The Dark Angel [Private with Umby!]

Sure. May as well timeskip to the next day while i dig up the photos of the witches that i planned to use

Melantha arroved in class, having dropped off the book early that morning. Alice watched her. Melantha was not permitted to speak about the witch so, she began class.

"Today im going to explain the wings of an angel.."she stated. "Back when therecwere nany more angels around, we commonly had to retreive an Angel from a witch. Witches learned after an accidental stripping of a Angel's wings, that our wings hold most of our magic. When ripped from us, they are stripping us of our magic for the most part. They began hunting us down and cutting off our wings while we were still alive. This is very painful as you can imagine as it is a piece of our soul being cut off. Most angels died from the procedure, others wete lucky enough to be able ti regenerate their wings."she said.

"An Angel's wings are used in many old rituals. These rituals vary from conjuration to revival of the Deceased."Melantha stated. "Among witches, it became a crime to hunt and kill Angels for their wings and those tgat did so anyway.. were hunted the same and killed."she explained.

"Now, when an angel's wings arecm cut, we are rendered completely immobilized as the pain ia excruciating. You all are lucky as you will never have to endure the pain of having your wings clipped. I lived through it once and... that was enough."she said. "The pain is cimparable to having thousands upon thiusands of hot needles stabbed inti your back."she explained.

"An angel's wings are fairly touch ti cut off and you would need a scythe or a sword with a heated blade to slice them off easily. A witch of course can sometimes create their own weapons and the witch that cut mine was one such witch."she stated.

"Now, there are three ways angels can defend their wings.."she began. "One, keep them in their whisp-form. Our wings first spread out as a whisp like version of them. We can still use our abilities without risking damage to our wings."she explained.

"Two, keep your back facing away from opponent so they dont have a chance to land a hit on them."

"And lastly, harden the feathers."she stated. "Our feathers are a weapon in their own way. As Blackstar learned i can harden my feathers enough that they become razor-sharp. A single flap and i can send a little over fifty flying at an opponent."she said. "These feathers can also hold our wavelength when we resonate with a certain type of weapon."she said.

"This weapon type is an Echoing weapon. A weapon that matches and amplifies our wavelength before echoing it out along their own blade, Alice is one such weapon. However, i cannot use the ability as it requires me entering full resonance. Which dark angels can't do without triggering their madness."she explained.

"Now when an angel's wings are stripped, the regenetation process starts by the soul giving itself a minor shock from its own wavelength. It cancels out our wavelength and allows our wings to reform on our soul. The process is agimizing as it means creating new bone and tissue on our actusl bodies as well as the wings will reform spreas out.. as such, if in ear range, you may hear anything from crunching of bone, splitting of flesh and of course pained cries. This is why si few of us livw through it."she explained briefly. She then turned, heading for the blackboard where a large diagram had been drawn of an angel's back and a fairly good picture if the bines in an Angel's wings. "Can anyone tell me what allows a bird to fly?"she asked. She had heard prior that they had done a dissection in a bird at sime point with Stein.

"Yes, Maka.. My wings are no different than a bird's aside from tge fact they are larger and arent An evolved forearm.. my wings are stemmed in the center of my back and the bone that connects them to my spine is very thick near the base. Unlike the rest of the bone, this portion isn't hollow."she informed.

"Now, the bell will be ringing soon.. the packet in front of you has a series of questions on what you learned today and also the past two days. It is due tomorrow at the end of class."she stated. She has made the questions multiple choice to make it an easy assignment.

"ready to go?"she asked the grouo as they approached. Alice walking to her side. "I am!"she chimed. The weapon feeling a bit excited about their first mission as a group. Sure, she was nervous, but she didnt see anything to worry about. "We should get going immediately if you are. Its a long way there."she said.

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"great lets go."melantha said. She turned on her heel, beginning to walk away. Alice followrd after her, immediately walking beside her. "How far away is the village?"Alice asked. "Far enough we are flying." Alice stiffened. "Great.."Alice muttered. Melantha smiled to herself, knowing the girl feared heights.

When they got outside, Melantha's wings folded out. Alice sighed and shifted, Melantha grabbing the scythe's handle. "We will be Going to the village first. To avoid being seen we will walk the rest of the way to the castle."she said knowing they would be covered by trees then as well since the castle was in the center of the nearby woods.

"well, from what i know, one is Arachne's daughter. And, being a Gorgon, she is fairly powerful. She visited the city yesterday."Melantha replied, giving all she knew on the first witch. "The other is a witch who i have known for ages.. A kitsune witch. They dabble in multiple types of magic usually. They wont participate in a fight unless it isnt going in their favor. She will likely be observing instead."she added regarding the second witch.

"The kitsune witch likely fights using a mix of martial arts.. If you get close enough to hit her, hit her with your soul wavelength but get out of range quickly or she will hit you with fire-based magic."she stated. She then gave a hum. "Maka, as i explained to Kid you will be attacking with me. But you will be going for the Kitsune witch. I can guarantee she knows some advanced magic so if you think you're in a situation in which you or Soul can get critically injured, back off."she said, sternly. "That counts for all of you." She added. Though.. i doubt the reaper will be a concern.. he heals faster than a normal human would after all.

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After a long travel to the village, they arrive. Alice immediately collalsing to the ground after shifting out of her weapon form a moment after Melantha had landed. The female giving a low cry as she kissed the ground. Melantha shook her head, "you could have walked." The purplette turned to glare harshly at her. "You didnt say that!" Alice shrieked. "Didn't ask."Melantha responded as she began to walk away.

Many of the villagers were hidden away inside their homes, fearing the witches tbat have been terrorizing the city. The few out watched the winged-girl with shock and curiosity as she began to walk. She didnt seem to really care they among thousands or even millions of others no longer knew of Angels and thought them as myths.

Siin theu were entering the forest. Signs of beware hung everywhere. The forest also had an eerie fog that hung over it. In the center, a old castle stood. The stone castle had vines climbing its walls and looked to be mostly abandoned accept for the beautiful chandelier light the glowed behind the glass of the windows and doors.

Wgen tge griup had arrived at the castle, Alice began to imagine how many holes would be in the castle when they left because of kid's firing power and Blackstar's love for pushing straight forward [even through walls].

As if sensing strangers a pair if whispy white foxes energed from built in dens in the walls of the castle, standing in front of the Door.

They tipped their head in the opposite direction, studying the group it seemed. They then barked in unison. Getting to their paws, they turned and stared at the doors which opened, the foxes darting in, and presumably straight to the witches.

"Seems our guests have arrived, Araneidae.."A girl with a pair of fox taisl said, looking at her fox familiars which sat at her feet. The female in question smiled broadly.. "Yes.. let us go greet them." With a soft hum, the inside of the foyer changed, looking vaguely like Medusa's lair but the bricks made a spider web pattern around the room. The stairs completely vanished as the other rooms did. Felis sat on a small coushin her large tails curled around infront of her. The foxes taking a portective stance infronr of her and Araneidae. Araneidae waited for her 'guests'.