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((For Rozalin, this is set after "I Want my Tears Back".))

A message to you,

I do not know if I'm sending this message correctly via my Gummi Ship. But somehow, I feel like it will reach you.

To everyone that knows me, that is willing to help me. Hear my plead.

I will wait for you at the entrance of Caslte Oblivion. I'll explain everything to you once you get here. But I need you with me, since I know I cannot do this alone.

Thank you...


~Rozalin Chroma.

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In the depths of a distorted city, deep whithing the twisted memories, there was a young girl, sitting on the stairs in front of an abandoned school.

Her sobbing echoed across the empty streets, her sadness for her and her alone. The facade was not needed, as she knew very well the resolution was at hand...

The girl stood up as she looked into the red sky. The cracks of white expanding more and more.

"I doesn't matter anymore. Everything is in motion." said Thorns, "Either way...this finally ends....finally...I'll find release..."

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Rozalin stood standing at the castle's gates. The chilling air caressing her hair as it blew past her. She ahd been here before; The castle that shows one's memories.

It was here where she saw it...her. The twisted construction that became of her memories and the girl that seemed to have a hold to them. She still had much to understand about what was happening. But one thing she knew for sure, in order to regain what she had lost, and to stop something bad from happening, Rozalin and Thorns had to face eachother.

All she could do for now was wait for her friends to recieve the message. Hopefully, they'd arrive at her side to help...
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A rhythmic clanking grew louder behind Rozalin as her friend approached. Naomi's now-larger sword was balanced on her shoulder, the metal clinking together. She looked up at the castle as she came to stand next to Roz, rubbing an ear with a free finger.

"Why did you want to meet me here, again? This place gives me the creeps."

She might've complained, but since their recent "bonding" experience, she was more than happy to help her out with something.
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(After Ashes and Ghosts for Yuki)

Yuki had been rather surprised when she recieved the message from Roz. The two of them had only met once and yet Roz trusted her enough or was desperate enough to ask for her help. Roz however along with Xelha and Kairi were probably the closest people Yuki knew in these worlds not counting Rikka and Yuki did want to help her. So despite her own nervousness she made her way to Castle Oblivion.

When she arrived she saw Roz waiting at the entrance just like her message said. However it seemed Yuki was not the first to arrive. She didn't recognize the other girl there but she seemed to be here for the same reason Yuki was.

"I-I got your message R-Roz..." Yuki said as she walked up to the two.
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(For Kalas and Xelha, this is after "Magic or Not")

After receiving the message, there was no doubt in either of their minds that they had to go over and help.

It hadn't been too long ago since Kalas and Xelha faced an issue with some rogue members of an anti-magical faction. With that young man Sorin Luca going in to investigate, they simply returned to their ship to relax while they waited, taking in each other's comfort. But then, after they awoke a few hours later, off to head to the next world of adventure, Rozalin's message came, asking for their aid. It was most likely meant for Kalas, as the girl had not yet known that the two found each other, but it was obvious that Xelha wanted to help as well.

And so, the two immediately made their way to this Castle Oblivion to help their friend. Judging by the name, they knew this had to do with her lost memory, a fact that had been told to both of them before. It didn't take long before they found the world, disembarking onto the path that led to the castle's entrance.

"Man, talk about foreboding," Kalas remarked as they looked to the castle ahead. "Seriously, what is with these worlds and big, creepy castles?"

"I don't know..." Xelha said with a frown. "But...I sense a lot of magic from this place. It's almost worrying..."

"Well, it ain't like we've got any other choice. This is where Roz asked us to meet her, so we might as well go see what's wrong."

With that, the two heroes moved further down the path, reaching the castle's gates. There, they found Rozalin along with two other girls, one that they couldn't forget and the other only Xelha recognized. For Rozalin and Naomi, they would see exactly the changes that were made to Kalas.

Xelha nodded in greeting to them, giving a kind smile. "We've received your message, Rozalin. Is everything well?" She turned to Yuki and smiled to her as well. "It's also good to see you again, Yuki. I hope you've been alright."

Kalas did have to blink at that. Yuki? Wasn't that the name of that Rikka woman's sister? He would comment on it, but at the moment, there were other pressing matters than missing people. All that really mattered was that if she was here, she had to be a friend of Rozalin's, which made her alright in his books. However, he couldn't ignore the other girl present, the one that he had a fight with back in Halloween Town. As if you couldn't tell by the sharp glare that he was giving her, he wasn't happy to see her again.

"What the hell is she doing here?"

Of course, this warranted a sigh and a scowl of Xelha's own towards him. "Kalas, we talked about this. I don't want anymore pointless fighting while we're trying to help a friend."

