"Like I said Kid. You owe me." It spoke

"I still barely know who you are. Please tell me you aren't going to kill me."

The spirit scoffed and then turned away, bits of fire floating off into the air.

"I'm not going to kill you. But I want you to repay me...LIKE SO!" the empress screamed.

The scorching empress flew towards Vlaire quickly and went into her chest, disappearing. Vlaire opened her eyes and looked around not seeing anyone around. Suddenly, she felt a boost of energy. All of the exhaustion she had accumulated had disappeared and her mind began to race.

"She disappeared into my body. Is that what she meant by repaying her? By possessing me?" Vlaire flopped to the ground in despair. She had only just found something she was passionate about, and now a spirit had taken over her body from the inside.

"I'm not stealing your body. Just borrowing it." A voice in her head spoke.

"Is that you?"

"Yes its me. I didn't possess you. I'm using your body to get to where I want to go. I'm rather lucky you fell down that well because I needed someone's soul to possess. Thank you for that. I repaid you by saving you, and now you have to repaid me for that by letting me chill in your body until you take me where I want to go."

"You're making no sense at all but I did notice my body regained a lot of energy. Tell me about that." Vlaire asked after sitting up.

"I can provide you with a hefty amount of mana for your own use. I wasn't called the scorching empress for nothing back when I was around, my mana and fire magic levels were of S rank level. I can also give you mana and strength recovery whenever if I'm not low on mana, so make sure to use your own and my mana wisely."

"Nice. This is perfect then. But I do have another question empress."

"Go on."

"Can you possess me? You're a spirit after all."

The empress went quiet for a moment while Vlaire sat in nervous anticipation.

"I can. But, only on specific occasions, like if you're about to die."

Vlaire gulped and then sighed.

"Not that bad..." She thought. She then quickly perked up. "Wait did you say take you where you want to go?"

"Yep. I can't leave your body now, and you can't forcefully remove me with any common methods either. If you want to get rid of me, take me to my destined location. It'll let me move on."

"Shit! I'm stuck with this spirit for a while now huh. Well, at least she'll be of some use." Vlaire thought in annoyance.

"I can hear your thoughts you know."

Vlaire covered her mouth in embarrassment.

One year later:

It had been about a year since Vlaire was forcefully joined with the Scorching Empress spirit. Through this time, she made sure to train hard, enhancing her own mana and getting used to the immense powers the spirit within her provided. Her fire magic had increased ten fold and she was most likely now the strongest mage in her town. No one knew yet though.

Vlaire came down the stairs in her pyjamas and sat at the table eating her eggs on toast.

"Vlaire. Today's the school dance isn't it?" Her mother asked excitedly.

Vlaire choked on her food and put down her cup of orange juice, looking down at the table, her now slightly longer hair covering her face.

"I completely forgot!" She thought while sweating and frowning. Luckily, she remembered her mother buying her a dress a week back.

She quickly looked up smiling and spoke. "Yes, of course I remember. I'm wearing that dress you bought me the other day too mom."

"Any boy in mind?" Her mom teased.

"Mom.." Vlaire said embarrassed.

"Not on my watch." Her father said, his face behind a newspaper.

Her mother looked over at her husband and punched his arm jokingly. "Oh stop it honey."

Vlaire went back upstairs and fell on her bed. She spent the past year drowned in her own training she completely forgot to socialise.

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"Are people really taking boys to the dance?" Vlaire thought.

"Ah, so you're thinking of boys now huh. I remember having to dance with noble family boys at balls all the time."

"I didn't ask empress." Vlaire sighed.

Soon it was time. It was around 7pm and Vlaire was in the violet dress her mother had bought her.

"You look stunning Vlaire."

"Steal the other girls boyfriends honey." Her father cheered, Vlaire's mother once again hitting him.

She left the house and made her way to the school. Enroute, Vlaire saw a boy with black hair wearing a tuxedo on the other side of the street. She remembered him joining her class the year prior, and him not having a large presence in the classroom. Besides his dark purple eyes, not much stood out about him. She inhaled and then walked across the road to him.

"Hey Ryuga." She spoke.

Ryuga looked back and then saw her, a stunning beauty right before his eyes. He never paid much attention to her in class but knew her from the iconic short brown her he always saw the back of. But now he was staring at a stunning girl in a violet dress. He looked as though he remembered something and then once again showed a straight and dark face.

"Yes?"

"Do you want to walk to the school together? We don't talk much but maybe we could get to know each other at this dance."

Inside she was cringing. She was talking to a pretty cute boy and spoke absolute nonsense. There was no way he was going to accept.

"Ha ha. First blood goes to you." The empress laughed.

Ryuga turned away. "Do what you want."

