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“So tell me Jackal, how is that even with exploiting that boys’ weakness that your plan still failed?” Reala asked with a snarl as he circled the fountain as did Jackal.

“W-Well technically Gulpo failed…” Jackal stammered as he tried to stay out of Reala’ grasp “…and t-to extension yours as well for choosin’ him for the job, I would have chosen Girania or Gillwing, AGH!” Jackal just barely managed to duck out of the way as Reala threw a spear of crimson energy at his head.

“I told Gulpo and now I’m telling you! I will not, I repeat NOT accept excuses!” Reala roared. “Now, you have three seconds to come up with a good idea before I blast you back into oblivion! 1…2…”

“Bomamba!” Jackal exclaimed, covering his head with his hands, expecting Reala to strike him down any second but instead he heard only a brief moment of silence.

“What about the old witch?” Reala asked, sounding somewhat intrigued by the suggestion.

“Don’t you remember? Wizemen was always using her to come up with new spells and potions that came in handy on more than one occasion” Jackal said quickly. “Maybe she could come up with something that will get those kids out of the way?”

Reala looked at Jackal for a moment and then raised the orb of fear and with a bright flash of light the green skinned cat witch was floating above their heads.

“Reala? Jackal? What am I doing here?” Bomamba asked. “Care to explain dearie?”

“Don’t call me dearie!” Reala growled, the one thing he hated about Bomamba is that she was so absent minded that called everyone (with the exception of Wizemen) “Dearie”

“Yes dearie” Bomamba nodded.

Reala clenched his fist and resisted the urge to scream!

“I need you to use this fountain to go to the waking world and deal with these visitors?” Reala snapped his fingers and four images phased into view, Bomamba knew Helen all too well. “No go and be sure to bring them back alive”

“I’m on the case dearie” Bomamba said as she let out a cackle and dived into the fountain.

“And don’t call me DEARIE!” Reala roared with crazed eyes. “Jackal, this had better work, for your sake!”

“That class was murder!” Claris groaned as she took a seat in the schools large cafeteria. “I could sleep for a year”

“You can rest your head on my shoulder if you want” Elliot grinned, wiggling his eyebrows only instead of Claris’ head he got her fist. “Owwww” He groaned, rubbing his shoulder.

“Grow up you goon!” Claris huffed.

“Yeah what girl would want to lay their head on your sweaty shirt” Will grinned.

“Watch it Jock boy or you might not wake up next time you go to sleep!” Elliot warned with a grin.

“What are ya gonna do? Put my Hand in warm water?” Will snorted.

“You know you’re as bad as he is!” Helen scoffed, looking up from her book. “Boys, can’t do anything with them”

Wills only response was sticking his tongue out at her.

“You two are such children” Claris said, rolling her eyes.

“Look who’s talking” Elliot muttered.

Before Claris could even come up with a response she heard a flurry of feathers Owl was right there making the kids jump in shock!

“Will you stop doing that!” Elliot hissed after making sure no one had seen their freak-out. “We’re supposed to be discreet about this!”

“My apologies visitors but I had to a warn you that another Nightmaren has appeared” Owl said his voice laced with obvious concern.

“Who is it?” Helen asked, her expression as well as the others said that they were now on high alert.

“I’m afraid that I have no idea who it is, whoever it is they are very skilled at hiding their presence” Owl said grimly. “Please be on guard until we can find them”

The four nodded and resumed eating though given this new information their minds were on anything but food right now.

The rest of the day went by quicker than expected, apparently looking over their shoulders every five minutes was a great way to pass the time.

“Anything yet?” NIGHTS asked as he sat in full lotus position in the air. He was hoping that being more tranquil would help him find their new foe.

“I’m afraid not” Owl said as he circled around NIGHTS. “All I know is from their brief appearance that they’re a second-class Nightmaren”

“Maybe it’s Chamelan, he was always good at hiding himself” NIGHTS sighed as he broke his meditation like position and took a more relaxed one with one leg crossed over the other and his hands folded behind his head.

“Could be but shouldn’t rule out the possibility of it being someone else, remember, Reala gave them all new abilities and made them far more dangerous than before” Owl lectured making NIGHTS roll his eyes.

