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The battle was unfinished; Scar’s strength was gone, and Meru was just famished. They gripped each other's hands. The monster stood about 20 feet tall, still roaming the city and destroying everything in its path.

“Scar, we can’t let it destroy the city. The mages already tried; we are the city’s last hope.” Meru turned to her partner, Scar, and Scar turned to Meru. Nodding in agreement, Scar took a deep breath.

“Let's beat this fucker,” Scar flashed a smile and let go of Meru’s hand. Scar’s body ached; they could feel their transformation binding. Meru was in the same boat. The duo stepped back and leaped into a full sprint. They crossed, with Scar taking the right and Meru the left. They closed in on the monster, which was rampaging through the city, and readied to attack.

“Butterfly Crystal!” the duo yelled out at the same time, and they punched the monster from both sides. Meru on the left. Scar on the right. The monster crystallized and froze in the prison. The duo let out a breath and relaxed a little. They looked at each other, feeling what the other was feeling. The crystal prison started shaking. And the heroes were alert again. The crystal shattered, and the
monster formed more than one tentacle and attacked the duo from both sides. Scar and Meru managed to dodge, but exhaustion was creeping up on them.

“Dream voice meter!” Scar yelled, activating their vocal cord attack. They took a deep breath, dodged an attack, and jumped back. Scar screamed at the monster, sending sharp waves of sound at the creature. The sound waves cut deep into the creature. As it cut, the beast was just the same, like a dripping ink cycle. Scar looks at Meru, inhales, and tries the same attack. that split second of watching their partner, Scar could barely see the attack and got to turn to dodge it. But they weren’t that lucky. As Scar dodged the tentacle, it twisted and shrank. hitting them on the side of the throat. Scar lost her voice as the tentacle pierced a small hole through her throat. The tentacle withdrew, and Scar felt the pain. Their feet reached the roof of a building, and Scar coughed up blood.

“You okay, Scar?” Meru yelled over to Scar. Scar put their hands on her throat, feeling the pierced skin. Scar’s skin started glowing, blood turning into magic dust that flowed into the air before hitting the ground. Scar sent Meru a thumbs up, tricking themself into thinking the pain was just the magic letting up. Meru looked at Scar and gave them a faint smile. She looked back at the creature. Her foot and Scar’s found the perfect fighting stance before they leaped into the air at the same time. When they sprang into the air, Scar and Meru raised their speed to catch up to the monster, the creator of doom on earth. Meru closed in on the monster first. Scar was a second later. Scar could barely mouth the words with the injury to the neck. Meru yelled out, “Star splash!” Scar mouthed it. Both their fists lit up gold. Meru punched the creature first. The sky turned blue and dark. The creature howled and attacked Meru, forcing Meru to step back and block. Scar took the next punch. The sky opened up, letting in falling stars. A storm of small, burning stars poured from the sky, directed at the creature. The creature screamed out in pain, thrashing around its tentacles. One of them shot up into the air, and the other stabbed Meru in the heart. Scar felt Meru's pain in their chest. They shifted their body to look at the other Magical girl. Scar tried to yell out. But nothing came out; the injury Scar suffered was still too grave. No healing on its own. Scar looked at Meru as the stars in Meru’s eyes faded. The agony Pebble let out when they lost both Meru and its partner Pippin. The connection between Pebble and Scar was severed. The creature screamed one last time as a big, burning star seared it in two. Scar and Pebble’s directions changed from up to down. Scar’s body was weak; the injury to the neck was straight through. They couldn't speak and could only let out a tear of losing their partner, best friend, and platonic life partner. The wind felt harsh against Scar’s skin as they were falling. Pebble could fly but struggled to keep up with its master's speed. Pebble reached out to Scar only to miss their hand.

Pebble tried again. Their magic flickered at first, trembling around their tiny body. But Pebble refused to stop until Scar was okay. They reached forward, calling upon every last bit of magic they had left. “Please… master.” Light burst from Pebble, spilling into the air. It wrapped around their body, their very soul, burning brighter with every heartbeat. Pebble forced themself forward, desperately closing the distance. But Scar’s stars were fading. Pebble could feel Scar slipping away. Pebble pushed harder, even as their own body screamed in protest. The magic around them grew wild, spiraling faster until it surrounded them both in a storm of radiant energy. Pebble reached for Scar one last time. “Master.” With a final burst of magic, Pebble threw themself into the transformation object. Pebble disappeared, and Scar’s body started transforming into the magical form they had during the battle. All the injuries and scars healed slowly as they continued to fall; magic flickered all over the transformed Scar. The stab wound slowly began to heal under the magic around them. The transformation wasn't stable, so everything kept flickering around them. Pebble tried to keep the magic inside, but it started to swirl into lines beneath them. Those lines came together into a ball. Swallowing Scar and Pebble into darkness.