Blood Magic part 1

It had been a few days since Daylen had defeated Abidos but there were still three Shadow Riders remaining and one was on the island. This Shadow Rider had been on the Island for a while and had been plotting his move. The Shadow Rider was known as Frenic and he had a bald deformed face and he covered half his face with a mask. Frenic looked at drawings of all the Shadow Riders which he had on the walls of the cave.

"I think it is time I made my move." He said to himself. "And it's time to make that foolish apprentice of mine pay for her failure. Though first I have to bring her back under my control."

...

At Duel Academy, it was just a normal day. The remaining Key Keepers were happy since their mission to protect the 12 Spirit Gates was nearing an end. With the defeat of Abidos, there were only three Shadow Riders left. While the students were in the classroom, Miss Fontaine, the School Nurse was in the School Infirmary as she checked on students who had come in saying that they were sick. Most of the time, Miss Fontaine would give them medicine and tell them to tell it easy for a few days. The Infirmary was where very sick students had to stay. The former Shadow Riders, Avexis and Leliana were both on two of the beds. Miss Fontaine had just entered the infirmary when she noticed that Leliana was waking up. As soon as Leliana's eyes opened, she shot up in bed as if someone had shocked her. Leliana had woken up and was giving several deep breaths as to try and calm down.

"Oh, I see that you've woken up." Miss Fontaine said and she came over and helped her calm down and Leliana's breathing went back to being normal.

Leliana looked at Miss Fontaine as her eyes widened in recognition.

"Miss Fontaine?" She questioned

"Yes Leliana, it is me." Miss Fontaine said. "Now what is the last thing you remember?" Maybe she could get some information about how the students went missing.

Leliana closed her eyes and sighed. "I'm afraid I can't remember." She admitted. "The last thing I remember was being told I had an important test to do with Alistair, Zevran and Atticus. Wait, where are they? Are they alright?"

Miss Fontaine smiled. "Your friends Alistair, Zevran and Atticus are alright though they too can't remember what happened." She said and then she head moaning and looked as she saw the other former Shadow Rider Avexis wake up. "Wait here, I need to go and get the Chancellor."

...

Shortly afterwards Miss Fontaine returned with Chancellor Sheppard in tow and they both went over to Avexis' bed where the young girl started groaned before she gave a stretch and her eyes slowly opened. When she saw the Chancellor and Fontaine, she gave a squeal of fright and shoved herself to the back of the bed as she gave a few scared breaths and she hid her face with her hands.

"Hey it's alright." Miss Fontaine cooed. "You're safe now."

Avexis stilled looked a bit scared but she could see that the two people in front of her were kind as they gave her kind smiles. "Where am I?" She asked them. "And who are you"

Sheppard answered. "You are on Duel Academy Island." He answered. "A school where we teach young want to be Duelists how to Duel. I am Chancellor Sheppard, head of this school." Then he introduced Miss Fontaine. "And this is Miss Fontaine, the School Nurse and head of the Obelisk Blue Girls dorm."

Avexis seemed to have calmed down now "How did I end up here?" She asked

Miss Fontaine and Chancellor Sheppard looked at each other, they didn't want to scare the young girl even more so they told her a cover story. "Some horrible man came here and used you as a prisoner, they forced one of my students to Duel but she won and you were saved." Sheppard said and Avexis sighed in relief.

Miss Fontaine looked at her. "Could you give us your parents contact numbers?" she asked "We need to contact your parents and let them know that you are safe"

Avexis looked upset. "I have no parents." she admitted. "They died when I was young. And I was forced into an Orphanage. Everyone was mean to me, the other kids, the Madam there, the only friends I had were my cards." Avexis loved to Duel. "So I ran away, I ran away from that terrible place but some mean man found me and I don't remember what happened after that."

Sheppard looked sorry for the young girl, she was so young and she had already had a bad experience with the Shadow Games.

"It's okay, we won't send you back to the Orphanage, we will find some other way. But for now, just rest." Avexis nodded and soon she was fast asleep again.

...

Later that day, after class the Key Keepers were all inside Chancellor Sheppard's office and the Chancellor explained everything about Avexis.

"So the Shadow Riders kidnapped her?" Solona gasped

"I'm afraid so." Sheppard sighed. "It seems that she must have had something that made her a target for the Shadow Riders. Like she had some kind of power."

