The Fairy of Space [REVISED]

Chapter 10: First Battle... Gone Wrong

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"Can anyone see where it's coming from!?"

Spark's yell could barely be heard over the torrent of wind that rose in the center of Red Fountain's arena. With everything happening at once, the girls were wide-eyed and in a panic.

"Down there!" Nani called suddenly, pointing far below. 

Peering their eyes, the girls could just barely see an older teen girl with her hands open-palmed towards the sky, pushing and pulling the sand in currents and spiraling it into a tornado. She glowed an eerie orange color, her bluish eyes widened in a crazed look. Short, dirty-blonde hair fell to her shoulders while dark makeup covered her eyes and lips. 

"It's a witch!" Brittany snarled, soaring down with her fists outstretched. "C'mon!" 

Spark flew right after her. The other three girls hesitated, still looking around at all the chaos. In their moment of pause, Nani was snatched by a stray ivy branch, curling around her tightly.

"Agh! Get this off of me!" She shrieked, pushing against the vine. 

Cyan raced over, yelling, "Try blasting it!" 

Nani certainly tried, but her widened eyes and hyperventilation told the story; she couldn't do anything. "I-I can't concentrate enough!" She wailed. "Help me!"

Cyan aimed her hand and took a breath before firing off a white-colored blast. The vine flinched as part of it was cut, but it didn't budge otherwise. Then another branch came up and wrapped itself around Cyan. The fairy gasped, blasting at the vine with more of her white-and-blue magic. It released her after a few tries, but she still had to dodge it every second, trying to free Nani.

Meanwhile, Spark and Brittany were going head-to-head with the witch below. They managed to get in a few good blasts, but then Selena could just barely see her friends flying back as a wave of magic sand rippled into them, nearly burying them above their heads. They were shrieking for help, too, as the sand rose and rose around them.

Stars above... what do I do!? Panic exploded within Selena as she whipped around, both sets of friends struggling at opposite ends of the arena. She was stuck frozen for a few precious moments, the peril of indecision seizing her body.

Just... hit them both! As hard as you can!

 That knocked her to her senses for a moment. She held out her arms, taking in a breath as she pulled her magic energy together. But right when she was about to place a well-aimed blast at both the sand-witch and the vines, the possessed dragon came swooping in. It outstretched its wings, one of them striking her as it zipped by. 

"Agh!"

Pain pulsed through every part of Selena as she tumbled from the sky, her wings desperately trying to flap after being battered by the dragon. But instead, she helplessly fell, hitting the ground roughly. 

Black spots clouded her vision as she recovered. The dragon had made a sweeping turn and was now coming back, opening its jaws to reveal blazing fire coming from its throat. Terrified, Selena closed her eyes and instinctively threw up her hands, creating a moon-shaped shield as big as her body. The dragon's fire pummeled into the shield, creating a white-hot arc around her as it folded around. The heat and pulsating magic was overwhelming, the dragon's dark energy weakening her resolve.