Dragon of Wrath

Chapter 8: Golden Archer

Hey, y'all. I don't own Seven Deadly Sins, I just play around with its characters. The picture is my drawing of Rivyn.

"ELIZABETH!" I screamed. Elizabeth's eyes flashed to mine and just before the Odehs grabbed her, a flash of golden light exploded from her. They were instantly obliterated, leaving Elizabeth panting, kneeling in front of the child, her right eye showing. Then, her eyes rolled up in her head and she fainted.

I caught her, stuffing back the need to shake from fear. She was just as reckless as ever! "Elizabeth! Captain, what's wrong?!" Diane called from the entrance, the courthouse too small to allow her to come in. The others rushed past me to help the civilians. "She's fine," I called back to Diane. "She just fainted." Diane sighed in relief. "Um...." I turned around to see the little boy staring at Elizabeth. I looked at his big brown eyes and smiled. Shifting Elizabeth to one arm, I reached over and set my hand on his head. "You're safe now." He looked up at me and began to cry.

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"Could you please hand me that book beside you?" Arthur nodded, handing it to me without even looking up from his own book. We were searching the entire library for any mention of something like my Aura ability. Apparently, it was very rare, so Arthur thought it could be used to find out who I was. Since ones magical ability was rooted in who they were. But so far, we'd found nothing. And that was shocking. I've read in the last hour things that I never thought could exist. In the past, there had been someone who had the ability to cry precious gems. I had to wonder: Why? Just why?

And besides all the strange abilities I found in the history books (like one person who was able to speak to spiders and only spiders), there was not one that mentioned anything that resembled my ability. I sighed and closed my book, leaning back to stretch. Arthur also closed his and leaned back in his chair. "We've been here for over three hours and we've found nothing," he said, sounding discouraged. I smiled wearily at him. "I was thinking of taking a break and getting something to eat."

He stood up, grinning. "That's a great idea." I slid my seat back and stood up, only to trip on the too-long skirt and pitch forward. I squeezed my eyes shut, expecting to hit the ground, but instead, I didn't fall onto the floor. I opened my eyes to see that Arthur had caught me and now had his arms wrapped around me. "Are you okay, Rivyn?" He asked, concerned. I was blushing and turning redder by the minute. "I-I'm fine," I muttered, pushing away from him. Arthur laughed. "I don't think you're the dress-type of girl."

I blushed even harder. "It's the length! It's too long!" I really needed my own clothes. Though he was right, to an extent. I didn't really feel comfortable in these dresses. He laughed again. "I'll have Sara take you shopping later for some clothes that actually fit." I smiled up at him, when something struck me. He's really cute when he smiles like that. I heard Titania snickering. I blushed again furiously as I realized she heard my thoughts. "I smell romance in the air!" She teased. Oh, hush! I sputtered. It's not like that, I- "Rivyn."

I stopped, sensing the sudden seriousness in Titania's voice. Titania? I asked uncertainly. "Is something wrong?" I heard Arthur ask, realizing that I had also stopped moving. "Honey, something's coming," she said, urgency clear in her voice. What? What is it? I asked, beginning to get worried. "I don't know....." She trailed off. Then, I felt utter shock from her. "No," she said, horrified. "It can't be....." "What is it?" Arthur asked again. I asked the same question to Titania. "Tell him to ready his knights immediately!" She ordered. "Camelot's about to be attacked and if these things get past the gates, millions of innocent people will die!"