I had a hard time thinking about what to do this chapter, so I decided to go with this to help flesh out a certain character's backstory. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy!

November 5, X790

After finishing another job together, Spiral and Hikari had returned to the guild hall to see Jason and Aura sitting at one of the tables.

"Oh, welcome back, Spiral!" Aura said.

"How did the job go?" Jason asked.

"I think it seemed to go pretty well." Spiral answered. "And I gotta say, Hikari, you've gotten pretty strong over the last month."

"Oh, Spiral, you're making me blush." Hikari said as she turned red with an expressively happy face.

"Where's Master Blaise?" Spiral asked.

"She went out on another job to help pay for the guild." Jason answered. "By the way, do you know anything about Blaise's history? You know, before she joined any of the guilds?"

"You're asking the wrong person, Jason." Spiral replied. "Maybe someone from Mermaid Heel or Lamia Scale will know."

"Even if they did, wouldn't something like that be at least referenced in Sorcerer Weekly?" Hikari asked. "Even they would've had something regarding that during her interview. And I'm talking about the issue when she was a rising star in Lamia."

"You have a point, Hikari." Aura said. "Even just a sliver of information, like where she was born, would've been in an article."

"Seems like our Guild Master has something to hide." Jason said.

"Are you saying Blaise is suspicious?!" Spiral asked with a hint of anger.

"Not at all." Jason answered. "I'm just saying she's keeping something from people, something personal. There's no point in trying to pry it out of her, but even I admit that I'm curious about her past."

In a town that was near an active volcano, Blaise was walking through and met with the town's mayor.

"Excuse me?" Blaise asked. "I'm here to help stop the volcano."

"Ah, you must be the wizard who accepted our request." The mayor said. "The task is simple: Stop that volcano from destroying the town. We'll evacuate the citizens as best as we can, but it'd be better if no homes were destroyed in the eruption."

"Rest assured, I can handle this." Blaise said.

"Be careful." The mayor said. "There are some pretty dangerous monsters that call the base of the volcano their territory; they're called Laval Chimeras. Normally, they don't mind people as long as they aren't within their perceived territory."

As Blaise walked to the other side of town and toward the volcano, she could see a couple of girls playing with dolls. The sight made her feel nostalgic as she continued to make her way toward the volcano.

(Blaise's Flashback)

In the streets of a city far, far away, a 7 year old Blaise was searching through a bunch of garbage while she was wearing a raggedy red shirt and black pants.

"Come on… There has to be some food in here…" Blaise said.

"Blaise!"

Blaise turned to see another girl around her own age approaching her. She had brown hair that gave her a wolf-like look and was wearing a raggedy white shirt and black pants.

"Luna (Age 7)!" Blaise called back to her.

Blaise noticed that Luna was carrying a bunch of fresh apples in her arms.

"Wait, don't tell me…" Blaise said with a nervous sweat drop.

"YOU LITTLE THEIF!" A man with a magic shotgun was chasing Luna.

"Not again, Luna!" Blaise shouted as she ran away from the man with Luna.

After Blaise and Luna outran the man, they stopped at their alleyway home to try and catch their breaths. Their home only consisted of a couple of crates with moth-eaten curtains acting as sheets.

"Huff… puff… Man, what a rush!" Luna exclaimed with a smile on her face. "I'm sorry, but I HAD to steal some food from that guy. I couldn't find anything in the garbage, so I just decided to wing it. Here."

Luna handed Blaise an apple and Blaise looked up at her. Right now, Luna's smile was about as innocent as any other kid's. She happily took the apple and bit into it.

"This should at least keep us in good health for a little bit longer." Blaise said.

"Hey, it's better than joining those guilds." Luna said.

"What's wrong with guilds?"

"… I just don't like the idea that we have to pay money in order to survive."

"It's just how the world is, Luna."

"WELL I HATE IT! … I'm sorry. I'm just tired of having to scavenge for scraps every day."

"I don't like it either, Luna, but at the very least, we have each other."

Blaise held up her apple toward Luna and the two tapped their apples together.

(End Flashback)

Blaise was already at the foot of the volcano and numerous chimeras with fiery manes came out of the caves that led within the volcano. They growled at her while she simply stood there and looked at them.

*Luna was my best friend.* Blaise thought as she readied her rapier. *We both lost our families to the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart and somehow made it out without being captured. We went through a lot over such a small amount of time… until…*

(Begin Flashback)

"Luna! Luna!" Blaise shouted as she came running up to a sleeping Luna with a piece of paper in her hands.

"Huh?" Luna said groggily.

"The bookstore is giving away some books on magic!" Blaise said with excitement. "If we can learn how to use magic, we might have a better chance at surviving! It's free!"

"… Well, if they're giving it away I guess I'll go." Luna said.

Blaise immediately grabbed Luna's wrist and took her all the way to the bookstore. There was an elderly man in front giving away a bunch of different books. Luna looked at a book with a moon and wolf emblem on it.

"Wow!" Luna exclaimed. "I think I want this spell book!"

"You've always had a thing for wolves, Luna." Blaise commented.

Blaise then noticed a book with a red fiery bird on it.

"Ah, you've got a good eye, young lady." The old man said as he turned to Blaise. "That there is the only spell book of its kind. It teaches the rare Phoenix Magic."

"Phoenix Magic?" Blaise asked.

"It's a powerful form of fire magic said to derive its strength from the very firebird it's named after." The old man stated. "And I can tell just by looking at you that you'll put it to very good use."

