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Maria chased after Katherine's soul, finding her at long last, but seeing as she was being slowly consumed by this darkness, a bizarre phenomenon that she only realized existed right now. Somehow, after gaining her Nightmare Power, she was able to see things she couldn't quite see before, such as this.
This only meant one thing, this darkness that consumed the souls of dead people was related to the Nightmares in one way or another, and it might even be related to the "Original Curse" that is the origin of Nightmares themselves!
"KATHERINE!"
Maria had no time to think about such things anyway, as she rushed towards Katherine's soul, grasping her with her ghostly clone and then quickly… eating her!
"CHOMP."
Her ghostly clone ate her soul completely, digesting Katherine's soul.
At the same time as this happened, the darkness consuming her was eaten as well.
"I'll investigate its origins later…"
