So I have some news, I'm discontinuing this story.
Why you may ask? 90% of the content in this story are my own original thing I've worked really hard on. You guys haven't seen them all but I really don't want to use these ideas on a fanfiction for a cartoon show, you know? (although I do love this show don't get me wrong)
I plan to use the ideas and concepts from this story and use them in my own original one. I plan to make it a webcomic, but of course I still have a lot of planning to do so don't expect it anytime soon. Maybe a year or so.
I've deiced to at the very least, upload what I have so far of Swan Song part 2 for you guys. Thank you all for sticking by me and reading my story. I love you all so much!
Andrea is her own character now with her own story not tied to the Marvel universe. The webcomic will probably be VERY different from this fanfic but Andrea will be what never changes.
When Andrea arrived in the alleyway the first thing that reached her senses were screams and the smell of ash. Carefully, she peered from behind the wall to get an idea of what she was dealing with.
Debris from cracked buildings scattered the sidewalk, the poles of nearby signs where either bent or melted, remnants of cars laid shrewd about while ablaze. People of all kinds where running and screaming from the center of the chaos, the Harpy.
She looked like a teenager, her feathers a mix of red and oranges, a few of the ones topmost her head a bright yellow as if they where a crown. Surprisingly, her clothes looked a bit like what a normal teen would wear; A simple t-shirt and jeans. But they where tattered and shredded near the edges, as if she had grown several sizes since she put it on. But what caught Andrea's attention was the necklace she wore, the one she saw in her dream, the one the vault told her about.
Currently she was in the air, throwing fire down onto a small group, the very same group of heroes Andrea had meet the last time. Damn, they beat her to the Harpy. But maybe-
"Wow she even looks like a pure-blood, you sure that's a Harpy?" Andrea was startled at first by the voice, but when she looked she saw it only Waren perched atop her shoulder.
"Waren, what are you doing here?"
"Do you honestly think I'm letting you go here alone? Someone has to go get help if you get roasted."
"Wow Waren, way to be positive.."
"Never mind that, so what's the plan?"
Andrea ducked back into the ally and extended her hand out in front of her, a look of concentration on her face. A faint blue glow emitted in her hand, and in a flash appeared a wooden staff. The wood was dark oak and seemed worn, but sturdy all the same. The top of the staff was curved inward, and covered in several blue flowers. At first glace they looked normal, but if one where to look closer they would see the flowers where made out of was looked like crystals, the soft glow they emitted could even be seen out in the daylight.
"Ah, well that's a start."
"Keep look out alright?" Andrea griped onto the staff with both hands as she brought the part with the crystal flowers close to her face. "I need to see what the archive says about that necklace."
"Alright, but don't take too long. It might start getting messy back there.."
Andrea simply nodded, and touched her staff with her forehead. She closed her eyes and pictured the necklace in her mind. She heard a faint hum, and then the images started to come into place in her mind..
When Andrea opened her eyes there was an interesting sight in front of her. She was not in an alley in New York, but a field that seemed half burnt, not too far away was a collection of what looked like might have been houses, but it was all burnt to a crisp so it was impossible to tell.
"Let me go, let ME GO!" There was the Harpy, but she looked..younger, 10 at the oldest, maybe. Her arms and legs where bound to the ground in short, glowing white chains. She struggled to get loose from her bonds but she couldn't even get an inch off the ground. She was like any other caged bird.
In front of her were two women, the first seemed a bit old, who wore a blue tunic and brown pants similar to Andrea's. She only had one arm, and in the one she did have she held the very same staff Andrea now holds. On the lower half of her face was a nasty burn that looked recent in comparison to the many other scars on her face. She looked down at the Harpy, her expression almost unreadable. What gave her away was her eyes, as the seemed to have nothing but contempt.
The other woman was dressed similarly, but in a white tunic. She was much younger than the woman next to her, barely out of her teen years. She brushed the loose hairs behind her ear nervously, unsure of what to do. She fidgeted with the edge of her tunic, her eyes filled with worry and confusion.
