Mahou Sensei Negima: The Next Generation
Chapter 4: The Magical Land Nightmare
In Mana's room late that night, she couldn't get Karula out of her head. She remembered when she was a child that she recieved a letter. It told her to come to her family's shrine late that night and bring no one. Mana did what the note said and found that Karula was waiting by Mana's shrine.
"Are...Are you the one from the note?" Mana said. Karula turned around and saw Mana. She smiled.
"Yes. My name is Karula McDowell. I wanted to bring a special gift to you little girl. I do hope you like it." Karula said.
"What is it?" Mana said. Karula chuckled and approached Mana. She kneeled down on one knee and put her hand on Mana's shoulder.
"I've heard you're a little priestess. Correct?" Karula said. Mana nodded.
"Well then, allow me to give this gift to you." Karula said. Suddenly, Karula bit Mana on her neck and she screamed. When Mana stopped screaming, she collapsed.
"There. That should do it." Karula said. Mana groaned and stood up.
"What...What did you do?!" Mana said. Suddenly, she felt a strange pain in her neck. When she looked around, she could see so many strange and evil looking creatures.
"Huh? What are...all of these?!" Mana said. Karula chuckled.
"These are demon spirits my dear. And you're looking at one as well. Ha. I hope you like this little gift. Bye." Karula said. After she vanished, her wicked laugh echoed the sky as Mana collapsed to her knees still clutching her neck. After Mana's dream ended, she looked around.
"If you thought that gift you gave me would scare me, you're sadly mistaken." Mana thought. The next day, Mana walked around campus keeping a sharp eye out for Karula. Meanwhile, Asuna met with Madoka and Kotaro in Negi's office. Negi was visiting Chachamaru in the school gym.
"Guys? I'm worried about Negi. He's been really caught up in his work at the office as well as worrying about Chachamaru. Not to mention he's got Mana patrolling the entire building looking for Karula." Asuna said. They watched as Mana passed by the windows.
"Well, what are we supposed to do? Negi worries about Chachamaru and he doesn't want to leave her side." Madoka said. Kotaro nodded.
"But he's doing this too much. If he's not careful, he might agree to something that he might not be ready for because of all this worry. Luckily, I think I have an idea." Asuna said.
"I'd love to hear it." Kotaro said. Asuna reached into her pocket and she had four Magical Land tickets.
"I was thinking of spending the day with Negi at Magical Land. And, well, I was hoping you guys would come as well." Asuna said "We could make it a double date." Madoka and Kotaro looked at each other.
"Hmm. I see no harm done." Kotaro said.
"Yeah. Me too. OK Asuna. If it's for Negi, we'll come with you." Madoka said.
"Thanks you guys." Asuna said. Asuna went to see Negi and he told her everything. Since she didn't want Negi knowing it was her idea, she lied saying that Kotaro thought of it.
"All right Asuna. Tell Kotaro I'll come too." Negi said. As Asuna walked off, she felt pretty good about herself then. Later that day, Asuna, Negi, Kotaro and Madoka went to Magical Land.
"Here we are guys. Welcome to Magical Land." Asuna said.
"So, what ride should we hit first?" Kotaro said.
"Hmm. Not really sure. There's so many people here...that I don't know which to choose." Madoka said. Kotaro scanned the crowd to find any open rides.
"Sheesh. What is going on today? You think the park was having some kind of special event or something." Kotaro said. Just then, Asuna could hear her stomach growling.
"Guess that means it's lunch time." Asuna said. The others chuckled and walked off to find some lunch. Meanwhile, Chamo and Evangeline were with Rose in Negi's office. Negi had told Evangeline what happened with Rose and she figured she could help bring her magical powers out.
"All right then. Are you up for this? Waking your magical energy may be a bit difficult for someone as young as you." Evangeline said.
"I...I'm not sure. I just...felt really weird when I was like that. I don't know if that was a good thing or not." Rose said. Evangeline sighed and put her hand on Rose's shoulder.
"Listen. I've dealt with this kind of feeling before. When I was teaching Jennifer, she felt the same way. But she soon found it to be rewarding." Evangeline said.
"Yeah. Take it from Evangeline. She's quite a wiz when it comes to awakening magic powers." Chamo said. After thinking it would be all right, Rose decided to give it a try.
