• Sugaru croaked a chuckle. His plan was brilliant! The girl had great control of her powers. His powers. Now was the perfect time to strike.
    He brooded over his spell, the spell that would release him from this human prison. This empty room of nothingness had bored him for days on end with nothing but a single candle for light. For fifteen years he had been trapped here. For fifteen years he had been without will to use his powers.
    That would change with this spell. With it, he could extract himself from the girl’s body taking the physical form of her shadow. He would be allowed to walk free and create new havoc throughout the world.
    This time there was no one to stop him. The other Guardians had been sealed inside of other humans just as he had been inside this girl. This girl would have no powers once he was gone from her body.
    Sugaru let a maniacal, excited laugh ring out from his jaws, his sharp fangs glinting in the candlelight. His black wings spread wildly, creating a gust of wind in his empty prison. His tail swayed to and fro as his excitement grew. The key to his imminent freedom was manifesting in his very claws.
    He halted his laugh abruptly. There was one problem. Sugaru rolled his head in a circular motion, much like that of a human rolling their eyes at their own stupidity. He had forgotten that the Light Guardian, the wolf, Duranté, the very Guardian who had caused his downfall, resided in the girl’s best friend. Sugaru growled at the very thought of the wolf. How could he have forgotten him? He thought carefully for a long moment and finally decided to continue with his plan. The boy was just as oblivious to his surroundings as the girl was to his feelings for her. Sugaru’s plan would succeed.
    Finally, the Shadow Guardian completed his spell and continued his deranged outburst of laughter. He stared into the center of his spell as he raised it above his head. The purple glow reflected off of his face, revealing golden, pupil-less eyes and a malicious grin that spread from ear to ear. The mark on the dragon’s snout shimmered with golden light, and with one word, he uttered his spell.
    Nothing happened.
    Enraged, the dragon threw his arms against the sides of his body. Annoyed, he carefully pondered what could have gone wrong. Suddenly, a vortex appeared in the center of the empty room. Sugaru’s smile returned, and he allowed himself to be sucked inside.
    Seconds later, he appeared outside of his host’s body. She was in a deep sleep, unaware of the events that had just occurred within her very body. Sugaru stood beside her, still linked to her as her shadow. He would change that with a cautious mental break from the girl.
    It worked, and Sugaru was now free to do as he wished! With a satisfied grin, he turned to walk out of the moonlit room. Catching a glance of himself in the mirror that stood to his left, Sugaru stopped and stared in slight shock. He was no longer a dragon! He examined his new appearance closely and soon recognized his form. He was an exact image of his host dressed in her casual clothes. The only difference was he looked like a negative version of her, the colors flipped, including his hair and skin.
    This fact would be a problem, but at the same time, it may not be. He quickly decided he could use this new body to his advantage. It would allow him to create extra chaos. He grinned maliciously at the thought, but for now, he needed to get away from there. Sugaru turned on his heel and made his way out the doors leading to the balcony. From there he disappeared into the shadows of the night.