Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 1)

(59) TRotW: Savage Fang!

Dust covered the air, causing everyone to cough and scattered away. Riddle covered his mouth and nose with his cape, but the dust still managed to get caught in his throat. He couldn't see past the dust, but could still hear the voices.

"Dammit" He could hear Grim coughing. "Not the sandstorm again!"

Wait...

Again?

Something clicked in Riddle's mind.

Of course.

This had happened before...

"How ironic, isn't it?"

Riddle's eyes widened. That day during their flying lesson... That was made by Leona too?

The dust finally slowly disappear and Riddle finally could see the damage. There were cracks on the wall of the stadium and the goal post slowly decaying into sands. The ground underneath Leona began to crack, forming a small puddle of sand around him. Ruggie was on the ground staring at Leona with wide eyes and-

"JONAH!"

Riddle knew his voice cracked when he saw the smaller boy. Jonah was being held up by his wrist, feet dangled above the ground. His fist was clenched as he gritted his teeth, but no sound escaped from his mouth. They could saw the dim magic circle around Leona's hand that was holding Jonah.

"The magic that the loathed Prince of the Savannah was born with..." Leona growled, looking at the boy in his grasp. "It turns everything I touch back into sands!"

He clenched his hand and the magic circle around him brightened. Jonah let out a small gasp as the other watched his skin cracked, blood started to trickle down along with sandy skin. His wrist was probably becoming smaller too-

"GET YOUR FILTHY HAND OFF HIM!" Ace took out his magical pen sending a gush of wind toward the Lion, however, Leona just blocked it with his staff.

Leona turned his head toward Jonah as he thrust his staff to the ground. "Or what?" His hand hovered over Jonah's throat as he gave Ace a sideways glance. "What can you do in a situation like this?" He turned back to Jonah. "This was all this pesky herbivore's little plan, wasn't it?" There was a malicious grin on the lion's face. "All because of you... All of our plans are ruined!"

All of a sudden, his hand gripped Jonah's stomach, and this time the boy did scream. The pain was coming straight from his guts, too central for him to ignore. His new uniform now dissolved into sands and skin cracking. Blood came out from the cracks, spreading itself and blending into the rest of the surrounding uniform. Leona was bigger and stronger than him and Jonah knew he couldn't get away from him or stop the pain from increasing.

"Leona, that's enough!" Riddle pointed his staff toward Leona, a magic circle glowing underneath his feet. "[OFF WITH YOUR HEAD]!"

Leona only smirked. Once again picking up his staff and swung it the ground, destroying the red magic circle.

"He destroyed Riddle's magic!?" Grim shouted in shock.

"I don't care if you're a genius or whatever, but don't underestimate your seniors." Leona smirked. "Unfortunately for you, I score high with defensive magic." He pulled Jonah closer, pulling his arm further back that Riddle was worried that the lion might break it. Leona covered Jonah's mouth with his hand and the boy stopped himself from biting it. "And you don't want to accidentally hurt your little captain, do you?"

Riddle growled. "You're so powerful, so why resort to something like this!?"

Leona huffed. "Why...? Does the reason even matter to you? Or what, are you saying you're going to comfort me?" He clenched his hand, a dimmed magic circle appeared, making Jonah trembled and eye widened. "There are a lot of things in this world that we can never have no matter what effort we put into it." He laughed. "Look at this stupid boy. Not so brave anymore, are you, Argentum? How pitiful..." The magic circle lit up and Jonah's black eye widen, brimming with tears as he began screaming into Leona's hand. The skin around the man's fingers began to crack, as blood and sands started to trickle down his jaws.