The army of controlled children stopped moving when something massive crashed between them and the school.
Emma shielded her eyes from the bright flash of light that followed the impact. When her vision cleared, she gasped at what she saw.
It was the Devourer.
But this wasn't the terrifying monster that had once tried to eat entire dimensions. This Devourer looked... peaceful. Its dark energy swirled gently instead of violently, and its many eyes held wisdom instead of hunger.
"Emma Blackwood," the Devourer said in a voice like wind chimes. "I have come to make things right."
Emma stepped protectively in front of her students. "Stay back! You tried to destroy everything once!"
"Yes," the Devourer agreed sadly. "I was lost in my hunger. I consumed without understanding, destroyed without purpose. But your daughter's light showed me another way."
Luna appeared beside Emma, her cosmic guardian senses on high alert. "What do you want?"