“Don’t you have a book to read?” The purple Jester groaned in annoyance and from then on the two argued not noticing the eerie green trigram circle that was now circling over the school, not even as the day turned into night.

The next morning came and Will got out of bed, grabbed a pillow and walked over to Elliot and whacked him in the head! Will had found that in the past weeks that Elliot had a hard time waking up in the morning so Will took it upon himself to wake him up.

“Hey!” Came a high-pitched voice as the small head of a blue haired child popped up from under the covers, the kid was clearly wearing Pyjamas that were way too big for him and it was then that Will truly woke up and realized that he was the same height and that his clothes were hanging off of his body.

“Ewiot! What happened to you!” Will exclaimed, blushing at the squeaky tone of his voice and the lisp that came with it.

“Me? Wat happened to woo?” The blue haired kid who was supposed to be Elliot asked as he looked down at Will over his bed.

Both boys stared at each other for a minute before letting out a loud cry of shock and let out another one as NIGHTS burst in through the window and upon laying eyes on the two he slumped in the air and groaned.

“I see it happened to you too” NIGHTS groaned.

“Wus too?” Elliot asked, tilting his head in confusion which looked pretty cute despite the circumstances.

“I’ll explain later but for now just get dressed” NIGHTS sighed.

“Mawbe woo haven’ nowticed but none of ouw cwoves fit us!” Will grumbled but despite that he was soon changing into his clothes along with Elliot.

“Now hold still” NIGHTS sighed as she took the twos communication gems and rubbed them for a brief a moment and then put them back around their necks and before they knew it their clothes shrank to fit them.

“How-!” Before the two could say anything else, NIGHTS swooped them up and flew out the window and through the air with Will and Elliot clinging to him as if their lives depended on it! Which it just might! NIGHTS took them to the library roost, a part of the library that had long since been cornered off, here two young girls were waiting and they also looked familiar.

“Cwawis? Hewen?” Elliot blinked when he saw he two, Both nodded.

“Wat tis gowing on hewe?!” Elliot exclaimed, stamping his foot loudly on the floor, raising a small cloud of dust that made the four cough.

“I’m afraid that this is the work of that witch Bomamba?” Owl said between coughs as he opened a window to let in some air.

“Hows can ya tell?” Helen asked.

“By THAT” Owl said, using one of his wings to point out the window and to the sky where a large green trigram circle was floating over the school. “I’m afraid that old witch had cast a very powerful spell, one that can only be broken with her defeat”

“Ten wets goa!” Claris exclaimed, out of everyone she seemed to want to get back to her old self the quickest.

“Wook at us! We can’ fiwt wike wis!” Elliot exclaimed, puffing out his cheek in a pout!

“I don’ cawe I went frough wis wonce and I don’t wanna be wike it again!” Claris snapped, fixing him with a dirty look.

“Will yaw boff calm down!” Will yelled to get the two’s attention. “And stop yawing!”

“You’we yewing too!” Helen exclaimed.

Owl groaned as the four kept squabbling and shook his head. “It seems like this won’t be easy” He sighed, his eyes widened when he saw NIGHTS start to fly out the window. “And just where do think you’re going?” He asked, chasing him out the window.

“Where do you think? I’m going to find Bomamba and take her down!” NIGHTS said matter of faculty.

Owl looked at him over his glasses “Need I remind you that unless you Dualize with one of the visitors then you’ll practically be powerless?”

“What else can we do?” NIGHTS asked, throwing his hands up in the air. “They can’t fight like this!” NIGHTS sighed and gave Owl a pleading look. “Please take care of them while I’m gone”

“B-But I don’t know the first thing about children!” Owl exclaimed, his feathers flustered.

“Well...” NIGHTS grinned. “…now would be a good time to learn” And without giving the elderly owl a chance to talk NIGHTS took off, NIGHTS had to keep them safe no matter what!

“Oh NIGHTS” Owl groaned and winced when he heard a crashing sound from inside the library. “I’m getting too old for this…”

“Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Claws of a lizard, tongue of a cow, whiskers of a cat that goes meow!” Bomamba chanted, making the trigram circle glow even brighter! “Teeth of a tiger, Tail of a rat, wings of a flying midnight bat!” She finished her chant with a series of loud cackles!

