Chapter 1

Madeline stared at the window a dark figure stared back but quickly disappeared before Madeline could warn the others, "Tell me dear Markus, Why is our crew of adventurers here out of all places?" Markus sighed he sat down next to Madeline and patted her head with a clear smile "There's been sighting of shadow folk, as our adventurer's job we must help them." Madeline groaned from the annoyance of his words "We've been adventurers for quite some time isn't it about time for Galen to welcome us as his squires?" Markus laughed "From his exact words we must kill a shadow caster first before we could return." Suddenly someone walked into the room with a not so very shocked expression in fact it was rather blank "You love birds discussing returning to your father again?" Madeline looked at the character with a sad frown "Galen is our father by adoption don't forget to add that part, without it people will think the wrong thing of us."

The figure laughed "That doesn't make it better." She said Madeline sighed "Elnora Before everything that happened to our fairy clan we were betrothed. A betrothal is a sacred thing to fairy's even if one's an elf raised in our culture." Elnora sighed she lifted her hands defensively "Didn't mean to offend you anyhow….. I came to report Tomel found the hideout of the Shadow caster he says we leave first thing in the morning."

Elnora turned and left Madeline sighed and laid down on Markus's lap "I know we're supposed to wait til your a fully aged Fiary which is some time away I can't wait. I wish to marry you soon." Madeline smiled "Once everything's done we may. Life is too short." Madeline closed her eyes as she went to sleep.

The next day

Madeline looked around the entrance of the cave, she held her left arm out and used her right to hold onto it for support "Remember to shoot into the entrance of the cave not at it." Madeline nodded her head and focused everything she had into the five points of her finger tips creating in the form of an arrow tip with five different colors and effects to them, soon markings grew down from her eyes to her hands as she let out the spell it reached inwards toward the cave hitting several unknown enemies.

Quickly Markus laid his hand on her back "Madeline you alright?" He asked worried for her Madeline smiled a tiny bit and looked at him nodding to show she's fine "As long as I don't do that spell too many times in a row I'm fine." Quickly the group of four got up and ran toward the cave which shocked them due to the blood covering the wall, Madeline held onto her wrist in case a spell needed to be casted but her markings weren't appearing, though she quickly ignored it "Realm augmentation…." Madeline's eyes widened as she quickly looked on back of them she saw a large and expanding circle beginning to consume them "Shadow prison." The cave began to twist into a shadowy room with no lights in sight "Weak adventurers dare to attack my home!" The creature yelled shadows surrounded it as it focused its strength on the spell Madeline sighed "Is this the shadow caster?" Markus nodded pulling out a sword from a sheath tied to his waist "Yes, it's not very powerful hell casting this Realm augmentation must be hell on its body but it's only able to outlive it because the clear boost from some vampire blood."

Madeline crossed her arms and stood in front of the others "Crystal shield." A barrier of blinding blue crystals began to form, the creature had multiple shadows try to attack but failed before it could go up.

"We have to think of a plan." Elnora said Madeline nodded one of the creature pounded its hands onto the shield causing Madeline to have a nose bleed "Yes but make it a quick one, manipulating crystal isn't easy." Elnora sighed "If it's this much powerful with vampire blood even with all the drawbacks how powerful would it be without?" Quickly their groups attacker and strategist sighed "Madeline do you know any priestly spells?" Madeline looked at him "Think real hard about what I am Tison, I know necromancy and have the mark of one casting any priest like magic will make everything a bit worse as the drawbacks will be worse than using even divine magic, hells probably would be better to cast divine magic." Tison sighed and stood up "Choose the spell and make it count." Madeline nodded, she moved her arms causing the dome to explode and take out some of the shadows, the three began attacking shadows left and right until a path was open, Madeline aimed her hands and closed her eyes "Cybil I as a past student of yours I ask for your power to expel evil." Madeline slightly opened her eyes just as marks appeared down her hand soon they began to glow as something Godlike expelled destroying the shadows and what remained of the shadow casters already frail body.

The group looked at her and smiled they walked toward her patting on her back "We knew you could do it!" Tison said when Madeline heard his words she immediately felt the draw back as her markings expanded and began to glow a bluish green, her chest tightened as it began to get harder for her to breath, she fell to the floor due to the pain mark and Elnora crowned down to her level patting her back suddenly she felt a surg of magic "Gods can't stand them." Elnora said suddenly a outpour of blood poured like a water fall she slowly looked up and saw the headless body of Tison, just as Madeline turned another force of some kind pushed them both back a bit more having been forced to see the two pair of what they could guess were vampires, both had silver hair and pale skin with one being a male who was taller than the girl, he also carried a long silver blade, the girl had a dress with no other items, she smiled wickedly "One of four brother, is it my turn?" The man nodded the lady smiled and pointed her opened hand toward them all five of her fingers glowed a bright red "Arrow head." As soon as she said those words balls of energy shot out quickly Madeline reacted "Act one secret bloodline: Earth shattering arrows!" Madeline's spell quickly overpowered the vampires.

Madeline smiled soon blood dripped from the corner of her mouth and the vampire noticed but quickly Madeline prepared for another spell "Act two secret bloodline technique:Earth shattering rays." Beams of light came from Madeline's hand quickly the vampire reacted with blood red dome, more blood dripped from Madeline's mouth and soon she was able to noticed she was getting weaker and having trouble keeping her eyes opened "Getting tired?" "mixing certain spell work has Consequences, for instance priestly magic and necromancy." Madeline growled as she began to cast more and more spells but the vampire kept blocking "Your running out of time little girl, Madeline angrily crossed her hands "Necromatic art: Rising bones." The floor beneath the vampire began to tremble quickly she noticed and jumped backwards forcing the other to retreat as well as a wall of undead bones formed cutting them off from the rest of the cave.

Elnora quickly slammed her feet "Why did you do that?" "We almost had them!" She yelled Madeline looked at him causing her to fully see the after effects of conflicting spells quickly she calmed down and walked toward her "Sorry, I should have realized. If you didn't cut them off you would have died and we may as well had too."

Madeline's vision blurred as she fainted but quickly Elnora grabbed her.