She followed after him and they eventually reached the school, seeing the multiple coloured lights from within and the sound of muffled music. She quickly grabbed his arm, stopping him from going in.

"Wait. I followed you for another reason."

"What?" he asked coldly.

"How about we enter together?" she suggested

"Why? It'll make us look like we're together or something."

In all honesty, no matter how ambitionless and tired Vlaire was sometimes, she was still scared of doing things along like a normal teenage girl.

Ryuga was genuinely confused but was happy to enter with her. Vlaire seemed nice and he was glad she approached him first. He questioned if he truly deserved it.

They both entered seeing people dancing to music, different coloured lights bouncing around in rays and the beat bouncing off of their ear drums. The dance floor was packed and everyone was enjoying their time. A few looked over and saw the two.

"Is that Vlaire and Ryuga."

"They look so good."

A few boys dropped their cups in shock of how beautiful Vlaire was, their dates looking at them annoyed. Suddenly, a group of girls rushed over to Ryuga, huddling around him and holding onto him as well. He had never experienced this much attention before and somehow forced his way out and sat on a chair by the table, girls still following and trying to get him to talk to them. Vlaire watched with a nervous laugh and walked over to where he was to get him out of the situation.

"Ryuga you look so good."

"Your tuxedo suits you so well."

"Please dance with me."

Ryuga held his hands over his ears and hit leg began moving up and down in a fidgety irritation. The stimulation of the pheromones released from the girls near him, the stimulation from the music and the bright bouncing multi-coloured lights were too much for him. His pupils dilated and he held onto his stomach in a desperate motion.

"Please...get away."

The girls around him nervously inched back but it was too late. His body burst out of his tuxedo, showing off his more defined muscles and hairy chest. His forearm to hand was covered in hair and his finger nails were now more sharp. The hair on his chest followed to his back and up to his neck, where the hair on his head began to sprout up wildly, beginning to flow like fire. Pointy horns sprouted from his scalp and his ears began to become more sharp and stretched like an elf's. His mouth began to shape into a demonic smile and his teeth became like fangs ready to devour their next meal. The most stand out feature was of course the black wings sprouting off of his back.

The crowd went insane. People began running as the demon like Ryuga tore through people who were dancing in the middle of the dance hall. The music hit a beat drop as the DJ had already escaped through the back door and left the music playing. His first victims were the girls who crowded him before and the next were the people all around him. Blood splattered everywhere, coating the walls, floor and people in red.

Vlaire crawled out from under a table and watched in fear as the beast chased around his desperate prey.

"I can do something about this." The empress said.

"What could you do?" Vlaire cried.

"Let me take over your body. I will be able to defeat that monster with my powers, but I would probably have only a short amount of time since I've never done this with you before."

"Short time? Are you sure?"

"I got you. Now close your eyes and relax."

Vlaire closed her eyes and sat back under the table. As soon as she did this she felt a burst of mana and then her conciousness fading. The empress opened her eyes in the body of Vlaire and was shocked at how easy it was to do. She coated her fist in flames and punched the table on top of Vlaire through the roof. She stood up revealing her form in Vlaire's body. Enflamed hair, rolled back eyes and orange tattoos across the cheeks.

Ryuga, while munching on a foot, looked back and saw the empress walking towards him.

"Empress. It's you isn't it?" The monster spoke.

"Yes it's me. Let the boy go Blade." The Empress spoke.

"So you know huh. Sad thing is, this kid was cursed and he can't get too stimulated or else I'll come out."

"The girl this body belongs to wants to talk to him more. Let him go." she demanded.

"No can do!" Blade screamed, pouncing at the Empress with his claws aimed at Vlaire's heart.

She dodged the attack and kicked Blade in the stomach, launching him through the roof and into the starry night sky. She flew through the hole in the roof with no wings and began throwing fireballs at Blade. Blade flew past all the attacks, on grazing his left wing and pointed a finger at the Empress. The finger began to glow and a light red beam went flying her way. She was too slow to dodge and the beam went straight through Vlaire's shoulder.

"Too fast for you?" He asked in a cocky manner.

Speaking to herself, "Plasma magic? Blade always had fire magic like me."

She flew at him again, but this time Blade yelled out and grabbed his head before she could reach him, causing her to stop mid flight.

Roaring, "Not now. Stop bugging me you annoying ass kid!"

"He's fighting back..." The empress thought in interest.

The wings on his back began to recede, the horns on his head disappeared, his ears were no longer pointy and his mouth returned to normal as well. Ryuga was back and was now unconscious, falling out of the sky. The Empress flew towards him and caught him. While flying to the open field Vlaire trained at, she thought of how strong-willed the boy must have been to fight back against an abomination like Blade.

Soon, they reached the field and the Empress layed him down on the grass gently, waiting for him to get up.