The Fight To Protect All

Chapter 2

Soon after I entered the Forbidden Forest I am almost out of breath, but I have to keep going no matter what.

"The fate of Cradle could drastically change in the next few minutes if I don't hurry to access the situation."

I think to myself as I begin to accelerate even faster towards potential danger. Less than a minute of sprinting I begin to see a clearing slowly appear in my line of sight so I make my final dash to where I see a bunch of magic disciples in a circle holding up magic crystals surrounding a man who is laying on the ground in a pool of blood. These disciples come from the Magic Tower, which is a place where people who study the advancement of magic to benefit Cradle but for magic disciples to use magic against innocent people is unheard of. As I get closer I begin to see the face of the man on the floor and my blood turns cold.

"Father!!!"

I shout horrified and angry about what they were doing to my father. Suddenly all the magic disciples turned to face me and without warning they turned their magic crystals toward me, the next thing I knew magic spells were flying at me from all directions. I just barely managed to dodge the spells thrown at me before drawing out my sword which has a red rose wrapped around the hilt.

This sword has been passed down through generations of the Kingsley Family and has a brother which is a saber who is wielded by my brother. As I begin to fend off against the magic disciples I suddenly realize that the more I knocked out the more that appeared to take their place. I was still quite a far distance from my father that I failed to notice that the leader of the Magic Tower Amon Jabberwock was heading towards my father tightly gripping a magic crystal. By the time I noticed I was unable to reach him in time before Amon began casting a forbidden spell which would kill my father instantly.

"NO, STOP!!!"

I yelled as loud as I could knowing I was unable to reach him in time, but once those words left my mouth a barrier appeared deflecting his spell. Everyone including me was confused but I used the confusion to my advantage. My eyes turned from blue to red and I teleported myself to where my father was where I healed him to the best of my ability. While I was healing father I heard Amon mumble something almost unbelievable.

"Alice?"

I was surprised by that name because it wasn't even close to the full moon so how could Alice be here, unless she is being sheltered by the Black Army. As I see the everyone else regaining their senses I begin to cast a spell to teleport my father and I away but my spell is intercepted. I suddenly feel a burning sensation coming from my right shoulder but I ignore it because my first priority is to save my father from these disciples who are attacking him for unknown reasons. Since they are using forbidden spells it makes it almost impossible for me to get close enough to use my sword without getting hit. So I resort to using solely magic to take them out, but ordinary magic no matter how strong cannot even begin to compare to forbidden magic. Through all that chaos I somehow got separated from my father and I decide to retreat as soon as possible when I can once again reach my father, since he is currently unconscious and his life is most likely on the line. I manage to reach my father once again, I grab his hand and my eyes once again change from blue to red as we are enveloped by a bright light. I quickly teleport us to the Red Army's Headquarters so he can treated by Kyle immediately.

Amon's POV

As I see the girl teleport away in front of my eyes I smirk.

"I always knew she was special but I didn't know she has the same abilities as Alice as well."

That brother and sister duo were already extremely unique being that both of them were born with the ability to use magic but if one also has the powers to deflect magic like Alice this changes everything. I thought to myself as one of my most loyal disciples runs up to me and bows down.

"Lord Amon should we give chase?"

"Let them go for now but instead of targeting the former King of Hearts lets change our aim towards his daughter."

She will be even more useful than experimenting on Alice, with her I will have both worlds within my fingertips in no time. But the best part is that she seems unaware of her newly discovered abilities. I laugh happily before returning back up to the top of the Magic Tower.

Claire's POV

Once I arrive at the entrance of the Red Army's Headquarters the soldiers standing on guard are shocked to see me again.

"Claire, what are you doing here? Sir Louis!?!?"

I ignored their shocked states and proceeded to asking them what seemed like an endless amount of questions.

"Is Kyle here?"

"No, he is out at the moment."

"How about my brother?"

"He is not here as well."

"Are any of the officers here at the moment?"

I asked in an annoyed and angry tone which shocked the soldiers since I rarely use that tone of voice on anyone. But before they have the chance to answer I look behind them to see that the headquarters is emptier than usual.

"Where is everyone?"

I say slowly regaining my composure before I am hit with another shock that makes me once again lose my composure.

"All the officers and most of the soldiers went to Central Quarter to face-off against the Black Army."

"WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!"

I yell at the top of my lungs ignoring the fact that my right shoulder is heavily bleeding and the weight on top of it from my unconscious father leaning against me is making it worse.

"We can send a messenger to retrieve Sir Kyle for you."

They tell me, and I know that they are doing what they can to best of their ability to get help for my father but if we wait any longer I fear that father may not last any longer. So I take matters into my own hands, my eyes once again turn to red and a light envelops us before taking us to where all the officers currently are, Central Quarter.

Hi, I hope you enjoyed reading chapter 2 of The Fight To Protect All. I'm sorry that I am uploading this late in the day, I'll try to upload earlier in the day from now on. Sorry for the inconvenience.

-Shizu