Night of the Vampire Part Two

The day after Zane's defeat at the hands of Camula was a dark one. The sky was covered in dark clouds and there was a dark feel in the air. Chancellor Sheppard sat at his desk in his office when he felt a rumble beneath his feet. He knew what had happened as Dorian had informed him of the defeats of Zane and Crowler. 
"Two of the twelve Spirit Gates have been unlocked." He said to himself
Then the TV screen turned itself on and an image of a man wearing some kind of mask and a covered up body appeared. 
"You disappoint me Sheppard." He said 
"Your excellent Duelists only excel in losing. Why don't you make things easier and surrender the ten remaining keys now."
"It's not over." Sheppard hissed. "I know my students; they'll never give up no matter what the odds are. After all they came here to be champion duellists."
"They will only end up becoming victims." The voice on the screen sneered "My vampire is ready to feed again."
...
Meanwhile over in the Infirmary, Jaden was trying to regain his strength as Syrus kept an eye on him. Solona and Alexis were also in the Infirmary along with Theorn.
"Jaden keep still, you must rest." Syrus said
"I can't." Jaden protested. "I must be strong if I am to face Camula."
"Jaden for the last time, you are not facing that Vampire!" Theorn hissed
"Theorn's right." Solona added. "You are in no shape to Duel and my brother is taking that vampire on."
"Yeah." Neria said as she tried to sit up. "You have to save your strength. I'm just worried that Camula will cheat again."
"Zane only lost because of that Illusion Gate." Theorn added. "She threatened Syrus, that was not a fair fight."
"These Shadow Riders will do anything to win." Alexis added. "They will not fight fair they will use our friends against us." Then she heard a grunt and Alexis looked at her brother Atticus who had woken up and was looking at his sister ."Oh, you're finally awake." She removed the oxygen mask from Atticus.
"Alexis listen to me." Atticus said. "I have to tell you about the Vampire the one called Camula. You cannot defeat her like the others."
"But why not?" Alexis asked
It was then that Dark Soldier or Alistair woke up as well. "It's because she has a Shadow Charm. Her necklace has the power of the Shadow Realm and allows her to steal people's souls."
"But you can stop her using another Shadow Charm." Atticus added and he managed to hold up his part of the Gravekeeper medallion. "Use this, combine it with the other half that Jaden has and you can stop Camula from stealing people's souls."
"Will that prevent her from using Illusion Gate?" Solona asked
"Not completely." Alistair said. "Camula can still offer up her own soul but it will protect you."
"Well then we must bring Jaden with us." Theorn said and then he looked towards the bed where Aristide lay and saw him moving. "Hey Solona, I think your father is now awake."
"Huh" Solona turned to look at her father. 
"Father!" She gasped and then she went over to her father's bed.
Aristide Amell groaned as he woke up from his sleep. 
"Solona, is that you my dear?" he asked as he managed to raise his hand and stroke his daughter's face.
"Oh father." Solona had tears in her eyes. "I've missed you. I'm so glad that you are back."
"I'm glad to be back to my dear." Aristide smiled. "But what was this about a Shadow Charm?"
"Dad, Daylen and I along with several other students have to take on these dark Duelists known as Shadow Riders." Solona said. "And Daylen is facing one of these Shadow Riders tonight."
"My son." Aristide said. "I hope he will be okay"
"I'm sure Daylen will be fine." Solona said. "He must be because if he loses this Duel then a third Spirit gate will open."
"We're all counting on him." Theorn said
"I think I need to see him and make sure he is ready." Solona said.
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Daylen Amell sat in his room as he looked over his deck. He needed to be the best he could be so he upgraded his deck with a few extra cards. He had shut his bedroom curtains and made sure that no one was in the room in case one of Camula's vampire bats was spying on him.
"Hey, I was given permission to see you here brother." The voice of his sister said and Daylen turned to see Solona walking into the room
"Hey sister." He said. "I was just making sure my deck was ready. After all I have to be the best Duelist I can be."
