Character quote of the day: "Welcome to Kharon's Carnival Cruise! That will be one obol please." ~ Kharon


Story: Somebody Up There Likes Me


Chapter sixteen: Twilight of the Thunder Gods


Journal entry Number Eight: Like I had said early in my writing of a previous page, Freya wanted me to document each day in a series of journals while on my trip. The trip was long and tiring thus far. Pretty boring too. There was plenty of confusion to boot as I had to explain to passersby from Blarefalls that everything would be fine. Reluctant as they were, they still went their own way. Most of the wildlife gave us a clear path. Almost like they knew that these rabbits were different.

Even the larger animals that would normally eat or hunt rabbits would stay a distance away from the group. My supplies were holding at this point too. There has been nothing out of the ordinary as of yet and I feel as if I'm wasting a page in this journal for having nothing to report.

There seems to be a massive storm forming I can tell by the dark clouds out in the distance. It looks powerful and it's rotating. I think we might need to hunker down for a bit.

The storm is acting weirdly. I cannot say I have seen weather like this before. The clouds move far more rapidly than I have ever seen before. They twist and turn and reach downward. It is odd. Yet, I can't look away.

In all of my life, I had never seen such a massive spinning vortex of destruction in my life. Trees were uprooted and thrown far from their resting place. Dirt whipped around the massive cyclone giving it an eerie dark coloring. The rain became hard and turned into ice. The sky flashes a bright color as lightning breaks across the sky. The massive storm raged on miles away but I could still see the huge beast hiding in the rain.

Luckily the storm stayed at a distance and I could watch the storm rage on in safety from my spot. I'm lucky that I also have time to record this event due to the rain letting up. Writing on soaked parchment was never a thing one should do.

I could hear the loud screaming winds from here. I had to wonder what had caused such a monster storm. The power behind those winds was shocking. I had to get a closer look at the damage that was done. As strong as the storm was, it slowly lost its power and died as the vortex spun upwards and became smaller until it was gone. It looked like a rope as it disappeared up in the clouds. It had lasted forty minutes.

The night was approaching and tomorrow I would adventure into what I could only imagine as being a destroyed piece of a forest.

I close my journal and place it back in my backpack. It was about time I got some sleep. It has been a long 26-mile march today and my feet need to rest. My head was banging with another headache. "In the morning, I will see just what has happened." With that last thought uttered out I closed my eyes and went to sleep.


Journal Entry Number Nine: I stand in awe. Not a single tree remained standing in the massive path of the vortex. If this was the power of the north I might have found a reason why this place was so harsh. There would have been no way to survive what had transpired. If we had been here yesterday we all would have been blown away. We had come across what I had believed to be a bear. There just was no way to tell. It was twisted, no fur, mangled, and a limb was gone. The winds had literally ripped it apart.

Wood was splintered and stuck up like pikes. It was hard to step anywhere without being impaled by a blade of wood. To think wind spinning around in a circular motion could do so much damage. Heck, we had found trees thrown miles away from the scene. If anything alive was caught in the path it would have died.

If this had hit a town or a city…

I dare not think about such horrible things.

I have to wonder. Maybe I could use this event to my advantage? Could I use my wind spell like this? An interesting thought to be sure, but was it out of the realm of possibility? I had no delusions that I could form something as massive as the storm last afternoon, but could I make a smaller one? Hell, if I could make wind move like that to a small degree I could find a use for it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I think we should continue moving north for another 16 miles before we rest for the afternoon. We had already walked ten miles today. It would take time to navigate through this though.

Well, there was plenty of bark for the herd to eat. I have to admit we are making great time. We will definitely make it to Siberia faster than anticipated. We will most likely reach Siberia in five to six days. Maybe more if I really pushed up the speed.

The faster we get there the better. Ugh, I have another headache again.

