Powers Coming to Life

Suddenly, the two heard a childish laugh coming from behind them. When they turned, they could see a small girl with long purple hair and yellow eyes. She was dressed in a black dress with red shoes and a red shirt underneath. However, there was something not quite right about her. Virginia felt as though something was trying to draw her Shamanic powers from her body. Jet could sense something that had an opposite force as that of Filgaia. The child was definitely a Demon. However, she didn't feel like Siegfried.

"You have done well Shaman Princess and Filgaia Sample. Welcome to my world. I am Beatrice, a Dream Demon. As you can see, this dimension is boring; it lacks the zest of your homeworld of Filgaia. So, here's my plan. I will take your memories of the planet you live on, and use them to create my own Filgaia. I'll just need to find some powerful energy to feed to the modified Yggdrasil generator I stole earlier."

"So, you think you can just take our memories!" exclaimed Virginia, "I'm not going to stand for it. By my family name, I will defeat you. Jet, stay out of this. It's my fight." She got up, and began to concentrate all of her energy towards the enemy ahead. Beatrice laughed as the girl stepped up to bat.

"Oh, sacred Heart of Guardians. Give me your power, your will. Let me attain dominance o'er my enemies. By the Adlehyde blood in my veins. I beseech you…Give me Victory! Dist Dims!" the girl screamed. Suddenly, the Staff of the Guardians began to form from the energy called out of her body. As Virginia held it up to the sky, she gave Beatrice a commanding look. There would be no losing today.

Beatrice said, "You may be able to call upon the power of your Guardians, but it will be of no use against my own strength. As you lay dying on the ground, I will help myself to the memories of Filgaia that you have locked away in your brain. Dark Matter!" The cage of darkness enclosed Virginia, injuring her.

Virginia got right back up. "I'm not afraid of you one bit. Stare Roe, come forth and smash the darkness that waits in shadows. Saint!" The beam of light hit Beatrice, damaging the Dream Demon. Of course, since she is a strong adversary, she wasn't down yet. If anything, the attack only made Beatrice laugh at Virginia. They stood face to face, staring one another down. Neither wanted to lose this battle.

'I must call upon every power I possess,' thought Virginia, 'Guardians, if you can hear my plea, please protect me against Beatrice. She is a deadly adversary, and I fear I will lose this fight and my life. Bring to life the power we've sealed for a millennium, the true power of Crest Sorcery. It's our only hope.'

Jet longed to grab his ARM and help, but he remembered Virginia asking him to stay out of it. There was just something so strange in that request. Why would she not want him to help her? But he could see her fighting it out as hard as she could. It appeared as if Virginia just very well might be able to pull this one off. Although not gaining a lot of ground, the woman had yet to lose her composure in battle.

"I'm not afraid of you, we are never going to go down. I will save myself and Jet, and bring us back to Filgaia where we belong. Saint!" called out Virginia. Beatrice was struck with the attack, but she continued to laugh. It didn't make Virginia cringe, she knew the Dream Demon wanted to faze her.

Beatrice screamed, "Dark Matter!"

Virginia knew she had to block the attack. "Saint!"

The two spells fought for supremacy. For a few minutes, neither seemed to gain ground against the other. Suddenly, Dark Matter broke through Virginia's Saint. The girl was thrown back to the ground.

"Can't you see?" inquired Beatrice, "There's nothing a human can do against me in battle. Now to extract your memories. Soon, I will finally have the planet I dreamed of for over a hundred years now."

'Is this it? Have I failed? Will I die alone?' wondered Virginia.

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Then, a familiar voice whispered, "I'm with you Virginia, let us fight this together." It was Jet, he had come to help her despite her insistence. She then thought up a plan. They would fight together, and the Teardrop was going to help them combine strengths.

She stood up, determined to fight. Then, the girl tossed the Teardrop into the air and began to concentrate. "Dist Dims! Break!" The energy from the Sacred Staff combined with the Teardrop once more. Virginia could feel it rising inside of her. She concentrated on absorbing the necessary energy.

"Power of Filgaia," ordered Jet, "Lend yourself to Virginia to help her achieve victory in this battle." The green glow of Filgaia's energy appeared in the boy's hand. It then jumped out into the air, and was also absorbed by Virginia's concentration over the Teardrop. Filgaia's strength combined with Shaman magic.

"Schturdark, Celsidue, Raftina! Come to me now, O Guardians," commanded Virginia. At that moment, the vestiges of the three Guardians appeared behind the girl. Their strength and powers were beginning to flow into Virginia's body, as she threw all of her heart into the spell inside the Teardrop.

The girl suddenly began to levitate off of the ground. Winds whipped around Virginia as the energy from herself, the Guardians, and Jet was growing in power. As they mixed together inside of the gem of the Adlehyde Royal Family, all of the powers on Filgaia called out. They wanted to fight too.

Jet thought, 'It's amazing. One girl can achieve this much all with the help of her friends. Was I wrong all of these years? Perhaps not a hundred percent, but I think I can get used to this friendship thing. Someone will always be watching my back, someone that I can rely on to help me whenever I'm in a jam.'

Beatrice looked at Virginia, ready to strike her down before the spell reached full maturity. For if she could pull off such a phenomenal attack, even a Dream Demon would die instantly. "Dark Matter."

"Saint!" called Virginia in response. All of the power in the Teardrop was pulled out; combining with Virginia's spell. The super powered version of the Saint spell hit her head on, killing the Demon.

The walls of darkness began to fade away. Virginia took one last look at the Guardians and silently thanked them. Then, they vanished. A bright light covered the eyes of Jet and Virginia. Out of fear and not wanting to be separated again, Virginia put her arms around Jet and held him close. This time, he didn't cringe. Instead, the young boy pulled her close as well; as if to shield her from the whole world.

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Yes, on time for once! I've been having trouble getting on the site since last night; has this happened to anyone else?

Yup, we got that perfectly. Although we had to act it out quite a few times to the music in order to fix up the kinks. My allies and I do our acting in order to look at angles of our stories so we can get them just right. The song that inspired this chapter was "Bring me to Life" by Evanescence. The others come back next chapter; I had the perfect way of bringing them in for the finale.