Chapter 1: Demons, Keys, and Shields
Valentina's P.O.V
Quietly, I moved around the debris. My world was falling apart. The entire city was destroyed. My home was gone. I felt so sad, but I could not shed a tear. Father always taught me that ,no matter how bad it gets, I have to save my tears. I could see a small hand sticking out of the rocks. I tried to maneuver my way to it, but I was hurt badly. There seemed to be a cut across my leg. A very deep cut. Trying hard not to strain myself, I yelled for help. My shields had been effective, but I was losing magic energy. I could still hear the roar of a terrifying beast. How was I going to escape this? A girl, maybe three or four years older than me, came running down the refuse. As soon as she caught my eye, the small hand began to wave and grasp for something, anything within reach.
" Hey, get your ass over here and help me!" I yelled at the girl.
I grabbed the small hand and pulled hard. Suddenly a girl popped through the rubble. The brunette was close to my age, or she was possibly younger than me. I remember that I was only eleven at the time. I was only a child. She started to cough and then sat up. The fire-engine redhead showed up in that same moment.
"Stupid children, what the hell are you doing lying around? Can you not see the towering demon about one hundred paces in front of us?" she yelled with her eyes glowing in rage.
Immeadiately, I looked around for the large beast. There seemed to be humming coming from the odd girl, creepy humming. I threw pebbles at the stupid demon. None of the pebbles hit the monster as it slowly moved to the mountain pass. The song that the girl was singing came out in small pieces.
"... send shivers down your spine." she sang under her breath.
I felt my vision growing dim as I tried to help the smaller girl up to get out of the way. The scary girl used an even scarier magic to destroy the two mountains that the beast stood between . At this point the little one was on my back, and I was hauling ass to the nearest building. That is one crossfire that you would not want to be caught in. I brought the girl to a small cottage that lacked a roof, and a door.
" What is your name?" I asked the girl. " Skyla," she whispered. "I'm Val," I replied. " And I am Sylvanis," the scary girl's voice came, " Let's get out of here before things get worse."
I lifted the small girl onto my back once again. Even her little weight was hard for me to carry. Although I was hurt and having visual difficulties, I held her tight against my back.
We walked like that for a while, in dark silence that was surely not going to be broken. Skyla had been asleep for that while. Out of nowhere, a girl with purple eyes and odd clothing appeared.
"Are you hurt, darling?" she scremed frantically while rushing to Sky. " What the, who are you? Where did you come from?" Sylvanis yelled to the odd-ball that had a fantastic appearing act. That's when Sky, a nickname that I had come up with, woke up.
" Don't worry, it's just my spirit. Nini, did I summon you?" she questioned groggily. " No, silly child. You were in danger, so I summoned myself." " I'm okay, Nini, really. These girls saved me!"
At this point I understood that Sky was a celestial wizard. If she used celestial magic, and I re-quipped; What the hell was Syl's, another nickname I had so cleverlly developed, magic? Now everyone was arguing about what we were supposed to do now, why we had Sky, where we were going, etc.
"Would you all just SHUT UP!" the flame head screeched.
After that we continued our silent journey. I was not sure who I was with, honestly, but I felt like we already shared a bond that was not soon to be broken.