"Damn it! How could Cliff lose to that brat." Noel was gritting his teeth. Earl had also seen what happened. 'Well, you did see it didnt you? Why are you asking me?' Earl thought to himself.

He did take a closer look at the brackets and who he might be up against, unlike his "friends". He had actually hoped for Diana to win the first few rounds. But her pet, or whatever it was labeled as, Vita would be a problem. He held his chin while thinking about what he could even do with his own magic.

When Diana and Vita walked back to the waiting hall, two people walked over to them. One was the massive Heracles, who was chewing on a bone. The other was someone who they didnt know.

"Well done! Vita, Diana, your fight was most wonderful to watch. Althought Mister Long Hair didnt wasnt as good at fighting as I hoped." His face was dramatically sad when he mentioned "Mister Long Hair" but for a moment, before changing back to a smile. He looked up to Vita who stood behind Diana and smiled to him, or her. He handed Vita a large piece of bone with a big piece of meat, the heat still coming off it.

Vita stared, slowly reached for it and then took the bone out. Vita gave the meat back to the silent Heracles before eating the entire piece of bone without making any sounds. Diana and Heracles didnt seem to be too bothered by this, but the new girl was awestruck.

"Oh right I almost forgot! Diana, Vita, this is Beatrice! She is a great friend of mine." He declared as he patted her on the shoulder, laughing.

Beatrice was of average height with a round head of hair, almost like an afro. The hair was pink and there were two small ears poking out.

Whoa whoa wait a second. She got non-human ears? Like, those look like cat ears. And no one is reacting on it? Why didnt get to see any catgirls before this? And if there are catgirls, were are my dragon girls! Dont think I forgot the dragon girls, Bre! There better be some!

"Heracles, your too strong. I think my shoulder is going to fall off!" Rubbing her shoulder, she used her other hand to pull a flower out of nowhere. She breathed in deeply and a light glow emerged from her shoulder.

Diana leaned in closer to get a closer look, staring at the glow.

"Diana was it? Wanna smell some of my flowers?" Beatrice pulled a white rose from behind Dianas head. Vita however did see how the flower came to be. The flower actually shot out from her hand with a green light. Vita had now seen another type of magic. From the different creatures when with that wolf, to the different types of music these humans had used.

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"Wow! Was that magic, its so cool!" Diana held the rose in her hands and smelled it. It had a sweet smell and she could feel herself calm down.

"It sure is. I can use my magic to create flowers and plants! Although I first used it for gardening." She whispered that last part while looking somewhere else.

"Now that you guys have meet each other, are you ready for your fight?" Heracles looked between the two. Both Diana and Beatrice didnt quite understand what he meant by that until Vita leaned down to Diana and whispered into her ear.

"If you had remembered it correctly, you'd know we were going to fight someone called 'Beatrice'" Diana was stunned and slowly moved her head to Beatrice. She smiled and reached out with her hand.

"Lets have a good fight later. And please give me a few moments in there to show off my magic." Diana reached out with a shaky hand and shook Beatrices hand. Beatrice stood there with a smile on her face, while Heracles just laughed out loud with a lump of meat in his hands.

The ring on Beatrices hand glowed.

"Well, seem like Im out first. See you out there Diana!" She waved her hand on the way out. Diana, Heracles and Vita stood there for a bit longer. They talked about nothing important. Like how the ground was made out of bricks or wondering on how the torches were lit despite being so high up in the air.

Dianas ring glowed, signaling her turn to walk up to the arena. It had been raised once more to be slightly higher off the ground. Diana walked up the platform and saw that Beatrice stood on one side of the platform.

"Will Diana and her powerful beast be able to stay awake to see the end?" The announcer shouted to the excited crowd and they all cheered back to her.

"Are both fighters ready!" Both Diana and Beatrice nodded.

"Then get ready to fight!" Vita moved the red vines to create a cover for Diana to hide behind. But a bed of flowers appaered around and under Beatrice with a faint green glow.

"Take a deep breath, okay?" Beatrice had a small flower on her hand and blew it, sending out a yellow mist from it. All of the other flowers send out a similar mist. The mist moved towards Diana and Vita.

Diana was worried, but seeing that Vita didnt do anything she decided to wait. The mist covered the two, covering them in the yellow mist. The crowd waited with held breaths. Even if most of Beatrice matches were won quickly, it did give the crowd a chance to take a breather.

After a minute, Beatrice felt that enough time had passed and controlled the mist to dissipate and dissappaer. But both Beatrice and the crowd were suprised by what they saw. Even the three judges raised an eyebrow.

The red vines that Vita used as a cape was covering Dianas mouth and nose like a mask. The thorns on the vines were pointed outwards and didnt harm her. Someone in the audience quickly brought out a notebook and started drawing in it.