Neb: Rosina is back and she has her hold over Vincent again. I don't really want to recap too much on that part, I'll explain in the story. But Vincent had an important Debate with Louie about earnings, and both were technically not wrong or right. Louie wants shortcuts as always, and Vincent has found it's been easier to do the hard work the right way rather than expect everything to be handed to him. His work in the treasure hunting business has been less then successful on many occasions and he might be getting ready to give it up all together. That doesn't change his current situation however, I do not own Ducktales. I hope you enjoy the fanfic.
"Why do we keep coming down here Violet," Lena complained as the two of them headed towards the spot Artifact use to be.
"I am still determined to get those books I skipped out on when the Magic Shop was around," Violet explained. "I can't believe I wrote it off as fake."
"Same old Violet," Lena sighed.
"How do you mean?", Violet responded.
"Your always so obsessed with books," Lena explained. "Nothing wrong with it, just saying."
"Ah, I see," Violet nodded.
"Let me go," a young woman cried around a corner.
Violet and Lena paused their stroll for a moment as they heard the commotion.
"Leave me alone!"
Violet and Lena peered around the corner to see five beagle boys harassing a young duck woman. The young lady had purple eyes and was wearing a red tank top with a golden eye imprinted on the shirt. She also wore a silver snake amulet.
"That's a pretty necklace," one the bigger beagles spoke up. "How about you hand it over? Ma loves expensive jewelry!"
"That's not for you brute," she growled.
"You better watch it or.."
"Leave her alone," Lena called out. She and Violet got out of hiding ready to defend the young woman.
"Oh great," a beagle with darker fur groaned. "Witnesses, ma's not going to like this."
"Quite Black Arts," the bigger beagle ordered. "Wait a minute, that little duck looks familiar?"
"Oh right," a smiling Beagle responded. "She ruined Ma's birthday along with the pink bow girl. Bared witness to it myself."
Lena recognized the smiling Beagle and two other's of the beagles to be the 6th avenue Friendlies. But she was unfamiliar with the bigger one or the dark furred beagle. The bigger one was notably larger then even Bouncer.
"That's the girl that humiliated ma huh," the larger beagle grinned. "Well it's our lucky day then! We get to give Ma two gifts."
"Who's the other girl?", Black Arts wondered.
"No idea," the Friendly Beagle responded.
"Doesn't matter," the larger beagle shook his head. "We'll take her as well. Can't have her running off to squeal to those other ducks."
Lena knew she was having trouble controlling her power, but if there was one thing her aunt taught her it was to focus her rage into her amulet. Lena was in fact angry because now they were threatening Violet. She lifted her amulet in the air as her purple aura surrounded herself.
"W-what's going on?", one of the Friendly's asked.
"She's some kind of freak?", the larger beagle wondered.
"She's a fellow practitioner of illusions and the Black Arts," Black Arts beagle realized.
"Oh this goes beyond your silly card tricks," the young duck woman chuckled before slamming her foot into Black Arts ankle.
"Yeow," Black Arts yelled before the woman backed away from their group.
The larger beagle was about to reach out and grab her, but was blasted back by Lena's magic.
"Good shot," Violet and the Duck woman both commented.
The larger beagle was sent flying and the other beagles scattered.
"Run away," one of the friendlies called out. "She didn't do this last time!"
"Yeah I thought manipulation was her thing," one of the others pointed out.
"Get out of here you trolls," the duck woman yelled before smacking one of them with her satchel.
The beagles all disappeared, minus the larger one who was knocked out cold against a wall.
"Let's get out of here," Lena decided.
"Concurred," Violet nodded as the two of them backed away from the scene.
"Wait a minute," the purple eyed duck lady called out. "I didn't get a chance to thank you two properly."
"Oh anytime," Lena responded. "The beagles are jerks."
"No kidding," she smiled. "I hadn't been in the city for longer then two hours and already they started a fight with me. But hey I wasn't expecting to find a fellow witch here."
"Wait what?", Lena gawked.
"Yeah a witch," she smiled. "Call me Rosina Evermore."
"What are you doing in Duckberg?", Violet wondered.
"I heard there's a magic shop here in Duckberg," Rosina explained. "But it seems it's gone again."
"Why is everyone obsessed with that shop," Lena sighed.
"So you've heard of the place," Rosina confirmed.
"Yeah we have a friend who use to work and live there," Lena nodded.
"Wait a minute Lena," Violet cautioned her. "We don't know if we can trust her with that information."
