I made it! Long story, let me explain.
I entered the Streams Of Destiny. Same horrible feeling. The place had changed. The skies were darker, and the water flowed a lot more fiercely. I don't know why, but I decided to walk toward the place where that strong power was emanating from.
I was walking for hours. Felt like weeks. Eventually I found it. The source of that intimidating power. A dragon. A motherfucking, 40 foot tall, gold and black scaled, silver eyed dragon. Yeah, that was fucking scary.
As soon as it saw me, it stood up and shot an orb of black and silver light at me. I deflected it with my sword, but the momentum was enough to send me sprawling on the ground. It opened its mouth again, preparing another of them, but someone grabbed me and pulled me out of the way before it hit. I turned and saw the Ace Of Chaos standing there.
"You?" I asked.
"Been a while," he said.
"What the hell is with the giant dragon?" I asked.
"It's a guardian here," he replied. "However, this world has become twisted, as has its protector."
"Great, so what the fuck do I do about it?" I asked.
"Tame it," he said.
"What?" I asked.
"You heard what I said," he replied, before disappearing.
The dragon turned its attention back to me. It fired another of its energy orbs. I dodged it and picked up my sword.It fired again, and I stepped to the side. I charged at it, but it took to the sky, and fired another energy orb that barely missed me.
"Oh, come on!" I said. "Not fair!"
It readied another of its energy balls. This time, I thought it would be smarter to run. I turned around and fled, but that energy orb hit in the back. I was knocked over. I felt like my back was on fire. Not only that, but the tentacles that usually hold my sword were destroyed,and my sword was knocked away from me. I heard that fucking dragon screech above me. I got to my back, and I had this really weird sensation. All my pain and fear were gone. My vision was sharper. A lot sharper. I could see every detail of the dragon as I turned to face it. I could see the flow of energy through its body as it readied another energy ball. I instinctively raised my right hand as it launched the orb, and I caught it. As if it was a soft ball. A red gauntlet had grown over my hand, made of some kind of insect exoskeleton stuff.
"Have a taste of your own medicine," I said, pushing the orb back at it.
It exploded upon impact, and the dragon fell to the ground, on its back. I reached my hand toward my sword, and it flew right to me. I gripped it with my new gauntlet. As I did so, a pair of red wings grew from my back. They lifted me into the air and carried me toward the dragon, setting me down on its chest. I placed my sword against its throat.
"I am your master now," I said.
I got off of its chest and it rolled over to face me, before bowing obediently.
"Good boy," I said. "Now, can you tell me how to get to the Board from here?"
The dragon roared, and turned to face a different direction.
"Thanks," I said, setting off again. As I did, my deck box started glowing. I opened it up to find a new card inside. Corrupted Star Dragon. Can't wait to use this against Gordon.
I had been walking for a while longer before I felt it. I was right on top of the Board. I opened up a gateway and stepped through. Wasn't quite expecting what I was. There was rubble everywhere. Entire building had been brought down.
"What the fuck happened here?" I asked to no one in particular.
"The Red Cap happened," said someone behind me. It was the Ace Of Diamonds.
"You mean Red Daniel?" I asked. "He did all of this?"
"Yeah, and he killed most of my Diamonds," she said. "So repairs have been a little slow. Also..."
She tossed me my old watch. The one I had given to Red Daniel so he could come here.
"He left that behind," she said. "Yours, right?"
"I'm sorry," I said. "I didn't think he could..."
"It's not your fault," she said. "We weren't very well prepared. Our master died, our Emissaries scattered, Abdalin and Alphonse abandoned us. Our defenses weren't good enough to stop him."
"But he was just one guy," I said.
"No, he wasn't," she said. "He brought reinforcements. Other people he had infected with the Redness. We couldn't stop them."
"I should never have trusted him," I said. "It's my fault he managed to come here."
"Don't beat yourself up," she said.
"How many people did he kill?" I asked.
"A lot," she said. "All we have left are 3 Diamonds, 5 Hearts, 2 Spades, and 7 Clubs."
"Oh God," I said. "He killed that many of you?"
"The Master isn't here to revive us any more," she said. "If we die, that's it for us."
"Damn it!" I said, slicing in half a piece of rubble in my angry.
"Try to to do this place any more damage," she said. "Anyway, you're looking for someone, right?"
"Yeah," I said. "Gordon's here, right?"
"Yes," she said. "He's at-
"The place he and I had our first duel," I said. "He made that pretty obvious."
"Well, i won't keep you any longer," she said. "Have fun."
Then, without warning, she kissed me on the cheek and disappeared. What the fuck?
Anyway, It's gonna take me a while to get there. The Board's a big place. I don't know what the outcome of our duel will be. If I win, I'll update. If I lose... well, I guess I won't be able to, will I? This could be the end for me. Wish me luck.
