In The Mountains

The nasty little fire fairy always liked being high up, it let her see everything and gave her a sense of being in control. She sat at the mouth of a open cave, a little fire crackling before her and sending out the warmth see needed. The fire floated inches off the ground, and cast her shadow back into the cave, enlarged by the placement between the two, and horrible in the night.

As she sat looking into the flames, she thought of her hatred for the boy that ruined everything. With that rage her magic fire burnt a little brighter. She hated Dipper passionately, she wanted revenge, she quite literally wanted to kill him. He may have been cute, but he had decimated her plans to get her best friend/sister back. She had tried forming plans to get her back and be done with that pathetic human, but she had thought better of it, at least for the time being.

The fire served another purpose besides heat for the foul tempered fairy, it was a viewing point by which she could keep a eye on everything that was happening in her world. Since it was very difficult for her come and go between the worlds she had her creatures of dark magic to spy on the people in her home village. Looking into that fire was very much like looking through a one way window, and seeing the world through the perspective of a insect.

This particular creature (A firefly, for the sake of irony) was currently spying on the fairy elders of the village: Nature, Fire, Air, and Water. Inside of the small shack, the four ancient fairies could discuss private matters of the village away from traditional eavesdropers, or they could just talk about personal things, it was encouraged for the elders to maintain close ties after all.

The elder of nature picked up a cup and poured the tea she had brought for her and the others to share. She looked like your hippy grandma. After she took a long sip of it, she then poured three more cups and offered them around. It was her own recipe. After another long sip of the herbal drink, she placed it on small table in the room's center. She turned to the water elder fairy, Trixie's grandmother.

"Melody, you recently got back from visiting your granddaughter, and I heard you were bragging in town. Since you normally boast for about ten human years when you're proud of something, I would like to know what sparked it this time." *Takes another sip of tea* "So how is Trixie?"

The elder fire fairy snorted.

"Yes, how is the little powder keg? How many times has her fuse reachd its end?"

Melody Aqauring gave her a glare. Do not be fooled, they have been known to bicker on occasions, but deep, deep, deep, deep...DEEP down, those two loved each other. Trixie's grandmother turned back to the elder of nature and continued.

"Oh, she is doing just fine. She's made a few interesting friends, one imparticularly has developed a close bond with her. He has actually taken on the role as her big brother."

Back with Sparkler, the girl had been taking a drink out of a canteen, and when she heard that she gasped, choking on her water. She hacked it out of her lungs and kept listening.

The elder of fire scoffed.

"The girl makes a human her brother? Has she not already lost so much?"

A magnificent grin spread on Trixie's grandmother's face at the ignorance of the fire elder.

"Oh, but he's not human, my old friend. He's an angel."

The mouths of the other elders dropped, then she was bombarded with questions. Melody laughed at them all, after calming them down she began her story.

"His name is Samuel Scott Sanctuary. He's of the angelic order of Powers, and a faithful protector of my grandchild. They both care about each other very much, even if they toy with one another when they can." *Laughs* "Trixie described Sam as a annoying older brother who always gets the last laugh, and who has always been there for her when she needed it. He comforted her when she wept over the loss of my daughter, saved her life, and even has helped her gain more control of her power."

She proceeded to tell them all of what happened last she visited, and with each word Sparkler grew more and more furious. She kept gripping her canteen tighter until its aluminum frame bent inward. And when Trixie's grandmother got to the part where she had stuck around and spied on them, seeing Sam tell Trixie a story until she fell asleep leaning against him, then Sam picking her up and taking her home, Sparkler threw that poor canteen into the depths of the cave and sent a fireball destroying it in a explosion of smoke, steam, and molten metal.

She got up with fury in her eyes that were now red with her magic. She had decided it. Forget being patient, forget waiting for the right moment. She was getting revenge!

Two Days Later

It was early in the morning, and Sam was turning over in his bed. He saw things: Fire, hate, the Mystery Shack, an attacker coming. Sam snapped awake, the adrenalin that pumped through his system eradicate his normal morning grogieness, and he tore the covers of his bed off, springing onto the floor.

"Trixie!"

There was a note of panic in his voice. The power of prophecy was a rare gift, even among angels, but Sam still had it, and it told him above anything else: He needed to get to the Mystery Shack, ASAP!

He started running to the Mystery Shack, wearing nothing but his flannel pajama-pants with the OSU Beaver logo on them (A Christmas gift), but in his panic and need to get to them, before he took two steps he disappeared.

