It was night time in Neo-City as we go to an unfinished bridge located somewhere in the city. Here we see Buckles Murphy and Gillian "Gill" Norman, the weakest trainees from the Training Facility... or are they?, hiding behind a stack of boxes and sacks of cements.
"Hey.'' Gill called. He is currently wearing a red high-collar jacket over a black shirt, light brown trousers and brown shoes.
"Yeah?'' Buckles replied. He is currently wearing a yellow t-shirt with the words "sugarcoat'' written in white letters, gray pants and black sneakers.
"You ever wonder why we're here?" Gill asked.
"It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night." Buckles said.
There were silence between them.
"What?! I mean why are we out here, in this unfinished bridge, hiding behind this pile of boxes and sacks of cement.'' Gill pointed out.
"Oh. Uh... yeah." Buckles replied in realization, "Well... you already know the reason. Hiding ourselves from them.'' he said.
"From those thugs.'' Gill said.
"No... from that dangerous girl that attends Neo-City Montana Middle School." Buckles replied.
"You know I can perfectly hear the two of you." a voice called.
Buckles let's out a sigh, "So much for hiding." he grumbled.
He and Gill stood up and got out from their hiding place as a girl stood firmly from a distance. The girl was pretty short and years younger than them. The girl had a long frizzy-brown hair that goes down to her waist and has red eyes. She is currently wearing a black sweater vest over white dress shirt, white skirt, white folded down socks and brown shoes.
The girls looks at them with a mild glare, "You boys sure had a lot of nerve. You two are an idiot. Do you know who I am? Don't you know I'm part of Neo-City's strongest Master Oracles! Mishal Watts!" she claimed.
Neo-City Strongest Master Oracles
Mishal Watts
The two boys remained silent at her presence, "I heard about the two of you from the Training Facility. The weakest trainees they ever heard and yet minutes ago you tried to save me from some thugs when I can perfectly take them on by myself." Mishal said with huff, "You guys are fools... what can you even do when you're "that" weak." she said. The two boys remained silent as she spoke again, "Ever heard of the Firebolt?'' she asked.
"Huh?" Buckles replied.
"The Firebolt is kinda like a combination of fire and electricity. Like a lightning bolt fueled with fire... only a lot dangerous." Mishal explained as she ignited a ball of flames from her palms with a few sparks shooting out, "Here's an example of that." she said before flicking her fingers as a blast of lightning and fire shoots out from her hand and hits the place where Buckles and Gill's hiding place, blasting it to bits.
Both boys could only watch in horror from what she just did, "Oi... oi..." Buckles called.
"D-d-d-d-d-don't t-t-t-tell m-m-m-me that y-y-y-you use t-t-t-that on those t-t-t-t-thugs?!" Gill exclaimed in fright.
"Yeah." Mishal replied as her entire body lights up with fire and sparks of electricity began to shoot out, "And there's two more that I need to dealt with." she claimed with a smirk.
Mishal then shoots out a powerful beam of fire and electricity right towards the boys. Gill let's out a squeak and hid behind his friend, Buckles on the other hand pulled his head backwards before lunging his head towards the beam, colliding with it, the collision caused a loud explosion that shook the entire bridge.
After a few minutes, the smokes clears as Mishal let's out a hum, "What's this?'' she mused, "You two are still alive.'' she said.
Right in front of her, Buckles and Gill(still hiding behind his friend) are still standing with no traces of damages from the attack.
Buckles let's out a smirk, "People told us many times not to mess with the wrong people.'' he said. The tone of his voice made Mishal very uneasy as she took a step back, "Though... right now... you just messed with the wrong people." he claimed while Gill is chattering his teeth.
Mishal glares at them as she outstretched her left arm up as she charges a large sphere of fire and electricity, then she brought down a powerful lightning bolt from the sky which caused a large explosion at the entire bridge.
bzzzttt...
There's a lot of things to be said about Neo-City. It's a city that can be described as a Tokyo/Paris/Las Vegas hybrid, so the city is filled with casinos, cafes and many establishments about entertainment purposes and it also serves as the home city of the Heroes Coalition.
Now with a city that is resided with many heroes, you think things are peaceful... wrong... despite the dozens of heroes residing in this city, there are secrets that are kept from them and questionable activities were being hold.
There's a lot of things about this city that is kept from everyone. Dark secrets that are heavily protected. Questionable motives that do more chaos than peace.
Who knew in a city full of heroes that there's darkness lurking around at every corner.
bzzzttt...
The next day, we see Buckles and Gill walking in the streets with deadpanned expressions.
"Goddammit! I can't believe the power outage lasted this morning.'' Buckles grumbled.
