Blackbird's Nest Part 2

The Next day was a dark day for Solona. Her friend Theorn had been defeated by the Shadow Rider Blackbird and his soul had been sealed into an egg. Now three of the Spirit Gates had opened which meant there were only 9 left. Worse Theorn was one of their best Duelists as he had come close to defeating Jaden and had beaten Solona's brother Daylen but now he was gone. This Blackbird Shadow Rider also had a new type of summoning which none of them had ever seen before. Synchro Summoning. This new way of summoning monsters had thrown Theorn off as Blackbird had summoned weaker monsters and then combined them to summon a more powerful one. This Blackwing deck was also a deck that they had never heard about.

The day after Theorn's defeat, the rest of the Key Keepers were in Sheppard's office to explain to him what had happened the night before.

"So, its true then." Sheppard said. "I felt a third Spirit Gate open. So Theorn has fallen."

"I'm afraid so" Dorian said. "He was defeated by the fourth Shadow Rider"

"Now three of the Gates have been opened." Alexis added. "We cannot keep allowing these Gates to open."

"Well we must defeat this Blackbird then." Chazz said. "This sounds like a job for the Chazz"

"Excuse me but I don't think you are the best one for this job." Bastion said. "Do you know how we can counter these Synchro monsters."

"Speaking of that." Sereda added. "Chancellor what are these Synchros and what is this Blackwing Deck."

Sheppard sighed. "Synchro Monsters were a recent creation by Pegasus. It was to be the next type of summoning to improve the game and make Duel Monsters more challenging. It works by using tuner monsters which are effect monsters with Tuner in their text. You tuned your tuner monsters with none tuner monsters to summon these Synchro monsters. They were to be counted as a special summon. But there were not a whole deal of monsters created yet and the Blackwing Deck was the first deck created to be a Synchro based deck. But I had word that it went missing a few weeks ago and now it seems we know what happened to it."

"So one of us must face Blackbird tonight." Alexis said

"But we don't know how to counter these Blackwing monsters." Neria stated. "The effect of the Armor Master defeated Theorn and that ability would work on any of our monsters."

"And we still don't know what else there is in that deck" Aedan added

Solona looked at the others. "I don't care what you say but if anyone one of us is facing that Shadow Rider it's going to be me. Theorn is my friend and if there is anyone getting his soul back then it will be me. Don't try to stop me because I will do it." And then Solona left the room to start preparing her deck.

The others all looked a bit worried "Theorn's loss has hit her hard" Sereda said

"She was quite fond of him." Neria added. "He was a skilled Duelist and he did beat Daylen at the test Duels."

"My sister and Theorn had been on a few dates." Daylen added. "They were just going out to have something to eat but it was clear that she was close to Theorn."

"Watching Theorn vanish just like that was horrible." Aedan added. "It is horrible to watch someone who is your friend just vanish and have their soul taken."

"This is just like what happened to Dr Crowler and Zane when Camula beat them" Chazz sighed

"That was horrible for Syrus." Jaden added. "Zane was his big brother and he sacrificed himself to protect Syrus fro, Camula's Illusion Gate."

"That's not the point Jaden!" Chazz snapped. "The point is that Solona is not herself. She is going to face against Blackbird and that makes her vulnerable to being reckless which could result in her losing."

Daylen sighed.

"I'll go and talk to her." He said. "Maybe I can help try to calm her down. I am worried that she might start being reckless."

...

At the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm, Solona was in her dorm room as she sorted through her deck. She didn't care about what the others said, she was going to face against that Shadow Rider and get Theorn's soul back. She had gotten close to the Ra Yellow boy which she knew that some girls would have been against since they thought that she should be with a boy from Obelisk Blue. In her opinion, many of the Girls in the Blue Dorm were just as snobbish and rude as some of the boys. Of course her friends Alexis and Sereda were not like that at all. She knew that the Ra Yellows were just as good as the Blues; the only difference was that many of the boys had connections in the Dueling world or were rich and some of the Blues were terrible duelists but they had the money to get into Obelisk Blue.

It was then that her door opened and she turned to see her brother Daylen enter the room.

"Hey sis, I wanted to talk to you." He said

"Hey brother." Solona greeted. "How did you get here, this is the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm."