The Mystery Shack

Dipper was laying in bed reading from book '3', there was so much information in it that he still hadn't memorized it all. Trixie had shown up earlier then normal, and was hanging out with the twins in their attic room. Sam reappeared in their room still running, and unaware that he had just teleported to new surroundings. As a result, he ran directly into a wall and fell on the floor. Still wearing only flannel pants.

"OOOWWW!"

Everyone who was already in the room jumped, then ran over to him when they realized it was Sam. Trixie was the first to get to his side.

"Ouch are you okay, Sammy?"

"Dude, what are you doing here?"

Sam looked up at all of them, and said one word.

"Sparkler."

Their jaws dropped. Sam had never met Sparkler, but they told him about her attack and her relation with Trixie.

"She's back?"

Sam shook his head.

"N-no, but she almost is. I saw it in my dreams, she's coming here to try to blow you guys up."

This confused Trixie some what, but the fear did not diminish.

"Your dreams?"

"Haven't I told you? I sometimes see the future."

"T-then how are you sure that wasn't just a dream?"

Trixie said that not as a skeptic, but as someone trying to preserve a vain hope that nothing bad was coming. Sam put her doubts to rest in a instant. He sprang to the window, the light of which outlined his slender frame, his right eye began glowing blue as he swung it open, he raised his hand and a shield of royal blue energy surround the Shack, right as angry fireball hurtled at it exploded in a display of flame, smoke, and sparks.

Trixie ran to the window and looked out, seeing Sparkler. Her entire body shook with rage as she looked down on the fire fairy and her uncaring demeanor. She couldn't stop herself from yelling at her, and she wouldn't have if she could.

"You insane, backstabbing, traitorous, devil!"

Sparkler stuck out her tongue, and made sure to taunt her. She formed another fireball in her hand.

"You don't like what I do, then stop me!"

Trixie was nervous for a moment, then she brought her foot up onto the window sill and was about to jump out after her, but Sam grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Oh no you don't. I've got this."

Trixie looked at Sam and the spark of determination in his eyes.

"You sure you can take her?"

"Trust me, I have to be the one to do it."

Trixie stepped to the side and gave him a straight path to Sparkler. Still in nothing but his flannel pajama pant, Sam kicked against the floor, picked up speed, and jumped right out the open window. His eyes glowed, and he felt the binds that kept his wings in check tearing apart. There was a flash of light along his back, then it looked like white mist was appearing and condensing. The wings of a giant white hawk manifested on his back and caught the air beneath him. The wind rolled underneath them, running along them to the very tip, filling them up. For a moment he forgot he was about to fight, and he was overwhelmed with pure joy as the air moving under stroked his wings, he had missed that so much. He changed the angle of his body and came up flapping them to balance himself out, he land and folded his magnificent wings against his back, each feather glistening with a metallic sheen in the light.

Trixie cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted right at Sparkler.

"My big bro's going to kick your butt!"

Sparkler gave the angel a death glare full of hate, then threw a fireball at him. Sam's right eye glowed blue, and he stopped it in its path as it smoldered into nothing but ashes that fell to ground around his feet. The hate in Sparkler's eyes intensified when she saw how calm Sam was.

"My name is Samuel Scott Sanctuary." Sam's wings spread behind him, big and menacing. "Angel of the Lord. You can eaither back down, or-"

Sparkler threw a sphere of red energy right at Sam, mid sentence. He jumped and beat his wings at the same time, rising above where the spell exploded and riding the shockwave up even higher. The furious little fire fairy yelled at him from the ground, her dark red dragonfly wings out.

"I'm Sparkler Magma, and no one steals my best friend!"

Sam taunted her from up in the sky.

"Her best friend wouldn't try to have her soul devoured by dark magic! Or try to kill the people who love her and try to make her hurt less! You only open up old wounds, and make new ones! Some friend you are!"

"AAAAHHH!"

Her insect like wings buzzed rapidly as she rose into the air intending to charge Sam. Sam saw her coming and folded his wings back, going into a free fall. This surprised Sparkler, and she tried firing more magic at him, but was unprepared for his tactic and missed. Sam changed his angle and used the momentum from the fall to speed off. Sparkler thought he was running, and yelled out coward after him, but really all Sam was doing was leading her away from the Shack and anyone who might get hurt in the crossfire.

Sparkler perused Sam, though she wanted to throw more fireballs at him, she conserved her energy. She noted that he was a fast flier, she didn't even realize that he was going slowly so she would keep after him. He then dived down and landed, turning to face her.

