After school, Daniel decided to go to the restroom before meeting Naomi on the entrance...

“Hey, did you hear? There was an attack on Las Misiones…” Two students talk to each other in the restroom, Daniel washes his hands as he hears but doesn’t care as the boys continue to speak; “Yeah...I heard a cowboy shot with his gun…”

“A cowboy?”

“Yeah...and there was a Mariachi as well...but my Tio didn’t get all the details…”

“Oh wow….dude we should totally go to Las Misiones to see….”

Daniel finishes washing his hands and walks outside thinking; “A Mariachi ehh...I wonder if…” Daniel stops walking as he sees Mariana; “Mariana, did you need something?”

Mariana, who looks angry, asks; “Daniel, where are you going?”

“That’s none of your business, if you excuse me…” Daniel begins to walk past Mariana, Mariana grabs his arm; “Wait…” Daniel looks at her and thinks; “That expression of hers…”

Daniel and Mariana’s relationship is distant, Daniel doesn’t speak to the sisters often, he ignores them and spends his afternoon in his room...Mariana is usually very shy but today…

“Daniel, why are you manipulating Naomi?” Mariana asks Daniel, Daniel sighs; “So you heard us huh…”

“Yeah…you knew I was there…”

“Of course…”

“So answer my question…” Mariana demands an explanation. Daniel begins to explain; “As you know we are hunting the Shadow Tamer right...well, your friend knows about the Shadow Tamer and I am using her to stop her from attacking again…”

“Yeah, I know...I am not dumb...but still…” Mariana makes a fist and gathers courage; “You don’t have to manipulate her, I mean, you’re a genius, you can easily track the Shadow Tamer and not involving Naomi…”

“I see…” Daniel walks to the window; “Perhaps you’re right..however, I just wanted to know…”

“Know what?”

Daniel takes off his glasses and looks at the sun setting; “I wanted to know how someone feels when they are being betrayed…”

“What did you say?”

“You heard me...that feeling of being betrayed, my brother experienced it a long time ago, but I didn’t see it, so I want to know the reaction of someone who is being used and then discarded…”

Mariana looks at Daniel smiling and gets scared; “You...how can you be so cruel?”

“I am only like that because...life is cruel...don’t you think so Mariana?”

Mariana stops shaking and takes a deep breath; “I will never understand you…”

“Tell you what...come with me...I don’t mind you accompanying me, and you make sure to take Naomi away the moment things get complicated…”

“Really?”

“Yeah...I don’t want her seeing me taking down the Shadow Tamer…”

“Very well...only because Naomi is there….but Daniel...promise me that you won’t kill the Shadow Tamer, because killing is a sin…”

“A sin huh…very well, I will try...but if things go wrong, I won’t hesitate…”

“Okay…” Mariana and Daniel head towards the entrance to meet Naomi.

At the entrance, Daniela and Mariana met Naomi...Mariana explained that she also saw ghosts, Naomi, who doubted at first, agreed that she could come along…

“Wait. Is that Daniel and Mariana with Naomi?” Abril who walks to the entrance sees them. Abril, who is very energetic, begins to scream; “Hey Maria…” Suddenly, someone grabs her and prevents her from screaming.

Mariana turns because she heard that voice, but she doesn’t see anyone. “Is something wrong?” Daniel asks Mariana, Mariana looks at him and asks; “I thought I heard someone, but I was wrong…” Mariana continues walking with them.

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The sun slowly sets...Naomi walks a few steps in front of Daniel and Mariana as they head to the empty houses located in the southern part of Rio Grande City…

“Naomi...why didn’t you tell me about the ghosts? I thought we were friends…” Mariana asks Naomi, Naomi avoids looking at her as she replies:

“Mariana, I’m sorry, but the truth is that I really like being your friend, but your two sister; Abril and Fabiola, scare me, that’s why I don’t want to hang out with you…”

“Ha...she’s got a point…” Daniel chuckles, Mariana looks at him angry. Mariana looks at Naomi and says; “I understand about that but trust me...my sisters are the greatest people in the world, if you give it a try, maybe they could be your friends…”

Naomi avoids looking at her as she thinks; “You don’t understand...none of you…”

Naomi looks at the house and says; “My friend is there…”

Naomi walks first and enters the house asking; “ESTRELLA, ARE YOU HERE?”