"Listen Alexis and I have found a way that will make us all safe from that Vampire's shadow charms." Solona said "Atticus and Alistair woke up and said that with our own Shadow Charm, we can protect ourselves and we have one. The medallion that Jaden got from the Gravekeeper Chief."
Daylen looked at her but then noticed that the sky was getting dark and there was lightning. "It's time. Camula is calling for us."
...
Solona and Daylen soon reached the Lake where Dorian was waiting for them along with Bastion, Chazz, Aedan, Sereda and Theorn. 
"So I see you have finally made it." Dorian said
"Yeah but we can't go in yet." Daylen said. "We need to wait for Jaden and Alexis."
"That slacker, but why?" Chazz asked. "He's in no shape to Duel, what good is he going to do?"
"More than you think." Alexis said as she arrived with Jaden who now had both parts of the Medallion on his neck. "Back at the Hospital, Atticus and Alistair woke up and explained that Camula has a Shadow Charm which allows her to steal people's souls."
"That Shadow Charm is her strongest point." Solona continued. "If we stop her from stealing souls then we can prevent Daylen from losing the same way Zane lost."
"We fight fire with fire." Alexis declared. "Daylen will Duel Camula and Jaden will protect us from Camula's Shadow Charm.
"Well let's get going." Daylen said and then they all walked across the red carpet towards the Castle though they were unaware that Daylen had sneaked another card into his deck. Soon they arrived at Camula's castle and Daylen called out. 
"Hey Camula, I'm here now!" He called. "I'm here for my Friends souls and I'm not leaving until I get them." A cloud of bats flew down and soon they were all back in the same place where Zane Dueled Camula and this time, Daylen was Dueling.
Camula laughed. 
"On the contrary my dear." She laughed. "You are not leaving here ever again. None of you will."
Soon Daylen stood on the other balcony where Zane stood before. "All right Camula, I'm ready to Duel and I'm not leaving until I get Crowler and Zane's souls back" he hissed
"Well it is unlikely that you will win." Camula laughed. "And as soon as I win your key and soul will be mine."
"That's not going to happen!" Daylen hissed and he and Camula activated their Duel Disks and drew their opening hands.
"Duel!"
Daylen: 8000
Camula: 8000
"I'll be going first." Daylen hissed. "And I'll start by discarding one card from my hand in order to summon my Apprentice Illusion Magician in attack mode." A purple robed magician girl with long blond hair appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defense 1700) "And since this was a special summon I can also special summon Magician's rod in attack mode." A staff that Dark Magician used appeared on the field as a monster (Level 3 Attack 1600 Defense 100) "And his ability allows me to add 1 spell or trap card with Dark Magician in the text so I choose my Dark Magic Expanded spell card" Daylen added that spell card to his hand "And I will end my turn by placing one card facedown."
"Wow it seems that Daylen has changed his deck." Sereda spoke up
"After father returned my brother decided to change his deck using cards that father gave us before he vanished." Solona said. "He's had these cards for a while but never bothered to use them after father vanished."
"Well it seems that Daylen is ready for this." Jaden smiled
"Don't count Camula out yet." Chazz said
"That vampire still has her tricks." Bastion added
Dorian agreed. "Yes after all we have seen how powerful her cards can be especially that Illusion Gate." He said
"Well let's just hope that she doesn't have a chance to play it." Alexis said
"My draw." Camula drew her card and smirked "I play Illusion Gate."
"Oh come on." Daylen groaned. "It had to be that card."
"She's playing that card on her first turn." Aedan said
"Even so we know the cost of using that card." Theorn added
Camula laughed. "Well as you should know. First it destroys all monsters on your field and then I can summon one of them" Camula said. "And I need to sacrifice a soul to the Sacred Beasts, now who to pick" a large eyrie green mist came over all of Daylen's friends "As I don't know who to pick, why don't I just offer all of your friends soul's instead."
"What!" Daylen gasped. "You can't do that!"
"Oh but I can." Camula laughed. "It's the power of the Shadows."
But as the green mist tried to take the souls of Daylen's fiends, the two halves of Jaden's medallion came together and fused which created a bright light that sent the mist away.
