EUTW: A Vile Villainess(Part 4th >:))

Flint looked up in shock.

“C-Coming...with you guys?”

Fawn squealed.

“Please, please please can we go with them? There hasn’t been anyone here in ages!”

Flint started shaking his head.

“Fawn, I don’t know about this-”

“I’m fine, I’m fine! Don’t worry about me! Please, please pleaseeee?”

She started tugging her brother’s sleeve and trying to make the best kitten eyes she could muster.

Nela let out a groan.

“We’re wastin’ time, hurry up and decide already.”

Gale butted in.

“Flint, c’mon, your sis looks like she wants to come!”

Fawn nodded.

Mumbling some words that Gale couldn’t hear, Flint reluctantly nodded.

“YAY!”

Fawn immediately grabbed her sack of stuff and shot up.

Nela started walking into the forest, Fawn speeding after her. Flint lagged behind with Gale.

“So, you’re an Elemental?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmpf. Some team you are though.”

“What’d you mean?”

“Duh.”

Gale, alarmed, stared into his strange reddish-gold eyes.

“W-what?”

Flint let out a strangled laugh.

“You didn’t hear?”

Gale could feel the wind picking up, but he didn’t really care.

“Hear about- What is it? Is there something wrong?”

Flint looked away.

Fawn sprinted back to them.

“Guys, hurry up!”

“Okay, okay.” Flint said in the same tone he was using with Gale.

Fawn studied both of them.

“Did...Something happen?”

“No.”

Gale flinched and glared at Flint.

“Tell me.”

Nela walked back too, interested.

“What’s wrong and why is it delaying us?”

Flint took a deep breath.

“Did you guys hear about R.O.O.T.?”

Nela rolled her eyes.

“Okay, Mr. I-worry-too-much, Root hasn’t been active for a MONTH, so what’s wrong?”

Fawn gasped.

“Was it the article that they gave us-”

“YES. It was.”

Fawn slowly put her hands to her mouth. In a quiet voice, she asked Gale:

“You didn’t hear?”

The wind blew harder. Leaves were falling from the trees like snow, and everyone’s clothes were blowing left and right.

“No, I didn’t. HURRY UP AND TELL ME WHAT’S WRONG!”

Nela, shocked by this, backed away a little.

Flint started.

“Well, R.O.O.T. had just acted, and killed Phoenix Soarkai and Cascade Aria Flutter-Pixie. Oh, and with the disappearance and resurface of the former Elemental Aster Jadelit.”

Fawn cleared her throat.

“A-and...Aster was actually disguised as a girl, the leader of R.O.O.T. and like-their queen? I don’t know, but she goes by the surname Diqiu.”

Gale turned away, digesting what he had heard.

He had always liked Cascade, treating her like a younger sister. Phoenix- well Phoenix was like the sensible one.

And now they're gone forever.

And Aster...Disguised as a girl?

He didn’t know why, or how he-SHE pulled it off.

It was kind of surprising to Gale, replaying everything Aster did, everything he said…

There was no clue about him being a girl.

And the leader of R.O.O.T.

Suddenly, he realized that they had just walked into Root’s trap.

At the same time, screams erupted behind him.

Gale saw Nela falling into a pit. 

Fawn looked back with big round eyes, and was about to run over to Gale when-

A mutated vine stabbed her from behind.

***

Booming laughter came from above, shocking everyone.

A girl, with black and white hair, floated down. She had light caramel skin, and was wearing a robe decorated with thorns.

“Hello thereee.” She giggled, just above everyone’s reach.

Flint glared at her.

“TAKE YOUR DISGUSTING VINE OUT OF MY SISTER!”

“Mmm, so impatient. Wait your turn!”

Twisting the vine around Fawn, she slowly lifted her up, and grinned. The vines tightened, and started choking Fawn. Blood dripped from her mouth, and she made what was possibly the worst sound in the world, Gale thought.

Then Flint screamed and he realized THAT was probably the worst sound in the word.

Lifting Fawn up, the strange girl smiled sadistically.

“Ooh, I've caught a pretty one, too bad this little fishie ain’t going home anytime soon!”

Flint’s hand caught on fire. Gale jumped and moved away.

“Give my sister back. This is your only warning.”

“Oh, that sounds like the threat my dear friend received from the Elementals. And since she was VERY angry about it, I guess I’ll  have to get revenge!”

“You-”

“Mhmhmhm! And I can’t have you call me ‘her’ or ‘that person’ so I’ll tell you my name. I’m Myriea, but that’s probably the last name you’ll ever hear.”

She jumped from her perch, landing softly on the ground. Flint went to punch her, but she twisted her body and flew over him. Then she gracefully swept him off his feet, Flint landing with a dull crunch on the floor. He quickly got up, however, and sent a flurry of fireballs at Myriea. She sidestepped all of them and jabbed her sharp fingernails into Flint’s eyes, sending him a vision.

Flint was stuck in a chair, and a masked person was standing above him. Whenever he tried to move, his fingers were slammed with a hammer, then he was zapped with lightning. It was horrible, but he couldn’t scream because then the figure would add a band of red-hot metal to his fingers.

Flint gasped and fell backwards, tears streaming down his face. Myriad was watching him, bored.

“Well that was boring. Now, I would looove to play with you,” She laughed, pointing her magic infused fingers at Gale, “But I have an important mission to carry out for my family, and some random kids aren’t stopping me. Tata!”

She vanished.

And all that was left was Gale, shocked.

Nela’s gone.

Fawn has been taken.

Flint’s unconscious.

…

What do I do now?

He looked up, into the sky.

What in Soulle-no, what in CHIKYU do I do now?

***

“Hey there.”

Hello, Myriad. You’re late though, what happened?

 “Aww, don’t call me that! And no punishment either? You must really like me, hmm?”

Well-Just get on with it. What happened?

“Oh, just some kids. I dealt with them though, don’t worry.”

Good.

“Oh, and I brought one of the girls here.”

Why?

“Oh, don’t worry, she’s probably-”

So we’re experimenting on a live girl? You know we can’t.

“I was getting to that! She’s dead.”

Myriea shook the bag, and Fawn’s dead body tumbled out.

OHOHOHO, Abi, you brought this upon our dear readers yourself, hehehee.

Thanks to Starry for Nela, Abi for Fawn(HEHEE) and Flint, and Mira for Myriea. As for the ‘friend', you know >:)

Em, you’ll be here soon hehe!

Peace, y’all!

<3