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Chapter 11: Arietty

I was bound by licorice, gasping for breath. I felt like my lungs were on fire. The Torture Master was throwing giant cherries at me and whipped me using whipped cream. The whipped cream burned my skin so much that I felt like I fell into a volcano. I was so close to crying, but I didn't because I didn't wanted to show them that I was vulnerable. So I just gritted my teeth and tried to bear with it. I wasn't exactly successful, but I didn't scream when the sticky caramel started choking me.

"Don't give up!" cried a voice in my head. She sounded very familiar, but my I was so in pain that I didn't recognize who it was.

"Who are you?" I asked telepathically.

"...Your friend Charlotte. Um, from above you, in heaven. Remember?"

I remembered. My best friend. "Oh. Right. Well, help me here!"

"I can't. I'm not supposed to interfere with you or Daemyn. It's your mission. If you can succeed, you'll be presented with the Heavenly Badge. This is your chance to prove yourself."

"Gosh damn it! I'm dying right here! If I were to die, then I wouldn't be able to defeat these Muffinmonsters!"

"It's not all about the muffinmonsters. You don't realize it, but you're part of a larger plot. The Sweet Kingdom wants to use your massive power and turn it into a weapon to conquer the universe and worlds beyond. You have all that power within you. You just don't realize it."

"Sure, I might be strong, but I'm not that strong. I inherited my genes from my dad. He's the strongest. Other than that, I'm really not strong. My power doesn't even start to compare with yours, Char."

"Nope. I totally deny that. You're actually really strong, Ari. You just haven't unlocked that potential yet. I'm sure you can defeat your torturer. You're ten times stronger than he is. And now, I've got to go. My boyfriend has invited me on a date. Byeee!"

"Wait! Don't leave me here! And you have a boyfriend? Since when?"

But she was gone. I was brought back to real life, feeling more frustrated than ever. I was part of a plot so the muffins could harness my power to use to conquer the universe? Yeah right. Why did my dad send me here then, if I were supposedly so important?

Another jolt of pain broke me from my thoughts. The torture master was now hurling Crackheads (it's a not-very-popular type of chocolate) at my head. The candies lived up to their name. I think I was going to have a concussion soon, if it didn't stop it.

I heard a shout in the distance. The next thing I knew, the torture master had released me from his death grip (literally) and Daemyn had freed me from the licorice. They both started to battle.

"Here!" he yelled, and tossed a small muffin towards me. It was Muffybutt!

I raced forwards and caught her. "How did you get here?" I asked in amazement.

Muffybutt stared up at me. Meep! But somehow, I understood her. She told me the entire story with one meep!. She had hated the rule of King Cupcake, but she agreed to go on the mission to attack us anyways. She saw it as a great time to start siding with the Angels and Devils. She was lucky that we had adopted her as a pet and not killed her on the spot. Then, when we didn't come home after going to McDonalds, she had set out to find us by blending in with the other muffins once again (using food coloring to hide her burns). When she had gathered sufficient info from the rumors, she had rushed to Cakalia to free Daemyn from his drugged state and they both rushed to free me. They had snuck in through a cave on the side of a cliff.

Daemyn was battling the torture master, but was clearly losing. He used his strongest attack, the one he used on the giant muffin in the Triple Double Muffin Shop, but the torture master (who was a cake, by the way) easily deflected it. I watched as he was thrown back, unable to do anything, while I watched. The licorice had drained too much of my power.

I watched as he was thrown back and slammed on the wall. His head rolled, and his eyes fluttered close. He was unconscious.

"Fight him, Ari! I know you can do it! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"Alright, Char! Shut up! Go date that boyfriend of yours!"

She fell silent, but then suddenly, I wished she was here. Then at least I would have someone next to me. I tried to conjure the power Charlotte claimed I had. I felt nothing. I was the same old girl as I was before. But if I didn't do anything, we would both die. Absorbed in my thoughts, and distracted, the torture master started to whip me again, using whipped cream. I shrieked, for the first time, and was launched backwards for about 5 feet before landing on my back. Ouch. That hurt.

I braced myself for another attack but it never came. I opened my eyes and saw the torture master repeatedly attacking Daemyn instead. Why though? He was already unconscious. As I looked at the expression on the torture master's face, I grew angry. He was enjoying attacking a defenseless person like Daemyn.

I grew angrier by the moment. How dare he? I could feel my fury meter rising higher each second until I felt like exploding. I could also feel my power rising. Maybe this was what Char was talking about, but I didn't care.

I unleashed my full fury and hurled an attack at the torture master. It was a new attack. I didn't know I could do this. I must've learned it by all the experience I had gained by going on this mission.  

It was a new holy attack, where a bright white star was conjured in my hands and beams of light started shooting from it, purifying everything in its path. I gasped and glanced at Daemyn. He was in the path of my attack! I made frantic gestures at Muffybutt, pointing at Daemyn and to a spot behind me. Since I couldn't move him myself, I had to leave it to Muffybutt.

She nodded once, and suddenly transformed into a huge muffin. Holding Daemyn by the leg as if he weighed nothing, she put him gently down on the spot behind me. ALL IN LESS THAN A SECOND. I intensified my attack, and tried to direct it at the torture master.

At first, he smirked, and sent doughnut sprinkles at my attack, trying to neutralize it, but this attack was STRONG. It simply absorbed the sprinkles like nothing, and contrary to the intending effects, the beams of light grew stronger. The torture master's eyes widened, and tried to run for his life by shooting straight into the sky.

Unfortunately, I hadn't quite mastered this attack yet, so I couldn't direct it at a specific spot. The beams of light shot everywhere except in my direction. It flowed over the 'master' and instantly purified him, or in other words, killed.

And it didn't stop there. It continued flowing from my hands. I could feel it rapidly draining my power, so I tried to stop it, but with no success. It continued flowing freely, without anyone to stop it.

It kept flowing, over the entire kingdom of Cakalia. Then, when my power had run to the limit, the glowing star burst and vanished. There was quietness in the air. I could feel it in the air. Masses of bodies were dying (that's one of the benefits of being an Angel), and I was the cause of it. I had just killed an entire city worth of cakes.

I quickly spun around to check on Daemyn. Since I was out of energy and magic, I couldn't heal him. I crouched down.

"Daemyn." I shook him. He didn't wake.

Suddenly, I started feeling lightheaded. The torture had finally taken its toll on me. Using so much magic and running out didn't help matters either. I laid down and rested for a moment to recover my energy. Before I knew it, I had fainted.

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