"Wait what's going on?" Aedan gasped
"It's Jaden's Medallion!" Alexis gasped. "It's negated the powers of Camula's necklace."
"No this can't be!" Camula gasped
"Oh yes it is." Daylen smirked. "That's what happens when you cheat. Now why don't you put that cheating card away and let's carry on."
"Never!" Camula hissed. "Even if I can't take one of your friend's soul I will not lose my chance and you will still lose. Now I offer my soul as a sacrifice so now power up my Illusion Gate." The doors of the gateway opened and a bright light destroyed Daylen's monsters.
"Oh great." Daylen groaned
"Don't worry." Camula smirked. "You will see your Apprentice Illusion again only she will be fighting for me instead." Daylen's Illusion Magician appeared on Camula's field. "And now I summon a Vampire's best friend, Zombie Werewolf in attack mode." Camula's werewolf appeared on her field as well (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defense 1200) "And now your Magician will be used against you."
"Well you will have to get past her master first." Daylen smirked. "I play my face down card, Call of the Haunted, now I can summon back my Dark Magician from my graveyard." A large purple robed male magician appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2100)
"Hold on, when did you get that in your grave?" Camula demanded
"Did you forget when I summoned my Apprentice Illusion Magician?" Daylen asked "I discarded my Dark Magician to summon her and now he has more attack points than your monsters."
Camula hissed. "Fine, I will get you next turn."
"Sorry but that is not going to happen." Daylen smirked as he drew a card. "First I summon Magician's Valkyria in attack mode." A brown haired spellcaster wearing a light blue robe and large blue hat appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1800) "And as long as she is on the field, you can't target any other spellcasters for attacks. So now my Dark Magician will destroy the Apprentice Illusion you took with Dark Magic Attack." Dark Magician swung his staff and then sent a black ball of magic that destroyed Illusion Magician.
Daylen: 8000
Camula: 7500
"And now my Valkyria will destroy your Werewolf." Daylen added and Valkyria destroyed the werewolf using her staff.
Daylen: 8000
Camula: 7100
Camula sneered. "Did you forget about my Werewolf's power, now I can summon another one from my deck with 500 more attack points." Another Werewolf appeared with more power. (ZW Attack: 1200-1700)
"He's still no match for Dark Magician." Daylen said. "I discard one card to use Monster Reincarnation to bring my Apprentice Illusion Magician back to my hand and then I will end my turn."
Camula smirked. 
"My draw." She sneered. "So my darling, do you know what is scarier than a Vampire mistress."
"I am not your darling!" Daylen snapped. "And I really don't care."
"A pity." Camula sneered. "But you should be scared as the answer is a vampire mistress with a grudge. Now I sacrifice Zombie Werewolf to summon Vampire Lord." Camula's vampire lord returned to the field (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defense 1500) "And now I remove Vampire Lord from play to summon Vampire Genesis." The large pink demon appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2100) "And now I attack your Valkyria." Genesis turned into smoke and went straight for the Valkyria and the mist destroyed the Valkyria who screamed in pain before shattering.
Daylen: 6600
Camula: 7100
"Looks like you have to rethink your plan" Camula smirked "I end my turn."
"My draw." Daylen drew his card. "I place this card face down and end my turn."
"Oh man what is he thinking?" Aedan gasped. "Daylen you forgot to switch your Dark Magician to defense mode!"
"It's too late for that now." Camula smirked as she drew her card. "Now I remember that last time you placed a card face down you stopped my attack but that is not happening this time. I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it." A blue typhoon appeared and blew away Daylen's card.
But Daylen smirked. 
"Thank you because you have just activated my card's effect." He said. "When my Chaos Scepter Blast is destroyed by a card effect, I can summon my Dark Magician of Chaos in attack mode from my deck." A black and red robed Spellcaster appeared on the field with a black head ornament. (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2600)
Camula sneered. "Impressive but it won't stop my attack." She said. "Now Vampire Genesis, destroy his Dark Magician." The Vampire Genesis turned into a mist and went towards Dark Magician.
