[I]Yes! I'm being useful for once![/I] Aria thought to herself, giving Winny a thumbs up and a joyful smile as the battle ended. She tried to never smile with her mouth open, as a lot of people mistook her dragons fangs for a Vampire's, it just generally made her feel bad. Not that Winny would make fun of it or anything. She was like an awesome big sister, like Iggy was her hotheaded but loveable big brother.

With the dark mages defeated and thrown out of town, Aria decided to go and help any civilians that got hit by stray blasts of magic. Not hit by their friends of course - they wouldn't dare risk innocents. They were all injuries caused by darkness magic. Elemental, not all that bad unless the user was very skilled. If these were hardcore Darkness users, they could have done far worse than simply injure or kill their victims... But thankfully, Aria only had to heal a few scorches and cuts here and there.

"Alright people, we have a healing mage! Line up in an orderly fashion, worst injuries and children first, scrapes last!" A village official called out. It was such a rare magic, but it was costly to the user. But that didn't matter! Aria wasn't made to fight, she thought. She was made for helping others, and she loved doing it despite being crowded and involuntarily made to do this. The only negative point is that after healing too many people she would need a long rest, or at least some time to meditate and focus on restoring her power.

"Uhm.. Excuse me..?" A quiet voice spoke up from behind Aria. It sounded like a child, but when she turned around to look there was a cat staring up at her. An Exceed, but standing on four legs instead of two. He was black-furred, but had a white patch around his right eye, a white tail tip and white socks.

"Are you hurt? Can I help?" Aria asked it, the cat shaking it's head with a sad expression. "Oh.. What do you need then?"

"I lost my former owner when the dark mages came, so ...I'm a stray now.. I saw you fighting and helping the townspeople with magic..." He hesitated, "...I want to help you!" The black & white Exceed claimed. "I can fly really fast and carry a few times my own weight! Can I join you guys? I need to fight somehow!"

Aria looked puzzled at the little cat for a moment, but then nodded with an approving smile. "I don't fight much, so I could use a hand. You're welcome to help out, I'm sure we have a long, winding road ahead of us." She told him while scratching under the Exceed's neck as a barrier of runes encased the village.

"Thanks... It means a lot to me to fight the evils in the world. My name is Skyler, it's nice to meet you Miss Dragon Slayer!" Skyler said with a big catlike smile as the crowd cheered on Aaban.

"Aria Marvell. A pleasure to meet you too..." Aria said, shaking her new partner's paw before more of the injured approached needing attention. "Now let's get back to work!" She told Skyler, who winked and flew off to get some minor medical supplies from a store in the village. "Aye~!"

(I noticed I forgot to give the Dragon Slayer an Exceed! So I gaves her one from another RP. Demon knows him x3)