Journal Entry Number Ten: I can't help but get this feeling that I am being watched. Someone is definitely watching me. I can tell. I hide the fact that I Know of this feeling. There is no need to alert the herd just yet. Someone was interested in the massive herd of rabbits and monsters migrating.

For some reason, the headcount kept growing as more normal day rabbits, hares, and bunnies joined in. The herd grew and I could feel something in me was pleased with this. I know it sounds odd. I kept getting these constant headaches. There were these weird markings forming on my hands too. They looked almost like birthmarks. Putting my hands together I could figure out what I was looking at. Antlers. They were antlers. All the small things.

My so-called powers must be forming or taking shape. It is very hard to write this at the moment. I might need to stop. It feels like my eyes want to pop out of my head!

These blasted powers better hurry up because I think the others are starting to notice. I wonder what I could do once I finally~~~~


Journal Entry Number Eleven: Please excuse the marking on my last page Goddess. I had succumbed to my horrid headache. I had been out of it for the rest of the day. Luckily for time's sake, the herd was able to carry me, which sounds odd. Could you imagine an incapacitated human being carried by a bunch of rabbits? I wish I could have seen this! Because now I am very curious on how they have accomplished it. Something I will have to ask Helix about.

Anyway~ We are still on track and will be reaching Siberia in three to four days. I can't wait to see what awaits for me up north. Who knows what is up there?! Heck, it might not be anything, but I have a strong feeling that something is waiting for me. What is it? I could never know but I do know this.

I feel great, and for some reason, I no longer have any more headaches. That and the marks on my hand are fully developed.

However, I still haven't lost that feeling that someone is watching me. They will show themselves soon. I know they will. Until then we'll keep marching North.

A little side note. I tried messing around with that skill and found that I can deflect ranged attacks and send them back or just collect it in the wind. It's pretty cool. Now I wonder what else I can do but I feel that if I keep messing around with my spell it will come back to bite me at the moment. I don't need to pass out twice within two days. Yeah, no thanks.

Still, I have many ideas on what I can do with this spell. Maybe It doesn't need to be just a barrier but a gust of wind? Maybe I can change its shape? I have a lot of field testing to try. I also need to see what elements work well with the spell and which can ignore the spell entirely. More food for thought.


Journal Entry Number Twelve: Lightning is filling the sky on a cloudless day. I have to wonder what is going on. Is this some strange weather or could this be something else? I'm not an expert on weather, mind you, but even I knew something was afoot. The feeling was much stronger today, but at night it had gotten worse. Lightning flashed constantly. As if in battle with each other. White versus red. It looked beautiful but I had a bad feeling resting in my gut.

Two to three more days to go. Depending on what happens tomorrow, I might not have a journal entry. I will try but something big is going to happen.

I close my journal and place it back in its resting place. "Alyssa," I called the little Almiraj over. She hopped her way over to me, "Spread the word to the other member and the herd, we are being watched and this light display is a meer reminder of that."

"I will at once," She said before hopping away as she had before. I sent my gaze to watch the lightning once more.

"Tomorrow we will meet for sure. Whoever you are."

Journal Entry Number Thirteen: Today is the day. This mysterious person would finally show themself. I have been waiting for a very long time for this encounter. I can feel my nerves sparking to life. Thousands of butterflies flapping around in my stomach. I just hope this person did want a fight. I have a feeling that this person was very strong.

To make the lightning bend to your will like that. It was truly a remarkable sight.

Three miles into our march the sky lit up once more. I put my journal away as I called for the herd to stop. It was time to meet this powerful stranger.

"Alright, I know you have been following us! Show yourself!" I demanded with a yell. My gaze looked all around the open field. The lightning died down until a single large strike blasted the ground eleven yards in front of me. There before me was a tall, bulky individual, with glowing gold eyes.

I knew those eyes anywhere.

"I am the all-powerful mighty god of-" As soon as I heard the voice I knew who it was. I decided to cut him off knowing he will most not likely lash out at me for doing so.

