[b]Ming[/b]

Ming listened to Julia and smiled. All of this made a lot of sense to her. Of course she was chosen in that case. She was one of the best samurai she knew. She found it stupid how they were criminals for just entering this world, especially when it wasn't their conscious choice and who in the right mind would try to stop someone who was trying to save the world? Either way, it didn't matter to her. She only paid half attention to Grace and Bahamut, she didn't know how they knew her but she didn't care. She followed everyone else into the forest and kept herself aware of her surroundings. She noticed something was wrong almost as fast as Julia did. She could feel it in the air. Everything wasn't quite right. They took a detour to the Tree of Life and waited for Julia's signal as she tried to speak to the Guardian. That did not work, however. Maidens were summoned to attack and defend. Everyone else was quickly on cue and there wasn't much she needed to do. She knew she didn't need any special techniques for these maidens. 

She threw her shield one end and used her sword to slash the maidens on the other end. The shield cut through the maidens easily and whenever it returned to Ming she would just throw it out again. She kept checking the dragon to see if it was safe whenever she could. She didn't want anything to happen and have her existence just erased. It would not be good for her health. Besides, after this, she had a war to go back and finish. 

[b]Miarikia[/b]

Miarikia listened to Julia and Helga and gave a small nod. She then looked to Flash. 

"Well that's good and all, but I can't very well wait forever can I? Who knows how long we'll be here for?"

She looked to Julia again before stepping away. As she stepped away from them she missed what Grace and Bahamut said as she began to chant loudly.

"Cauldron, Cauldron, witch's brew. Cauldron, Cauldron, a witch needs you!"

Purple magic swirled around the entire around and Miarikia gave a sinister laugh. Suddenly there was a explosion and a burst of purple smoke. When the smoke cleared away Miarikia's cauldron sat at the edge of the field. She gave it a small stir as she looked inside then walked back to the others to hear Julia speaking once more. When she was finished the group left for the forest. Now that her cauldron was here, her potion would be able to boil and she could easily return when she needed to. As they walked through the forest Flash turned to Miarikia.

"Miarikia, do you feel that? Something evil and dark is here."

She gave a small look around the forest and gave a nod.

"Yes, I feel it Flash. Let's be careful."

Once they stopped Miarikia and Flash looked to each other. It was clear something wasn't right. Everyone was able to feel it in the air. They continued on, approaching the Tree of Life. When Julia went ahead Miarikia and Flash stayed back but on guard. It was when the dragon went out of control that Miarikia acted. She held out her hand and called out again.

"Potion potion, come to me."

Suddenly a potion appeared in her hand and she threw it to the ground smashing the vial. The green fumes shot up rapidly and let out a soothing gas. It was then that she jumped back and chanted.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!!!"

With the chant darkness shot out of her hands and into the ground corrupting the forest with her magic. Miarikia closed her eyes and let out a short shallow breath. As she did her vision expanded, allowing her to see everything the forest touched. It is then that Miarikia began to sing, imbuing her magic into the forest and the Tree of Life itself.

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As she sang she felt Rethynth growing tired and sleepy. All his rage and all of his hatred was disappearing with the help of the others. She continued to sing to the forest not releasing her dark magic from her magic until the Rethynth roared one final time and laid himself down. She finished her song and Miarikia opened her eyes and retracted her magic from the forest all the while Flash was running around destroying the Maidens. She let out a soft sigh and gave a small smile.

[b]Julia[/b]

Julia watched as everyone got into action right away in trying to fight off the Maidens and calm down Rethynth, it was starting to work. She could feel the effect of the Pegasus, it's calming and soothing skills make the whole situation better. The sleeping pollen also helped greatly. She watched as a powerful sleeping curse was placed on him while Kuro used a spell to exchange the dragon's hate and wrath for peace and love. Blue used his power to drain Rethynth of his negative emotion while Miarikia used a calming potion and then used a powerful healing chant. All of it helped calm him down. She turned to Rethynth who was calming down and quickly falling back to sleep with all the effects they had used on him. The maidens disappeared, sinking back into the ground and Julia slowly walked up to the dragon and placed her hand on his forehead. 

"Rest Rethynth, my dear friend. We will speak soon, I promise."

She used her magic to undo all of the sleeping spells that was used on him so he wasn't asleep for too long and only got the sleep he needed. She then turned to everyone else and spoke. 

"He needs his rest while his soul is healed. I believe the cracks in reality are causing him to lose himself. He would be able to feel their darkness through the cracks, even if nothing comes through them. He is able to do this because he is connected to all life on this planet which means he is connected to all worlds and universes. So it could also be the fact that he can feel other worlds, and the panic and fear of others is driving him to attack. Whatever it is, we must continue on to Ishaena, City of the Lalafell. I will speak to him once he has rested for a little while."

Just as she was about to get going, it was then that a group of others appeared in front of them. Julia's eyes widened quickly and she stood back. Please, no, not now! Why did they have to come now?! It was Mordred, a lalafell wizard who stood forward and looked around the forest before looking towards Julia. After a quick analysis he spoke up.

"Julia, I assume you summoned these eight foreigners, correct?"

Julia sighed before giving a soft nod. 

"It was either that or let the world be destroyed. I told you Mordred that as the Librarian of the Library of Knowledge I would do everything in my power to save this world and all worlds, no matter what it took."

Mordred gave a disappointed sigh then shook his head slowly before speaking up again.

"Julia, Julia, Julia. You are under arrest for bringing forigners into Azroh. This is punishable by death. All forigners summoned, you will be arrested for entering the world of Azroh. Punishable by death. You have infected and corrupted the forest, Tree of Life and Rethynth, Dragon of Life. This is punishable by death on two accounts. You have manipulated and used your own influence on Rethynth, The forest of Life and Tree of Life. This is punishable by death. You used Witchcraft and Dark Arts, This is punishable by death on two accounts. You summoned demonic spirits to this world. This is punishable by death. As outsiders, you entered the Forest of Life, this is also punishable by death. Furthermore, one of you is a Witch. This is punishable by death. One of you is a monster, and a freak of nature, this is punishable by death. Your execution date is today, surrender now and your death will come swift and painless."

Julia waited as they listed each crime one by one. As they went on and on she slowly turned to everyone and shrugged. When they were eventually done Cheif Yoal stepped forward. 

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"I knew you were serious on your study on these cracks but I never thought you'd be willing to become a criminal for it. I won't fight you, I know you did what you did for the right reasons. Rethynth is safe and asleep but I cannot stop the Law Enforcers taking action. I just wish you good luck."

Julia let out a soft sigh and stepped forward.

"These people are extremely talented individuals. I did my research, they can help us stop the cracks. I trust them all. They calmed down and helped Rethynth without any help from me at all. They know what they are doing. If you kill us the world will die anyway. Let us do our job and stop this before it worsens any more than it already has."

Mordred laughed out loud before shaking his head.

"I'm afraid I don't care for your petty excuses Julia. A crime is still a crime no matter how you word it. So I ask you all now. Do any of you scum have any final words before we begin your execution?"

Mordred watched carefully as the rest of the Enforcers readied themselves.