Sparkler formed orbs of red magic in her hands, and cast them at Sam. Sam grabbed the firy red energy that she sent at him out of the air, hurtling two of the spheres back at her, and raised a sheild of royal blue energy to stop a third one from hitting him. Sparkler had to swerve in the air to avoid the attack he sent back, and for a moment she was off balance. She sent more fireballs and spheres of red energy at him, but because of the balance she lost, most of the missed. The explosions of fire that surrounded Sam were intense and searing, the force of each one sent him stumbling back, and seeing her advantage Sparkler charged him, her fist glowing.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Her laugh was psychotic as she closed in, she thought she was going to beat the "wimpy angel" right then and there. But Sam always was, and always will be a warrior. He grasped the energy around him and changed it into kinetic force, directing it and letting lash out at Sparkler. He felt that anger, that ferocity that boiled inside him when he got into a fight start to rise up. He wanted let it loose and break this evil girl beneath his wrath. Not this time! He clenched his fist and held the anger back. This time he was winning without letting it take over.

When the force hit Sparkler she felt as if she was being swatted out of the air by a giant hand.

"Ouch!"

She forced herself back up, fairies were made out of tough stuff, but that still hurt. Time for a change in tactics. She ran forward closing the gap between them, a little fire formed in her hand and she swung it around. The fire jumped forward in a wall of flame, blocking Sam's sight of her. The fire itself was incredibly ineffective against him, with his right eye glowing he moved it aside, but its purpose was to make it so he couldn't see her coming. Through the flames she leaped out and punched him in the gut, hard. Sam went down with the air knocked out of him, and while he was down the fire fairy tried to bring a fist that was glowing red with all the magic she had pumped into it.

Even though he was gasping for air Sam still mustered up the power he needed to alter his presence in time. To him it looked like all motion in world had come to a crawl, he couldn't hold this state for very long in these conditions so with his lungs still begging for air he rolled out of her way and got up. Sparkler couldn't comprehend how he had moved so fast, but when her glowing fist collided with the ground with a huge *BOOM!* the explosion creating a crater were his head would have been, she blinked twice, flabbergasted. Sam grabbed her by the shoulders, placed his foot behind her leg, and yanked her in his direction. She tripped over his foot and fell on the ground so hard the air was knocked out of her. The next thing she knew, Sam was coming down on top of her with his elbow pointed at her face as he put his weight into it. She closed her eyes and let out a blast of directionless magic, which exploded in red light out from her in all directions and sent Sam flying back, he only wasn't seriously hurt because he was able to place up another shield of royal blue energy.

In the middle of his arc, Sam beat his wings and with a little fancy flying readjusts himself, landing on a large rock. He huffed fiercely, trying to catch his breath, with sweat on his brow as he watched Sparkler start to get up. He heard the sound of a river trickling through the wilderness and he hatched an idea. He raises his arms and makes sure Sparkler sees him when he taunts her.

"That all you got?"

Naturally that made her angry as he flew off towards the river and its gushing water. She had decided not to try fighting him in close combat again. She looked upon the fires that were burning around them from her fireballs, and concentrated on them. They grew bigger and hotter, then the hissing flames jumped out and formed a tempest of heat and smoke that followed her as she flew on giant buzzing insect wings after Sam.

She arced into the sky, the great inferno still following her. She spotted the angel standing by the river, he was ankle deep in the flowing mountain water, and she streaked towards him out of the sky. He noticed her too, and his left eye began glowing emerald green. He consecrated on the gushing water, and it seemed to move of its own accord, and the river's liquid started swirling around his feet, building up. He called on the water more, his left eye glowing much brighter, and the river seem to redirect its whole flow to swirling around him, until a great raging maelstrom of its water stormed around him. He looked up to the fire fairy and her inferno bolting to him, and when she sent down her fire, he sent up his water. With all his strength Sam pumped his fists into the air, and on each side of him a geyser of the cold water shot out from the hurricane he was wrapped in, and they met the fire that Sparkler sent down. An explosion of steam filled the sky as the two elements clashed, but soon the hot fire was overwhelmed by the cool water.

Sparkler moved as fast as she could, she didn't need to be knocked out of the sky, and the cold water could be lethal to her if it got on her wings. In her attempt not to get hit, and because of the steam blocking her view, she lost her bearings and went tumbling out of the sky into the forest. The trees broke the worst of her fall, but it still hurt. She opened her eyes and they fell upon two large bolders, a wicked smile instantly etched its way onto her face. Her eyes turned red and black, the rocks glowed with her magic, shaking then changing in shape until two monstrous stone bears stood in front of her (Bears were kinda her specialty). She pointed a finger at the fast approaching Sam.

