Merci attacked first after drawing her magic weapon, which was a blade. She charged directly for Katherine and then.
*Clang!*
Both their weapons met and there were sparks of flames that formed as an effect of their blades meeting, the silver surfaces slid onto each other like fine smooth surfaces before Kendall set her blade in flames so hot that they startled Katherine herself forcing her to back away to avoid being burned by the flames.
Merci chuckled after seeing that, "Are you afraid of fire? I thought you were all grand and powerful!"
Katherine growled, "Don't get too cocky about yourself kid, though I am impressed by how much you can keep up with me, you still can't beat me or slow me down."