The one-winged boy didn't argue back, only keeping the glare on the swordswoman for a few more seconds. Afterwards, he just sighed and shook his head. She was right; they were here for a reason. And, no matter how much he hated to admit it, he knew Rozalin considered her a friend after what he saw in Skyloft. For her sake, he had to set aside his personal dislike for the goth girl, no matter how much she tried to piss him off.

So, turning to Rozalin, his expression changed to one of concern for a friend. "Hey there, Roz. What did you need us for? Is this...about your memory?"
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Rozalin saw each one of her friends arriving as time passing. A short but warm smile crossed her face. It was so ncie that even in such dire situation she found herself in for so long, she still managed to get friends that could help ehr out when in trouble.

Her expression did shifted back to worry when she saw Kalas arrive. His looks changed, possibly part of what Ignis had done to him...

"Kalas...you look...did he do that to you...?" She asked worringly. However she took a deep breath, as she still needed to focus. Kalas could explain, but they all kenw well this was not the time to discuss it at full length.

After giving a quick introduction of Yuki to everybody else (but Xelha, who already knew her), she adressed the gathering, "I'm sure some of you already guessed why I called you here? Some may have not..."

She took a second of silence before continuing, "Ever since I arrived to this realm I haven't been able to remember anything but my name. I have been able to slowly regain some bit and pieces, but something inside my mind is stopping me from recovering my memories. These nightmares continue to haunt me and last time I arrived to this place I was able to see how my mind is now in total chaos. That's why I asked for your help...as I feel if I do not face what lies there soon, something terrible is going to happen to me..."

She sighed, "I know you all may have your own troubles as of late, but I ask for you help because I know I can trust you. You're my friends and I really appriciate it. I can't say for sure how dangerous it will be so if you don't feel sure you are free to go. Still I ask: is everyone ready?"
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Naomi snorted when Kalas asked why she was here, but reigned it in. She realized that he looked a lot like he did in Halloween Town, instead of how he used to. Putting two and two together with what Ignis said before, she realized that it must've been something he did to the winged hero, like he had to her. As if her guilt trip was bad enough already.

She didn't know who the weird looking girl with the horn was either, but she figured if she got Roz' letter, she was good.

When Rozalin finished her little spiel, Naomi pulled up her arm to slap her on the back - but stopped herself at the last moment, frowning and pulling back. The frown didn't last long though, as instead she put her free hand back on her hip.

"Hey, you think I'd flake out on you now?! No way! Me, and all these other dorks are here for ya, Roz!"

She pumped her fist into the air.

"We're gonna go in there and kick the crap outta whatever the hell the thing is that's messing with your memories! But first..." She looked at Kalas. "I've got unfinished business with you."

She dropped her sword from her shoulder, and then stuck it in the ground with a loud slam. Then, the girl stomped up close to Kalas, looked up at him as she tried to match his height as best possible. She didn't seem able to maintain the look for long, and instead look away, her face red.

"I'm... s... s-so..."

She took a breath and ripped of the bandage.

"I'm sorry." She crossed her arms, still unable to look him in the eye. "I was a total b**** and you didn't deserve any of that stuff I did to you. Mostly. So, I'm sorry. For punching you. So many times."
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Yuki smiled slightly at Xehla. It was nice to have someone else here that she knew to help Roz. She also assumed the man that she was with was the Kalas that Xelha was worried about. Seeing him made her understand why Xelha might be so worried as it seemed like something happened to him that caused some kind of change.

But at the moment Roz was asking for her help and Yuki wasn't just going to leave. She wasn't too sure on the loud mouthed girl but if Roz trusted her then she would as well at least for the moment. "I-I'll help too th-though I'm not sure wh-what I can do to help." Yuki said as she took a step closer to Roz. Out of everyone there Yuki felt like she was the least equipped to help Roz through this but Yuki was going to stay even if all she could do is give emotional support.
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When Rozalin explained her story, Xelha couldn't help but to frown as she listened. She knew that the girl had amnesia, but she didn't know about the nightmares, the torment she had gone through. It worried her on what they were about to face, what would happen to Rozalin as a result, but being the kind, empathic woman that she was, the former queen wasn't about to sit by and let her face this without her help.

So once more, she gave a kind smile to the amnesiac girl. "You think Kalas and I would come this far only to turn our backs, Rozalin? I don't know what we're going to face in there, but I can tell you that we have your back one hundred percent. And whatever happens, we're not going to let anything terrible happen to you."