"Shoot you're right," Lena realized. She then turned back to Rosina suspicious. "So why weren't you able to fend of the Beagle Boys if you're so powerful?"
"I never said I was powerful," Rosina pointed out. "I'm stronger when I'm amongst my sisters, at least that's my chosen path."
"Chaos or Order?", Violet wondered.
"You know a lot little girl," Rosina laughed. "Order. Order is the power drawn from when you have a chosen path. If you stray from that path you are now in the realm of chaos. Though some are born without a path that wield magic. Like your friend there."
Lena looked away for a moment.
"So you already have information about Lena?", Violet figured.
"I just recognize untamed magic," Rosina shrugged. "She's powerful, but lacks discipline. No offense."
"Well some taken," Lena rolled her eyes. "A friend of ours blows stuff up as his power, what do you do?"
"I mess with minds," Rosina admitted, with no hesitation.
"Wait why didn't you use that on the beagle boys?", Lena interrogated again.
"Can't manipulate what isn't there," Rosina joked.
Lena and Violet stared at her for a moment before breaking out into laughter.
"Ok, you're alright Rosina," Lena admitted.
"I appreciate that little one," Rosina smiled. "Though most don't consider my blunt nature to be an admirable quality of mine. It's nice to see less judgement."
"Boy don't I know it," Lena sighed. "The shop owner apparently didn't like me because I'm related to a dark sorceress. I mean, I didn't ask to be related to her, I actually hate her."
"We all have our flaws," Violet shrugged. "I blasted Lena, with her own amulet, when I first met her thinking she was a ghost."
"I created a money shark to steal a stupid dime," Lena laughed.
The three of them started laughing again. "Yeah I've made a dark choices with my powers as well," Rosina wiped a tear from her eye. "I once manipulated this one boy into thinking I was his dead mother!" Rosina kept laughing as the other two stared at her in shock. "Why'd you stop laughing?"
"W-what is wrong with you?", Lena gasped.
"Oh don't judge me," Rosina scoffed. "The money shark situation was broadcasted on the news. That thing ate a bunch children I heard."
Lena looked down upset after that and Violet put her hand on Lena's shoulder.
"Lena didn't do that of her own free will though," Violet explained. "Perhaps you chose to use your powers that way because someone was pulling your strings?"
"No one pulls my strings honey," Rosina grinned. "My whole thing is pulling others. But she knows what that's like right? The beagles pointed out you once used manipulation to get your way?"
"There's a lot of context missing from that," Lena pointed out. "I was trying to survive a night without getting killed by those beagles."
"Whatever," Rosina rolled her eyes. "Look, I wasn't trying to start a fight with you two. Besides, you both saved me from those brutes, I owe you my thanks."
The two of them looked at each other. "I suppose we can at least accept your thanks," Violet decided. "We weren't trying to get in a fight either, we also were looking for the magic shop."
"Right because your friend use to work there," Rosina repeated.
"He's been looking for that place as well," Violet nodded. "Every chance he and I would get, we would check this corner."
"Who is this friend of yours by the way?", Rosina wondered. "He's starting to sound like an old friend of mine. Vincent perhaps?"
"You're friends with Vincent?", Lena responded. She couldn't tell if the girl was telling the truth, there wasn't any obvious signs of her lying.
Violet was also having trouble reading Rosina which honestly made her more suspicious.
"So it is Vincent," Rosina confirmed. "He's a famous mage as well. A rival treasure hunter if you will."
"So you know each other well," Violet pressed.
"We go way back," Rosina nodded.
That was when they heard someone say, "This sucks," around a corner. The three of them turned around to see Vincent was coming around that corner probably looking for the shop Artifact again.
"Oh there he is," Lena waved.
"Looking for Artifact again I see," Violet nodded. "Same old Vincent." She realized she repeated what Lena said about her earlier, which wasn't bad, it was kind of weird though. Not as weird as the look of fear on Vincent's face when staring at Rosina. Violet then begun to put the pieces together of which little boy Rosina traumatized with her powers. Her eyes widened when she saw Vincent back away.
"Y-you led her to me?", Vincent yelled at them.
Rosina moved quickly towards the stunned Vincent. She pressed her thumb against his forehead leaving a marking. "Got you," the witch laughed.
Lena then started putting the pieces together as well. "W-what did you do to him," Lena freaked out.
"Thanks for leading me back to my weapon girls," Rosina smiled. "It's been a fun day hanging out with you." She snapped her fingers at Vincent telling him to follow her. He did as commanded which was a relief. She was afraid her powers had no affect on Vincent anymore after the last time he broke free. Perhaps it was a fluke.
