"I'll go first if you don't mind." Said Shining Armour making his first draw phase, "To start, I summon Twin Sword Marauder!"

Twin Sword Marauder (Effect Monster)

ATK: 1600

DEF: 1000

Stars: 4

Attribute: Dark

Warrior/Effect

Once per turn, When this card destroys a defence position monster in battle, You can attack your opponent again, During a battle between this card and a defense position monster, Whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, The difference comes out of the opponent's life points as damage.

And right before everypony's eyes stood a humanoid knight, Brandishing a sword that looked like three swords in each hand, after it struck a pose pointing both of its' swords at Twilight, Everypony could see it's ATK and DEF on the screens.

"However since it's only the 1st turn i can't attack you, So i'll just lay 2 facedowns and end my turn" Shining Armour said as 2 giant Yu-Gi-Oh cards laying backs up digitally appeared a few inches behind his monster.

"Very well then, I draw!" Twilight said as she used her magic to arrange her hand before making the appropriate move, "And for my first move, I summon Gemini Elf!"

Gemini Elf (Normal Monster)

ATK: 1900

DEF: 900

Stars: 4

Attribute: Earth

Spellcaster

Elf twins that alternate their attacks.

As Twilight declared her monster, two humans with long ears and weird marks all over their faces appeared in front of her, They were both unarmed, But even so, They still looked ready to deal Shining Armour some damage.

"And as a little extra measure, I play Giant Trunade!"

Giant Trunade (Spell)

When this card is played, All Facedown and Faceup Spells and Traps on the field return to their respective owners' hands.

After naming the Spell, A hurricane appeared in the centre of the arena, Blowing away both of Shining's Facedowns and returning them to his hand.

"So now your field is empty, And that means my elves have a clear line of fire! Go Gemini Elf, Destroy my brother's Twin Sword Marauder with Double Kick Frenzy!"

The elves, Upon following their mistress's command, Were now charging at Shining Armour's monster with jump kicks at the ready.

"Nice play sis, But not nice enough! I play the Quick-Play Spell card known as Rush Recklessly!"

Rush Recklessly (Quick-Play Spell)

One monster on your side of the field gains 700 ATK until the end of this turn.

After the spell enveloped Twin Sword Marauder, He slashed the incoming elves in 1/8s with his swords, His ATK was now 2300, Whilst Twilight's elves had only 1900, After the shockwave from the elves' explosion hit Twilight, Her Life Points had decreased to 3600.

"Nice counter, Shining, I play one card facedown and end my turn."

"Very well then, My turn!"

"And to start, I summon Beatsync LV2!"

Beatsync LV2 (Effect Monster)

ATK: 500

DEF: 400

Stars: 2

Attribute: Earth

Spellcaster/Tuner

When this monster is used for a Synchro Summon, Lower your opponent's life points by the level of the summoned Synchro Monster x200

And as if by magic, A little DJ appeared next to the double bladed knight, With his own turntables and everything.

"But that's not all i've got, Little sis! I Tune my level 2 Beatsync with my level 4 Twin Sword Marauder!"

Upon hearing this, The little DJ spun his vinyls and turned himself into 2 green rings of light, These 2 rings then encompassed Twin Sword Marauder, Turning him into 4 little stars, As the stars aligned with the rings, An enormous pillar of light was created.

"I Synchro Summon.... Goyo Guardian!!!!!"

Goyo Guardian (Synchro Monster)

ATK: 2800

DEF: 2000

Stars: 6

Attribute: Earth

Warrior/Synchro/Effect

When this card destroys the opponent's monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, You can Special Summon the destroyed monster on your side of the field in face up Defense position.

When the pillar of light dissapeared, A japanese-looking warrior with bulky armour and metal whip appeared from its' wake, Its' face markings made Twilight believe that it was smiling.

"Oh yeah, One more thing Twi, When Beatsync LV2 is used for a Synchro Summon, You lose life points equal to Goyo's Level x200, And since my Goyo Guardian is a level 6, You lose 1200 life points!"

He said before a black aura cloaked Twilight, Making her writhe in agony, As she screamed, Her Life Points were reduced to 2400.

