Chapter 26 - The Ark Of Trouble

"Please no... I won't come here anymore..." pleaded the little girl, taking a bunch of steps away from the Time Mage.

"Come on, what are you waiting for?!"

Raiyen bit his lip. He clenched his fists so tightly that it drew blood.

"If you're having second thoughts, then we'll just take her by force!" yelled a man with a farmer's uniform.

"Glitch..." whispered the Time Mage, as his Elemental Aura switched from Time to Electric.

He sprinted towards the frightened Valkyrie. Mavislin squeezed her eyes shut, hoping that the human would miss.

"Reverse The Shift!" yelled Raiyen.

The man was almost able to cut her. But a flash of blue light blinded both the man and Mavislin, resulting in Raiyen holding onto the small girl once more. His face was twisted with disgust, his eyes held fury. He pulled the girl closer towards his chest.

"I won't let you hurt a child!" shouted Raiyen, setting the Valkyrie back down.

"You will burn!!" shouted the mob once more.

"Both of you will burn at the stake!"

"Traitor!"

The constant threats from humans with pitchforks caused Mavislin constant pain as she tried her best to hold back her tears. And anger. She quickly covered her ears and repeated a few lyrics of her childhood song to ease her mind.

"I soon will be in New Orleans... And then I'll look all 'round," sang the young Valkyrie, squeezing her eyes shut.

"Demon!"

"And when I'm dead and buried, Susanna don't you cry..." continued the small girl as she hid behind Raiyen.

"Quick! Kill her before she curses all of us!" yelled a human with a wooden stake.

"You are willing to kill a small child?!" yelled Raiyen with ferocity in his voice.

He held Mavislin tightly, cupping the girl's ears on top of her tiny hands.

"She's no child, brat! Let go of her, she's a demon!" shouted the villagers.

"No, she isn't!" retorted the Time Mage, hugging her even tighter.

"Come on! We were easily able to kill the previous one, this shouldn't be any problem!"

"Yea! Let's kill them both!"

"Burn them both! Traitor and demon!"

The villagers laid eyes on Abi's grave. Their faces twisted in disgust as they saw who was on the grave.

"Why is the witch buried here? She doesn't deserve a grave!"

"Nor any gifts!"

To the Mages' horror, the villagers began to destroy and vandalize the grave of Abigail. They kicked it, mocked it as well as tried to dig it up with their hands. But the breaking point came when they took hold of the blanket Mavislin had placed there. And tore it to shreds.

"A witch shouldn't have any gifts!"

"Don't worry. When we are done with the two of you, we'll make sure that you won't have any graves at all!"

The mob roared in energy as Raiyen felt a surge of anger within him. And a surge of power as well. But it wasn't his power.

"What's happening?!" yelled one of the villagers.

The Valkyrie snapped as both her Elemental Aura and Energy soared through the roof. Her eyes were once again shining gold, before closing them once more. She seemed to lose all control of her powers as her body began to glow luminously.

"The ones who would be burning, are you lot," she said as she flew out of the Time Mage's grasp and into the air.

Her body began to vibrate, her Aura blinding most of the mob. She then slumped in an almost doll-like manner, her back creating a hump. Two lumps formed on her back as her power continue to rise.

"Witch! Demon!" yelled the mob once more.

She sighed as the two lumps formed fully. During the whole, she had her eyes shut, but they flew open when her wings came out. Her eyes were blazing orange, changing from her bright and beautiful gold color.

Her wings sprouted, looming over the villagers. As she shook, it caused the wings to erupt into flames. Her wings were massive, blocking out most light from the sun as she hovered in front of the villagers. It was about twice her size. Raiyen's eyes widened as he realized she was no ordinary Mage.

As she flapped once, a huge shockwave pushed back the villagers. Her head tilted to the side as if she was no longer able to keep her sanity.

"Burn...Fire...Kill them..." chanted the Valkyrie as she reached and touched her wings.

"She's a demon!" shouted the villagers.

"Run!"

"Burn!" screamed the angered girl as she pulled out a feather from her wings.

"Ignis Pinnam Flagellum (Fire Feather Whip)!"

After saying out its name, the whip turned into a flowing stream of fire. As she twisted the flaming rope around, the slashes made in the air turns into flames shaped like a crescent moon.