“Estrella, that’s her name…” Daniel thinks as he watches Naomi. In the dark part of the house, a girl with white hair covered in a black cloak slowly walks towards Naomi:

“Naomi...you’ve returned…”

“Yeah, I did...and I brought you something to eat…” Naomi takes out a sandwich from her backpack. Estrella quickly grabs it and begins to eat it really fast. Naomi smiles as she says; “Here’s some water...so you don’t drown…”

Mariana looks at Naomi smiling and thinks; “So, she can smile...that’s a relief…”

Daniel walks forward; “So that’s your friend, the one that sees ghosts huh…”

Estrella looks at Daniel and quickly hides inside the house. Naomi looks worried; “Estrella wait, these are my classmates and they also see ghosts; Daniel and Mariana…”

“Nice to meet you...I am Daniel…” Daniel introduces himself, Mariana walks forward and takes out some chocolate; “And I am Mariana, here Estrella, some chocolate…”

Estrella smells the chocolate and slowly walks towards her, she quickly grabs the chocolate and goes back to the house. She begins to eat and smiles; “It’s delicious…”

“Naomi, since when did you know her?” Daniel asks Naomi, Naomi who is happy replies; “She was here, 5 months ago, on November, I was walking back to my house, but some men kidnaped me and brought me here, when I was trying to escape, I lost consciousness, when I woke up, Estrella was there and the men were nowhere to be found...she saved me that day…”

“I see…” Daniel looks at his cellphone and notices that there are many red dots surrounding them; “So, we’re surrounded by Sombras, this is bad...this confirms that Estrella is the Shadow Tamer…”

Mariana looks at Estrella finishing eating the chocolate, she smiles and asks; “Estrella, why are you here? Where do you come from?”

Estrella finishes eating, her face is covered with chocolate, Naomi goes and cleans her up with a hankership. Estrella looks at Naomi who nods in agreement. Estrella looks at Mariana and Daniel and replies; “I came from the south...the reason I am here is because “he” order me to…”

“He? Who 's he?” Mariana asks; “Your father?”

“No...my parents died…” Estrella replies, she soon remembers her village destroyed, she begins to breathe faster, and releases mana. Daniel and Mariana notice that Sombras walk towards them.

“This is bad…” Daniel says to Mariana who nods in agreement. Naomi tries to calm her down:

“Estrella, calm down, or the ghost will attack me…”

Estrella looks at Naomi; “I don’t want to hurt you…” Estrella takes deep breaths and calms herself down. The Sombras slowly retreat. Daniel and Mariana take a deep breath. Naomi hugs Estrella who is crying, Naomi begins to explain:

“Estrella, you will never hurt me...because...we’re friends…”

“So she controls all of those ghosts?” Mariana asks frightened, Naomi nods in agreement as she holds Estrella. Daniel gets mad, he walks forward and asks; “ Were you the one behind the attack on Sun City Highschool?”

Naomi looks at Daniel not knowing what he said, Estrella nods in agreement. Daniel then asks; “So you were also involved with the attack of the Chupacabras?”

Estrella stands up and replies; “The Ales was a good spirit...that man told him to attack the people...we had no choice…”

“No choice ehh...then the attack on the High School was his idea as well…”

“Yes, he told me that the sinners that burned my hometown were located there…”

“So she is being controlled by another person...that doesn’t matter, she tried to attack my sister…” Daniel looks at his surroundings. Naomi begins to exclaim:

“Stop asking those questions, I don’t understand...why are you asking Estrella that?”

“Naomi...calm down...I can explain” Mariana says to Naomi.

“I guess doing a straight attack won’t do...time for plan B…” Daniel thinks to himself, he takes out a strange orb from his pocket and looks at Mariana. He says in a low tone; “Sorry Mariana, but I will need you to look away…”

“Daniel, what are you doing?”

Soon, everyone stops moving as they hear footsteps approaching, Daniel has a nervous expression, the girls begin to tremble.

“No...why did he return today? He shouldn’t be back yet…” Estrella puts her hands on her head. Daniel and Mariana slowly turn around, sweat begins to fall from Daniel as he thinks:

“What’s this sinister aura...it’s so dark...as dark as my brother’s”