The Fifth Horsemen of the Apocalypse
-7 Minutes Until Providence's Arrival-
"You all do? Who else is with you?" I asked Boo. From behind her, Shike, Belle, Alexia, Mitra, and Myth all rose out from around the rocks.
All with White Stones on their left hands. Just like Illya and I had.
"You guys have them too? What are these things?" I looked at the White Stone on my left hand and they shrugged.
"Hell if we know. That's why we're going to be asking questions with you when she wakes up." Boo told me. "And, we met somebody else," Boo told me.
Mitra walked forward holding a young girl in his arms bridal style and set her down next to Illya.
"Who is that...?" I looked down at the girl, feeling a slight sense of familiarity.
"It's Faith. That's all she told us about her name. And, to top it off, she's insane. While we were fighting Pestilence, we were shot with arrows, and this girl, without fail, took out every single one and even returned some back to him. Pestilence was being hit with his own arrows and I could kill him without trouble as she helped me out. After she helped me, she passed out and hasn't woken up yet.
"Sky! There you are! Is everybody okay?! Where's your mother?!" Dad came running from the opposite side and hugged me.
"Dad? Everything is fine, we beat the Four Horsemen... where were you?" I asked him.
"Boarding up the place. I hope your mother is doing the same... we gathered all students still alive by the fountain. Are you sure you haven't seen your mother?!" Dad asked me in a nervous tone again.
"No! What is going on? Why are you so nervous if we won? Is Providence here?" I asked him.
"I'm worried Ali found her before I could help her. I hate to say it, but without her and I, Providence would wipe out everybody around us if we don't find your mother." Dad told me.
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-0 Minutes Until Providence's Arrival-
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I lifted my head up and with a weird sense of dread, I looked all around my position after feeling a weird set of eyes watching me.
"You shouldn't be so worried all the time, Lucas!" A young voice shot across the entirety of MTG.
"She's here..." Dad said underneath his breath.
Floating down from the sky stood the weirdest looking person I've ever seen... and somebody right beside her as well. The fabled Demon we all feared that goes by Providence had a prominent eye patch that covered her left eye. She had a weird halo floating around her head with devil horns that pointed down, leaving the sides of her blonde hair with pink tips.
She wore a completely black outfit with open sides. It was so skin-tight that openings were starting at her hips and running down the rest of her outfit. Her front and backside were covered by the same black dress, and she had thigh-high, black boots with diamonds in them that showed off the skin on her legs. Her sleeves were big and hung loosely on the edge of her wrists, and she had several flowers knitted into her dress that held it together at the seams. She was the weirdest looking person I have ever seen, as I said before.
On top of that, she had pointy canine teeth, a cross in the shape of her pupil covered with a black iris in her eye, and black wings that were the same length as her arm's wingspan on her back. If I hadn't known her as an enemy, she would've been pretty attractive.
Behind her was another weird entity I have heard nothing about.
Wearing a long, white dress with sleeves that almost touched the ground, the weird girl behind Providence was a whole other anomaly. Her dress had frills on the end by her strapped boots and a buckle over her wide hips held it all together. She had a white poncho covering up to the middle of her upper arm. On top of everything, she had the same halo as Providence did, except no devil horns.
She also had purple hair with pink tips, and pure golden strands of hair falling from the top of her head to her neck.
I found it more than difficult to explain their appearance because of how erratic it was, but there was nothing I could do about that. They were weird-looking people who had appearances that matched how scary Providence sounded after all this time.
"It's nice to see you again, Lucas, Boo, Sky. I see you all have grown to be fine fighters! Tell me, where is Ali? I've been looking for her, but I can't find her at all." Providence said. She had a strange emphasis on the way she spoke... almost like she was happy all the time, or excited to be here.
"No clue. Now, are you really here to fight, or are you here to surrender and give up your rights?" Lucas asked her.
"Don't be silly! I'm just here to talk to Sky while Illya is asleep. Now... you would be Sky, wouldn't you? Providia... hit him." Providence said. In a fraction of a second, the girl in the white dress attempted to kick me in the head with her boot.
I blocked it with my hand, only barely, but once I did, she seemed surprised and backed off.
"Hmph… so, your reaction time is pretty good. I figured as much, seeing we are in the Final Trial." Providence stated.
This lady was beyond scary... the way she carried herself was so confident, I'm afraid to find out why. I just knew that she was dangerous and couldn't do anything about it.
"This isn't the warm welcome I was expecting! Not even my daughter is trying to attack me! Are you all really that afraid?" Providence asked us. She covered her mouth and started laughing. It went from a giggle to a light laugh, to a cackle, to a laugh shooting straight out of the depths of her stomach. Then, she moved her head to look back at Lucas and smiled.
"Found her." She smiled.
I couldn't even see my mom charge in with her speed, but after she did it, Providence blocked the hit with a single finger. The burst of wind shot even me back and we were all thrown from our old position while Dad and Mom stood in opposite directions of Providence and Providia, looking at them with a light smile again.