"The way she spoke about her cards makes it seem like she can see and speak to Duel monster Spirits." Daylen added. "Maybe that's why the Shadow Riders targeted her"

"And we have learnt a few things from Leliana." Sheppard added. "She along with the other brainwashed Students who were Shadow Riders were sent on some kind of test."

"But do we know who?" Alexis asked

Sheppard asked. "It could have been anyone. But we will not accuse anyone until we find more evidence"

Sereda then looked at the others and she had a worried look.

"Is everything alright Sereda?" Aedan asked

Sereda looked at him.

"I'm fine."She answered. "I'm just worried, when Neria faced Avexis in that Shadow Duel, the way she spoke seemed to sound like there was another Shadow Rider on the Island."

"We all best be on our guard then." Chazz replied. "Who knows when this next Shadow Rider will strike and who the victim will be."

"It could be any one of us." Jaden claimed

"I just hope that they don't try to use anyone against us." Alexis stated

It was then that everyone jumped when they heard a shrill scream which made everyone turn.

"That sounds like the next Shadow Rider has made an appearance." Jaden claimed

"It was coming from the Infirmary." Alexis said

"Well we better get over there now!" Solona snapped and then the Shadow Riders along with the Chancellor ran over to the Infirmary and were shocked at what they saw. The arena had been attacked as the chairs and equipment were scattered as if someone had been in a rage. Miss Fontaine was lying on the floor. Sheppard checked her out and sighed in relief.

"She's alright, someone just knocked her in the head." He said

"But not everything is alright." Sereda claimed and she pointed at the one of the beds which was empty "Someone took Avexis."

"Who would do that?" Jaden questioned. "Who would take a poor young girl."

"It was the Shadow Rider." A voice said and they turned to see Leliana who was awake. "That Shadow Rider came here and knocked Miss Fonntaine out and then took Avexis."

"Then we have to find them." Daylen claimed

"It won't be easy." Leliana added. "This Shadow Rider is tough and he was the one who kidnapped Avexis in the first place. He's one of the top Shadow Riders and he is ruthless and willing to do anything to win. You must be careful."

"Do you have any idea where the Shadow Rider took Avexis?" Aedan asked Leliana

"If I had to guess, I would say the cave hideout near the coast on the Northern part of the Island. That was their hideout before. Maybe you will find them there."

"I know the area that Leliana is talking about." Sereda stated. "I have been to that coast before, I'll lead the way."

"We must get moving" Solona said and then all of the Key Keepers went with Sereda.

...

Sereda led the Key Keepers along the coast of the Island and over to a set of caves. Inside one of the cave was the Shadow Rider Frenic who had Avexis tied up with magical red bonds. He sneered at Avexis who was asleep but shaking. "Just you wait, when you come back under my control, you will be the perfect pawn again though you will be punished for your failure before." Avexis couldn't move and she couldn't see since she was asleep thanks to Frenic's shadow magic which should make it easy to bring her back under his control.

Frenic picked up a bowl and dagger and then he placed the bowl on a rock and sliced his hand and allowed the blood to pour into the bowl. But just as he was ready to start using his magic, he heard someone approach "So you came to me after all" he sneered and he picked up a deck of monsters and looked at the cave entrance.

Sereda led the Key Keepers into the cave and they could see that this was the right place. The cave was filled with dark experiments and it looked creepy.

"This has got to be the place." Sereda stated. "This looks like the lair of a Shadow Rider."

"But where is the Shadow Rider?" Chazz wondered

Then they jumped when they heard a loud cackle. "I'm right here." A dark creepy voice called and then dark shadows appeared and then they took the form of a man wearing a long black robe. His head was bald and deformed and had a mask covering one eye which a golden orb replacing the eye. He sneered at them "So you are my targets, you hold the Spirit Gate keys."

"And who might you be?" Aedan demanded

The man sneered.

"The name is Frenic." He hissed. "And I'm the next Shadow Rider."

"And what have you done with Avexis!" Sereda demanded

"Oh you mean that little girl?" Frenic laughed.