"Thanks to that... I barely had a good night sleep.'' Gill said.
"I blame that girl for unleashing that lightning bolt... it affected the entire city.'' Buckles muttered.
"I think were to blame too... we did made her angry.'' Gill replied.
The two comes across an alleyway when Buckles noticed something, "Hmm... what's that?'' he pointed out.
In the middle of the alley, the two saw a young girl, probably the same age as Nodoka and Aka, lying down the ground unconscious.
"Oh no! She looks unconscious!" Gill said as the two runs towards the girl.
Upon closer look, the girl had a long waste-length light-blue hair. She is currently wearing a pink top and red corset with a blue ribbon underneath a white cape, a white knee-length skirt, black & white thigh-high socks, brown boots and a large witch hat.
"What's up with this girl? Is she a witch or a cosplayer?'' Buckles asked in surprise.
"I can't tell but I definitely know that she needs help." Gill replied as he kneels down next to her, "Hey... hey... are you all right?'' he asked in concern.
The girl then slowly wakes up as she opens her blue eyes, she looks at them for minute before speaking, "H... help... me..." she said.
"Okay... what can we do for you.'' Buckles replied.
"I... I'm... hungry...'' the girl replied as her stomach let's out a growl.
Gill and Buckles gave her a blank stare in return. "How much do you have, Gill?'' the latter asked.
"I'm broke." Gill replied.
bzzzttt...
Later that day inside a restaurant, we see Buckles, Gill and the girl sitting at one table with the said girl devouring every food in front of her like there's no tomorrow while the two boys watches her with bewildered looks.
After a few minutes of awkward silence, Buckles spoke, "Um... excuse me.'' he called, "I know that you're busy eating but can you please tell us your name.'' he said.
The girl drink a glass of water before letting out a delighted breath, "Ah~ That was good food!" she said with a smile, "Anyway... my name is Evanore Highmore Wolfmoon! And I'm a witch!" she introduced herself.
Witch
Evanore Highmore Wolfmoon
"Witch?'' Buckles repeated.
"Never seen one before?'' Evanore asked.
"Actually we're acquainted with a few." Gill replied, "Anyway... my name is Gillian Norman but people call me Gill, and this is Buccaneer Murphy but most people calls him Buckles.'' he introduced himself and Buckles.
"Nice to meet you and thank you for feeding me." Evanore replied with a small bow.
"No pleasure." Buckles replied, "Anyway... I had to ask. What are you doing in the middle of an alley?" he asked.
Evanore let's out a hum, "You all know that being a witch is kinda dangerous, right?" she asked earning a nod from the two, "Glad you understand, so I won't lie. You see I came from Dave's England and is part of an organization called the Gospel. I've been running away from them for quite some time now that I became weak and hungry which is the reason I passed out in that alley." she explained.
"I see." Buckles replied.
"Gospel? That's the first time I heard of that name." Gill mused.
"What is the Gospel?'' Buckles asked.
"It's one of the six largest denomination in this world. They specializes in witchcraft, inquisitions and anti-magic." Evanore explained.
"So... if you're part of them... then why were they after you?'' Buckles asked.
"You see... I'm not just some witch... I am known as the Witch of the Thousands Spells." Evanore replied.
"Witch of the Thousand Spells? What does that mean?'' Gill asked in confusion.
"As the name suggested, I am witch that knows thousands of spells that consists of witchcraft, inquisition and anti-magic. Because of my capability of perfectly memorizing everything I managed to master a lot of spells." Evanore claimed.
"Wait... if you mastered that many spells that why don't you use it to fight against them.'' Gill pointed out.
"Truth to be told... I just mastered them through reading but I can't actually cast them yet. Plus, I'm still pretty young and my magic reserves are not that powerful.'' Evanore admitted.
"I see... that's quite a fickle." Gill nodded in understanding.
"But you said you're part of this organization." Buckles pointed out, "What happened that made you run away?" he asked in concern.
Evanore gave them a solemn look, "I... I don't know... one day they called me at the Cathedral were they told me that I must be executed. I don't know why they wanted me executed but when I ask why they ignored it and ordered a lot of guards to capture me but I managed to get away and travel my way all over here." she explained.
"Execute you? What's wrong with those people?'' Buckles asked.
"Could it be because they get afraid of you for mastering thousands spells.'' Gill pointed out.
"That... might be it. But if I remember correctly they were proud of me when I mastered all of the spells.'' Evanore replied but was unsure.
"I see. How about you come with us? The Heroes Coalition can give you protection from the Gospel.'' Buckles offered.