"I asked Miss Fontaine if I could see my sister and she told me where your room was." Daylen replied and then he sat down next to her. "Listen Sister, I know you want to get Theorn back, I want him back too, and he's my friend as well. But you need to stop and think this through carefully. This Shadow Duelist may try to throw you off and you are starting to get reckless. If you act like that during the Duel then Blackbird could throw you off and you'll lose. And we can't afford to lose you as well."

"But I have to stop that Shadow Rider before we lose more keys" Solona protested

"How? By acting recklessly?" Daylen questioned. "Listen sister, Theorn wouldn't want his defeat to cause you to lose your key and soul. This new Synchro summoning sounds difficult to counter as Blackbird can summon a powerful monster by summoning a few weaker ones. That Blackwing Armor Master's ability caused Theorn to lose his best monster and lose the Duel. Your Neo Blue Eyes and Five Headed Dragon will have the same problem as Armor Master can't be destroyed in battle."

"Well maybe this card will help." Solona suggested and she showed Daylen a card which caused him to widen his eyes.

"Sister, you swore that you would never use that card." Daylen gasped. "That card is more powerful than it seems."

"I know." Solona sighed. "But if I am to win this Duel then I may need to use it."

"Just promise me that you will be careful" Daylen sighed

...

Later that night, Solona led the rest of the Key Keepers back to the place where Theorn had faced Blackbird.

"Are you sure that he will be here?" Chazz asked

"Well Blackbird said that we need to find his nest." Aedan said

"But where is his nest?" Neria wondered.

Then there was a loud cawing noise and everyone turned to see many black birds all cawing and perched on a tree. Then they all flew off the tree and all flew in the same direction.

"I guess that we must follow the birds to the nest." Jaden suggested

So all of the Key Keepers all went in the direction that the birds went which went to the coast and soon they went along the coast and found a small cave.

"I think that our Shadow Rider is in this cave." Solona said

"Well let's go in." Aedan said and then he along with Solona, Daylen, Neria and Sereda went into the cave.

When Chazz was about to follow but then he groaned as his annoying spirit partner, Ojama Yellow appeared.

"I don't want to go in there." He complained. "It's dark and I'm scared of the dark."

"Oh man up will you!" Chazz hissed at the spirit. "The Shadow Rider is in there so stop being such a cry-baby."

"I'm not a cry-baby!" Alexis hissed as she couldn't see Ojama Yellow and thought Chazz was calling her a cry baby.

"Oh I didn't mean you!" Chazz gasped and he shook is hands around but was slapped by Alexis much to Jaden's amusement and then Alexis went into the Cave.

"You should be careful when you speak to your Dueling Partner." Jaden laughed and then he went into the cave followed by Bastion.

The Key Keepers all reunited at the back of the cave which they saw looked like a giant bird nest and there were images of all the Key Keepers on the wall and the three which had been defeated, Crowler, Zane and Theorn, had been crossed off. The Cave looked creepy and looked the perfect place for a Shadow Rider to hide.

"All right Blackbird!" Solona shouted. "We're here so come on out!"

There was a loud Caw and then many Blackbirds flew into the Cave which caused the Key Keepers to scream in shock and duck as the birds flew overhead and then they all merged together and the Shadow Rider Blackbird appeared and laughed

"So you came" he laughed

"We came for Theorn's soul!" Jaden yelled

"So hand him over!" Aedan yelled

Blackbird laughed and he held up the egg which he has sealed Theorn's soul in. "He is my prize which I claimed when I won the Duel against him. Now I could give him back but you will have to beat me in a Duel."

"It would be my pleasure!" Solona spat as she stepped forward. "I'll duel you and if I win then you'll give back Theorn and then leave this place."

"Of course." Blackbird smirked. "But if I win then I will claim your spirit Key and your soul for my collection" Blackbird held another plain egg up "That would be lovely, two lovebirds trapped side by side."

"Shut up and let's Duel!" Solona hissed

"Fine by me." Blackbird muttered and then he and Solona climbed into Blackbird's nest and they stood on either side while the other Key Keepers all stood at the side and watched. Solona activated her Duel Academy Disk while Blackbird activated his Black Winged Shaped Disk.

"**DUEL!"**

**Solona: 8000**

**Blackbird: 8000**

"Just like with your boyfriend." Blackbird sneered. "I'll be taking the first move" he then drew his card. "I summon Blackwing Mistral the Silver Shield in defense mode." The small blue bird appeared on the field with its wing's acting like a shield (Level 2 Attack 100 Defense 1800) "Then I will place one card face down and end my turn."