"She was the perfect pawn for me until you freed her." he looked at Neria. "Well soon she will be under my power again"

"Not if I have anything to say about it." Sereda snapped and she stepped forward and held her Duel Disk in front of her. "Of all the Shadow Riders I have met so far, you are the worst of them, using a young innocent girl like that"

"Oh that girl is a means to the end." Frenic sneered. "I wanted to Duel and since you volunteered, I shall duel you." Frenic held his arm out and his cloak glowed red and a duel disk appeared which was a blood red color and then both Sereda and Frenic placed their decks into their Duel Disks.

"**DUEL!"**

**Sereda: 8000**

**Frenic: 8000**

"As the Shadow Rider, I will take the first move." Frenic sneered. "And I'll start by summoning Blood Apprentice in Attack mode." A hooded man wearing a long blood red robe and holding a staff that was dripping blood appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1100) "And when he is summoned, he deals 500 points of damage to you."

"What!" Sereda gasped and then Blood Apprentice sent a ball of blood at her which exploded and caused Sereda to moan in pain.

**Sereda: 7500**

**Frenic: 8000**

"Oh no!" Jaden gasped. "Sereda hasn't even had her first move yet and she's already losing"

"I hope Sereda can do something good on her turn." Solona stated

"I'll throw this card face down and then end my turn." Frenic ended

Sereda glared at Frenic. "You may have dealt me damage, but that won't stop me." She hissed and then she drew her next card. "I summon Dwarven Soldier in attack mode." The Dwarven soldier appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) "And since he is stronger than your Blood Apprentice, I will attack it" Dwarven Soldier swung his sword at Blood Apprentice but Frenic had a sneer on his face

"That would be a good move if it wasn't for my face down card." He sneered. "I play the trap card Blood Rune" his face down flipped up and then a red runic circle appeared below Dwarven Soldier and then the attack stopped

"What!" Sereda gasped. "What happened? Why did my attack stop?"

"Because of Blood Rune." Frenic sneered. "As long as your monster is equipped with Blood Rune, your monster can't attack."

Sereda sighed as she had walked right into a trap. "I guess I have no choice but to throw one card face down and end my turn."

Alexis looked at Sereda. "Looks like Sereda walked right into that trap" she stated

"Well that doesn't mean that this Duel is over." Daylen declared

"That's right." Neria agreed. "Sereda still has some good monsters in her deck."

Frenic sneered. "Well she will need them." he laughed. "It's my turn now." he then drew his next card. "I now sacrifice my Blood Apprentice to summon his master, Blood Mage in attack mode." A more sinister looking spellcaster in red robes appeared on the field and had glowing red eyes than shone with evil (Level 6 Attack 2300 Defense 1900) "And he has a special ability, for each monster with Blood in its name in my graveyard, Blood Mage gains 100 attack points so with Blood Apprentice in the grave, Blood Mage gains 100 attack points." Blood Mage's staff glowed as he gained more power (BM Attack 2300-2400) And now Blood Mage, attack that Soldier." Blood mage swung his staff around and sent a blast of red magic towards Dwarven Soldier and then the Dwarven Monster groaned before melting into a pile of red goo and the magic blast struck Sereda as well.

**Sereda: 6700**

**Frenic: 8000**

"And that will do it for my turn." Frenic finished

"This is bad." Jaden gasped. "The Duel has only just begun and Sereda is already losing."

"We'll just have to hope that Sereda finds a way to turn this duel around." Alexis stated

"Come on Sereda, you have to win!" Solona shouted

"This Duel is not over yet so do what you can!" Daylen added

"Oh don't worry." Sereda smirked. "I plan to. First I play the spell card Election, now by discarding 2 cards in my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon 1 level 5 or higher Dwarven monster from my deck and the monster I pick is Dwarven Assassin." A masked dwarf appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 1500 Defense 1000)

"A level 5 monster with 1500 attack points?" Jaden questioned

"It must have some kind of special ability." Solona claimed

"It does." Sereda smiled. "My Assassin can attack you directly. Though it won't need to because I play my face down card Call of the Haunted which allows me to summon a monster in my graveyard and I choose my Dwarven Shaperate. A Dwarf wearing scholar's clothing appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2600)

"Wait, since when was that in Sereda's graveyard?" Neria questioned

"It must have been one of the cards she discarded with Election." Aedan stated

"It was." Sereda smiled. "And now his ability gives all Dwarven monsters a 500 point attack boost." Shaperate and Assassin gained attack points (DA Attack 1500-2000) (DS Attack 2500-3000) Now Shaperate, attack that Blood Mage with Blinding Knowledge." Shaperate placed a finger on his head and sent a blast of the mind which caused Blood Mage to grip his head in pain before shattering.

