The Queen and Her King

Victory and Tears

Third Person

Harry didn't want to let go of Brielle, but he knew that if she was conscious she would be ordering everyone around in the climactic battle ahead of them. So Harry, now armed with the Queen's power as he is her designated power holder if anything like this would happen which it has, was ready to yell at a few people and do Brielle's job justice.

Harry had already ordered Uma to begin charging her shell, now he had to get Mal's attention as soon as she swooped down the next time. What Harry had thought of was a little gutsy, but right now the battle was intense, and taking time to stop and charge the ember again slowly was nearly impossible, so Harry's plan to strike the ember with Mal and Uma's power at the same time like flint and steel was going to have to work.

Ben had been kidnapped by Audrey and was being used as bait for Mal, just as she had with Brielle to get Harry despite the fact that that obviously didn't work. Audrey was now trying to use Ben to keep Mal from diving at her, but Mal obviously wasn't thinking about avoiding Ben right now. Mal trusted that when she'd dive at Audrey that Ben would move out of the way which he was. But Ben didn't want Mal or Audrey to get hurt, in his mind as he was still freaking out about Brielle, he didn't want anyone else to get hurt because he couldn't check on Brielle so in his mind he thought she was dead. So, while Audrey had her back turned to him, he took a lunge at Audrey in an attempt to take her down somehow.

Ben was able to knock Audrey down, but she very quickly growled and brought her scepter up and hit him in the chest with the end which sent him back. Suddenly she charged the scepter and sent it towards Ben, striking the floor underneath him and summoning vines up and around him just like she did with Brielle. Thorns sprouted from the vines as they tightened around him and forced him down and the thorns kept him still.

Mal saw Audrey trap Ben and a new fire ignited in her veins, the fire that she loves Ben no matter how rough their relationship can be, and she was going to protect him and get him back at all costs. She angrily roared and blew fire into the air, actually spooking those who were watching some. But Harry knew her anger couldn't win the fight, the ember being reignited would. Harry took a deep breath and readied his loudest yell right as Mal was swooping down,

"Mal! Charge yer magic around the ember as best as ya can!"

Harry shouted, sure enough, Mal heard and took a hard turn straight up into the clouds to give her time to charge her magic and focus on the ember just like Harry asked. She took Harry's word for whatever plan he was thinking as she was trying to listen rather than combat anyone, especially right now. She couldn't do this alone and she knew that very well now, and she thought that finally listening to bits of Brielle's advice might just work out.

Mal hid in the clouds and charged up her magic as much as she could and focused on the ember as much as possible, but what now? Uma meanwhile had charged up her shell necklace as much as she could too, now looking to Harry for the next step as well. Mal swooped back down out of the clouds with her power raging and swirling about her being unlike ever before. She looked down to Harry who pointed from Uma to the ember in her claw before making two fists with each hand and hitting them together as if he was striking a match. And just like that Mal understood, like magical flint and steel he wanted to reignite the ember with a literal spark of magic by taking Mal and Uma's magic which will both be centered in on the ember, and strike them to create that spark.

So with that Mal flew back some to prepare herself to dodge any of Audrey's advances before swooping forward with her claw hanging low to fly right by Uma, all while Harry quickly instructed Uma on what she was to do, hold her necklace up as high as she could and repeat the reigniting spell until Mal flew by to make that spark.