"Then drink this first. It's a special elixir that should help partially awaken your powers." Evangeline said. Rose took a small glass filled with red liquid in it and sniffed it.
"Is...this safe?" Rose said. Evangeline and Chamo nodded.
"All right then. Here...goes nothing." Rose said. She started drinking it down slowly with her eyes shut tightly. After she drank the last sip, she looked a little grossed out.
"Blech. This stuff tastes nasty." Rose said.
"Yeah. That's what Jennifer said. Now just give it a minute and it should be kicking in." Evangeline said. Just then, Rose started to glow bright blue again.
"Whoa! Talk about a really effective medicine!" Chamo said. Rose's eyes glowed bright blue and she could see Negi and the others at Magical Land.
"Evangeline?! What's going on?! I'm scared!" Rose said. Evangeline said that would be normal. But just as Rose continued to watch her friends, she grew horrified when she saw something massive attacking the fair grounds. On top of the giant thing was Karula!
"Oh no! Mr. Springfield is in danger!" Rose said. Evangeline looked rather confused and put her hand on Rose's head. The aura went to her and she could see the same thing Rose was seeing.
"K...Karula?! She's at...Magical Land?" Evangeline said. When she took her hand off Rose, she couldn't believe it. It would seem one of Rose's magical abilities was being able to see the future!
"Hold on a minute! She's a psychic?!" Chamo said.
"No time for that! Karula is going to attack Magical Land! Negi and the others are there!" Evangeline said. Chamo gasped.
"Then what are we standing around for?! Let's move!" Chamo shouted. Chamo leaped on Evangeline's shoulder as she rushed out pulling Rose with her.
"Wait! Evangeline! Why are you taking me?! Wait! Stop!" Rose said. Meanwhile, back at Magical Land, Negi and the others were riding together in one of the tea cup rides. Negi was starting to enjoy himself more and Asuna could see it. After the ride, they checked out some of the game stands. Negi won Asuna a stuffed rabbit from a target game.
"Oh Negi. He's so cute. Thank you." Asuna said. She lightly kissed Negi's cheek and chuckled. Negi smiled and they moved on.
"Enjoying yourself Negi?" Kotaro said eating cotton candy in his hand. Negi nodded. As the boys chatted, Madoka looked at Asuna holding her rabbit.
"Hey Asuna? Something tells me you're enjoying yourself more than you originally thought." Madoka said. Asuna asked her what she meant and Madoka replied with a wink and a smile.
"Uh...well, I...uh..." Asuna said. Madoka smiled.
"Come on Asuna. You're in love with Negi. Aren't you?" Madoka said. Asuna just stuttered after that before snapping out of it.
"All right. Maybe I do "like" him more than a friend. But no need to say it out loud. Especially when he can hear you." Asuna said. Madoka chuckled.
"Then you two should do more things together. Don't keep yourself bottled up Asuna or maybe Nodoka will beat you to Negi." Madoka said. Asuna groaned and looked away.
"Hey. I'll do it when I'm ready. All right?" Asuna said. Madoka smiled. As they progressed on, they were unaware of someone watching them. It was Karula.
"Isn't this cute? The little brats are together having a good time. Pity their fun is about to end." Karula said. As Karula looked around for something, Evangeline, Chamo and Rose arrived from the back entrance.
"Where is that little twit? He's in danger unless we find him!" Evangeline said. Rose thought she could see Negi but Evangeline didn't notice it. All she just noticed was Karula floating overhead.
"So...THERE she is!" Evangeline growled. Leaving Rose and Chamo behind, Evangeline rocketed off towards Karula with her teeth clenched and her eyes locked on her.
"Karula McDowell!" Evangeline shouted. Karula stuttered and turned toward Evangeline's voice. But before she could catch her, Evangeline struck her with a kick to the face. Karula flew back before she stopped herself.
"Oh drat. I hoped you wouldn't be here. But...I could use a little punching bag to beat on right now. Because...you've made me rather upset after kicking me." Karula said. As Evangeline and Karula engaged in battle, Negi and the others saw them after the other people pointed them out.
"Evangeline?! And Karula?!" Asuna said. Just then, Rose and Chamo came rushing up to them calling their names.
"Rose? Why are you here? It's too dangerous." Negi said.