**Sereda: 6700**

**Frenic: 7400**

"And now you're wide open which means my Assassin can attack you directly." Sereda smirked and the Assassin threw an axe at Frenic which caused him to groan in pain.

**Sereda: 6700**

**Frenic: 5400**

"All right!" Jaden cheered as he threw his hands in the air. "Now Sereda has the upper hand, a strong monster and more life points."

"Keep it up Sereda." The other key keepers cheered which made Sereda smirk

"I end my turn there." She said

Frenic narrowed his eyes. "This duel is not over, I place one monster face down and then place one card face down and then end my turn."

"This could be a trap." Sereda thought to herself. "Or Frenic has gone defensive, but I still have two good monsters on my field' Sereda drew her card and smirked at it "I will have my Shaperate attack that face down monster" Shaperate sent his knowledge blast which flipped the monster to reveal a blood red spider with vicious spiky legs and snarling jaws.

Frenic smirked "Say hello to my Blood Spider." He laughed. "He may be weak but by flipping him, you activated his special ability, now he equips to one monster on your field and I pick your Shaperate." Dwarven Spider attached himself to Dwarven Shaperate and wrapped his legs around him and held him in a tight grip. "Now your Shaperate cannot attack"

"No but my Assassin still can." Sereda smirked. "Didn't think that through, now attack him directly." Assassin threw another axe which knocked Frenic back

**Sereda: 6700**

**Frenic: 3400**

"And that will do it for my turn." Sereda finished

"If Sereda keeps this up then she'll win soon." Alexis said

"That Shadow Rider has lost half his life points and Sereda has two good monsters on her field even though one can't attack." Daylen said

"Well she still has a defense." Neria stated

Frenic smirked. "But now it's time to bring out the darker powers of Blood Magic." He sneered. "I play a field spell known as Blood Ritual Chamber." The field changed to show a dark room which looked like some kind of cult room where dark experiments were done. There were cobwebs over shelves that had vials of blood in and the room had an eerie red glow and a large black caldron which bubbled red liquid. "With the room where Blood magic was done, it helps boost the power of their magic, now all Blood monsters gain 500 attack points, and not only that, in this room, the true power of blood magic arrives which means I can use your monsters as tributes for mine."

"Say what!" Sereda gasped

"And now I sacrifice that Shaperate which allows me to summon my Blood Baroness in attack mode." Frenic sneered and the cauldron bubbled and blood red chains appeared which gripped hold of the Shaperate and pulled him into the caldron which bubbled and sent out a large blast of red liquid which exploded on Frenic's field and a old wrinkled woman with a sneer on his face and wearing rich noble robes appeared on her field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2200)

"Wait that's a level 7 monster so it needs 2 sacrifices." Jaden shouted but Frenic smirked

"Blood Spider has another effect while equipped." Frenic sneered. "If I use that monster that it's equipped with to tribute summon a Blood monster, then it counts as 2 tributes. However for now you are lucky as since I used Blood Ritual Chamber to summon, I can't attack this turn. But with your Shaperate gone, your Assassin loses its attack point boost." The Assassin then lost his strength (DA Attack 2000-1500) "And with nothing else to do, I will end my turn there. Though thanks to my Ritual Chamber, my Baroness gains an extra 500 attack points."

"Well, my turn." Sereda smirked as she drew her next card. "And since all you have is that monster, my Assassin will attack you directly." Assassin threw another Axe which knocked Frenic back.

**Sereda: 6700**

**Frenic: 1900**

"And then I will throw one card face down and end my turn." Sereda finished. *'If he attacks me then I will just use my Mirror Force Trap to destroy all his monsters and then I can end the duel on my next turn.'*

Frenic sneered as he drew his next card. "Do you really think I'm going to fall for your trap?" He sneered. "That face down is a trap waiting for me and I won't fall for it. I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it." The blue typhoon blew Mirror Force off the field which to Sereda's annoyance. "Next I play the continuous spell card, Sash of Forbidden Secrets, now as long as this card is on the field, I don't have to pay life points to activate my Blood cards which means I can play this, the spell card Blood Wound, now by paying 500 life points, your Assassin is destroyed."

