Family
Chapter 107 Archer Duel
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Huntress Wizard was in her cottage a few miles outside Wizard City. The female wizard felt more comfortable being near nature, so she bought a cottage near some woods. The Grand Master Wizard had suggested that with all the recent chaotic events and tension between some of the kingdoms, Huntress Wizard should stay at his house just to be safe. Huntress Wizard declined the offer saying she could look after herself. The archer was drinking a glass of water and smiling sadly at a framed picture of herself and Hunter Wizard. Little did Huntress Wizard know she was being watched. From a nearby tree, Crabbit sat perched on a branch spying on her. There was a flash of light behind some bushes and Maja, Diana, Dex, Laser Wizard, and the six monster minions they brought with them appeared. Crabbit cawed and landed on Maja's shoulders. Maja used her magic to see and learn everything her pet had seen over the past few hours. After confirming that Huntress Wizard was indeed inside the house, Maja turned to Diana.
"Our prey is inside. Let's go get her."
Diana nodded as she pulled out her bow and arrow. Maja pointed a finger at the arrow and chanted a little spell, before she zapped it with magic. Diana took careful aim with her bow and fired the arrow. The arrow soared the air and smashed through the window. Huntress Wizard spun around and watched as the arrow imbedded itself into the floor a few feet from her. The arrow glowed briefly before it unleashed a yellow cloud of sparkling smoke. Huntress Wizard stumbled back as the smoke hit her and she breathed some of it in. Everything started to become hazy as Huntress Wizard tried to stumble to her door, but she ended up falling to the floor and lost consciousness. There was a gust of wind and the smoke was blown away as Crabbit in his humanoid form stormed into the house and picked up Huntress Wizard and her bow. Maja hovered behind Crabbit and grinned nastily.
"Now the real fun begins!"
The villains and their prisoner vanished in a flash of light.
Meanwhile on the planet Mars, Hunter Wizard had helped Magic Man and the Martians repair the damage to the city that was caused by Matthew. In return for his help Magic Man took Hunter Wizard to a Martian Teleport machine.
"This transporter will take you to the one I have back on Earth. Just think about someone you care about and it should work." Said Magic Man.
"Thanks Magic Man and I wish you luck in running Mars." Said Hunter Wizard before he touched the machine and vanished.
Hunter Wizard flew through space and appeared in Magic Man's abandoned house. The wizard found his way out of the house and headed off into the woods heading in the direction of Huntress Wizard's house.
"Boy, Artemis is going to be surprised to see me." Thought Hunter Wizard as he walked through the woods.
Huntress Wizard groaned she opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was she was laying in a gassy field with some woods a few yards away. Huntress Wizard pushed herself off the ground and faced the forest.
"Ah I see your up." Said a voice from behind.
Huntress Wizard spun around and saw Diana calmly sitting on a rock.
"What is the meaning of this?" Demanded Huntress Wizard as she notched an arrow to her bow.
"I told you the last time we met I had a special battle planned for us. This is it. I brought you to my hunting grounds so you and I can finally see who is better. Archer vs archer. Clone vs original." Explained Diana as she got off the rock and notched an arrow to her bow.
"What's to keep any of my friends and family from tracking me and interfering in this little fight?" Asked Huntress Wizard.
"Well we only kidnapped you about a hour ago, so I highly doubt anyone is looking. Even if someone did find out you were missing, it would take them quit some time to find us and when they did arrive there's a powerful magical barrier Maja put around this area that covers a hundred acres to prevent anyone from interfering. Maia and a few of her underline are also in the area to watch us fight." Explained Diana.
"So I'm guessing there's nothing left to do, but fight to the death then." Said Huntress Wizard.
"Exactly." Said Diana.