Kalas, meanwhile, had to perk up when Rozalin mentioned a "he," knowing exactly who she was talking about. The implication behind this, the horror in her tone, gave him an idea on what that bastard might've done to her, the thought filling him with anger. However, he couldn't say anything about it, letting Rozalin explain her story. He knew about this before, having heard it when they were trapped in a cave back in Neverland, but to know that she came here before, and that he wasn't there to help; not with her memory, or with that monster; just made him feel absolutely worthless. He should've been there with her, protecting her...

Just before he could say his part, however, Naomi then came right to his face. As she looked at him in the eye, he just glared right back at her before she turned away. What was this about? Mocking him further? Making him feel worse than he already did about himself?

To his surprise, it was none of that. She actually came to him and apologized, of all things. The winged boy couldn't help but blink, almost disbelieving that she was actually saying this. However, as much as he appreciated the thought, he went back to looking at her with a scowl, crossing his arms.

"That's it? Just for punching me?" he asked, not about to let her get away so easily. "How about when you accused me of turning my back on people just for ignoring you? Or that time you left me behind just for me to get scrapes in my feet just to--"

"Kalas..." Xelha stepped in before he could get any further, looking at him darkly. "She's apologizing. That's enough of a good start as it is. We didn't question you after you returned to us, remember?"

"....." That was enough for him to stop his reprimanding. Indeed, despite wanting to be told off, his companions allowed him a second chance. As much as he disliked the swordswoman...it wouldn't be fair not to allow the same thing. So instead, he looked away with a scoff. "...fine. I'm sorry, too. My attitude wasn't helping either and blah, blah, blah."

With that out of the way, he finally went on to address Rozalin. With a look of concern, he walked up to the girl and put a hand on her shoulder. "Roz...I dunno what else to say, besides what Xelha already said. I don't know what happened to you, and quite frankly, I hate that I wasn't there to help. But I'm not gonna leave this behind; whatever we can do to fix your memory...I'm in."
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As everyone stepped in to say they'd continue to support her through this, Rozalin couldn't help but to smile. She had made such wonderful friends here...

"Thanks...all of you." She said. Her expression then changed to a more serious one, "But enough chat for now. Everyone get ready I think it's time for us to enter..."

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With the castle gates open the group of heroes walked in. A long and pristine hallway of white welcomed inside. Nothing but their own breaths and the echoes of their own steps were listened.

At the end, stood another gate after some small stairs. "I'll lead." Explained Rozalin, "That way it'll pick my memories...or whatever state they are in...and we will be able to find the source of all of this."

She then took a few more steps forward, standing face to face with the white door. As memories of her last visit crossed through her mind, her hands seemed to shiver. Having to face that...her...again just sent chills down ehr spine.

However with a deep rbeath she calmed herself down before lifting her hand and summoning her Chroma Blade. "Here goes..."

As she opened the door, the group was dowser in a bright light. Stepping forward they were transported to a whole different locale.

The flash vanished and they opened their eyes. They were now standing on what it seemed like a floating platform of rubble, a trail of other platforms of the same kind lead into the floating chunk of city ahead..what what slightly ressembled one.

Everything seemed compeltly twisted. Pieces of buildings and street floating around, some stationary but mutated into freakish constructions. Benches and lamp-posts were upside down and trees seemed to be growing from the most random of places. All of this while everything, incluying theme, existed inside endless white void...but this time, it sported a series of black cracks, that seemed to expand more with each passing minute.

"It looks even worse than the last time..." Rozalin murmured sad. However, that was not going to stop her. With a jump she reached the other platform, then the other, and the next one, until reaching to the big twisted city, "Come on."
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With that fiasco done with, Naomi turned back to Roz. She followed the girl as she led them inside the castle, and looked around at the white walls. Hell, even the potted plants were white. Not only was it really boring to look at, it was also just weird. Things got even more bizarre once she followed Rozalin through the door, into the strange floating cityscape.

Naomi adjusted the sword on her shoulder, looking around and noticing the cracks too. She had no idea what any of this meant, but it definitely wasn't good if all this was in her friend's head. She hopped across the floating pieces of concrete and asphalt after Rozalin.

"So... where are we going? This place seems pretty big."
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The changes in scenery startled Yuki, especially with how twisted this city looked. They did have to go through it to get to their goal so Yuki followed along. The horned girl summoned her wings as she jumped along the platforms. Even if she didn't feel like she could fly just yet having them out would let her at least glide and they were there in case they got attacked.

