Nightmare was standing in an isolated room. The room was a big clear room. The walls were a light gray, with a black concrete floor. The door was a big gray double door. Nightmare waited patiently. It's around 4:00. They should be here by now.

"Sorry I'm late." His thoughts were pushes aside. Midnight had entered the room. "Coach wanted to talk with me." Nightmare waved his hand softly.

"Don't worry about it." Midnight looked around. "Where's Comet." Midnight shrugged.

"Maybe stayed at Track practice?" Midnight closed the door behind her. She seat both her bags and bat down. She took her jacket off and placed it on the floor too. "Do you think we can start while we wait."

"No." Nightmare took a seat on the wall. "I don't want you to go up ahead and then might have to repeat myself." Midnight shrugged.

"Guess so." Midnight started to walk towards him. It was quiet for a moment.

"Where's Dusk?" 

Midnight placed her hands in her pockets. "I let him off early. He seemed to be in a rush." Nightmare nodded. He's not finished yet.

"That's fine I presume." Nightmare kissed his teeth together. "Sit here." He said patting in front of him. Midnight walked over tugging at some bandages on her hands. 

When she stood in front of him, she took a seat. "Did you decide to start al-" 

She stopped speaking. She shivered lightly, goosebumps aligning her skin. Nightmare gazed at her, his eyes ripping through her emotion. She gave a fearful look, her eyes widen, she pushed herself back. Nightmare harden his gazed. "Your fear is a weakness you can't overcome." 

"What are you do-"

"Your fear is growing stronger." his voice becoming stern. Every second leaning in as she backed up. "Stop letting those emotions get to you!" He scolded, before releasing her from his trance. "Now we have a place to start." Midnight gasped for air.

"What did you do!" Nightmare sat lazily back down.

"I didn't do anything. It's what you did to yourself." Midnight gave a confused look. 

Midnight sheltered herself with her arm. "What." Midnight stayed a few feet away from her father. "Why'd you do that."

"We needed a place to start." he stated calmly. He stood up as Midnight gazed up at him. "Besides your sister is here." The doors boomed open. A small lime green figure came into view. Behind her a dog. Leo was a Rottweiler. As soon as his face has no longer in view, he transform back into his regular form. Comet looked at them.

"Hello. Did you guys st-" She stopped speaking. Receiving the same treatment from Nightmare. Leo felt this and slowly stood firm. Though his expression was a little bit frightened. Comet held her arm. Responding slightly different from her sister. She was trying to resist the feeling. Only to be cornered. Nightmare snapped her out of the trance. She gasped for air, as if she was suffocating. "What the fuck was that!" She said pissed.

Midnight looked back. "He did that to me too." 

Comet gave a confused expression. "Is this what we're here for. For you to scare us?"

Nightmare shook his head. "I didn't scare you. You scared yourselves." He started to approach the middle of the room. His daughters following. "You two go over there." he pointed to the side of the room. The both walked over to the wall. He looked over to Leo. Leo noticed this and approached. He looked at the girls. "Magic. One of the many things you need to survive in this world." He took out his soul. The black apple glistening and shining. "Your soul is the very culmination of your being." He looked over to Leo. "But others, have a very unique way of getting magic." He pointed at Leo. He motioned over to Leo, attack. Leo growled lightly before  charging over to him. As he ran two triangular tattoos glowed blue on his forearms, he hugged his arms as two knives were brought out. Nightmare backed up as Leo slashed the knives back and forth. Nightmare made a final leap back before dusting himself off. Leo stood his stance glaring over at Nightmare.

Leo growled once more. He attached the knives creating a glaive. It glowed blue like his tattoos. "Like him." He gesture to him and looks over to the girls. "And like you." He again takes out his soul. The apples shape being more distinct. "I may get magic by this, but your mother gets it from her mark." He sends it away. He lifts his right hand up. With one of his left fingers he motions to his palm. Half a heart then another one upside down. "She's hid it for most of your lives." They looked at each other. "Why do you think she's worn a glove." He motions his hands down. 

"So what are you saying? We get our magic from our souls?"

He shakes his head, "No, you two don't." He motions Leo to relax while he approaches the two girls. "Your mother doesn't have soul magic, she is unable to use it. The only way she gets her magic is through that mark."

"And what about you?" Comet questions. "Don't you have soul magic."

Nightmare gave a shocked face. "Pfft." He smiles and proceeds to laugh. "Oh god no!" He touches his chest. "My situation is much more complicated." He keeps his soft expression. "I wasn't created with a soul. I had to....make my own." He paused. "You two have souls because of your mother, you two have that eye because of both of us." He gestures to his right eye. 

They both looked at him slightly confused. 

He sighs. "Your souls give you two life, your eyes give you magic." 

"You could've just said that from the beginning." stated Comet. Midnight nodded, and pointed at her, agreeing with her.

"Yes, but it wouldn't make sense if I didn't explain the rest." He squishes his boney hands along his face. He taps his head. "Never mind that, I want to see your power." He approaches them and squats down. "Show me."

"Wait, wait, wait." Midnight gets up. "First you guys tell us we don't have magic, then you open your mouth about it, and now you want us to show you? When we don't even know how!" 

Nightmare got up to level with her. "I suppose you're correct." Nightmare taps his foot for a second. He carefully moves the bang of hair on her right eye. Her eye opens, the crescent moon shining in the middle of the eye. Midnight backed up a little. "Breathe, relax. This is your power, in vision it." Midnight closed her eyes. Taking deep breathes. "Relax, you're too tense." 

Nightmare gently rest his hands on her shoulders. Midnight puffed up growing red. "I can't do it." Nightmare removed his hands. He rubs the back of his skull.