It was the older woman who spoke first, never taking her eyes off the Harpy. "Emma, head back to the Vault and let whats left of the villagers know it's safe now. Make sure to tell Candice thank you for her help when you can."
"W-What are you going to do to her?" Emma sucked in a breath, already knowing the answer.
"I'm going to rid of this creature, and then seal her away when her soul goes back to that necklace."
"But the child! Ava please, we can still do the purifying ritual. It might work, she's young-" Ava raised up her hand to silence the younger. She turned to her with a soft, but sad expression.
"Emma, take a close look at the necklace she wears, it's burned into her body and soul. She's worn it too long, she can't be saved now.." And Ava was right, on the young Harpy's chest was the pendent of necklace but it seemed to be..welded onto her body. One could not tell what was flesh and what was metal where the two fused. The Harpy was the girl now, just as much as the girl was the Harpy.
"Of course you would kill a child, just like you Wixen did to the rest of us!" Snapped the Harpy from her spot on the ground, still struggling.
"The Guardians did no such thing." Ava spoke to the Harpy, with just as much fire in her voice. "We stayed out of the war, we helped who we could. You on the other hand Agda, bought yourself early ruin by splinting your soul and fighting with no regards to whom you hurt. For the sake of the child you so wrongly possessed, I will make this quick."
"I did what I had to! So that my kind would survive!"
"So did we." Ava pointed the staff at Agda, the glow of it turning from light to dark blue. Her mouth opened but no sound came out, everything started to shift and fade away. Andrea had what she needed, she didn't want to see the rest..
It took her a moment to adjust back to reality, going into the archive always did that to her. Andrea knew what to do now, and unless history should repeat itself, she had to be quick.
"Waren stay close, but keep your distance alright?"
"Hey I know when something is above my level. Just be careful out there Andrea." Waren took off to the skies, leaving Andrea on her own. She peered from behind the wall again to get a grasp of what the situation was.
"Why don't you little brats just DIE already!" the Harpy, who now had a name, Agda, screamed out in frustration. She was throwing balls of fire at Power Man, White Tiger, and Iron Fist. Power Man was deliberately getting in the way of each fire ball he could, as they appeared to have no effect on him at all, acting as a shield for his other two teammates as they dodged the ones he missed.
"Hey speak for yourself!" quipped Nova, who flew in from above, shooting bursts of light at her. Agda was caught off guard amidst her rage at fell to the ground as she was hit. But she just got right back on her feet, flying up and heading towards him.
"YOU FILTHY HUMAN! I'LL TEAR YOU APART!" she screeched at Nova, the talons on her hands extended out. At top speed she rammed right into him and griped his neck tightly, ready to claw his face off. But then Spider-Man swung by and kicked her hard in the head, thus losing her grip on Nova and thrown off balance again.
"Geesh, every heard of personal space, bird brain?" Spider-Man commented as he swung over to the ground.
Oh gods they where cracking jokes in the middle of a fight, this was getting out of hand. If she didn't step in soon it's very likely Agda might actually kill one of them.
Andrea sprinted over into the fray, pulling out a small seed from her pouch. She threw it at a patch of exposed dirt and raised her staff above her head. The flowers on her staff grew bright, and from where the seed landed a large vine imminently shot out from the ground. The vine grew and grew at amazing speed, and with another wave of her staff it headed straight towards Agda. She was ready to ram into Nova again, when the vine wrapped around her body tightly and held her back. In an instant the vine slammed her down into the ground, holding her in place.
"Hey! Nice one Blueberry!" Spider-Man said as Andrea headed over to the group.
"Please don't call me that, just don't."
"Well what's your name then?"
"That's none of your-"
"GUARDIAN!" The group of teens looked over and saw Agda, looking even angrier than before, free of the vine as it laid burnt to a crisp behind her. She hovered near the teens, talons out and staring straight at Andrea with nothing but contempt in her eyes. "Blood traitor! How is it that any of you are still left after all these years?!"
"It takes more than war and time to get rid of us Agda, now release that girl from you hold now. Or else we have to do this the hard way."