Yuki did want to ask Roz about this place and why her memories created it but Yuki held off on it. She felt it would be rather rude since Roz might not know or anything. Still hopefully when they helped her here it change things for the better. "Wh-What are we looking for t-too?" Yuki asked in addition to the question Naomi asked.
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As they walked into the castle proper, Kalas and Xelha couldn't help but to be reminded of Kaffaljidhma, the ice castle that was once the former Ice Queen's home. Just replace the pristine white surfaces with ice-coated walls, floors, and furniture, and there certainly wouldn't be a difference between the two, especially with the strong amount of magic surrounding the place. However, this world's magic was nothing like they had ever faced before. It felt like they would be shown things they didn't want to experience again, force them to relive painful memories.

Of course, it all came down when they entered the twisted city that represented Rozalin's broken memories. The chaotic nature of the place reminded Kalas of the demon world, back in the world of Devil May Cry that he had gone through with Naomi before. However, what scared him and Xelha the most wasn't the appearance of the place, but the fact that this was a part of Rozalin's mind.

Just what in the world happened to her to make her like this?

However, there was no time to question this. Whatever the answers were, they all lied in the broken city ahead. Summoning their own wings, the couple made it over the platforms with ease, catching up to Rozalin fairly quickly.

"Whatever it is we're looking for has to be in the center of this place," Xelha had to guess. "That's usually where most of these lie."

Kalas nodded, looking to the girl. As much as this place worried him, for her own state of mind, he knew they had to keep going. "Lead the way."
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"I know exactly where we are going. I've seen that place so much in my nightmares..."

With that Rozalin continued walking. Nothing but their steps were heard across the streets as everything felt desolated; empty. Only the wind blowing by...

As their course continued, Rozalin couldn't help but to glance at the sky. These cracks were not there last time she visited this place. It only marked the proof that this was now a much dire situation...

After a good while of climbing and walking across the twisted terrain, Rozalin and the group took a turn down an alleyway. With each step they could hear the sobbing of someone becoming louder.

"Stay sharp. I have no idea what is gonna happen from here." Said the purple-haired girl as she manifested her Chroma Blade.

They finally arrived. A school stood before them; a staircase of stone greeting the entrance. she could see them again, those red stains tainting the fourth and fifth steps. At the top, right at the school's doors, stood a silent girl. Almost exactly like Rozalin, but with a paler tone of skin and the purple of her hair darker and unkept, almost showing a few strains of blond.

"Took you long enough..." Said the mysterious girl, "And I see you brought company...in the end it doesn't even matter...You can call me Thorns...or Sorrow, at this point it no longer holds any importance.."

Rozalin stared and frowned, before rising her blade, "You know why I'm here. You also know I don't want a fight, so explain yourself. what have you done with my memories?"

Her eyes still looking down at the ground, the girl smirked, "Heh...do you honestly think I was to blame? How wrong you are, Rozalin...o how wrong you are..."

She finally stared at them, Her dark purple eyes glancing at every one of the group. "I am but a reflection. A being created from your own magic. I am not the only one, as there are many of them. Each one created from your dreams and emotions, but still independent enough to gain their own thoughts. However, some are luckier than others..."

Rozalin had no idea what she was saying. Usually in her nightmares, this girl would constantly harass and taunt her, as if she enjoyed the young girl's torment. But this didn't seem to be the case this time, she looked hurt somehow...

"Tell me, Rozalin. Why exactly do you want to recover your memories?"

She was puzzled by the question. Did she really need a reason? These were her memories, after all. Still, she couldn't shake the feeling she forgot something important, something bad...

"Because...because I want to know who I was." Rozalin responded.

The sorrowful replica stood in silence for a few seconds. "Fair enough...you want to know? Then go ahead..."

As she rose her arm a rain of spikes of red crystals decended upon the area. Rozalin was just about to cover herself when she noticed they were never the target. The spears of ruby were incrusted in the air, like if their hit something invisible. Suddenly, cracks started to sprout from the nothing, and eventually shattered to reveal something inside...

"P-Please, n-no more!I...I'll give you the money, allright?"

"Hehe. I'm so sorry, but this is not enough money you were suppose to give. I'm afraid I'll have to make sure you remember that."

"B-but, its all I have. That is all my lunch mon-"

"Guys, give him a lesson."

"N-no h-hey...let me go..p-pelase!"

That voice, laughing at the poor boy pleaded to be spared. It was her. From each crack in reality, they could see a different scene play out. A girl tormenting everyone in the class, bullying, stealing, beating up...

That girl wore a black jacker and jeans and had spiky purple-dyed hair. She looked exactly like Rozalin...

"H-hey! come back with those, you didn't payed for that, you punk kids! Miss Chroma, come back here right now!

"Shut it, old man. And the name's Thorns for you..."

"That's...that's me...?" Rozalin asked dumbfounded. She wanted to say more, but she just couldn't find the words. To every corner she turned, she could see a hooligan, a harpy, someone abusing of the ones younger and weaker than her with the help of two other thugs.

