Penny shook her head, and twisted about, breaking away from James, "if he's so thick headed to feel bad when I snuck out and went to attack the witch by myself, then he is delusional! Do you think I wanted him near a woman who could Sumon demons? I didn't want to hold back when I faced her and that meant that anyone with me would have gotten hurt by me! I went alone, and that's that! This b-witch drew me here, on the pretense of having to help the town. The fight is with me, Damian just going to get hurt, and I don't want that! I will do what needs to be done, and you can't stop me!" With that, she rose into the air, flames, purple this time, with a golden colour through them, whipped around her.

She began to count down in her head the amount of time she suspected the blood Mage had left with Penny's abilities. "I already know he can prove himself, monstrosity. The thing is, with Phoenix Winf, we don't let our friends and comrades fight without backup. No matter what, the bond our guild has shines through in our abilities!" She shouted the words, and figuring enough time had passed, she angled downwards, the flames flashing around her, but dispersing harmlessly around damian, Nolan and James. They weren't intended to hurt them. 

"Phoenix Queen" she muttered, it was the first time she had ever spoken those words and she felt the rush of power, her flames changed to brightest orange, deepest red, golden yellow, with Crimson, purple and pink splashed through it, her flames taking on more the shape of a Phoenix. This witch had wronged her, had drawn her here, and had insulted Damian. She was evil. And now she was threatening not just them, but the guild. 

It wouldn't do. As she dropped towards the ground behind the witch, her flames increased, but still didn't hurt her guild members. But she knew she couldn't fight this blood Mage alone. She looked passed the witch towards Damian, her eyes ablaze with inner light. "Together."

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Sasha grew more and more frustrated. It seemed impossible to explain why she was desperate to make sure Penny was okay. And then it wasn't. She pushed aside her half-finished food and she said softly, devoid of emotion because she knew if she allowed that well to break, she wouldn't be able to get herself under control for a while. "You don't understand. Today marks the 12th anniversary of my mother, father and brothers death, I won't lose Penny, especially not on the same day as the rest of my family. Please" she begged, "I know It will be wiser to go with you to, and I will but...I have to be doing something other then just sitting here! Even if it is just getting back to the guild, and asking to contact Penny, I just have to!" And now the emotion flooded into her voice, and Sasha looked away.

The last three months had been hard on Sasha. Despite the fact that Penny had come into her life, Sasha struggled with the knowing that for 12 years, she had had family out there. The years of doubt, fear and loneliness could have been filled with memories of Penny and herself. Sasha had been confident in her identity, and the the fiery tempered flame Mage that was her sister had bowled into her life and changed that. And then Lazarus had disappeared, and she still didn't know where he was. Where he had gone, and she worried and fear that he had gone home to his father, for confrontation or something else, she didn't know. Was he even alive or not?

She sighed softly and whispered "please" once more