Chapter 19: To Heimdall

Her vision seemed to be focused on one little boy, though the term "little" didn't quite fit the description of him. He had glorious violet hair that shimmered in the light that fell down well past his shoulders and stopping there at his waist. He was a bit husky, but that was too kind a word-chubby fit far more appropriately and she could tell that just from looking at him from behind. He walked alone and other children his age seemed to ignore him completely. The ones who didn't, often snickered to themselves. But there was nothing shy or nervous about the child-he walked with purpose.

Leona knew that she was in some sort of school. A school that seemed full of other children with pointy ears and they wore them out without shame. She had no idea where she was, but she felt compelled to follow the strutting child. He stopped somewhere at a receptacle that resided in one of the wooden shelves that lined the walls. It was marked with a number. He pulled it out with a twist of his wrist, returning the books he had in his hands in it and then taking out another. A chid near him was doing the same thing who laughed under his breath. The boy turned to the other. That was when Leona was able to look upon the face of the boy more clearly.

"If you have something say, then say it already."

His voice was small, almost quiet but rather cute. His face was round and cherubic. His eyes however were a startling crimson red. Then she realized at that moment who she was looking at. Her eyes grew wide with surprise. Maybe she was simply jumping to conclusions...

"Who me?" the other child feigned confusion.

"I get it-too awestruck to speak to the likes of me. It's a perfectly normal reaction," he said with a mischievous grin.

"Wha-?"
"See you in class," the boy interrupted the other before he could speak.

Leona wasn't sure if the boy had understood what the other was trying to get at or that he did and chose to ignore it. The latter seemed like something that was right down Felix' alley. She followed him into class and watched as he sat at the very front of the class. No one sat around him and the boy did not seem the least bit perturbed. He'd taken out a book and began to read completely unconcerned with everyone else.

Then the teacher came in. She was a tall, slender, beautiful dark haired elf who notably wore bright red lipstick and she smiled invitingly at the children. She began by saying good morning to the students and the children responded accordingly. Then she went into discussing what they would do that day. Leona realized that the children were being tasked with presenting something they had been working on for a few days. They were to read a paper-a short one which was a summary of the story they had read before. Leona hoped that she didn't have to sit through such tedious activities. After each child, they would critique the writing and whether it followed the criteria appropriately. Leona watched several children read and in her opinion they were quite sub-par, but the teacher took this as a time to reiterate and make clearer the purpose of a summary and what it should have. Leona supposed that it was effective to have ready examples to drive her points home. She was really waiting for Felix to read his and as if on cue, the teacher called his name.

"Felix, you're up," the teacher said pleasantly.

Leona's ears perked up when the elf finally took center stage. The other children had been a bit nervous, but there was not a nervous bone in his body even as the others snickered to themselves when his name was called. Even Leona wasn't sure what the others found so funny about him. Then he began, his voice loud enough for everyone to hear, his eyes every once in a while looking up at the audience. He wrote in third person-some students had forgotten to do that. Every single sentence had impact on the topic as opposed to simply taking up space and the conclusion actually wrapped up the main idea and left a lasting impression. Leona thought the children looked around ten or eleven, but the words that he used seemed on a much higher level. When he was done, nobody clapped as they had done for the others. There was utter silence until the teacher finally spoke up.

"That was wonderful," the teacher said with genuine delight, "Children, is there anything that needs to be fixed?"

There was more silence and the teacher stood up and walked over to Felix.

"This is an example of a perfect paper. I would give this one an 'A' in a heartbeat. It has all the elements that we've discussed, it summarizes the story, and the main idea is quite clear and concise. Thank you very much, Felix, you may sit down."

Felix gave the other a chiefly nod and sat back down at his seat. Something like pride welled up inside of her. Of course Felix, the future professor, would have no problem here. School must have always been a breeze for him.

Slowly, however, as the next student was called up, the edges of her vision began to darken until it began to overtake the scene. Eventually, she was in a world completely devoid of color and she looked around herself in confusion.

"Leona..." a voice said to her though it sounded distant, but familiar. She knew it was him.

She turned to the source and jumped a little startled when she saw the tall elf standing there behind her

"What are you doing here?" he asked, his face unreadable.

Her eyebrows crinkled in confusion. "Felix," she said uncertainly as she stepped a bit closer. "I don't...get it. Was that you...?"

"You will leave here at once."

