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"And now, the second match of Round 2 begins!" yelled the announcer as the crowd cheered. "From Team Crusader is our rising star, Scootaloo! With her absolute defense and cloning, she's overwhelmed all ofher opponents so far!"

Scootaloo grinned at the crowd and waved, making the crowd cheer even harder. Then came out her opponent, making the three mares of Team Crusader's eyes widen. This guy had moved back to Trottingham one and a half year ago.

"And on the other corner, we have Pipsqueak! He's another newbie from Trottingham in the field of Vanguard, but that doesn't stop him from climbing to the top with his zombie pirates!"

Granblue, huh? Scootaloo thought as bothof them went to the stage. Well, this should be interesting.

"Oy! Hey Scoot, how are ya?" Pipsqueak waved at her, smiling. "Ya wouldn't expect I'd be here, Am I right?

"You got that right!" Scootaloo said, happily waving back. They finally arrived at the platform and put their Starting Vanguards faced down.

"Now, let the second match begin!"

"Stand up..."

"... the..." Pip added.

"...VANGUARD!!!" They both flipped over the cards and materialized the battlefield, which was a port.

"Guiding Zombie!" A rotting butler carrying a lantern, illuminating the misty port, appeared.

"Stealth Beast, Evil Ferret!" A white ferret wearing a purple outfit appeared.

"My turn! Draw!" Pipsqueak added the top card of his deck to his hand. "Yarrr! I ride Dandy Guy, Romario! Guiding Zombie moves, and I activate his skill! Back to the soul ye! And the top three cards of my deck walk the plank!"

A blonde zompony appeared, wearing a fancy Canterlot outfit and rose in mouth. Guiding Zombie moved behind and back to the soul, with three units; Spirit Exceed, Monster Frank, and Evil Shade, walking to a plank in the ship. and jumped into Davy Jones' locker.

"I end my turn." (Hand: 5, SP Counter: Drop zone: 3 Cards)

"Hmm... My turn. Stand and draw!" Scootaloo glared at Dandy Romario. "Ride my vanguard! Stealth Rogue, Shijimamaru! Evil Ferret moves to the front!"

(E.Ferret) (Shijimamaru) (RC)

(RC) (RC) (RC)

Hand: 5 Damage: 0

"Shijimamaru attacks!"

"No guard."

"Drive check... Critical get! Critical to my vanguard, Power +5000 to Ferret!" The demonic ninja sot a bunch of kunai at the zombie, not even phasing it.

"Oy! The ship's bein' attacked! Darn these landlubbers... Damage... No trigger." Pipsqueak sent a card with a pirate blowing air to the damage zone. "Second check... No trig'."

"Evil Ferret attacks!"

"No guard. Damage check, no trig'." (Damage: 3)

"Turn end." (Hand: 6, Damage: 0)

"My turn! Time to counterattack!" Pip laughed as he rode the card he drew. "The captain has come! Ride, Captain Nightmist! And I call, Commodore Blueblood!"

A vampony pirate captain appeared, sword glowing. He pointed his sword at his left, making a blue vampony fully-decked in pirate gear.

"Now, Monster Frank's skill! Counterblast! Reanimate the corpse found on an iceberg*! Superior Ride! Also, call Evil Shade!"

"What!? He can superior ride!? I only thought he could call!" Scootaloo silently cursed as the Captain was replaced by a giant pony wearing army-patterns, held together with stitches.

(RC) (MF) (Blueblood)

(RC) (ES) (RC)

Hand: 3, Damage: 3/3

Drop zone: 3

"Evil Shade boosts, and I send the top two cards to the drop and power up the attack to 20000!" (Drop: 5)

"No guard!" (Hand: 6, Damage: 0)

"Twin drive check... First, heal trigger! Power to Blues! Second, no trigger." Frank landed a punch on the ninja, electrocuting him somehow. (Damage: 2/2)

"Damage check, no trigger." (D: 0/1)

"Blueblood attacks!"