"Kill him!"

The monsters growled charged at him. While they ran Sparkler was focusing on another task. She raised her hands in front of her, and the inky blackness that was dark magic started to form in her palms.

The stone bears galloped in the direction of the advancing angel, their massive granite claws breaking large sticks as the trampled on. Sam's right arm began to glow, and it took on the appearance of polished metal or some fine gem that glowed with a inner light. He clenched his hand onto a fist and turquoise light formed around it, he leaned forward and with a single flap of his wings sent himself at the monster with great momentum. He brought his fist out as he was propelled and he smashed through the first bear, when his feet found the ground again he turned and with a single flap sent himself back right as the stone claws from the second bear slashed through where he would have been. He took a few breaths as the stone monster turned towards him, he had to be careful he was starting to run low on the power he could tap into. The stone creature charged and Sam smashed through this one in a similar fashion as the last.

"Where are you?"

Sam turn to see where Sparkler had gotten to, but instead of the nasty little girl, he was met with one of her dark magic creatures. A solid black creature reassembling a eastern dragon seemed to almost appear, it had moved so silently that he wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't turned around right then. It seemed to made entirely out of inky black shadows, no color at all was visible on it, Sam observed that even its teeth was the same inky blackness as the rest of it when it opened its mouth and let out a twisted sound.

"Sreeeee!"

The creature brought its head back about to strike, but Sam's right eye glowed blue and the thing was covered in flames. It thrashed pathetically before it was completely consumed and evaporated in black smoke. There was a rustling among the plants clinging to the ground, and a small creature made out of the same dark magic charged him. With a sudden surge of adrenaline Sam kicked the little abomination and it went flying, striking against a tree. It was stunned for a moment then ran off.

"Runnin low, are we?"

Sam turned and less than 30 feet away was Sparkler, surrounded by her monsters that she had whipped up out of dark magic. The one Sam had just kicked had rejoined its brothers and sisters by Sparkler's side. She opened her mouth and gave one order to them.

"Sick em!"

They bolted at him, intent to kill. Sam's eyes glowed and he stealed himself for what he thought was the end game. With what little power he could still draw on he set one on fire, impaled another with a icicle right where its eye would have been if it had one (This was the little one that he had kicked, for those who were curious), and eradicated another with a flash of blue/green light. Despite the fight he was putting up, he was still being driven back, the next thing he knew his back was against a tree and his opponents were closing in on all sides. He put up a barrier of royal blue energy around him to stop them from tearing him up.

Sparkler saw that he was trapped and went in for the kill. While her monsters tried to clawn and bite their way in, Sparkler casually walked up to the cornered angel and his failing shield like she had done this a million times before. She raised her left hand and swirling red magic took shape, sparking as she brought it to the center of Sam's barrier. She placed her hand on it and the magic crackled as she tried to drill her way through.

Sam was running on fumes, he had nothing left inside that he could grasp. Looking at the wicked little smile on the fire fairy's lips, and the insane look in her eyes as she knew victory was within her grasp, Sam hated it. It infuriated him how evil this girl had become and the evil she had chosen to do. He felt his anger burning white hot inside, and the Wrath he wanted to let loose tear at his insides. If he just let it out, and went Wrathful Angel then he could win, then he could reach more of his power and have the ferocity to break her. And looking at that sadistic smile and crazed spark in her eyes, he wanted to.

Sam held that fury inside him for a moment, and considered letting it out on the poor girl. Then he swallowed that anger right down. And when he did his will ripped through him, right into the spot where his power was kept. There was a flash of light around him, and the creatures of dark magic vanished. With a wolfish grin on Sam's face and disbelief in Sparkler's eyes, Sam pushed against her with is mind, and she was thrown back, hard. Sam stood up, looking confident.

"Thanks for helping me reach more of my power, idiot."

Sparkler picked her aching body, her huge red dragonfly wings buzzed and she used them to gain momentum at Sam. She had her fist outstretched at him as she threw herself, but when she was a few feet away from him, it appeared as if she stopped, at least from Sam's perspective. The had altered his presence in time, and while he was moving through it fasted he stepped aside and grabbed her arm, then when time returned to normal, he swung her around and threw her to the side.

"AAhhh!"

