Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Nona's POV

Lindsey and I were running down the hall trying to find our way to Mom.

"Hey you!" Lindsey yelled at a group of gaurs in the hall "Get Moving."

They looked at us and swung their sword. Lindsey drew hers and blocked the attack.

"Cancer!"

The crab man came out and cut apart the swords and Lindsey held the men down with her magic.

"HAAAA!" Lindsey cut through the men and they turned into piles of wood.

"Thank you Cancer." I said dismissing him. "What they heck were they."

"They were dummies." She said.

"Not dummies but Marionettes." A man said.

I turned to see a laser beam coming right at me but Lindsey blocked it with her sword. A man dashed from the shadows and used his own katana to slash at her. Lindsey shifted her Gravity and jumped up to the roof. She kicked off and came crashing down like an asteroid. The man blocked her attack and Lindsey flipped back.

This guy was tall and lanky; he had shaggy green hair and was wearing a jacket and loose fitting brown pants.

"Nona you go on ahead." Lindsey said "I'll deal with this guy."

"Are you sure."

"Someone needs to go find Mom and check on her." She said "You go."

Cornelia's POV

I jumped back to avoid a splash of water.

"Crash!" I punched forward and let out a blast of magic but like the last time Carly broke apart only to reform.

"Steam Vent!" The air in the room whipped up before being shot at me.

It burns.

I could feel my skin getting sore as the steam roasted my stomach. This whole fight was a struggle from the start but it didn't help that I was standing around in my underwear when it started.

"Break Up!" I flicked my hand and broke apart the floor.

I kicked a loose tile at Carly and stunned her enough to free myself from the onslaught of scalding water vapor. I grabbed my jacket and jeans and started to run. It's difficult to run while trying to put pants on, but I managed.

"Oh boo." Carly whined chasing after me "You put clothes on."

Her bottom half was made of water and she slugged after me.

"Water Whip!" Her arm shot out and blasted the floor.

I broke the floor before it hit me but I saw a water pipe had been severed and now water was shooting into the air.

Carly smirked "Water Bullets!"

The spout turned and razor like water drilled my skin.

"AHHH!" I lifted my hand "Disassemble!"

Carly broke apart and the water stopped pelting me. I slid over as she reformed and drilled her with an uppercut.

"Empyrean!" as I hit her chin she dissolved and wrapped around behind me.

"Nice try sweet cheeks. Aquamarine Assault!"

Three geysers shot out and drill my back throwing me into the wall. I was thrown back into the bath and submerged under water.

"Riptide!"

I was being pulled under and tossed around in the water.

"You're going to be my beautiful sunken treasure!"

I'm sorry Aunt Hisui but I have to do this.

"Crash!"

I slapped my palm into the bottom of the bath and blowing the flooring out. The crack that formed was enough to drain the tub and free me from Carly's grip. I blasted her again but the droplets just reassembled. The second she was back on her feet she slammed me with more water.

There has to be a way to keep her down. Even Aunt Juvia and Sierra can be stopped after a while…but at this rate I'll run out of magic long before she does.

I punched Carly and blew her away again.

"For now the best bet is to buy time…I can't keep fighting here in a bathroom, there's too much water…I need someplace dry."

"Don't run." She laughed splashing down the hallway.

I touched a pillar and made it crumble and hold the woman back for a few moments.

I'm tearing this place apart, Aunt Hisui and Mom are gonna kill me!

"Get back here!" Carly yelled blowing through the rubble "Tsunami!"

A huge wave came rushing towards me.

"Disassemble!" I shot a grid out a broke the wave up.

I ran through the water and reversed the direction of my magic.

"Crash Punch!" I used my magic like a booster and slammed my fist into Carly's face.

"AAAHH!" the water girl was thrown back again and I took to running.

The kitchen…I gotta get to the kitchen.

The same song and dance continued, Carly would attack and I'd break her and the water up.

"Outta the way!" I said blowing the door off the freezer.

"You can't stop me." She said following me "I'll just come back again and again."

I turned to face her "This time I got you."

"Oh really?" she said.