The two archers then fired an arrow at one another. The arrows flew through the air and collided with one another shattering to bits. Huntress Wizard and Diana then ran sideways towards the woods facing one another as they both notched another arrow to their bows and fired. The shots barely missed their targets by mere centimeters, but neither archer blinked or slowed down their speed. The archers fired several more arrows at each other and their shots came closer to their targets. The arrows sliced across various body parts of both fighters scratching them and making them bleed, but neither one of them screamed. Huntress Wizard and Diana just grimaced as they continued to fight one another. The two were nearly into the woods, when Huntress Wizard stepped on something hard and heard a tiny clicking sound. The wizard quickly leaped back as a bear trap sprung up and almost clamped onto her right leg. As Huntress Wizard leaped back, Diana fired an arrow at her and it buried itself into Huntress Wizard's left thigh! Huntress Wizard gasped as she nearly fell down. Diana came forward expecting a quick and easy kill, but Huntress Wizard surprised Diana by quickly notching another arrow to her bow and fired at the clone. The shot was meant to hit Diana in the head, but it was aimed a little to high and it ended up stabbing through, Diana's right rabbit ear.
"My ear!" Screamed Diana in pain as she stumbled back nearly dropping her bow.
Huntress Wizard took a deep breath, before she limped off into the woods to put a little distance between her and Diana, so she could tend to her injury. After a few minutes of limping Huntress Wizard took a set on a log and looked at her injury. The wizard grabbed an arrow and placed it in her mouth, before she reached down with her hands and yanked the arrow out of her thigh. There was a burst of pain as Huntress Wizard's teeth bit down on the arrow in her mouth. After a few seconds Huntress Wizard's pain numbed down a little and she spat the arrow out of her mouth. She then tore a piece of cloth from her clock and wrapped it around her injury to stop the bleeding. Soon Huntress Wizard was ready to move out. The wizard decided to head into the woods to get a better advantage on her enemy.
Outside the woods, Diana had just pulled the arrow out of her ear and bandaged it up. The clone raised her arm and pressed a button on the watch she got from Kim. The two iron owls and four varmints came rushing up to her. Diana pushed another button on the watch and pointed at the woods. The six monsters raced off into the woods with Diana following them.
Outside the dome there was a floating platform floating above the arena. On the platform, Maja sat on a stone throne with Crabbit perched above her and Dex and Laser Wizard by her side. The villains looked down at the arena eagerly waiting for the fighting to start back up.
Miles away at Huntress Wizard's cottage, Hunter Wizard had just arrived and found the front door open and one of the windows broken. Hunter Wizard immediately knew something was up. The resurrected wizard went to the bathroom and pulled out a hair brush Huntress Wizard used and pulled a small leaf hair from it. He then pulled out a compass and placed the leaf to the back of it while he said a tracking spell. The pointer of the compass spun around and pointed east. Hunter Wizard left the cottage and followed the direction the compass was pointing. Hopefully whatever trouble Huntress Wizard was in, Hunter Wizard would arrive in time to save her.
Back at the dome, Huntress Wizard was sneaking through the woods, when her foot snagged on a string. Huntress Wizard immediately dived to the ground a few seconds before a massive log covered in spikes came swooping down on a rope and raced through the spot Huntress Wizard had stood a few seconds ago. The wizard crawled on all fours, until she was away from the swinging log and stood up. Huntress Wizard eyed the path suspiciously, before she picked up a rock a hurled it at the ground ahead. There was strange click sound and a bunch of wooden spikes shot out of the ground where the rock had landed.
"So the area is boobytrapped. I have to be careful, but maybe I can use these traps to my advantage." Thought Huntress Wizard as she spied what she believed to a hidden pit trap up ahead.