“You always did have a knack for rhyming” Bomamba spun to look at NIGHTS who was casually swimming in the air.

“I’m not ready for you yet my pretty, be off with you know” Bomamba grinned, shooing NIGHTS away with her hands.

“Sorry but I’m going nowhere just yet!” NIGHTS frowned as he charged at the old witch with everything he had.

“Fine have it your way” Bomamba shrugged as she clapped her hands together, releasing a crackling beam of green lightning that surged through NIGHTS and sent him flying back! Taking advantage of NIGHTS stunned state Bomamba threw a ball of eerie green yarn at NIGHTS that unravelled and wrapped around him. “Now off with you dearie and don’t come back until I’m ready!” Bomamba said in a sickly-sweet tone as she grabbed her broom and swung it at NIGHTS sending him to the ground bellow.

“Owl was right I can’t defeat her like this!” NIGHTS groaned as he managed to slide out of the yarn and slowly got back into the air.

“Then don’t do it alone” Owl said as he fluttered over to NIGHTS with what looked like a sack in his talons.

“Owl…you didn’t…” NIGHTS jaw dropped as the exhausted looking owl put the sack down and out jumped four small children. “I told you to look after them!”

“They…insisted…on…it…” Owl said in between pants.

“Wet us hewp!” Will said holding out his hand. “Wet all of us hewp” Elliot, Claris and Helen then added their tiny hands.

NIGHTS smiled, he had forgotten, he didn’t have to do everything on his own, he had his friends and even though they were little kids now they were still them!

“Right, we’ll do this together” NIGHTS smiled as he took tiny hands in a hand each and in a bright flash of light NIGHTS was whole and full of power!

“What? But how?” Owl asked staring at NIGHTS in shock.

“Owl” NIGHTS voice was his won but also a blend of the visitors “Raise the Dream Field”

The portly bird didn’t say another word and simply did as was told.

“Bomamba!” NIGHTS yelled as he shot off like a rocket at the witch!

“You again? I told you to be off!” Bomamba snapped as she created a green ball off fire that she tossed at the Nightmaren who curved his way around them with ease! Whilst at first this threw Bomamba by surprise she didn’t give up! She called the cats from her coat to attack NIGHTS with their amazing meteor speed only to be batted away by a series of powerful kicks from NIGHTS long legs, making them bursting into a blitz of yowling flames!

“Is that all you’ve got Bomamba? Well let me show mine!” NIGHTS yelled as he began spinning, faster and faster, lights of red, white, blue, green and yellow were starting to form around him until he was a drill of colour! Bomamba swung her broom downwards to stop him but it was broken into splinters and NIGHTS himself passed right through the witch!

She stayed in the air for a moment before slowly began to descend and her form evaporated into a green mist along with her trigram circle.

NIGHTS sighed as he landed back on the ground and split back into the kids who were now back to their real ages, much to their relief.

“Boy am I glad that’s over!” Elliot groaned, cracking his neck.

“Oh I don’t know; I think you were kinda cute” Claris grinned.

“Says the girl who seemed to be eager to turn back into a teenager” Elliot grumbled, fixing Claris with a steely look.

“Thanks NIGHTS” Will smiled, rubbing the back of his head. “Sorry that we acted a bit like brats”

“Don’t worry about it Will, if I can handle killer witches then I can handle kids” NIGHTS chuckled.

“There’s one thing I don’t understand though, what happened just now?” Helen asked.

Everyone looked to Owl for an answer.

“I’m afraid I don’t quite know myself” Owl sighed.

“Oh well” Elliot shrugged. “I guise even the wisest of creatures have their off days” He grinned.

“W-Why you impertinent little-!” Owl’s feathers fluffed out in offense as everyone began to laugh but deep down he was worried, he DID know what just happened with NIGHTS but he wasn’t yet prepared to tell them and wasn’t sure if they were yet ready to know.

Next time: Afraid of Reala’ wrath after their string of failures Jackal decides to take the fear and use it to summon another Nightmaren and what is more frightening then this old enemy is the fact that Jackal’ plan might actually work.