Then she found herself waking up with a slight headache coming on. She looked up to the sky-it was night time. Was it the same night? She couldn't be sure. She was disoriented and it took her a few moments to gather herself. She sat up slowly.

They'd made camp that night: Felix, her mother, and Cathe. They were headed for Heimdall. After the Reunification, it was unclear as to where the place was, but Felix knew so they relied on his direction. Following the day that Leona had subdued her uncle and aunt, the group thought it was of the utmost importance to find a cure so a small party was chosen to venture there. The others would make their way to Mizuho where Sheena would be. They were hoping she had some information on either Lucas' or Arcangela's location. They also had the two Rhiairds they had with them at the time since there would be four that would need to be carried. Until a cure was found, Lloyd, Regal, Genis, and Presea would be kept there in Mizuho. Dragging them along everywhere would not be ideal.

She was anxious to see Heimdall, the land of the elves, but Felix said it would take some time get there. It had been a couple days and nothing at all eventful had occurred. There were a few battles here and there, but they were a solid team what with her mother's powerful magic and Felix' healing prowess. Leona knew they had little to worry about in terms of danger.

But this night had been different. This night, she had dreamed of Felix. She couldn't be sure, but it certainly hadn't happened before. Never had she seen something quite like that. Was it real? Was her imagination simply going wild? It was true that her thoughts often turned to Felix these days. She'd wanted to learn more about him, but he was not a conversationalist and she had felt blocked off completely. Then this.

She looked around at everyone and found nothing amiss. In the end, she simply chalked it up to her imagination running rampant. She lied down again and found rest easily until the next morning.

At the crack of dawn, their efficient little group set off once again with Felix in the lead. Her mother was right behind him and Cathe was beside her bringing up the rear. Leona imagined her father would not like that Raine had opted to travel with them on foot while carrying, but that would not stop her. There was increased determination there that she hadn't seen before and Leona found that she liked it.

Felix had nothing of incident to report of last night when she asked. She kept her own motivations for asking to herself, but the elf hadn't seemed to care in the least-it was beginning to annoy her. She couldn't be entirely sure, but it did seem as if he was becoming far more distant as of late.

Conversation was sparse among them. Only her and Cathe would be speaking and not for very long. Were it not for her presence, the journey would have been quite a silent procession. Another two uneventful days passed and then she was presented with another strange dream featuring Felix.

She was no longer in a classroom, at least not one of academics. She saw who she assumed was Felix at the same age as last time. He stood in the center of a room with a padded floor holding a staff. What could be assumed to be his instructor stood a respectable distance away with a staff of his own. All around other children watched.

"You're stalling Felix-the match has already begun and all you've done is stared at me."

Leona saw Felix' hand grip the staff a little harder. "I was only waiting for you, sir."

Almost before Felix even finished speaking, the man's staff came down on the boy and he was barely able to defend against the strike. The man's staff became a blur and before she knew it, Felix was on his back with a staff pointed at his throat.

"Again!" the man shouted.

Felix climbed back to his feet without comment and the same scene played out several more times before the child became clearly frustrated by the whole affair.

"Is that really the best you can do? What's wrong? Out of breath?" the man said pulling his staff away.

In fact, the child Felix was breathing quite hard and struggled to climb to his feet again.

"You've been here for a year and you've not improved in the slightest. You're too slow, your reflexes simply aren't there. As for this test, you have failed."

"But-

"There is absolutely nothing you can say to plead your case this time. I gave you chance after chance to master the basics." The man softly placed a staff upon the crown of his head. "I don't know where your path will lead you, but this is not the one for you."

It was then that one of the children who'd been watching started to laugh and then a few others joined in before the teacher silenced them all with a simple command.

"I see nothing funny here," the man said. "It takes a lot of guts to do what he's done here today; going against the grain and trying something completely out of his element-

"What do you mean completely out of my element?" It was first full sentence Felix had said since the man had been talking. "Every single one of us are beginners-we're all on the same boat. We all had to start from knowing nothing at all and then being taught."

"Felix..." the man said giving the other a pained look. "Whether you know it or not-you are clearly in an environment you're not used to. You have far more work to do than all the others."

There was a look of disbelief on the child's face as if he didn't quite understand, but at that moment, he slammed down the staff he'd been holding and stormed out of the room. Then the scenes started changing rapidly around her.

Then she was face to face with a woman, a decidedly pretty one who smiled at her.

"I want you all to myself," the woman spoke with breathy passion.