Sparkler was disoriented, she was running low on magic and Sam seemed to move faster then she could perceive. Around her feet inky black dark magic formed and built up, she was going to infect him with it. It sprang from around her and went for Sam like she directed, it wrapped about his body, seeping in.

"Ha HAHAHAHA!"

She cackled madly as she thought she had won again. The dark magic seeped in, then a surge of light came from inside Sam. When he saw that Sparkler hadn't noticed that he was okay, he cleared his thoat, and the girls jaw dropped when her attention fell on him.

"How is..."

Sam just shook his head in pity.

"Don't you know anything? Darkness is not the opposite of light, only its absence, that's BASIC PHYSICS! Angels were made out of a special kind of light, so your dark magic can't touch me."

Sparkler became enraged by this, a spent the little magic she had left on hurtling a red sphere of energy at him. Without so much as flinching, Sam raised a shield that the magic struck against it and exploded, with no harm to him. He raised his hand and reached out with his power, grasping her. With a few motions of his arm Sparkler was lifted off the ground and thrown with great force to the left hitting a tree, then to the right against another tree, she thought she heard something break with that toss, then Sam sent her flying back where she landed in pain. He walked right over to her, and with the last of her magic that she could safely use, Sparkler's fist lit up with red energy and she punched Sam right in the chest, intending to kill.

*CRACK!*

"AAHH!"

Sparkler screamed out and held her broken hand to her stomach. She looked up and saw that Sam's whole body seemed to be made out of a glowing brilliant metal. Sam's body returned to normal, and with concentration he lifted her up with his mind until they were eye level and her feet dangled just above the ground. He then started speaking.

"Listen. Dipper and Mabel Pines are under my protection! Got it? Next, stay away from my Trixie! All you've done is hurt her more and more, and if you try it again I won't go easy on you."

Nothing really scared Sparkler unless she was about to loose, and she had lost. She was shaking with fear at the absolute power he had over her rightv the. She still clutched her broken hand to her stomach in pain. Sam pitied her, and left eye glowed green and the pain lessened until it was gone completely and her hand was healed.

"Why did you..."

"I'm not a monster. Now go back to your world."

In a flash of blue/green light Sparkler disappeared, sent back to her world. Sam stretched you his sore, bruised, and battered body. Then he spread his wings and flew back to the Mystery Shack and everyone he left behind.

"SAM!"

Dipper and Mabel ran up to him, but once Trixie saw him, she had flown faster than she ever had before to tackle hug him.

"SAMMY!"

She squeezed him tightly and buried her face in his chest. Sam laughed and hugged her back.

"Love you too, little sister."

Trixie looked right into his eyes.

"What happened? Where's Sparkler?"

"I kicked her butt and sent her home."

The others had arrived in time to here this and Dipper and Mabel helped him up while Trixie still kept hugging him. They also gave him hugs, congratulations, and thank yous. Sam still had his wings out, and every white feather on them glistened beautifully with a metallic sheen.

Fairy World

Sparkler ran through the forest she had suddenly popped up in. The darkness from the trees shadows gave the place a ominous feeling which was made worse by the mist that clung to it. She cursed under her breath, furious at being beaten, furious at having her revenge denied, and furious knowing that she would never be able get her revenge on her own.

"You look like you need some help."

Sparkler twisted around and found that she was facing a boy. He looked about the 13 or so, he wore nothing but a pair of black pants that looked like they were made out of smoke and shadows. He had no shirt on and she couldn't help but notice that his chest was very muscular. His eyes were grey and he had dirty blond hair, but the most intriguing thing about him was both the goat horns that ran along the sides of his head, and the pair of giant black vulture wings that glistened with a metallic sheen.

"Who are you and what are you talking about?"

He walked forward and presented himself in front of her.

"I like the name Azazel, though physical mortal names are unimportant to my kind. And I was talking about helping you get your revenge."

Sparkler tried not to show how interested she was, but Azazel could tell and found her trying to hide it funny.

"You see, I want revenge on Sam too, he only managed to beat my last time with a trick. I would destroy him now myself, but because of the way be beat me my power was dispersed, and it would take a VERY long time for that much power to return on its own. That's where you come in. Your magic can speed up the process significantly and I'll be ready to kick some angel butt in no time. What do you say?"

She looked him over, not sure what to make of him. He did make a good offer by the looks of it.

"So you'll help me get my best friend back, kill Dipper Pines, and crush that angel who stole Trixie away from me?"

"That is the gist of it."

"...Deal."

Azazel smiled revealing slightly pointed canine teeth.

"Great, lets kiss on it."