Canus then said "Sis you're a genius!"
Marika looked at him 'Well that's because my brain doesn't revolve around fighting only. Maybe you should open a book once in a while.'
The king and Cinis had to keep in there laugh.
The nanny stood up, 'Thank you so much for everything. I'll go start on sorting and cleaning the things I'll be taking.'
'If there's anything you need let me know and I'll arrange it for you.'
She nodded and hugged Marika.
'Lucy be a good girl, nanny has to go home now.'
'bye, bye, na na.'
And she waved at her.
The King also stood up and told the servant to fallow him and they also left the room.
Canus and Cinis told Marika to rest up for a bit. Because she looked exhausted.
Marika nodded.
After they left Marika landed her head on Kevin's lap. 'I'm so tired.'
"Sis I hate to nag you but let me fist get you a blanked."
Marika lifted her head. 'Alright, but hurry I want to sleep.'
"Get up sis, if you want to sleep then sleep in your bed"
'Yes brother.'Marika yawn and dragged herself to the bedroom.
She lay down and Kevin covered her up and set next to her.
"Sis when will your awakening happen?"
'If they finished the medicine by tomorrow afternoon then we could hold it tomorrow, if not then the day after.'
'But that leaves only one day between the awakening an the meeting.'
"Don't worry sister, before I left they were almost done, if the work throughout the night they said it would be finished by tomorrow morning."
'That would be nice but Luca can't work through the night since his job will be demanding and he needs all the rest he can get.'
After that sentence she fell asleep. Kevin called for Luca. "How far are you, because sister told me you can't work through the night. You needed to rest up."
"Well that won't be a problem, we just finished making it. We will be leaving in an hour."Luca told Kevin.
"By the way where is she?"
Kevin showed Luca a sleeping 16 year old Marika.
"What!! She aged by 13 years in one night?"
Ssstt, keep your voice down."
"A sorry, just let her sleep, because not only me but she will also need it, it will be very though on her physically and mentally."
"Take good care of her little brother see you in a bit."
Kevin ended the call and he also closed his eyes for a bit.
After an hour Marika woke up from her nap.
'Kevin are you awake?'
"I'm awake, what's wrong?"
'We need to go to your brother, he is falling apart.'
Marika first check his bed room but he wasn't there. So they went to Cinis study but he wasn't there either.
'He is such a handful, let's go to the training area.'
When they arrived, the saw him sparring with multiple soldiers. Marika saw her brother moves were unusual like he was blindingly strike at his opponents. This made Marika in turn irritated.
She told Kevin to upend his guard and knock his brother out if it needed to be done. She gave Kevin a tranquilizer she always carries around in case of an emergency.
Just as Dante wanted to strike at a soldier, Marika pull the soldier away and block Dante's strike with ease.
She ordered the soldiers to move far away from the area, it was fine if they wanted to watch but had to do so from a safe distance because she can't have any hindrance while she would take care of this.
The soldiers all move away from them and moved to were Kevin was standing.
One of the soldiers asked Kevin "Will she be alright?"
"My sisters is on the same level as the Moon King, so someone like him would be no problem for her."
"But his sword style is so unusual…"
"That's because she trained him, even if he created a few new strikes, all new strikes are created on the basic's from what he is thought. My sister is a master of her body and a master of her sword."
Then the captain arrived and heard what Kevin just said.
"This little one is right, all strikes and defense moves derives from basic movements. You have been thought well boy."
Kevin pointed at Marika "That's because she is my teacher."
I was already curious because of that young man's sword style because I saw it yesterday. Now I can witness the full version of her sword style.
Kevin looked at the Captain "I'm sorry to crush your dreams here, but what you will witness will be the basic only and probably maybe a fraction of the full style."
"If my memory serves me correctly there was only one time she went all out, that was the sparring match with the Moon King and even in that sparring match she used basic move's and only one or two advanced move's."
"I know the reputation of the Moon King sword skill, it unrivaled to anybody."
"That's not true, the only one who can rival me is her." A sudden voice said.
Kevin bowed to Richard, "Master you have arrived."
Richard nodded, "So what's going on?"
"You see brother Dante had a chat with Blood King earlier and I guess the thing he was told were devastating to him, sister woke up from her nap because his emotions were spiraling out of control. And because she was worried we went looking for him and she got upset with him because of the way he was sparring with the soldiers."
Genus also came over, "It should be fine, she is in full control."
