Angel: Hello all! Welcome to the final chapter of the Marleybone Arc. I should be working on Unknown Schools, but Writers Block for that story. I know what I want to write, but it never comes out quite right. So I'll just work on this for now. The Unknown Schools chapter will come along slowly but surely. Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter.
WARNING: A touching scene (No, that that stuff you perverts who thought that, I mean romantic… sort of!) between two girls. If it offends you in anyway, get out! If not, enjoy! If this is illegal in your country, move someplace else or don't read at all.
Disclaimer: I only own Emma, Amme, Anna, Fleur, and Valerie. The rest does not belong to me in any way, shape, or form.
To the reviewer who said, "I WANT MORE!" Don't make me angry, I'll give you more when I feel like it. Don't make me shut down this story for good, because I will! Please no reviews that demand me to update. That pisses me off, but if it is asked kindly, like 'Please update as soon as you can', that is acceptable
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Emma laid on a platform of some kind, unconscious. Couple of seconds later, Emma regained consciousness and sat up. She held her head in pain and looked around. She realized she was back inside her heart. She quickly checked to see if Valerie was around. To her surprise, Valerie was nowhere to be seen.
"Valerie? Where are you?" asked Emma
"Ah, awake I see" said Valerie
Emma looked around again, still no sign of Valerie, "Hey! Where are you Valerie?"
"I'm still here blondie, you just can't see me right now because I have taken over your body" said Valerie
Emma looked a bit angry from that 'blondie' remark, but she let it slide… for now. She was more concerned at the fact that Valerie decided to take over her body.
"W-What do you mean? Why did you take over my body?" asked Emma
"Sigh, because Emma… when Amme attacked Fleur … I got so mad that I had to take over! I'm sorry to leave you inside your heart and everything, but I just hate it when my friends get attacked, it makes me so mad…" said Valerie, sounding like she was about to cry
Emma understood Valerie's intentions. She meant well. If she was in the same situation, she would do the same thing. Emma now was curious, Valerie seemed to care about Fleur a lot to take over Emma's own body and face Amme and the other clones herself.
"So… Valerie… you seem to care a lot about Fleur. Are you two like really close friends?" asked Emma
Valerie was shocked at that sudden question; quite thankfully Emma couldn't see it obviously. She considered that question for a moment before answering, "Hmm, you could say that, but I don't really think so…"
Emma thought about what she said and figured out their relationship with each other. "Well… that explains some things…" thought Emma to herself
"Why couldn't you just let me take care of Amme for you, you didn't have to just take over my body like that" said Emma
Valerie sighed, "Because Emma, I take things personally, mess with my friends or even as much as hurt them, they deal with me!"
Emma nodded and laid back down on the platform. "You sure you can take Amme and her gang all by yourself?"
"Not by myself… that's suicide! I'm not that good! Besides, I got your friends helping me"
Emma smiled; they are such good friends to her it makes her so happy. "So, as soon as the fight is over, will you give my body back?"
"Oh definitely, I don't want to be in a teenager body that doesn't belong to me for very long"
Emma glared at that, but shrugged it off. Valerie's personality is like that, she guessed. Emma placed her hands behind her head and stared at the endless darkness above her, waiting for Valerie to give her body back.
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Valerie decided to not take Emma's desk to use in this battle. Her deck is pretty weak against her own, for now anyways. She got out her own deck and stared at it. She has not used this deck in years! Without much thought she drew 7 cards from her deck and readied herself for this battle.
The Duel pointer in the center of the field spun around and around, to see who would be going first in his duel. Eventually it came to a stop and Valerie was the one that got picked.
"All right you monkeys! My turn!" said Valerie
Valerie's hand consisted of one Wild Bolt, one Insane Bolt, Triton, Elemental Blades, 2 windstorms, and a Kraken. She looked down to see that she has two power pips. She could play Kraken right off the back, but that won't do much. She can play Insane Bolt too, but she doesn't want to risk killing herself, because that spell can backfire.
Wild Bolt she can play, but that spell isn't really good, it ranges from tiny damage, little damage, and then insane damage. So she quickly discarded Wild Bolt and played Windstorm, mini storm traps appeared near each of her opponent's feet.
