
...
Meanwhile in another part of the Forest, Aristide who was carrying Avexis led Jaden, Alexis and Chazz through some sort of gorge.
"Man how much longer are we going to be walking for?" Jaden groaned "We've been walking none stop since we set off."
"This is what is was like when we went to those Ancient Ruins back at Duel Academy Jaden" Alexis stated "Back then it was Chumley who was complaining."
Aristide looked at them "Well we can't stop until we get some idea of where we are" he stated "Remember we're not at Duel Academy Island anymore so now we have to be very careful"
"He's right" Chazz agreed "Remember what we were told, Duelling here is not a game but a weapon"
"Hopefully we may be able to find someone who is friendly first" Alexis stated
"I hope so too" Aristide agreed "I'm just worried what might have happened to the others."
Alexis sighed "I guess that we'll just have to hope that nothing bad happens to them."
Jaden then looked ahead through the gorge and then spotted something which made him gasp "Hey look, that looks like a camp"
Everyone looked further and saw that Jaden was right; a small camp had been set up. It was in some kind of chasm where there was a small path through the gorge.
"We should be careful?" Aristide stated "We don't know if these people are friendly"
Alexis could see that the people did not look like a threat; in fact many of them seemed afraid and looked like they had just escaped from battle.
The group soon came to where the camp was and they attracted a bit of attention and were quickly approached by a man who had long black hair and wore fancy clothes, the people looked at the man respectable so it was clear that this man must be some sort of leader here.
"You don't look like the other refugees that I've seen" he stated "Did those Freemen give you trouble as well?"
"The Freemen?" Jaden questioned "Who are they?"
The man looked at them "How can you not know?" he asked "They are the ones raiding the area and kidnapping the people. Many people have fled from the forest villages and I have gathered them here. You can call me Fairbanks."
Alexis looked at him "We were just looking for a friend of ours" she stated "Someone who was taken by a group known as the Venatori"
"The Venatori?" Fairbanks questioned "I'm afraid I've never heard of that group" he then noticed Jaden's armour "And I have to be sure that you are not a danger to these people. These people have been through a lot and I don't want anyone to bring further to them"
"We don't want to hurt anyone" Jaden stated
Fairbanks was still a bit suspicious "Even so I have to be sure and so I will have to test you with a duel"
"A duel?" Jaden questioned "I never back down from a duel so if you want a duel then let's throw down"
Fairbanks looked at him "I have never seen someone who is eager to duel? That could mean you're one of them"
Alexis sighed "Jaden, Duelling is a weapon here, not for fun" she muttered which made Jaden laugh as he had forgotten that.
Soon Jaden and Fairbanks were standing opposite each other as they activated their Duel Disks and drew their opening hands. "Get your game on" Jaden smiled as he prepared to duel.
"DUEL!"
Jaden: 8000
Fairbanks: 8000
"You can take the first move," Fairbanks offered
"Why thank you" Jaden smiled as he drew his card "And I summon Elemental Hero Avian in Defence mode" the green feathered Hero appeared on the field kneeling down (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000) "Then I will throw one card facedown and then end my turn"
"Not much for your first move" Fairbanks stated as he drew his card "But this duel is only just starting I summon Wattcobra in attack mode" a blue and red snake appeared on the field with lightning surrounding him (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defence 500). "And he may not be able to destroy your Avian but he doesn't need to because my Cobra can attack you directly."
"Say what!" Jaden gasped as the Cobra shot towards him and bit him on the leg making him groan
Jaden: 7000
Fairbanks: 8000
"Since Cobra just dealt damage to you, I can add a Watt monster to my hand so my Wattgiraffe to my hand. Then I will finish my turn by throwing two cards facedown and also" Fairbanks finished
"My move" Jaden stated as he drew his card and smiled "Sweet, I play Polymerization which allows me to fuse Elemental Heroes Sparkman and Clayman in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant in attack mode" a golden golem with lightning surrounding him appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defence 1500)
"That's an impressive monster" Fairbanks stated "Too bad it won't be around for long" Jaden and the others looks confused until Fairbanks added "Because I activate my trap card Wattcancel, now since you just special summoned a monster, by discarding my Wattmole, your monster is destroyed."
Jaden gasped as his Thunder Giant shattered and now his plan had failed "Then I guess I'll summon Elemental Hero Knospe in attack mode" a small plant bud monster appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 600 Defence 1000) "And just like your Cobra, Knospe can attack directly" Knospe jumped through the air and punched Fairbanks knocking him back.