"Looks like you're going down, Twilight! Sorry it had to be so short, Now go Goyo Guardian! Attack Twilight Directly! GOYO LARIAT!!!!"

The warrior spun his whip like Applejack's lasso, Then he then shot it metal point first at Twilight.

"I don't think so! Activate Trap Card, Call Of The Haunted!" Said Twilight as one of her facedown cards suddenly flipped face up, Revealing a graveyard picture.

Call Of The Haunted (Continuous Trap)

When this card is activated, Special Summon one monster from your graveyard in face up attack position, If that monster is destroyed, So is the trap, But it the trap card is destroyed, Destroy the designated monster.

"And this card allows me to resurrect my Gemini Elf from the graveyard, I do still take damage, But even less than before now!"

As the card glowed dark purple, The two elves returned to the field, Only to get destroyed one second later by the metal whip, After the dust cleared, Twilight was still standing with only 1500 Life Points remaining.

"So you survive for now, But before i end the battle phase, I can summon your elves to my side of the field in defence mode, Compliments of Goyo's Special Ability."

As soon as the japanese warrior heard the ability being called out, He shot his whip into the ground, And unearthed the Gemini Elf that Twilight was just using, The only difference was that they were now making an X with their arms in a defensive gesture.

"Finally, I place 2 cards face down and end my turn, Your move, Little sis."

"OK then, I draw!" As she picked up her next card, A little grin appeared on her face, "To start, I play a spell, Magic Force!"

Magic Force (Spell)

When this card is played, You can add one Field Spell card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand by discarding one Monster card from your hand.

"So by tossing my Revival Jam, I can add a field spell to my hand! And now might be the perfect time to use it! I activate the Field Spell Cosmic Dimension Exodus!"

Cosmic Dimension Exodus (Field Spell)

Once per turn, You can Special Summon one Light Attribute Monster from your Deck or Graveyard, In addition, All Light Attribute monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF.

After playing the spell card, The entire stadium turned into a rainbow coloured vortex, With Twilight standing tall on a podium made of light.

"Because of this spell card, I can now Special Summon the card that will be your undoing! I Special Summon... Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Normal Monster)

ATK: 3000

DEF: 2500

Stars: 8

Attribute: Light

Dragon

No one who saw this dragon has lived to tell the tale.

The vortex intensified, And after it returned to a peaceful speed, An enormous white dragon with blue eyes was staring Shining Armour in the face, After letting out its' signature roar, The ATK and DEF appeared for everypony to see.

"And thanks to my field spell he gets a little boost, To the tune of 500 Attack and Defence points." Said Twilight as the dragon's respective numbers increased to 3500 ATK and 3000 DEF.

"And now for my actual summon, I summon forth Honest!"

Honest (Effect Monster)

ATK: 1100

DEF: 1900

Stars: 4

Attribute: Light

Fairy/Effect

*Main Phase 1 or 2: You can send this card back to your hand. *Battle Phase with Light Attribute Monster, You can discard this card from your hand to increase your monster's ATK by the value of the opponent monster's ATK.

When Twilight finished announcing the monster's name, An angel who was radiating an aura of light appeared from the sky.

"And now i'll play a little spell card known as Shield And Sword!"

Shield And Sword (Spell)

When this spell card is played, You can swap the ATK and DEF of every single monster on the field until the end phase.

When said spell appeared on the field, The ATK and DEF of all monsters on Twilight and Shining's field were swapped around, Making Goyo Guardian significantly weaker than Honest and Blue-Eyes, Of course Gemini Elf was also effected, But Twilight didn't mind.

"Go Blue-Eyes! Destroy Shining's Goyo Guardian with White Lightning!"

And in perfect sync with Twilight's sentence, A white ball of light formed in the dragon's mouth, As it roared at Shining's monster, The ball suddenly turned into an enormous white laser heading straight for his monster.

"Don't think so! Activate Continuous Trap! Spirit Barrier!"

Spirit Barrier (Continuous Trap)

As long as you have a monster on your side of the field, All battle damage you would take from a battle is reduced to zero.

"Sure my monster gets destroyed this turn, But on the upside, Thanks to Spirit Barrier, I don't lose any Life Points!" Said Shining Armour as his monster dissapeared in the laser of light.

