As the snow continued to fall on Nean village, more parents continued to walk outside their homes calling out to their missing children. Asta continued to look around the village confused, "Just whats going on" he said when he looked surprised as a beam of light shot at him from Gauches mirror magic.
"Just stay still would you" said Gauche as he jumped down from the hole in Rebecca's house.
"Hey Gauche I think theres more important things going on here" Asta said looking annoyed as Gauche stopped his attacks.
"Marie only has only one big brother and that's me, you must die" said Gauche as he continued to fire beams from his mirror.
"Hey come on you two stop" said Rebecca when Noelle rushed outside fully dressed and pointing her wand at Gauche.
"Gauche either you stop firing or ill start firing" said Noelle when the doors to the church opened revealing the scarred nun from earlier who was arguing with Gauche and another nun.
"The girls are right, most of the towns children were taken, including some of our own" the scarred nun said as she reached her right hand out and a piece of snow landed on it, "This snow isn't ordinary, there are traces of magic power in it, this must have been how they were taken".
"Makes sense, there isn't suppose to be any snow at this time of the year" said Noelle studying the snow herself.
"Hey old hag, you said some of your own are missing as-well, that better not include Marie" said Gauche looking angry as he approached the nun.
"Sadly she was" the scarred nun said looking down when Gauche grabbed the front of her robes lifting her up from the ground looking more angry then before.
"You old crone, you're suppose to be looking after her and yet you let her be taken away, I should kill you for this" said Gauche.
"Hey put her down" said the other nun who had walked and now looking concerned.
"Why shouldn't I be surprised, you always turn to violence, if hitting me is going to make you feel better then go right ahead, but it wont help you get Marie back" said the scarred nun looking down at Gauche with an angry look on her face.
"Your right about that, but its gonna make me feel a whole lot better" said Gauche sending his right fist forward. Only for his fist to hit Asta on the cheek.
"Asta" said Noelle looking surprised.
"Are you so quick to die shorty, don't worry you'll get yours soon" said Gauche looking annoyed.
"Hey I know were a little annoyed right now" said Asta smiling before he head butted Gauche and sending him into the snow covered ground, "But how about we all calm down" he said.
He then looked down at Gauche with a serious look on his face, "Were magic knights, were suppose to act calmly" he said remembering the words Captain Feugoleon told him back during the battle in the capital.
"Hmm, I like this boy" the scarred nun said smiling, impressed by the young magic knights actions.
"Fine then" said Gauche pushing himself up and looked at Asta with a crazed look on his face and blood pouring down on his forehead, "Ill kill you calmly" he said making Asta look shocked as he sent his right foot into his back.
"Let's see, I can probably use my magic to sense Marie after I told her to hold onto the mirror I gave her that I told her to always keep with her" thought Gauche as he remembered the mirror he would uses to talk to his sister.
"You know come to think of it, back when I was changing for bed I looked out the window and saw a bunch of kids heading towards the direction of the mountain" said Noelle.
"They must have been gone by the time you told me to come back in" said Asta after pushing Gauches leg away from his back.
"If that's the case then that's where we should be going" said the scarred nun.
"Are you sure you want to come sister, maybe you should stay here" said Asta looking surprised that she wanted to come with them.
"No she's got a point, the old hag might be annoying but she does have her uses" said Gauche.
"Yeah but it isn't she, you know old" said Asta.
The scarred nun laughed, "I can still teach you boys a few more tricks" she said.
"Asta please rescue them, between Marcos immaturity and Lucas stubbornness I'm worried something bad will happen to them" said Rebecca with tears in her eyes before Asta chopped her on the top of her head.
"Hey no tears, you got be smiling for them for when they get back" said Asta smiling. Rebecca then looked determined as she nodded.
Asta was then lifted up into the air by Gauches broom, Gauche himself was standing on it while the nun was sitting on her own broom.
"Hey what about me" said Noelle rushing forward.