But Daylen smirked again. "Sorry but you have fallen into my trap."
"A trap?" Camula questioned. "But you have no face down cards."
"No but I do have this." Daylen smirked. "My Apprentice Illusion Magician has another ability. You see when you attack another Dark Spellcaster monster. I can discard her or sacrifice her from my hand and then my Spellcaster gains 2000 attack points." Dark Magician gained more power (DM Attack: 2500-4500)
"No, now it's more powerful than my Genesis." Camula gasped. "Stop the attack."
"Sorry but since this effect happens in the damage step you can't call off the attack." Daylen smirked and the Dark Magician sent a blast which caused the mist to evaporate and Camula was blown back.
Daylen 6600
Camula: 5600
"All right." Solona cheered. "Now Daylen has destroyed that Vampire Genesis."
"And now it's his turn so he can attack again." Bastion added
"Maybe Daylen dueling Camula was a good idea after all." Chazz said
"And maybe he will free me." The Crowler droll said in Chazz's pocket.
Camula growled. "I play one card face down and end my turn."
"Now it my move." Daylen said. "And since your field is wide open, both my monsters will attack you directly. So Dark Magician will attack with Dark Magic attack and Dark Magician of Chaos will attack with Sceptre Strike." Both Dark Magicians sent a blast of magic towards Camula and she screamed in pain from the strikes.
Daylen: 6600
Camula: 300
"Wow, Daylen brought Camula down to her last 300 life points" Aedan gasped
"One more move and Daylen will have won the Duel." Sereda cheered
"Don't underestimate Camula yet" Dorian added. "We still don't know what other tricks she has to play."
Camula gave Daylen her scary look. "Well done, you played a good move but it will be your last." She laughed. "A vampire has many tricks to play like this card" Camula then showed Daylen as card which caused Daylen to gasp "I guess you know this card, it's Lightning Vortex, now by discarding one card, all monsters on your field are destroyed." Daylen watched in horror as dark cloud appeared above his monsters and then they sent down huge strikes of lightning which caused his monsters to groan before shattering.
"Oh no, now Daylen is wide open!" Aedan gasped
"And now I play the spell card Monster Reborn to summon back the monster I discarded, Despair from the Dark" A large shadowy monster with purple claws appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 3000) "And now Despair, attack him directly." Despair swiped Daylen with his claws and sent him flying backwards.
"Oh no!" Alexis gasped
"Daylen!" Solona yelled
Daylen: 3800
Camula: 300
"And I shall end my turn there." Camula said
"This is not going to be easy." Sereda said. "Now Daylen has destroyed Daylen's best monsters."
"I know Daylen." Theorn said. "He can find a way to pull through this."
"My draw." Daylen said as he drew a card. "I'll start by summoning Summoner Monk in defence mode." A dark blue and white robbed monk with blue skin appeared kneeling down with his hands attached (Level 4 Attack 800 Defense 1600) "And then I place one card face down and end my turn."
"That's it?" Camula sneered. "Well there is not much you can do. I play the spell card Graveyard shift, now by removing two cards in my graveyard from play, I can summon one of my banished monsters so now my Vampire Lord returns." Daylen watched as the Vampire Lord returned to the field "And with Monster Reincarnation, I discard one card to bring Vampire Genesis back to my hand which I will now summon by removing Lord from Play" Daylen watched as Camula's best monster returned to the field.
"I play my facedown card Magician's defense." Daylen said. "Now as long as this trap is on the field and there is a spell caster on my field, all damage I take is halved."
"That will not protect you from this." Camula smirked. "Despair from the Dark, attack that Summoner Monk." Despair's claws grabbed the Monk and then ripped him into two pieces. "And now Vampire Genesis, attack him directly." Daylen braced for the attack as Vampire Genesis turned into smoke and struck Daylen hard and it sent him flying backwards and he landed on the ground hard.
Daylen: 800
Camula: 300
"Brother!" Solona yelled in horror.
"That's not good!" Theorn added
Chazz closed his eyes. 
