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Chapter 12

I removed my hand from my forehead and sat down, feeling drained. Maybe it had been too much to try and communicate twice in the same five minutes. Maybe the reason Wendy hadn't responded was because I was still too weak to get through when people were certain distances away. I'd only just found out about the extent of my magic so I didn't expect myself to be able to do everything right away.

Taking a deep breath, I stood up, my head swimming, and started walking down the passage Erza had said. It was a long passage, longer than I'd anticipated and I ended up wondering if there ever was going to be an end. A roar echoed through the volcano and I shuddered. What happened if I found... if the demon found me whilst I was walking around almost senseless? I wouldn't be able to defeat it by myself and would probably be killed in the process. I'm too weak to take on anything as big as the demon by myself.

Someone like Natsu could do it by himself, probably. Erza could too. If anyone has a shot at killing it by themselves, it'd be them. I'd be right down at the bottom of the list, even lower than Carla and Happy and the only thing that they'd achieve would be to make it dizzy. I stop in my tracks as another thought crosses my mind. What if there is another demon? What if it's bigger than that other one? Then no one would be able to defeat it and I'm sure no one wants to go away from this place with the knowledge that they've failed.

Finally, the end of the passage loomed and I came out into a large chamber with, as promised, three extra routes leading down, one deeper, one higher and one straight on. What did Erza say? The left one? I think it might have been that. Without thinking, I walked towards and down the left passage, the one that led deeper into the volcano. There is another roar, closer, lots closer this time and then again, shaking the ground and making me unsteady. Part of me wanted to turn around and go a different way but another part of me said that if this is the route Erza, Lucy and Gray are down, they might be in trouble or I could help them.

I started to run towards the source of the roar and as I saw light at the end, everything goes quiet, the only sound being my fast breathing and footsteps before they stopped. There wasn't movement at the end, no sound, no movement and I was still heading towards it. I did't want to carry on towards it, but I couldn't stop myself, couldn't turn around and retreat. I'm a wizard of Fairy Tail now; I don't retreat.

Another huge chamber, empty like the last, and still no sound or movement. And no other way out of it other than the passage I'd just come through. I sighed, caught my breath and turned to leave before there was another roar, shattering the silence like glass and then, a huge thud and shook me to the floor. I turned, shaking, knowing. The demon didn't even seem to know I was there, just busy scratching one of it's wings. Maybe, if I was quiet, I could escape. I shook my head, ridding myself of the thought and then glared at the demon. Damn it, I was going to have to try and kill it. I didn't have to I guess, but I felt I had to, really, had to kill it. At the moment, I felt like a burden. All I done so far on this job was get everyone inside and then pass out a lot. I was a burden and I didn't want to be.

Like before, I put one hand out to each side. I knew what I was doing this time and the air and fire came a lot easier than before. The demon turned and snarled, not a nice noise but certainly nicer than the roar. As it moved around so it was properly facing me, I drew my hands in together and a whirlwind of blue and red spiralled towards it. I didn't see it hit, I had my eyes closed, but when the demon gave out an ear-piercing roar/scream, I knew it had taken some damage. A large amount of damage it turned out for as the smoke cleared a little, I could see a mark, an unmistakeable, deep dent in it's scales that hadn't been there before. It stopped shrieking and swung round its tail. I jumped and then forced myself to the ground, landing before it could take another swipe. As I landed, I thrust my hands forwards, a great ball of purple and black forming between them. It was bigger than usual, and harder to keep hold of, wriggling and twisting to get away. I threw it forwards and it too contacted but this time when the smoke cleared, the demon was on its side, not moving, dead.

Author's note: sorry, I'm not very good at fight scenes, they seem to go on forever in my head but only a couple of sentences on paper.

Triumph weld up inside me. I'd killed it. How I killed it I had no idea but I'd killed it. Maybe later when there wasn't quite as much to be happy about, I'd think about how I'd actually done it. Then I remembered about the others and turned to run back down the corridor. I got to the end, the crossroads, and collided with Lucy who yelped as she fell backwards.

"Wren?" she rubbed the back of her head and squinted at me. "Are you alright? We were worried. Also, did you hear the demon? Was that you?"

I nodded, feeling hyper. "I killed it"

Lucy stared at me like I was insane. "You killed it? How? You were out in a second when we were all at it and that did nothing to even mark it."

I shrugged. "I don't know how either but..." I hesitated for a second and Lucy frowned. "When I came to after being out I... my magic involves the use of particles as does every other type of magic so I can control those types of magic as well if that makes sense."

"What did you say it was called again?"

"Vortex"