A Failure's hopeful Journey

Celestia walked behind Maya, who dragged the butcher to the ground, as she held his cloak leaving a shallow trail on the dusty road.  The butcher knew what was going to happen to him so he did not forget to beg the little ones of mercy. Maya had no reactions to this. 

Soon, they arrived at Celestia's old home. The house was surrounded by the people of the town. Lily had called as many elders as she can. You imagine a little girl in battle armor, with a high ponytail and bright smile on her face. Can the old people be hard on her? 

When they stood around the ruined house they did not know what was going on, until they heard a hoarse voice begging for mercy. They turned their eyes and found a little girl with silver hair was dragging a big lanky cloak on the ground. How can the people of this region not know what a black cloak meant? 

They all took a step back in fright. Lily said, "Uncles, Aunts, you do not have to be scared. This guy has been wasted. He cannot pose any threats to anyone." 

These people were almost stepping in the age, where they can be called grandpas and grandmas but this little girl called them uncle and aunt making them smile subconsciously at her cuteness. They heard what she said about the strength of the black-cloaked guy. 

Lily said, "You all might be thinking, why have I called you here. So, let me tell you a story, a couple of years ago, the dark dwellers raided this town, they destroyed five families. The two survivors of the tragedy were, the five years old girl, who lived in this house. Any of you know her?" 

An old man said in a heavy voice, "The naughty butterfly, Celestia. Youngest of the Deigo household." 

Lily clapped as she said, "Bingo and the other person was a boy of the same age, used to be her neighbor. I do not have any more clues." 

The people both old and young began to think when a sweet voice broke the silence, "Chris Nottings." 

The people looked at the voice and were surprised to see a little girl with blonde hair and emerald green eyes, donning black battle armor with red streaks on it. She held a knife in her hand as she walked towards them with a nonchalant expression. The people were scared of her a bit. Lily came in this time, "She is usually very bubbly but today she is going to exercise the revenge for her family and that is why the ice face. You all relax." 

Celestia did not spare her without a stare. Lily just stuck out her tongue as in saying, What can you do to me?

Maya brought the guy in front of the house and Celestia stood beside her. Butcher tried to crawl on the ground and hold Celestia's feet to ask for mercy, but as soon as he stretched out his hands two sharp array flags pinned his hands to the ground. He screamed in pain. 

The people were scared. Lily was the one who shot the array of flags. She said in a cold tone, "Keep your hands off, otherwise, you will beg for death than for life." 

The change in her temperament was a shock to the people. Lily regained her smile and said, "I come from the You Family of the Silica City. My master is a Nirvana rebirth realm cultivator. He lost his parents to the dark dwellers as well, so he taught us, never to go easy when fighting against the darkness. I was also affected by these dark forces as a child and it was my master, who cured me. Please, do not be afraid."

She said all this to numb the fear the people sensed and also to give them a hint that what was going to follow this scene was even more terrible. Celestia took out array flags from her space ring and cast seals with her small hands. The flags all flew in the void to cast a circle around The Butcher. They all were stabbed in the ground. 

Celestia said, "You enjoy tormenting people, relish their miseries. You scrapped the happiness from lives, and all this for the sake of your twisted sense of pleasure. However, you never went through anything similar. Today, before you die, please experience what all the others did when you hurt them." 

As soon as her words dropped the array flags trembled and cast a dome of light. Inside the butcher squirmed on the ground like maggots. His screams soon followed. The people did not know what it was that made him wail so horribly. 

Lily said, "This is level five, devil heart array. It brings out the worst fear inside someone's heart and makes them live through them. What he is experiencing now is a vision that he was most afraid of throughout his life. This array is used by the council to punish the most heinous of criminals." 

The people understood what was going on. They calmed down, but when they found that these kids can deal with the dark dwellers and even put them through such a punishment, they were surprised after all they looked like porcelain dolls. 

The butcher screamed for ten minutes, outside Celestia's spiritual energy was running low. Maya walked over to her side and placed her palm two inches away from her back. Then she started channeling her spirit energy inside Celestia's body to support. 

The little girl sensed it but and did not stop. She kept on tormenting the man until his voice was almost gone. After half an hour, she took down the array and exhaled heavily. She said, "Lily, lend me your whip." 

Lily did not hesitate or ask any questions, she took out her whip and gave it to Celestia. The little girl said, "You choked me till I could not even scream, and then you whipped me, to calm your rage." 

She flicked her wrist and the whip in her hand struck out like a snake. With a  snap,  it landed on the Butcher's back. She did not stop, she kept whipping the man till the spirit whip made its way past his black cloak and ripped his flesh apart. 

The butcher was suffering the pain that made him wish to die. He regretted walking the dark path. Celestia was relentless. Tears formed in her eyes as she kept whipping the culprit. The people saw her crying but they could not ask her to stop. Lily wanted to go forward to ask her to stop but Maya stopped her. 

Suddenly, from the inside of the ruined house, a few lights emerged. The lights all had a strong spiritual fluctuation. The elder of the town stepped back in fear. They were all base-level cultivators, the fear was obvious. Lily took out the dagger You Xi Wang gave her and Maya formed icicles around her. 

Following the emergence of light, an ethereal voice sounded, "Celes." 

Celestia was focused on venting her rage, she did not pay attention. The ethereal voice sounded again, this time in an even softer tone. 

"Celes, my child." 

The little fairy froze in her actions and stiffly raised her head. She saw an avatar condense in front of her. The avatar was of her mom's. Celestia asked, "How..." with disbelief written over her face. 

The avatar raised her hand and caressed her face as the woman said, "This is the last consciousness of my soul, child. After I destroyed my body, it was left in this house. Today, your emotional resonance woke me up. Otherwise, I would have slowly become a fallen soul." 

Vengeful spirits were known as fallen souls as well. They will be entities blinded by the negative emotions they had in their hearts during the time they died. Celestia did not know how to react to this. She just looked at her mother without blinking her eyes. 

The lady spoke with a smile, "Although, I sealed the memories of that night, for some reason you recovered them and now you have completed your revenge. You can now let it out, my child. Do not let these clogged-up emotions burden your heart. They will eventually harm you." 

Celestial began to shed tears again, even if she wanted to hold back, they would just not stop. The girl said, "Mum, do not go, please. I miss you." 

The lady smiled and said, "As long as you have me inside your heart, I am with you, my love. Mum loves you the most. Also, your baba is alone there, do you not know how careless he is? Mum needs to take care of him, no?" 

Celestia sniffed and with squirming lips, she nodded. The lady said, "Besides, you have a new family. Remember, Celes. The Deigo family always returns what they take. My time has come. I will watch over you, my child. Take care and be well." 

The avatar began to fade and Celestia raised her hands to get a hold of it but the spiritual avatar faded, leaving behind the little girl, who knelt on the ground and cried out loudly.