"Well." He looks back at Leo. He nods softly. "Then we're going to have to force it out." 

"W-wait wha-" Leo looked over to Midnight. Nightmare slowly backed up. He took a quick glance at Comet. Comet looked at him. She gently touched her eye. Her right eye with the same crescent moon. Midnight quickly got up. She looked at Leo, slightly afraid. Comet slowly scooted to the side trying to avoid the conflict. Midnight straightened herself up, she took her boxing stance. Leo approaches taking the glaive apart. With both hands he rose them up before aiming down at her. Midnight hoped back turning to her right then left dodging the attacks.

It's not working. Nightmare whistled signaling Leo to stop. Nightmare crouched down barely touching the floor. The arena turned black. Both the girls looked around confused. He looked at their expressions. They seemed afraid. Channel your fear. The ground started to bubble. Stop being afraid. Suddenly spikes perked out aligning themselves with whatever they can connect too. Nightmare stood up, keeping this grim look on his face. Stop being like the old me.

Then he noticed alight behind his rage. It was blue, red, and yellow. The colors eased him, and made his curiosity grow. Slowly the spikes retreated as the ground retreated back to Nightmare. Midnight cowering, front of her giant hands covering her, they were beautiful they looked like space, but they were unstable like liquid. "Oh my." Midnight noticing nothing happened to her she opened her eye-er eyes. She had three, on her left. Her banging was rigid kinda like bad graphics in an old game. She had a streak of blood on her side of her right cheek. Her right hand was glowing blue, her left was yellow.

"What the hell hap-" she stopped talking. Noticing the hands in front of her. She looked at it confused. She looked over to Nightmare who then gave a nice thumbs up.

"Ni-"

"Can someone help me!" 

A few feet away from her was a red and blue cocoon.  The red areas glowing, well, red. Midnight looked over. She raised her hands as the giant ones followed. "Hold on." Nightmare approached the cocoon. He poked it lightly. He noticed that it seemed like a wall. He hummed to himself for a moment. He slid his tentacles out. He placed them in front of him and looked at the wall. He slowly wrapped them around himself. Creating a similar shape to Comet's. I see. He quickly dispersed them. He approached it. She feels threatened. Then I just have to make them go to offense. He looked at them once again, noticing four circles. Two on top and two on bottom. He again summoned his tentacles. Two on top and two on bottom. Maybe I just have too. He gently poked it. 

They quickly dispersed. Disconnecting and lashing out at Nightmare. Nightmare backed up quickly avoiding it. When he was in view he noticed the similarity Comet and he had. She had four blue and red tentacles. With a fifth one wrapping around her eye. Her eye had red triangles aligning it. "Ah! Sorry!" she shouted in response. He shook his head. The girls looked at each other in awe, amazed of what each of them has made.

He looked at his two daughters. Completely different from one another. Yes, this is a great start.

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Jupiter gets out in a few minutes. Luna was standing near the castle gates. She was leaning against a pillar that was near one of the entrances to the castle. She looked at the sun. 2:05. Luna stretched wanting to get going. I'll get going, then. She melted to a small puddle, slithering through the shadows. Growing closer to the front of the school. As soon as Luna reached it she perched herself near the trunk of the tree that was on the grass. She tucked her tail in, she stood up, giving an intimidating aura. 

Ding!

There went the bell. Luna tilted her head up as kids came out. Trying to get a glimpse of her. Kids kept running out, but she was no where. She noticed that Phoenix had come out, but Jupiter hasn't. She looked up at Phoenix who pat her as he passed. She sniffed his arm. He only smiled. He continued as he met up with Mars. She turned and looked at the school's gate. People were quickly vanishing from the school, soon it was going to be her and the tree. 

Growing worried she got up and walked to the benches near the office entrance. She looked behind herself. No one. She slowly transformed herself into a person. More so, Y/N. She looked at herself, hoping for it to work. She grabbed the knob and opened the door. A receptionist was tapping away at the computer before she noticed her. "Oh hello, I'm sorry I didn't see you there." she said nervously.

Luna forced a smiled and looked eyes with her. "Don't worry bout it." She tapped the counter. "I came to pick up my daughter but she hasn't come out yet."

"Do you know if she's in any after school activities?" 

Luna bit her lip. "I don't believe so."

"Can I get her name?"

"Um, Jupiter L/N." the woman quickly typed the name into the computer. Giving a surprised look she looked over to Luna. 

"Looks like she was already picked up. Her father came by earlier." 

What! Luna gave a nervous smile. "Did he now?" she kept the smile. "She's not home that's the problem."

The woman laughed nervously. "Pardon?"

"My husband is home without her, he never left the cas- the house!" Luna frowned tired of this bullshit.

"What!" the woman gave a shocked face. "I'm sure it was the father! He passed all of the security measures! I don't understand!" Luna puffed up, growling quietly. 

"Of course you don't." She turned around and aggressively opened the door. I got to find her. Luna teleported, slithering through shadows. She constantly peered up trying to get a glimpse of her. Or her scent. But there's been nothing. 2 hours have already passed. He's going to start asking where I've been. I can't go back and him realizing I failed. I lost her.

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"Who are you! Where am I!" Jupiter through the bars of the room. Two men approached the cell door. The light was too dim to identify then. 

"Yeah she's the one." Jupiter squinted her eyes trying to get an image. "She'll be making us piles of money."

Hello! Another week another Chapter! I've realized how many people read this book, still. I want to say thank you for reading so far, even though it's coming to end real soon, for votes, and comments. From the bottom of my heart thank you really. 

~The Oreocookie

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