Okay, this one is short, i intended to make it to explain why Saralla didn't show up her powers earlier
How i met Saralla
Near the outskirts of Himmelsdorf a high scale battle was taking place between two mid-tier clans, who were fighting for who gets to Himmelsdorf first, however both clans were totally unaware of a third group watching them from the distance, an ISU-152, a Leopard 1, an STB-1 and an E-50M, they were overwatching the course of the battle, which was beginning to take its toll, on one side the casualties were massive, StuG's, KV-1's, M4's, Hellcats and Chaffees were laying dead sprawled across the battlefield, on the other side, only Pz IV's, Hetzers and Tigers appeared to be fighting, also taking massive casualties.
"Should I stop them?" asked Nagumo, she was thinking about casting an illusion.
"Well, they are dangerously close, not to mention they're also blocking our way" Gryphus commented.
"A fire will surely make them stop" said Saralla.
"Oh and Nagumo, could you please make me look as Nightmare?" asked Scarface.
"Sure uncle Hans, how many tanks do you want to see you as Nightmare?" she asked.
"Everyone, including us" he replied.
"Saralla cover us from here, Gryphus, you and I are going down there to break that fight, Nagumo you know what to do" Scarface explained his plan of action.
Nagumo closed her optics, muttering some words, suddenly Scarface turned into Nightmare, only in appearance though, then she casted a wall of fire that surrounded both clans, taking them by surprise, the shooting stopped as both clans noticed two very known tanks approaching side by side at high speed.
Both clans ceased fire immediately when they saw both The Southern Cross and The Hellhound, the two battlefield legends took aim at the clan commander of each clan, Scarface aimed to the side of a Tiger I and Gryphus took aim to the front of an KV-1.
"Stop the fight, NOW!" both mediums said in unison.
No one dared to question the tier tens and "kneeled down" bowing their hulls and turrets down, one Tiger I was brave enough to speak up.
"We were here to claim this city, but they showed up and shot us first, we didn't mean any harm at all but eventually we had to fight back" the Tiger explained the situation from his point of view.
"LIAR! You fired first!" said the other clan's commander, the KV-1, suddenly a verbal fight broke, instead of shells, words were being used, this irritated Scarface, but Gryphus found it entertaining.
Scarface began to mutter a few words, casting a neutral spell to mute their voices, when he casted the spell both clan commanders freaked out when they found out their voices were gone, both commanders shared scared looks, they tried to speak but they had no voice at all.
"Now, I want you to leave this place for good before I take your souls instead of your voices, Himmelsdorf belongs to me" he spoke with the demonic voice, Nagumo was an artist in fooling mid tiers senses.
"You can have your voice back" said Scarface, both clan commander's voice returned, they weren't going to oppose that order, coming from the infamous Hellhound.
"Now, leave!" Scarface screamed casting a lightning bolt and zapping every tank's rear armor at the same time, this scared them and left the area surprisingly quick.
"I wish I could be a mage" commented Gryphus.
"And be an outcast of society? You should feel blessed" replied Scarface.
"How's that so?" asked Gryphus raising an opticbrow.
"Being labeled as a freak" replied Scarface with a smirk.
"You never told me that story" said Gryphus.
"You know how Saralla and I met?" asked Scarface, Gryphus shook his turret in a NO gesture.
"She, like me is a mage, when she was young she had no friends at all and her family didn't want her because she was a freak and she got kicked out of it, I was on the frontlines during the war and I found her hiding in an abandoned bunker, she had those purple eyes that I immediately recognized as a mage's eyes, I gave her shelter and fuel, I even opposed to my superiors" Scarface told one part of the story.
"Wow, didn't knew that, man I'm so sorry if I touched a soft spot" Gryphus said with an apologetic expression.
"You came a few weeks after I took her, at first she had a dislike for you but then when you saved my rear back at Battleaxe she changed and accepted you" he continued to tell the story.
"I still remember when she slapped my turret, that did hurt" Gryphus commented.
"She had a premonitory dream the night before the stage of the apocalypse, and forced me to stay with her in the HQ, and then the Germans thought the unthinkable; they sent the world we all knew to hell, I fell in love for her a few months later when we were one for the other scavenging for fuel to survive, during that time I came across some ancient ruins and made the mistake I regretted for the rest of my life, Nightmare took over me and I…well…he almost ended up killing her, but he couldn't because I fought back and with her help managed to lock him up inside me, I thanked her for that and she came and curled against me crying, I still remember her words, which were "I love you Hans, please don't ever leave me" those words burned deep inside me and to this day I haven't left her nor fell for other" Scarface ended his story, he noticed he shed a few tears.
"Uncle Hans!" Screamed Nagumo waving her gun at him, signaling it was time to move.
"We're coming!" he replied with a loud tone.
"I'm sorry if I brought an uncomfortable topic" Gryphus said.
"It's ok, Nightmare's Banished and the world is at a relative peace, come on we should get moving" Scarface said, ending the conversation.
Eventually the group left the area towards Province, which in comparison to their last trip, this one would only take them one day without interruptions, that day however wasn't going to be without any interruptions.