"I guard with Stealth Beast, Moon Edge!" (SLD: 13000 > POW: 10000, Hand: 5, Damage: 0/1)

"Well, that's all." (Hand: 5, Damage: 2/2)

"My turn. Stand and draw!" Scootaloo sighed as she looked at the card she drew. Oh well. "Ride, Bloody Mist! I call, Left and Right Arrestors, and Stealth Beast, Million Rat!"

Two furry beasts, one tan and one dark brown, wielding chains, and a ninja rat appeared.

"I activate Rat's skill, and I superior call one more!"

(LA) (BM) (RA)

(MR) (RC) (MR)

Hand: 1, Damage: 1/1

"Rat boosts, Left attacks! Death Trap Chain 1!" (Power: 17000)

"I don't guard." Pip checked the top card. "Heal trigger! I heal!" (Damage: 1/2)

"Bloody Mist attacks!" (POW: 10000)

"No guard!""

"Drive check... Draw trigger! Power to Right Arrestor!" (Hand: 3)

"Damage check... Draw trigger! Power to my vanguard and I draw!" (Hand: 6, Damage: 1/3)

"Million boosts, Arrestor attacks! Death Trap Chain 2!" (POW: 22000)

"I don't guard. Damage check... Heal trigger!" (Hand: 6, Damage: 0/3)

"Turn end. I return Million Rat back to my deck." (Hand: 3, Damage: 1/1)

"Yarr!!! My turn! Stand and draw!" Pipsqueak smiled. "Ride, King of Demonic Seas, Basskirk! Skill, Soul Charge! I get Power +2000!" (Soul: 6)

A pirate pony with a green and blue octopus-like head and pirate outfit appeared, wielding a whip.

"I call! Knight Spirit and Samurai Spirit! Spirit Exceed's skill, and I move the two Spirits to the soul." Pipsqueak put the two rears in the soul, grinning. "And Superior Ride! Spirit Exceed!" (Soul: 8)

A pirate pony with blue and pinkish-green flames as his head appeared, brandishing a blood-red sword.

(RC) (S.EXCD) (Blueblood)

(RC) (EvilShd) (RC)

Hand: 3 Damage: 0/3

Soul: 8

"Shade boosts, and I activate his skill! Top two cards, walk the plank!" said Pipsqueak, sending Commodore Blueblood and Dandy Guy, Romario to the drop zone. "Spirit Exceed attacks for 20000 Power!"

"I don't guard."

"Drive check! First, Critical get! Critical to vanguard, power to Blueblood." Pipsqueak added a card to his hand. "Second check, no trigger."

"Damage checks... Draw triggers." Scootaloo smiled at the two Cat Rogues. (Hand: 5, Damage: 1/3)

"Well, that be the end of me turn." (Hand: 5, Damage: 0/3)

"My turn, stand and draw." Scoots raised a card in the air by lightly flapping her wings. "Ride! The demonic dragon lord of the netherworld has risen! Stand up my vanguard! COVERT DEMONIC DRAGON, MANDALA LORD!!!

The ninja dragon teleported to he front, with six kunai in its hands while six seals floated behind it.

"And Call! Stealth Fiend, Oboro Cart! I use his skill to call Million Rat!" A demonic face on a wheel appeared, multiplying Million Rat. "But during the end phase, the called unit returns to the bottom of my deck!"

(Left.Arrst) (C.D.D.Mandala Lord) (Right.Arrst)

(Million Rat) (Oboro Cart) (Million Rat)

Hand: 4, Damage: 2/3

"Oboro Cart boosts Mandala Lord's attack at 17000 Power!"

"I nullify it with Gust Jinn!" Pipsqueak discarded a copy of Basskirk, and a roguish pirate pony appeared, blowing a storm to negate the exploding kunai Mandala Lord threw down. (Hand: 3, Damage: 0/3)

"Twin drive check... Critical! All to Leftie! Second... No trigger." Scootaloo rested Left Arrestor and its booster. "They come at you for 22000 Power and 2 Criticals!"

"No guard, damage check... Critical trigger. Power and effect to vanguard. Second check, no trigger. We be sailin' on dangerous waters!" (Hand: 6, Damage: 0/5)

"Million boosts-"

"I guard with Rough Seas Banshee. Can ya end yer turn now?"

