Vee hears the growing hum of metal behind her.
With a crack of her wings she shoots up above the ball of twisted metal! It descends on Belos, then splits apart with his parted hands, his smile gleaming as he turns his wrists and the wall of twisted spears all turn upwards!
He laughs, "Any last wor- gah!" then stumbles back as blue ribbons of magic are wrenched out of him and into Vee's open maw, the spears clattering to the ground behind him.
Vee lands in a crater, roaring: "NO!" before breathing in again!
Belos staggers forwards over the draining magic, holding his leaking face with one hand as he raises the other up. Vee hears the shuddering of stone on one side, clenches her free hand into a fist and turns to smash it through the gravestone! She growls down at her hand, her glowing blue blood retreating into the closing cuts of her shaking and misaligned digits. They're broken, not remotely the shape they should be, and at that thought she staggers as the pain intensifies, the bones melting with a wet rattlehis before audibly snapping back into place!
Belos laughs, "Oh see how the foolish Demon thought herself above retribution!" He raises his hands, gravestones shuddering into the air behind him.
Vee clenches her healed fist, a blue light glowing within, blue flames licking around her fingers.
Belos shouts, "Submit yourself to God, resist The Devil!" The gravestones shoot towards her as he screams: "AND SHE WILL FLEE FROM YOU!"
Vee raises her glowing fist, blue flames coursing out into a great flaming sword! She smashes it down into the first gravestone and an explosion of flaming rubble, and another and another, Vee roaring as she pulls back and crashes the sword through the last three gravestones which blast into flaming rubble that demolish the graveyard behind her!
Belos stares!
His blue eyes aren't so bright any more, reflecting the burning graveyard before him centred by the great shadow striding through the flames. He rallies: "B-be alert and of sober mind, for your enemy The Devil prowls around like a roaring lion," he thrusts out a green arm, "looking for someone to devou-gaaahaa!"
The last few strands of magic curl into her mouth as she strides closer.
Belos stumbles back with one arm smoking, steadies himself to stand taller, sneering: "And you, you actually think yourself a hero? The Demon of Shadow and Flame, actually thinks herself a-" his voice is strangled out of him by the flaming blue whip around his neck, his green skin steaming with the palm of his one good hand desperately gripping the solid flames!
Vee sneers, "No," and breathes in.
Icy blue ribbons stream out of his wide eyes and screaming mouth, out of his heart and body as he falls to his knees, the whip around his throat tightening! Vee keeps it pulled taught as she keeps breathing in, keeps filling her mighty lungs as his antlers melt and his screams fade to spluttering as he tries to force out one last word:
"... v... v-v... VEE!"
She stops!
She's staring down at Luz, kneeling before her with green tears streaming down her face as she desperately reaches out, begging: "Vee! Please!"
The flaming whip goes out as she staggers back, "I, I didn't..." She notices Luz's smirk, sees the glyphs glowing on her hand as she pulls it towards herself.
Again Vee hears the growing hum of metal behind her, readies her wings to jump - sees Luz still kneeling directly before her.
She staggers forwards.
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It Started With a Spinny
FanfictionFor the first time in her life, Vee experiences being seen, valued, wanted, and loved - just not as herself. A story about getting lost on the way to finding yourself, getting the support you need to overcome trauma, and being loved for who you were...