"My turn." Solona said as she drew her card. "I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode." The beautiful purple scaled dragon appeared on Solona's field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defense 1600) "And now Luster Dragon, attack that Silver Shield." Luster Dragon sent a blast of purple fire towards the Silver Shield and then destroyed the Blackwing monster. Though because the monster was in defense mode, Blackbird took no damage "And I will end my turn by placing one card face down."

"Well you may have destroyed my Silver Shield but I have more powerful Blackwing monsters to use." Blackbird smirked. "Like this, I summon Blackwing Zephyros the Elite in attack mode." The human like bird with blue hair and sharp beak appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1000) "And since I control another Blackwing monster, I can special summon Blackwing Gale the Whirlwind in attack mode" a small blue bird with a green head and wings that curved to create a whirlwind appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1300 Defense 400) "And now I activate Gale's special ability, once per turn, I can half the attack points of one monster on my opponent's field. So now the attack points of your Luster Dragon halves." Gale shook his wings and created a powerful Whirlwind which struck Luster Dragon causing the dragon to lose half his attack points (LD Attack 1900-950)

"Oh no!" Aedan gasped. "Now Blackbird's are more powerful than Solona's monster."

"Which means that he can attack directly" Daylen added

"That's right." Blackbird smirked. "But first of all, Gale the Whirlwind will destroy that weakened dragon." Gale sent a powerful gust of wind from his wings which flew right into Luster Dragon causing the dragon to groan before shattering and the wing struck Solona as well.

**Solona: 7550**

**Blackbird: 8000**

"And now with that dragon gone, you're wide open." Blackbird added. "So now Zephyros, attack her directly." Zephyros dived down and his spear like head struck Solona causing her to cry out in pain.

"SISTER!" Daylen yelled

"That hurt!" Solona groaned

**Solona: 5950**

**Blackbird: 8000**

"That's how a Shadow Game works." Blackbird sneered. "I end my turn."

Solona narrowed her eyes.

"Just remember that this duel has only just begun." She hissed. "So now it's my turn." She drew her card and smiled. "I'll start by summoning Kaibaman in attack mode." The small monster that looked like Seto Kaiba appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 200 Defense 700) "Sure he's weak but now I play his special ability, now by tributing him, I can special summon 1 Blue Eyes White Dragon from my hand in attack mode." Kaibaman was engulfed in a burst of light and was replaced by the large scaled bluish white scaled dragon (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)

"All right, it's one of Solona's best monsters." Jaden cheered

"And now Blue Eyes, destroy that Whirlwind with White Lightning." Solona ordered and Blue Eyes released a blast of blue fire which engulfed the smaller blue and green Blackwing monster and destroyed him.

**Solona: 5950**

**Blackbird: 6400**

"And I will leave it at that." Solona finished

"That's it?" Blackbird laughed. "Well maybe you won't be as difficult as I through you would be. I summon Blackwing Pinaki the Waxing Moon in attack mode." A small fat black bird appeared on the field wearing a feathered hat and using a bow and arrow. (Level 3 Attack 1200 Defense 1000) "And now it's time for the big one, I tune Level 3 Pinaki with level 4 Zephyros to summon a Level 7 Synchro monster. Now I Synchro summon a monster that you should remember and should fear. I summon Blackwing Armor Master." The large armed Blackwing appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 1500)

"Uh oh, it's the monster that defeated Theorn!" Daylen gasped

"That's right." Blackbird sneered "Now Armor Master attack that Blue Eyes." He ordered and Armour Master swooped in a struck Blue Eyes but neither monster was destroyed.

"Wait, that Armor Master was weaker than Blue Eyes?" Jaden questioned. "Why did he attack and Armor Master should have been destroyed."

Chazz snorted. "You weren't paying attention to Theorn's Duel with this Shadow Rider." He snorted. "If you did then you would remember that Armour Master cannot be destroyed in battle and Blackbird takes no battle damage."

"And not only that but now your Blue Eyes gets a wedge counter" Blackbird added. "And you remember what it does but you will have to wait until next turn to see that."

"I remember what happens." Sereda added. "On Blackbird's next turn he can use that Wedge Counter to reduce Blue Eye's attack points to zero. That was how Theorn lost his duel."

"Well that's not going to happen!" Solona shouted as she drew her card. "Because I have a plan. I'll start by playing Foolish Burial to sent one card in my deck to the graveyard and then I will use the spell card Monster Reincarnation to discard one card and get the monster back to my hand. A second Blue Eyes."