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“So tell me Jackal, how is that even with exploiting that boys’ weakness that your plan still failed?” Reala asked with a snarl as he circled the fountain as did Jackal.

“W-Well technically Gulpo failed…” Jackal stammered as he tried to stay out of Reala’ grasp “…and t-to extension yours as well for choosin’ him for the job, I would have chosen Girania or Gillwing, AGH!” Jackal just barely managed to duck out of the way as Reala threw a spear of crimson energy at his head.

“I told Gulpo and now I’m telling you! I will not, I repeat NOT accept excuses!” Reala roared. “Now, you have three seconds to come up with a good idea before I blast you back into oblivion! 1…2…”

“Bomamba!” Jackal exclaimed, covering his head with his hands, expecting Reala to strike him down any second but instead he heard only a brief moment of silence.

“What about the old witch?” Reala asked, sounding somewhat intrigued by the suggestion.

“Don’t you remember? Wizemen was always using her to come up with new spells and potions that came in handy on more than one occasion” Jackal said quickly. “Maybe she could come up with something that will get those kids out of the way?”

Reala looked at Jackal for a moment and then raised the orb of fear and with a bright flash of light the green skinned cat witch was floating above their heads.

“Reala? Jackal? What am I doing here?” Bomamba asked. “Care to explain dearie?”

“Don’t call me dearie!” Reala growled, the one thing he hated about Bomamba is that she was so absent minded that called everyone (with the exception of Wizemen) “Dearie”

“Yes dearie” Bomamba nodded.

Reala clenched his fist and resisted the urge to scream!

“I need you to use this fountain to go to the waking world and deal with these visitors?” Reala snapped his fingers and four images phased into view, Bomamba knew Helen all too well. “No go and be sure to bring them back alive”

“I’m on the case dearie” Bomamba said as she let out a cackle and dived into the fountain.

“And don’t call me DEARIE!” Reala roared with crazed eyes. “Jackal, this had better work, for your sake!”

“That class was murder!” Claris groaned as she took a seat in the schools large cafeteria. “I could sleep for a year”

“You can rest your head on my shoulder if you want” Elliot grinned, wiggling his eyebrows only instead of Claris’ head he got her fist. “Owwww” He groaned, rubbing his shoulder.

“Grow up you goon!” Claris huffed.

“Yeah what girl would want to lay their head on your sweaty shirt” Will grinned.

“Watch it Jock boy or you might not wake up next time you go to sleep!” Elliot warned with a grin.

“What are ya gonna do? Put my Hand in warm water?” Will snorted.

“You know you’re as bad as he is!” Helen scoffed, looking up from her book. “Boys, can’t do anything with them”

Wills only response was sticking his tongue out at her.

“You two are such children” Claris said, rolling her eyes.

“Look who’s talking” Elliot muttered.

Before Claris could even come up with a response she heard a flurry of feathers Owl was right there making the kids jump in shock!

“Will you stop doing that!” Elliot hissed after making sure no one had seen their freak-out. “We’re supposed to be discreet about this!”

“My apologies visitors but I had to a warn you that another Nightmaren has appeared” Owl said his voice laced with obvious concern.

“Who is it?” Helen asked, her expression as well as the others said that they were now on high alert.

“I’m afraid that I have no idea who it is, whoever it is they are very skilled at hiding their presence” Owl said grimly. “Please be on guard until we can find them”

The four nodded and resumed eating though given this new information their minds were on anything but food right now.

The rest of the day went by quicker than expected, apparently looking over their shoulders every five minutes was a great way to pass the time.

“Anything yet?” NIGHTS asked as he sat in full lotus position in the air. He was hoping that being more tranquil would help him find their new foe.

“I’m afraid not” Owl said as he circled around NIGHTS. “All I know is from their brief appearance that they’re a second-class Nightmaren”

“Maybe it’s Chamelan, he was always good at hiding himself” NIGHTS sighed as he broke his meditation like position and took a more relaxed one with one leg crossed over the other and his hands folded behind his head.

“Could be but shouldn’t rule out the possibility of it being someone else, remember, Reala gave them all new abilities and made them far more dangerous than before” Owl lectured making NIGHTS roll his eyes.

