I bit into an apple, as I summoned a chair. I sat down reviewing destinations we could stop at. If the two of them were going, then I would need to stop for food and rest. I would leg it if it were only me. I know I could go without it for at least a day before I would tire and have to stop.

I would be able to pack my own set of food, and camp out in the boonies at night. Cutthroat valley was colder than I remember, I waited at the beginning of where the flying exam was held, if they did not show up in the next thirty minutes, I would leave without them.

An elevator flew down ten feet from where I had place my chair, Balam and Kalego stepped and it flew back. I stood, sending my chair away. I flipped the crystal around in my hand. This did not work for Iruma when I had him test it, but it worked for me just fine and with passengers. Making me wonder if he made it just for me.

"Took you two long enough."

"Why start here, it's further away from where we are to head."

"Teleportation crystal, a gift from Thoth. Get close."

I hooked an arm around each of them, Balam to the left, Kalego to the right. I closed my eyes, the air shifting around us, the noise of bustling people down the ally. I looked around, we made it. The passenger capacity is now three. I need to make my way out of this town.

"Take a right." I glared at Kalego.

"I hate to exude that main character energy, but I was going to lead this excursion. As you said, your following behind me like a stalker."

Balam laughed, Kalego crossed his arms. "You could drop the some of the attitude. I'm only here to make sure you do not get hurt. If you do, I'm going to get another visit from Opera or worse."

"A self-interest no less. The Left, I have a stop to make."

Voices of many flooded the streets of this town. They walked this way and that, no cars to make them stop from crossing. It was different to see so many walking around and shopping rather than driving cars, or possibly carriages here. In the big city I saw so few, maybe two while I was on the terrace.

The roads lined in beautiful foliage, delicate flowers hanging from posts. Floral fresh aromas, meats cooking. Vendors in push carts trying to sell their crafts or items. Flowers, jewelry, trinkets, and food. A man playing a floating piano, a woman singing; people tossing coins in a hat. This world was beautiful beyond the school.

I found the former dress shop Grandpa had taken me to. "Stay out here, I will make this fast." The tiny bell jingled, and the door creaked a little as it swayed open. All the ladies were busy attending to other clients, giving me time to look around. The black dress in the window looked sufficient, but I know they will try to get me to buy more.

I check the tag, not the worst price he has ever spent on a dress. Kalego was looking in through the window, shaking his head. I throw my hands up. He pointed to the purple one next to it, gloves along the arms of the mannequin. Balam nodding his head, smiling with his eyes. I rolled my eyes, it was pricier. The center piece of the whole display, Grandpa told me to buy whatever I wanted.

Someone walked up behind me, and I turned. "I will take this one." I handed her the black card.

"Do you not wish to try it on."

"I look good in everything. Box it up and charge the card." The dress lifted off the mannequin and wrapped itself in a box. "The other two, the black one and the red one; send them to Lord Sullivans estate as well. With whatever gloves you feel match them best."

"I was going to buy that." I looked over my shoulder. A woman with red hair, and tail gritted her teeth. A beautiful blue gown down to her knees, it looked like the work of this shop.

"To late, if only you came five minutes sooner." The woman handed me the card back.

"I will buy that from you, give it to me." She picked up the box.

"I suggest you hand that over peacefully and no one will get hurt."

She hugged the box and handed her card to the woman.

The woman gave me the card back. "Ma'am, the dress is bought, we have many other…"

"Refund and I will pay double."

This was beneath me, I glared at the woman, and her eyes widened. I cannot make a scene, or I risk trouble again. "Look, purple is not your color when you have red hair, it classes and you'll look like a dunce who cannot dress appropriately."

"Those eyes, what is wrong with you. Hey, I know your face. You're that lady that unleashed her familiar at a kid's carnival."

"My reputation proceeds me. Move along I am in a hurry."

"Not until I get this dress."

The thought of crushing her hands and taking what I bought crossed my mind. I could give her a fake heart attack or crush her lungs a little. I signed, then the box was taken from her hands by Kalego. "I believe this belongs to her; you should be careful how you speak to others. This is Lord Sullivans granddaughter." He placed the box in my hands.

I shrunk the box down, putting it in my bag. "Let us go, Kalego. We have somewhere else to be by tomorrow."

Outside I turned to him. "Thank you, I guess you coming along was not so bad. We have to travel northeast for a ways and then due north."

Kalego put a hand on my shoulder. "Viola, never forget that lord Sullivans name holds power. Use it when necessary."

I raised my eyebrows. "Right, we need to go, um. That way." I pointed back in the direction we came from.

Certain areas were no fly zones, and this was one of them. We would have to go to the outer area, or even completely out of town to fly off. When Grandpa teleported, us he dropped us in an ally, when we left, he did not care where we were. Making me believe that teleporting in was frowned on if caught.

The crowd thinned as we reached the outside of the city. Houses lined the streets, and I could see demons flying over their homes or landing in yards. A sign was posted letting you know you could fly here, but to be careful of others. I summoned my wings, stretching them a little before flight.