Canus also came over and brought the rest over to the training area.
"Ohh sister is Dante's opponent? This will be over in a minute or two."
"He doc can I spar with her after she is done with Dante?"
Richard then said "You have to wait your turn, I was thinking of sparring with her first."
"Like hell you are!, do you want her to get unstable again?"
"Then you keep an eye on her during our match." Richard said.
"Honestly you two really are the same. Fine but you better stop when I say so."
Richard nodded.
Marika looked at Dante with an angry look, 'I'm really ashamed of you right now. Look at yourself, this is not what I taught you is it.'
"What does it matter….I lost everything, my home, my parent even a part of my own life."
Marika smirked at Dante, 'And you think you're the only one here who has lost their home, there parent's, hell I even lost a sibling. But do you thing you and I are that different in this regard?'
'The only different between you and me is I know what hell is like and you don't .'
Marika already noticed that her brother she knew wasn't talking to her, but his rage. There was currently nothing she could do to calm him down.
Dante started to attack her, but she swung her sword ones and knocked one sword out of his hand.
But Dante didn't stop there. He attacked her again, Marika evaded his attack and struck Dante with the blunt side if the sword and knocked him out. The time it took was 2 to 3 minutes.
Marika crouched down to Dante and stroke his hair. 'You really are a handful brother.' She smiled softly.
Luca and Azurite came over to pick up Dante.
'Brother? Azu?, when did your guys came?'
"We finished the pills, so we can start tomorrow with you awakening."
Marika nodded.
"I'll carry him back and stay with him, he should have a headache and neck pain when he wakes up."
'As he should, I really need to scold him when he is awake. Let me know when he is awake.'
"Will do sister."
'Ahh this suck…Now I want to exercise my sword skill but I can't, argg this is so annoying….
"Then let's spar for a bit."
Marika looked up and saw Richard standing with a sword in his hand.
'But am I allowed?'
Richard pointed at Genus, "He said it was oké, but if your health would be affected we have to stop."
Marika smiled and nodded 'Fair enough.'
Marika and Richard were taking their places.
'You know the rules.'
"Take it serious and fight with your all." Richard smiled.
Marika nodded.
As Richard an Marika were sparring the captain asked Kevin "Is she still using basic movement's?"
Kevin nodded.
"She truly is a master of her body and sword, her moves are fluent and clean, there is no hesitation and she even reading her opponent at lighting speed."
Kevin noticed her foot work and said to the captain "Watch closely now, she is gonging to end it now."
Richard swung his sword horizontal, but Marika ducked away, he knew what she was up to and quickly changed it to strike at her but Marika used one sword to block his strike and she held the other under his chin.
Then they stopped their match because Marika had won.
'Not bad, you even knew what I was up to.'
"That's because I learned from the first time."
Canus came running up to them "Sister spar with me for a bit please??"
Richard looked at Genus and he nodded it was oké.
"Hope you can surpass your older brother's time this time" Richard said to Canus.
Canus flinched at his words.
"Well I should be able to since I sparred with Dante already."
Canus then asked Richard in a whisper "What was my brother sparring time with her last time?"
"30 minutes. Well good luck."
Marika and Canus started there sparring match, the both looked like they enjoyed it very much.
Over the course of the match Marika expression started to change slightly, she tensed up quite a bit.
Genus saw this happening and knew exactly what was going on, but not only Genus noticed, Richard also noticed.
"Mari end your match now!"
Marika flinched and she did with two strikes she ended her match and dropped her swords and ran out as fast as she could.
She did promised Genus that if she see, hear or smell a doctor she would run away.
The only problem was she didn't know from which direction the were coming from.
Kevin then gave Richard the sedative Marika gave him earlier. "Just in case. Now go after her."
Richard nodded.
He also ran out of the training area and try to catch up with Marika.
Genus asked Kevin "What did you give him?"
"It is a sedative sister gave me earlier just in case Dante would go berserk it would be hard to hold him down. Especially for sister because she can't go all out on him."
"Uhm well it's her own sedative so it should be very portend. But why does he need it? He should be able to stop her on his own."
"Well she just ran off, she doesn't know where they coming from so it would be hard to go in to the opposite direction if she doesn't know. For all we know she will run in to them. And we know she will freeze on the spot once they are to close, so to prevent an attack or lessen the damage a sedative would be more sufficient don't you thing?"
"I guess so, If this awakening is done we have less to worry about her being unstable again. But we still have a long way to go to cure her problem."