"So what?" Blackbird smirked. "That card won't help you"

"Oh but it will actually." Solona smiled. "I play Polymerization to fuse the Blue Eyes in my hand with the Blue Eyes on my field in order to summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." A large blue scaled dragon with two heads appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)

"Impressive but my Armor Master cannot be destroyed." Blackbird smirked

"Oh but that is where your Blackwing's weakness is." Solona smirked

Blackbird looked confused while the other key keepers looked at each other.

"What does Solona mean?" Aedan asked

"I don't get it." Jaden added. "How is Blackwing Armor master not being able to be destroyed in battle his weakness?"

Daylen then remembered Twin Burst's special ability and gasped. "Wait, I know what my sister means!" He gasped. "Twin Burst has a special ability. It cannot be destroyed in battle itself and can make two attacks on monsters. But if it attacks a monster and that monster is not destroyed, then that monster is removed from play at the end of the damage step."

"So she's using Armour Master's ability against him!" Alexis gasped

"That's right!" Solona smirked. "Now say goodbye to your Armour Master. Twin Burst attack that Armour Master with Double Blue Blast." One of Blue Eyes Twin Burst's heads sent a blast of fire which engulfed Armour Master but Blackbird smirked.

"A nice trick but I'm afraid it won't work." Blackbird smirked. "Because I play my trap card, Synchro Out. Now I return Armor Master to my extra deck and my Gale and Zephyros return to the field." The two Blackwings that Blackwing used to summon the Armor Master appeared as Armor Master turned into golden particles and vanished back into Blackbird's extra deck. Both Blackwings were in defense mode."

"Well thanks to my Twin Burst's special ability, it can attack twice so I can attack that Gale instead." Solona smirked and then Twin Burst sent a second Blast which engulfed and destroyed Gale the Whirlwind "I'll end my turn there."

"My move." Blackbird sneered. "I summon Blackwing Blizzard the Far North in attack mode" The small pale blue Blackwing appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 1300 Defense 0) "And now Blizzard's ability activates, now I can summon 1 level 4 or below Blackwing monster from my graveyard in defense mode so now Gale returns to the field" Gale reappeared on the field. "And since I have Blackwings on the field, I special summon Blackwing Bora the Spear in attack mode." The large blue winged Blackwing with the large spear appeared on the field in attack mode (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 800)

"4 monsters?" Sereda questioned. "But none of them are powerful enough to destroy that Twin Burst"

"What is this Shadow Rider's Plan?" Alexis wondered

"I think we're about to find out." Bastion said. "Remember this guy uses those new Synchro monsters."

"Thanks to my trap card from last turn." Blackbird smirked "I can summon black my Blackwing Armor Master. So now I tune Level 3 Gale with Level 4 Zephyros to summon back my Blackwing Armor Master." The large armored Blackwing returned to the field. "But now I will summon another Synchro Monster. I tune Level 2 Blizzard with Level 4 Bora which allows me to summon a level 6 Synchro monster. So now Nothung the Starlight appears on the field." A large black winged Beast holding a sword appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defense 1600) "And he has a special ability, when he is special summoned, he deals 800 points of damage and then one of your monsters loses 800 attack and defense so now your Twin Burst loses 800 attack and defence points. But first, you take the damage. Nothung slashed his sword which struck Solona who groaned in pain.

**Solona: 5150**

**Blackbird: 6400**

Then Nothung slashed at Blue Eyes Twin Burst who groaned as he lost his power (BETBD Attack 3000-2200 Defense 2500-1700) "And now my monsters will attack, sure your monster may survive the attack but your life points are a different story." Armour Master and Nothung swooped down on Twin Burst but Solona activated her face down which she had left on her first turn.

"I play my face down card, De-Fusion, now my Twin Burst separates back into the two Blue Eyes White Dragons and now they have their power back." Solona countered and then Twin Burst split back into the two regular Blue Eyes White Dragons and were now more powerful than Blackbird's monsters.

