All of the girls jumped up and they rushed out of their respective castle; most still in their nightwear.

       Nebula jumped swiftly onto Charcan and pulled on his reins; her cape flowing swiftly behind her. She rode as fast as she could in the direction of the scream, not giving the rest of the Guardians a thought.

       Solar ran down the golden stairs that lead to the giant front doors that looked dull in the moonlight. Not even stopping to change out her slippers, Solar dashed to the stable; her whip on hand. Without any hesitation, she practically jumped onto Sunshine and motioned her onward; riding to Starlight Castle.

       Lunar bounded to her weapons room and grabbed her emergency bag filled with knives of all types. She ran straight to Starlight Castle, on foot, not even thinking to grab her horse, Cavallo .

       Pluto rushed out of bed and grabbed her staff, that rested against the coat rack. Mumbling to herself along the way.

       "This can't be happening." She hurried away from the castle with her staff in hand.

       Flare jumped and scurried around the library. I fell asleep! In my clothes! I don't have time to change, I have to go! She thought as she ran out of the book-filled heaven, grabbing some stars along the way.

        All the girls met up at Starlight Castle. Townspeople were rushing around, but they didn't know where from.

       "Hey! Has anybody seen Nebula?" Lunar yelled to the group. They all replied with "no" and they pushed through the rushing crowd.

       Solar grabbed a woman who couldn't be older than 30. "Please. Have you seen the Beast?"

         "I- Its-past the fountain, Miss." She stammered, before wrenching herself away, and running towards her home. They bade her fleeing back a thanks and ran to where she pointed.

       They arrived and saw what they had been hunting for some time. The Beast. It was around 10 feet tall and too skinny to be anything human. It had a pure white head and no face; a blank, emotionless slate. Its body was a deep black and gray flakes circled the creature. On its back was a blanket like cloak made from ragged and matted animal pelts and human skin.

       In it's long, skinny fingers a woman was trapped beneath it's coat of shriveled skin. She was screaming for help. Her shrieks rang your ears and shook your core; leaving an ache in your soul.

        The queens dashed to the beast. Pluto spun her staff and two knives jutted out of the ends. Solar's whip unraveled and fell to the ground and lit aflame and trailed behind her. Lunar yanked a knife from her bag and threw it at the beast, striking the beast right in it's slender leg.

       It shrieked and bolted towards Lunar. Flare whipped out a poison star and spun it into the Beast's arm that was holding the girl. It dropped her and she fell, screaming. Pluto grabbed a potion and tossed it under the girl. When she fell into the bubbles she floated down to the ground and she sprinted to the Starlight Castle for cover.

      Everyone had left the scene leaving just the guardians; except Nebula.

       The Beast screeched and shook violently and its neck jolted with a thundering crack. A new head sprouted from the new open space on it's neck. All the girls gaped at the creature.

       "What is happening?" Flare whispered as her bottom lip quivered.

        It started running; sprinting at them. The girls got in position and all stood their ground.

        A whistle. Barely audible. Soon an arrow landed in the beast's shoulder. They started flying and sinking into the beast's flesh. The arrows melted the very skin it sunk into leaving the Beast screeching.

       It stumbled towards the woods, dodging the arrows.

       All the girls saw what it was going for.

Nebula.

       Pluto dashed towards Nebula, shouting her name. Nebula couldn't hear it. She wouldn't hear it. She needed to kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Make it as dead as all the people it killed.

       It approached as she grabbed for another quiver; grabbing at nothing. Her eyes widened as she pulled at Charcan's reins. He grunted as he tried to move but was incapable of going anywhere. Vines and tree roots had slithered out of the ground and snaked around Charcan's ankles.

       Nebula did the most reasonable thing she could think of. She swung her bow with all her force; the beast was almost touching her with its fingers. The bow struck the Beast right in the stomach region and it wailed in pain.

       She prepared for another strike but the Beast plucked the bow right from her grasp; snapping it with one hand, right it half.

       Nebula glanced behind the Beast's side and saw the other guardians tied up in heaps of vines and roots; trying to cut themselves loose.

       The beast grabbed Nebula's arm and sprinkled dust on her. By now she was screaming, punching, kicking the beast anywhere she could make contact. She started to slow down and her eyelids felt heavy. She slumped in the Beast's grasp and her head fell back; her eyes closing and her breathing slowing to a small intake of air.

       The vines started untangling from the girls and Charcan. They bolted towards the Beast yelling at Nebula to wake up. It was no use.

       The Beast sprinted away into the Starlight Woods, it's gray flakes trailing to the ground.

       The girls made it to Charcan and he snorted. His blue eyes wide with terror.

       All of their gazes turned to the woods as they saw Nebula's cape flutter to the ground landing in a dead heap in the dirt.