Canus came over to Kevin and Genus "Did she run away because there was a doctor nearby?"
The both nodded.
"To prevent her stable body to become unstable I told her to run if she sensed one." Genus said.
"Kevin did you by chance kept the time of our sparring match?"
"25 minutes."
"arg… I was so close to surpass my brothers time… I'm going to murder that doctor myself for interrupting my match."
Canus left the training area.
Marika was still running and ran past the temple a guard she met earlier saw her. She then ran straight up the mountain. Once she reached the top she finally came to a stop.
She didn't know how far she had ran but there were no presences of a doctor around.
She then looked around and saw a small shrine and a grave stone. There was a name writhe on the stone so she walked up closer to look at the name that was written on it.
'Magna Ater, so this is where you are resting.' She then looked around and found the few stunning.
She could see the castle and all the districts, and beyond that she saw a few small villages.
She then set down next to the Magna's grave 'You have such a nice view of the land. Although I don't have anything to offer you, I can offer you a song.
Richard had reached the Temple and asked the guard if they had seen a 16 year old girl pass by?
"Yeh I saw her, she ran up the mountain" he pointed at the mount Marika had ran to.
"Is there anything special about that mountain?" Richard asked the guard.
"No not really."
"Not really?"
"Well it used to be a secret mountain but the Templar's have abandoned it for a long time now."
"I see, so there shouldn't be a problem for her or me getting up there?"
The guard nodded.
"Thank you for showing me the way."
And Richard start heading up the mountain.
To those how have left this word, looking down on us from above.
We are there children, living in the world they left behind.
We honor our kindred spirits, the memories are past down.
To guide those who are living, and feel lost to time.
We are the beloved children of our ancestors.
After Marika was done with her song, Magna appeared before her.
"You are a very kind and warm girl."
'You think so?'
Marika look dejected in the distance.
'But would a kind person hurt people or kill people?'
"Well did you kill or hurt them without a reason?"
'No.'
"Isn't it inevitable to hurt somebody who is hurting you, or kill somebody who wants to kill you? You may think it's an act of cruelty, but isn't trying to stay alive not a right that is given to people when they are alive? "
Marika had a sad smile on her face 'That's true, but once you hurt someone or killed someone can you still say that persons kind?'
"Well I think you a kind girl, you protect the weak and teach them how to defend and survive. You help those who are in need but not asking anything in return. You sang a song for a person who's grave has been forgotten. How can that not be kindness?"
"When are planning on doing your awaking?"
'Tomorrow, everything is ready and has arrived. But can the temple even hold an full grown dragon inside?'
"The temple is build out of magic stones and the walls and roof can expand, so that should not be a problem."
'Now that is left is those whiny Templar's, they will probably throw a fit when we go there. They are so annoying.'
"The Azure Dragon King will be here soon. I'll be leaving for now, and see you at the temple tomorrow."
'Thank you for listen to a child's worries.' And Marika smile.
"Who were you talking to?" Richard asked.
'Magna.'
"Uhm the one who passed away when he awakened his 8th staged."
Marika nodded.
'Well he is of black and Azure decent so, that makes him our ancestor too since we bother are Azure decent too.'
'I sang a song for him to offer my respect's, and asked him to watch over me when I awaken my 8th stage.'
'But I really need to nag King Cillus about Magna's gave, it's completely neglected.'
Richard gave Marika a kiss "You really are a kind and warm girl."
Marika looked in the distance 'Ahha it's so nice and peaceful up here I don't want to go back yet.'
"Well you still have to scolded Dante and after that nag King Cillus."
'After this is over, I have still that trashy vampire to deal with.'
"Do you regret being here in this world?"
Marika smiled 'Not one bit, even though there are times that I have to deal with tire some people, it's fun, my new life isn't boring at all.'
"That's great to hear" Richard hugged her "Because since the day you stepped in to my life I never have a dull moment."
"Let me offer something to Magna and then we go down the mountain."
Richard pulled a small dagger with a dragon in graved on the blade and placed it on the grave stone. They both bowed and then left the mountain.
[At the Palace of Ignis Kingdom]
Dante finally had woken up and saw the sealing of his room.
"Your awake' Luca said.
Dante looked at Luca. "Weren't you guys supposed to arrive tomorrow?"
"Well we finished earlier than expected."
"How do you feel? Do you have a headache or feel nauseous?"
