Rise of the Night

Part 14: A Venomous Spell

     Alicia could feel something puling at her arms and legs, forcing them to move. She prayed that the spider wouldn't make her do anything to hurt her precious friends. Amery could see how hard Alicia was trying to fight against Kumokurai's venomous spell. Kumokurai smiled, she knew that at least the Crentel princesses wouldn't attack their friend.

     "Just as the sapphire one didn't attack the rose one when she was under my spell. The only one I have to worry about is the Nightenia princess." she said looking slyly over at Angelina.

     "Hello." Alicia heard a voice say.

     She looked around but no one was speaking, then she realized it was in her mind.

     "Who are you and what are you doing in my head?" Alicia asked irritated.

     "You have no control, just give in and stop fighting it." the voice continued.

     "I will not! Get out of my head!" Alicia screamed. Amery saw her lean over, grabbing her head.

     "Yes, she's fighting back!" she thought to herself. "Come on Alicia, your stronger than this, FIGHT!" Amery called to her.

     "No stop! I won't let you defeat meeee!" the voice said as it disappeared.

     Alicia picked up her head and looked over at Amery, smiling at her. Kumokurai panicked.

     "How could she have gotten out of my spell? That's impossible!" she thought to herself.

     Then out of nowhere, Alicia collapsed and turned very pale. Amery, Mya, and Angelina ran to her side. Kumokurai smiled, she had forgotten about the after effects of her venomous spell. Amery also turned slightly pale, she knew what was going on, it had happened to her too. She rose with a few tears forming in her eyes. Mya looked up at her sister and stood up next to her. Angelina sat there on the ground by Alicia, watching the two almost identical sister sailors walk a little closer to Kumokurai.

     Amery and Mya knew what they had to do. They stopped a mere few feet from Kumokurai. Amery held her arm down to her side and her scepter appeared in her hand. She held it out in front of her pointing it straight at Kumokurai. Kumokurai laughed and said

     "Do you really think that fancy stick is going to do any harm to me with your weak powers?" Amery simply shook her head.

     "But she's not alone." Mya said.

     Then Mya also put her hand on Amery's scepter. At Mya's touch, the scepter changed to a combination of Amery and Mya's colors and symbols.

     Kumokurai continued to laugh. "You're just a couple of weakling children, what could you do?"

     "More than you think Kumokurai." Amery responded.

     The two sisters closed their eyes and a deep purple light blasted from the scepter. Angelina heard a scream but was unable to see where it was coming from through the blinding light. When the light finally faded, Angelina saw Amery and Mya walking back toward her and Alicia and Kumokurai was nowhere in sight.

     Angelina hadn't noticed until she looked back at Alicia, but all of their transformations had faded. Mya walked over and laid her hand on Alicia and her hand started glowing. Mya's face turned suddenly grim. Mya turned and faced Amery, who was now six again, Amery nodded, knowing what was happening.

     "Angelina, we need to get Alicia back to the house now." Mya said very seriously. Angelina nodded and lifted Alicia's arm over her shoulder. They moved quickly to the car and drove with haste back to the house. Angelina got Alicia into the house and back to the room she had been staying in.

     "Be careful, she can get hurt really easy when she's sick like this." Amery said.

     Angelina carefully laid Alicia down on her bed and immediately Mya came over and started trying to heal her holding her hands over the puncture wound on Alicia's leg. Amery and Angelina stood there watching Mya, almost never breathing or blinking. When Mya stepped back away from Alicia, she looked straight over at Amery and Amery knew exactly what was going on.

     "Did it work?" Angelina asked, a little frantic.

     Mya shook her head. "The type of magic that caused this is too strong for me to get rid of. But there may still be a way to get rid of it." Mya said as she again looked over at Amery. Amery nodded and walked past her sister and over to Alicia's bedside.

     Amery got up on the bed next to Alicia and held her hands a few inches from Alicia's body. Her hands began to glow, similar to how Mya's did, and she shut her eyes to concentrate.

     "The venom has spread. I have to be fast, Mya be ready." Amery said to her sister. Mya nodded.

      "What are you doing?" Angelina asked, concerned.

     "Don't worry; she knows what she's doing." Mya said reassuringly.

     Mya watched her sister carefully, waiting for her time to jump in. Amery sat there with her hands still over Alicia's body. Angelina noticed something flowing out of Alicia's body and into Amery's palms. Then Angelina realized what Amery was doing, she was absorbing the venom from Alicia's body. Now Angelina was really concerned, Amery was so small and frail, would she be able to handle the venom?

     Mya watched as her sister's hands stopped glowing and she collapsed backwards. Mya ran immediately up to Amery, now trying to heal her. Angelina stood there holding her breath until Mya stopped and Amery began to breath normally again. Angelina sighed in relief. Alicia slowly sat up next to Amery.

     "What happened?" Alicia asked, still a little out of it.

     "Kumokurai's spell had a venomous after effect. The venom had spread all over your body so Amery had to take it in in order for me to be able to get rid of it." Mya said, looking down at her sleeping sister.

     Alicia looked down at Amery with caring eyes, that little girl had done so much for her, she even risked her life for her on multiple occasions.

     "How are you feeling?" Angelina asked as she pushed herself away from the wall and walked toward the other three girls.

     Alicia rubbed her head and said "I have little headache, but that's all."

     "That's good." Amery said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. Alicia leaned over and hugged the girls that had saved her life, smiling.

     "Aww, what a touching moment." said a sinister voice. All four girls whipped around to see Kenalia, standing in the room near the door.