"There is a small town around a few hours from here that we can pause at and eat. I hope you two can pull an all-night flight."

Balam patted my head. "We will be fine; it is you we worry about."

Right, I can go all night but then I become tired fast the next day. I was pushing myself by doing this. They were strong well rested demons compared to me. We took off from the ground, flying overhead I took out my hearing suppressants and put them away. The houses grew further apart until they turned into forest lands.

Birds cawed and chirped, flying in groups below us. The dense forest made me wonder how they find branches or ways through to land. Beasts growled, and paws thudded on the forest floor. A whole wide world of creatures to encounter. In many ways it seemed better than the human realm, in others it seemed worse.

After a few hours of listening to the beasts and wondering how they looked. Smog or smoke on the horizon. The sun was going down, but the light in the distance was growing brighter. We were heading in the right direction, and we were on track. That could not be a small town, could it?

"We should find a new place. The war has spread to this village."

"You knew?"

"I did, but you wanted to lead this."

I smirked. "I did, and if I were alone. I would go help if I could. Innocent people do not deserve to die."

I picked up the pace, but I was a glider. Kalego was much faster than I, moving ahead of me. Balam by my side. Screams grew louder, I put the hearing suppressants in. Kalego halted and turned. I slowed and hoovered.

"No, too many demons in their evil cycles. They are stronger and unpredictable in that form."

I glared. The town was right there, demons destroying buildings and trapping others. Kids screamed; my heart ached. If that were Eli, I would want someone to help him. "Sorry." Tucking my wings in, I dropped, swooping up in a rush of speed towards the village town. If I were alone, I would not have wasted that minute talking.

I focused on the children screaming. There were many of them together, they must have been hiding and were found or caught in the flames. I searched for their sound waves, finding them in a burning building, surrounded by demons. They screamed for help, and the demons laughed. I landed outside the building, and they turned.

They all had black in the eyes, but not as much as I had seen on myself. Blood shot, but black. One lunged for me, and I dogged out of the way. Using a barrier to shove him further away from me. I took hold of them all, shoving them to the ground.

"It is not nice to pick on innocent children." They screamed and the building pieces fell to the ground. I was running out of time. Screw these guys, I ran into the building, shielding myself from the flames. They had huddled furthest away from it all. They all cowered, and others tried to run from me.

"Wait, I am here to help. Let's get you to safety." They looked back and forth; I formed a barrier around them all. "Come on nothing will hurt you as you walk out. I will protect you. Huddle close little ones."

"My brother is hurt, he cannot move." They showed me the small child, he turned into a slightly older demon. "Please, carry Tobias."

"Okay, then huddle close." I scooped Tobias up, cradling him close. It was like holding Eli again. When we emerged, Kalego was holding the feral demons back. I set the boy on the ground far enough away from the flames.

"Stay." I turned to the feral demons. That was the final straw for me. "How dare you all." The demons staggered back as I stepped forward. "Innocent people do not deserve this." The fight had stopped in this area as I spoke. "Disgraceful." I took hold of their bodies, squishing them down to the ground. It was like a game of cannonball but with people.

A demon from behind grew closer. "Viola!" Kalego shouted as I trapped that demon and turned on him.

"You, start putting out fires or I will kill you where you stand." He stiffened and gave a ridged nod. I released him and he ran to the well, grabbing a bucket. He listened. Did he fear me or was this some power I did not understand? There was only one way to find out.

"Same for all of you, put out the fires. Now!"

I released them, and they scurried around finding deep bowls and buckets. It had worked, the three Kalego had been fending off left him to follow the same order, it was not even directed towards them.

"Find Shichiro and help others out of tight spots, I will try to get these demons under control."

"How long have you be able to do this?"

"I don't know, we can talk later." I ran back to the children.

"You saved us."

"It was nothing. If they disobey or try to hurt you, again. Scream and I will come back to correct them." They nodded. I looked over Tobias' leg. The gash was deep, I held a hand over the wound humming a soothing tone. The blood cleared and the wound closed. "Be good."

I moved around, pulling demons off on another, giving the feral ones commands. The fires were slowly put out with the able adults and feral demons. The wounded brought to a building not yet burned, while the villagers tended to them. The feral demons stood before me, shaking rigorously.

They were in an evil cycle, not likely to remember anything when they woke up. I could not stay here all night in hopes they would come to. I waved them closer, and they listened. It was odd, you have no control or listen to the words of others under an evil cycle, but here I was controlling them. I reached a hand out to the closet one.

A spark trickled up my arm, the eyes of the demon cleared, and he dropped to the ground falling asleep. I felt the frustration, the hunger. I touched the next, the same feeling ran through me. A tear threatened my eye. They grew closer, wishing for me to do the same to them.

I made a trail of bodies, and as I looked over the sleeping demons, I seen something else. Little black gems were on the ground. I picked one up, it had a strange vengeful energy. It curled around my arm, the energy absorbed into me, and the gem turned clear. What was this? I flipped it over in my hand, just a regular gem.