"Your monsters may be stronger but remember that my Armor Master has an ability so it will attack one of your Blue Eyes. Sure our monsters may survive the attack but there will be a wedge counter and you remember what happens next. Blackwing Armour Master, attack one of those Blue Eyes." Armour Master swooped onto Blue Eyes though both monsters survived the attack but a wedge counter was left on Blue Eyes."I end my turn"

*'This won't be easy, I have nothing in my hand that can help me so it comes down to what I draw.'* Solona thought as she drew her card. "I play the spell Graceful Charity so now I draw three cards as long as I discard 2." Solona drew three cards and sighed under her breath. *'Nothing I have in my hand will help me but I can boost my defense at the end of the turn.'* She thought and then she discarded 2 of her cards. "All I'm going to do is attack your Nothung with one of my Blue Eyes. So attack with White Lightning." One of the Blue Eyes' sent a blast of blue fire which engulfed Nothung and caused the monster to shatter.

**Solona: 5150**

**Blackbird: 5800**

"That will do it for my turn." Solona finished

"Well there is not much you can do against my Armor Master since he can't be destroyed in battle." Blackbird smirked

"Though I can still boost my defense." Solona smirked back to Blackbird's confusion. "You see one of the two cards I discarded was Red Eyes Black Dragon and last turn I discarded Red Eyes Wyvern using Monster Reincarnation so now Wyvern's effect activates so now by removing him from play, Red Eyes Black Dragon is summoned to my field. The large black scaled dragon with red eyes appeared on Solona's field (Level 7 Attack 2400 Defense 2000)

"Well now it's my turn." Blackbird said as he drew his card. "I could destroy that Red Eyes but I have another idea. I'll just remove the Wedge counter which reduces your Blue Eyes' attack points to 0." The Wedge counter was removed and Blue Eyes lost all his power (BEWD Attack 3000-0) "And now Blackwing Armor Master, attack that weakened Blue Eyes." Blackwing Armor Master swooped down onto the Weakened Blue Eyes and smashed through the dragon which exploded causing Solona to cry out as she was thrown backwards.

**Solona: 2750**

**Blackbird: 5800**

"Solona!" Aedan yelled

"Oh no!" Jaden added. "She's lost half her life points."

"If she doesn't get rid of that Armor Master then she won't last much longer!" Bastion added

"Don't give up on my sister yet!" Daylen shouted. "She'll find a way, she always has."

"And I will end my turn there." Blackbird finished

"My move." Solona said as she drew her card. "I may not be able to attack this turn but you will still take damage thanks to this card, Inferno Fire Blast, now you take damage equal to Red Eyes' original attack points. So take this." Red Eyes sent his blast fireball which engulfed Blackwing causing him to groan.

**Solona: 2750**

**Blackbird: 3400**

"You see." Daylen cheered. "I told you Solona will find a way to make a comeback."

"But unless she takes out that Armor Master then she won't last much longer." Bastion added

"Well this Duel is not over yet." Jaden smiled

"I end my turn there." Solona finished

Blackwing smirked.

"My turn." he sneered as he drew his card. "I could take out that Red Eyes but I can use my trick again on that second Blue Eyes. So go Armour Master, attack that 2nd Blue Eyes. Our monsters will survive the attack but there will be another wedge counter on your Blue Eyes." Armor Master swooped down onto Blue Eyes and while both monsters survived, there was another Wedge counter on the Blue Eyes. "I end my turn there."

Solona sighed and she drew her card but when she looked at the card, she smirked. "You should have destroyed my Red Eyes. Because your Armor Master won't be around long enough to use his effect. Because now I play the spell card Burst Stream of Destruction. Now since I have Blue Eyes on my field, all monsters on your field are destroyed." Blackbird gasped and then Blue Eyes sent a blast which destroyed Blackwing Armor Master. "Now with Armor Master gone, the wedge counter is also destroyed though Blue Eyes cannot attack on the turn Burst Stream of Destruction is used but Red Eyes can. So go Red Eyes, attack him directly with Inferno Fire Blast." Red Eyes sent another attack which hit Blackbird and threw him back a few feet but he remained standing.

**Solona: 2750**

**Blackbird: 1000**

"I will end my turn there." Solona finished

"Great." Jaden cheered. "Solona took out that Armour Master."

"And now she is winning the Duel." Neria added

"I told you that Solona would be able to turn this duel around." Daylen smiled

Blackbird narrowed his eyes. "You may have taken out my Blackwing Armor Master but I have other powerful Blackwings. I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards." Blackbird drew two new cards. "And now I play the spell card Blackwing Healing, now by removing one level 4 or below Blackwing monster in my graveyard from play, I gain life points equal to that monster's attack points. So I'll remove Gale the Whirlwind and gain 1400 life points." The spirit of Gale appeared and then he turned into blue particles which were absorbed by Blackbird.

