Flames Ignite (Magna x OC)

Magna's Internal Struggle

Magna's Point of View

'This is it, it's over for me. After that last attack I'm completely drained of mana.' I closed my eyes waiting for the spikes to come raining down upon me. All of a sudden I heard the shattering of spikes to my right and felt something slam into me from my left, dragging me out of my impending demise. I open my eyes to see the spikes crashing down through strands of bright red hair.

'Scarlet... she just...' My mind went blank as my back hit the ground and she landed on top of me. She looked up with a weak smile as blood dripped from one side of her mouth. Her head fell into my chest as she lost consciousness.

The shatter of ice next to me snapped me out of my trance. Looking over I see Asta had the leader on the ground with his sword above him. I reached my hand out to manipulate my flames from my earlier attack and turn them into bindings.

As I go to sit up I move Scarlet to the side and see the amount of blood seeping from her wound. 'You fucking dumbass.' I quickly take her extra jacket off her waist and hold it to the wound to slow the bleeding. "Can we get a doctor over here?" 'She's gonna fucking die because of me. Why did she...' All I could picture is that sweet smile she gave me while a doctor ran over and started treating her.

Noelle approached from behind. "I know this might not be the time. But you let one get away."

Looking over I see one less goon laying with the rest. "Fuck! Who the hell are these guys?!" The doctors took Scarlet into a nearby building to treat the wound and told me to bring everyone to get checked out and rest a bit after we are done out here. I proceeded to drag the remaining men who attacked the village over to a partial wall and sat them up. When I got the last one situated Asta and Noelle came up behind me.

"Is Scarlet going to be alright?" Noelle asked sounding genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, She's being treated by the local doctors." I wanted to ensure them, but even I wasn't sure. This is a poor village in the boonies after all. "Asta, they told me to tell you to run by and get your wounds treated also."

"I'll be fine. I wasn't badly injured anyway."

Out of the corner of my eye I saw the leader open his eyes. "Oh so you're awake." I pointed his direction as I glared down at him. "You might as well go back to sleep. Once my magic returns I'll be taking you in and you'll spend the rest of your lives paying for the things you've done. They'll get all the information out of you they need at base." As much as I wanted to kill this guy for all the trouble him and his goons have caused, I knew we needed to find out who these people are.

"Like hell you will." The leaders grimoire started glowing and entered his body through his stomach. He coughed up blood and in an instant they turned to ice with spikes sticking out in every direction. They all shattered as the lackey's grimoires started turning to dust.

"Seriously! He committed suicide? Coward." Clenching my fists in anger from coming out of this fight with no information on who these assholes were or what they wanted. I turn around and start heading towards the building Scarlet is in leaving Asta and Noelle to talk to the town's people.

The female doctor had a decently strong healing spell which she used to stop the bleeding and heal the wound to the point it wouldn't be unbearable for Scarlet to move. "I healed her the best I could." She wiped some sweat from her brow. "I know my healing isn't top notch, but I did all I could do for her."

"Thanks. I can watch her from here." Pulling up a chair I sat next to the bed.

"No thank you! You Magic Knights are amazing. I'm glad you came when you did."

"Don't worry about it." I waved my hand in the air with my response.

I sat there waiting. Thinking. 'I'm suppose to be their senior and I let this happen.' I couldn't help but notice how peaceful she looks despite what had just happened to her. 'Maybe I'll offer to take her out for dinner or something. I mean it wont even come close to the debt of saving my life, but I guess it's a start. If she'd even want that.'