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This was it; the sky was falling down on them and therewas no way of turning back, they were all doomed.Everywhere, mothers were grabbing their children, trying totake them to a safe place.

Futile thought a young woman standing in the centerof the square.

Waves were about to wipe out everyone and everythingand their scholars were still trying to save the teachingsthat broth this disaster upon them. How foolish could theybe !o many children were going to die, so many innocentlives sacrificed because they would not listen to thewarnings, because they refused to see the signs" #nsteadof trying so hard to save the cause of the disaster, theyshould put more effort in making sure that at least some ofthem would survive this. Wasn$t preserving life and making

it easier for everyone, their belief

The pain and despair from all around made the blood inher veins free%e. !he could feel the waves coming to crushthem; the earth beneath their feet was cracked andinstable. This people had to be taken out of here, &'W()ooking around in a hurry, she could not think of anythingallowed by their ethics. !he was still an apprentice, anapprentice with a tendency for the forbidden magics, morepowerful than many of the things thought to them in the

schools, but an apprentice, still. #f she could only use someof the things she learned in secret, far from the eyes ofothers, maybe there was still hope for their race"

What should I do, oh sacred Moon? She asked herself.What will become of those who do survive this? We broththis upon ourselves for tryin to o beyond the limits ofnormality surpassin even the remainin lines. !h, pleaseforive me for thinkin such thins and for what I may do.

*t the docs, ships full of their young ones, scholars andwise, were ready to depart, but it was too late. The waves

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were going to crush these lands. !he was supposed to be in

one of those ships too, but even if the others didn$t want toadmit it, she knew there was no way out. They will all die,and their lands were going too disappeared from this worldforever as punishment for not listening. Was there anyreason to save such cursed nation !hould she make thesupreme sacrifice so that at least a few of them may survivethis and learning from their mistake, build a new, brighternation !he was going to die anyway, so why not try *llthose years learning forbidden ways" she knew will comein handy some day, but +ust didn$t epect it to be the end ofthe world"

I"m sorry for breakin the rules yet aain, but I wasnever sweet or kind hearted like most of my brothers andsisters. I was never fit to become candidate for Sybil, but Ican"t let them die, either. #y ivin up that which is like airto us, I truly hope to ain your foriveness.

-athering the last of the strengths of the lands aroundher, she eploded, turning into bright light. *s a being oflight and power she could match the gods for a smallamount of time, but the cost was eternal death with noturning back" people were looking towards her withdifferent epressions. !cholars were looking terrified,understanding what she dared do, children watched inama%ement the light show, parents seamed hopeful, whilewise men and women were calculating the odds of thisbeing helpful to their survival. !he could see the questionforming on their faces won$t it make the gods angrier to

see how she defied them so

/or a moment everything stopped. The world lookeddifferent from this state of being; connections appeared ina different light than normal people perceive. #t was sobeautiful, that she almost forgot about the lives she wantedto protect.

$rate ods, I never thouht it possible to consider sucha beautiful world more beautiful yet% $ive me strenth

before I ive it all back to you but if I would be iven achoice, I"d love to tell them one or two thins make them

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understand that sacrifices are indeed necessary, but not for

the thins they think.

!he never believed that stopping the waves fromcoming or stopping the earth from sinking would be thiseasy, but there was still something she needed to do beforeshe would fade for eternity, and that was to find a safeplace for them. True to her purpose, the young scholarfound a safe shore for their survivors to harbor and leftherself be drawn back into the hole their lovely home hadbecome.

&lease uide their steps, beloved ods, don"t let thembe foolish enouh to try chanin the world once more anddestroyin everythin yet aain. 'hey should not letanythin et in the way of true facts, not love, notfriendship, not kin nothin. &lease send my last thouhtsto them and have them learn from this e(perience so thatno more lives may be lost.

How will it be her end * true death, that left nothing

behind #t was horrific to think about a death with noreturn, against her nature and of all those she called herkinfolk. They were born energy meant to fulfill whateverpurpose they had on this earth, and then return to beingenergy and come back as someone or something else. #twas their way of life and anything else was too terrifying toeven think about. Why was she still conscious Why had shestopped glowing like the sun Why was their homelanduntouched by the disaster !he saw it fall apart with herown eyes" didn$t she

!he had a form again, a physical body, that could feellike any other body in eistence. !he was still alive, despiteof what she$d done. Was she given a second chance /orwhat #mpossible as it may seam, she was back home and itwas all eactly the same as before the cataclysm, the onlydifference being the lack of people on the streets. 0ust whenshe was about to go out of her mind with questions, ablinding light appeared in front of her, gradually taking the

shape of a man with deep blue eyes and long black hair.

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1Who are you2 she asked, unable to take her ga%e

away from him. &ever before had she seen someone soimposing, not even the teachers and scholars she respectedmore than anything else in the world. 1*re you a god2

1&o,2 the man answered laughing, 1# am someone likeyou, someone who was given a second chance.2

1What is this place #t looks like home, but it cannotbe" can it

13es, this is your home, young one, and # shall give youyour wish your kinfolk will be guided by you on the pathyou wished for.2

14y kinfolk *re you not one of them as well2

1&o, # come from a different tribe, doomed long beforeyour own. # found a way to pass back in the other dimensionand become human again, but that would take away mymemories and as a consequence, all the knowledge #

acquired.2

1*nd that is bad, because"2

1# made this sacrifice to help. #f # lose it all now, it wouldmean # did it all for naught.2

1/rom where are you2

15o not epect me to say that # am from *lfheim, 6oyllo,

7hlanga, 8a%amanc or *ntillia, but # do have an interestingstory to tell. # originally came from )emuria, but # achievedthis firm on 4u, little before it disappeared much like yourown lands.2

1What caused it # mean, # know we broth this uponourselves, but what eactly caused it What is this place2

1This place is a different dimension; very much similarto the one *lfheim was moved. 9oth 4u and )emuria are

here, but you are the only one apart from me that has madeit here.2

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1#$m not sure if # should be grateful, or get scared.2

1Why scared 3ou$ve been given an unique chance tosee the universe like no other mortal can. What is yourname, child2

1:hantea, # am moonlight.2

13es you are, but people will call you Eydis goddess ofgood fortune. They will all want to become you from nowand you will be there waiting to slap them across their faces

when they make new mistakes.2

13ou don$t make a good teacher" what is your name2

1# am the first moon, child and # am also the sea, # am alot of things, but the true sound of my name # haveforgotten, only the meaning remains.2

1Will it happen to me too2

1#t may, or it may not" Tell me :hantea, would you helpme go and come back Would you help me return to thisplace if # teach you how2

!he looked at him for a while. This man with no namecould teach her even more than the forbidden scrolls fromback home. Taking in account the amount of time that haspasses since 4u disappeared from this world, he must havehad the chance to learn much more than she could evenimagine, from such a unique perspective. There was no

doubt he could rival the gods themselves in thesecircumstances. Why not help him and at the same time helpherself With his knowledge she could rebuild her nationright here and give her kinfolk the knowledge they$dstarved for so long.

13es,2 she said 1# will help you, and you will help me.2

1-ood,2 he answered. 1*nd so it begins"2

The man stood ga%ing into the hori%on with a satisfiedsmile across his face. He$s been waiting a long time for a

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