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quickly transform into werewolf form, grinning at how good it feels to have my powers back.
    Greta dives into the solid rock beneath her feet as though it’s water. A shower of pebbles sprays up behind her as she disappears beneath the rocky surface.
    I glance around me. Everything seems calm. It reminds me of looking for a shark in a glassy ocean. And then …
    â€˜RAAAAHHH!’ Greta springs from the ground beneath my feet, completely taking me by surprise.
    â€˜Oof!’ I’m knocked to the ground and my head swims. I struggle to get up, but Greta pins me down with her long talons and brings her face right up to mine.
    â€˜Trolls are known for their odours,’ she says. ‘But that’s just a myth. We actually have poison breath, as you’re about to discover.’ She opens her mouth and burps out a cloud of thick green gas.
    I try to hold my breath but eventually I get a whiff of the putrid gas. I feel myself grow faint and I know I’m about to pass out. I can’t believe I’m about to be taken down by a burp! I get so angry that Greta is going to win I feel my fingers start to tingle. I raise my hands towards her and something strange happens.
    She starts to rise into the air.
    â€˜Wha … what’s happening?’ she shrieks. I concentrate on the tingling in my hands and she floats even higher. I have no idea how I’m doing this, but these new powers could just save me from death by burp. I flick my hands and she spins in the air, whizzing around like a fan. The movement drives the gas away and I gulp in some clean air. My head starts to clear and I get to my feet.
    I drop my hands and Greta crashes to the ground in a heap. She drags herself up, clearly dazed.
    â€˜You’re going to pay for that, Wolf-boy,’ shesnarls, but I can tell she’s afraid.
    I lift my hands and blast her back. She tries to burrow under the rocky ground again, but I reach out with my levitation powers and pull her above the surface. As she floats in mid-air I pluck the Shadow Shard from around her neck.
    I can’t risk her coming back to fight us again, and now that I have a Shadow Shard I can put an end to her once and for all. I point the Shadow Shard at Greta and yell, ‘Absorb powers!’
    A thin tendril of green light rises from Greta as her troll powers are sucked back into the Shadow Shard. With her powers gone, Greta has transformed back into a relatively normal-looking girl, though one with a nasty scowl on her face.
    â€˜Didn’t you know the only thing that can defeat a fairytale troll is the big bad wolf?’ I ask. I look down at my hands, which are still tingling with their newfound power. I wonder if it has anything to do with being around the Shadow Shards?
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    Maybe the others have started developing different powers too!
    I shake my head. Right now all I need to worry about is getting this shard back together with the others, then using it to destroy Doppelganger. I create a portal back to Doppelganger’s tower, leaving Greta behind to think about a thing or two.

I plunge through the portal after Vlad, not knowing what to expect. My mind is filled with one thing – getting the vampire’s Shadow Shard.
    I emerge somewhere dark, but as my eyes adjust I can make out shapes in the gloom. It looks like I’m in some kind of spooky old mansion.
    â€˜Lights!’ commands a voice from the darkness. Candles in the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling burst into flames, lighting up the figure of Vlad standing nearby.
    â€˜I’m here for your Shadow Shard,’ I say, pointing to the dark crystal clasp on his cape. ‘Give it to me or I’ll hurt you. Lots.’
    Vlad frowns. ‘Mind your manners! You’re aguest in my home. Though an uninvited guest, I might add.’
    â€˜Sorry to gatecrash your party, but I’ve had enough of you and your evil schemes!’ I lunge at Vlad, taking him by surprise.
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