Shingeki no Mahou CH.6: Heartbeat
by nightmareGear, Oct 24, 2013, 6:52:28 PM
Journals / Personal
Clouds darken the sky,
the sunlight wanes,
darkness draws the earth into slumber,
forever the star they shine,
lullaby, symphony of wind sing,
rest upon the earth,
the field of stones weigh heavy on this heart,
only the sunflowers shine,
the stars fall,
the sunlight gone,
darkness brings the earth it's final rest.
-HRG-nightmareGear
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING ACCEPT NADIA BELL, THE STORY AND THE POEM AT THE OPENING.
WARNING: LANGUAGE AND MENTIONS OF DEATH. RATED PG-13 / R
HANNAH!
was yelled out as magic formed a labyrinth around them, Levi and Hanji had swords drawn while Eren had his hand near his face incase he needed to change. Blake collapsed to her knees, horrified at the scene before her, Hannah or what had been Hannah turned towards the group with a wide grin. It reminded her of the Chesire Cat. Mad laughter filled the dancehall, the noise made Nadia pale slightly, reminding her of Walpurgisnacht.
"Why is this happening?"
Blake whispered, Kyubey sat calmly next to her, swishing his tail back and forth.
"She began to curse others, especially herself for believing me"
Blake felt tears form in her eyes, the scene before her going blury.
"We have to Kill her"
Blake stared wide eyed at Nadia, Eren's face morphed into anger while Hanji and Levi seemed to understand. Eren yelled,
"What! She's- You can't just kill her! Maybe she'll"
"She can't be turned back, It was tried once before and failed miserably. No, we kill her"
Nadia transformed in a flash of red light that seemed darker and blood like to Blake, she hated the color. Nadia stared up at Hannah, the witch, runes moved about and her puppet familiars dressed as nurses and doctors danced around with some dressed in ball gowns and tuxedoes. The runes were automatically translated into her head - "LAST DANCE"
Nadia then prepared to attack, Blake grabbed her hand,
"don't kill her!"
"I have to"
Levi and Hanji began attacking and successfully killing familiars. Eren was standing beside Blake,
"No! there has to be another way!" Eren yelled joining the argument
"Please, don't kill her!"
Nadia pulled her hand free,
"No! She has to die before she goes around killing other people!"
"If...if this is how it all ends, then what the point? If you're going to kill her kill me t-"
A hand covered her mouth, bright emerald met cool sapphires, Nadia smiled at her, removing her hand,
"Have some faith, I'd never allow that to happen"
Nadia jumped up into the air taking the momentary distraction, scissors summoned, Blake snapped out of it first and yelled out,
"STOP!"
This distracted Nadia for a brief moment, long enough for on of Hannah's large claws to rip through her stomach, blood fell from her lips and she fell, landing not far before them with a sick thud. Eren ran towards her, Levi and Hanji spared a shocked glance in her direction before continuing to fight off familiars. Blake ran over,
"Nadia!"
Eren knelt down beside her,
"Nadia!"
the red head slowly rose to her feet again, the wound closing up as she did so.
"Blake, I'm going to kill her" She started, this time glaring coldly at the other,
'I'm begining to act like Homura'
Nadia's magic circle appeared below her, in a swift movement that Blake could hardly follow magic threads surrounded and captured Hannah.
"ULTIMA"
the threads tightened and the witch screamed in pain, Blake covered her ears still seeing the creature as Hannah, the girl she had befriended. Nadia winced at the thought, Blake must have forgotten they could speak telepathically,
"SECTIS"
The witch was shredded by the threads, catching the attention of everyone in the dancehall, the familiars froze and dissipated while the witches blood rained down.
' Blood red rain'
Nadia thought as the red fell, landing on her face and clothes. A sad smile graced her features,
'I could picture you laughing now Lacie*'
Blake began crying,
"Hannah"
LATER THAT NIGHT-
None of the puella magi or present soldiers spoke of what happened to the others, only reporting that Hannah had died. Levi gave Nadia a calculating gaze then shifted to Blake, the girl had taken Hannah's death the hardest beside Eren, who had known her longer. Nadia shut herself in her room, Kyubey hadn't even bothered to speak with her in favor of watching out for Blake, the only other magical girl currently.
Nadia lay still in a white sleeping gown, staring absently at the foreign ceiling. Hannah's death was tragic, her life cut short by the death of another. Her saphire eyes darkened into a glare at the thoughts, this world was cruel, it reminded her to much of her world before Madoka's wish, and the disturbing similarities between Hannah's witch laugh and Walpurgisnacht.
She closed her eyes only to have a pale face with black hair and red eyes smile back at her. Then images of Oriko, Kirika, Madoka, Kyoko, Sayaka, Yuma, Homura, everyone cross her mind,
"Ugh!"
she rolled over to face a wall away from the door, eyes re-opened and stared at the wall, she eventually fell asleep to the sound of her heart beating.
-elsewhere-
Blake was in her room, Kyubey lay curled on her bed. Hannah had been her friend however short that had been, the orange ex-puella magi was nice and kept her mind away from Petra. She felt an unusual anger around Petra, she liked her and all but every time she saw the female near Levi she wanted to tear her head off. Jealousy? She closed her eyes, praying for peaceful slumber, falling asleep to the sound of her heart beat.
thump thump
TWO DAYS LATER-
the soldiers were heading out, they didn't tell the puella magi much, leaving the two at base while they took Eren out. Blake had been cleaning, making sure it wasn't dirty when the others got back while Nadia did little things here and there, neither of them talked much. The return of only a few they recognized filled the two with dread. What had happened? the only response they got was from Armin,
"There was a female titan"
Preview:
FEMALE TITAN?!
"Nadia, tell me. Tell me what happened before "The Law of Madoka"
"Do you really want to know...Annie?"
"Yes"
* Pandora Hearts reference