“Don’t you have a book to read?” The purple Jester groaned in annoyance and from then on the two argued not noticing the eerie green trigram circle that was now circling over the school, not even as the day turned into night.

The next morning came and Will got out of bed, grabbed a pillow and walked over to Elliot and whacked him in the head! Will had found that in the past weeks that Elliot had a hard time waking up in the morning so Will took it upon himself to wake him up.

“Hey!” Came a high-pitched voice as the small head of a blue haired child popped up from under the covers, the kid was clearly wearing Pyjamas that were way too big for him and it was then that Will truly woke up and realized that he was the same height and that his clothes were hanging off of his body.

“Ewiot! What happened to you!” Will exclaimed, blushing at the squeaky tone of his voice and the lisp that came with it.

“Me? Wat happened to woo?” The blue haired kid who was supposed to be Elliot asked as he looked down at Will over his bed.

Both boys stared at each other for a minute before letting out a loud cry of shock and let out another one as NIGHTS burst in through the window and upon laying eyes on the two he slumped in the air and groaned.

“I see it happened to you too” NIGHTS groaned.

“Wus too?” Elliot asked, tilting his head in confusion which looked pretty cute despite the circumstances.

“I’ll explain later but for now just get dressed” NIGHTS sighed.

“Mawbe woo haven’ nowticed but none of ouw cwoves fit us!” Will grumbled but despite that he was soon changing into his clothes along with Elliot.

“Now hold still” NIGHTS sighed as she took the twos communication gems and rubbed them for a brief a moment and then put them back around their necks and before they knew it their clothes shrank to fit them.

“How-!” Before the two could say anything else, NIGHTS swooped them up and flew out the window and through the air with Will and Elliot clinging to him as if their lives depended on it! Which it just might! NIGHTS took them to the library roost, a part of the library that had long since been cornered off, here two young girls were waiting and they also looked familiar.

“Cwawis? Hewen?” Elliot blinked when he saw he two, Both nodded.

“Wat tis gowing on hewe?!” Elliot exclaimed, stamping his foot loudly on the floor, raising a small cloud of dust that made the four cough.

“I’m afraid that this is the work of that witch Bomamba?” Owl said between coughs as he opened a window to let in some air.

“Hows can ya tell?” Helen asked.

“By THAT” Owl said, using one of his wings to point out the window and to the sky where a large green trigram circle was floating over the school. “I’m afraid that old witch had cast a very powerful spell, one that can only be broken with her defeat”

“Ten wets goa!” Claris exclaimed, out of everyone she seemed to want to get back to her old self the quickest.

“Wook at us! We can’ fiwt wike wis!” Elliot exclaimed, puffing out his cheek in a pout!

“I don’ cawe I went frough wis wonce and I don’t wanna be wike it again!” Claris snapped, fixing him with a dirty look.

“Will yaw boff calm down!” Will yelled to get the two’s attention. “And stop yawing!”

“You’we yewing too!” Helen exclaimed.

Owl groaned as the four kept squabbling and shook his head. “It seems like this won’t be easy” He sighed, his eyes widened when he saw NIGHTS start to fly out the window. “And just where do think you’re going?” He asked, chasing him out the window.

“Where do you think? I’m going to find Bomamba and take her down!” NIGHTS said matter of faculty.

Owl looked at him over his glasses “Need I remind you that unless you Dualize with one of the visitors then you’ll practically be powerless?”

“What else can we do?” NIGHTS asked, throwing his hands up in the air. “They can’t fight like this!” NIGHTS sighed and gave Owl a pleading look. “Please take care of them while I’m gone”

“B-But I don’t know the first thing about children!” Owl exclaimed, his feathers flustered.

“Well...” NIGHTS grinned. “…now would be a good time to learn” And without giving the elderly owl a chance to talk NIGHTS took off, NIGHTS had to keep them safe no matter what!

“Oh NIGHTS” Owl groaned and winced when he heard a crashing sound from inside the library. “I’m getting too old for this…”

“Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Claws of a lizard, tongue of a cow, whiskers of a cat that goes meow!” Bomamba chanted, making the trigram circle glow even brighter! “Teeth of a tiger, Tail of a rat, wings of a flying midnight bat!” She finished her chant with a series of loud cackles!