"It's no good, he's finished." He said sadly
"Don't talk like that Chazz!" Alexis hissed
"She's right, Daylen still had more life points" Aedan added
"Forget the Life points, look at the field." Chazz hissed. "Daylen may have more life points but he has no monsters and Camula has two powerful monsters out."
"I hate to say this but Chazz may be right." Bastion added sadly. "Unless Daylen can make a comeback he's finished."
"Come on Daylen!" Jaden yelled on Chumley's back "You have to keep fighting."
"You're right Jay." Daylen whimpered as he managed to push himself up "I have to keep fighting."
"You should have stayed down" Camula laughed. "It would save your suffering."
"Well that won't make me give up." Daylen hissed. "I summon my old pal Fire Mage in defence mode and then end my turn by throwing tow cards facedown."
"What's Daylen thinking?" Chazz hissed. "That's not going to help."
Camula laughed. "Well if you are so looking forward to lose I might as well add someone else to make you suffer." She said. "I summon Zombie Werewolf to the field." Camula's werewolf came onto the field
But Daylen smirked. "You have just activated my trap card." he said. "Dark Renewal, this trap activates when you summon a monster, now by sacrificing your Zombie Werewolf and my Fire Mage, I'm allowed to summon back one Spellcaster from my graveyard."
"But your graveyard is full of those type of monsters." Camula gasped
"That's right so now Dark Magician returns to the field." Daylen said and then Zombie Werewolf and Fire Mage turned into purple balls of magic and then they went into a large coffin that appeared. Then the lid shut and when the lid opened again, Dark Magician appeared on the field again.
"That still won't help you." Camula laughed. "Now Despair will attack that Magician and as soon as it is destroyed, Vampire Genesis will take out the rest of your life points."
"Sorry but that's not going to happen!" Daylen shouted. "Because I have another trap, go Negate Attack, now your attack has been cancelled and your battle phase has ended."
Camula growled. "Well I will still make this Duel difficult for you, I place two cards face down and then play Emergency Provisions." She said "Now by sacrificing my facedown cards, I get to gain 2000 life points." Camula's cards shattered and then Camula gained more life points.
Daylen: 800
Camula: 2300
"Great now she has more life points than Daylen and more monsters" Aedan hissed
"Well I would do anything to win for my race." Camula added
"Your race?" Sereda questioned
"Yes my race." Camula replied. "You see centuries ago the Vampires were a proud and peaceful race, we lived in harmony with our mortal brothers and sisters. That was until the dark days, until the war between Mortals and Vampires, my people were all hunted down and I, the last of my race had no choice but to go into hiding, for years I slept and used a coffin as my home. But when my coffin was finally unsealed I was met with a strange man who offered me a choice, either stay in my coffin for all time or accept his Shadow Charm and join his quest for the Sacred Beasts. And so I took his offer." Camula then brought out the Zane doll with Zane's soul inside. "He said that for every Duelist I defeated, their souls would be mine which I would use to help raise my army of undead and we would have our revenge upon mankind."
"Whoa a little too much information there." Jaden said
"So if I lose you get my key and soul to start a Vampire army?" Daylen added
"That's right my darling." Camula said. "So why don't you just give up now."
"Camula if you think I'm going to give up you're mistaken." Daylen hissed. "It's my draw." Daylen drew his card. "And I play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." Daylen drew two cards and then gasped at one. 'It's that new card I just added in, this is just the card I need to end this duel now.' He thought. "I sacrifice my Dark Magician in order to summon his darker form."
"His darker form?" Bastion questioned
"What is he doing?" Aedan asked
"I think we're about to find out" Jaden said
"I summon Dark Eradicator Warlock in attack mode." Daylen said and then Dark Magician was engulfed in light. His staff changed into one that was larger and had a pink ball of magic at the end. His purple robes turned red and they got bigger and then he grew in size (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2100)
"Wait that card wasn't in your deck!" Camula shouted "You added that when I wasn't looking you cheater."
"Cheater?" Daylen hissed. "Don't call me a cheater when you spied on our decks and you only beat Zane because you used his little against him and threatened to kill him if he won. That's cheating and also I have always had this card, I just never used him."