"Grrr... Fine. Turn end." Scootaloo had him at 5 Damage. But why would he get that much sou- Oh crud! (Hand: 6, Damage: 2/3)

"My turn. Time to finish her off! FINAL TURN!!!" The crowd and Team Crusader gasped at the term's mention. "Ride! King of Demonic Seas, open up the gate to The Sea of Monsters! Come, BASSKIRK!!! Soulcharge!"

The squid-pony appeared once more, but was surging with power.

"Now, stronger that ever, activate the strongest skill the seven seas have ever known! Open, BERMUDA GATE!!!! MEGABLAST THE VANGUARD!!!"

A giant circle of blue energy appeared, flipping over all of Pip's damage and sending all but one (since his soul was 9.) card to the drop zone.

"Now, Call! Two copies of Dandy Guy, Romario and one Commodore Blueblood!!!"

(Blueblood) (Basskirk) (Blueblood)

(Romario) (EvilShd) (Romario)

Hand: 3, Damage: 5/5

"Now, boosted by Evil Shade who activates his skill to send two cards to Davy Jones' locker, Me vanguard makes a pass at yer with 22000 Power!"

"No guard."

"What!? Ya idjit!" Apple Bloom silently said, as Sweetie was getting a grip on her cards.

Huh? It's this feeling again... Sweetie said, picking up a few stray cards in her side deck. I'll put you and another Alfred. I have a good feeling...

"Twin drive! Critical! Crit to vanguard, power to Blueblood!" Pip tapped the card on Blueblood. "Second check... Heal trigger! Power to my other Blueblood, and I heal!" (H: 5, D: 4/4)

"Hmmm...."

"Romario boosts, Blueblood attacks at 23000!"

"Mandala Lord's skill! PERSONA BLAST, MY VANGUARD!!! THE HATEFUL SIX WORLDS APPROACH, MANDALA JAIL!!!, I also guard with Leaf Raccoon!" (Hand: 4, Damage: 2/5)

"Again, but with my other column!"

"Moon Edge and Cat Rogue guard!" (Hand: 2, Damage: 2/5)

"Well, ye survived the ocean's tempest, but can ya survive another assault? Turn end." (H: 5, Damage: 4/4)

"And with that, Pipsqueak's Final Turn has failed, but will Scootaloo manage to finish it this turn!?"

"Tch... My turn. Stand and draw." Scoots laughed at the card she drew. "ALL OR NOTHING, FINAL TURN!!!"

"Oh wow! A double declaration of Final Turn! Well, let's see who wins this interesting match!"

Somewhere far, yet near by...

"Interesting, my hoof." said Diamond Tiara, who was watching from a special viewing room with Silver Spoon and Midnight.

"Ah ah ah. Patience is a virtue, Di." teased Midnight, making Silver Spoon giggle. Diamond Tiara raised an eyebrow.

Back to the match...

It looked like the match had gone longer than expected, with Scootaloo's Final Turn failing, surviving the next turn and, currently, attacking.

"The finishing blow! Slash everything, BINDING BLADE!!!"

An unseen unit stabs Basskirk with its dark cyan blade, pulsing with energy as the sixth card lands on Pip's damage zone.

"Well, I lose. See ya later, Scoot!" said Pip as he went back to his teammates.

"Well, that was intense; I can't believe I had to pull out that guy on him." Scootaloo said to her teammates minus Spark, who were also surprised she'd use that unit. It was her last resort. "But, we now have a chance! Apple Bloom! Win this!"

"Dang straight Ah am!" Apple Bloom said as the announcer said the third match was between her, and some unicorn colt named Spice Dice.

Sweetie, however, almost mechanically took a look at her cards and said,

"I'm gonna get stronger."

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Author's Notes:

*Get the reference? Also, point out any grammatical errors, spelling errors, etc. Thanks!
Also, expect Megacolony, Nova Grapplers, Royal Paladins, Dark Irregulars, Spike Brothers, Pale Moon, etc. and another fan-favorite clan in the upcoming chapters!