"Wait you aren't taking him," Lena yelled.
"Oh and you're going to stop me?", Rosina laughed at her. "A little girl with no control over her powers and... I don't really know much about your friend. She's smart? I give you props for your ability to hide info."
"Caution is one of my admirable traits," Violet pointed out. "But apparently I wasn't being cautious enough. That being said, no we will not let you take Vincent. He is our friend."
"But I thought we were becoming friends," Rosina faked hurt feeling. "Oh well, Vincent destroy these two."
Vincent stepped between Rosina and the two girls before grabbing two of his runes.
"No Vincent don't," Lena called out. "You don't have to do what she says."
"Nope, no more listening to speeches about friendships," Rosina cut Lena off. "Just finish the job and then we can go back to the temple."
Vincent's hand was shaking as he was trying his best to resist her power. His mind was in a fog, same as the last several times he was under her spell, but now he felt like he was getting a handle on fighting her control.
"Why do you resist?", Rosina groaned. "I can make you into an unstoppable force of power! All you need to do is surrender that free will of yours!"
"He's not going to do that you weirdo," Lena facepalmed. "Vincent has people he cares about and he's one of the smartest people we know!"
"Yes, he has friendships and ambitions that goes beyond the need for power," Violet added.
"Ah the speeches again," Rosina humphed. "Scrooge already got the better of me before because I let it go on too long. Fine, I'll remove you two myself!"
Lena got between Violet and Rosina as she held out her amulet.
"I do not fear your broken trinket," Rosina yelled. "I am an all powerful Witch!" She waved her hand causing the Larger Beagle to stand up in a zombie like state from wear he was napping.
"I thought you said you couldn't control them," Lena realized.
"I lied you idiot," Rosina groaned. "I set up that whole situation to draw Vincent in. Why do you think I was faking being mugged by the place where Artifact should be?!"
Lena got angry again as the purple energy begun forming around her.
The Large Beagle charged at Lena when she was focused on Rosina and grabbed her. Lena's aura vanished when she was grabbed.
Violet tried to strike at the Beagle's pressure points in his legs, but he didn't even flinch at her attack. Instead he pushed Violet back with his foot as he held onto Lena.
"That's more how I like it," Rosina grinned. "Crush her in your hands big guy. It's like when I had those bears under my control, eh Vincent? Of course Mr. Elite got in my way back then."
Vincent teared up as he continued to fight within his mind.
"Vincent help," Lena called out. "Please!"
"Vincent you have to break free," Violet added in. "Lena needs you! If only Webbigail wasn't away at the moment."
Vincent grunted as he held up his rune again.
"No relax you're arm Vincent," Rosina ordered. "They've chosen the slow death."
"Please Vincent!", Lena called out once more as her friendship bracelet released a blue glow once more.
Vincent's own friendship bracelet glowed blue for a moment as well. Then he felt the fog clear from his mind as he fell to his knees. Vincent put away the runes and then charged at the Large Beagle before tackling him, causing the beagle to let go of Lena. The two of the rolled on the ground as Lena gasped for air and Violet went to check on her.
Rosina growled angrily before backing away. "So it's you two! You are in some kind of coven with Vincent! Well you won't have him for long, he belongs to me!"
"Go get a life you creepy lady," Lena yelled.
Vincent managed to knock some sense into the Larger Beagle.
"Wait a minute," the beagle groaned. "You aren't a police officer." The beagle then passed out again.
Vincent got up and then brushed himself off and wiped the mark off of his forehead. This was weird, he's never broken free from Rosina's control so easily before. Yet he felt as though he had more strength then ever. Was his connection to the path of order coming back?
"I name you my sworn enemy and rival Lena De Spell!", Rosina declared before vanishing into smoke.
"Yeah you better run," Lena called out after her. The two of them headed to Vincent as he fell on his hands and knees. "Vincent are you ok?"
"I... I'm fine," Vincent brushed them off. "How could you two set me up like that!"
"We weren't setting you up," Lena defended them.
"She pretended to be a victim," Violet added. "We thought we were saving a woman from getting mugged."
"I... I'm sorry," Vincent apologized. "I shouldn't accuse you two. I was letting my emotions get the best of me."
"Vincent," Violet spoke up.
"It's fine," Vincent shook his head. "I... I need some time to think. But happy you two are safe." With that Vincent headed away from them.