Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Theresa glanced at Amber and smiled.

She bumped Amber's shoulder as they walked.

"You were nice to me," she said with a smirk.

Amber blushed.

"Don't get used to it," she responded.

Theresa grinned.

"I think I am," she said, bumping her shoulder again.

Amber grumbled and looked down, letting her dark hair cover her face to hide her embarrassment.

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Hilda could see the sun was close to coming up.

She let herself smile slightly and she glanced at Milly.

"Mil, did you hear that?"

Milly looked up and frowned in confusion.

"Hear what?"

Hilda didn't respond and kept listening.

Milly opened her mouth to respond.

Hilda could hear and she clamped a hand over Milly's mouth.

The princess stared at her and blushed slightly.

Hilda strained her ears, trying to hear what she had earlier.

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Serenity didn't seem it coming.

She didn't know how she could have, either.

She didn't know how to expect a raid of monstrous creatures she'd never seen before that looked like a mix between bears, wolves, and goats.

And Serenity might be great at magic, but she could still be taken by surprise.

And so when these creatures leapt from the shadows from every direction, she was suitably shocked.

She gaped and stumbled back, pushing Dede behind her.

The first... thing slashed out and easily cut through her cost, slicing her arm.

She let out a loud curse, grunting in pain.

Her finger glowed bright neon pink and she prepared to fight-

But she didn't have the chance.

"DON'T TOUCH SERENITY!" Dede shouted, suddenly standing tall.

Her voice no longer had a jovial undertone and her demeanor was anything but pleasant.

Her normally warn chocolate brown eyes (always so inviting and calming to look into) were more like a raging inferno now.

The beasts stopped in their tracks and stared at Dede.

Her finger glowed brilliantly and she let out a wordless cry of rage.

Power exploded out of her and slammed against the beasts.

Five were turned into chocolate where they stood and another five were sinking into a hot chocolate quick sand she had just made.

Serenity knew she should be helping, but Dede was just so...

Breathtaking.

The way her eyes blazed was just...

Serenity has always thought that Dede's quiet and cheerful demeanor was calming and soothing, an attractive trait.

But now she found that she liked this just as much... if not more.