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in the world.”
    “That’s right,” Emily agreed with a nod. “There are lots of different kinds of Darker Ones out there, but they’re extremely rare to come across. Most of them are chaotic, destroying everything around them as they please, like wild animals.” She then giggled and turned her blank gaze back to Luna with a creepy smile on her face, causing Luna to feel a real sense of terror from the girl.
    “Well, I tamed one,” she boasted with a twitch of her eyebrow.
    “What? You… tamed one?” Luna asked, not liking where this was going.
    Emily nodded then pointed her hand down to the road while the casting circle around her arm spun around slowly. The light then flared up brightly before shooting down from her hand into the road like a bolt of lightning, causing a powerful flash along with fire that swirled around in a circle on the road. The flames filled the circle then rose up into a torrent of fire that spun around with a monstrous howl. Luna stared at the sight with absolute fright while Emily faced the torrent with an eager smile on her face. The eyestalks turned to Luna and saw her shaking before Emily backed up and held her hand gently, with Luna looking to the girl as she pointed to the flames.
    “Here, look,” she said eagerly, with the flames flashing with a powerful boom before dropping down and washing out along the ground with a sizzling crackle. Luna stared with shock at seeing something standing in the road while small patches of fire burned around it.
    “What… is that ?” she asked fearfully.
    Standing on the charred ground was a centaur, however this one looked drastically different compared to most centaurs, and not only that it seemed to be twice as big. The color of the horse’s body was a dark purple with black hair on the lower legs and rear, the tail being long and black while trailing smoke behind it. Around its lower back it had a black cover on it that was tied around its belly, the blanket having two tails that hung down either side of the beast’s body near its hind legs with silver emblems woven into the fabric along the edges. Around the human waist that connected to the horse’s body it had a belt with three small skulls attached to the front, each of them having small traces of red light coming from their eyes. The monster’s human half was that of a woman, with a dark leather shawl that covered its breasts and draped down over its shoulders. Its skin was a dark blue while the eyes were solid white, her long raven hair being held back in a loose ponytail with the hairband being a crimson ribbon. However the most noticeable thing about this dark looking monster was the gigantic scythe it held in its hands, with the blade itself being the size of Luna’s body. The long steel handle was dark colored while the enlarged blade gave off a haunting purplish glow as the mere sight of it sent chills down Luna’s spine.
    Emily giggled at seeing the new monster as it just stood out in the road, the beast slowly turning its head to survey its new surroundings while its rear leg scraped against the dirt road.
    “That’s a deathmare. A Darker One.”
    “A Darker One?” Luna squeaked out.
    She then screamed and bolted back into the girl’s room, with Emily’s eyestalks turning to seeing the butterfly girl scrambling towards the opposite wall away from the balcony.
    “Luna? It’s okay, it’s not going to hurt you,” Emily pleaded as she quickly ran in after the girl.
    Luna stumbled and dropped down onto the floor then turned around to seeing Emily walking up to her, with two of the witch’s eyestalks wavering around behind her as they kept their single eyes locked onto the frightened butterfly.
    “No, no, no,” Luna whimpered as she tried to scoot further away on her rear.
    “Luna? It’s alright, you’re safe with me.”
    “Safe? There’s a Darker One right outside!” Luna cried out.
    Emily nodded then knelt down beside Luna as the butterfly girl tried to