Burning Desire

## **User(s)**

Ares

"*Ain't No Sunshine*"
—Bill Withers
**Burning Desire** 「バーニング・デザイア *Bāningu Dezaia*」 is a fire-based Love Magic spell that allows the caster to form an illusionary depiction of desire in order to fool or provoke their opponents.

## Description

A spell that plays on human kind's eternal fascination over the element of fire and the sin of desire, having it create something that draws out the sense of longing or hoping for a person, object, or outcome. On a basic level, the user casts this spell by focusing their thoughts on the image they wish to display before throwing or planting down an ember of their flames and having their image take shape from it. The illusion itself may be controlled freely by the user and can come in any shape or form that they wish to create, while their movement may be controlled it doesn't offer anything more than that. Should someone come in contact with the spell, it'll start to lose its original shape before bursting into flames and covering an area equal to that of its size.

On an advanced level, the spell can go beyond that of the user's own imagination and the illusion can instead depict a desire belonging to their opponent specifically. It's a feature that requires a lot of training but once it's mastered, the user may cast the spell on their target or something that's closely attached to them. Doing this will cause the spell to take the form of something or someone they desire or long for, which can be manipulated freely by the caster. Much like a magic trick, the illusion will cease to function should their opponent get hold of themselves and see through its trick.

## History

Whilst Ares was still operating in the Clover Kingdom as a sleeper agent as part of the Hidden Gems Programme by the Sapphire Sickles, the future Shining General was stationed close to the Eisenheart Family — the only known users of the Love Magic attribute. She lived as just another orphaned neighbour, and later close friend, to the family and especially that of their son, Judas Eisenheart, despite their age gap at the time. Evident by the numerous comments and genuine reactions of astonishment over the two years living next to them, Ares' fascination over their manipulation and expertise for the burning array of emotions that their Love Magic provided was evident from very early on. An allure that the Eisenheart Family would later reciprocate by teaching the young woman the basic principles of their magic, guiding her to create a spell of her own based on these very teachings.

Once the programming would subside as she reached her adolescents, and she regained consciousness of the origins and reasons for her being stationed in enemy territory, Ares fled back to the Diamond Kingdom to begin her training that the Sapphire Sickles Division. Taking the knowledge granted to her by the Eisenheart Family with her and with it, made it into one of her signature depictions as she ascended the ranks to become the youngest Shining General the country had ever witnessed.

## Trivia

* Special thanks to **Majin Khi** for granting permission to create this spell using their otherwise exclusive Love Magic.
* Inspired by the song **Hellfire** by *Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame*.
* Image made by the user, created using images from *My Hero Academia*, *Naruto* & *Donten ni Warau* series.