I stole a small bag from a demon, leaving his coins in his pocket. I forged the basic bag into a magic concealment bag. Levitating other gems, I put them into the bag; including the clear one. I wasn't going to risk touching anymore of them, who knew what it would do to me.

"What are we going to do with them?" I looked up to Kalego.

"I am not sure." I levitated to a gem. "I think this is what caused their evil cycles, each one had one. This many demons at once seems strange to me, is it common beyond where we reside?"

"It is not unheard of, but it is usually in war. Demons will trigger an evil cycle to fight. You become stronger but more out of control. A risky state to be in. Shichiro is trying to heal who he can, we could use your help if you are done here."

"Yes, of course. Um, something else weird happened. When I touched them, the evil cycle stopped, and then the gem came off. When I picked one up, the magic inside transferred to me. It did not affect me, more like it neutralized the gem." I showed him the clear one.

"For now, put them in the bag, and we will deal with them later."

I nodded, collecting the last one. I played my violin, helping to heal those around me. My phone vibrated in my pocket a few times; ignoring it while I finished up. Kalego came up to me holding a phone. Damn, them.

"It's Lord Sullivan, I told him what happened." Maybe he will go easy on me.

I took the phone, putting on my happy tone. "Grandpa, how are you?"

"I should be asking you that. My dear precious granddaughter won't take my phone calls anymore."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't even know, I was helping heal the people in this town or village."

"Are you hurt?"

"Not even a scratch. Um, did Opera make enough food? This was supposed to be our stop to eat and rest but things kind of happened. Not me, um we fixed it and helped the people here."

"I can have him do that now."

"Oh, great. I appreciate it. Did my dresses arrive?"

"They have, they were put in your room. What happened at the small town?"

"I can come back and tell you when the food is done. It's a lot and probably not the best thing to talk about over the phone. I do have to go, as we are finishing up here. I love you, text or call me when the food is done."

He was crying. "Okay but do call me from time to time. It's like I never see you anymore and your growing so fast."

"I will see you in a little, I promise." I made a kiss noise over the phone and hung up. I turned back to Kalego, his eyebrow was raised.

"What was that?"

"Just a loving granddaughter expressing her feelings. Food is being made right now. Shichiro, how many are left?"

"Not everyone is accounted for biased on the keeper of the town. He thinks they were either kidnapped or under rubble. There were many casualties, and the odds will be they are as well."

My face fell. "I see."

Kalego placed a hand on my shoulder. "It would have been worse if you had not shown up at all. Think of all the children you saved from a burning building. They would be gone. I was wrong to doubt your ability to handle a situation like this."

"Thanks, why would they hurdle all the kids like that? It just… evil cycles are so awful."

"That was an orphanage, this is a remote town. If a parent passes due to war or a demon cannot take care of the child, they drop them here. It is sad, but eventually they age out and become a part of the town. It has grown substantially in the latest years since the building was built."

"That's cool, why do you know so much about it?"

"My brother built it, and we have taken in students at Babyls who showed great promise. Not all of them make it, and I must be the deciding factor if they can attend or not."

"That's… amazing. Sorry, I'm a little lost for words. It is great work in giving second chances to those less privileged."

I spent time looking around the town for those who were not yet found. We managed to save one, but the rest had either parsed or were gone. Opera sent a text that food was done, and I teleported back to pick everything up. I was not expecting a crate of food. There was no way I or even the three of us would be able to eat this much. Could it be for them?

"Is this for the town?"

Grandpa nodded, then he ran up hugging me and swinging me around. "My granddaughter is already helping the world. This is the least I can do to contribute to your efforts."

"I had help, Kalego and Shichiro."

"From what I was told, you did most of it. Now what could you not tell me over the phone." I told him everything that happened, showed him the gems, and how they reacted to me. "This is dangerous; indeed, I am glad you came out unharmed."

"What I did only worked on the demons in evil cycles. Those of a normal state of mind paid me no attention."

"Keep this hush until it is brought up. You were in a small town, so word should not travel to quickly."

"Why, what's wrong with me?"

"There is nothing wrong with you, but a power where you can control demons in evil cycles will attract a lot of attention. Some of it unwanted."

I pressed my lips. "What if they blame me for these?"

"You have witnesses to what you did. Do not worry your pretty little head over something like that." He rubbed the top of my head.

"Grandpa, if I can control demons in such a state, they will blame me if demons go into an evil cycle. Like I am trying to build an army or something ridiculous like that."

He chuckled. "I do not think they will go that far."

"If I can think it, then others can too."

"Take the food back and continue your journey to Narnia's castle."

I huffed a breath through my nose. "Okay. It just worries me, I do not want any more trouble." I teleported to the town and created space for the crate.

Last thing I wanted was to hurt someone over some food. I stayed away from most of them, using the children I saved as my deliverers. Keeping my name quite. We ate and then left the village. Another detour would bring us from the expected arrival of just after lunch.