"You see it now?" said Sorrow Rozalin, "This is your past. Who you used to be. Tormented by your own personal problems, you decided to become a cold person and look down on others for the sake to avoiding the truth."

Her head started to hurt, memory after memory not only played on each crack, but also resonated inside Rozalin's mind, like a loud screech inside her noggin.

At that moment, one scene played in all of the cracks. A young boy standing on top of the very same stairs they were now setting foot in. Thorns watched as her two lackeys continuously pushed him around; His face showing some brusies.

""Allright boys. Wrap it up. We gotta go." said Thorns, but they didn't listen..."Hey! I said knock if off already!"

"Oh come on, Thorns. We're having fun here."

"You ain't going soft on us now, are you? Let's show this kid who rules this place."

"I said knock it off. He already got the idea, we don't need to go further with t-

The sight of a switch-knife made the bully girl freeze in surprise.

"I'll just leave him soemthing to remember us by!"

"N-no! S-stop!!

Rozalin winced at the sight. The thug stabbing the boy right on the side of the stomach, before pushing his body down the stairs. As the two bullies laughed their asses off, Thorns stood there with ehr eyes widened and ehr hands trembling, not able to process what just happened. In a rushed act, she closed her eyes and run down the stairs before leaving the school and what had happened behind. It was at that moment when the scene stopped, and the cracks vanished.

Sorrow Rozalin stood there with the coldest expression, hard to tell if it was sadness or anger, "Something happened when you crossed the realms in that state. Your mind broke...and all the fragments somehow became my burden as I was born into your mind..."

"Do you know how many times that scene played in my mind? Over, and over again like a broken record....it drove me insane...I couldn't deal with all this gult; the guilt YOU created..."

Rozalin couldn't respond to that, nor to anything. This revelation left her completly speechless.

"This continues as you had your little adventures around the world. Every night it would all return to me, those dreadful memories constantly tormenting me till the sun rose again...endless....that's why I brought you here...so we can end this once and for all!"

Rising her arms up she exclaimed at the top of her lung, "Your mind in crumbling!! Either you destroy me now, or your mind, along everything else, shall turn blank; erased forever. Either way, I'll finally find peace...I shall be gone...alongside every single one of those horrible memories..."

"But I..I don't want to..."

The sorrowful girl glared at her, "No! This is how it is!! There is no other choice. It was foolish of you to bring them here, since now you will all share the same fate..."
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Naomi was taken aback when they stepped up to the school, and saw the Rozalin lookalike sobbing on the stairs. It sure wasn't what she was expecing. She had thought it'd be some sort of... giant brain memory monster or... something like that. Not some clone of Roz that looked way to weak to really put up a fight. She had no idea what she was going on about, but then she started to just show them the memories anyways.

At first, Naomi was confused. That girl with the spiky hair and the jacket... that couldn't be...

But it was. The girl beating up and tormenting her classmates was Rozalin, and this was her past. The way she acted, it reminded Naomi of, well... it was pretty obvious, wasn't it?

When the memories ended, Naomi looked around and back to the other Roz when the two started arguing.

"Hey!" She yelled. " Hey, hey, hey hey! I don't get all this mind mumbo jumbo BS you're talking about, but I'm not gonna let Roz' brain disappear!" Her voice lowered, getting more somber. "And... and if there's one thing she's taught me, it's that you can always change, no matter what your past is! And that sometimes, you can fix stuff by not blowing up everything in your way! I don't share my fate with nobody, and if Roz doesn't wanna destroy you to fix her head, then we'll find another way! It doesn't matter how impossible you think it is!"
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Thorns was not what Yuki had expected in the slightest. The whole thing was not going the way she had been expecting and yet she couldn't help but listen as Roz and Thorns conversed. Once Roz's memories started playing before them the horned girl's eyes widened and she took a step back. Roz was acting like the bullies that had targetted her had acted. She couldn't understand how the kind, shy Roz could be the same bully up there. She wasn't too surprised about the boys going too far in the last memory as she had seen enough bullies to know what they are capable of yet Yuki was thankful to see that Roz couldn't go that far.

The memories of her own time being bullied made it hard to come up to comfort Roz for Yuki but seeing how Roz was reacting and remembering how the girl had helped her back before. "I-I'm here to help you too. Sh-She is right when she said you change. You proved it when you helped me. You didn't care that I-I'm not human anymore and tried to help me because I was upset. S-So I'll help you now Roz."
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Finding Rozalin's sorrow, hearing her sobs, wasn't something either Kalas or Xelha were expecting. When they heard about the nightmares and this girl haunting her, they were expecting a cruel personification tormenting the poor girl, not a tormented girl on her own. Listening to her words, feeling her resentment...