Valerie looked to the person next to her, who was Destiny, and motioned her to make her move. Destiny nodded and played Ice Blade on herself. Anna played Storm Blade on Valerie, since she knows she is a better Diviner than she was. Valerie mouthed her thanks. Brooke decided to pass, her hand not really good at the moment.
"Give up girls and I'll make it painless!" said Amme with an evil chuckle
"NEVER!" Valerie growled
Amme shrugged, "All right then" She played Meteor Strike. The said card went out and hit each one of the girls. Dark Destiny played Blizzard, and then came a Tempest from Dark Anna, and finally a Sand Storm from Dark Brooke.
Valerie whimpered in pain, right off the back her health went down to one half, while the other girls besides Anna who had health like her, had like one half of their health left. She needed to win! She had to avenge Fleur, no matter what!
"Is that the best you got? Because I am just getting warmed up!" yelled Valerie, electricity sparking from her body.
Valerie drew 2 cards from her deck. She got a spell called Stegosaurus; a third rank spell that does strong damage and gives the owner a tower shield. The other spell was Feint. Having again only 2 power pips, she can only play Kraken or Insane Bolt to attack; otherwise she has to play Feint or Elemental Blades to boost her up.
"You're lucky this round, I got nothing good to fill lots of pain into your bodies!" Valerie spat as she played Elemental Blades on herself.
"I got a healing spell for you next turn, Valerie!" said Destiny
"Satyr I hope" said Valerie
Destiny nodded and played tower shield on Valerie. Anna played Super Charge on herself, 3 of her power pips went away and turned into a 60 percent Storm Blade. Brooke played Helping Hands on Anna so that her health can regenerate every 3 rounds.
"HERE'S TO YOUR HEALING!" said Dark Brooke
Dark Brooke, without using her only power pip, played Sandstorm yet again, but this one was bit more powerful as it attacked every one of the girls. Valerie got one on knee, she was close to dying, but she was never one to quit, she won't lose against these bitches.
Amme played Volcanic Shield on herself; an ice shield and a storm shield appeared. Dark Destiny played Glacial Shield on herself and the other 2 played storm shields on themselves.
"Grr! Cowards!" yelled Valerie
Valerie drew her next spell, Storm Blade. Considering she already had one on herself, she won't use it for herself, but probably give it to Anna. She discarded Windstorm without a second thought and drew from her treasure card deck. She got Poseidon! (1) Poseidon is a Rank 9 spell that does huge damage to every opponent and then places a storm trap on each of them.
With only 2 power pips yet again, she can't play it till later. So she played Storm Blade and placed it on Anna to use.
"Face it losers! You are as good as dead!" said Amme with an evil laugh.
Brooke growled, "No! We shall defeat you!"
Valerie nodded, "You shall PAY! Death will be the only payment I will be able to accept!"
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Malistaire walked out of a big shrine of some sorts in Mooshu with something in his hand. It was the Dragonspyre Spiral Key! He chuckled as he made his way to the Mooshu Spiral Door. "Now that I have the Dragonspyre Spiral Key, I can finally start my plan of bringing Sylvia Drake back to life and the destruction of the Spiral!"
Malistaire looked back at the Shrine behind him, "That emperor knew better than to mess with me, he got what has been coming to him. A plague that will surely kill him soon and those brats will have a hard time trying to reach me!"
He laughed an evil laugh. It echoed throughout Mooshu as he reached the Spiral Door. A Cow like Samurai came from out of the Shrine and sees Malistaire. "No! I must not let him get away!"
With the sword out of its sheath, he quickly charged at the escaping Malistaire. Unfortunately, Malistaire managed to hear him and blasted him with a Death Ball. It hit him square in the chest and knocked him into a nearby wall. The Cow samurai watched as Malistaire disappeared into the Spiral Door, traveling to Dragonspyre.
"No… I have failed his most benevolent majesty… I brought shame to this land. The least I can do now is protect the emperor"
The cow samurai painfully stood up and slowly walked back to the shrine and hoped to keep the emperor protected until there was a cure.