"Your not able to fly on your own and unless you want to be a dangler like him you should stay here" said Gauche making Noelle look annoyed.
"The village might be attacked while were gone, so please stay here and defend it" the scarred nun said.
"Alright then" said Noelle.
"Hey don't worry will be back before you know it" said Asta smiling from where he was dangling on Gauches broom.
Noelle then realized something, "Asta take out the sword you got back in the dungeon" she said. Asta look confused before he took out the sword. Noelle then looked straight into his eyes and parts of the sword began to glow blue, "I may not be able to go with you, but you'll have my power to use if you need it".
"Got it thanks" said Asta smiling down at his girlfriend.
"Alright, lets go and make sue you call magic knight headquarters and tell them what's happening" said Gauche as the three of them started flying towards the direction of the mountain.
Inside the mountain itself all the kids were gathered in a circle as the man in a scarf stood in front of them, "This is great, I have so many new friends" he said happily.
Over with Marie, the mirror she kept under her dress started glowing and unlike the other kids the dazed look on her face went away as she looked around, looking worried at the new surroundings she was in, "Where am I, this isn't the church and why does everyone look so strange' she said nothing the dazed looks on the other kids.
She then looked where she kept the mirror her brother gave her, "That's right, big brother told me that this mirror could protect me from certain kinds of magic" she thought remembering when her brother sent her the mirror and he told her to think of it as her big brother.
"Huh whats this" the mage said walking over to Marie, "Looks like someone was able to break free of my spell, if you don't stay under my spell we cant be friends".
"But that isn't right, you shouldn't be using your magic to make people be your friend, it's wrong" Marie said standing up. The mage looked annoyed by the girls comment, he then backhanded her across the face. Making her fall to the ground.
"Dont talk to me like that ,friends arent suppose to act that way" he said looking annoyed.
"What do you thing your doing you idiot" a man said walking over to him. He had black hair and wearing a shirt that showed off some of his hairy chest, wearing glasses that only had one lense on it.
"I'm sorry" the mage said looking upset from having his hair pulled.
"How are we supposed to get payed if were not able to take away their magic" the glasses wearing mage said as he poured magic power into the only lense on his glasses. He looked at Marie who was now looking afraid, from the lense he could see how much magic power she had, "This one will be best one out of them all" he said before looking at a kid who's magic power could barely be seen, "What is this, I thought I told you to get the ones with the most magic" he said looking annoyed at the scarf wearing mage.
"I'm sorry" he said looking frightened and brought his hands up expecting to be hit. But the mage ignored him and picked up the kid who turned out to be Marco.
"Well we wont be needing in this one" he said tossing the boy down into a cave that lead outside, "You may be my brother, but I wont hesitate to kill you if you keep messing up, now lets get to draining some magic" the man said smiling as he stood in front of what looked like a lab. There were viles filled with different colored liquids, there was a chair that sat in front of three round devices. Two of them were broken while the one in the middle had a round glass container.
Asta, Gauche and the nun were flying over to the mountain, "Were getting closer, I can feel the magic power getting closer" said Gauche.
"Will have to be ready for what we might face" the nun said looking serious.
"Don't worry kids, were coming to save you" said Asta looking serious.
Back at nean village most of the town was now outside as Noelle tired to keep them calm, "Please everyone remain calm, your children will be returned to you safely" she said when a woman walked over to her looking worried.
"Please miss they shouldn't be out this late, something terrible could happen to them" the woman.
"Don't worry Asta will bring them back soon" said Noelle smiling to reassure the woman.
"What about Luca and Marco" Rebeccas other younger brother asked Rebecca as he carried Pam on his back.
"Don't worry they'll be back soon, we should go back inside be ready to welcome them back" Rebecca said trying to keep her siblings calm.
"Yeah, but what about our house" Rebeccas other younger sister said as they looked at the hole in the wall Gauche had made.
"Gauche will be making sure that's repaired" said Noelle looking annoyed. She blushed as she thought, "He better answer for it, I was really enjoying sleeping next to Asta".