And then came the memories, the truth behind this mess. Rozalin, the sweet, shy girl that they knew, was now a girl cruelly pushing people around, laughing at their pain. Xelha put a hand over her mouth in shock, her eyes widened. She couldn't believe that the punk girl they were seeing was the same girl standing with them now, the same girl who tormented the weak and helpless along with her posse for their own sick amusement.

Kalas, on the other hand, felt sick to his stomach. This was a familiar experience, one that he couldn't forget no matter how much he wanted to. He saw himself, but not in the place of Rozalin. A boy, different from everyone else, targeted for being a freak in society...he saw himself as the victim, the one Rozalin was pushing around in these memories. The one who was too weak to defend himself when they took it too far...

It made things all the more difficult when the memories ended, and this Thorns declared that she either be destroyed or Rozalin's mind will be lost forever. Could there be another way? Could they help this girl, who they once considered their friend, only to turn out to be someone worse before she lost her memory?

Xelha had been about to say something, try to sound motivating despite what they've seen. But before she could speak, Kalas did so first, his eyes downcast.

"...I guess there's no denying it, huh?" he said, his voice quiet. "You did all of this...a sweet little girl like you, and you turn out to be no different from the people who called me a freak before you lost your memories..."

Xelha turned to him, almost surprised to hear him say this. "Kalas...don't tell me you're--"

"No matter what...no matter how much you really want to, you can't change the past..." It was here that he looked up with a hardened glare towards Thorns. "...but I know that what you can change, is yourself. Your attitude, your worldviews...when you realize what you've done, when you pay the price for it...you do everything to make it right." He then stepped closer, putting a hand on Rozalin's shoulder as he continued his speech, "Even if Roz lost her memory, she knew what happened when her so-called 'friends' went and hurt that kid. She might've tried to run away, but I know for sure that now, she's strong enough to push through it. And quite frankly, no matter horrible she's been in the past, I've been far worse than she could ever be, and yet she still considers me a friend. If she can accept me no matter what, then it's only fair that I do the same for her.

"And if you think the only choices she has is to either kill you, or let her mind disappear...then let me tell you that I won't have any of that bulls**t! No matter what you try to tell us, we'll find another way around this, even if it hurts us!"

The former Ice Queen was silent for a moment, almost surprised by the one-winged hero's words. However, she turned her focus back to Thorns, looking to her with a scowl. "They're right. No matter what Rozalin has done before, she realized what she did was wrong. You even said yourself that everything she did was just to hide her own pain. But now she has the strength to stand for herself, and friends who will stand beside her. Not those bullies, but real friends, those who are standing with her right now.

"Whatever the case may be here...we will push through, no matter what it takes! We won't lose ourselves, and neither will Rozalin!"
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Rozalin eyes widened and what just happened. Even after the revelation, even after that horrible self she used to be, her friends still backed her up 100%, not even doubting for a second and believing she, no, all of them could change this in another way...

"Guys..." Rozalin had to fight herself in order not to cry. Such act of pure kindness and determination bring light to every corner of her fractured heart. Memories or no memories, the friendships that she has forged would remain forever...

Meanwhile, Thorns, or rather the sorrowful version of Rozalin, just growled in disgust, "You just don't get it, do you!? I don't care whow much you believe in her, I do not care! I'm not going to keep holding this blasted memories...no, no more...I just can't bear it anymore...."

The heartwarming scene suddenly started to get cold. A chilling wind of dread suddenly enveloped the school area. Everything concentrating mostly around the emotional replica while an aura of darknes manifested around her body...

"I'm not coming back to that...n-no...you can't make me!!...If you are not going to destroy me, then I'll take you all out along with this mind!!"

Black brambles sprouted from the ground and building walls, not only shaking the whole place but also blocking the exit path as well as the school entrance or any other possible escape beyond the air. As the dark energies started to cover Thorns more and more, she was too engulfed by the spiked vines. Her voice becoming more echo-ey...more monstrous...suddenly the brambles increasing in number and size...

"Dark emotions consume me. I shall drown you with my sorrow and seal your fate!!"



The brambles opened franticly after her shout, revealing Thorns in a compeltly different form: An enormous monster, with the body of a red flower. Nothing but dark brambles composing her lower half while her upper body was black all over with the exception of her glowing purple hair; white eyes and tear-like marks craved into her face.

Opening her gigantic clawed hands, the creature gazed at our heroes below as her echoed roar was heard all over the twisted domain. With a simple move of her hand, more vines emerged from the depths, rising high before decending down, trying to grab our heroes like if they were living tentacles.

