Denial

Maple walked in front of them with her head lowered. 

She had come to the exact position her royal guards had indicated. 

Feeling the excitement of the magic that vibrated inside her, she flung her hands to the side and white and yellow beams erupted, which sizzled as they coiled around. She looked at her magic as her eyes turned purple with a yellow slit. With ecstasy she said, "And now you two are going to come with me." She lifted her hands and her head together and threw the beams at the couple. 

As soon as the beams hit them, they got thrown twenty feet away. The beams spread over the two like a fishnet, and they struggled to get out of it. But every time they touched it, their skin burned. Anastasia began to scream with pain, and it was music to Maple's ears. 

"What is going on?" Ileus shouted.