There were two other breathtaking looking women all sitting there on the bed in front of her. In fact, she was sitting on the bed as well, but she knew instinctively that she was not herself. She looked down at her hands, slender and mocha colored. They were all scantily clad women. One didn't even have on panties. Leona felt that she was intruding on something truly personal and she didn't want to see any further.

Then she was no longer on the bed, but on the outside looking in once again. This Felix still looked younger than the one she knew, but he was no longer a child. He did, however, look more like the Felix she'd come to know.

"I find you to be irresistible."

"Funny you should say that," Felix said, his voice not as deep as she remembered. He was fully clothed and he sat on the edge of the bed. "In fact, I'm not sure how you all managed to get in here."

"Door was unlocked," one woman said. "We just let ourselves in-didn't think you'd mind at all."

She saw a bit of a grin play on his face as he leaned forward to the closest woman who had just spoken and she too moved towards the other. Leona didn't think she could watch, but she found her eyes unable to turn away-her curiosity got the better of her. She wondered as she watched them kiss what it would be like to be lip-locked by him. The woman seemed to enjoy it, but it was over far too quickly. He pulled away from her abruptly much to the other woman's annoyance.

"Felix, baby, what's the matter?" she asked with a frown.

"How much of a fool do you think I am? Who put you up to this?"

The woman's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Nobody. I promise you," she said her hand reaching out to rest on one of his.

He pulled his hand away and crossed his arms. "You would say that-predictable. Why in your right minds would you think to invite yourselves into my room?"

"Because we like you, silly," the third woman said. She crawled on the bed closer to him-she was the one without panties.

"Get out, all of you," Felix said resolutely.

"What?" the first one said in a startled tone. "But we just got here and I was hoping we'd have a good time. Just relax, baby. You won't regret it..."

But Felix was not moved by her words. "Leave my room at once."

When they found that he wouldn't budge on his decision, eventually they did leave. It was depressing to say the least. Even though Leona did not want to be privy to a threesome, the women had left a bit dejected, their hopes dashed. After they left, the first one peeked her head through the door one more time.

"Maybe next time, huh?"

"Your tenacity knows no bounds," Felix said back with a frown.

"Look I have no idea what your problem is. I've never treated you with anything but respect and now you spit in our face as if you think you're better than us."

"Goodwin sisters blessing me with their presence of their own free will. That would be the day. We went to school together-or at least, we happened to go to the same school."

"Really," she said, "I think I would have remembered a guy like you. How in the world did I miss you."

"This joke is becoming far too elaborate. Everybody knows who I am. I was the guy with highest grades in the entire school."

"Oh my gosh," she said putting a hand to her mouth. "I can't believe it-you're that fat kid. You can't really be serious-that weird fat kid who always got perfect scores on everything. Wow, what in the world happened to you. You look so...different."

"Did you just call me...? I suppose it all makes sense now," he said thoughtfully.

"But you're so different now...sooo hot."

"Will you just leave already. I think I've had enough of your antics."

"What are you going on about? When I say something, I mean it. No one put me up to this."

Felix simply averted his eyes to let her know that he was no longer paying attention.

"Geez, you need to learn how to take a compliment."

"Don't worry, I don't think I'll have to worry about that."

"With a face like that you will," she said with a laugh. "I think it all makes sense to me right now too," she said with a grin of her own. "Come see me and my sisters when you stop being so insecure."

Just like before, the edges of the scene began to darken until her entire world became black. She turned around instinctively to find Felix, the one who she knew, standing there.

"Again?" he said. His expression once again unreadable. "Will this become a habit of yours?"

"Felix...? Are you really Felix?" Leona said, her mind wrought with confusion.

"Leona...? Are you really Leona?-See how that sounds?"

Leona gave the other an annoyed looked. "You know what I mean."

"On the other hand, I suppose it is quite an existential question you pose. You could write books on it and still not really answer the question."

"You know what I mean," Leona repeated herself, "I can't be sure if what I'm seeing is real or..."

"I guess you'll never know, will you? How could you ever be sure until you ask him? Will he feign ignorance, or is that ignorance true, or am I just leading you on?"

Leona frowned at the other. "You're useless-all you're doing is giving me more questions."

"Useless? Far from it. I'm the guy who's going to save the world from subservience."

"I know. Useless as in, not helping me in this situation."

"Rather easy to be useless in your book, isn't it? I would like it immensely if you would leave me in peace. I am rather fond of my own privacy."