“You always did have a knack for rhyming” Bomamba spun to look at NIGHTS who was casually swimming in the air.

“I’m not ready for you yet my pretty, be off with you know” Bomamba grinned, shooing NIGHTS away with her hands.

“Sorry but I’m going nowhere just yet!” NIGHTS frowned as he charged at the old witch with everything he had.

“Fine have it your way” Bomamba shrugged as she clapped her hands together, releasing a crackling beam of green lightning that surged through NIGHTS and sent him flying back! Taking advantage of NIGHTS stunned state Bomamba threw a ball of eerie green yarn at NIGHTS that unravelled and wrapped around him. “Now off with you dearie and don’t come back until I’m ready!” Bomamba said in a sickly-sweet tone as she grabbed her broom and swung it at NIGHTS sending him to the ground bellow.

“Owl was right I can’t defeat her like this!” NIGHTS groaned as he managed to slide out of the yarn and slowly got back into the air.

“Then don’t do it alone” Owl said as he fluttered over to NIGHTS with what looked like a sack in his talons.

“Owl…you didn’t…” NIGHTS jaw dropped as the exhausted looking owl put the sack down and out jumped four small children. “I told you to look after them!”

“They…insisted…on…it…” Owl said in between pants.

“Wet us hewp!” Will said holding out his hand. “Wet all of us hewp” Elliot, Claris and Helen then added their tiny hands.

NIGHTS smiled, he had forgotten, he didn’t have to do everything on his own, he had his friends and even though they were little kids now they were still them!

“Right, we’ll do this together” NIGHTS smiled as he took tiny hands in a hand each and in a bright flash of light NIGHTS was whole and full of power!

“What? But how?” Owl asked staring at NIGHTS in shock.

“Owl” NIGHTS voice was his won but also a blend of the visitors “Raise the Dream Field”

The portly bird didn’t say another word and simply did as was told.

“Bomamba!” NIGHTS yelled as he shot off like a rocket at the witch!

“You again? I told you to be off!” Bomamba snapped as she created a green ball off fire that she tossed at the Nightmaren who curved his way around them with ease! Whilst at first this threw Bomamba by surprise she didn’t give up! She called the cats from her coat to attack NIGHTS with their amazing meteor speed only to be batted away by a series of powerful kicks from NIGHTS long legs, making them bursting into a blitz of yowling flames!

“Is that all you’ve got Bomamba? Well let me show mine!” NIGHTS yelled as he began spinning, faster and faster, lights of red, white, blue, green and yellow were starting to form around him until he was a drill of colour! Bomamba swung her broom downwards to stop him but it was broken into splinters and NIGHTS himself passed right through the witch!

She stayed in the air for a moment before slowly began to descend and her form evaporated into a green mist along with her trigram circle.

NIGHTS sighed as he landed back on the ground and split back into the kids who were now back to their real ages, much to their relief.

“Boy am I glad that’s over!” Elliot groaned, cracking his neck.

“Oh I don’t know; I think you were kinda cute” Claris grinned.

“Says the girl who seemed to be eager to turn back into a teenager” Elliot grumbled, fixing Claris with a steely look.

“Thanks NIGHTS” Will smiled, rubbing the back of his head. “Sorry that we acted a bit like brats”

“Don’t worry about it Will, if I can handle killer witches then I can handle kids” NIGHTS chuckled.

“There’s one thing I don’t understand though, what happened just now?” Helen asked.

Everyone looked to Owl for an answer.

“I’m afraid I don’t quite know myself” Owl sighed.

“Oh well” Elliot shrugged. “I guise even the wisest of creatures have their off days” He grinned.

“W-Why you impertinent little-!” Owl’s feathers fluffed out in offense as everyone began to laugh but deep down he was worried, he DID know what just happened with NIGHTS but he wasn’t yet prepared to tell them and wasn’t sure if they were yet ready to know.

Next time: Afraid of Reala’ wrath after their string of failures Jackal decides to take the fear and use it to summon another Nightmaren and what is more frightening then this old enemy is the fact that Jackal’ plan might actually work.