I put my face in my hands. Could he not do this? This was cringey as all Hell. "Yeah, how have you been gramps?"

My grandfather/Godfather looked at me for a second before cutting the act completely. "I have been great. It seems I certainly can't have any fun with you, grandson. Good to see things will never change with you."

"Well, it's good to see you, Zeus. So when were you going to tell me?"

"Now that's a loaded question if I ever heard one."

"Well, let's start with the fact that you aren't my grandfather and my parents were Adventurers from your familia. Oh perhaps, we should talk about why you were chased out in the first place?" Zeus was about to reply until I continued on with the mini-rant. "Or how about you faking your death? Any of those would be a good starting point."

"It builds character!" The god defended himself.

I was going to lose it with him! "What part of 'any' of that builds character!?"

"Look, I wanted you to have no options to come back to when you left. This way you would have to work harder and if things got bad you wouldn't turn tail and high it out of there." The god explained his plan.

I shook my head at him, "Well that's great! One of your plans actually worked!" I threw my hands up in mock cheer. I cross my arms, "So why are you here? Is there like some super big secret out there or are you chasing tail again?"

"Because up north, you will have to deal with the Giants and the other warrior gods. There is a reason why people never go or leave Siberia." Zeus informs me. Giving me much needed details about the winter wasteland. I began to mull over it in my head. "You will need much more help getting past the guardian."

I narrow my eyes, 'The guardian?' I wonder. I drop my arms, "How do you know this?"

"My friend Odin lives up there." He mumbles something I overheard. "when he gets off of that damn cruise of his."

"What?"

"Nevermind that, where were you planning to go in Siberia?"

I shrugged not knowing the answer to the question. "I don't know. There really aren't many maps of Siberia out there that I know of."

Zeus hummed in thought, "I see your point. There are a few places we can go to that I can think of. However, we will run into our first problem."

"I assume this problem is another God or Guardian?" I inquired. It was not hard to put it all together. Zeus practically told him earlier.

"Oh, you're right on point grandson." He claps his hands with some excitement, "While we are on the way to Siberia I want to hear all about what has happened to you in the dungeon."

I smiled at him, I guess he still wants me to be his grandson even after I had found out about him. "Sure," I said happily. I guess I was glad to have him back. I knew he was alive but I had no idea I was going to be running into him this far away from home. I resumed our walk towards our destination.

"However, what I really want to hear about is how you charmed Freya." He finished with a lewd grin on his face.

I blinked in the assessment. How could he know that? Then again I can't say I'm fully surprised by his question. He must have had his own sources of information. I also should have known that if he wanted to hear anything about my travels, it was going to be about women. "It's definitely not a long tale. In fact, I don't even know all the specifics of it yet. I guess she had taken notice of me when I sent my application through her Familia acceptance process."

"Stop right there! A familia what process? You didn't go to meet her personally?" The god seemed baffled. Was that a big deal?

I shook my head, "No, I never met any of the gods personally. Most of the high ranking Familias followed this process. Did you not do this when you had a familia?"

"I see you know some of my backgrounds, but no. I surely did not do that. I preferred, Hell, all gods preferred to meet people wanting to be their adventurers. Something had to have changed the old ways we did things since I have been gone."

"Could it be out with old?" I asked curiously, wanting to know.

"No, that would have been a stupid reason." He grumbles, "I need to speak to my contacts in the city. There is something going on. Anyways!" He bellows at the end, "You were saying you got her notice from this so-called process."

"Yeah, it's the only reason I can think of. That or it might be when I fought Doluk the Cleaver. You know the Kobold Rex you told me about." I made sure to mention his little 'story'.

The god let out a boisterous laugh full of mirth, "So you figured out my stories! Who else did you go after?"

"The Rat King."

Zeus looked down at me and gave me a look over, "Now you have caught me attention. How did you survive him? He is not to be trifled with and from what I heard, you are a no level."

"I'm a level one!" I made sure to point out.

