Angelic Wings
By
Black Rose
Chapter Eight: The Flame's SongGinny was standing in the living room looking out at the ocean. She could hear the calming sound of the waves washing onshore. She saw Sera's mother, Melody, walking along the beach. Ginny thought the woman looked as if she were posing for a postcard, as she had on a pretty red sundress and her hair was up with a white bow, meanwhile she was holding a red hat in her left hand. Melody was gazing out into the ocean. Ginny turned as she heard someone enter the room only to see Sera walking up to her with a smile on her face. She stopped next to her and also looked out the window.
"She does that a lot," Sera told her.
"She looks so sad, why is that?" she asked
Sera thought about it for a while and then turned away from the window. Her eyes downcast, she began to speak.
"I believe that is my mother's story to tell, but for now you need to start your training, come with me." Sera looked back up, caught Ginny's eye, and smiled.
A thoughtful looking Ginny smiled and nodded as she followed Sera to what looked like the backyard. There were different paths, each that led to somewhere different. Sera stopped in the middle of a fork that had six different pathways. She then turned around to face her companion. Ginny had stopped and was glancing around. Each path was very different from the others; however, all six had a glowing light at the end of each one. She thought that was weird. She then looked back at Sera and saw that she was smiling, again.
"You see the glowing at the end of each path don't you?"
The redhead nodded, but had a look of worry in her eyes.
"It's alright; each of those lights is a symbol of the souls of your friends. In the middle path is Harry's soul; as you can see that one is flashing a lot."
Ginny peered around Sera and saw twinkling of what looked like red flames. She then turned her gaze back to Sera with a puzzled face. Sera giggled a little at her.
"The Wings of Seraph power comes from the kindness of one's soul. You, Ginny, have a kindness that you don't show most people because of the way you were raised. You're a very strong young woman, and you can take on any guy or girl who gets on your wrong side, but you also have a compassion, Ginny, that your friends are going to need to win in the end."
"So what you're saying is that I'm the heart of this little group because…because I am the youngest???" she asked angrily as she gritted her teeth. If there was one thing that Ginny Weasley hated most, it was that someone calling her very girly or childish. Sera realized this and tried to think of something before her new friend started to yell.
"I believe what my daughter is trying to tell you is that with this new magic that you have, you could hurt someone's soul without even knowing you are doing it." said a soft voice coming behind them.
The two startled girls quickly turned around to see Melody smiling as she walked up to them. She stopped in front of Ginny and put her hand on the side of Ginny's face and gazed in to her eyes. The next thing the unsettled girl heard was an angelic hummed tune. Ginny started to calm down as she looks back into the woman's eyes. She felt that there was a wave of magic coming from Melody, not unlike the ocean waves down on the beach. Melody let her hand fall and stopped humming. She moved away from Ginny a little and smiled at her daughter.
"That is the power of a Seraph; it takes the music of one's voice
and makes it into a wave of magic. Think of it like casting a spell
in class; however, if you add a tone, it will make the spell ten
times more powerful than if you didn't put a tone to it." Ginny
couldn't believe her ears. "Wow, I can blow away a deatheater
with one spell or anyone, for that matter with a
simple note?! Cool!" Ginny displayed an evil-but-good grin with
that thought. Melody saw the smirk and giggled, then looked past the
girls at all the paths ahead.
Melody stopped giggling and turned
her eyes back to face Ginny. "I know this won't be an
enjoyable experience at all to the young woman." Ginny stopped
grinning when she saw the sad expression on her mentor's face.
"Sorry." was all the redhead could say.
"It's all right my dear, but you must know that even with all this power the draw-back is something you don't want to know."
"Why? I think I could handle killing someone if they were trying to kill me first!"
"True, if your magic stayed the same as before, but with each of the old magics there is a down fall. I don't what the others are, but if a Seraph was to kill someone; even if it was in self-defense, they'd feel that person's soul being destroyed as if it was their own." She revealed with a tear in her eyes
The youngest Weasley didn't feel so good about this anymore. She felt a comforting hand rest on her shoulder. She turned to see Sera looking at her with understanding smile. "The training will show you what your main job is, and what to do when the timing is right; so then, let us begin." The red-haired young woman feebly smiled back at Sera before turning to Melody, anxiously waiting to be told more.