"I can...see that. I don't know how I got here. I just..it just happened."

"You may not know how you came to be here, but I know how to send you back."

"Send me-?"

Before she even knew it, Leona found herself waking up and it was deep into the night judging from the brightness of the stars. The flames of the fire had long since gone out and all around she could hear the sounds of sleep. She was the only one awake. With a heavy sigh, she lied back down again, but this time sleep did not come so easily. Her mind was too full of questions and she was afraid that they would never be answered.

Leona woke up to the sounds of voices, more specifically, her mother's and Felix's. Sadly, these were not tones of casual conversation. Then again, for some reason, she could not imagine them ever engaging with such a thing together.

"Just because you have a few healing moves does not mean you have to be support every time. That's my job and I'm particularly good at it," her mother said.

"You have your little light magic-just stick with that."

"But it's so overkill for these small encounters and you, by the way, heal as if everyone's on the brink of death. Speaking of overkill."

"We don't need two supports-

"Yes, we agree on that. I just think it's a waste of energy when you're trying to do something that I can do on my own adequately. You have far more variety in your magic. I think it would be best if you focused on attack magic rather than support since I can do the latter."

"But-

"But what," Raine said in snappish tones, "You know I'm making sense."

"But," Felix repeated, "I like being support..."

"Really? And here I thought you had a real rebuttal."

"So, you really want me to stand around attacking as if I wasn't a far better healer?"

"Unless we run into something that's really difficult, yes. From now on, forget that you even know the word heal and just focus on attacking."

"And who heals the healer?"

"Felix, if I can heal others, then I can heal myself."

"Sure, but not when you're healing others. Besides, it seems to take you ages to pull off even one move."

"Well, excuse me, Mr. Professional. We can't all be world-class healers. How's our supplies looking?" Raine said completely moving on to the next subject.

"Plentiful," Felix replied singularly. "If you want, I can make something quick for us."

"Quick, huh? What I wouldn't give for some ice cream and shrimp..."

"Those all sound like the most nonperishable food items ever. I think I'll pull some out of this bag."

"Keep it up, Felix, you will be receiving one of these soon," Raine said with a warning tightened fist.

"Oo, I better watch my back," he replied nonchalantly.

Leona decided to sit up then as Felix began cooking something over the fire.

"How did you sleep, honey?" her mother said as soon as she noticed her awake.

Usually, Leona would give her a standard quick response that would not cause the other to worry, but she decided to try something a little different. "It was a bit of a difficult night. Strange dreams." Leona watched Felix closely, but he did not even begin to react to her comment.

"Ah, it's probably because you're going somewhere you haven't been before," Raine said in knowing tones. "When you get there, I'm sure you'll be underwhelmed."

"And how about you, Felix?" Leona asked. Normally, she never asked such questions, but her curiosity burned brightly and she desperately wanted some confirmation.

At first she thought that he would ignore her altogether, but then her mother was there and that would be incredibly rude.

Felix only afforded her a glance. "Like a baby," he said back after a moment. He did not expound.

Was that really the case? Her eyes narrowed at the enigmatic elf. What else could she say without being awkward? She wracked her brain, but soon the moment was gone after Felix finished cooking. By then, Cathe had woken up as well. She was obviously a morning person as each and every day she greeted everyone with a cheerful "Good Morning". It was not quite the crack of dawn when they started out again, but it was close enough. Felix informed them that it would be another day before they reached their destination.

Their morning wasn't quite as uneventful as usual.

"Don't look now," Felix said when he spotted approaching enemies.

These were the flower creatures they'd fought before. Cathe had gotten poisoned by one of them, but her mother had taken care of that almost as soon as she was struck.

"Positions," her mother said quickly.

Leona was more or less the one who led the attack. She was the only one who could get up close and draw their attention. Sure, she had magic, but so did two other people in the party and she wasn't nearly as proficient as either of the adults. She started out hard and fast. She found this to be the most effective method of taking down a relatively weak creature easily. With a few arrows from Cathe and a quick fire blast from Felix. The first one was downed immediately, then they continued to pick them off one by one. For some reason, on the last one, Felix decided to show off. The skies seemed to darken a bit when a tornado of fire spun into existence and instantly killed the monster. It was fierce and burned anything in its path. Just as quickly as it had formed, it dissipated.