"My neck hurts and have a headache that's all."
Luca gave Dante a pain killer and some water to swallowed it down easier.
"So what happen?"
Dante looked down but didn't say a word.
"Well it's fine if you don't want to talk about it, but you better spill the beans to our sister."
"Is she… is she mad at me?"
"Well not mad, but she is a bit disappointed. I'll just give you a heads up, she will give you a good scolding."
"Now I want to tell you have a rest, but the devil is already here."
Dante looked up and saw Marika standing in the door way.
"I'll leave you two to talk."
Luca left the room and closed the door.
Marika looked at him angrily and started to yell at him.
'What the hell are you thinking? I taught you my sword skill to defend yourself not to blindly strike at people. Tell me was it a stupid decision of me to teach you how to stand on your own two feet?'
"No sister" Dante said in a low voice.
Marika walked over to him and set down on the bed and hugged him.
Dante was surprised by her action.
'Am I such an unreliable sister?'
Dante grabbed on to Marika and started to cry.
"No sister."
'Than talk to me, ask me questions.'
"You were right, I am the son of the Grant Duck, I was born 6 months before the rebellion. But I got kidnapped when I was just a month old. The King showed me a picture of my parent's. My last name is the last name of my mother. But how is it possible to hid a child for 4 years and not ageing at all?"
'Well I told you to ask Richard to ask about the whereabouts of your parents. Because Canus told me that the King of the blood Kingdom and Richards father set up an assassination of you parent, but in reality it was Richards father who took them in.'
'As for your age… My theory is you either been put in staces or sealed away in a room where your time was stopped.'
"But why, why was I taken away?"
'Well that's easy, to keep your father in check. Even if the current King of the Blood Kingdom didn't start to retaliate against the former king then your father would have.'
'And the only one who would lose everything is Reinel Sanguis'
'So what are you going to do now?'
"I want to find my father, I want to meet him."
'Alright and after that?'
"I don't know, but I promise I'll talk to you when I know."
"Are you still disappointed in me… sister?"
'No…your my brother and we all make mistakes in life. So if you hit a wall or feel lost again find me I'll be your shelter, like how you have been my shelter.'
Dante cried for a bit more. And Marika just sit there hugged him and stroking his head. After he was done crying he apologized again to Marika and promised never to handle the sword like he did earlier.
'Get some rest, you should have a headache and neck pain.'
"Well I deserved it anyway."
'Your right, I hope you remember this pain as a lesson on not to disappoint your sister.'
And they both started to laugh.
Dante fell asleep again and Marika left the room.
Marika sighed a sigh.
"Wow sister, who knew you could yell like that."
Marika looked up and saw everybody sitting in her room.
'Well now you know, so don't ever make me angry' Marika said with a teasing voice.
"Sister how is brother?" Kevin asked her.
'He was confused and a little lost, but he should be alright now so don't worry.'
Kevin nodded.
Luca then asked Marika. "But did you really head to yell at him like that?"
Marika nodded 'At his age I was alone in the world, so I got nobody who yelled at me if I did something stupid. But recently I got yelled at a lot because of my reckless behavior. And I'm thankful to them for doing so.' Marika smiled.
'But you can't blame me for it, I never head the support or someone to depend on.'
'But after coming here I was surrounded by people who reached out to me, showing me they cared about me, love me and want to be my support, they all showed me I wasn't alone and I can depend on them. I'm very grateful to everybody here.'
'Now, show me the pills you mad.'
Marika took a good look at them, one out of the 3 pills was a little darker in color, meaning it was more concentrated then the other 2.
'While Luca and Genus fallowed the recipe to the T, Azu you tweaked it didn't you?'
Azu nodded. "Is it bad?"
Marika shook her head 'No… your pill is 3 times stronger then what Luca and Genus made.'
'Tell me, how did you figured you could make it like this?'
Azurite showed Marika her notebook and showed her all the parts he used from different recipe.
'Well if I'm the goddess of medicine, than you are a god in the making.'
'You'll be at my level in no time.'
Azurite was overjoyed by her praise. "I'll keep studying and work hard teacher."
Marika smiled and patted his head. 'That's good, then I give you a new assignment' and she whispered to Azurite what she want him to do.
'You think you can do that for me?'
"Yes it will be done, in two hours."
'Good, but don't forget what I have taught you when I start teaching you.'
Azurite nodded "Good medicine can't be rushed, never panic no matter how dire the situation."