Rebecca and her siblings started going back inside as Noelle took out a small yellow magic item, "I better tell magic knights headquarters about whats happenning" she said as the device opened revealing an image of a yawning Sekke, "Oh great its him" thought Noelle looking annoyed to see the man who had insulted the place where her boyfriend grew up.
"Oh hello there, how may I help you" said Sekke smiling.
"So they really have you working at magic knight headquarters" said Noelle not looking impressed.
"Yes Captain Jack said I had been working too much and posted me here" he said brushing his hair back, "But I do intend to" he began to say when Noelle interrupted him.
"Enough already, kids at nean have been village have been kidnapped and we need help" she said looking annoyed.
"Whoa that sounds like its an emergency, you should call magic knights HQ for help" said Sekke looking surprised.
Noelle brought the device close to her face as she yelled, "WHY DO YOU THINK IM CALLING YOU" she said making Sekke look afraid.
"Alright ill go get help" said Sekke as the image of him vanished and the device closed.
Noelle sighed before she looked towards the mountains, "Please be safe Asta" she said before walking back to Rebeccas house.
Asta, Gauche and the nun were now closer to the mountain, "I can see caves leading into the mountain" said Gauche.
"It makes sense, the caves are the perfect place to hide a large group of people" the nun said while Asta looked to see Marco outside one of the caves.
"Hey that's Marco, Gauche bring me down for a second" he asked looking up at Gauche who continued to look at the caves.
"Absolutely not , Marie's the only one I'm focused on saving" Gauche said looking serious.
Asta looked annoyed before he let go off the broom and started yelling as he fell towards the ground.
"What is wrong with you, aren't you magic knights suppose to help people" said the nun looking angrily at Gauche before she started flying down towards Marco.
Gauche flew into one of the caves and started flying forward, "As long as Marie is safe, nothing else matters" he thought as he remembered when he met captain Yami, "The day I met captain Yami, I got read of my prisoner clothes, he told me to use my power to defend the people I care about and that's exactly what Im going to do" he thought looking determined.
Back outside Asta was getting read of the snow covering him as he walked over to the nun and Marco, "Is he alright" he asked?
"Marco can you hear me" the nun said holding the boy up, "Something's happened to this boy, he's covered in scrapes and frostbite" she said looking worried, "It looks like hes still under some kind of spell".
"Oh I got just the fix for that" said Asta smiling as he got the rest of the snow off him and took out his big anti magic sword.
"Wait, wha are you planning on doing with that" the nun said looking surprised by the giant weapon. Asta then tapped Marco on the head with the handle of the sword. The dazed look on Marcos face vanished as steam came off his forhead.
"Wait sister, Asta what am I doing out here" Marco said looking confused, "Ow, it hurts" he said trying to sit up only to look in pain.
"Here" the nun said as she opened her grimoire, "Flame creation magic, healing light" she said as multiple flying candles surrounded Marco.
"Oh its warm" Marco said smiling as the pain started to slowly go away.
"Marco we need to go inside and rescue your sister and the other kids, can you wait out here" said Asta.
"No Asta don't leave me out here, its scary" Marco said as tears started to come out at the corner of his eyes.
"Hey whats with the tears, your suppose to be a man now" said Asta as he removed his black bulls robe and put it on Marco, "This is filled with a magic knights courage, the fear will be gone before you know it, keep it safe until I get back" he said.
"Alright then, ill be brave" said Marco looking determined.
"Keep in mind its just a loan, so make sure you don't get it all messed up" said Asta feeling worried about what could happen to his magic knights robe.
Back in the mountain where the children were, a little girl was siting on the chair with a device on her head. She screamed as lighting came off the device on her head. The man wearing glasses smiled as the lightning stopped and tossed the girl with the other kids who were lying down on the ground after having their magic power drained.
"Now its time for the main attraction" said the man smirking as he looked at his brother who was standing next to Marie.