As Huntress Wizard went to inspect the trap, she heard a noise from above and saw an iron owl. The wizard quickly fired an arrow at the metal minion and it exploded into bits, unfortunately, the iron owl hadn't been alone. Two varmints came charging through the woods at Huntress Wizard. One varmint was quickly taken out with an arrow to the face, but the other one leaped at Huntress Wizard and knocked her to the ground. Huntress Wizard managed to get her bow up and pressed it up against the varmint's neck pushing it back and keeping it's snapping jaws a few inches away from her face. The varmint snarled and chomped it's teeth in rage as Huntress Wizard channeled some of her magical energy through her body to give her a burst of strength. With a burst of energy Huntress Wizard managed to push the varmint up a little from her body and then she got her legs underneath it and kicked it over herself. The varmint flew over Huntress Wizard and right into the hidden pit, falling right through the tarp that covered it, and impaling itself onto some spikes down below killing it. Huntress Wizard stumbled to her feet and walked over to the pit to look down it. She then glanced at the first varmint she killed and noticed a hidden net trap a few yards away covered by some leafs. This gave Huntress Wizard an idea.
In another part of the woods Diana and her remaining minions were making their way through the forest. Diana had sent half her forces to scout ahead and she had used the watch to see the iron owl get destroyed, so that meant that Huntress Wizard was somewhere up ahead. There was a thunk sound up ahead and Diana looked to see something in a cape and a hood get yanked up into a net. Diana notched an arrow onto her bow and she and her minions approached the net. Diana recognized the hood and cape as Huntress Wizard's clothes.
"So it appears the hunt is over. You were good, but not good enough. Farewell Artemis." Said Diana as she fired an arrow into the figure in the net.
The arrow hit the target and went through it. Diana smiled in satisfaction as something leaked out of the figure, but instead of it being blood, it was something green and slimy. This confused Diana and she commanded the iron owl to cut the net down with it's beak. The machine did so and the net hit the ground with a thud. Diana carefully walked over to the figure in the net and turned it over to reveal a dead varmint that had been wearing Huntress Wizard's hood and cape. It was then that three arrows flew out and took down the iron owl and the two varmints. Diana spun to face the direction the arrows had come from as she notched an arrow to her bow and fired. Huntress Wizard leaped down from a nearby tree barely avoiding Diana's arrow as she landed on the ground close to the evil clone. The two archers were to close to one another to shot arrows at each, so Huntress Wizard swung her bow like a club and hit Diana across the face with it knocking her back. Diana recovered and pulled out one of her arrows and charged at Huntress Wizard swinging it like a knife. Huntress Wizard retreated back as Diana slashed her makeshift knife at her and sliced her across her right shoulder. The wizard gritted her teeth in pain as she swung her bow and knocked the arrow out of Diana's hand. Diana grabbed her own bow and slammed it against Huntress Wizard's bow. The two of them pressed against one another trying to push the other back. Huntress Wizard decided to change strategy and shot her hand to her quiver and pulled out an arrow. In one fluid motion, Huntress Wizard used the arrow to click through Diana's bow string. Diana starred at her ruined bow in shock and that gave Huntress Wizard the opportunity to kick the clone in the chest and knock her to the ground.
"It's over!" Declared Huntress Wizard as she notched an arrow to her bow and pointed it at Diana.
"I'm not done yet!" Spat Diana as she tossed her bow away and reached behind her back.
Diana pulled out two mini foldable crossbows and fired them at Huntress Wizard. The attack took Huntress Wizard by surprise and made her release the tension in her bow as she tried to dodge out of the way, but she wasn't quit fast enough. One arrow slashed through the sash that held Huntress Wizard's quiver to her back making it fall to the ground, while the other arrow stabbed into Huntress Wizard's right shoulder. The cried in pain as she dived behind a tree.
"It's over Artemis. I am the superior hunter! You are the prey and I am the predator! Now come and face your end!" Declared Diana as she reloaded her crossbows and prepared to attack.
Huntress Wizard gritted her teeth as she yanked the arrow out of her shoulder. The fight wasn't looking good and the wizard hero was at a great disadvantage. She could hear Diana moving around preparing to circle the tree and attack. Huntress Wizard needed to end this fight quickly. There was one move she could thing of that would allow her to end the battle quickly, though it would leave her drained and vulnerable, but there were no other options left. Huntress Wizard took a deep breath as she began to gather her magical energy in her hands, she then put her hands on the bow and then an arrow made out of pure magical energy appeared on the bow. Beads of sweat dripped from Huntress Wizard's brow as she stood up and prepared for her final attack.
