Chapter 10

(Anger Management)

Cora was having a great time. That was a very refreshing statement for her. Normally when the girl would go out on the town she would have fun, but there is only so much fun you can have by yourself. It would get, you know lonely. But not today, she had Ryder to keep her company. Pretty much her first real friend, who wasn't a family member and he seemed like he was enjoying himself too. That helped make things less awkward, thank goodness.

At the moment the pair was sitting within Cora's favorite cafe in the whole land of Neo Fiore. Bake n Cake, The Most Tastiest Place on Earthland. They also made the best coffee, well second best depending on who you ask, her cousins were the first to come to her mind. But it didn't matter, she was here and she was happy.

"It's funny," Ryder spoke causing her to look up from her swirling coffee. "I would have never guessed I could get along with someone else who came from… well, wealth."

"What do you mean?"

"Well normally other people only wanted to spend time with me because they believed it would put them into positions of power, or their parents would tell them to do it."

Cora's eyes widen when she realized that "I've had the same problem!" She didn't mean to blurt that out and slapped her hands over her lips with a small yelp slipping out. The boy could only chuckle as a response. It was contagious.

"It's good to know my first world problems are not just my own." He said as she started to get a hold of her giggles. "Anyway, are you ready to head to the park?"

"Oh, right. We don't really have all day." She noticed how late in the day its become.

"Oh, no. You're stuck with me all day." Ryder had to correct. "Unless you don't want to?"

"No! I DO!" She burst up from the table causing a small scene, luckily it was a slow day for the place. "I mean, I still want to hang out."

"Alright, let me go pay real fast." He said as he exited the table. She gave him a small nodded as she took another sip from her cup. She guessed Britt was right, what was the worse that could happen?

(Bell Tower.)

A stood atop of the Bell Tower, it was her favorite spot. She had a perfect view of the whole town. Her town. She swore to be this towns protector, it's sentry. It would be the first of many as she would soon protect the whole world. But that's thinking a little too big for right now, so she's keeping it small.

Her patrol was really slow, as the town was pretty much made for the rich but it still had its own slums where crime would take place from time to time. Not that she just assumed people in the slums were criminals, it's just, you know.

"I should really stop narrating to myself." She said to herself. "And I guess I should work on talking to myself, it's a little weird."

"You think?"

"I do…" A nearly leap from the roof in fear as she turned to see another person on the rooftop. "Jaron!"

"A." A looked the man up and down, as she calmed herself. She was scared but she could be easily startled when caught off guard like that.

She didn't have too many friends within the guild, or outside of it if she was telling the truth. But Jaron Vale was one of them. It helped that they had a similar personality, well mostly. Jaron wasn't shy and didn't need a mask. He brandished his face for the world to see when he acted. But that wasn't the only thing they had that was similar. People would sometimes confuse them for siblings, twins even.

His short spiky hair slightly matched her long straight hair as they were the same color of red. They both had slightly tanned white skin, her skin was slightly more flawless as his arms held tattoos hidden under his clothes. Speaking of his clothes they had same color palette but inverted. He wore a dark red jacket with the guild symbol smack dead on his back in black. The rest of his outfit was also black, The T-shirt, sweatpants and boots, all black with hints of red. As A was red on the bottom with her skirt, boots, and cape with little hints of black and a black corset to finish it off.

It was all by accident, she promises.

"So, you on over-watch?" He asked the girl.

"Yes, nothing is really happening today though."

"How unfortunate."

"No, it's a good thing. That mean's nothing bad has happened." He just shrugged his shoulders.

"As long as your happy, I guess." He took a few steps closer to the girl, the height difference was noticeable as he stood half a foot taller than A. "It's a pretty town."

"She is." A smile grew on her face. "She is a very pretty city."

"It's a girl?"

"All cities are girls." She stated

"… That's sexist."

"It's a fact."

"A sexist fact." He turned to her. "Are you coming pass the guild today?"

"I might, most likely I won't. But I might." She looked towards him. "How did it go asking out the girl you liked?"

"You mean Amanda?" He quizzed.

"No, you already told me about That one. I mean with that other girl."

"Oh, yeah I didn't even try. She lives pretty far and didn't have magic, life would've crossed in all the wrong ways." He explained. "Oh well, I need to report to Master Alice."

"Alright, it good to see you back in one piece and to see you didn't return as a ball of fire."

"What can I say, I've been working on it. Well, see you later." And with that Jaron jumped from the roof heading straight down. A knew he would be fine so she didn't even look but turned her eyes back to her town.

"… Wait, Master Alice is out of town."

(Not Too Far Away)

"So have you always lived in this town?" Ryder asked the pretty blond.