"And as an extra precaution i'll play my second facedown, Go Resurrection Burst!"

Resurrection Burst (Trap)

You can only activate this card when a monster you control is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, At the end phase of the current turn, You can Special Summon from the Graveyard all monsters that were destroyed this turn with an additional 800 ATK and DEF

"Fine with me, Because Honest is still going to destroy Gemini Elf! Go Piercing Light!"

At this time, Honest conjured up a yellow and white ball in it's hands, And shot it like a hadouken at Shining's last remaining monster, Destroying it on impact, However since it was in defence mode, Shining Armour didn't lose any Life Points.

"To finish up, I play the spell card, Card Of Sanctity!"

Card Of Sanctity (Spell)

Both players draw cards from their decks until they are holding 6 cards in their hands.

"Thanks to this card, We should be holding 6 cards each." Twilight said as she and her brother were now drawing cards, "But that's not all, I play Honest's Special Ability! If it's my Main Phase 1 or 2, I can send Honest back to my hand."

"Now i place 3 cards facedown and that's all for now."

In the lounge, The other duelists were watching Twilight and Shining duel, Thanks to the HDTVs provided.

"That was foolish of Twilight, I mean she had two monsters out and she sends one back, Why?" Diamond Tiara was asking Darkwing.

"Because, Diamond, Thanks to Shining's Resurrection Burst Trap, His Goyo Guardian will return, Only this time it will be stronger than Twilight's Blue-Eyes, As long as Honest is in Twilight's hand, She can discard it when Blue-Eyes gets attacked, So that her dragon becomes stronger than Goyo, A pretty professional move if you ask me." Darkwing said to the pink earth pony.

"Still, I can't help but feel like Shining Armour has another trick up his sleeves." Said Sunset Shimmer as she watched the duel unfold, "I mean Shining Armour just drew 6 new cards, So he's bound to have another plan if he knows about Honest's other ability."

"Either way, This is gonna be quite entertaining." Darkwing said as he pulled out some popcorn and began to edit his deck, "Soon, Voice, Soon." He said as his new card was radiating pure darkness.

Back on the dueling field It was Shining Armour's turn.

"I draw! And i know that Honest is back in your hand, So i'll just fix that right now! I activate Card Destruction!"

Card Destruction (Spell)

Both players discard all cards in their hands to the graveyard, After that both players redraw the same number of cards they just lost.

"Thanks to this spell, We now discard all the cards in our hand to the graveyard, And then we redraw the same number of cards we just lost." He said as the spell's picture showing a hand throwing away a hand of Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

"So six new cards for me, and three new cards for you."

"Next i'll play another spell card! Go Heavy Storm!"

Heavy Storm (Spell)

All Spell and Traps on the field are sent to the Graveyard.

"So if you were going to spring a trap to stop my Goyo Guardian, It's pretty much useless now." He said as another hurricane appeared and destroyed all of Twilight's facedown cards, As well as her field spell, After her field spell was destroyed, The area returned to the stadium they were dueling in.

"Now go, Goyo Guardian! Send that Blue-Eyes packing! GOYO LARIAT!!!!!!"

After the dust cleared from the repeated attack, Shining Armour was shocked to see the dragon was still standing.

"But how, How did your monster survive?"

"Funny you should ask that bro, Because when you played Card Destruction, You sent my Shield Warrior to the graveyard, And its' effect keeps my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from being destroyed this turn."

Shield Warrior (Effect Monster)

ATK: 800

DEF: 1600

Stars: 3

Attribute: Earth

Warrior/Effect

During a battle's Damage Step, As long as this card is in the graveyard, You can remove it from play, And if you do, All monsters on your side of the field cannot be destroyed in battle this turn.

"Fine, But you still lose life points." Shining Armour said as the aftershock from the attack reduced Twilight's Life Points to 900, "I've gotta say Twily, You're quite the duelist."

"Thanks Shining."

"But this doesn't mean i'm gonna give up just yet, You haven't even seen my best cards, All i can say is, GET READY FOR THE SHOW OF A LIFETIME!!!!!"

TO BE CONTINUED...... Next Chapter: Twilight V.S Shining Armour (Part 2) Estimated time remaining: 48 Minutes