Heavy Heart

Nana's blood ran down her hand, dripping onto the floor.

"Whatever it takes." The glass orb was pulsating in her hand shining with bright red light, as if like a heart beat, "If it means I have to put my life on the line."

Mika looked at her in disgust, her face then turned into a smirk. Suddenly, a large scale appeared behind Nana, weighing her soul and heart on two different platforms.

Her heart was heavier.

"Aeugh!" Nana coughed onto her hand, blood spewing from her mouth. She felt a hand wrap around her neck, choking her. She fell to the ground, onto her knees where she wrapped her own hand around her neck. Nana moaned in pain, the glass shards piercing her throat and her back started to boil. In a bright eruption of light, a large white light consumed Nana.

"It's done." Mika started to grow back her body, climbing up the tree, "Good to you see, Greed."

The grass around Nana started to wither, turning black and dying. The leaves on the trees started to fall, the ground cracking and falling apart. The white bright light surrounding Nana turned dark, becoming a large sphere of pure darkness. Through the sphere a rough shadowy figure could been seen, its long hair flowing, 2 large horns.

"You tricked me." Nana's raspy voiced echoed through the forest. The shadowy figure stood up, the darkness unveiled Nana. She had long golden hair that flowed down to her thighs, 2 large horns, Nana had physically grown larger, the clothes she wore torn. Nana looked up to the trees, to where Mika was.

"My, aren't you gorgeo-" Mika got cut off, Nana grabbed Mika by the face, crushing her skull while holding her up.

"What did you do." Nana tightened her grip.

"Whatever you're doing, it'll all be worth it." Mika grabbed onto Nana's hand.

"What's worth it?" Nana had a blank expression on her face, the veins on her hand popping.

"Girls, girls, calm down. That was an excellent show." Leo walked nonchalantly towards the two, stepping on the dead grass as he clapped, "What a shame you two are going to have to die." Seemingly, as suddenly as Leo had appeared, he appeared between Nana and Mika, grabbing both of their necks as he stared down, "Which one of you girls should I kill first?" Mika tried struggling out of Leo's grip but he just tightened it, "This ones feisty."

"Get off me." Nana had a calm face, not phased by Leo's strangling.

"And this one is first." Leo let Mika go, strangling Nana with both of his hands, "You seem familiar. Aren't you that girl from earlier?"

Nana did not entertain Leo, kicking him in the face with her long legs, shortly loosening his grip. Nana slid out and backed away from Leo.

"Don't run." Leo rubbed his eyes, "You, my friend, have just used an orb of revelation. You know the rules don't you? A person who uses an orb or revelation without the proper precautions get turn into a dicere and is sentenced to execution." Leo's hair started to grow, so did his beard, "You're pretty strong for a new dicere. I wouldn't have to use my career technique." Leo's teeth started to form fangs, resembling that of a Lion. His face resembling that of a Lion, "Career Technique: Nemean Lion." Leo's nails started to grow, forming claws.

"Rule 1: Always attack while someone's transforming!" Mika launched at Leo, holding a dagger in both of her hands.

Leo grabbed Mika's head without even having to turn to look at her, "Don't get between a predator and their prey." Leo crushed Mika's skull, her bones cracking.

Nana backed up even further from Leo. She had never sense such a menacing presence. Leo walked towards Nana, both of them staring at each other's eyes.

"Worthless dicere." Leo pounced onto Nana.

Narrowly avoiding him, she muttered the words, "Career Technqiue: Jack Of All Trades." Her eyes widen and her pupils turn a solid white. Nana's hands started to grow claws, just like Leo, and large fangs grew out of her mouth.

"Imitation is the greatest form of flattery." Leo had his arms crossed, "I like you, you're different."

Nana charged towards Leo, her claws ready to strike Leo. Leo just stood still.

"What are you doing?" Nana questioned Leo's behaviour.

"Nothing." Leo stood perfectly still.

Nana, seizing her opportunity, appeared behind Leo and bit on Leo's neck. Her sharp fangs ripping through Leo's nape.

"Not bad kid." Leo turned around, his mane blocked out the sun, casting a shadow onto Nana, "But you'll need to be better than that if you want to kill a SSS rank sorcerer." Leo grabbed both of Nana's arms, holding her still so Leo could bite into Nana's shoulder, imitating that she did to him.

Leo dropped Nana to the ground, defeating her in a single bite. Leo let out a loud roar that echoed throughout the entire forest.

-----Scene 2-----

"Hey! What the hell was that?" Jasper heard the roaring in the distance.

"I don't know." Anais answered, "But look at this. Real Jangin leaves, we just need the roots of the Kael plant and we'll be able to make the potion in no time."

"Hey, have you seen Adora? I'm afraid she's lost again." Jasper sat in a cave, "We should probably get the team back again, before the other squads find us. We've been hiding in here for 30 minutes, they have to know we're here."

Suddenly, from the cave entrance there was a figure.

"Who is it?" Jasper aimed his spear he fashioned from a bamboo pole towards the entrance.

"Woah, don't go pointing sharp objects at people." The voice happened to be Adora, "I got the Twess roots you wanted me to get. It's awfully loud around here, all that roaring."

"No kid, what the hell are the other squads doing?" Anais had crafted a makeshift fire in the cave.

"Hey! You have to help us!" Lin called out, running towards the cave, "Nana's getting attacked!"

"By what?" Anais stood up.

"By something, I'm not sure, just follow me. I'm pretty sure that roar was in the direction Nana was in!" Lin explained.

"Dear all students, the wizard license exam will be put on hold. There seem to have been an inconvenience. Please do cooperate with us and stay put. The exam will resume as soon as the issue has been dealt with." An announcer announced to the entire forest.

Nana's body laid on the ground, her claws digging into the dirt. She clasped the dirt and formed a fist with her hand.