"You should have been at least a level six, grandson."

My eyes widened at that bit of information. 'Holy shit! I survived a badass monster like that!?' I looked away from the god for a second before looking back into his eyes. "Don't I know it now." I chuckled, rubbing the back of my neck. That was a closer to death encounter than I had thought. "I didn't beat him or his army, I got saved by this really tall Amazon woman that had followed me in."

"Forget Freya, I want to know more about the amazon."

I started to laugh, "Of course you do!" I shook my head, "She has twelve inches on me, middle to late twenties, dark skin, sandy blonde hair, nice tits, great ass, and narrow, amber eyes. Her outfit was pretty revealing."

"I like her already!" Zeus cheered, slamming his big hand on to my back almost sending me to the ground! "This is truly great Bell! What's your relationship with her?"

"Huh, I can't really say. I mean, her and Freya are the only two that I really had close encounters with." I wondered out aloud. I could tell I really liked Freya, but I and Bache had bonded in our time on the eighteenth floor.

"You must tell me everything!" The man demands with no room for me to escape. This dude...

"Well, Bache, saved me from the Rat King by throwing me through the portal. I landed on my back and she came out shortly after and my face was practically crushed under her ass."

"Marvelous, simply marvelous my dear grandson! Yet I feel somewhat disappointed if that's all."

"Oh no, nowhere close. You see I was dropped on the eighteenth floor. I had to train in order to survive to get past the monster rex. I spent a month with her and learned how to fight while I taught her Common. I have also bathed with her, and she used me as a human-sized pillow when we slept. I slept like a baby."

"This is excellent news. Not only have you had your face sat on, but you have also seen her naked, bathed with her, and she has also spooned you! Bell Cranel you make me proud! Very proud!"

I could help the awkward smile that was forming on my face. Then I realized he had yelled that out. My face must have been as red as a tomato. "Could you not yell that out?!"

"Who in the heavens would hear it, my grandson!? No, you managed to do all that with a woman that is taller than you. You do realize how difficult that actually is?" The man questions me.

"Wait, you were the one that told me getting a taller woman would be easy!" I barked out.

"I meant for me! You are still short. That is quite the achievement!" The man didn't have to point out my height! And besides, so fucking what?! If you got it, you got it! Shit, after those nights on the eighteenth floor? If being short is bad, then I don't want to be good.

"I am fucking average damn it! Besides, you are seven feet tall! There is no way I'm getting anywhere close to that. Shit, good luck finding a woman taller than you." I pointed out angrily.

"What are you talking about, grandson? Where we are going there are women taller than me."

My eyes widened again, "Seriously?"

Zeus nods his big head, "Yes, and your goddess as well."

I look at the man like he was dumb, "You really are an idiot!" I yelled, "She has a couple of inches on me! Like she isn't even that tall."

"You obviously haven't seen her in Heaven."

"Well yes, I haven't died yet so that's a pretty great point, gramps!"

"Oi, watch your tone with me! You haven't had sex yet and wich to speak to me on matters far beyond concern. Just shut up and listen and you might learn something." Zeus berates me on a sarcastic reply.

"Fine. Now, what's this about Freya being taller than you?" I was still very curious about this. Did the Gods take on another appearance in heaven?

"In heaven, us gods still keep our appearance as you see us. However, we are dressed in our traditional groups. Gods like me dress one way, while other gods dress another way. We are called the first. Freya is from the second group. All gods from the second group are taller and were stronger than most gods from the first minus a select few such as myself. Gods are taller in heaven than here on Terra by a large margin." Zeus explains more about the realm of the gods. It was a very interesting topic for certain. Not many gods told the living about the place.

"Odin is eighteen compared to my fourteen feet."

"Holy shit!" I exclaim.

"The giants in Siberia are twelve to fifteen feet tall. To answer your question, Freya is sixteen feet tall. However, we can change our heights at will. Also, the height of god does not mean strength. I am stronger than Odin, but me and Freya are the strongest gods."

