"Impressive, very impressive."

I look to my left. Betty is laying on my bed talking to what looks like a glowing pink ball?

For the incarnation of FEAR, she is cute. Like really cute...

"Hello, Betty." "What is that?"

"Oh? Sorry, you two have never met, have you?" "This is Kumu, my companion."

"Hello Kumu." Kumu gives me a smile.

"So, how did you handle killing her?"

"She got in my way." "She thought she could stop me." "Defeating her made me stronger." "Look." I click the golden star. Michael LV 5 HP 36/36 ATT 28 DF 22.

"Interesting." "You are growing stronger."

"Well, shall we?"

"Let's go."

"Mount Dianso awaits."

"Mount Dianso?"

It is the only way to get to the forbidden realm." "According to legend, there is a cave that leads to the forbidden realm." "Of course, it's no legend at all. I was alive when the barrier was put up." "I know where the cave is and what we need to do to reach the forbidden realm." "However, there is only one way to get there." "We must jump down the hole."

"Well, it's a good thing neither of us are humans." "Let's get going then."

We walk out of the house and through the village. I see Lucas and his friends torturing another kid. I walk towards him and he suddenly stops.

"Not again. Dude, please, leave me alone."

He runs away.

"Are you going to go after him?" I shake my head in disgust.

"Not worth my time." "Let's get going."

We leave Dianso Village and head towards the mountain. We have to go through the forest to the south of the village.

As we travel through the forest, I turn to Betty. "I want to tell you something."

"What do you want to tell me?"

"My story." "My name was Michael Sunvale." "My parents died when I was little in an accident or that's at least what my guardians told me." "I was raised by Sarah Sunvale and Daniel Sunvale, rulers of the Ancient Kingdom of Sunvale in this world."

"Sunvale?"

"Yeah." "They were two of the original eight wizards who created the barrier."

"Eight? I thought there were seven."

"Maybe in your world." "In my world there are eight." "The traits are Determination, Kindness, Justice, Perseverance, Bravery, Patience, Integrity, and Trust. "Sarah was the magician of Determination and Daniel, the Wizard of Bravery." I was a dual trait SOUL. My traits were kindness and determination.

"Ok, what happened?"

"Sarah and Daniel were having an argument about the barrier. Sarah believed monsters were too dangerous and that they couldn't live in peace with humans." "Daniel, believed the opposite." "He wanted to destroy the barrier and let the monsters return."

"The argument spiraled out of control and the two battled. The first time, Sarah won. Daniel accused her of cheating and vowed revenge. He lost his trait, which was Bravery."

"Several years passed and Daniel returned. We accepted him, believing he intended to reconcile. I was horribly wrong." "Soon afterwards, he attacked Sarah again. This time, Daniel was different. He seemed to be under some sort of dark influence." "He was full of HATE. He had found a trait that could match Determination." "He was about to use a forbidden magic spell to kill Sarah. I leaped forward and took the hit. I staggered and fell to my knees. My SOUL shattered and I died." "The next thing I knew, I woke up in the void."

She gasps. "That's awful."

"Yeah."