"Since you asked so nicely, how about..no!" Agda shot several fire balls from her hands straight at the group.
In a flash Andrea slammed the end of her staff to the ground. Before the fire could reach them her staffed glowed and a dome shaped force field surrounded them.
"Well this feels familiar.." Nova said.
"Do you know that girl? Just what the heck is going on?" Power Man asked, the dome still above them as Agda furiously continued to try to break through with her fire.
"Well not personally.." Andrea tightened her grip on the staff, focusing her magic onto keeping the dome up. "But in short, the spirit of a Harpy with fire powers possessed someone because of that necklace she's wearing. And if I don't get it off her in time she might be bound to that Harpy until death.."
"..What?!" Spider-Man asked, confounded by the explanation while of the group just gave her a blank look.
"I said-"
"I know what you said, just still, what?!" He emphasized.
"Look, I can't keep this thing up forever. Follow my lead and hopefully she wont kill anyone."
"You're kidding right?" White Tiger spoke up, her arms crossed.
"Do I sound like I'm kidding?" Andrea snapped back. But the rest, save for Iron Fist gave her a questioning look.
"..She was right last time, I think it's best we trust her on this." Iron Fist said as he looked to his teammates.
"That is true." Power Man replied. "I'll be honest, this is a 'magic' situation, and that seems to be her thing from the looks of it."
"And she did save me from almost getting my throat ripped out a moment ago." Nova added.
"Tiger?" Spider-Man looked over to White Tiger, waiting for her opinion.
"..Well those are some good points, and it seems like our best shot right now if that girl really is possessed, is to listen to her." She replied, arms still crossed, but not so much hesitation in her voice this time.
"Well that's a vote then, but if it seems to be going wrong we do things our way." Andrea nodded and took a deep breath, her hold was weakening and if she wasn't careful the force field would come undone without warning.
"Look, she's probably going to go after me first. So when I drop this I need you keep her off me while I get the spell I need to use ready. Once I get that done I should be able to take it from here."
"Not to worry, we have your back." Iron Fist replied.
"Thanks, alright. You guys ready?" The group nodded. Andrea took one last deep breath and let go of her hold. The force filed fell immediately, and the teens quickly scattered.
"You can't run from me Guardian!" Agda shouted as she raced off to the direction Andrea headed in.
"Hey Big Bird!" and in instant, Nova rammed rammed right into Agda. Knocking her right into a nearby building. "Thought I'd return the favor!" Agda groaned and struggled to get up for a moment, but did not back down, heading back over to him.
"You little shi-" but she was cut off, Spider-Man had swung by and webbed her mouth shut.
"Now now, no need for Fowl language!" He quipped. Agda let out a muffled yell of anger as she clawed at the webbing on her face until it came off.
Again with the jokes, and a lame one at that. Meanwhile Agda was distracted, Andrea hurriedly pulled out a large piece of white chalk from her pouch. She knelled down to the ground and set to work, drawing a large circle. Within the circle was five smaller circles, all with complex looking runes and writing.
"Wow, this fire ball thing is getting real old really quick. Don't you know any other tricks?" Spider-Man mocked from the ground as he dodged yet another fire ball. Agda suddenly paused for a splint second, as if she had remembered something important. She then looked down at him and the group with a cheshire cat grin, giggling like a school girl.
"...Okay I don't like the sound of that.." Spider-Man commented, suddenly getting a bit nervous.
"Oh great job Web-Head, you gave her an idea!" White Tiger let out a frustrated sigh.
"Hey, you almost done with that?" Power Man asked Andrea. He and Iron Fist deiced to stay near her, in case Agda would tire of their teammates distraction.
"Almost, just give me a few more-"
"Άρης! Δανείστε μου τη δύναμη να σκοτώσει αυτούς που μπλοκάρουν το δρόμο μου!" [1] Agda shouted up to the sky, her eyes glowing a bright red-violet. She began to hum and move about in something similar to ballet, her eyes growing brighter.
[1] Ares, Lend me the power to kill those who block my way! - in Greek