0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to the 7th chapter of The Silver Valkyrie! I do not own Black Clover, nor its characters, nor the OCs that are mentioned/used in this chapter. The OCs are owned by Warmachine375. Chapter start!^^
Chapter 7
The next morning Acier got up early to make breakfast for herself, Fana, and Mars, despite the maids and servants being at the house and doing their daily work duties. She told a maid to watch the pans while she went to go wake up Fana and Mars, who compiled. Acier reached the room next to Solid's and knocked 3 times. Acier heard a "come in" from the inside, which she then opened the door to see Fana and Mars sitting on the bed. They were fully dressed, but not in their Diamond Kingdom clothes. No, instead they were wearing casual clothes. In Mars's case, a light blue t-shirt and navy blue pants, along with sneakers. For Fana, a pink t-shirt, yellow pants, and sneakers as well. The both of them just finished tying them before they looked up at the matriarch of the House of SIlva.
"Oh! Lady Acier." Fana curtsied. Acier laughed at the gesture.
"Thank you Fana, but you don't need to be so polite." Acier told the pinkette. Fana felt her cheeks turn red.
"S-Sorry." Fana apologized. "I'm just so used to it. Cause you know...former Diamond Mage and all."
"I understand." Acier nodded. "It's just a force of habit." She paused, then added. "Come on. I've made us all breakfast."
"Alright." Fana nodded as she stood up from the bed. Mars did the same and the 2 followed Acier downstairs and into the kitchen. Aside from the maids, it was just the 3 up. Just as Fana and Mars sat down, Acier came over to the kitchen table with 3 plates and set each one at hers, Mars, and Fana's table places before she eventually sat down and began to eat. After a minute or two, Acier set her fork down and frowned sympathetically at Fana and Mars.
"Nervous?" She asked the 2. Fana and Mars flinched, then nodded.
"Yeah." They both replied.
"Understandable." Acier nodded. She mentally noted to write a note for Nozel to give out missions to any of the squad members while she was gone. "However, I do not want you 2 to go to this meeting on an empty stomach. It is not healthy, especially considering how much stress and pressure you 2 are/going to be under within a couple hours."
"Right….." Fana spoke softly.
"Well, we better eat." Mars told Fana. Fana turned to Mars and nodded in agreement.
After the 3 finished eating breakfast, the 3 left the house (after Acier left a note for Nozel on the kitchen table whenever he woke up explaining that he was to be Captain for the day. And if anything should happen at the house to let her know as soon as possible.), Acier led Mars and Fana into the Royal Capital. Fana and Mars were amazed at the size. The 3 chatted about the Clover Royal Capital's size compared to the Diamond Kingdom's, among a few other topics. For example, what spells they each had, etc. As they reached the meeting building, Acier stopped and turned to face them.
"As you 2 are probably aware, the other Magic Knight Squad Captains may or may not approve of you 2 being here." Acier told them. "But, know that even if the citizens of Clover do not accept you, I accept you. So if you 2 need anything, please don't hesitate to come to House Silva." Fana and Mars opened their mouths in shock/surprise at how kind the matriarch of House Silva was.
"We-" Mars began, only to be interrupted by Fana hugging Acier.
"Really appreciate your kindness and hospitality." Fana finished for Mars. Acier smiled and hugged the pinkette back.
"I'm glad." Acier replied before letting Fana go. "But you should really thank Noelle and Asta. It was them that convinced Solid and Courtney to allow it." She laughs. "Because they know what I'd do if I was on that dungeon mission." She turned around to face the double doors of the building. "Kindness really does go a long way." She then opened the doors to see the other 8 Magic Knight Captains in the room, as well as Julius and Marx. 3 of the Captains, Jack of the Green Mantis squad, Yami Sukehiro of the Black Bulls, and Fuegoleon Vermillion of the Crimson Lions, were talking/arguing. Well, moreso Yami and Jack. Fuegoleon was trying to get them to stop, but to no avail. Dorothy of the Coral Peacocks just...continued to sleep. Rill of the Aqua (Azure) Deer was trying to help Fuegoleon with getting Jack and Yami to stop, but it wasn't helping. Guildre of the Purple Orcas remained quiet, as did William of the Golden Dawn. Charlotte of the Blue Rose Knights just sighed at Jack and Yami's arguing.
"Honestly…...men." Charlotte groaned.
"I've brought Fana and Mars like you requested sir." Acier spoke up as she went to her seat. Fana and Mars on either of her. The other Captains (minus Dorothy), stopped talking and turned to Acier, Fana, and Mars, then to the Wizard King.
"Wonderful." Julius spoke as he stood up. "Now that Fana and Mars are here, we can discuss what to do with them."
"I say we throw them into the dungeons." Guildre spoke. "They are from an enemy kingdom after all."
"Kek kek! I'd rather have fun fighting them first!" Jack remarked.
"Humph. If Acier believes they deserve a chance, then I say we give it to them." Yami replied nonchalantly."
"I agree." Fuegoleon nodded. "Even if they are from Diamond, they have done no harm to us."