"Come on and meet your end." Called Diana.
"It'll...be you who meets their end." Said Huntress Wizard as she leaped out from behind the tree.
Huntress wizard fired her special arrow at Diana, who fired her crossbows. The energy arrow destroyed the crossbow arrows and flew at Diana. The clone's eyes widened in horror as the arrow raced to her and smashed into her. Diana felt her arms and lower body get ripped off and incinerated from the blow as what was left of her crashed to the ground. The arrow continued on it's way as it smashed right into the energy dome. There was a shattering sound as the dome became visible for a few seconds right before it fell to pieces. Maja and her forces starred at the destroyed dome in shock, while a few hundred yards away Hunter Wizard heard the sound and looked at his compass, which was pointing the direction of the sound. The wizard quickly took off in that direction.
Huntress Wizard let out a deep breath as she collapsed to her knees.
"That was quit...a...trick you pulled." Said a weak voice.
Diana turned to looked at the remains of Diana. The clone looked up at the hero with what appeared to be respect.
"Your still alive?" Asked Huntress Wizard.
"I...am for the moment, but I can feel myself dying. That was quit a battle we...had and I'm glad I fought you." Said Diana.
"It was a good fight, but tell me why do you...and the rest of the clones want to destroy the originals you were cloned from." Said Huntress Wizard.
"For Pyro, he simply wants to be king and show how strong he is. As for...me and the others, we all want to get out of the shadows of the originals and show...that were just good as them and...maybe even better. We want our own identities and to help our leader Pyro accomplish his goals." Said Diana.
"I...see. If it makes you...feel any better your different from me and the others you were cloned from. You already have an identity." Said Huntress Wizard.
"That's...nice hearing that come from you." Whispered Diana.
The clone looked at Huntress Wizard and then up at the sky.
"You know...I've never realized how beautiful the sky was, until now. It...really makes me wonder what's going to happen...to me once I die. I was created from the DNA of others, do...do I even have a soul?" Said Diana.
"I like to think you do. Maybe your soul will find some form of peace and maybe you'll be reincarnated." Said Huntress Wizard.
"Maybe. It's a nice...thought." Said Diana as she closed her eyes for the last time.
Huntress Wizard starred at the clone and put a finger to her neck. There was no pulse. Diana was dead.
"Though you were my enemy. You were a warrior to the the end and I wish for your spirit to find peace." Said Huntress Wizard with a little bow.
The wizard then stood up and was fixing to get moving, when the hover platform with Maja and her minions appeared. The Sky Witch did not look pleased by the results of the fight.
"You really know how to ruin something amazing. You were supposed to die, but instead you survive. Well I guess I'll finish you myself!" Said Maja as she stood with lightning crackling in her hands.
"Do you worst cousin! I don't fear you or dying!" Spat Huntress Wizard ready to meet her end, but refusing to give the villain the satisfaction of hearing her scream in fear or rage.
It was then that several things happened at once. Two arrows flew through the air and embedded themselves into the platform. The villains starred at the arrows in confusion as one exploded violently in a flash of energy and the other exploded into a cloud of platform crashed into the ground with the villains coughing and cursing as they were covered in the smoke. Somebody then came rushing up to Huntress Wizard from behind and picked her up. The next thing Huntress Wizard knew she was being carried bridal style away from the villains.
"You handsome archer has arrived to save the day." Said a familiar voice.
Huntress Wizard looked up at the face of her rescuer and she saw that it was Hunter Wizard. Tears of joy poured from Huntress Wizard's eyes as she saw the man she loved. Her wish had come true and now she and Hunter were back together again.
"Hunter." Said Huntress Wizard with a smile.
Hunter Wizard slowed down a little and bent down to kiss Huntress Wizard.
"It's good to see you again in the flesh Artemis."
The two of them smiled as Hunter Wizard held Huntress Wizard tight to her chest. They continued on their way back to Huntress Wizard's cottage.
To be continued.
