[i]Hey. 

It's not your time.

Wake up.[/i]

Tera started awake. What had happened? The last thing she remembered was pointing her key at a heart surrounded by darkness, then everything froze...

The memories came back to her in snippets. 

The child. 

The shadow. 

Her world. 

Her fight. 

Tera stood, awkwardly at first. As she looked around, she saw nothing else except the floor beneath her, as bright and colourful as it was. It had her picture, which she found strange, but the stained glass floor was beautiful in its own right. 

Then, three plinths rose from the floor. A sword, shield and rod. The mysterious voice told her to choose one and give up another, forfeiting one gift to embrace another. 

Tera searched herself. Querying and questioning herself for the answers. 

Eventually, she decided. 

"I want strength to protect everyone. I want to destroy anything and everything that would harm the innocent beings in this world."

Tera sighed and smiled to herself. 

"No more running away from the truth, alright Tera? Today, you fight."

That being said she advanced forward and picked up the sword and shield, quietly deciding between the two. Would she forego protecting her own heart to protect the hearts of others?

The answer to that question, as she let go of the shield and held the sword firmly in both hands...

Was yes. 

"Give me strength to destroy this darkness. I don't want to see more worlds falling into the shadows, like mine once was."