Cresaya, was about ready to call it a day herself. Before she could even reach to get her room, she wished her could not believe it. But then again, even a dragon's ears knew no lying. The bells echoed in her ears, as he dashing with all haste to her room, and looked out the window. She noticed the army of the other school and snarled instantly. They were headed for the archers and mages. She'd say big mistake, but every spell caster has their limits. She had to go back and join the defense. She ripped off the lower part of her dress, which was not a combat skirt, at best and reached for three tomes: One, red with a flame emblem and the other two, violet with a three-ring halo and an open heart emblem. The last thing she reached for was a black pendant with a blood red jewel.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #800040">"Dear gods...This should be interesting,"</span></span><br/><br/>She stepped back from the window and took a deep breath. Grasping her pendant with a longing hold, feeling it radiate with waves of dark power. If she was going to fight, why not take this power with her? She looked to the window and took some steps back. She dashed as fast as she could, and jumped with her body slowly dissipating into dark red smoke. She phased through her room window, which nobody would ever do. On her back, black bones sprouted swiftly with blood red smoke emanating from them both. Her wings enveloped with the murky smoke with every flap. She hoped could make it in time.<br/><div style="text-align: center;">---</div><br/>Meanwhile, the mages were already holding their position, hard at work with many who had already begun chanting in unison. If anyone had gotten close enough, they could feel the mana radiating from each and every one of them. They were half-way finished erecting barriers around most of the mages and healers, who sent trackers to pull injured fighters into their barriers to get them patched up without much casualties. Another method, Seldes had some golems to meet those trying to break their barriers. Seldes was rather proud of his colleagues, for a change. They were doing well for such an unprecedented attack, not that he would openly praise them. "Seldes, we have landing! It looks like a bird! No, it- it's...!" Seldes turned to the mumbling mage and soon pulled him away, as Cresaya appearing from the murky red. "You're tardy to the party, Cresaya," Seldes scoffed, but smiled to know she was here.<br/><br/>"But now you're here-"<br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #800040">"I'm taking to the front, Seldes. Don't let the archers do everything."</span></span>She took the words right out of his mouth, as he had a violet tome in his hands as well. She walked out of the barrier at their front lines, her first spell saving a cornered mage from two knights, draining them of energy and healing the mage as well. The main force seemed to be getting closer and closer. Mages always were in the greatest danger when they begin casting. Helping the mage up, Cressa pulled him up, she pulled out of her red tome. It wasn't her strongest element, but one of her most experienced, with close-range use as well.