"I don't know. When Evangeline found out, she dragged me with her." Rose said "Mr. Springfield! I can see the future! And you're in danger!" Negi and the others gasped. Karula groaned and fired a spell at Evangeline. But she dodged it with a confident smile.
"Missed me!" Evangeline said. Karula chuckled.
"Who said I was aiming for YOU?" Karula said. Evangeline gasped and looked back. Her spell struck one of the horses on the merry go round and it started growing to gigantic size. It's eyes glowed red and it neighed in a deep voice.
"Whoa! I heard of the Trojan Horse before. But that's ridiculous!" Asuna said. The giant horse spotted Negi and it raised it's giant hoofs. Negi gasped and summoned his staff. Right as the horse was about to stomp down, Negi created a barrier. The horse's attack was deflected and it crashed onto the ground.
"This is bad! We have to keep everyone safe! They're gonna get crushed!" Madoka said. Negi used a spell and he managed to blow everyone out of the park with a wind gust. The horse snorted and got back up. Karula landed on the horse's head.
"You little pests. How dare you do that to my horsie." Karula said. She ordered the giant horse to run them over and it's eyes flashed red.
"Incoming!" Kotaro shouted. The horse charged for them but they got away fast enough. Evangeline went for Karula at the head but Karula snapped her fingers. She summoned the little vampire creatures to her side.
"Get them boys!" Karula said. The little vampires seperated and headed for Negi's friends and Evangeline. Evangeline was caught off guard and she fell into a nearby stand.
"Oh no! Not them again!" Rose said. The vampires chuckled as they flew at Rose. Rose tripped on an fallen board as Negi and the others kept running. And as Negi ran, Chamo accidentally fell off his shoulder and landed by Rose. Luckily, when the horse passed over her, the giant hoofs missed them completely.
"Mr. Springfield!" Rose shouted. She gasped when she heard the vampires behind her.
"Come here little girl!" one said. Rose looked back and screamed. Suddenly, by some strange occurance, a bunch of nearby barrels came flying at them and the vampires were struck by the barrels and sent crashing down.
"Oh! That's smarts!" one of them said. Rose gasped and looked at her hands. They were glowing the same color she was before.
"What the? Did I...do that?" Rose said. Suddenly, her arms stretched straight out and she somehow captured them in the same aura. She was using another new power, psychokinesis.
"Holy cow!" Chamo said.
"Hey! Put us down!" one of them said. Knowing Rose had the power now, she looked at them angrily and started spinning around. As she spun, the vampires spun with her.
"This is for Mr. Springfield! Leave him...alone!" Rose shouted. With a loud yell, she threw the vampires clean out of sight and fell on her rear.
"Too much...spin..." Rose said sounding dizzy. The vampires flew at Karula and crashed into her.
"Agh! What the?!" Karula said. She saw her dazed vampire minions and they evaporated. Without a moment wasted, Evangeline dashed at Karula and slammed into her. The two crashed landed with the giant horse still charging after Negi.
"All right! I've had enough running away! Time to tame this crazy horse!" Kotaro said. He charged back at the horse as one of the hoofs came right at him. When it stomped down, Kotaro caught the hoof and started pushing against it.
"Kotaro!" Madoka shouted. Kotaro groaned as he kept the hoof elevated. Knowing Kotaro couldn't keep it up for long, Negi saw something on the horse's head. It was some kind of dark crystal. Believing that was the source of Karula's control over the horse, he fired a spell directly at it and the crystal shattered. The horse snorted and begun shrinking. When it was back to normal size, Karula gasped.
"Why you! How did you...?!" Karula said. She saw Evangeline and broke away. She vanished into thin air leaving everyone else behind. After Karula's departure, Negi and Evangeline used their magic to restore the park to normal. Madoka admired Kotaro for being really brave and she kissed him.
"Oh. Come on now. I could have taken that over sized barn animal." Kotaro said. Negi and Asuna looked back at Rose. Chamo told Negi what he saw Rose doing earlier.
"Wow. Rose. YOU really did that?" Asuna said. Rose looked away nervously and nodded. Negi chuckled and patted Rose on the head.
"Good job Rose." Negi said. Rose looked at Negi and smiled.
END OF CHAPTER
