Chapter 8- Not The Same

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Luna awoke inside a cave illuminated by glowing crystals, "X-Xreato?" she stuttered and a deep laugh suddenly echoed through the cave, shaking her spine "Xreato this isn't funny." she stuttered some more and more laughter echoed around. Luna looked around, nobody was with her but yet she felt she wasn't alone, she felt like someone was watching her and she suddenly broke down feeling lonely and not protected by her friends especially Xreato who always looked after her like a sister.

The tears rained down pitter patter pitter patter on the cave floor and then she was seized by her wrist she gasped and saw Taurus "TAURUS? THIS ISN'T FUNNY! I DON'T LIKE THIS!" Luna screeched, trying to use her earth powers to shake the cave floor but for some reason it didn't work "Huh?" Luna said and was suddenly flung across the cave and she groaned "T-taurus? Why are you doing this?" she pleaded "Please Taurus, I wanna go home." she begged and her nose started to bleed, she stared into his earthy eyes, they were no longer there all that was left were black holes, soulless. She gasped and saw Capricorn and Leo there as well, she wanted to leave and willed herself to turn into a flea, again it didn't work.

"Ah Taurus don't kill her yet." a raspy voice whispered and a hooded figure appeared in front of her "Who-who are you?" she stuttered and the voice whispered "You know Starshine, well she's my sister, destroying everything I want! Well its too late, its my move and I'm going to take away everything she made..." the raspy voice whispered "Oh let me introduce my self, I'm Deathlin, Starshine's sister. And now I've done my part, I should start rearranging you..." Deathlin whispered and withdrew a knife from her cloak "P-Please, let me go," Luna pleaded and tried to run but was held back by an invisible force and screamed as Deathlin drew a symbol on her neck with the knife and whispering a spell...

Xreato stood on the hill in silence, quietly sobbing "Where'd they go?" she whispered and looked up to the sky, wishing to bring back Luna but she couldn't and so she teleported to Destiny and saw a figure with a purple cameo bag with test tubes 12 metres ahead of her, she ran towards the figure, knowing it was Destiny "DESTINY!" Xreato cried and embraced Destiny in a anaconda squeeze "Gah! X? Why are you crying?" Destiny squealed and Xreato released the grip and sobbed on Destiny's shoulder "It's Luna..." she said muffled "LUNA?! WHAT HAPPENED?" Destiny shrieked "We-we were looking for you and-and we saw this person that we thought was y-you and we just accidentally hit her and then she had Starshine's eyes and-and she just dissappearered with Luna!" Xreato said between sobs "An-And now she's gone!" Xreato cried, Destiny gasped and drew out a potion from her bag "Here, drink this, it'll calm you," Destiny said gently and handed a night blue potion from her bag, Xreato drank the potion and immediately felt a wave of peace fall over her "You okay now X?" Destiny asked "Fine I-I guess," Xreato stuttered "Lets go home, I'll tell Capricorn that we have to skip training today," Xreato muttered "Okay," Destiny said and got out her teleportation talisman "I finally fixed this thing," she said and put it around her neck "Let's go,".

Luna woke up in her room in her bed and got out wondering where were Xreato and Destiny "Psh don't care about them, they're worthless only caring about themselves, never you, they never favoured you, just felt sorry you had no friends." a voice echoed in her mind "THAT'S NOT TRUE!" she shouted mentally "Oh yes it is," the voice replied and she suddenly felt like she hated them, like they were her worst enemies. And got out of the bed, climbed down the metal ladder and went down to the kitchen and made herself some bacon for lunch.