"But that will leave Sereda defenseless!" Neria gasped

"That's the point." Frenic smirked. "Though thanks to my Sash I don't need to pay life points" Frenic glowed red and then the life changed and became a blood red demon which swooped onto Dwarven Assassin and the monster turned red and moaned before melting into red goo. "Next I play my face down card Blood Reborn, now by sacrificing 500 life points, I can summon 1 monster from your graveyard and I choose you Dwarven Shaperate and now I have two powerful monsters on my field." Sereda's Dwarven Shaperate appeared on Frenic field giving him two powerful monsters with 3000 attack points.

"Oh no, those two Monsters are really powerful!" Daylen gasped

"And now, attack both my monsters!" Frenic ordered and Shaperate sent his knowledge blast while Baroness sent a red bubbled. Sereda screamed in pain as she was knocked back and he fell onto her back.

**Sereda: 700**

**Frenic: 1900**

"Oh no!" Solona gasped. "Sereda just lost nearly all her life points in just one move"

"One more move like that and it's over." Aedan gasped

Frenic laughed as he looked at Sereda's fallen body. "You might as well stay down, this Duel is over. There is no way you can win."

"Don't listen to him!" Jaden shouted. "You can still win this duel; you just have to believe it."

"If you give up then another Spirit Gate will open and the Shadow Riders will be even closer to unleashing the Sacred Beasts." Chazz added

"And remember Avexis, she is also in danger and you said you would protect her." Alexis said

Sereda managed to look and see Avexis still not moving and she still had her eyes closed. Sereda knew that she was not just duelling for herself but for Avexis and the whole world as well. So she stood up and glared at Frenic. "I am not going to give up and I will carry on until one of us runs out of life points."

Frenic laughed "Well if you want to carry on then go ahead. But first I sacrifice your Shaperate which allows me to keep my Sash in play. Then I will throw down two cards face down and end my turn."

"My move." Sereda hissed. "And I'll start by playing Graceful Charity; this card allows me to draw three cards as long as I discard 2." Sereda drew three cards before discarding two of them. "Next I play the spell card Monster Reborn, now I can summon back my Dwarven Merchant in attack mode." A dwarf who was dressed as a merchant appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defense 2000) "And my Merchant counts as 2 tributes for a Dwarven monster so now I will sacrifice him to summon a monster that the Dwarfs see as a god. Now appear of the field, Dwarven Paragon." A Dwarf who was dressed in fine robes and wielding a large metal hammer appeared on the field and unlike other dwarfs, this one was tall and had a sense of authority. (Level 10 Attack 3500 Defense 3000) "And now since he was summoned, I can special summon 1 Dwarven Monster from my graveyard and I choose my Dwarven Soldier"

"Oh no you don't." Frenic snarled. "I play my trap Blood Counter, this trap activates when you make a special summon, now that special summoned monster is destroyed." Dwarven soldier appeared on the field but then faded again.

"Well that won't stop my Paragon's special ability, now he gains 200 attack points for each Dwarven Monster in my graveyard and right now there are 4 so that's 800 extra attack points." The spirits of Dwarven Merchant, Shaperate, Soldier and Assassin appeared and they were absorbed into Paragon's hammer (DP Attack 3500-4300) "And now I will play a new field spell which means your Ritual Chamber is destroyed. I play the field spell Orzammar." The field changed into an underground city and the Dwarven Paragon glowed. "Now all Dwarven monsters gain 500 more attack points" Sereda added (DP Attack 4300-4800) "And with your Ritual Chamber gone, your Baroness loses its power boost" (BB Attack 3000-2500) "And now, this duel is over, Dwarven Paragon and end this duel." Dwarven Paragon swung his hammer around before slamming it into the ground and sending a shockwave a pile of rubble which struck Blood Baroness and Frenic.

"Did she do it?" Jaden gasped

"She did it." Neria cheered. "She won, she beat another Shadow Rider"

But Aedan looked at Frenic's field and when the dust cleared, it revealed Frenic still standing and he had life points.

**Sereda: 700**

**Frenic: 600**

"What!" Sereda gasped. "How did you survive that attack?"

"I simply played my face down." Frenic said simply as he revealed his second facedown. "Blood Absorbance, now by removing one Blood Monster in my graveyard from play, I gain 1000 life points so I was able to survive that attack."

