As their hands met the handle, it glowed intensely. Nana watched in awe as the door, initially red, began to shift to blue. A blinding flash of light enveloped them, and when it faded, Nana found herself somewhere completely different.
She was in a dark room, illuminated only by a flickering light above. The cold silence made it impossible to guess what waited ahead.
Moments later, Todd and Pegasus found themselves engulfed in brilliant light. As it receded, they landed in an expansive room. Blue torches flared to life around them, casting cold shadows on the walls.
In the center of this spectral ambiance, a massive hexagonal circle ignited with fire, crackling and hissing as if alive.
From the fiery outline of the hexagon, something otherworldly began to materialize. Pale hooves formed first, coalescing from the air itself, followed by fur-clad legs that stretched upward with an unnatural grace.