The man started dragging my Marie by her arm, "No stop it" Marie said trying to escape.
"Please, this will all go better if you just co operate" said the mage looking upset when someone yelled, "MARIE".
The two mages and Marie looked down at a passage where Gauche was flying towards them, "Big brother" said Marie looking relieved.
"Marie" Gauche said smiling before he noticed a scrape on Maries face. He then glared at the mage with the scarf on, "Your dead" he said as a beam shot from his mirror at the mage, making him fall to the ground.
"Who is this guy" he said sitting back up as smoke came off his shoulder.
"Well just don't sit there, do something about him" his brother told him.
"Okay" the mage said standing back up as his grimoire opened, "Snow magic, snow cloud" he said as a snow cloud shot towards Gauche who looked annoyed as his own grimoire opened.
"Mirror magic, mirror shift". He said as another mirror appeared away from him and the snow cloud. Gauche then teleported next to the mirror and dodged the snow cloud.
"I cant hit him" said the snow mage as Gauche continued to use his mirror magic to teleport away from the now cloud, "Snow creation magic, snow soldiers" he said as snow appeared on the ground in front of him. Big snow men with arms and legs grew out of the snow and started moving towards Gauche.
"Ive had enough" he said multiple mirrors appeared around the snow men. "Mirror magic, reflect refrain" he said as a beam from one mirror hit another mirror and then reflected to the other mirrors. Destroying the snow men that were trapped by the mirrors.
"Damnit' thought the man with glasses looking worried as Gauche landed on the ground, he could see from the lense on his glasses a lot of magic power surrounding Gauche, "I took this job because the pay was good, I didn't expect to go up against a guy like this, I better do something quick" he thought before looking at Marie who was standing close by. He smiled grabbing her arm, "Now if you don't want anything to happen to her, you'll stay back" he said.
"Damn you" said Gauche looking annoyed as the snow mage created more snowmen.
"Luckily my friend here can creat as many of these things as he wants" said the man smirking when Asta appeared in the area yelling and the nun on her broom flying above him. Asta used his anti magic sword to destroy the snowmen surrounding Gauche. Some of the pieces of the snowmen ended up being sent flying.
One of the pieces hit the mage who was holding Marie, in the cheek making him let go of Marie. Marie took the opportunity and ran towards Gauche and Asta.
"Big brother" said Marie.
"Marie" said Gauche smiling as he walked towards Marie holding his arms out, "Everything's going to be alright" he said. But Marie didn't run into him, but instead ran over to Asta and hugged him.
"Asta, thank you for saving me" she said while Gauche looked completely frozen.
"Yeah sure, are you oaky" said Asta when a mirror beam shot at him and he dodged it.
"Die Asta" said Gauche as multiple mirrors surrounded the young magic knight.
"Oh come on, give me a break" said Asta looking surprised before Marie stood between them.
"Stop it big brother" said Marie looking annoyed.
"Get out of the way Marie" said Gauche.
"Nun uh" said Marie shaking her head no as the nun checked on the kids who had their magic drained.
"These children have had their magic drained, its hard to tell if they will ever be able to get it back" said the nun looking worried.
"The man said something about getting money for our magic" said Marie as Asta glared at the two mages.
"What kind of people, would do something like this" said Asta as he gripped the handle of his anti magic sword.
"Great more trouble" said the mage with glasses as he focused power into his only lense as he stared at Asta. He then laughed as he saw no magic coming off his body, "Hahaha, get this, this kids some kind of freak with absolutely no magic, Nese you handle the mirror mage, ill think of a way to take care of this" he was interrupted when Asta ran at him with incredible speed. The mage looked surprised as Asta sent him flying with his magic sword and he ended up hitting the caves wall. The nun, Gauche, Marie, and Nese looked surprised at what they just saw.
Asta stood in front of the mage who had laughed at him, but he now looked afraid, "You better pay attention, your going to pay for wha you've done" Asta said looking angrily looking down at one of the mages responsible for draining some of the kids of their magic.