Sereda groaned. *'Paragon is a strong monster, he will need to summon a very powerful monster in order to defeat me.*' She thought. "I end my turn"

Frenic smirked. "It's my turn and now it's time for the end." He smirked as he drew his card. "And now it's time to summon my great beast, a monster created by the powers of Blood Magic. I summon Blood Dragon Egg." A large blood red colored egg appeared on the field and the egg look scaly (Level 4 Attack 0 Defense 2000)

"That's it?" Jaden questioned "That's your great Beast?"

Frenic smirked.

"No it's not." He smiled. "I play the spell card Blood Hatching, now by sacrificing my egg; I can summon the beast inside it. Awaken now Blood Dragon Hatchling." A small dragon with blood red scales and blood red eyes that shone with evil appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 1500 Defense 1000) "But my dragon is still not the real beast but his daddy is. Now I use my Hatchling's ability, so now by sacrificing it, I can summon the great Blood Dragon to the field in attack mode." The baby dragon was engulfed by a bright light which expanded and then dimmed to reveal a massive dragon with large red wings that dripped with blood. Its blood red scales were sharp and the dragon had sharp red spikes on its back and tail and large red claws that dripped blood. The dragon's red eyes glowed red with evil and the dragon let out a terrible roar which made everyone cover their ears (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)

Sereda stared at the monster but sighed in relief. "As scary as that monster is, it still can't beat my Paragon."

Frenic smiled. "Though my dragon has a special ability, now he can absorb one monster in my graveyard and the monster I pick in my Blood Baroness." The spirit of Blood Baroness appeared on the field and then turned into a ball of red light which went into Blood Dragon's chest and the dragon roared as he gained power (BD Attack 3000-5500)

All of the other Key Keepers eyes widened in shock and horror as they knew that one hit from that dragon and it's over.

"NO!" Solona shouted. "If that Dragon attacks then Sereda will lose!"

Frenic smirked. "That is that nature of a Shadow Game." He sneered. "I fight to take the Spirit Keys, you put up a good fight but this Duel is mine. Now Blood Dragon, destroy that Paragon and the rest of his life points." Blood Dragon let out a load roar before sending a blast of blood red fire which shot from its mouth and slamming into Dwarven Paragon like a missile. The Dwarven Paragon groaned before exploding and the shockwave blew Sereda back who screamed.

**Sereda: 0000**

**Frenic: 600 (Winner)**

"SEREDA!" Aedan yelled in horror

"She lost!" Alexis gasped

Sereda managed to remain standing after the attack but then she collapsed to her knees and her Spirit Key fell from her neck. The Key glowed before vanishing and then the cave rumbled as another Spirit Gate opened

"Oh no!" Jaden gasped

Frenic smirked as he walked over to Sereda and he held up a ball.

"HEY LEAVE HER ALONE!" Neria yelled in anger but Frenic just smirked and swung his arm which created a magical wave that blew Neria back.

"Neria!" Daylen gasped as he and Solona ran over to help Neria

"Rules are rules." Frenic smirked. "Now I will be claiming my prize" The ball glowed red along with Sereda's body and then Sereda faded and an image of her appeared in the ball which turned red. "Your Spirit power will come in handy for future experiments." Frenic added and then he walked over to Avexis and stroked her cheek. "And now my pet, wake up." The other key Keepers watched as Avexis opened her eyes but her eyes now glowed red which made Frenic smirk. "She is back under my control. And now I bid you farewell until next time."

Daylen and Aedan glared at Frenic.

"You will pay for this!" Aedan yelled. "We will find you and we will defeat you and rescue Avexis and Sereda!"

Frenic smiled.

"I will be waiting for you." He laughed and then he gripped Avexis' shoulder and the two glowed red before vanishing into red particles which blew away.

When Frenic was gone, the remaining Key Keepers looked at each other.

"We just lost another Spirit Gate Key." Alexis stated. "Now the Shadow Riders are even closer to opening the Spirit Gates."

"Well one of us will take that Shadow Rider down." Jaden stated. "We will duel and we will beat that Shadow Rider."

Aedan smiled "Yeah, now we will duel and we will rescue Sereda and Avexis." the other key keepers cheered as Aedan looked at his deck.

*'If anyone is going to take on that Shadow rider then it will be me, it's my turn to take on a Shadow Rider.'* He thought.