The Moonweaver Chronicles Part 12

"We are going with you." Vincent and Rin told us all in unison. We had gotten up a while ago and Vincent had cooked up strange looking dishes that we all tore into and enjoyed. I began choking from the joy, which made me realize that choking is pretty bad, regardless of the reason.

If Rin hadn't used some kind of strange technique involving hugging me from behind, I might have died. Then again, I seemed to be doing quite a bit of near dying. Taking a quick look at Rin, I realized that all of the runes and symbols on her body were glowing like normal again. If I was reading the link between her power and her boy correctly, that means her magical energy had returned to her.

"Thanks," I told her. "That would be wonderful. Would you mind leaving now? I am feeling rather energized." I wondered for a moment if this was insensitive. Surely there were people that she had to say...

"That works for me, Vincent and I discussed it and we don't really have any strong ties here, there are no goodbyes worth saying." Poor thing, Vincent must have been ostracised too for being a demon sympathizer, I had seen the same thing many times but it never got any less sad.

I began drawing a few magical circles in the air and eventually when I finished, a magical portal open, glowing teal. "Hey Vincent, can I get a closer look at that tool you used yesterday?" I asked him, he glanced at Rin and she nodded. "Thanks, just go ahead, I'll be right behind you."

Once they were all inside, I flicked it. The vibrations were intense, I couldn't bear it for longer than a few minutes without incurring serious damage. The wall around this place was just outside the house and I transferred the vibrations to it. The wall quickly exploded...

Whoops, who would have thought the sword was that strong, my portal would only last a few more minutes so I rushed through it. The sword had stopped vibrating the moment I hit the wall and I gave it to Vincent who seemed none the wiser about what I had just done.

Taking a look, I noticed this time we were in a place with trees covered in pink leaves. it was a forest of some sort but there was very little wildlife. Perhaps they had just been scared off by the advanced magic though, it was rather hard to be certain and it didn't really matter to me.

"I like this place." Vincent chimed, "Can we stay here a while?" I nodded, carrying five people through a portal was actually quite a bit of work and we weren't going to be able to leave this place cleanly for at least a while.

Not wanting to admit that we were staying partially because of my own weakness, I gave out orders out orders. "Rin and Mazurek, you two are in charge of foraging while Raptyr will find us a camp site. Vincent and I will go exploring. Raptyr shouldn't have any trouble escaping an encounter if he finds one but Rin, if you run into anything, release a pulse of your energy and a flare, we will rush to you as quickly as we can." Everyone seemed to understand and thus we split up.

"You destroyed the wall didn't you." Vincent asked while we walked.

"Yep." I answered plainly.

"You are far braver than I. I don't really care that they were jerks but they were always trying to kill aunt Rin, I was going to destroy the wall but I didn't really get much of a chance. So thanks I guess."

"The fire queen requests your presence." Two shadowy figures emerged from inside the trees. The one speaking was a wolf and the one accompanying it appeared more like a furry version of me. They had pitch black eyes and fur and wings emerging from their backs covered in black feathers.

The second one raised his finger slowly before it finally settled on pointing at me, "You will come with us." He told me. Suddenly, terror filled me. The first one wasn't as strong but this second one had a horrifying presence.

Vincent unsheathed his two pronged blade from his back and before I knew it, he was in front of me, stabbing it backwards into my chest. It passed so cleanly through that I didn't even feel it. "Dual melodies, Song of Courage and Song of Invigoration." I felt the vibrations from the blade resounding through my body and I felt like I was catching my second wind.

"My magic is called Technical Magic. Music, pottery, blacksmithing, anything that inspires or creates beauty." Vincent intoned, as he pointed his blade at them. "I don't know who you are, but you look like enemies. Turn around and run away, that is the only way you two will escape with your lives." I stand corrected, this kid... Rin's nephew... was quite terrifying in his own right.

I hadn't agreed to his proposal and I didn't trust these things, but I decided that it was probably better to honor this agreement which I had been dragged into so carelessly. I took a stance, prepared to rush them if they chose the unwise path.