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Valerie's POV
I was on both my knees as my health was very low. I looked over at the other girls; their health was pretty low too. Our opponents had like half of their health left to spare. We could not heal, otherwise Dark Brooke will once again play Sand Storm and that will kill me and Anna. I do have a bunch of tower shields that Destiny kindly gave to me, but even with that I still have a high risk of dying.
I stared at the power pips next to me; I have like 8 of them. I needed one more pip to play Poseidon. The other cards in my hand were useless. So I passed, ashamed that I cannot attack this turn.
"Valerie… you must win this for us… I am going to heal you, I can't go on…" said Anna in a raspy voice
"No, Anna, don't!" I yelled. There was no way I am letting her sacrifice herself for me! Not to mention, Emma will never forgive me if I let her die.
"Anna, think what you're saying!" yelled Destiny
"I must… if it is for the best, then I shall!"
I had a tear in my eye. This girl I met so long ago was going to sacrifice herself for me? I couldn't let her do it!
"Destiny! Place a Tower shield on her!" I yelled
Destiny shook her sadly at me and I frowned, "I don't have any more, I gave you all of mine" She played Blizzard to hit Amme and her gang, the attack barley doing anything to their health.
"Win this for us, Valerie!" said Anna as she played Dryad from her treasure card deck.
I watched as a tree lady appeared in front of me. With Anna having three pips, it healed me to at least a third of my health.
"Idiots! No healing!" said Dark Brooke
Sand Storm appeared yet again and hit me and the rest of the girls. I watched in horror as Anna collapsed on the floor, defeated, blood pouring out.
"NO!" I yelled
I watched as Destiny went to her knees and checked Anna's pulse. She looked at me with relief, "She is unconscious, but if we don't finish this battle soon, she will die. She needs a potion"
I nodded; those girls were so going to die when I get through with them. I looked over at Brooke who seems to be crying a bit. Can't blame her, I've been through this so many times.
I watched as Brooke played a Balance Blade on me. She looked so unsure of herself now that Anna is on a brink towards death.
"Bye bye, Destiny!" said Amme
I saw that Amme had played Immolate. The spell hurt her first before going to Destiny and quickly attacked her with power flame burst. My eyes widened as Destiny fell to the floor like Anna, blood pouring out from her as well.
Tears streamed from my face, this is not happening! Then without warning I see a Kraken pop out and attacked Brooke.
"It's all up to you…" I heard Brooke say as she fell down almost motionless
"WHAT? VALERIE! How did you let this happen?" I heard Emma yell inside my… well her head anyways
"I am sorry Emma" What else can I say to her?
"I thought you had this under control!" she yelled, practically crying her heart out
I said nothing in response to that as I see Dark Destiny play a spell that places Tower Shields on every player, excluding the opponent of course. That means my next attack won't kill them unless I critical.
"You are about to die. How about you give up now and we shall spare you the humiliation of defeat!" said Amme with an evil grin
I clutched the cold dark floor beneath me with my hands as tears streamed from my face. My critical rating is very low, like 5 percent of any of my attacks doing double damage. This might be the end…
"NO! I WON'T LET YOU GIVE UP! YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WANTED TO KILL THEM! So stand up and have faith!" I hear Emma yell
I knew she was right, but I just don't think I have much faith let in me for what happened to Emma's friends. At least they aren't dead though… for a while if I don't win this battle.
"Valerie…" I hear a very familiar voice that warms my heart.
I turned my head to the church where Fleur was lying on the ground. Fleur was watching me with a slight smile on her face.
"Don't give in… I believe in you… and so does Emma, don't let them win. I know you can do it…" said Fleur giving me a smile.
I stared at her, I couldn't deny Fleur anything. This is for her and Emma! I slowly stood up and glared at my enemies with a new found determination within me.
"What? How can you stand like that? You know you're going to lose!" exclaimed Dark Anna
I grinned, "Maybe so, but that won't stop me!"
"And I am going to help you…" I heard Emma say
I felt power of fire and storm flow through me together. My health instantly went back to full and my Poseidon card spell glowed brightly. I concentrated all my power within that spell as I readied my sword.
