Auroch looked over at the little girl, and his surprise was quickly replaced with a friendly old smile.<br/><br/>"Hello little one," he said with a joy that only children could bring him, "please do not mind my clothes I am from very far away. What is your name?"<br/><br/>"My name is Annie. I am five years old!" the girl said, holding up the proper amount of fingers to clarify. "What is your name, Mister?"<br/><br/>"My friends call me Auroch." he answered.<br/><br/>"That is a nice name."<br/><br/>"Thank you...my mom says I shouldn't talk to strangers like you though." the girl said, looking down as if she had dashed her own hopes of talking to him.<br/><br/>"Your mother is a smart woman then. She is just looking out for someone as special as you." Auroch complimented, issuing a happy giggle from the little girl named Annie. "Anyways go play, you don't need to get in trouble."<br/><br/>"Okay Auroch." Annie said, skipping away happily while humming a song.<br/><br/>The moment Annie left Auroch felt the hairs of his back stand on end. He could sense something horrible...and it was not in this world. It was in the Reaper's domain, the town by the Styx Academy. Focusing his senses he struggled to feel what it was he was sensing. His eyes shot open when he found his answer. Serpentiles, lots of them attacking the town. Auroch was left with a choice, he either had to abandon his exile to help or leave the Reapers to whatever Fate chose of them. Surely they could handle it by themselves he thought, but at what cost, how many innocent people would die because he was not there to help...perhaps none or maybe the opposite, perhaps many more would die if he was not there. No there was no question that he needed to help, if not for the Reapers then for the spirits that resided there.<br/><br/>Auroch stood up, pressing his fingers to his chest and causing a rather ornate seal to glow even through his clothing. The seal glowed ever brighter until it appeared to simply shatter and disappear from his body. He opened his eyes and they flared bright red before fading back to their original green. He felt like something had woke him up, like he was half asleep this entire time. All the power that he had kept away for so long suddenly filled him, his flame had returned. Holding out his hand a fiery burst conjured a scythe into his hand. Gripping its handle tight he sliced it through the air and tore open the space in front of him, forming a portal to the town, he wanted to be right where all the action was so he could make a difference. Looking over to Annie, who stared at him with her eyes widened, he gave a small smile.<br/><br/>"Until we meet again, little one." he said, making his scythe disappear before disappearing into the portal and closing it behind him.<br/><br/>Falling down from the air and drawing his two swords, Auroch found himself in the midst of a great battle within the town adjacent to the Styx Academy. He could see his old home and place of learning from where he stood but did not have time to admire it as he sliced through one attacking Serpentile after another. Opening his eyes they went red again as he let out an angry yell and a blast of fire roared through the streets through a small group of Serpentiles, burning them to a crisp.