Destiny and Xreato teleported out of the book and popped into the library "Phew, I'm hungry, wanna go make lunch?" Destiny asked "I guess," Xreato mumbled still foreshadowed by Luna's disappearance "Oh Xreato, cheer up, I have known Luna for as long as I could remember and man she is the most stubborn girl I've met! She wouldn't give up that easily," Destiny reassured and patted Xreato on the back "Come on, I'm famished," and walked out of the library. "O-M-G WHAT?!" Destiny suddenly screamed scaring Xreato, Xreato grabbed her weapons and ran into the kitchen, also suddenly screaming "LUNA?!" Xreato screeched and ran towards her but before she could hug her tight, Luna put a sword in front of her "Stay away from me." Luna menaced "No, please, Xreato! Please don't listen!That's not me!" Luna sobbed inside her mind "L-Luna? Are you alright?" Destiny stuttered "I said, GET AWAY!" Luna shouted and swung her sword at Destiny then marched up to her room. Destiny shrugged and Xreato looked heartbroken.

Luna screamed "WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!" Because you are the key. The weakest. The one to destroy Earth and your friends. To destroy my sister, I need you. We are both the same. You won't be as smart as Destiny, who only cares for herself. Xreato will do anything to have you gone, won't she? "NO, they're not like that!" Luna cried. Are they?

Destiny looked at Xreato, fire in her eyes burning. "That's not our Luna, X. We have to do something. She's been manipulated, by dark magic," Xreato nodded weakly. "Look into her mind while I throw a time freeze potion. Then wish I was in her head. I'll call you when I gotta go out," Destiny said. The two walked up to Luna's room. Xreato wished they were inside.

"GRUUBBBLLLEEEE!!!!" Luna cried, hand with a dagger. PLOOOOSHHHH! Destiny threw the potion.

Xreato explored Luna's head with Destiny's camera. A black 'thing' caught her eye. It looked so dark and heartless. Has Luna lost it? Is this what that is holding her back? Xreato thought.

"Destiny?" called Xreato. Too late, the signal was dead. Xreato continued exploring and got a full view from where the black part is connected to. It was the brain?! Luna's memory is covered in darkness! She could hear Luna screaming in fear. "Hang on, Luna!" shouted Xreato. She tried to take away the darkness but how? Xreato looked inside the darkness again. She could see Starlight.

The signal was back up. "Xreato! The time freeze potion is up! Get out of there! Quick!" warned Destiny. No reply. Luna started to attack Destiny. Why? She thought. Xreato, where are you?

Destiny grabbed another potion and hurled it at Luna. Time froze and Destiny ran. She grabbed her bag and sprinted towards the forest. She'd have to come back for them later. She ran and ran until she met Leo. The lion nuzzled her. "Leo, there's a darkness I've seen before... It took my friends..." Destiny mumbled, before fainting. Leo caught her.

Destiny awoke. She was near an oasis in the desert. Leo looked at her. "Where's Capricorn.. and Taurus?" she asked, standing up. "Gone, like your friends," The lion looked hurt, as if to lose his zodiac buddies. He blinked.

The Starshine appeared, in a dark cage. She was screaming in pain. "DESTINY!!! Find the cure... get your friends backk!!"

Destiny blinked, and the Starshine was gone. "Deathlin..." Leo murmured. "Deathlin?" Destiny asked. She gasped, and fell backwards. A voice echoed in her head. The missing piece of the tale, tale, tale, no one knows, no one knows, the test of Deathlin, sister to one of the chhosen three.. will bring great hurt if not done properly...


"I know Deathlin!" Destiny said to Leo, as she got up. "I know her too. If you know her, I know her." Leo said. "It's all my fault this happened... Deathlin... was... me..." Destiny rasped. "She became my shadow, the Starshine's sister.."

Leo looked at her. "Deathlin was my shadow. Now, you're my good shadow. Deathlin... The Starshine adopted her as sister. Deathlin's my fault,"

Meanwhile, Xreato was in a coma. She was fighting dead zombies- which were undead, but couldn't quite kill, unless with her dagger. Suddenly she saw Luna, and the background changed to a sunflower filled meadow. Luna was going to hug her. Xreato let her, but Luna stabbed her. Xreato blocked the pain and suddenly felt something- an urge to kill Luna.

Luna felt the same. They stabbed each other at the same time, and felt a new urge- To kill Destiny. "Destiny's the bad one. We're good, Xreato.


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