"But how do we know that they are trustworthy?" Rill wondered.
"That's why this meeting is taking place." Julius spoke. "If these 2 are truly serious about defecting from Diamond, then they should tell us what is going on Diamond. Specifically, the Eight Shining Generals." Fana and Mars visibly flinched at the mention of the Eight Shining Generals. Julius took notice of their hesitation and smiled lightly. "Take your time." Fana and Mars looked at each other as if silently talking to each other. The other 8 Magic Knight Captains waited for Fana and Mars to reveal some information. Or in Dorothy's case, just sleep. Eventually, Fana and Mars turned to face Julius.
"Well, we do know some information." Fana began.
"But it may or may not be that helpful." Mars added.
"I'll be the judge of that." Julius reassured them.
"Alright." Fana took a breath, then continued. "Before we were initiated to become Shining Generals of Diamond, there were 2 before us. I'm sure you're familiar with Evanora Chandler and Anna Dreyfus, right?" At the mention of those 2 names, Dorothy instantly awoke and felt shivers go down her spine. Jack and Yami on the other hand, had intrigued expressions on their faces.
"Ah yes! I remember Anna!" Jack grinned. "She was quite fun to fight!"
"Anyone is fun to fight for you." Charlotte sweatdropped.
"Evanora…." Dorothy shivered.
"Oh looks who's awake!" Yami chuckled. "What? Don't like the name Evanora?"
"It's not just that." Dorothy spoke. "It's her magic attribute that terrifies me.." At the mention of magic attributes, Julius's eyes became all starry, much to Marx's irritation.
"Here we go again….." Marx groaned.
"Whatmagicattributedothose2have?! Tellmepleasepleaseplease!" Julius begged so ecstatically that he sounded like a child begging for a cookie.
"Sir!" Marx snapped. But it was too late. Julius had already leapt over the table to reach Mars and Fana.
"It must be so cool!" Julius continued to gush.
"Umm… Evanora uses Acid Magic and Anna uses Breaker Magic…" Fana spoke softly in response to Julius's enthusiasm. Yami and Jack glanced at each other before grinning.
"Now I remember her." Yami spoke as he took his cigar out of his mouth. "She went all batshit crazy after I severely injured Lotus, who apparently is married to that witch. She got so angry that she nearly deteriorated my right arm off." He chuckled. "Man, Owen was not too thrilled. But he patched me up regardless."
"Yes." Mars nodded. "And knowing the Diamond King, he will want 3 of the 8 Shining Generals to attack Kiten. The bordering town between Clover and Diamond. I say the best course of action is to get a Magic Knight Squad down there to defend it from the oncoming attack."
"Do you 2 know when?" Charlotte asked. Fana glanced at Charlotte and shook her head.
"No." Fana replied. "But you'll know it when you see it."
"I'll go with my squad." Guildre spoke up. "If that's alright with you sir." Julius nodded in approval.
"I agree. Now then-" Before Julius could finish, they all heard an explosion outside, as well as terrified screaming from the citizens.
"What was that?!" Rill questioned.
"An attack on the Royal Capital?" Fuegoleon gaped.
But how?! That should be impossible! Fuegoleon thought.
"If that's the case, we should head out there and safeguard the people!" Acier commanded. "Fana, Mars, you're with me!"
"Yes ma'am!" Both Fana and Mars complied.
"It's best that we split up!" Fuegoleon remarked. "It'll allow us to cover more ground that way."
"Right!" Dorothy agreed as she strided out of the room; following the other Captains out of the meeting room, leaving Marx and Julius behind.
In the Diamond Kingdom's conference room, 8 figures stood around a massive table-like map of the world. Near the front of the table was a grey-haired man with yellow eyes and wearing the military Diamond Kingdom uniform, in addition to a black fur coat. To his right stood a dark purple-eyed, short brown-haired, and wearing a witches hat, and a long-sleeved red dress, in addition to the same black fur coat. And to the first figure's left stood a brown-skinned, curvaceous, red-eyed, and medium length black hair. As well as wearing lady gloves and regal red dress, and a black fur coat.
"So what's the plan Ragus?" The red-eyed woman asked. The grey-haired man, Ragus, turned to the red-eyed woman.
"According to our world map here, it seems an attack is being launched on the Royal Capital of Clover, Anna." Ragus replied. The red-eyed woman, Anna smiled.
"It is a shame though." The witch to Ragus's right replied. "Fana and Mars defecting from Diamond, I mean."
"Since they defected, that means I won't get in trouble if I kill them!" Another red-eyed and blonde-haired male retorted. "Isn't that right?" A tall young man with a lean muscular figure, dark skin, and well-defined muscle tone. He has short, black hair with a crew cut hairstyle. He has a pair of black eyes along with red irises and has trimmed eyebrows glanced over at the blonde and put a hand to his chin.
"Honestly, I wonder why they defected in the first place, Ladros, Evanora." He remarked. The witch general, Evanora glanced at him.