Jaden: 7000
Fairbanks: 7400
"That will do it for me but since Knospe dealt you damage, he gains 100 attack points and loses 100 Defence points" Jaden finished (EHK Attack 600-700 Defence 1000-900)
Fairbanks looked at Jaden "You may have caused me a bit of damage but this is not over yet" he stated "I activate my other facedown, the Continuous trap Wattcannon, now once per turn when I summon a Watt monster, you are dealt 600 points of damage. And that will be starting now by summon Wattgiraffe to the field" a small yellow giraffe appeared (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defence 100) "And since a Watt monster was summoned, my Cannon activates" the cannon fired a blast which struck Jaden.
Jaden: 6400
Fairbanks: 7400
"And it gets worse because just like my Cobra, my Giraffe can attack directly so both monsters will attack you directly" Fairbanks smirked as the Cobra bit Jaden while the Giraffe charged and knocked Jaden back.
Jaden: 4200
Fairbanks: 7400
"And that will do it for this turn but now I can add Wattpheasant to my hand thanks to Cobra's ability" Fairbanks finished
"This doesn't look good for Jaden" Chazz muttered "And he's looking like an idiot"
"Chazz, be nice!" Alexis hissed
"Well Jaden is getting kicked around by a bunch of monsters that don't have high attack points" Aristide stated "And Jaden will keep losing life points each turn if Fairbanks summons a Watt monster each turn"
"Let's hope Jaden makes a comeback this turn" Alexis stated
Jaden looked at his deck 'I have to do something soon' he thought 'otherwise I'll keep losing life points each turn' he then drew his card and smiled "I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards from my deck" Jaden drew two cards from his deck "Next I play the spell card Fusion Sage, this allows me to add another Polymerization from my deck to my hand. Now I will use that card to fuse Elemental Hero Avian on my field with Burstinatrix in my hand which allows me to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman in attack mode" the green and red hero with the dragon head arm appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defence 1200) "And there's a reason why he is one of my favourite monsters, so now take out that Giraffe" Flame Wingman shot through the air and went through the Giraffe and destroyed him.
Jaden: 4200
Fairbanks: 6500
"And now my Wingman's effect activates" Jaden added "So now you take damage equal to your destroyed monsters attack points" Flame Wingman blasted Fairbanks with the dragon hand dealing more damage.
Jaden: 4200
Fairbanks: 5300
"And I still have one more attack so now Knospe will attack directly" Jaden added and then Knospe jumped and hit Fairbanks again.
Jaden: 4200
Fairbanks: 4600
"Now Knospe's ability activates again" Jaden finished as Knospe got more powerful (EHK Attack 700-800, Defence 900-800) "And now I will end my turn"
Alexis smiled "You see, I told you Jaden could turn it around"
Fairbanks drew his card "You may have destroyed my Giraffe but I have other monsters such as Wattpheasant which I summon in attack mode" a blue pheasant with a red head appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defence 800) "now you lose 600 life points thanks to my cannon but there's more, my pheasant can attack you directly so now both monsters will attack" Pheasant knocked Jaden back while Cobra bit Jaden.
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 4600
"Now I can add Wattaildragon from my deck to my hand" Fairbanks finished "Now I will end my turn"
Jaden looked at his deck "I have to be careful otherwise I could lose on his next turn" he said to himself as he drew his next card "Okay, I summon Elemental Hero Lady Heat in attack mode" an orange and white female warrior with fiery hair appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1300 Defence 1000) "And now Flame Wingman will destroy that Pheasant and once again, you take damage equal to your destroyed monsters attack points." Flame Wingman destroyed the Pheasant and blasted Fairbanks with his dragon head.
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 2500
"Then Lady Heat will destroy your Cobra" Jaden added and Lady Heat made a fireball in her hands and threw it at the Cobra causing the snake to burn and shatter
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 2200
"And Knospe will attack you directly again" Jaden added as Knospe punched Fairbanks again,
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 1400
"And since Knospe dealt you damage, he gains another 100 attack points" Jaden added (EHK Attack 800-900 Defence 800-700) "And then I will play the Spell card Mirage of Nightmare, now on your turn, I draw until I have four cards in my hand but on my turn, I have to discard the number of cards I drew. Then I will finish with one facedown which means Lady Heat's effect activates dealing you 200 points of damage for each Elemental Hero on my field so with 3, that's 600" Lady Heat threw another Fireball at Fairbanks
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 800
Aristide looked at the field "Jaden now has more life points and monsters but Fairbanks can still pull this around"
"We'll just have to hope for the best" Chazz claimed
"My draw" Fairbanks stated
"And mine too thanks to Mirage" Jaden stated as he drew until he held four cards "I I won't need to bother with discarding any since I play Emergency Provisions so now I can sacrifice Mirage and gain 1000 life points" Mirage turned into golden particles which were absorbed by Jaden.
