Just a fun fact here: Darren and Selena are not as young as you think they are. Their magic is very unique and Darren is especially cool.
Today seems to be the slowest day in a while which is good and bad. Sorry about the slow updates for Ravens have tails, I am having pretty bad writers block for it. Also, I am planning on finishing up my original story tonight. I have no idea where I will go from there.
Oh yeah, I also haven't used this system in a while. If you read my "Story" series, then you will see me refer to mage levels as "V1, V2, V3 or Full Potential". That refers to personal growth and it corresponds to D, C, B, A, S, SS and SSS level mages. Also, Raymond is technically a "white mage" because he is still a "V1" mage and he has not chosen a specific path to go down.
In other words, Raymond can use any sort of magic but very weakly. The same thing went with Malice but she stayed a white mage throughout her life even when she reached Full Potential which is very rare.
Anyways, here is the chapter. I am pretty excited, we have come to the middle of the story, reaching the most epic parts soon! Enjoy.
Burnholt Manor
The group looked at the marble statues with fear growing in their minds. Had these statues always been here? Or were they recent? One thing was for sure, someone had used magic to freeze the soldiers. Whoever they were, they were powerful and they had come to the mansion, looking for something. Asura examined the marble with a frown on his face.
"The marble…it looks fairly new…" he murmured as he looked at Azami who just nodded her head.
"Of course it is fools!" Vincent roared at them from within Raymond's mind.
Raymond pointed to the mansion and he looked at Asura and Azami. The two mages looked over at the mansion, trying to see if anyone was inside. But the mounds of debris blocked their view besides a small cracked window that gave a small glimpse of the inside. Suddenly, something moved. The group gasped. There were people inside!
The group of mages ran up the slopes of debris, stumbling among all the trash and other pieces of broken material. They had to get to the back of the mansion!
Inside the manor…
Selena was pulling out pieces of debris from the huge room that had once been Anastasia's room. The room had mostly caved in besides the back part in which a shattered chandelier lay on the ground, crushing a skeleton and some sort of large bug creature that had long died. There was also another skeleton laying in the corner and the huge bed that once belonged to the girl was smashed against the wall. Debris filled the room and it looked as if no one had bothered to clean up. Darren was standing right next to his sister who was searching through the mess of debris.
Finally, the young girl gave a shout of joy as she reached into the mounds of broken wood and glass to pull out a chunk of what appeared to be yellowed jelly. It seemed like a piece of art eraser and the young girl showed it Darren who was silently watching.
"We found it Darren! We found a piece of the Seff!" Selena said excitedly as the piece started to get lighter and lighter until it disappeared into thin air.
Darren nodded as the piece vanished but then his eyes shifted to the side and he smiled.
"Fun." He said as suddenly there was a shout as a piece of the building suddenly smashed to the ground.
The two Tartaros mages turned to look at the hole in the roof where they had entered. There on top of the hill were Asura, Azami and Raymond. A piece of the building had collapsed near them, startling them all. Darren laughed and the group covered their ears. It was an unpleasant sound, filling their ears with a terrible laugh.
"Sehehehehe. You amateurs. Did you really think you could defeat someone like me? You travel on the ground and I hear all on the ground." Darren said wickedly as the group jumped down into the room.
"Damn it, we were too late." Asura cursed as Darren snickered.
The teenage boy with the thick chains wrapped around his body smiled and he looked at his sister who was standing beside him, looking at the group weirdly.
"I don't understand why you guys bother trying to catch up with us. Don't you understand that we are trying to help the world? We are trying to bring back the one man who will lead us all to salvation!" Selena explained as the group shook their heads and glared at the two black mages.
"You're wrong! You do evil things to resurrect a good man? Who knows if he is evil! You are all misguided! Azami! Raymond! Lets finish these guys!" Asura shouted as his fists were surrounded with fire.
The other two mages got ready to fight and the two Tartaros mage just looked at each other and shrugged. Selena held out her hand and soon, the entire room disappeared and only left the group of mages floating in an endless sea of blackness. Raymond and the others started to panic. Where the hell were they! Selena giggled and Darren just smiled.
"I used my magic to send the physical environment away. The room was too small for a fight that will surely be amazing. This plane has an infinite space and it really gets rid of the distractions." Selena explained.
The group was calming down when suddenly, the black abyss changed into…hundreds of eyes. They stared up at the group, watching and never blinking. Darren laughed at the shouts that the group let out when they saw the eyes.
"That was me. You stand on the ground and I watch everything on the ground. You cant escape from us when I can watch you everywhere you go!" Darren laughed crazily as the group just held their ground and tried to calm themselves.
"Lets take them down! For Fairy Tail!" Raymond shouted as he ran forward with his two friends behind them.
They already had a strategy planned out and they all attacked Darren at once. They completely ignored Selena and their attacks hit Darren dead on. There was an explosion and a scream of pain as Darren fell back onto the ground, bleeding and burned everywhere. The black mage somehow managed to stand even with chains wrapped around his body and he glared at the group. His face was burned and he was bleeding from his arm and the black cloak was dotted with blood. Selena looked at her brother and nodded.
"You'll be fine." She said calmly as she smiled at the group.
"Damn right I will!" Darren suddenly laughed as the burns and injuries started to go away.
Within seconds, Darren looked as if he had never even been attacked. His skin was undamaged, his face not burned at all and he seemed to be fine. The group took a step back in surprise.
"H…how in the world…" Azami gasped as Darren let out his terrible laugh again.
The teenager looked at the group, his eyes staring into each of their skulls. He continued to laugh and finally revealed his terrible secret.
"You fools! Do you really think any attack that you throw at me will hurt me while I stand on the comfortable earth? I am Earth Bound! Any injuries I suffer from your pathetic attacks will be healed almost instantly! Your magic is useless against me!" Darren laughed, this time his laugh echoed off the darkness and filled the entire space.
The group grit there teeth. Damn it! They were in a tight spot. Any attack they used was useless! The power of the Earth Bound!