Order #2: Unfortunate Truth pt.3

Lyn's POV: "Wohs em eht tirips fo Asuna!" Nothing happened. "Blast!" pulling my subconscious back into the real world, I shrug my shoulders and wait for Negi to return. Hopefully he wouldn't take too much more time.

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Negi's POV: Bringing the class along with me, I ran out through the main doors and back toward the tree where Lyn had stood guarding Asuna. When I reach Lyn, she was covered in a thick layer of ice.

Just as I was about to cast a spell to release her from the ice, cracks appeared in the ice and it shattered. "I'm so sorry Negi, but she's really gone, I'm sorry." She said bowing her head in shame.

Rushing forward, I grabbed Lyn's arms and shouted, "No! It can't be! Please tell me your lying! PLEASE!"

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Lyn's POV: Pulling my arms from Negi's grip, I replied, "She may be gone from the Nether Realm, but that doesn't mean that her spirit may have been taken somewhere else, Negi." At this Negi perked up, and stared questioningly into my eyes. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"It means, that she made a pact with some greater being and that he/she/it has control over her spirit and possesses it, to what ends I know not." I replied my thoughts turning to the day were I popped up under the giant tree, and then realized with an intake of breath She must have made a pact with the Demon King!

"THAT'S IT!" I shout causing everyone to jump up in surprise. Grabbing Negi by the shoulders, I ask, "Did Asuna, have any unusual powers or abilities other than the ones granted by her Pactio?"

"Well, even without the Pactio, she was unusually strong and was able to cancel out most magic." He replied looking thoughtful. "Why do you ask?"

"I ask because I think I know why Asuna died." I replied. "I think that she gained those abilities through a pact with the Demon King, and that he took her life a payment."

Ignoring the startled gasps and questions that arose from the assembled group, I continued, "That means that if we can figure out why she made a pact in the first place, we can try to reverse it!"

A tall blonde student with an arrogant, bossy demeanor asked, "How can we figure out why she made a pact if she's dead, it's not like we can go back in time now, can we?"

"Um, excuse me but me and Chao, built a compass that if combined with a little magic, can travel back in time." Said a student later identified as Satomi Hakase piped up.

" That will work perfectly." I answered, looking at Asuna's body, "Esacne Asuna ni dnomaid." The air shimmered and to everybody surprise, Asuna became enshrouded in solid diamond. "That way no one will disturb her until we get back." I explained.