Jaden: 2600
Fairbanks: 800
"Well you will need those extra life points" Fairbanks claimed "I play my own Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards from my deck" Fairbanks drew two cards from his deck "Then I play my facedown Call of the Haunted which allows me to summon back my Wattcobra" the snake returned "And since a Watt monster was summoned, my Cannon deals you another 600 attack points" The cannon shot Jaden again.
Jaden: 2000
Fairbanks: 800
"But my Cobra won't be around for long because now I'm going to sacrifice him in order to summon my Wattaildragon in attack mode" the Cobra was replaced with a large light blue scaled dragon (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defence 1000) "And then I activate Monster reborn in order to bring back my Giraffe" Wattgiraffe returned to the field "Then I will equip my Giraffe with Wattjustment which gives him an extra 800 attack points but negates his ability." A large blaster was equipped to the Giraffe's head (WG Attack 1200-2000) "Then I summon Wattspider in attack mode" a small black spider appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 400 Defence 500) "Now my dragon will destroy that Flame Wingman" the dragon unleashed a blast of blue fire which engulfed and destroyed Flame Wingman.
Jaden: 1600
Fairbanks: 800
"Then my Giraffe will destroy that Knospe" Fairbanks added and then the blaster fired a shot at Knospe causing the small hero to cry before shattering.
Jaden: 500
Fairbanks: 800
"And finally my Spider will attack and thanks to his special ability, he can attack you directly" Fairbanks smirked and then the spider shot a web at Jaden which made him groan
Jaden: 100
Fairbanks: 800
"And there's more" Fairbanks stated "Since my Spider dealt you damage, I can now destroy that Lady Heat" Jaden gasped as Lady Heat was wrapped with Spider web and then pulled into the spider's mouth and shattered "And since my Wattjustment dealt you damage, I can draw one card" Fairbanks drew the card and smirked "And this card will make this duel even harder for you, I play the spell card Wattplosion, now for every Watt monster on my field, I can discard one card in your hand so the three on your left will go"
Jaden gasped as his Bubbleman, Fusion Gate and Warrior Returning Alive were sent to the graveyard "Not good" he groaned 'Now I only have Bladedge in my hand, but I can't even summon him'
Fairbanks smirked "Let's see if you can get out of this, I end my turn"
Chazz sighed "Well I guess Jaden can't get out of this, there is no way he can beat Fairbanks now"
"Don't say things like that" Alexis stated "Jaden has gotten out of situations like this before; all he needs is one card"
Jaden looked at his deck 'I guess it comes down to this' he thought 'Well at least this is not a Shadow Game' he then drew his card which made him smirk "I can still fuse my monsters because I'm getting my Fusion card back with this card" he placed the card he drew into his duel disk "Fusion Recovery, now I get Polymerization and Elemental Hero Sparkman back to my hand." The two cards appeared in Jaden's hand "And now I will fuse the Sparkman along with Bladedge which allows me to summon Elemental Hero The Shining in attack mode" a white armoured Hero appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2100) "And this has what I need to end this duel, so attack that Spider and end this duel" The Shining made a large ball of light and then he sent it towards the Spider where it exploded and created a shockwave that blew Fairbanks back.
Jaden: 100 (Winner)
Fairbanks: 0000
"Hey, are you okay?" Jaden called
Fairbanks managed to push himself up "I'm fine" he stated "And I can see that you're no threat to me, you may be ignorant as to what's going on around here but it's clear you're not with them."
"With who?" Chazz asked
Fairbanks sighed and saw that night was starting to fall "I think that I should explain later as its getting dark. There are children here who need help getting to sleep. You're more than welcome to stay here at it won't be safe outside of the gorge."
Aristide looked at them all as he picked up Avexis who was starting to fall asleep "Well I think we should take this man's offer" he said "We have no idea where we are and he may be able to explain more to us."
"And I think we need some rest" Chazz added "Walking around in this armour is tiring"
Fairbanks nodded "Well there are some tents free for you use. I hope you get a good night's rest, many of us here don't get that" he then walked off to help the children get to sleep while Aristide took Jaden and the others to another area where they would be able to get some sleep for the night.
Chapter end:
Notes: Two duels in this chapter and two new groups. These two groups will not be as major as the Warriors or Spellcasters but they still play a role in the story but will play a bigger part later on. Now originally, I was going to have Aristide duel but that will be left for the next chapter and the main villains of this region will be introduced, these villains were originally going to be introduced in this chapter but I decided to use this chapter to introduce the Dalish Factions, these factions are small tribal groups who wander the forest and use a range of different decks but mainly around Beast, Insect, Plant or Thunder. These groups are also not united like the Warriors or Spellcasters but there will be more on that in the next chapter. I will try and complete it before Christmas but I can't be sure, I'm off University for now but I've got other things to do.