"SO LONG!" I yelled
"SO LONG!" Emma yelled
I played Poseidon. A mermaid like man jumped out of the waters and onto a giant rock. The mermaid man had like a long white beard and a crown on his head. He was also extremely buff and had a trident on his right hand. With a roar and lightning flashing down near him, he ordered a huge giant powerful wave with his trident. My body tensed as the spot around me shot out electric and fire sparks, initiating a critical attack.
"DIE!" I yelled
Poseidon ordered to attack Amme and her gang with the huge giant wave. I had a grin on my face as I knew they were done for…
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Valerie watched as the waves subsided and Poseidon disappeared. The Duel Arena around her disappeared. She noticed that Amme was clutching her chest in pain, but the others were lying dead on the ground.
Amme gave Valerie a very intense glare, "This isn't over!" She snapped her fingers and a dark portal sucked her in, taking her to who knows where.
Valerie scoffed and quickly went over to Anna. She pulled out a potion flask and uncorked it. She then brought the flask to Anna's lips and poured the liquid into her mouth. She tilted her chin with her hand so she can swallow it. In a matter of seconds, Anna's eyes fluttered open. Valerie sighed of relief as Anna sat up, staring at her.
"D-Did you win?" asked Anna
Valerie smiled, "Yes I did, thanks to Emma and Fleur for having faith in me"
Anna smiled back, "I'm so glad"
Valerie then went to the Brooke and Destiny and did the same thing to them. They regained consciousness which brought Valerie to ease, but there was still one more person.
Without much thought, she quickly ran to Fleur's side. Fleur looked at Valerie with weak eyes, "Valerie… my time is up…"
"NO! I won't let you!" said Valerie as she tried to pour some of the potion into Fleur's mouth but she stopped her.
Fleur smiled softly at her, "It won't do much good Valerie besides I lost too much blood…"
"Oh no…" said Emma who cried softly
Valerie didn't acknowledge what Emma said and stared at Fleur with tearful eyes. "No… I can't let you go. I lost too many people in my life, please don't go!" She cried
Fleur smiled, "I'll always be with you, even in death, you must know that Val…"
Emma's friends watched the sad scene in front of them. They decided not to break the moment and just watch with evident sadness.
"Valerie, please train Emma as much as you can, she has a lot of work to do if she wants to save the spiral from Malistaire. Please do that for me… that's all I ask…" said Fleur, brushing away Valerie's tears
Valerie sobbed uncontrollably, "But… I…"
Fleur placed a finger on Valerie's lips, "Don't Valerie. Please… help her… don't worry, I'll be with you always…"
Valerie knew shouldn't argue with Fleur and nodded slowly, sniffing. "Ok… for you…"
Fleur smiled, "Bye for now… sweet Valerie…" With that, Fleur died in her arms as her eyes closed and her body went limp, lifeless…
Valerie cried as held Fleur's dead body close to her. Emma's friends went up to her to comfort her. In a couple of minutes, Valerie stood up and stared at Emma's friends.
"Well, I suppose I should give Emma's body back now… Thank you for helping me" said Valerie
Destiny smiled at her, "Don't mention it, what friends for?"
"I'm sorry for your loss" said Brooke, looking sadly at Valerie
"It's ok; she'll always be with me. I know that now. Right now, let me bring Emma back to her body"
She tilted her hair to the sky as her clothes changed from storm to Emma's fire clothes. Her storm sword changed back into Fire, her hair turned completely blond, and her lips turned back to slight pink. Her body glow a warm fire for a couple of seconds before subsiding. In a matter of moments, her head tilted back to normal position.
The eyes opened, revealing Emma's bright blue eyes. She looked at her friends, "Well I am back, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us, don't we?"
They nodded in response. Emma sighed, "Once I turn a Master Pyromancer, I must face Valerie to test my skills. I hope I can pass my test of strength with her"
"You will Emma, you will" said Brooke
Anna looked at Fleur's body and then at Andrew's, "So should we take their bodies back to Ambrose?"
"Well obviously we can't leave them here, besides, Valerie wouldn't let me hear the end of it if I left Fleur's body all alone here" said Emma
With that, Emma and Brooke carried Andrew's body while Destiny and Anna carried Fleur's body. Together they walked toward the Spiral Door of Marleybone and traveled to Wizard City.