Rozalin was quick to dodge the attack, surprised of what just happened. She didn't want to destroy her, but she couldn't just defend as she unleashed a full on assault. They had to at least wound her to bring her back to her previous form.

Before she could even start thinking on a plan, the creature summoned a rain of crystal spikes which decended down as well. Rozalin tried to use her deflection spell but the thorns were too fast and impacted her right on her back as she was trying to distance herself.

The being known as Rose Tristesse was not going to let them escape. She'd destroy them alongside herself by all means necessary...

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Though Naomi felt bad for the sorrowful version of Rozalin, she knew she wasn't about to let her destroy Roz' mind. When she transformed into Rose Tristresse, a fierce grin grew on her face. Beowulf appeared on her fists as she cracked her knuckles, the greaves following suit on her legs.

"Now this is more my speed!"

Before she could go after Rose Tristresse, thorny brambles sprouted from the ground and tried to wrap her up, but she wouldn't have it. With a roar of blue flame, her sword cut through them all. The swordswoman was prepared to go right after her enemy, but then Roz got hit by some of the crystal spikes. Naomi charged to her side, standing above her and holding the flat of her blade up like an umbrella, blocking a majority of the spikes for them both.

"C'mon, Roz! You're not gonna let a few whimpy hits get you, are ya?!"
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No matter how Yuki felt about Roz or Thorns, it wouldn't matter after Thorns changed into a monster and started attacking them. Yuki froze the vines that came toward her and then created a wall of ice to protect herself from the crystals.

"Roz!" Yuki called out as she saw that her friend was hit as well but Naomi protecting her. She wasn't like Roz or Naomi and the fact they could go in close to fight. She fought best from the back and provide support for everyone. Using the remaining ice wall, Yuki swung her arm and sent it flying at the Rose Tristesse. "I-I'll stay back and c-cover everyone. I-I can't fight u-up close." Yuki said as she was preparing to create more ice. It was all that she could do so she could at least do that as best she could.
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As Thorns transformed into Rose Tristesse, Kalas and Xelha immediately stood at the ready. It figured it would come to this; it was no different from the Phantom Goldoba, where they helped Lyude fight the manifestation of his self-doubt and pain. Now here they were, about to fight the manifestation of Rozalin's sorrow, to protect her broken mind.

As the vines rose in an attempt to grab the heroes, Xelha was quick to fly out of their grasp. Kalas, on the other hand, was more forceful; his sword encased in flame as well, he cut through the brambles. Then came the rain of crystal spikes, which the two avoided by flying at opportune moments.

"Xelha!" Kalas called to his partner. "Stay back with Yuki and throw out all the fire spells you've got!"

Xelha nodded, flying back to stay beside Yuki. While the demoness sent out her ice, the witch waved out her wand, her Fire Bursts erupting around the plant-like monster.

In the meantime, Kalas charged forth, closing in as he slashed fire-embedded sword at Rose Tristesse.
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The beast of sorrow growled at our heroes as they protected Rozalin, each in their own way. She quickly softened the impact of the ice pieces thrown at her by Yuki by the use of her hands, yet still caused some damage. Before she could repond however, she was bombarded by Xelha's fire bursts.

"Fools...all of you...you keep on following a fruitless ideal!!" The Rose Tristesse voice echoed through the city. A bigger series of brambles broke through the concrete and upwards, trying to cut Xelha from the skies, then swatted Kalas aside with ehr gigantic claw.

Rozalin thanked Naomi from protecting her before charging forward again. Doing her best to avoid the vines as they came out from the ground, she ran towards the plan monster, but was suddenly intercepted by some more spiked roots taking a hold of an arm and leg.

"Agh!!" Rozalin winced as its throns were incrusted into ehr skin, but still she was not going to elt herself be stopped by this, "Onyx Blade!!"

Her Chroma Blade covered in sharp black crystal, she was able to slice her bindings in a mere swing then continue onwards. As more brables tried to attack her, she more and more started to slice them.

"Ruby Rain!!" It was the girl's turn to attack from above. The spears of ruby manifesting in the air and decending upon the Rose Trtistesse who roared in pain.
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Naomi charged towards Rose Tristresse after Roz, slicing apart any brambles in her path with her flaming sword. She a nearby one swat at Kalas and cut right through it in a single sweep, keeping her momentum up before slashing at the next one she saw that tried to make a grab at her.

Like a train, she kept moving forward. She had always been able to use her sword somewhat nimbly, but with its recent increase in size its weight was starting to effect even her strength. Her running was slow, and she had to hold it behind her so that the tip of the blade dragged along the ground, but none of the brambles could stop her. With a mighty swing she cut through each one, before placing her sword back on its usual spot on her back and jumping upwards as a thick vine swung right beneath her, landing on top of it. Luckily Beowulf protected her legs from the thorns covering the vine, and she began running up it to its source closer to Tristresse.

