A flash of black followed
the swarm in causing Elise to blink hard and focused on the black mass. At
first she thought the fog had come back to aid Paul, but as the figure took
form she realized it was not the dangerous mist, but a demonic looking humanoid
that was fighting Paul, not helping him.
It took Elise only a
moment to realize who the humanoid was, it was someone who had been by her side
constantly, but she had only seen his true form once. It was Roark.
The swarm dispersed as Roark picked up the
fight. Elise couldn’t help but flinch every time Paul landed a hard blow to
Roark’s body. She knew her familiar could handle a lot, but worried the cursed
Paul might be more than Roark had signed up for.
Her fingers twitched as
her mind turned to sunlight. She knew her brain wouldn’t be able to form the
words as quickly as she needed to cast spells, so she turned to pictures.
A blazing sun for light.
The townsfolk for courage. Cage for hunting prey. Roark for chivalry. A heart
for love.
Her hands thrust forward
as light streamed from her fingers once again, hitting Paul and knocking him
off balance. He stumbled backwards, before opening his mouth in a cry that
released the black mass again.
Elise fought back her own
cry as the black mass swallowed Roark in its fog. She trained all her light,
energy, and magic on the mass, hoping to keep Roark from being swallowed whole.
Her heart just about jumped out of her chest from joy as she watched Ernest
pull Dorothea from the black mass as they escaped through one of the holes her
white magic was causing.
Rosemary hurried toward
them, helping them to distance themselves from the black fog. Elise stepped
closer to the mass and pushed her magic harder hoping to form a big enough hole
for Roark to find his way out as well.
She saw Paul out of the
corner of her eye as he started toward her in a run. Keeping her light trained
on the black mass she braced herself for impact, hoping Roark could escape
before Paul barreled into her.
Elise felt a presence to
her side and realized the townspeople had once again lined up, this time to
build a human wall between her and Paul.
“She has to keep that
light going or we’ll all die,” yelled Ms. Welch. “Protect our witch!”
“No,” she screamed to the
people, feeling the determination surrounding her as well as their love. “He’ll
kill you!”
Elise felt her head
spinning, waiting for Paul to pummel into the people she had grown to love,
whether she would allow herself to admit it or not. Another flash of color
seemed to envelope Paul and Elise realized it was Cage.
A bit of relief for the
town’s people flooded her and she turned all her attention to the mass.
“This
is a town of love and light. Together we will stand and fight. Be gone I say,
for the last time. Be gone I say, for your crimes. I banish you to the pits of
hell, and there forever you will dwell.”
A brilliant light blazed
across the skies like a shooting star in the middle of the day. It landed on
the mass and exploded, knocking Elise and everyone else off their feet.
Elise rolled over and
shielded her eyes, just in time to see a giant black spider crawl away from the
light right before the back mass seemed to be vacuumed into the unknown.
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