"Felix!" her mother growled, "I thought we agreed; we need to conserve our energy not-You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

There was an unmistakably amused expression on his face. "It simply wouldn't be worth it without your reaction."

"I swear you're worse than a child. You know we run out of energy quicker these days."

"Oh, I'll be fine-don't get your panties in a bunch. Besides, we're wasting daylight with all your fussing."

"So I'm the one slowing us down?" Raine began angrily with the other. "Why don't you try not getting on my last set of nerves?"

They'd already started moving forward, but it was clear that Raine wasn't finished with her rant. Leona wanted to butt in and tell her mother that she was being exceptionally rude, but Felix didn't seem offended. In fact he seemed to derive pleasure from it much to her mother's obvious annoyance.

Leona couldn't quite understand the elf. She couldn't find any amusement in her mother's anger. Perhaps there was something she was missing...or maybe he was simply odd. She'd never seen the like. Maybe everything had the opposite effect on him. If she asked him things directly, he would never answer, but if she didn't ask him perhaps he would...But there in lied the problem. How would he know that it was a question she wanted answered? Maybe she could leave him clues, subtle ones without implementing herself in the execution. But then all of that sounded far too complex. She was probably over thinking things as she tended to do at times.

"So we'll reach Heimdall by night time?" Cathe said aloud when the argument between the two adults had died down.

"Well," Felix began thoughtfully, "I did say a day, but I didn't take into account the forest. So it's more like three more days."

Cathe was too shocked for words for a moment. "Three more days of walking? But we've been out here forever!"

Felix chuckled at this. "Yes, we'll reach Heimdall by nightfall if we make good time."

It took Cathe a few moments to catch on to what he was saying and when she did she was all smiles again. "I can't wait!"

"You're no fun at all. It must always be sunny in your world."

"I can't help it. I've heard so many things about Heimdall," Cathe said, her tone colored with delight.

"All lies, I'm sure," Felix said.

"Oh you're just trying to dash my hopes," Cathe said playfully.

"That is a pastime of mine."

"But I'm sure I'm going to be pleasantly surprised," Cathe continued.

"Well, we shall see in a couple of hours."

The couple of hours that Felix had spoken of seemed to drag on for much longer than Leona had anticipated. She knew however, that each step brought her ever so closer to their destination. The sun began to cross the skies as they were making the last stretch over a wide area of rolling hills according to Felix.

Their small party despite their urgent pace was intercepted and stopped completely before they ever arrived. There hovering in the sky appearing from seemingly nowhere was the form of Arcangela. She looked absolutely ravishing in her gown-like dress, her hair as dark as night making her milky white skin stand out. She had delicate features, a small, rounded nose, glittering hazel eyes and her slightly pointed ears. Though at first levitating, she decided to move down and stand on the ground.

"Felix, this charade has gone on long enough." She looked at him exclusively as if no one else was there and she walked towards him slowly. "Nothing you do here will bring her back-Lisa is gone. You have nothing to prove here. If you go any further, I will have to stop you myself."

"It's almost as if you care for my well-being-

"I do-

"That's enough," Felix said sternly. "I've been waiting for this. For you to come and stop me. It means I'm on the right track. You would never come here personally if that wasn't the case. You who would never get her hands dirty."

"Felix...Actually, I am glad that you're still alive. You may not believe it, but I did not want you to come to any harm before in the ruins. You were simply standing in my way. What I'm doing here is so much more important than my feelings, than either you or me. That is why I must stop you here and anyone else who would hinder my progress."

"I will end this right here and now," Felix said his hands already preparing to launch his first of many attacks.

Despite claiming to desperately want to be support, he was the furthest from that in this battle. The fight began before Leona even knew it. She had showed up so suddenly and now they were fighting for their very lives. Arcangela's magic was beyond anything she'd ever seen before. Almost instantly, elements from fire to wind would form in her hands without much provocation. Dare she say, the woman was far more proficient than Felix-and that was quite an achievement in Leona's opinion.

They were never able to get close. They had to fight her magic with their own. Cathe threw out only her magicked arrows tipped with oil that burned on contact or some that were tipped with fast-acting poison, but none of it seemed to affect her. Leona tried to attack her physically, but Arcangela would always smoothly evaporate into thin air and suddenly be elsewhere and she would do this every time Leona tried to approach. The woman knew what she was doing.