She leaped up, kicked off another vine, and grabbed the handle of her sword as she fell towards Rose Tristresse, swinging the sword overhead and down towards the monster. She laughed, grinning.

"LET'S SEE HOW YA LIKE SOME SWORD TO THE FACE!"
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Yuki couldn't help but feel a bit confident. So far they were doing rather well against the Rose Tristresse and their attacks were hurting it. But that bit of confidence took away Yuki's attention long enough to get hit by one of the vines. The winged girl grit her teeth as she freezed the vines and brambles around her. Once again with a wave of her arm the frozen thigns got sent flying back at the boss.

Yuki was a bit amazed at how well she was doing at controlling her powers. Even if she wasn't going up close like the others she and Xelha could still help from the back, providing cover for the rest. This was something that Yuki could actually do to help Roz.
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Kalas might have been swatted aside, but that didn't stop him from improvising on the spot. Just as he was thrown aside, he slashed his sword out, opening the dark rift that released the dark birds of his Shadow Wings. As well, due to the fire of his blade, these birds were set on fire as they all flew to ram themselves into the Rose Tristesse, at the same time Rozalin's Ruby Rain struck her and Naomi aimed to slash her in the face..

"Let's see you try to avoid that one!" he laughed, getting back to his feet from where he fell. Just before he could charge back in, a cry stopped him.

Xelha had been about to prepare another spell, this time a row of Light Flares against this dark creature. However, the brambles caught her, cutting her and grabbing her wrists and ankles. She tried to break free, but the thorns cut her deeper, making her yelp.

Of course, this wouldn't last long. Kalas was quick to fly in and, with a single slash of his blade, cut through the vines, the flames burning them away and freeing his love. As Xelha righted herself in the air, she had to remark to the one-winged boy, "It always comes down to saving the girl, doesn't it?"

"Not now, Xel. We still have a monster to take down." With that, Kalas turned and flew back to keep fighting off the Rose Tristesse. In turn, Xelha also began throwing out her light spells, the holy light piercing around the monster.
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The monstrous plant girl was not quick enough to stop Naomi's attack. Her blade slashin right across her face, gaing straight through the eye. Purple blood dripping from the wound, it then quickly started to restore, even if the pain remained. "Why you..." She wasn't even able to finish her sentence before the flock of fiery birds started to peck at her, courtesy of Kalas, then impacted in the torso by Yuki's ice.

With another roar, a powerful beam of light erupted from her mouth. The laser moved through the ground until crashing against a building. The debris started to fall down upon our heroes; one big chunk of concrete decending straight down on Rozalin.

The purple-haired girl yelped, not sure if she could avoid it in time. She rose her arm and closed her eyes not knowing what to do. But then, she was greeted with a nice surprise.

A construct of light stopped the impact just in time, shattering the debris to small pieces. The light then transformed into some kind of shield that, like her Chroma Blade, was completly made out of crystal materials. "Woah..."

"What!?"

Rozalin was just as surprised as her monstrous countrepart, but then smiled. Maybe her powers were increasing, so she could use this new granted defense to her advantage. She then pushed forward, getting close to the Rose Tristesse.

Furious, the beast attacked with another series of ruby spikes. But now prepared, Rozalin was able to block them with her new Chroma Shield before reaching a way upwards thanks to some of the demolished buildings.

Finally at a good height, the girl sliced at the monster's wrist and sliced it off in one swing of her Onyx-powered sword. A stream of purple blood erupting like a geyser as the enormous hand crashed upon the floor, then started to vaporize in a dark mist.

"Stop this now!" Ordered Rozalin, "You're forcing me to do this! We can solve this if you justs top!!"

"Silence!! I never wanted this...b-but you forced me on it...I will not relive this again...I want out...I WANT OUT!!"

In a scream of sorrow and anger; while her dismembered hand started to re-grow, the Rose Tristesse reached her arm at Rozalin and took her before she could react. The girl cried in pain as the monster tightened her grip.

"You think you have the power to stop this!? You are even more foolish than I...there is now ay back...this ends with death, whatever its yours or mine!! So don't hold back, destroy me if you dare!!"

More monstrous plant life started to grow around our heroes, this one like flytraps, with big jaws with the intention to bite at them. One inmmediatly lunged at Yuki, trying to pin her down as well, while another one quickly chomped at Kalas' arm to make him drop his weapon. At this was happening, another bramble moved towards Naomi and smacked her away.
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