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"Oh my!" said Ambrose as he sees the girls bring in two dead bodies in front of him
"It's a long story Ambrose…" said Emma, sighing sadly
"Well then, let me hear it… I don't care how sad it is, I must know what happened" inquired Ambrose
Emma and the girls began to tell Ambrose everything from start to finish. Told him about what happened to Andrew. Told him that Malistaire has escaped them and has the Krokonomicon to head to Dragonspyre. Then told him about Fleur and the battle they had with Amme and her gang.
"My my… quite a terrifying story. Malistaire has gotten away with the Krokonomicon and what's worse is that we lost 2 of our students!" said Ambrose
"Sadly yes… headmaster…" said Emma as a tear falling out from her eye
Ambrose sighed and looked at the girls, "We shall give these two a proper burial tomorrow. You girls had quite a traumatic day. You should get some rest"
Emma nodded, "What about Malistaire?"
Ambrose walked over to his desk and sat down, "Well, since he is heading to Dragonspyre, he can't go there without the spiral key. The only person that has the Dragonspyre spiral key is the Emperor from Mooshu"
"So… we need to head to Mooshu and get the Spiral Key?" asked Destiny
Ambrose nodded, "Yes, the Emperor should give you the Spiral Key without pause. Hopefully, Malistaire hasn't got to him first…" He then sighed and motioned them to head out of his office, "Now, go to your dorms, I have a lot of work to do since Fleur and Andrew are both dead. You may see me tomorrow morning and we can discuss this later"
They nodded, not wanting to argue with the headmaster. They said their good nights to each other before heading off to their dorms. Ambrose watched them leave his office as he got up and walked over to the dead bodies. He shook his head with a sad face, "This war with Malistaire must end… I don't want any more students hurt or even dead…"
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Well. Hope you enjoyed it! Review please. This chapter is short, I know, but the other chapter will be much longer than this I promise. Well see ya next chapter! Here is another sneak preview of EWA2: Battle of Celestia
Emma looked at her friend Jess with wide eyes. "W-What? How can you be a wizard?"
Jess shrugged and got up from the bed as she stared out of the window in the room. "I don't know, but strange things have happened in my life that I cannot even explain"
Emma got up and stood face to face with Jess, "What kind of strange things?"
Jess looked into Emma's bright blue eyes, "Hmm, give me a seed, and I'll show you"
Emma went over to her drawer and pulled out a pumpkin seed. She placed it on the table and stepped back to watch Jess. The white haired girl closed her eyes as she lightly tapped the pumpkin seed. Immediately, the seed turned into a very big Pumpkin that looked pretty good to eat as a pie.
"Woah! You weren't kidding!" said Emma
"Yeah, this has been happening all my life. It always revolves around plants and animals. I don't know how I got these powers, and I didn't ask for them!" said Jess sighing
Emma patted Jess' shoulder, "These powers are a gift, Jess. You should accept them as they are a part of you" Jess looked at her. She never thought about that, "Thanks, I always hated them because I wanted a normal life, not just some girl with magical powers"
"You can still live a normal life even with them, they are just a special bonus, a sweet one at that" Emma reassured
Jess nodded, "Hmm I guess…" She sat down on the bed again and stared up at Emma, "So… does that mean I am a… Theurgist?" she asked
Emma shrugged, "You might be, I'll have to ask Headmaster Ambrose to give you a Wizard placement test"
Jess let out an 'hmm' sound as she looked out the window. She loved life enough but she never knew she can actually have life powers she can use or practice with. She then heard Emma's mom yelling from the kitchen.
"GIRLS! Come down for dinner! You don't want your dinner cold do you?"
Emma took off from her room with full speed, leaving a dusty version of herself in her place. Jess laughed as the dust went away. She got up from the bed and headed downstairs to join her blonde friend.
Unknown to them, they were being watched by a mysterious girl from afar. The girl had a moon crescent symbol on her forehead, one of her eyes was yellow, and the other was pure black. She wore a black armor with 3 symbols huddled together in the middle, one was moon, one was star, and the other was sun. Her hair was pure black and she had earrings with star shaped ends.
"Hmm… they could be of use…" said the mysterious girl
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