"Now, Ginny, each day you will go down a different path towards the light at the end and you must try to calm the light down with a song, hum, or chant. Each path is a mile long. Along with your daily task, you must swim laps in the ocean every other day."
Ginny just nodded and looked at the six different paths, trying to think of which one she should take first.
"Dear child, today you will take the middle, and try to calm the flame down. Remember that each light is different, and there will be hints along the way that you will find to help you. Now, go." The young Weasley started to stroll down the middle one. There were bushes and a tree here and there. She looked back once nervously and then started to walk faster and more confidently down the path.
Sera glanced over to her mother, and saw that she was still weeping upon the ground. She walked over to her and hugged her.
"It's all right, Mom. She'll be just fine in there." she said in a very calming voice. Her mother simply stared down the path and watched the young woman until Ginny was no longer visible. She then turned her gaze up to her daughter as she smiled sadly.
"I worry, and it's just because she believes this magic is something much different then what it really is."
Her daughter glanced down the path, and smiled a little. She remembered that she too had to learn that the Wings of Seraph was a support magic, and when needed, an independent magic. Its power was to mainly support the other magics in many ways. If one is blessed with Seraph, it does not mean that one is unarmed in a one-on-one fight, the magic could still work, but the magic just it didn't seem to like to do that. As the two looked on down the path they wished that they could do more for Ginny, they both knew that it was now up to her.
Ginny was now roughly halfway down the path because she had started to run a little. She was getting closer to the light and realized that in this case it was a flame. She could hear voices and it sounded like screaming and crying from what she could tell. As she approached the flame, she saw something green move around the blaze trying to keep it in one place. The dark green, furry, rabbit-like creature had four legs, what looked like three tails in one, and something similar to a ruby in the middle of its forehead. Its eyes, black as darkness itself, watch the flame as it moved. It didn't stop until it noticed her standing in front of the fire. Ginny kneeled down in front of the green furred magical creature. The two stared at one another for the longest time. The fire was very big and was beginning to get out of control. It was until she heard a voice in her head.
"Human, please sing to the flame, so it can sleep for a good while."
Ginny gazed down at the creature, and saw it moving back and forth.
"Did you just speak?"
The green creature's ruby glowed brightly and the next thing she heard was her answer.
"Yes, human, think of this flame has Harry's soul and it needs to sleep for the night but can't because of the nightmares it has."
The more Ginny thought about it, the more it seemed like it was to sing to a child when it had a bad dream. But she could not think of any song that would help. She glanced down at the creature and saw that it ruby glowed into her eyes. She could feel something coming to her mind.She remembered back to a time when she was little… and how once she was sitting in the garden just by herself… and that she was so angry at her brothers…because they wouldn't let her play with them because she was a girl…so, she was planting something for her mother…and she remembered a song that she thought about then to help something grow… "That's it! That's the song!" Ginny's eyes started to gleam with a dark blue color, she then looked at the flame and put her hands in her lap and out from her lips came a magic song.
In the field so green and so free, seeds gaze up…
The clouds keep them from the light …
And the sky cries white tears of snow,
But still, the fragile seeds wait long for the sun to shine.
Dark winter away, come spring…
My young seeds once again will look up to the sky …
And I know they will grow strong,
My young seeds once again will look up to the sky…
And I know they will grow strong.
While Ginny was singing the flame and the green haired creature moved with her voice, it was so peaceful that the fire went in to a sleep with a little flame keeping it alive, and healthy. After the song, she fell over, but before she hit the ground a soft but strong arm caught her. Sera just kept a hold of her until she awoke. She smiled down at her new, redheaded friend and looked over to her long time friend and once advisor, "Thank you, Carbuncle, she will be just fine."
The green hair creature bobbed its head and looked over to the flame as it slept. Sera stared up into the sky and watched a beautiful sunset.
For two months the six friends carried on in their training and learned many new things about themselves and each other. In the coming month they would start a new type of training with an old friend.
A/N- Man that was fun! Alright, the song was from Devil May Cry by: Masami Ueda, and I would like to thank all that have reviewed and if you could review this chapter, that would be great. The next chapter will be up soon. Thanks for reading--- Black Rose