Evanore smiled, "Thank you every much but you don't need to trouble yourself." she said standing up, "I'll managed on my own... I did managed to travel across the world without getting caught." she claimed.
"Are you sure?" Gill asked in concern.
Evanore nodded, "I'm sure. Well... I'll see you guys around and thank you again for the food, it was delicious." she said before heading towards the door of the restaurant as the boys watches her go.
"Five bucks that we'll find her again in the alley.'' Buckles mused.
"I'm broke." Gill replied.
bzzzttt...
Later that afternoon at the Training Facility, we see Buckles and Gill along with Akatora Fujimiya and The Creepy Guy sitting on the bleachers while a very small young woman is speaking to them.
"Mou! Would you four at least put some efforts with your training! If you boys keep on slacking, you'll be left behind by everyone!" the woman chastised, "Especially you, Murphy-san!" she pointed out.
The said boy flinched, "Do you really need to pinpoint that on me, Mika-sensei?'' Buckles asked.
Coach and Teacher
Mika Suzuki
Mika, despite being 27 years old, is a very small and petite young woman. She had a short brown bobcut hair with green eyes. She is currently wearing a light-pink long-sleeve shirt with a white collar and red bow tie, pink knee-length skirt, white socks and gray shoes.
"I don't want to sound so demeaning but you had the worst performance as a trainee even Norman-san managed to surpass you even an inch." Mika stated.
"I am?" Gill asked in surprise.
"Nyahahaha! She said even an inch.'' Akatora mused.
"Keh-keh-keh! That-a-means Bucky is at-a-bottom.'' the Creepy Guy stated with a creepy grin.
Buckles hungs his head low, "Fuck you, guys." he grumbled.
"Language! Murphy-san!" Mika scolded.
"Hai..." Buckles replied.
bzzzttt...
After a whole day of training, the sun was about to set as we see Buckles and Gill walking in the streets talking about on how will they even improve their training performance.
Suddenly a familiar voice called for their attention, "Ah! There you are! Stop right there!" the voice demanded.
The two turns around to see Mishal Watts approaching them, "Well what do you know if isn't the Firecracker.'' Buckles greeted with a bored look.
"Don't call me that! I had a name you know! Mishal Watts, try to remember it!" Mishal demanded.
"Really? I already forgot.'' Buckles quipped.
"Shut up!" Mishal exclaimed as her entire ignites with flames while sending out a few sparks, "Today, you and I will settle things, once and for all!" she declared.
Buckles let's out a groan, "Would you please give it a rest? You're electrical attacks has already caused enough trouble for us!" he stated.
"Yeah! Thanks to you! We hardly got a good night sleep!" Gill exclaimed.
"Besides... after last night, you think you're attacks will cause damage on me.'' Buckles reminded.
Mishal let's out a pout, "There's no way that ability of yours is possible! Whatever you did last night was a fluke!" she accused.
"Hey! Buckles maybe a Rookie Oracle but his ability is no fluke!" Gill defended.
"I don't think that is something you should defend, Gill." Buckles muttered, "Anyway... I had no time for this, I already had a bad day and I don't want a crazy girl bothering me for a fight.'' he exclaimed in annoyance.
"Ah! Can't at least be serious about this!" Mishal chastised.
"Then what would you do I ever become serious." Buckles pointed out with a serious face making Mishal flinch and uneasy for what he just said. Finding that she can't find the right words to say, Buckles and Gill turns their back on her, "Though so... anyway, you better go home early, it's getting dark and it's getting dangerous at that time.'' he advised.
Mishal watches them walk away with an uneasy feeling, "Jerks." she said.
bzzzttt...
Later it was already night time as Buckles and Gill are still walking around the streets when the two comes across an alley and saw a familiar witch lying on the ground unconscious.
"Told you.'' Buckles said with a blank look.
"For starters... I didn't agree on that bet.'' Gill replied with a blank look.
The two then approaches the unconscious Evanore with an amused look but their amusement turns into horror the moment they saw the blood on her sides.
"What the?!" Buckles gasped as he quickly kneels next to her, "Oi! What's going on? Are you okay?" he asked in panic.
"Who would do this to you?" Gill asked in horror.
"That would be us... the Seers." a voice answered.
Both Buckles and Gill felt the chills moving down their spines, sweat pouring down their faces and their eyes shrunk into dots. The two slowly turns around to see a tall man clad in black walking towards them.
The man took a whiff of his cigarette before blowing out a smoke, "Nothing personal... I'm just following orders.'' he stated.
A/N: Inspired from Jexi the Hunter, Hope the Victor and David the Almighty Paladin. If the OCs are not created by moi, then it's not mine.