"Yeah, for as long as I could remember. My family helped found the town and has been an important part of its development." She explained. "I have never really been apart of any of it though."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, my mom has always gone to fundraisers, parties and other things like that. She always gave me a choice if I wanted to come or not, and after I learned people would only want to be my friends because of my mom, I just didn't want any part." She looked up to the sky. "Mom didn't mind too much or she just didn't care. She doesn't need me to get any political join or anything. She never needed to be underhanded or sneaky like a lot of the others."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, she always believed herself a Queen, if she wanted something she would take it. Even if she had to show force." She quickly looked over at the white-haired boy. "Now, I know that sounds messed up but she was always pretty fair."

"Hey, I'm not judging. I have not right, my father was one of the most underhanded people I've ever seen." He smiled at her as a sign saying 'You're fine'.

Suddenly something bumped into Cora, knocking her right into Ryder. The boy was able to react quickly, catching the girl before she could fall over. Once they knew she was safe they turned to the culprit and Cora eye's widen.

"Oops sorry, Princess." He said as he rubbed the back of her head.

"What are you doing back in town?" She asked the man as she got back on her feet.

"Not too long ago, I'm on my way back to the guild hall right now."

"Oh… Uhh… Cool."

"Still awkward I see." His smile turned into a grin.

"It's not awkward, we just don't have anything to talk about so… uhh… bye?" Cora started to walk away from the man while pulling Ryder's arm.

"Not going to introduce me to your new friend?" Cora stopped and sigh, she turned to the redhead.

"Jaron this is Ryder, the newest member of the guild. Ryder this is Jaron, one of the other S Class members of the guild." She did her best to get it over with quickly.

"It's nice to meet you," Jaron spoke first.

"Likewise."

"Done?" She asked she didn't really like someone else being apart of together alone time. No bike needed three wheels.

"Yes, let me not ruin your date." Jaron still wearing that grin.

"Well let's go, Ryder. We can still get ice cream." She started to pull him away again. "Also not a date."

"HOLD IT!" A voice appeared from nowhere and Ryder already knew who it was. A sound of organ keys playing filled the air and a black cloud of smoke appeared momentarily before blowing away reveling Wrath, in her normal black sundress and her hair done in twin tails. Her black eyes stared deep into the gray eyes of Jaron.

"Wrath before you get started, I'm not on a date and you know your mother doesn't like when you summon yourself," Ryder spoke to the small child.

"I'm not here for you Ryder."

"My real name? Wrath what's wrong?" But before he could get an answer, Wrath took a mighty leap towards Jaron, who was still in a bit of shock by the magic before him. And with a balled up fist, she hit the man dead in his face sending him flying down the road, bouncing every few feet rolling to a stop.

"Wrath what the hell!?" Ryder ran over to the girl, Ryder quickly had to grab her arm before she took off.

"Get off me!" She yelled as Cora ran over.

"What in the world was that!? Ryder, do you know what she just did!?" Sweat was dripping down Cora's face as she looked at Ryder.

"She just attacked that guy and I'm trying to find out why!" He wasn't yelling at her but trying to hold her back was hard. Wrath couldn't hurt Ryder, but she was still strong even when not using her full strength. "Wrath what has gotten into you!?"

"He Has!"

"What does that even mean? We just met him what could he have done?!"

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." Cora wasn't handling this all too well. "I need to call mom… Oh my god what do I do!?"

"Cora, calm down, I can't have you freaking out on me too." Ryder wanted to get a handle on what was happening.

"I can't, I'm freaking out! Ryder do you know who that it!?" She asked. "Of course you don't your new, oh good, I can't handle this."

"What is going on!?" Ryder asked, he heard a loud growl and looked towards Wrath to see it wasn't her, well it wasn't until now. She was matching another growl. His eyes moved toward the man he just met Jaron. Who was walking towards them, his eyes glowing a familiar red, a very familiar red.

"C-Cora… Just who is that man." Ryder asked as Wrath broke free from his grasp and started to run down the road towards the man.

"Jaron Vale, The Wrath of Wonderland." And with that, a quick and simple thing came to his mind. A reminder more of it, the only thing Wrath asked for when she agreed to become his spirit. Just one simple thing she wanted has just become a very, very, very bad task.

You will help me find and defeat the person who is using my powers.

He could only watch as the two embodiment of Wrath were running towards each other, Eyes glowing a deadly red. The sound of Cora was Hyperventilating, wasn't helping as they watched the two clash causing a massive shockwave that shattered every piece of glass on the block and forcing Ryder to stumble back slightly.

"Ryder we have to get them out of Mahogany!" Cora grabbed the boy by his arms shaking him fiercely. Before he could even speak the two found themselves separated by the little angry girl flying between them and Jaron giving chase.

Cora was no longer having a great time.

(Fin)

Hey, it's me, Epic.

Much shorter chapter this time, but you can see why.

The Underworld Spirit of Wrath vs The Wrath Of Wonderland. Place your bets.

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