Despite their combined efforts and capabilities, it seemed as if they were hardly making any dents. Her mother had become the designated healer as Arcangela began to rain down on them more intently. Leona knew that Felix would have served better as the healer, but he could not be bothered with fulfilling that role. This was so very obviously personal for him, but because of that, Leona didn't think they were fighting at full capacity. How could she tell someone already so wrapped up in their own emotions. At times, it felt as if no one else besides Felix and Arcangela was there battling one another.

"Just like before, your strength is waning. I know you're holding back, Felix. It isn't supposed to be this easy." She levitated easily in the air.

"Or perhaps it is you who has simply become stronger. I imagined this going differently, but don't worry. I'm not done with you yet."

"Ooo, I get all tingly when you start talking like that."

Arcangela still sparkled even in the dying sunlight. The way they spoke to each other, it would not be much of stretch to assume that in the past her relationship with Felix had been something deeper. Perhaps they'd loved each other just as much as they hated each other now-it was something her mother had once told her was entirely possible. It was this phenomenon which had tore the world apart in the first place. Was she the kind of woman that Felix fancied? Older, more accomplished; strong and fiercely independent? Leona shook her head at this. Now was not the time for such thoughts. In fact, now was the time to get out of dodge as Arcangela unleashed a torrent of slicing wind through the air at all of them at once. Leona might have been able to evade the first two strikes, but a third one struck her down directly and she felt a pain like no other as she crumbled to her knees.

How could one hit take her down so spectacularly? It had torn through her clothes, blood pouring freely from the fresh wound. She was too much in pain and shock to do much else besides sitting there on her knees. Then in the snap of a finger, the slash was no longer there, the wound completely healed. She looked up in surprise and knew that it had been the work of Felix. Her mother could not do something so instant.

"I think I've found your weakness," Arcangela said with a broad smile. "You've been so focused on attacking me and yet...the moment I attack that girl, you heal her without a second thought."

"I would do that for anyone," Felix declared.

But Arcangela was looking at her. Leona leaped back to her feet in response readying herself for the woman's onslaught. The woman's hand twitched and Leona was instantly looking for where the attack would come, but nothing occured.

"Leave her alone-Your fight is with me," Felix said with a slight edge to his tone.

He seemed more upset that he was being ignored. His hand came up as well, but then a split second later, Arcangela's arm shot out and sent him flying a good few yards away.

"If you don't stand down, I will kill this girl," Arcangela said with a knowing grin. "Even after all these years, you are still an open book, Felix."

Leona looked over to the tall elf who was finding it difficult to climb back to his feet. Arcangela had been right-his strength was fading. Then she was looking at Arcangela directly, the woman who had threatened her life. Such audacity, that woman who could say those things so lightly as if life was some plaything of hers. Her eyebrows furrowed at this.

"I don't need anyone to protect me. If I incapacitate you first, then your threat will be null," Leona finally said.

"Aw, isn't that cute? You think you're a match against me, little girl? I know your limits and you are about to reach them. Don't overstep your boundaries to the likes of me."

Leona felt a strange kind of anger building up inside of her. She was being called a little girl. She was being told that she was in over her head and she was beginning to get tired of such comments. Zelos believed in her. Without her actions, they would not have even made it this far and yet in the end, she's still considered in excess of.

Arcangela nonchalantly swatted away a couple of arrows that was thrown at her from Cathe who thought she could get her unawares. Her mother was quite fatigued by this time and Leona did not want her to wear herself out anymore-she was in no condition for any serious battles like this one.

The words formed in her mind as she spread her arms out beside her. She decided that she'd use the last of her energy to take out that woman once and for all. In her mind she could picture it, the earth-shattering move that would destroy her. She did not understand the words she spoke, but as she said them, the woman's face turned to that of surprise.

"What is-" She looked over at Felix, "You fool what have you-"

Those were the last words she heard from the woman as the energy left her body all at once. The sky seemed to have turned white before she collapsed from lack of energy. She had no idea if she'd even pulled off the move, but as she lost consciousness-she wondered how she had ever thought to use such an attack. It was as if her thoughts were no longer her own.

AN: Finally! Finished another one. I hope you enjoyed.

Romina78: Felix probably won't even have a chance to train her by the time I plan to end this fic. But she is gaining confidence, hopefully in time to stop Arcangela. The next chapter will definitely be fun for me to write.

Jinseigami'Fell: It was defintely the calm before the storm. I checked out the pineapple gel and, yes, it's in percentages. Woops. But I think I'll keep it in there and just act like it wasn't a mistake lol.