Jia wasn't sure how the attack started. All she knows is that one minute she was sitting in her classroom trying to answer a potions question on her Potions exam when suddenly, the school began to shake before a loud explosion shook the buildings so badly that everyone fell to the floor. When she looked outside of the window, the barrier had fallen and the sky had turned purple as it started to rain black blood. Everyone rushed out and were surprised when Darklings started to materialize out of no-where and started to attack the sorceresses of Viola.
An alarm ran throughout the school as everyone ran for cover. Everyone was screaming as the professors shouted and tried to get the students under control. Jia had just ran out with her friends in time to see multiple portals open as dark creatures of all manner started to come out. They began attacking anyone and destroying the school. Above the flying harpies and vultures, Emperor Zong himself in a blood red armor, carrying a black box with his lackey beside him. The orange and black armored girl.
"What is he doing here?!" Jia asked.
"I thought he`d be focused on the royal families."
"Looks like he changed his mind," Fiona muttered.
"Look out!" Gillian shouted from behind but the girls were suddenly thrown across the entrance onto the fountain. Jia landed quiet painfully on her side and she hissed in pain. She glanced up to see a Golem roar at the girls and at the destroyed entrance. Bit of rocks were scattered everywhere.
"Lava jab!" Fiona yelled as she conjured up several lava infused spears before they flew towards the golem and hit it simultaneously.
The girls then got to their feet as their uniforms appeared.
"Okay chewie! Let`s dance!" Clary yelled as she sent out her magic to freeze the golem before Kyra pulled all the shadows from underneath them to form a huge fist before punching it down.
"I`ll take care of the harpies in the sky!" Jia said as she flew up and started shooting lightning at anything in her way.
Rose and Fiona left with Zoey as Kyra finished off the golem before more of the Viola sorceress came either flying out or running. Those girls who were already outside, saw that their friends were transformed and fighting back.
One by one, they transformed before fighting. Jia had taken down a harpy when she noticed that the Emperor was missing. Along with his lackey.
Jia spun around in mid-air as she scanned the area for him. Running a hand through her hair, she flew down in time to see Rose zap a darkling away in a burst of green energy.
"Hey! Why aren`t you up in the sky?!" Rose exclaimed.
"The Emperor's missing, I don`t know where he went!" Jia revealed.
"I can find him," Rose assured her, "I have a spell up my sleeve but I need cover."
Jia rose up and created a wall of wind around Rose to protect her from the monsters.
The techno sorceress took out her phone and put it on the ground before she sat in front of it in lotus position. She then raised her hands up as her whole boys glowed green. A flash of green light lit up and spread out towards the school over the monsters and students before it disappeared when it reached the last boundaries of the school.
Rose gasped," Oh Goddess."
"What is it?!" Jia asked from above her.
Rose glanced up at her friend, "He's under- ground! In a room below the school fountain!"
Jia flew down and tried to help her friend up. Rose suddenly pulled her down as a set of spikes narrowly missed them. Jia gritted her teeth as she tried to shot an orb of lightning towards the two manitcores that had attacked them.
Suddenly, two words impaled themselves in their heads before they vanished. Both girls quickly looked up and were surprised to see Saton Knight's ships arriving and releasing Knights from their launch door. The Knights were jumping down while tethered to a harness that go loose as soon as they were on the ground.
Tristan, Dylan and Chase landed in front of them. Chase moving quickly to assist Rose while Jia simply levitated up to her feet. Dylan moved to retrieve his swords as Tristan scanned Jia for any injuries.
"Nice of you boys to finally join us!" Jia said to Chase who smiled at her.
"Better late than never," Dylan replied with smirk as he turned to her with his swords in hand. Jia gave him a thankful nod.
"Here," Tristan said as he thrust out an ear piece for Jia to take," It`s from Roy. So we can all communicate with each other. He`s a stand in pilot with Mike. Cole`s dropping down to help Zoey and Fiona."
"Roy!" Jia said as soon as she put on her ear piece.
"Jia! Thank the Goddess you`re safe!" Roy exclaimed with relief.
