Trissa ran in a circle around Madeline to protect herself from the pink lightning balls her daughter was shooting toward her with what looked like no end. It has been three years since Lark left the family, and all focus has been on Madeline's training. As Trissa feared, her son had no powers, and she knew he would be Madeline's only weakness. For a moment, Madeline stopped shooting, and Trissa stepped inside and jumped toward Madeline, who managed to block her mother's kick at the last second. Still, it was to no avail because she flew a couple of meters away because of her mother's immense power. Madeline started to cry when Trissa noticed her right side got swollen.
"Get up! Let's continue!" Trissa uttered to Madeline, not satisfied with her daughter's weakness.
"Why are you going with full power, Mom? You have been doing the harsh training for a long time; we only do live battles, and you hurt me every time." Madeline whined to her mother while Zark ran into the field for his crying sister.
"YOU GO BACK TO THE CABIN!" Trissa screamed toward Zark, who froze and didn't move.
Zark knew their mother was angry, and he could not protect his sister right now, only if he had any powers to help. He went slowly back to the cabin, kicking the grass.
When she was going to turn back to Madeline, she was already walking away into the woods. Trissa tried to keep her tears away, but it was pointless. The whole family was missing Lark, and it felt more lonely with him gone. She wiped her tears while walking back to the cabin, letting Madeline sulk in the woods before going out to yell after her.
When Trissa took one step on the terrace, her expression changed to fear as she turned around. She could feel it all over her body. Samantha stood staring like a queen with beautiful white hair and a blue dress, smiling toward Trissa with her hands behind her back. Several demons with deformed heads had come through with her, while the hellhounds were the last ones coming out from the portal before it disappeared. The situation wasn't to Trissas advantage, especially when Madeline ran into the woods, with Zark powerless to have a chance to fend for himself.
"What do you want?" Trissa asked in an angry tone.
Samantha just laughed as one of the hellhounds approached Trissa, ready to attack.
"RIGMOTH!" Samantha screamed out in the air as the Hellhound stopped and moved back in line.
The door behind Trissa opened, and Zark came out to check on the noise outside. When Samantha noticed the boy, she started laughing out loud.
"How did you and that Demon have children? I thought we could not have any children with Demons." Samantha asked and then realized something surprising.
"Oh my Devil, he had human blood in him. That is why you have children. I knew you had escaped, but I noticed a ring on his finger and thought maybe he had married you. I didn't know you had a child with that Demon. So interesting! Does he have both his mother and father's powers?" Samantha asked, with Trissa ignoring the answer.
"Go back inside and Barr the door, Zark!" Trissa told her son as he moved inside quickly and barred the door after him.
"You know, Trissa! I was always angry that you betrayed your kind and fought for the humans together with the citizens of Valiant and the despicable angels interfering in the war. You were the strongest Witch we had, and you even gave me good advice, especially Meldan, your apprentice, who learned from the best. Then you just left, which surprised me because I thought you would die in the war." Samantha said.
"I am the strongest Witch, not were. Who would want to live a life with blood covering my sight every day and every corner I will turn in my life? I chose to leave because I did not wish to kill anyone anymore."
Samantha threw something like a bowling ball at Trissa's feet. Trissa started to cry when she saw her husband's head by her feet. She wanted to pick it up but had to keep standing there if a surprise attack would come. Samantha's hands started to burn yellow fire while Trissa mounted a light yellow object looking like a whip from her right hand. She kept crying, and as the demons began to move towards her, she swung the whip to the right as it snared around the neck and started to burn blue fire.
"Go back to Hell," Trissa uttered, and Samantha quickly brought forward her yellow burning sword.
When Demons attacked from the left, Trissa swung her whip in a circle, hitting a couple of them as they burned down. The portal opened behind Samantha and two men with black coats, making Trissa sad and angry as she didn't understand why Demons was so interested in her.
"We wondered why you took so long time! Is it because of one Witch? Have you lost your powers or what, Samantha?" One of the men asked her.
"No! She is the former strongest Witch who has ever walked in Valiant!"
"Is that so! Let us take care of her then. Let's have some fun then!" The other man said, and they leaped toward Trissa as she quickly pulled in her whip, using it as protection.
One of the men on the right went low and then rose towards Trissa with a low kick of green fire. She quickly took her right foot up as it missed her, but a high kick came from the left towards her head, and she only managed to get her arm up when the other green light hit the side of her head as she fell on the ground. Trissa quickly tried to go up as she saw her daughter running toward her, jumping over her and kicking the other man with pink light shining strong in the air as she hit him. When the other man was going to attack Trissa on the ground, Madeline swirled in the air as a giant light pink ball hit him in a flykick, so the other man flew a couple of meters away. Madeline created two short whips with her hands and held them together with both hands, ready for battle.
"Mom! What is going on?"
Samantha looked excited now when she knew there was also a daughter. She imagined she could tame her and make her work for her. Her mother could only create one thick whip, but the daughter made two whips without focusing. Samantha felt this opportunity could not slip her hands to catch a powerful Witch with Demon blood. That excited Samantha as the portal behind her opened again. Over ten men with the same outfit as earlier walked through, making Trissa realize she needed to urgently get her children out of there. Samantha pointed her sword toward Trissa and screamed:
"KILL EVERYONE EXCEPT THE DAUGHTER. I WANT HER ALIVE!"