Chapter 1, Part 5: Twists n' Turns

No OC will be here, however next OC will be added next chapter. Vivian (deadlywaterblade) will have more dialogue.

Abilene P.O.V.

Lin looked around, she seemed to be extremely cautious of something around here. She turned around abruptly and stopped. I walked a few steps before stopping in front of her. I looked over her shoulder to see if anything was visible in my vision, however there was none. Lin walked forward, gripping her staff hard enough so that her knuckles turned white. She clenched her teeth and shouted, "whoever is hiding in the bushes, I would suggest you come out instead of eavesdropping on us." She glared toward the bushes. She must have heightened senses or something...well she is stronger than me, that's for sure. If she wanted, she could have crushed me to the point where the only remnants of me would be my skeleton. I sighed and continued to look into the bushes until the bushes shook.

I felt myself grit my own teeth. Were we stalked on this whole entire time? Out of the blue, Cardes came from the bushes. He smirked at Lin and Abilene and said, "this is going to be fun." He walked slowly toward us, however instead of moving my feet, I could only stay where I was. Cardes continued to walk toward us as Lin shouted, "is this you!?" She bent her knees and attempted to break free of the binding spell, to no avail.

Cardes merely laughed with amusement and said, "someone like you wouldn't be able to break free of a spell like that." He turned to me. I didn't dare make any attempts. I slowly lifted my head to Cardes and said, "C-Car...des..." Although I was exhausted from speaking, I could feel my eyes stare at him like daggers. However, it did not seem to have any effect upon Cardes.

Suddenly Cardes widened his eyes out of surprise and turned around just in time to be met with a spinning tornado. He gritted his teeth as his hands and part of his arm turned into a big green monstrous hand as he swung it, causing the tornado to diminish. Then a girl I recognized came out through the bushes. She said, "even though I don't know these people very well, I can tell that they have something that you don't." She smiled, her eyes sparkling in the afternoon sun.

When Cardes got off guard, the binding spell rose, and I was able to move my legs, same with Lin. Lin's body started to glow and she changed her armor to the red and orange dragon armor. She shouted, "Inferno Devastation!" Once again the sky turned dark and fireballs came out through the sky. Cardes managed to dodge all of them, so Lin rose her staff as the orb glowed an orange color and a lot more fireballs came falling.

After a while of dodging, Cardes got hit and there was an extremely deep cut down his right arm. He widened his eyes as he said, "whoa..." He looked at me and Lin and said, "well...I guess I underestimated you."

Out of the blue Vivian said, "did you forget about me, Cardes?" She smiled as she jumped and grabbed the hilt of the sword and swung it horizontally, causing a huge wind to blow. Cardes glared at Vivian before smiling.

"It's useless." Immediately after he said this, the wound on his right arm healed like it was nothing. All three of us looked at surprise at the speed the wound was healing at. Vivian then turned around suddenly and swung her sword, creating a tornado, however that diminished with the blinding light that came with it. After the wind diminished, it revealed Maxwell, the so-called creator of this world. She smiled and said, "I won't let a sliver of your soul remain in this already cursed world." She grabbed her spear which was implanted on the ground.

"Also..." Maxwell said, smirking, "you can have this girl back." She threw Raelyn like she was a sack of vegetables.

I shouted, "Raelyn...!" I ran up to her and I slightly shook her, "Raelyn...are you okay, answer me!" I fought to keep tears from my eyes...why...I looked up toward Maxwell, who was smiling amusingly at Raelyn's feeble position. I shouted, "Maxwell! Did you kill her...because if you did..." I dropped Raelyn to the ground gently before I spread my hands out, creating two magical circles, one floating on each hand, "...you're going to pay, and it's not going to be too pleasant, so prepare yourself, Maxwell!"

Maxwell looked into my eyes as she said, "I would say that it would be the other way around, you should be the one prepared...because it is already too late." She laughed as she lifted her spear while Cardes lifted his hands to the air. They both shouted the same word: "Endless!"

A mix of white and purple glows filled the area. I heard Vivian, Lin, and Raelyn scream. I felt cuts all over my body, my clothes were ripped, too. It was fifteen seconds already and it was still going...what is this attack? I don't have the crystal barrier up so it's going to do lots of damage to me. I gritted my teeth in an attempt to ignore the pain and I tried to walk forward, however the force of the wind was too strong. Even though the wind was strong, I wouldn't give up. For the sake of my friends...I will not give up.

Even if it may cost me my life. Just hearing Vivian, Lin and Raelyn scream in agony...was enough for me to cast the spell that hasn't been casted not in twenty five years...but in one hundred years.

I used the somewhat new strength from believing in them and I put in every effort to make that magic circle. The reason it could not be casted in one hundred years was because of the amount of magical power it drained. I felt my legs shaking from the magic power draining the heck out of me and after I was positive I gathered enough, I used the last bit of my strength and screamed at the top of my lungs...two words...

...and they were...

A.N. - ...and they were... what's it going to be, guys? I also made this chapter short for a reason...there will be one more short chapter before you guys get to read longer chapters again! So, since this time an OC wasn't added, I'll add the next one in the next chapter. If you're wondering who's it going to be, heh...you're going to find out...also this is the first cliffhanger (at the end of a chapter) I've done...so I hope you're looking forward to what's next!

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