"Is there a reason for that?"

"Yes…," the god trails off.

I knew I wasn't getting anything out of him by the way he stopped talking, "Well, I can't say I was expecting that."

"There is a lot you don't know. About this world, and women."

I frown at the Zeus. I don't want to hear anything about women from him. "Where is your harem at grandfather?" I asked, looking in all directions. "I don't see it anywhere." The god frowned, "Maybe it's because you aren't the best at keeping them than just fucking them!"

The god glares at me, "You watch your mouth boy! I have had my glory days. I thought I would let you have some fun."

"Oh, now that's a laugh! Save some for me?" I paused in my strides, "Hello everyone! My name is Zeus and I have an open-door policy! Come and go whenever you like!"

"You haven't lost your tongue, I see." my grandfather crossed. " I could-" Before Zeus could even finish a single flash of bright light blinded me!

"What the fuck!?" I yelled out, rubbing my eyes trying to get bright light out of them.

I heard Zeus groan out in despair, "Oh Heavens above, why are you here now?"

"You shall not enter into my forests you..., oh it's you Zeus. Why are you here with this herd of rabbits and who is this?" This mysterious bastard interrogates my grandfather. I assume he is pointing at me.

"My grandson here needs a place to have these monsters roam free and this the best place to do so," Zeus explained to this new person.

"You are actively invading my domain with…," The man paused to look over the field that was swarmed with rabbits. Well, that's what I was assuming he was doing. I still couldn't fucking see. "Millions of rabbits!?"

"Thor, don't make me have to get your father involved," Zeus stated in a bland tone. I blink, father? Does that mean?

"Haha, as if he would agree with you! Of course, you can have your grandson fight me for the right to be here." I wanted to snort at the challenge. Me? Fight, what I am guessing is a God or a Giant? Yeah, no. I don't have a death wish.

"I am not fighting a god!" I moaned finally regaining my eyesight. There was still white at the sides of my eyes but I could still see somewhat. There standing before Zeus was a long blond-haired god. He has blue eyes, a full beard, and was tall just a couple of inches shorter than Zeus. He was covered in furs, and his body wrapped in metal armor. A hammer on his back. There was black war paint covering his eyes and nose in the shape of a handprint.

Zeus crosses his arms, "It doesn't matter, Odin will agree with me. After all, it was me that got him away from his plight."

The blond god grumbles something under his breath, "Fine, they may enter. However, I still wish to hear what my father has to say because these creatures are monsters from the dungeon, are they not?"

Zeus nods, "That they are."

"Hmm, that might make things more interesting." The blond-haired god looks down at me, "You look weak, yet these creatures follow you?"

I frowned at him, "Yes, they follow me."

"When we enter the Great Oak Forest you will leave rabbits behind. You will have to meet the god of the world!"

"Zona?" I questioned.

I was not expecting to be lifted off my feet by this new god. His eyes were ablaze. "How do you know that name?!" Heck, even Zeus looks at me with utter surprise. The monsters around us were all readying up for a fight too.

"Put him down." Thor turned to look at Zeus.

"How does he know of her? She is something us gods don't speak about." Thor demands.

Zeus shrugged his massive shoulders, "He will tell in time. However, we might have to take him to the Council of Weird."

The other god puts me back onto my feet, "I approved. I will get to see my brother and father. It has been a very long time since I have seen Loki."

"I am sure Eunomia will be happy to see me!" Zeus became cheerful While Thor gave him a deadpan look before shaking his head. Oh, there is a story there. I can tell.

I was taken back at that, "What is that about Loki being a male?"

Thor raised his eyebrow, turning to look at me, Zeus' expression, however, turned into the 'You-better-shut-up-right-now' looks. "You have met my brother?" The man looked confused. "He does not look like a woman. He has never left the island."

