Chapter 4

As Tibil and Jehanne cut down the last of the howlers and the English soldiers. They began to breathe heavily. "Is there a way to kill the witches. "Only one that we know of and it's decapitation of the head. However more of us die trying to kill these damned monsters." "I see." Jehanne's eyes changed from a piercing jade green to a royal purple and she could see the entire magic network of the witches as she gazed over at the witches she appeared behind two of them and chopped both their heads off in one swift motion of Tibil's sword.

The other two quickly tossed a fireball and a strong slicing gale Jehanne's way when Tibil quickly began to say an incantation and a shield formed around her. "Merci!" Tibil winked as he began to say another incantation and formed a barrier around one witch as they tried to turn into smoke but it was too late. He quickly tossed blessed sealing tags on the barrier's top and began to send it away as Jehanne handled the other one.

Tibil ran over to Jehanne and asked her if she was alright. "No, I have to check on my family and my best friend." "Alright, let's go show me the way." As I whistled for Valentine I heard her whiney as she neared I quickly hopped on her and grabbed Tibil's hand and helped him up. "Come on girl we need to head back home double time." Valentine reared and galloped fiercely. (Please be okay.) As Jehanne and Tibil reached the small town smoke began to rise. (No! Please don't be dead!) I gripped tighter onto Valentine's reins until I could feel just pins and needles in my entire arm. Tibil put a comforting hand on my shoulder I looked back with tears stinging my eyes. "They'll be fine and alive." "I hope you're right." We reached my family home and I quickly hopped off of Valentine and burst through the door to find English soldiers harassing my mother and my best friend.

I quickly drew my rapier and charged at them one of the soldiers turned and smacked me across the face. "Jehanne!" Tibil started to run to my aid. "STAY BACK!" Tibil stopped mid sprint. "Jehanne, what are you...?" "IF YOU INTERFERE WITH THIS FIGHT I'LL TREAT YOU THE SAME AS THESE ENGLISH PIGFUCKERS!" "Please, girl it's not much of a fight especially for us." The English captain grabbed my hair and shoved me to the ground. "JEHANNE!" My mother exclaimed. "It seems we're not taking french slaves today. However I can guarantee your pretty little red head is going to look good on my wall. Or perhaps you'll make a great bearer of my children." DON'T YOU TOUCH MY DAUGHTER YOU ENGLISH BASTARD!"

"Such fire; I guess it's true what they say. All French women are firecrackers until you weaken their spirit." The English captain drew his dagger as he walked up to my mother. I struggled to break free from his subordinates grasp. "Let's see. Will your mother's death break you french girl?" "NO! MOTHER!" I struggled even harder breaking free of one of his subordinates I shoulder charged the Captain into the wall as his dagger clattered to the ground I gripped it and sliced his left eye and I tried to stab him again but I was restrained by the others. "You strike a royal soldier and spill my blood. You are an insolent whore!" He smacked me across the face and picked up his dagger. "Normally, I'd take your eye. However I feel watching your mother die in your arms is punishment enough." The Captain slit my mother's throat. I tried to scream but it was nothing audible as my mother struggled to keep herself from bleeding out. "Next the sister." That's when I felt something stir up within me as the ground cracked beneath me I broke free of the guards as I made my way to the captain as I grabbed my rapier from one of the guards and I managed to stab the captain in the hand. "Damn it Girl!"

"I'll kill you if it's the last thing I do!" The guards tried me once more but I turned and killed them with just a shockwave pierce of my rapier. "STAY BACK YOU ENGLISH PIGFUCKERS!" The Captain's eyes began to glow and he kneed me in the stomach and struck me in the back of the neck as I began to black out I tried to crawl over to my mother. "Captain Creaz! Orders from the general. We are needed...." (Captain Creaz... I'm coming for you.)