"This... this can't be real," Alera muttered, her Living Shadows flickering erratically around her in defense.
Her eyes darted between the two sets of Pyris, Zara, and Nysa, desperately trying to make sense of what was happening.
They acted instinctively to make a distance from the first pair trio of Pyris, Zara and Nysa, they didn't know who was real and who wasn't.
Before they could say another move, the trio they thought they had hurt—the ones calling themselves Pyris, Zara, and Nysa—began to shift grotesquely.
Their forms twisted and contorted, revealing monstrous creatures with glowing, malicious eyes and razor-sharp claws. Their jaws unhinged, revealing rows of jagged teeth, as they snarled at the girls.
The young girls staggered back, weapons raised, but the creatures were faster betraying their first impression of being weak monsters.
