'what?' gaped john as he watched his daughter being dragged into a white rift in the blink of an eye she was no longer there anymore, Chaos however, was erupting around him as the doors of the large hall had been broken down by a great force, a force of threat, the blood thirst ensuing from these creatures were blood curling, but he didn't care about that...where was his daughter?
'Amara... where did she go?' he whispered voice shaky, eyes widened he was staring at the space where she had stood earlier.
'This wasn't her doing, she was summoned... But the bigger question is by who?' said Cecelia with a matter-of-fact tone, this seemed not to phase her at all, but that's Cecelia for you The seasoned Sadistic witch of midnight, that was the name she had earned herself back in the day.
'Summoned?' said John hissing, 'Well who ever they are should better give me my baby back because i am not entering this bs' he added boldly, sounds of thin whips filled the air, it indicated that most parents had choosed to flee with thier children, it was the sound of teleportation, just then the melodic voice of the Principal Amaya filled the air,
' If you can escape, please do.... Get your children to safety, they are our top priority, if you then wish to stay and see that this is seen through and the looming threat is eliminated then best of luck' and with that it ended. The ominous feeling in the air grew stronger it's pressure multiplied greatly as time passed. Suddenly a mist began to seep into the hall through the open space where the door once stood, in a nick of time the hall was clouded, it was now difficult to see anything at all. The principal, Amaya tried casting a wind spell to clear it up but it kept respawning as quick as it was eliminated.
'Keep your guard up everyone' she announced to those who stayed and that included, kai and his mother, John, Lu's Dad and Sophia's guardian and other parents who felt like they were powerful enough to join the fight.
'Sorry but you can't be here, go!' yelled Cecilia, she snapped her fingers teleporting her Son away before he could get the opportunity to speak.
'Now then, it may interest you to know that we are dealing with an otherworld entity here' said Cecelia to no one in particular but John listened anyway and engaged her.
'Otherworld? And i guess you all have measures to even defeat that?' he replied.
'Normally, yes but this one is a different specie something we have never felt before but not to worry there are a few powerful individuals here that could take this thing out in the blink of an eye' Cecelia said caressing her long silver locks.
'And by that you mean including yourself?' John asked giggling.
'Why yes!' she boasted and her Claim was right, as timid as she may appear, Cecilia was quite a very powerful witch what other witch here almost bested the leader of the daughters of midnight in an all out duel in competition for the seat of leader.
'Well i guess there is nothing to worry about' said John, acknowledging her claim. Just then within the impenetrable mist a growl was heard, the ominous pressure heightened in the atmosphere, spreading fear and terror, it felt like a roof crashing down on ones head and then a bunch of scarlet eyes appeared in the mist, it glowed so much that you could see it clearly disregarding the fumes ability to dwindle sight, the eyes were clustered together and followed by loud growls momentarily.
'This is different' Cecelia muttered,
'What is?' asked John
'This feeling, the pressure it feels different....' she then stopped , and with a ghastly expression on her face screamed,
'Everyone, it's a DEMON!' she yelled, several gasps were heard and the thin whips filled the air again, people that stayed back were backtracking from thier decision, everyone except the teachers.
'What should we do?' John asked, beads of sweat rolling down his face, Cecelia simply looked at him with no expression on her face and snapped her fingers, teleporting John away. She activated her magic, her ominous power feeling the air, a power that caused the loud growls to cease instantly, in a blink of an eye she translocated her self over to the podium where the teachers stayed.
'And how may we be kf service to you?' asked the tall elf, Master Erebus his eyes glowing a deep purple.
'I have come to ask a question' said Cecelia, she was now floating on air.
'Who do you think you are?, please maintain your boundaries' growled Erebus his purple deepening into a dark shade.
'I don't think the demon behind us will care about these boundaries you speak about' said Cecelia, she removed her gaze from the fuming elf and gazed at the principal, Amaya. The Centaur amongst the staff was now growling, he raised his hand and conjured a large battle axe, stomping his hooves on the ground indicating anger, the other teachers stood watching the ordeal, the demon's eyes had stood still and it hadn't growled since Cecilia activated her magic.
'It's okay, i am not here fight i am just here to talk to her-the principal- however if you are confident that you can take me on, how about we give it a go after we defeat the Demon' she said smiling. Amaya decided to intervene, before the situation got out of hand
'What do you wish to share?' she said as she walked forward towards the floating woman.
'Do not waste your time my lady, i will get rid of her for you' growled the centaur, he was now moving forward towards the principal.
'Stand down, Ranga she only wishes to talk besides you can't take her head on you will be utterly defeated same goes to you Erebus' she said taking away their resolve.
'What do you need daughter of midnight?'
'Oh? You are aware'
'I recognise that power from anywhere, it's original magic first of the first'
'Now then, you must know that we are the only ones powerful enough to stop the Demon'
'I don't have any method of purging a demon especially one of this class'
'I think we will be fine, anyways how did a demon break out of Mona Lisa's seal?'
'We don't know' Amaya said, but Cecilia knew there was something more to this, something amiss.
'Well then.... follow my lead' said Cecelia as she flew towards the pair of eyes, instantly the mist cleared withdrawing back from where it once seeped in from, the hall was now empty, apart from the teachers, demon and Cecelia none were around including Lu's father.
'How did she do that?' growled Erebus, he had accepted the power difference between him and Cecelia, she was far more stronger than he ever was. The demon began to growl again, It had the appearance of a wolf but it's furs were spikes, it had a brown color almost like flesh and seven pair of eyes around his face too, big as an elephant, he was utterly ugly.
'And what is your name Demon?' asked Cecelia boldly as she hovered directly before him.
'we are LEGION' it hissed, when it spoke, it sounded like many thin voices layered together in a disorderly manner, it was unsettling.
'Oh? You mean the lowest ranked of the Cardinal Demons? This will be an easy fight' Cecelia added as she raised her hands, her Powers radiating brightly
'I call on the power of the gods of fire, Agni, Haephestus, Vulcan, Xiuhtecuhtli, lend me your flames so that i can purge this Creature from a realm it doesn't belong'.
Just then a large flame appeared enveloping the demon, it winced and growled in pain screaming and wailing twitching on the floor and within seconds the fire devoured it, reducing it to ashes.
and although she had told them to follow her lead , she left them nothing, they stood staring at her prowess.
'Hmph, why didn't Mona Lisa do this instead'