Chapter 383 - The Ark Of Rina 'Rie' Vermillion

"I can choose my friends, I can choose my family. If they won't accept me, then others would have ME!"

"Just because I was tossed out doesn't mean that I give up. I move on and live. That's my goal. To keep my head high and win this battle! I am not weak anymore! I'll continue living and fighting because I won't be denied!"

Those were her driving force to continue on. Continue perfecting her skills and powers as a Mage. And she did not disappoint.

Rina 'Rie' Vermillion. The Flower Mage that the Arks fought. Also known as the Butterfly Girl, Rina was a Mage that used the Element of Flower and worked for the facility of the Research and Development Department.

She led a normal life as an infant. But things changed when she began sporting buŧŧerfly wings from her little back. She was amazed that she had those little wings. By the time she was ten, Rina has a fully grown set of buŧŧerfly wings.

With her odd wings, came a set of unique powers for the young child. When Rina was six, she found that she could dance around her garden with little petals appearing in the area where her feet previously stepped. It was a very faint trail of Elemental Energy but she thought it was nothing.

She then started touching small leaves with her little hands. Dried leaves became her favorite flower petals. Soon, she learned how to control those petals with her little hands. She was so happy when she mastered it. Using a random tree branch as a wand, she prepared to show it off.

"Why do you have such powers?! Where did you get that from?!" yelled her parents, when Rina showed that she could make a beautiful rose from nothing but dried leaves.

Her father grabbed the stick she had been holding and broke it in two. Rina felt her heart shattering when she witnessed her father doing such a betrayal.

"Why do you reject me? Am I not your daughter?" asked Rina, crying.

"I'm sorry, but we can't handle you now..."

"We've always been human, I don't know how to take care of a special child. If the villages found out about you, they will kill us as well."

The light and excitement died within Rina's eyes as she got rejected by her parents. Her world fell apart as she wandered around. How could her family treat her like this? Just because they wanted to save their skins... They tossed their child into the wild.

They kicked her out and abandoned her on the mountaintop. Where ice and snow ran rampant around those areas. Before she could freeze to death, a pair of gentle hands took hold of her crying cheeks and wiped away her tears.

"Tell me why a child so beautiful is crying so much?" asked the being who held her cheeks.

"Mama and Papa hate me, hate my wings... They chased me here. They left me to die..." sobbed Rina, hugging the being.

"I'm so cold... I can't feel anything... I'm so sad..."

The being was a Valkyrie, one of the Gladiators. Creator of the Element Of Flower. She had been on a mission to find and destroy any signs of the Husks coming out from this young planet. After walking around, she stumbled upon a dying little girl with beautiful buŧŧerfly wings.

"Well, I don't want you to die. Come now, I will get you warmth soon..." cooed the Valkyrie, extending her mȧturėd wings.

"Who are you? Why do you want to save me?" asked Rina, groggily.

"Because you are a maiden too beautiful to be frozen. A child who needs a loving embrace of a mother."

Rina's vision had blurred but she could make out that the woman's wings were far bigger than hers. The Valkyrie gently scooped her up and took flight. Despite the raging blizzard on the higher part of the mountain, the Valkyrie soared through it like it was nothing.

When they touched down, Rina finally felt warmth once more. The Valkyrie placed her down onto a green field. There were flowers all around and no signs of humans. Some woodland creatures roamed about, seeing that there was a forest nearby.

Her feet had been bȧrė and feeling the lush grasslands were way better than the rocky mountain top. She ran around in circles, giggling and laughing as she started chasing a few buŧŧerflies around the area. The Valkyrie smiled as she watched the young girl run freely.

All of a sudden, Rina stopped when she saw a bunch of flowers in front of her. Without thinking, she took a deep breath in and held out her hands.. The Valkyrie was on high alert as she sensed a fluctuation of Elemental Energy.