Chapter 10: Amara: The Dark One

Luna sniffed out Tess' whereabouts. She followed her scent all the way to a castle looking place.

"Oh yeah. This looks promising..."

She transformed into wolf mode and sniffed at the stone bridge that connected to the castle that was also made of stone.

"For a giant place like this, it isn't too heavily guarded."

She then sensed that Tess was nearby. She saw a trail of blood, and then Tess.

"Tess!" She ran up to her and nudged her.

"I'm alright, but you have to get out of here...Lei is-"

Suddenly, a black wolf jumped from one of the roofs and headbutted Luna. She rolled a yard and then stood quickly.

She looked. "Lei? There you are! What are you doing?"

"It's over, Luna. This is the end of the line for you!"

"What?"

A large demon then flew down towards them and landed next to Lei.

"Damian!"

"Ah, what an honor for me..." He then transformed to his human mode. "You remembered my name like I told you to."

"Lei, what's going on?"

"You aren't my friend anymore. You're nothing but a nuisance and I'm sick of it. You're always getting into trouble and putting me in danger. I've been on Damian's side for a month now."

"...What? But you-"

"It was all acting, baby. I have been pretending the last month to be concerned and worried about you. But a month of acting is far too much. We're ending your life. Now!"

"Lei...I had no idea you felt that way about me...I'm so sorry..."

"Oh shut up, Luna!"

"Luna, don't apologize to him! He's a coward!" Tess shouted as she transformed to human.

Damian walked over to Tess. She lowered her ears and looked up at him with fear in her eyes.

"No!" Luna ran to protect Tess, but Lei blocked the way. "Lei, move! I'm not going to hurt you!

"Bad mistake then." He jumped at her and bit into her shoulder. She yelped and tried to push him off of her, but he held fast.

Damian took his sword and held it out to Tess' neck. "You are an adorable woman, Tess. Pity you have to kneel to my blade."

"In your dreams, lizard man!" She suddenly jumped up and knocked the sword out of Damian's hand.

Luna finally escaped from Lei's grasp and jumped on top of Damian. He threw her off with ease.

Lei shouted at Luna."You're nothing!"

They all turned and looked at Luna.

"You're nothing!"

Luna transformed to human and dropped to her knees and looked down at the ground.

"You're nothing, bitch! You're nothing!"

Luna's tears began to fall onto the stone ground. She then looked up at him with burning red eyes. They all, including Lei, looked at her like they had seen a ghost.

Tess then spoke. "...Luna?"

Luna stood up and screamed as her appearance changed. Her clothes turned into a long black cloak, her hair was long and black, and then her voice deepened. She then opened her eyes to reveal red, glowing, evil eyes.

"Ahh...To be free at last...Hm hm hm hm..."

Lei looked at her again and then spoke. "Luna, what the Hell is the matter with you?"

Damian then spoke. "Her Dark Form has awoken..."

Tess looked up at Damian. "Her Dark Form?"

"I am Amara. Luna's Dark Side."

"Oh my God...No..."

"She's still the pathetic nothing she's always been. I can take her."

Damian stopped him. "I'm afraid that isn't the case at all, Lei. She still may be a part of Luna, but she is a lot stronger and different than Luna is..."

"He is not mistaken, Lei. I wouldn't get aaaaaaannnyyy closer if I were you."

"Why not? Luna would never kill me."

"No, but I would." She smirked, showing nothing but sharp fangs. "Now that I have awoken, I will appear any time Luna gets furious. You may be right about her being nothing, but I am certainly not nothing."

"As far as I'm concerned, any part of Luna is worth nothing."

Amara then transformed into a large black wolf. She jumped on top on Lei and pinned him to the ground in the blink of an eye, it seemed. She then struck her fangs into the flesh of his throat, and ripped it open, killing him in an instant. Tess screamed and then Damian walked back a few steps. Amara looked up at him with her glowing red eyes as blood dripped off her snout and jaws. They stared at each other for an entire minute, and then she spoke.

"Next is you, Death Dealer." She then transformed into Luna's white wolf form and dropped to the ground.

Tess ran up to her and shook her. "Luna! LUNA! Wake up!"

"She'll be fine. Just watch your back around her if I were you now." Damian then transformed into his Dark Guardian form and flew away to his castle.

"Luna! Luna, wake up!"

Luna woke up and started crying hysterically. Tess wrapped her in her arms and tried to calm her down.

"Shhh. It's okay, Luna. It's okay..."