Marika nodded 'Now good luck and call me when you're done.'
"Yes teacher!"
Azurite left the room.
Marika casted a healing spell on the 3 pills.
'You guys take a rest, I have one more thing left to do.'
"What is that sister?" Luca asked.
'I'm going to nag at King Cillus.' She said with a smile on her face and she then left the room.
Marika arrived at the office of the King of Ignis.
She knocked on the door 'Uncle Cillus it's me Mari! Can I come in?'
"You can enter."
As she entered the room she saw the guard she had met earlier.
'Ah perfect, your also here.'
The Guard and the king looked at her questioning.
'Tomorrow is when my final awakening is going to be held in the temple.'
'Everything is ready, and we will start early in the morning, it could be over in hour or it will last the whole day I don't know. But under no circumstance can anybody come in to the temple. That means that even all the Templar's need to go out. Any interference can mess it up and the outcome of my awakening. The result will be the end of my life.'
The guard then spoke to Marika, "Well the reason I'm here is because you visited it the temple today. The Templar's were angered that an outsider had come in to a holy place and not only that they had an issue with your visit yesterday. We as guard can't so anything against them so I came here to inform His Majesty that the High Priest will be coming here shortly."
Marika had an evil smile on her face 'Ohh now that's interesting, they want to pick a fight? Alright I'm staying here and meet this High Priest.'
"But princess the High Priest isn't someone you shouldn't anger."
'Don't worry, I have a lot of arguments to silence him.'
After a few minutes the High Priest arrived. When he entered he saw Marika sitting on the couch calmly sipping on some tea with a guard, he looked at her annoyed. Marika noticed this but didn't flinch nor react to him.
"I greet His Majesty of The Great Black Dragon and protector of Ignis."
Marika asked the guard 'Is there something wrong with the tea, it suddenly started to taste foul.'
The High Priest looked at her more annoyed then before.
"Princess you forgot to put a spoon of honey in your tea" the guard said.
Marika took a spoon of honey and put it in her tea, she stirred it for a bit and took a sip.
'Your right, thank you for pointing it out' as she smiled back at the priest.
King Cillus noticed Marika behavior was politely hostile towards the priest. He thought this will be fun so he casted a multiple communication spell the would go one way only. Canus, Cinis and Richard all received the communication spell.
"What can I do for you High Priest?"
"Well my underlings, informed me you had brought over a 3 year old child to the temple the other day, they strongly opposed to Your Majesty about her entering the temple. I would like to ask His Majesty to next time heed the word of the Templar's.
'To think that a temple and High priest at that would be so cruel to a 3 year old child, who was in need of help because she was at the brink of death. If the King had fallowed the words of the Templar's a 3 year old would have died. Won't that be considered premeditated murder.'
Marika was still calmly sitting and sipping her tea.
She then said to the guard. 'The tea is foul even with honey added.'
Richard, Canus and Cinis who were watch all laughed at Marika's calm demeanor and remarks.
"The Temple is a Holy place where the ancestors of The Great Black Dragon rest, nobody accept for the Royal Family should enter the temple."
The priest slowly started to lose his calm
'So if only the Royal Family is allowed in there, that means they can decide to let the girl enter or not. So your Templar's didn't have the right to tell the king he could not bring the girl inside.'
"Your Majesty could you please tell that little girl to be more mindful of her words?"
"Mari…You have a good point. But it's sometimes wise to not interfere with adult's issues."
"I'm sorry uncle I will mind my words and behavior."
Then the priest looked at Marika who was still sitting on the couch eating a snack this time and asked her who she was.
'Me? I'm your second complaint.'
'But uncle since the next issue involves me I will speak up if you don't mind?'
"Alright, you do have the right to tell your side of the story and defend yourself."
The 3 man were enjoying the show Marika had put one up until now, they couldn't wait to see what she was going to do next.
"So you were the one who broke in to the temple?"
'Breaking in is such a harsh word, I just found a way around the guard to get in the Temple grounds."
"That's still the same thing."
'But when I reach the room of the dragon there were no guard station at the time so I thought it was fine for me to enter.'
Marika pulled an innocent face. And Canus laughed at what he saw. "Sis your just too good."
"Why did you enter the great dragon room?"
'I was there to thank the ancestors for helping me.'
"Helping you?"
Marika nodded 'You see that 3 year old girl who entered yesterday is me, he helped me to grow to my current age and stabilized my body. Is it so wrong for a person to thank someone who helped them?'