"I don`t think safe is a word you should use now, dearest cousin. We are in the middle of a battle right now," Jia reminded her cousin with a grin.
"Listen to me! You need to stay hidden, if the Emperor finds you here, he`ll kill you!" Roy yelled over the ear piece as another monster exploded above them from a baster aimed at it by a Knight.
Jia blanched," Are you crazy?! He has to be stopped!"
All her happy feelings about her cousin was quickly disappearing.
"And he will be but not by you, he warned you remember?" Roy asked her, reminding her of her last conversation with Zong.
"I fought his creations before and I can do it again!" Jia insisted as Tristan's eye`s darkened with anger. Rose simply focused on a gremlin that was fast approach them from behind Jia. She simply aimed and fired a virus spell at it. The green monster fell to its feet and began to wither.
"Jia, you need to get somewhere safe!"
"I have to do something! I can`t just sit on the side-lines!" Jia yelled back. Dylan was clutching his swords and looking very conflicted.
"Jia, we`re trying to protect you," Tristan pleaded with her," Listen to Roy."
Jia turned away from them as her mother`s armour shimmered into existence over her uniform. She finally stopped when Dylan got in her way. She looked up at him as the helmet finally covered her face.
"Stop her Dylan!" Chase yelled in over the ear piece. Jia stared at the katana wielding Knight for a second before he stepped aside. Underneath her mask, Jia`s eyes widened as he said," I trust you."
"You won`t stop me?"
Dylan shook his head, "I know you`ll find a way to get to him."
"Are you insane?!" Tristan yelled as he reached out to grab Jia`s hand but Dylan quickly brought his sword up to stop him in his tracks," What are you doing?!"
"The Emperor was afraid of her for a reason and now he`s making his move, Jia has to face him," Dylan explained calmly.
"Dylan, she could die!" Roy yelled into the ear piece.
"No, she won`t. Roy, she`s Jia, she`s your cousin, she`ll win," Dylan insisted. Rose watched them all with furrowed brows. Was this really happening?
Jia gave Dylan a grateful nod before turning to Rose," I need a distraction and I need Fiona."
"Okay," Rose assured her. She then raised her hands as they glowed green," She`s at the gardens with Zoey and Cole. I`ll create a digital illusion so you can fly away."
"We`ll hold the fort here," Dylan added.
Jia nodded at them as Rose began her illusion spell. Before she could leave, Tristan finally manage to reach around Dulan and grabbed her hand. He then pulled her against him long enough for him to kiss the corner of her mouth. He then whispered against her cheek," Be careful."
Stunned, Jia pulled back and tried to find the right words she needed to tell him something. Anything. But at that moment, Rose`s spell went online and she left," Go, Jia!"
Jia turned and flew away towards the gardens. She didn`t turned to see Tristan give Dylan a glare or how Dylan returned it before they faced the huge Wildebeest running towards them.
Jia flew and dodged as much as she could before she reached Cole, Zoey, Fiona and a whole bunch of Knights and Sorceress fighting in the gardens. The once beautiful and peaceful setting was down filled with fallen monsters, fallen sorceress, spells and weapons.
When she finally landed beside Fiona, the lava sorceress thought she was a monster and turned with her glowing fists raised.
Jia quickly raised her hands," Whoa now, it`s me!"
"I almost fried you!" Fiona said before she threw a lava orb at the monster behind her friend," Why are you here?! And is that your mother`s armour?!"
"No time to explain, I need you to melt the floor beneath the school Fountain. Like right now in this time!" Jia blurted out to her."
"No problem," Fiona replied as she turned to Zoey," Hold this side of the line!" Jia watched with a dropped jaw as her roommate slammed three monsters down with her magic," Got you covered!"
The lightning sorceress then grabbed her lava controlling friend before flying them quickly to the School entrance where the Fountain was. Fiona then muttered spell as a drill appeared in front of them and drilled a hole into the fountain when they finally reached it. Jia allowed Fiona to keep drilling while she stuffed back her irrational fear of closed space. She forgot that drilling a whole would require her to flew in a narrow space where the walls would be closing in on her. For better or for worse, Jia knew that she had to find the Emperor today and end this fight, once and for all.