Blaise looked at the old man for a second, then the book and back to him. "I'll do my very best!"

Later that night, Blaise and Luna were back at their 'home' learning how to use their new magic.

"Wow, Blaise, you're a real natural at this, huh?" Luna said.

"You're doing a good job yourself, Luna." Blaise said. "But I'm getting pretty tired, good night."

Blaise fell asleep on her crate while Luna looked up at the crescent moon in the night sky.

"My magic… it seemed as though once night fell, I could feel myself get even stronger." Luna muttered to herself as she took a glance at her magic book. "Apparently my magic gets stronger at night and reaches its peak during a full moon… I wonder…"

A few weeks later as Blaise arrived at their 'home', she looked around to see that Luna wasn't in sight.

"Luna?" Blaise asked. "Luna!"

"I'm right here, Blaise." Luna said as she suddenly appeared behind Blaise.

"Luna, there you are!" Blaise said as she held out a dead bird. "I went out hunting for food a little earlier. I figured eating this would be much better than eating garbage."

"I appreciate the thought, Blaise." Luna said. "Now let's head home."

"Huh?" Blaise asked, confused. "What do you mean? We ARE home."

"I found us a new place we can stay." Luna said. "It's much more comfortable, too."

"Then take me there!"

Luna had guided Blaise into a nice house with some nice tables, chairs, carpets and furniture.

"Luna, how were you able to get this place?" Blaise asked.

"I have my ways." Luna responded.

In the corner of Blaise's eye, something had caught her attention. It was a doll that was partially popping out from underneath the couch… and it was covered in blood.

"Blaise, are you okay?" Luna asked.

"Huh? Y-yeah." Blaise replied. "Luna… did someone live here?"

Luna didn't answer for what was literally a second.

"I'm sure someone lived here before we moved in." Luna said. "Are you sure you're all right?"

"… Yes, I'm fine." Blaise said. "Where are the bedrooms?"

Later that night while Luna was asleep in a large bed that she and Blaise were sharing, Blaise slowly got up and off the bed and quietly made her way out the bedroom door. Before she did that, there was a key on the dresser that she took with her before leaving. She snuck around the hallway and peeked through all the doors, shining some light on them with a fire she produced in her hand using her magic. However, there was nothing behind each of the doors. Blaise went downstairs and went to the door to the basement. She tried to turn the knob, but it was locked and wouldn't budge.

*The key must be around here somewhere.* Blaise thought. *But I can't spend much more time snooping around or else Luna might get suspicious.*

However, a strange odor had reached her nose and the scent made her want to vomit.

*Ugh! What is that stench?!* She continued thinking. *If only I could go in there and find out.*

She briefly looked at the key she had in her pocket, pulled it out and used it to unlock the door. The sight she had seen on the other side was horrifying.

*What… what is this?!* Blaise thought to herself in fear.

There were four, mangled, torn, bloodied bodies within the closet. One body looked like a man, another looked like a woman, another looked like a little girl and another looked like a little boy. The blood covering them and surrounding the pile of corpses seemed to have hardened and blackened, so they must have been like this for at least a day now.

"I was hoping you'd never find out this way." A voice spoke.

Blaise turned around in a jolt and the light from her flame revealed Luna.

"Luna… did you do this to them?" Blaise asked.

"Why would you think it was me?" Luna asked. "For all I know, someone else may have butchered them before I got here."

"Don't lie to me!" Blaise shouted. "You killed these people, didn't you?!"

"They deserved it."

"THEY WERE INNOCENT!"

"Innocent? Innocent?! Are they innocent for letting children like us die on the streets?! Never realizing how much people like us are suffering every single day?!"

"Orphans like us can always go to guilds to-"

"WILL YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THOSE FUCKING GUILDS FOR A MOMENT?!"

Luna's sudden burst of rage and profanity left Blaise in complete shock.

"You want to know the one thing in the world I hate the most?" Luna asked. "Money, the very symbol of human greed. Every human wants it and every human needs it. Don't you see, Blaise? It's not our fault that we're dying because we don't have any money. We're dying because humans have become too greedy for their own damn good! When I acquired the ability to use magic, I finally realized my destiny in this world! I must purge this world of the human race! Only then will greed be completely wiped off the face of the planet! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"You're insane, Luna!" Blaise said.

"Blaise, with our magical abilities, you and I can change this world for the better! You're going to join me, aren't you? After all, we're best friends."

"… I don't know who you are…" Blaise said.

Suddenly, Blaise threw the fire in her hand onto the ground and the whole building started to catch on fire.

"But you're not the Luna I knew and loved!" Blaise shouted before trying to escape the burning house.

Luna sighed. "And here I thought I could actually change your mind. You always were soft."

(End Flashback)

Blaise had arrived at the crater of the volcano completely unscathed and looked on at the magma that was bubbling restlessly within.

"A volcano this small shouldn't be a problem." Blaise said to herself. "Phoenix Gluttony!"

She raised her hand and a magical seal appeared. All of the magma started to get sucked into the magic circle like a black hole until it seemed like it was all gone. As she walked back to the town, she passed by a couple of chimeras that were lying on the ground with several stab wounds across their bodies and foreheads.

*Luna… it's been 16 years now.* Blaise thought. *What have you been doing all this time?*

A/N: Boy, that Luna is one crazy bitch! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and got a little more insight into Blaise's backstory. Stay tuned for next time!