"Your Majesty can't you see this girl is lying and fooling you."
The priest was on the brink of losing his temper.
'Oh there is one more thing I wanted to mention one of the ancestors how lives inside the temple is also an ancestor of mine. You see according to the history of The Black Dragon Clan there was a dragon who had inherited from both his parents, he was a Black and Azure dragon. And since my heritage is Green and Azure I thought I would pay my respect to my ancestor.'
Marika smiled.
"You defiled the holy temple by entering it with your muddled body and energy?"
'That reminds me, uncle where is the grave of Magna?'
"He should be at the temple, why you ask?"
'Ohhh…' and Marika eyes looked very sharp at the priest.
'You see, I went up on the mountain behind the temple today, and at the top of that mountain I found a small shrine with a gravestone….'
"What are you implying little girl?"
'Nothing just wanted to tell uncle that there is a shrine with a grave stone up in the mountain and it's unattended and worn down. The name of the person written on the stone is Magna and that uncle should at least send somebody to tend to that grave since it's after all a royal family member who is resting there.'
"What you just said, is that true Mari?"
'If you don't believe me you can ask The Azure Dragon King, he was also up there and we both payed our respects to our ancestor.'
The priest lost his temper and walked over to Marika and slap her so hard she fell to the ground. This in turn made Marika hostile and a killing intend stated to well up inside her.
The King stood up from his desk "Mari are you alright?"
Marika signaled for the king to stay back.
On the other end from the communication spell 3 man blood started to boil.
Marika stood up, and then walked over to the balcony doors and opened them
'Solis, Caelum, Khai, Regina! You come and help your mother!'
In mere minutes 2 phoenixes and 2 dragons appeared in the room.
Solis asked "Mother who slapped you this hard?"
Marika pointed at the priest.
When Canus and Cinis saw Marika got slapped by the priest they could not stand it anymore and went over to assist her. But when they arrived they saw the priest verbally attacking Marika.
Solis and Caelum stood in front of Marika with their wings spread out forming an protective shield.
"How is a fouls creature like you being protected by holy beasts , You don't deserve to be loved by them. Your nothing but evil, you should not exist in this world."
"Not only did you defile our holy grounds, but you also defiled holy beings."
Canus told Cinis to get Richard, "This situation will turn ugly soon and only Richard can stop them."
Half way Richard was already on his way to the King's office, and told Cinis to get Genus.
Cinis found Genus and told him to fallow him quickly.
"Uhrg don't tell me that girl lost her temper again?"
"No she got slapped pretty hard by the priest she fell to the ground."
"But she summoned the 2 phoenixes and baby dragons, so I think she is slowly losing her temper."
Richard arrived at the room and saw the priest casting an attack spell. But Solis defected the incoming spell.
All his children started to get hostile but they guarded Marika tightly so she would not be in danger and nobody could come near her.
Richard walked in to the room and casually started to speak to the king "It seems our little princess was just stating some facts and she got in trouble."
The King then spoke "She is so smart, but some people can't seem to appreciate her intelligence."
"Is there a way we can get Mari out of this room and let her see one of her doctors she trust?" Cillus asked Richard.
Genus arrived "Highly unlikely."
"Those 4 won't back down and the only one who can approached them is The Moon King. All I can do is keep an eye on her from here."
"But they know me and Cinis, is it really impossible for us to approach her?" Canus asked.
"Impossible, you can tell by their behavior they are dead set on harming anybody who will come close to her. Only her husband and their father is eligible to come near her."
"Don't worry, let's watch a show."
"Father when things have calm down this High Priest got to go including those Templar's."
Cillus nodded.
Richard walked over to his children and told them he needed to take a look at Marika.
But just as Solis and Caelum lowered their wings the priest fired another attack spell only to be being deflected by Richard. This aggravated them more and wanted to attack.
Solis, Caelum stand down.
"Sweetie, you did a good job on calling for them. Does it hurt?
Marika shook her head. 'My healing ability's will heal it.'
"Let Khai heal it for you, you need to save up your strength for tomorrow."
"Now… an eye for an eye."
Marika smiled at Richard and kissed him 'Have fun.'
Khai started to heal Marika's bruised face.
Solis and Caelum again spread their wings and shielded Marika.
Richard started to pat them. "You did a good job on protecting your mother all 4 of you.
Caelum and Solis nuzzled Richard "Let your father handle the rest."