"Maybe because of what Morris has been doing Andreas?" Evanora replied. Andreas shrugged, then glanced over to the other side of the table, where a tall young man taller than Mars but shorter than Ladros and Andreas with an obese figure, fluffy hair, pale skin, along with having a pair of brown eyes who unfortunately…...was eating in the middle of the meeting.
"Tantalus." Andreas spoke towards the fat young adult. Unfortunately, he did not answer, causing the other 7 Shining Generals (including Broccos; the burly man with an afro that connected to his beard and eyebrows and had yellow gems in his forehead), to sweatdrop.
"Tantalus!" Ragus snapped. "Focus on the meeting for God's sake!" Tantalus stopped eating and looked up at the other Shining Generals.
"What?" He asked. "I'm just eating. As for Fana and Mars defecting, I could care less. But if his majesty orders us to kill the defectors, then I will." Ragus nodded, while Ladros pouted/complained.
"Aww come on Ragus!" Ladros pouted. "It is legal to kill them now. Shouldn't we take advantage of that?"
"No." Ragus replied.
"Mwha! So when do we leave?" The old man on the other side of the table questioned.
"Now is the perfect time to strike." Ragus retorted. "Yagos, Broccos, you're with me." The old man, Yagos, and Broccos, grinned in satisfaction.
"Alright!" Broccos smiled.
"That'll be fun!" Yagos agreed. "Time to prepare the armies!" Ragus, Broccos, and Yagos then walked out of the door before the other 5 Shining Generals could say anything.
Within the Clover Kingdom's Royal Capital, several citizens were screaming in terror and running away from what appeared to be zombies. Fires ablazed throughout. On top of that, several black cloaked figures (Dark Disciples), mingled with the zombie-like creatures and fired magical bullets on the fleeing citizens, killing any that they managed to hit.
"Hahaha!" A Dark Disciple laughed. "That's right you weaklings! Run! Hahahaha!" The citizens continued to scream and run, but they stopped upon seeing the Captains appearing in each of the locations throughout.
"The Magic Knight Captains!" The alive citizens cheered. Some of the other Magic Knights (like Mimosa, Klaus, Yuno, Nozel, Nebra, and Solid, from Golden Dawn and Silver Eagles respectively) appeared to aid in the battle.
"Figured Mother would need help." Nozel replied. "Now let's stop this invasion now!"
"Right!" Nebra and Solid replied as they began to attack the Dark Disciples and the zombies. While there attacks took out the zombies no problem, the Dark Disciples were another story.
"What?!" Klaus gaped. "We can take out the zombies just fine! But these guys….! They have evil mana! Be careful!"
"Right sir!" Mimosa replied. "I'll heal any of the injured.
"Why bother?" A Dark Disciple mocked Klaus. "With our Devil Power ranging from 10-35%, there's no way some Magic Knights like yourselves can overcome us!"
"Won't know until we try!" Klaus shot back. "Yuno!"
"Right!" Yuno added. "Wind Magic: Crescent Moon Sickle!" He unleashed several crescent moon wind slashes at the Dark Disciples. Unfortunately, all it did was knock them back. Another Dark Disciple began to mock Yuno.
"Please! Is that all you got?" She smirked. "Here hun, let me show you how a real mage handles magic!"
"Go ahead and try." Yuno retorted nonchalantly as he unleashed more of his magic on the zombies and the Dark Disciples.
Within the Northern District of the Royal Capital, a bunch of zombies approached a little girl that curled herself up into a ball in order to defend herself. Tears falling from her eyes as Rades stared at her with a dark smile.
"You Clover citizens will all die as part of my revenge for tarnishing me!" Rades snarled. "Starting with you first!" The little girl cried out as the zombies continued towards her.
"Someone! Anyone! Help me!" The little girl screamed. Rades just laughed at her pleas.
"No one is coming to save you little girl! So just accept death and become one of my playthings!" Rades sneered. Just as the zombies were about to grab her, a whirlwind of flames burned them to ash.
"Flame Magic: Phoenix Whirlwind." Rades opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. The little girl opened her eyes slowly and gaped upon seeing a pink-haired girl with light blue eyes, and her grimoire out and glowing a crimson color.
"A Magic Knight!" The little girl beamed.
"Huh?" Rades wondered aloud before turning slightly so he could see who the little girl was talking about. "And who the hell are you?!" Fana stood where she was, an expression filled with anger, but not at the little girl, but at Rades.
"I won't someone like you hurt whoever you want, whenever you want!" Fana retorted, the wind of the flames made her clothes and hair wave.
0713MM: And that does it for Chapter 7! I introduced the OC Shining Generals in this chapter, as well get the Magic Knights Captain meeting regarding what to do with Mars and Fana done, in addition to get the 2 attacks prepared/launched. The attacks on the Royal Capital and Kiten will be happening simultaneously, but I will be swapping between the 2. So Chapter 8 will be the start of Ragus, Broccos, and Yagos attacking Kiten, then Chapter 9 is back to the Royal Capital attack, and so on. Until both attacks are done.