"I am telling you there is a god in Orario named Loki. Has their own familia and everything." I tell the blond god.

His head snapped and looked at Zeus, "What does he speak of…"

Zeus was looking away from the other god, "There has been a lot that has-"

"What does he speak of?!" Thor roared as lightning flashed all around. "Loki is not allowed to leave Coldroot Island along with Janus and Eunomia! Why is Loki running around as a woman in Orario?!"

Zeus had his head in his hands, "Bell, why have you forsaken me?"

"Payback," I answered.

"ZEUS!" Thor screams as lightning strikes close to Zeus.

"ALRIGHT!" Zeus Bellows back. The sky had darkened quite considerably. "Loki hasn't left Coldroot Island. What Bell has informed you isn't wrong either. Who Bell is speaking of is Laverna. She is working with Loki under his name."

"WHAT!" I yelled in disbelief. "Zeus, what are you talking about? Gods' can't lie. How can she use his name?"

Zeus looks down at me, "That isn't entirely true. Gods and goddesses of trickery can. Laverna can get away with it because she looks similar to Loki and she is a trickster."

"So all those people in her familia, she lied to them?"

"Not completely. She does the will of Loki and thus works for him. She had a major crush on him."

"Well, I guess that settles everything then, right?" I say sarcastically. I shake my head, "I am so lost right now."

"That is to be expected. Come, lets us find Odin and Kharon. Kharon will take us to Coldroot Island. Thor take us to your father."

"Right," thor nods and turns towards me, "Tell your herd they can proceed into my forest. We shall travel by lightning." I looked confused. How does one travel by lightning? If that was the case, why couldn't they just skip all of that and go to this Coldroot Island? Many questions. He has many questions.

"Right," I look back at all the rabbits. I see the council behind me waiting for me. "I'm sure you heard what's going on. Go ahead and continue onward without me. It seems I am needed to do something else important now that all of these gods are getting involved. I will be back, I'm sure with this many rabbits it won't be hard to find you and vice versa."

"We will see you in our new home Jackalope. Stay safe on your journey." Helix bowed his head.

"It's been a pleasure, shall have a full report and survey of the land for you." Kurt bowed.

"May your might keep you." Joseph waved.

"Good luck!" Alyssa cheered.

"My these gods keep you safe," Merla said, eyeing the two gods with disapproval.

"I'm sure we will be fine. Go ahead and get a move on." I waved them off. I stopped though, "Helix!"

"By your leave, Jackalope." They all said together.

I stopped though. I need to tell Freya what I just learned. She is my Goddess after all. "Helix!"

The rabbit stopped and hopped back, "Yes, Jackalope?"

I bent down and motion him to get close to me, "Send the fast runner to Freya. I mean everything. Loki, Zona, and what's happening with me and Zeus."

"It will be done. I will do this personally." Helix nodded and took off back in the opposite direction. I watched him go.

I frown watching the herd depart. I turn my gaze back to the two gods that were discussing. I slowly made my way back to them. I hadn't noticed that they had moved further away from. They stopped talking when I started getting closer.

"Are you ready?" Zeus asks.

"As I will be," I looked between the two, "So what is lightning travel?"

"It is as it sounds. We travel in Bolts of lightning." Thor barely explained. Well, it was either that simple or he just didn't want to explain.

I rolled my shoulders back, "I understand that much. I was curious about how?"

Thor waves me off, "Unimportant details."

I sighed looking over to Zeus, "Can you also use it?"

"Not without getting into serious trouble. You see the Gods that live outside of Orario didn't agree to the binding rules of not using our powers. They are not allowed in the city. The last thing any god wants is a blackened title. You receive that when you go against the rules. It just causes too much trouble and you get sent back to Heaven permanently. Most of the time no god really cares if you bend the rules to an extent. However, there are limits. The only way to get that bloody binding off is through Zona." Zeus explains.

I had to wonder about that. "Didn't you already meet her?"