**Solona: 2750**

**Blackbird: 2400**

"And now since I control no monsters, I can normal summon my Sirocco the Dawn without tributing." Blackbird added and then the tall Blackwing with blue hair appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defense 900) "And now I will use Monster Reborn to summon back Blackwing Pinaki the Waxing Moon." Pinaki returned to the field. "Now I will tune Pinaki with Sirocco to summon the true power of my deck."

"The true power of his deck?" Neria questioned

"What does that mean?" Jaden wondered

"I think it means his most powerful monster." Bastion claimed

"So Armor Master wasn't his most powerful monster in his deck" Sereda asked

"I guess it wasn't." Chazz replied

Pinaki turned into rings which Sirocco flew threw and they turned into 8 stars and then there was a bright flash and a new monster appeared which looked like a dragon winged beast combined. The lower body was like a dragon while the head looked like a Blackwing monster with black feathers and had large black and red wings. (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 1600) "Say hello to my Black Winged Dragon." Blackbird smiled. "He may not be powerful enough to destroy your Blue Eyes but you will see why he is the ace of my deck soon. But for now, Black Winged will attack that Red Eyes." Black Winged Dragon sent a dragon's fireball from his head which went straight towards Red Eyes.

"Sorry but I play my face down card Negate Attack so now your attack is negated." Solona countered and a whirlwind appeared which stopped Black Winged Dragon's attack.

Blackwing growled. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

"My draw." Solona said as she drew her card. "I play my own Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Solona drew two cards. "Then I play Fusion Recovery which allows me to add Polymerization and my other Blue Eyes in my Graveyard to my hand."

"And just what are you going to do with them?" Blackbird questioned

"Oh I plan to summon one of my own best monsters." Solona smirked. "I play Polymerization to fuse the Blue Eyes on my field with two more in my hand to summon the ultimate Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." The Three Blue Eyes dragons appeared on the field which were then sucked into a portal and then the massive three headed blue dragon appeared (Level 12 Attack 4500 Defense 3800) "And now Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack that Black Winged Dragon. Sorry but your powerful monster won't be around for long" The three heads fired a blast of blue fire which combined into one and then there was an explosion.

"She did it!" Jaden cheered

"With that monster gone, she can attack directly." Neria added

"She's won and now Theorn will come back." Bastion added

But Daylen then noticed something and gasped.

"No, this duel's not over yet." He said and everyone looked at him.

"Look." He pointed to Blackbird's field and as the smoke cleared, Black Winged Dragon was still on the field.

"What!" Solona gasped "But how?"

"Did you forget about my face down card?" Blackbird laughed. "I played Negate Attack to save my monster."

Solona sighed, she was so close. "I switch Red Eyes Black Dragon into defence mode and then I will end my turn." She said as Red Eyes curled into a ball.

"My move." Blackbird said as he drew his card. "I'll start by playing the continuous spell card Black Whirlwind, now when a Blackwing Monster is summoned to my field, I can add another one to my hand. But I don't need that. Because I play the effect of Zephyros in the graveyard, now by returning my spell to my hand, I can summon him back." The spell return to Blackbird's hand and Zephyros returned "Now I take 400 points of damage but now the effect of Black Winged Dragon comes in. Now I place a Black Feather counter on it instead. And he loses 700 attack points for each" Black Winged Dragon lose some of its power (BWD Attack 2800-2100)

"Wait why would he do that? I don't see the point. That seems like a bad idea." Chazz said

"There must be a reason why. Those counters must have an effect." Alexis replied

"And it's can't be good for Solona." Bastion added

Blackbird then carried on his move. "Now I play the spell card Against the Wind, now Blizzard the Far North returns to my hand though I take damage equal to his attack points, but I add another counter to my dragon." Blizzard returned to his hand and another counter appeared on the dragon (BWD Attack 2100-1400) "Now I play Premature Burial to bring Pinaki back again but I add a third counter instead of losing 800 life points." Pinaki returned to the field and a third counter was added to the dragon (BWD Attack 1400-700)

"Now that dragon is weak." Aedan said. "That might seem foolish but there must be a reason."

"Those counters must have another effect." Daylen said

"They do." Blackbird smirked. "But first I tune Pinaki with Zephyros in order to Synchro summon Blackwing Tamer-Obsidian Hawk Joe." A man in golden armor with red hair and large black wings appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defence 2000) Now I remove all my counters which activates my dragons effect, now one of your monster loses 700 attack points for each counter and you take700 points of damage for each."

