Meanwhile, outside of the school, Troy and a Benjamin clone watched Streterra burn to the ground once again. They had Harry and Chi-Chi, both encased in a magic bubble.

“Everything is going according to plan...” Troy said aloud to himself, as he looked down at his black and purple pentagram.

“So, how is the spell coming along?” The Benjamin clone asked.

“It’s almost complete; soon I’ll be able to conjure up this new spell.”

“Great to hear.”

“Hey, wait, why go for only this world? Why not use dark magic to conquer all the worlds? I mean, the real Benjamin and his allies are still on Earth somewhere.”

“Not a bad idea. Anything I can do to help?” In response, Troy whispered into the clone’s ear. “I see; you got it.” He nodded in agreement. “I’ll finish this before your spell is complete.”

“Ok, get to it.”

The fake Benjamin created a portal to hop into it.

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Once the fake Benjamin arrived at the portal realm, he chanted a magic spell, which caused black blobs to appear. He ordered them to go into the portals laid out before them. The clean, pristine portals got contaminated, spreading across the areas and regions.

“Now this is more like it!” He exclaimed.

“Hey, who’s there?” A female voice called out from afar.

“I’ll go check...” Another person chimed in.

“Uh, oh... I got to hurry and leave...” The Benjamin clone muttered to himself.

“Hey, stop! What do you think you’re doing?” Princess Murasakiiro came into the room and asked.

“Just giving you guys a little present before I go. See you, suckers!” The Benjamin clone taunted before jumping back into a portal.

“No, wait!”

“What happened, Saki?” Akapin came over and asked.

“A man put a curse on all our portals, affecting each of the worlds they represent!”

“He did what?”

“Yes, and whatever it’s doing, they’ll all—”

“Girls come quickly, there’s trouble!” Clause ran into the room and exclaimed.

.-.-.-.

The two Pilkons headed back to the cauldron room, only to find that all the world bubbles had turned black and stopped moving.

Black blobs spawned and came to life, running around and causing havoc in each of the worlds represented. Princess Murasakiiro floated to the cauldron and realized that the water had become a pitch-black tar. She didn't know what to do.

“This is bad; this is awful!” She panicked.

“What should we do?” Clause asked.

“I, uh, we need to tell Bridget and the others to come back here as fast as possible!”

“But what about the antidote?”

“Their safety is also important, but... I don’t know anymore!”

“We have little time left.” Akapin mentioned, “If they don’t get it soon...”

“Let’s hope they do then; time is running short.” Clause replied.