"Go on then keep him." Camula said. "It is still not powerful enough to defeat Vampire Genesis or Despair from the Dark."
"Well that will be sorted soon." Daylen said. "I use my Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy my Magician's Defence." Daylen sacrificed his trap card which was blown away from the Typhoon.
"What was the point of that?" Camula wondered. "It doesn't change the fact that my monsters are more powerful and you just destroyed your own card."
"It does actually for 2 reasons." Daylen smirked. "Magician's Defense has another ability, when it is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can summon one spellcaster in my graveyard and now Dark Magician returns." Everyone watched as Dark Magician returned to the field then they noticed Dark Eradicator Warlock's staff glowing "Also since Emergency Provisions was a normal spell, Dark Eradicator Warlock's ability activates, now you take 1000 points of damage." The blast from the staff threw Camula back.
Daylen: 800
Camula: 1300
"And now I use the equip spell Magic Formula on Dark Magician so now he gains 700 attack points." Daylen added and a magical spell book appeared in Dark Magician's arms. (DM Attack 2500-3200)
"Then my Vampire…" Camula started
"Is about to be crushed." Daylen finished. "Now Dark Magician attack Vampire Genesis. Dark Magic Attack." Dark Magician sent a blast of purple magic which destroyed Vampire Genesis.
Daylen: 800
Camula: 1000
"And when Vampire Genesis is destroyed, all other Zombies are destroyed as well." Daylen added as Despair shattered as well "Now you are wide open, Dark Eradicator Warlock, end this Duel." Dark Warlock sent a blast from his own staff which threw Camula back and he fell face first to the floor.
Daylen: 800 (Winner)
Camula: 0000
"He did it!" Jaden cheered. "Daylen beat the Vampire."
Camula pushed herself to her knees and growled at Daylen but then her Illusion Gate spell appeared behind her. Camula turned in horror as she remembered that she had offered her soul in exchange for using Illusion Gate. The Gate opened and Camula heard the screams of tormented souls then a ghostly hand reached out and grabbed Camula and then went back into the gate carrying the ghostly form of Camula's soul. Then the Gate closed and disappeared. Then Camula's body turned a dull grey color and then he disintegrated into dust which blew away in the wind. Her Shadow Charm necklace and the Zane doll fell to the floor.
"Look its Zane's doll." Jaden said and then the doll glowed purple and the real Zane appeared
"Big brother!" Syrus gasped and then he and Alexis along with Bastion and Aedan ran off to help Zane as Chazz watched and then he noticed his pocket glowing as the Crowler Doll in his pocket turned back into the real Crowler.
"I'm back!" Crowler gasped. "I'm out of that doll, now get me out of this stinking pocket!"
Crowler and Chazz ended up in a struggle while Daylen watched. But then there was a loud rumble and everyone felt the castle shaking. Daylen realised that with Camula gone, the castle was beginning to collapse.
"Brother!" Solona yelled. "We have to go now, the castle is fallen apart!"
"We have to go now!" Alexis added
"Agreed." Aedan said as he and Bastion carried the knocked out Zane.
...
Soon everyone was outside on the lakeshore and they watched as Camula's castle crumbled and then collapsed into a pile of rubble. Then the island sank into the bottom of the lake and the dark clouds cleared. Zane was still lying knocked out but everyone was okay.
Daylen watched over and the sun came out and the sky was now clear of Camula's darkness. The third Shadow Rider had been defeated.
"It's over" Alexis said. "The nightmare is finally over."
Bastion handed Daylen the shadow charm necklace that Camula wore. 
"Well this one is." He said
"Camula was only the third Shadow rider so there's more to come." Solona added
"And now we have lost two of the Spirit Keys." Theorn added. "So we must be careful, we can't let them all fall into the Shadow Riders hands."
Jaden stood up. 
"Well I'm ready to get my game on." He said. "No matter what comes I am ready. Those Shadow Riders better watch out. They may get tougher but we will grow stronger."
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