"What!" Solona gasped and three shots appeared and they struck Solona's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Solona howled as she took a massive hit on her life points.

**Solona: 650**

**Blackbird: 2400**

"And now your Ultimate Dragon loses 700 attack points for each counter." Blackbird added and then Blue Eyes lose his strength (BEUD Attack 4500-2400) "And now Black Winged Dragon, attack Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." Black Winged Dragon sent a blast which shot through Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon who howled before shattering which blew Solona backwards.

**Solona: 250**

**Blackbird: 2400**

"And now Blackwing Tamer, attack that Red Eyes." Blackbird added and then the Blackwing Tamer swung a sword and slashed Red Eyes who exploded and blew Solona back though because the monster was in defence mode, she took no damage but she fell face forward because of the attacks.

"Solona!" Daylen gasped

"Is she alright?" Neria gasped in horror

"Come on Solona, get up!" Jaden yelled. "You can't just throw in the towel."

"Yeah." Aedan added. "If you just give up then you'll lose your key and soul"

"And then the Shadow Riders will be closer to unleashing the sacred Beasts." Sereda added

Solona groaned and managed to push herself up. "I believe in myself. And I never give up" she said to herself.

"You should have stayed down." Blackbird laughed. "You'll never win and you will never see your friend again."

"Shut up!" Solona shouted. "I will win this duel and I will beat you." *'I just hope I draw the right card.'* She thought. *'There is only one card that can help me and the possibility of me drawing it is low. But right now, I really need it.*' Solona then drew her card and smirked. "Sorry but this Duel is over. But it will be me that wins; I play the spell card Dragon's Mirror."

"All right!" Jaden cheered. "That's just the card she needed."

"Call it the luck of the draw." Aedan added

"Now I remove 5 dragon monsters in my graveyard from play to summon Five Headed Dragon." The massive five headed dragon with each head representing a different element appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defense 5000)

"Oh no." Blackbird gasped

"It's over Blackbird." Solona smirked. "This duel is over and now Theorn will return. Now Five Headed Dragon, destroy Blackwing Tamer." Each of the five heads of the dragon sent a blast which combined into one and the blast struck the Blackwing Tamer which exploded and the blast engulfed Blackbird who screamed as he lost the rest of his life points.

**Solona: 250 (Winner)**

**Blackbird: 0000**

"It's over." Solona said

Blackbird fell to his knees as his body was engulfed in a bright black light then his limp body fell face forward as the feathered cape vanished and crumbled into many feathers and the crystal egg that held Theorn's soul fell onto the ground.

"Look, its Theorn's soul egg." Jaden gasped

The egg glowed and then disappeared as the body of Theorn appeared.

"Theorn!" Solona gasped and she ran up to Theorn and held him "Are you all right?"

Theorn groaned as he opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Solona.

"Sol... Sol... Solona? Is that you?" he said weakly

"Theorn, you're all right, you're back now." Solona said softly as a few tears fell

Theorn wrapped his arms around Solona. "Shhh, it's alright, I'm back now."

"Well we've taken out another Shadow Rider." Jaden said cheerfully

"Though we have lost another Spirit Key." Alexis said. "So now we've lost three of the twelve keys."

"And we still have eight more shadow riders to face." Neria added

Then they turned as they heard a groaning noise and they looked to see the Shadow Rider Blackbird push himself up. He rubbed the back of his head and he pulled off the Blackbird mask to reveal his real face which had slightly tanned skin and a head full of long pale blond hair.

"What, where am I?" Blackbird questioned and then he saw the key keepers looking at him. "Wait, who are you?"

No one knew who this boy was but then Alexis remembered something.

"Wait this is one of the students who went missing from the Abandoned Dorm." She said. "He was on that Date."

"What was his name?" Aedan asked

Alexis though for a moment.

"Zevran." She said. "That was his name Zevran Arainai. He was a Ra Yellow who was nearly ready to be promoted to Obelisk Blue. He vanished not long before his exam."

Then the boy known know as Zevran then fainted from stress and pain. Aedan and Sereda picked him up.

"We need to get Miss Fonntaine to check him over." Aedan said

Then Sereda handed Solona the Blackbird mask.

"This must be the Shadow Charm." She said

Solona looked at the mask.

"Well we've taken out another Shadow Rider, but it looks like more are on the way. And I have a feeling that some will be our toughest ones yet."

**DUEL!"**