"Yes, but that was before the rules were established. Then I was me too'd and force to leave before I could have her remove the bunding." He said with utter sadness and depression. I knew that look.

"I will not ask what 'getting me too'd' means." I shook my head. God, I knew that face. It was the 'I-Lost-My-Harem' face. Idiot. "Well, if all ends well. Maybe I could find a way to sneak you into the city."

The man did a complete one-eighty, with a mighty laugh, "That's my boy! I knew I could count on you. You are in bed with Freya after all!"

I looked away from, if only he knew how she checked his- Zeus was standing too close to his face! "What the Hell?!"

"I know that look! You have actually been in bed haven't you?!"

"Oh, has he?" Thor turned his head at me, "Hm, never thought she would have gone for such a child." He then grins, "You must be stronger than I thought, we might just have to fight!"

I'm going to ignore that in favor of Zeus. "It was only to check my falna and my back was towards her-"

"SHE WAS ON TOP!?"

"IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!" I Shout back at the man.

"BELL CRANEL! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW LUCKY YOU ARE?!" His eyes were on fire. Great! I had gotten him going again with this nonsense.

"SHUT UP, YOU HORNY OLD DOG!"

"I AM THE-"

"CAN WE GET A MOVE ON! I want answers and my father needs to know about these events!" Thor had cut off Zeus and saved me from further embarrassment.

"Yes! I'm ready!" I smile and walk up to him. Zeus looked annoyed by the way the conversation deteriorated in my favor. He narrowed his eyes at me and stuck my tongue out at him. Thor placed a hand on my shoulder and then Zeus.

"Stand still, It will only take us but a moment to reach Odin." He pauses to look at Zeus, "Do you have the obols?" Zeus stuck his hand out and in between four of his fingers were three coins. Seeing them Thor nods in approval, "With that confirmed, be ready." He looks down at me. "Have you ever been to the ocean before?"

I furrowed my eyebrows, "No," I answered.

"I hope you don't get seasick." Well, that could only mean one thing. It looks like I was going to be on a boat of some kind. Then the world flashed as I felt a rush of energy run through me, all around. I was once again blinded by the light. HE COULD HAVE FUCKING WARNED ME!


Freya was sitting on the steps that led to her throne of furs flanked by her two cats. The flames of the torches reflexing off her armor made her almost hold this holy glow to her. Her big cats were purring at her as she scratched them. Freya's helmet was lying next to her, disregarded for the moment. Her skin looked glossy from the small amount of sweat she had exerted. She had a pleasant smile gracing her features. "What a wonderful sight."

The sight, however, was far from what normal people would consider wonderful. It was utter carnage before her. The entire pit was covered with her wounded, injured, and beaten familia members. She had wanted them to all come at her today. She said she wouldn't use any magic and it was true. Surprisingly, Allen was the one who pushed her the most. He just wouldn't stay down. The same could not be said about Ottar. She had been rather merciless to him. She had gone after him first before he could disappear and reappear to cause her real trouble. However, it ended like she thought it would. They for the most part were great fighters alone. Together, however, they were horrible.

Almost jokingly so. Some of them understood what she was hoping to see but sadly those were too few. She stretches out her arms over her head. "Well, we are most definitely going to have to work on that." A twisted grin befalls her, one of rage, hate, revenge. "Especially if I want to start a war with Loki." She would make this group learn to fight together. Loki's group wasn't a small Familia. They were second for a reason. She wasn't going to allow for weakness in this familia. It was time to fix what was broken.

They fought for her, now it was time to give back.

Now that she had time to think. She couldn't help but wonder how her little Bell was? What was he doing? How far away is he? How strong will he get? She stood up, snatching her helmet up as she did. "Come my pretties, we will retire for the night."


Author's Notes: I cut this short because the chapter was fucking massive! Lots of crazy things are going to happen! New details have been learned! What is going on?! I know that is a short chapter next chapter is massive. Yay, an update.