"This is a blast chiller." I said slamming my hand into the temperature control.

The fan kicked on and cold air began to fill the room.

"I can't…" Carly said stunned as her fingers locked up.

"You're frozen." I said running forward "Ice Breaker!"

This time when I punched her she shattered into little ice crystal chunks.

"You should reform once you thaw." I said scratching my head "I think…probably…I hope"

I started picking up the little shards and taking them out of the freezer.

"Please don't die!" I cried "Mom will be really angry!"

Kalim's POV

Someone got in…how?

I was checking the front gate. After getting out from the caverns under the castle I headed for the main gate to see if the invaders were still there.

"Do you need anything sir?"

"Do we have any idea how they got in?"

"No sir."

The ground around us is wrecked but…the gate wasn't forced.

"Where's Samson?" I asked

"No one has seen him sir. I believe he was on duty at the gate, do you think he's being held hostage."

"Something like that." I said walking off.

This can't be happening.

It didn't take me too long to follow the path of destruction. Soldiers were down all along the castle grounds.

"That's far enough." I said.

"I should have known I wouldn't get far." He sighed.

"Why'd you do it Samson?" I asked.

He had changed into a brown leather jacket and jeans "I was always scouting out."

"Who are you working for?"

"Ransack says we have no formal name." he responded "He just wanted the Gate."

"What do you mean just?"

"When he learned Lucy Heartfilia was here…he got so much more excited."

I covered my hand in brown paper and punched the floor. The earth cracked and shot up like spikes.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" he said.

"Why does he want my mother?" I said chopping at him before kicking him.

I drilled him in the side with a kick but he only crumbled into logs and appeared next to me.

"Don't be so hasty Kal!" he said elbowing me "You wouldn't want the little Princess to get hurt would you?!"

"What did you do?"

"My stage is set." He smirked "My puppet is about to put on a splendid show!"

What is he talking about?

"Now dance Serena, Dance for me!"

What did he do?!

"Opera of Puppets!"

Topaz's POV

Serena and I were in my room, she said we couldn't leave till Mommy came to get us. I was scared because there was a lot of yelling coming from outside.

"Let's play a game." Serena said "It'll pass the time."

Three little tulips popped up in front of had a little bulb on the inside. The three spun around.

"Pick on."

I pointed at the center one. It opened and the little bulb was there.

"Yay! Do it again!" I clapped.

Serena got all quiet "Let's play something else."

The tulips moved and wrapped around my arms and my legs.

"Serena?"

I got lifted up into the air. A little palm tree like plant popped up and then it spit out a spike the nipped my hair.

"AH!" I yelped.

This time it fired and just missed my arm.

"Serena!" I cried "Stop it, I don't like this game!"

"Don't cry…" she mumbled "Stop squirming and it will be quick…"

The tree shot a third needle.

"NYAAA!"

The flowers holding me were cut and I got pulled off to the side.

"You alright?" Nona asked me as we floated in the air.

"Mhm." I shivered against her chest.

Nona held me in her arms and flew around as she avoided vines and spikes from flower.

"Serena knock it off!" Nona yelled "What are you doing?!"

"Something's wrong." I told her "Look."

I pointed at Serena's face, she was stone faced and calm…she wasn't smiling.

"Serena always smiles." I said.

Nona flew us out the window and landed on the stones. Serena followed us, descending on a large lily.

"Stay behind me." She said grabbing her key ring.

"Please try not to hurt her."

"Open! Gate of the Lion: LOKE!"

A man in a suit appeared.

"How can I help you today my lioness?"

"Don't call me that." Nona said her ears twitching as she spoke "I'm gonna tell Mom you were being creepy again."

Loke straightened up and looked at Serena "You sure about this?"

"Don't hurt her." Nona said "Something's wrong with her."

"I'll do what I can." He said as his hands glowed with a bright light.

AN

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Next Chapter Hint- Nona tries her best to stop Serena without having to hurt her. At the same time Aqua comes across something she never imagine, and Asuka discovers why Ransack is so set on finding Lucy.

Till Next Time!