Extras: in the dark of the night
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POV of Vanessa Cortez
I tap my foot against the ground as daylight begins to fade. There's a swirl of shadows and then they form to reveal a very familiar Demon.
"What did you summon me for Vanessa?" Claude asks as he steps out of the shadows. I cross my arms over my chest
"I have favor to ask you." he smirks as he pushes back his glasses.
"What could you possibly want from me? I thought that Dark Crow would do all of your favors." He taunts as he begins to circle around me. His Demon eyes appear trying to scare me but I keep a calm exterior on.
"I need you to help me retrieve the Kizuna's Heart in the House of All." I inform him and he laughs.
"I don't have time to waste on helping the lover of my nemesis to go retrieve such a silly little trinket." he laughs out so I sigh
"I had a feeling you were going to say that. Will this change your mind then?" I reach into my pocket and pull out a spherical shaped object. His nose crunches as he smells the odor and he licks his mouth. "So this has caught your attention huh? If you help me it's all yours." I taunt as the Soul Orb hovers over my hand. Soul Orbs are part of a human soul, well it's quiet self explanatory by the name. It's part of Ciel's soul that I managed to extract from him when he was asleep earlier. It glows an aqua blue hum in the fading light of the sun and inside of the Orb it begins to swirl. He stands up completely and narrows his spider like eyes at me.
"Why are you asking me to help? Wouldn't you offer this task to Sebastian?" he asks suspicious of my deal with him. I sigh and I squeeze the Orb in my hand causing him to give out a gasp. "Is that actually Ciel's soul?" Claude asks as he studies it. I nod
"Well only a small fraction of it. If you help me, it's all yours." I hold it in my hand and begin to toss it in the air and catching it. He glances at me
"Why are you making a deal with me? Wouldn't you have made this bargain with Dark Crow instead of me?"
"I need a Creature of Venom in order to grab Kizuna's Heart and unfortunately Sebastian is not one. Unlike Sebastian, you're a spider Demon meaning that you have a natural resistance to venom and he does not. And if he was, I wouldn't be asking this to you." I inform him so he nods
"So I see. Now allow me to have my soul." he lunges out for it but once when he does, it disappears into the thin air. He growls his un-amusement at me,
"If you want this," I summon the Orb back and flaunt it in his face, "Then get me the amulet." he nods and fixes his glasses.
"Where do we begin?"
Claude and I are on a barge going down the English Cannel towards where there's the main gate for the 13 different Houses of Sorcery. He pushes the oar into the water as I stand up extending my hand out to him, he makes the barge come to a stop. I extend my hands in the air as the water stirs under me, so I relax. I send some magic down to my finger tips making them glow golden as I start opening the Gate to the Houses. There's a series of locks and clicks as I start opening it and the Gate ghostly appears. Claude lets out a startled cry
"Isn't this where the Magic Community lives?" he asks and I nod.
"We can go in. But hurry the Gate hasn't recognized your Demonic Pressure yet." he pushes the whole barge in with one stroke as the Gate slams closed behind us. Orbs of light give a faint glow to guide us inside the Cannel that leads to the Houses inside the dimension where the Magic Community lives. "Be on alert, there's creatures that guard the Caster's Cannel to make sure no one not from the Houses are allowed." I warn as I grab a light orb and amplify it's brightness and it provides light in front of the barge. We're floating down the Cannel when we sense something underneath the barge, Claude comes over to me and wraps his arms around my shoulders as my back presses into his chest. He covers my mouth so we can listen, there's the sound of the water waves clashing and merging but there's definitely something out there. He drops his hand from my mouth and I push him off,
"There's something from the Netherworld in here besides me." Claude states looking over the side of the barge. I look at him confused, he lowers his hand down to the surface of the water so I stand next to him and watch. He removes his clove and his Demon Sigil glows. They only glow when there's other Netherworld creatures around. With his other hand he starts pushing me away "Stay back. It's a Ghost Serpent." he rises and begins to push us down the Cannel even faster because they're bad news,
"What would a Netherworld creature be doing in the Cannel? Only three Houses can summon Netherworld creatures, House of All, Snakes, and my own Shiren." I'm puzzled. Is there something happening inside the Houses? The front of the barge hits against the shore of House of Amaterasu (Flame Casters) so Claude redirects the barge down the Cannel.
"The House of All is the last one right?" he asks and I nod
"And also the most dangerous one. I might have to place some spells on us. Hence why I didn't bring Pryalis along." I inform him, he nods then sets the oar down. The barge continues to glide its way down so I sit against the bench. He sits next to me,
"You know Vanessa; our roles could have been switched. It could have been me who you're in love with." he states so I shrug.
"I assume so. Now we're getting close. If this map is right, the amulet should be inside the main chamber. That's where you'll be able to enter, I won't even with all my casts." I point to where in theory the damn thing is. Once when I have it, that means my plans will be able to advance. We pass by the House of Shiren, the call of the House is luring as it tries to get me to come to it. My eyes widen as my mind becomes slurry by each note of our song.
Oh come spend the night with me~ By the sea~ Where there's magic for us all~ If you fall for me it'll be worth your while~! Until the cruel reality of you dying underneath my song comes crashing upon you like the sea~!
"Vanessa!" Claude grabs me by my torso as he stops me from flopping myself into the Cannel. I shake my head as I realize that I transformed into a mermaid about to plunge myself into the depths of the water. My tail disappears then my dress forms again. I push his arms off of me
"Thank you. Now there's only one House left." the House of All appears from the shadows. The House of All is where the most powerfulness of Wizards come from. They can use any Sorcery ever known to Caster kind and these are the Wizards that primarily murder Demons and Angels. We dock the barge and then enter the House. It's ever changing floor plan changes around us as we walk. The House takes more to like how the Trancy Estate is along with some of my own. it looks gorgeous and Claude begins to become entranced by its beauty. I grab him by his arm pulling him out of the enchantment as his human body was being to merge into the House itself.
"It'll show you your desires trying to get you to become part of it. Let's get the amulet already." I order so we travel down the labyrinth of hallways down to the main chamber. I linger back as my powers start draining me. When you're not in your House and enter another, you're magic slowly drains away until you won't be able to use it. That's how most Casters die within the community. In other words it's like the longer you're in the sun, you'll get a heat stroke, it's just a matter of time... I place my hand over my forehead trying to cool myself down when Claude notices this.
"Vanessa? Are you alright my queen?" I shake my head
"Yes just go get the amulet. It's hard not to recognize and bring it to me." I order so he disappears down another corridor. I sit on the floor then lay down as my head starts to throb.
He returns and hands me the bracelet, it's fading lilac purple heart shines from it's black and golden leather strap. I put it on and I instantly feel better as my magic regenerates. "Let's go." we go out to the barge and then exit out of the Caster Cannel. I readjust the bracelet to skin tight so that way it won't fall off. We reach the docks so once when we're all set to go our own ways, he extends his hand out to me.
"In exchange of retrieving that silly old amulet; my soul." he orders so I summon it and reluctantly hand it over. Sebastian is so going to murder me for this if he finds out. Claude grins a sinister smile as he cherishes the Soul Orb. He looks up at me, "It's been a pleasure making business with you. Whenever you need a Creature of Venom, you know where to find me."
I teleport myself into Sebastian's room, (where I've been staying in here for the past few nights) he's asleep already as I realize what time it is and it's really late. I silently glide across the room to get changed in my sleeping gown. The floor creaks a bit as I stand in front of the side of the bed, I'm about to lie down when Sebastian's Demon Eyes glow in the dark and he presses the end of the gun barrel straight against my chest