Empty night
A Negima x Dresden files crossover. I don't own Mahou Sensei Negima nor do I own the Dresden Files.
It was a cold night at Mahora Academy. The only thing that could be heard was the wind whistling through the trees and the full moon gave everything a sinister glow.
It was also the night that Evangeline Mcdowell was running for her life.
Granted something that shouldn't be said so lightly but you have to call a spade a spade. Her breath was labored and her small, black heart was hammering in her chest as she ran down the silent street. She did not like this, not one single bit. It reminded her when she first became a vampire. Confused, angry and a whole lot terrified.
Her plan was going so perfectly as well. She feasted upon more girls and spread the rumours about the vampire at Sakura Lane to lure that Nagi's boy. She waited for him and he came along pretending to be a knight in shining armour. She was going to drink his blood and be freed from this stupid curse. But then that wizard…
Her thoughts were interrupted as an enraged shout "Fuego!" Came at her and she had to leap to the side to avoid the pole of pure white flames aiming for her small body.
"Damnit, damnit!" She muttered a chant and threw a couple of catalysts behind her, not bothering to see if they hit her target. She heard her chaser shouted a curse and only then she stopped to look around.
All she could see at first were large icicles, courtesy of her spell. She shrieked in triumph and relief. But then the icicles shifted to the man's side. The ice was held an inch away from the man by some invincible barrier. Then it suddenly dropped to the floor as he released it to fully reveal him.
Her chaser was a tall man, about 6'8 maybe taller. He had short brown hair. His face had sharp features and many scars on it from past battles. He had a wiry frame with strong, trained legs. In his right hand he was equipped with a staff that had runes engraved into it. In his left hand he had what looked to be a wooden rod. He wore a duster that reached down to his knees.
Oh yeah, he also looked royally pissed as hell.
Evangeline turned away quickly and ran with new vigor. She considered to fly but remembered the last time she attempted that she was swatted down like a fly. So she decided that she had to lose him through the vast winding streets than fly away. Another feeling slowly made its way into Evangeline's heart. Excitement. She cannot remember the last time she ran for her life. Was it one hundred, two hundred years? She was humoring this new feeling and but all completely forgot why she was running for her life in the first place.
The scream from the beanstalk (dubbed by herself) "Forzare!" ripped her back into reality. She turned around to see which way to leap but saw nothing. Never the less she could feel something coming her way and leapt to the side again.
The raw kinetic energy only clipped her but Evangeline felt like she was hit by the side of a charging rhinocerous. She flew into the wall and the world was too cruel to let her smash through it. Instead she hit the wall with bone shattering impact. She felt her shoulder snap and she bit her tongue to muffle the scream. She looked up, eyes wide with fear to see the man calmly walking towards her his eyes full of fury.
"You were all supposed to be dead!"Beanstalk shouted in English, not bothering to keep the rage out of his voice, "I killed her for you all to die, to save my daughter, to end all the suffering done by your kind's hands. You're supposed to be fucking dead!"
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Evangeline screamed back, "Why are you doing this? Keep to your own affairs!"
All she got back was a snarl. The wizard lifted up his staff to deal the final blow and Evangeline flinched away. 'Pathetic.' She thought, 'I am going to die here after all I have been through because of some random pissed of man. And I was so close to seeing him again.' She closed her eyes awaiting the final blow.
That never came. She heard the wizard grunt in pain and she opened her eyes to see him flying from a kick to the side by Chachamaru. The android turned around to her Evangeline.
"Are you okay master?"Chachamaru said, her voice layered with concern. She offered her hand down to her master. Evangeline gripped her hand hard and her face slackened with relief. Then it turned into rage as she dragged Chachamaru down and tugged on her cheeks painfully.
"Where the hell have you been you stupid android? You were supposed to come as soon as I was in trouble. What took you so long!"
"Ibe sorrib master. I was helbed back." She try to say not even bothering to fight back against her master.
"Hmph. I'll forgive you this time. I could've handled him anyway." She let go of her faithful minion's cheeks and smiled softly at her. "Thanks."
The rare heartfelt moment was interrupted by the wizard who was getting up noisily and muttering "Shit" under his breath. He turned around to look at them with body tensed with rage.
"Hey, I'm still alive." Beanstalk whispered angrily. He pointed his blasting rod at them and hurled another blast of fire. Chachamaru grabbed her master and jumped out of harm's way. The wall that Evangeline was leaning on melted into a pile of slush. Chachamaru landed and dropped Evangeline carefully onto the road and leapt at the man, fist held over her head.
"Bitch, bring it!" The wizard roared in reply to her challenge. Then the man shook his right arm to reveal a bracelet with medieval shields. He held up his arm to Chachamaru and she smashed into the barrier and bounced off. She fell to the floor and went into a roll. She stood up and was about to charge again until he spoke and she halted suddenly.
"Hey, did that vampire called you an android? You know a robot with all those electrical things?" He asked, his face covered by shadows.
"Yes, that is correct. I am an android that is functioned to protect her master at all costs, even from you Harry Dresden."
Even with his covered, you could still clearly see the wolfish smile that grew on his face.
"Hmm my luck must be finally changing." Harry raised his arm to Chachamaru whom went on guard. But she could not see what was coming.
"Hexus." He snarled. Silence past for a few seconds as both man and cyborg stood completely still. Then a few hisses and pops were heard from Chachamaru's body. Suddenly her right shoulder exploded into flames and she was thrown violently to the ground. She convulsed on the floor a few times and then stopped moving all together.
Evangeline stood up quickly and through a catalyst at the wizard but he was ready for it and they unleashed their power harmlessly against his shield. Harry screamed incoherently dropped the shield and screamed "Forzare" and the raw kinetic energy flew towards Evangeline. She cursed and muttered a chant putting up a defensive barrier but in her weakened state some energy still broke through. She was hit in the chest and felt her collar bone snapped. She flew several feet back and landed on the ground harshly. A scream escaped her lips.
'That was his name.' Evangeline thought, 'Harry Dresden, Boya's caretaker.'
Harry turned focusing completely on her small form. Something that could be equivalent to a smile crawled across his face and his eyes that long forgotten sanity stared coldly at her. He pulled out his .44 from his duster pocket and drew Evangeline into its sights.
"Now, where were we?"
To be continued… or back to the where the story began.
Next chapter we'll see what happened at the very start from Harry Dresden's POV and why he came to Japan. Hoped you enjoyed this chapter and hope you can give constructive criticism.