Part 10: The Pure Moon

(Avira POV)

We made it. I know when I'm about to accomplish my mission. As a goddess, i put everything before me. I had spent the last 6 years if my life dedicating myself to trying to protect the world. The forces had ended up distorted and there is too much imbalance. I spent countless years looking for Mephiles and now, everything should be alright now. As long as the Sceptre works, the forces should be in perfect balance. I hope my cheating and blowing one fuse in my mind causing us to warp. I hope it isn't my fault. If it is, I am sorry now and will forever be to Katherine-Maria. The kid is a bit of a freedom fighter. Although, she is held back by limitations, aren't we all. Fears, limitations, personal barriers and society it's self holds uus back. I wish everything would be alright and things go our way more often.

We walk down a dark and gloomy corridor, there is no moon because of the trees blocking the light. The strength of my powers are getting stronger as we get closer and closer to that sceptre. With all things happening at once i have flashes of visions.

"Is something wrong, goddess?" Mephiles asks

"I'm fine. Just having a bit of a surge of power. The closer i get to that sceptre... never mind." i reply.

"i feel some strange feeling... i don't know what is causing this but my water powers feel accelerated..." Katherine-Maria says.

"This is it. The room of the Pure Moon... Is anyone feeling chills?" Blaze asks

"I don;t know what is beyond this door, but what it is... We got to be careful." Sonic says

"Open the door, please. I think this crystal is going to give out." Katherine-Maria complains.

"I'll get the door. I'd stand back if i had a brain. Didn't i say stand back?" Mephiles shouts.

We stand back as he concentrates his power to move the door aside. We are blinded by a pure white light as it shines out the door. The light fades out and we see the scepter in the middle of the room with the moon right behind it. We stare in awe. This is the Pure Moon Sceptre? It is the must beautiful thing i have ever seen. It makes my sceptre look like trash. Then some gold coloured light appears and i know who emmits that colour light, the goddess. Our Goddess, Cathryn 1 appears before us and we (the Ferian majority here) kneel before her. I can see that the other three are still standing when it is practically what you're supposed to do when you meet the goddess. Mobians' and Overlanders' for ya. Sure we are like the same, but we practically more advanced and follow our own ways, traditions and faith. Compared to them, we are the dimensional leaders in peace and prosperity (even if the future is living in post disaster horrors).

"My children of the elements, you have found Sifora's Pure Moon Scepter. When you don't follow preseadure however, things go wrong. I never knew two people aspired to find this once sceptre? I ask for the youngling Overlander. Step forward, youngling."Cathryn demands in her clam sweet voice.

(Katherine-Maria POV)

I step forward, my heart beats fast as i am nervus. What will she do to me? Will she finish me off? Will she help? She passes the sceptre to Avira and she holds the Sceptre of Light. She joins both power together and she hits me with it. I feel strange, as if i can see all the horrible things my dark side had done. Was i ment to be a killer? Was i to destroy everything by my father's side? Then my memories take a turn to the good things. I remember that time i fell down the stairs and how father came to my aid... Am I the only thing he cares about? How is it possible that someone with an impure, dark heart, can love something insignificant (I'm not calling myself insignificant)? When it ends the goddess takes off the crystal to stop my darkness seeping.

"It worked... It worked!" I cheerfully yell.

(Avira POV)

I watch as the Overlander girl excitably starts yelling happily. I am holding the sceptre and it is making a strange colour. I watch as it glows brighter and faster. Cathryn 1 uses a shield to seal the cheering friends from the sceptre. As i drop it, i can feel weakened. I seal myself away and then the sceptre explodes into pieces. Shards of glass fly everywhere and i feel strange. My powers and my mind aren't usually disorientated. I don't know what is going on.

(Mephiles POV)

Behind me the sceptre explodes. I didn't notice until i see shards repelling off a forcefield and i don't know who is doing this. How am in the forcefield if i am not cheering like them? The goddess outside is shielding us in her powers and she gets hit with flying shards of a sceptre. They just pass through her, since she is dead and has been for thousands and thousands of years (Especially in future times, like now). Avira had sealed herself away, by herself and i can see her fighting to seal away herself. Somehow, i can sence her disorientation and the pain to push her powers to the best of their abilities. By the and of it, the falling of the shards stop and we are released. I feel time slow as Avira releases herself and falls. I don't know what is going on with me and my mind when seeing this, but i think she has the answer. My reaction to this is unthoughtful of, i catch her as she falls. I can't sense her presence, or her powers. All i am holding is a lifeless girl that had given her all to try and save me from myself. I gently put her down and go over to that damn goddess of our faith and i am giving her one. My rage is coming out, wait... how is this possible? How could i be mad about this? Sweet Mother of Fera! She did try to same me.

"What the hell, goddess? What did you do to her?" I yell loudly as it echoes around the large room.

"Mephiles, calm down. This maybe just a..." Katherine-Maria starts

"Shut up, you stupid fucking Robotnik!" I yell back at her

"Mephiles, you shut up! Why are you yelling at her? She did nothing to you!" my stupid cousin, Silver interjects

"The sceptre had imploded. I'm afraid that Avira is fading. Since her connection with the sceptre, it thought it was Sifora and it tried to place it's power into her heart. Alas, it only caused her to use her powers to fight it back. ...and this caused the shattering." Cathryn 1 redundantly explains.

"I'll try and heal..." Katherine-Maria starts

"It is too dangerous, youngling." Cathryn 1 interrupts

"What do we do, smart woman of the "all- ...powerful" light and spirits?" I ask in sarcastic anger.

"Mephiles the Dark, since she is fading fast..." she tries to stop there

"Go on." I encourage

"Since she is the person you care about... You will have to combat this by controlling your darkness and kissing her..." she finishes

"What?" We all yell back at her

"it is the only way. The sceptre can be repaired by Sifora at another date, but I'm afraid that you have to do this. When she released and shot you twice, she had transferred some of her power to you. The Purity and Darkness had caused a clash in you, not on the forces. You both need to be alive to control the forces as i cannot. The Dark Prince ruling beside me was destroyed by that... grr."

"Well, it isn't my father. He doesn't know what Ferian Religion is. Don't look at me." Katherine replies

"Do i have to?" I ask.

"Mephiles, in your future, you and Avira will be together. This just starts the beginning of that time, because of a spark inside you. Avira needs someone now more than ever. Will you let your future run it's course or will you let her die?" She asks

"No..." I reply.

(Katherine-Maria POV)

We watch as this unfolds. As the light and dark force god and goddess kiss. All i can say is "Aww". Then Light emmits from over there and it looks super cool. I can tell true love, as i know it won't exist for me. I just know that I'll never find love like that. The only thing that i am happy about is now that my dark side is gone, i am me forever and again and i will live my life, even though i will return home. Father will be overjoyed to see me again and that i am alive. Someday, i wish i could defy gravity and make everything change for the better. The Mobians are harmless. As Avira awakes, i have thoughts to myself as they have a bit of a moment. I think, Someday, when i find my way to end the war, i want to live freely and with my people. Which is strangely enough. The People of the Acorn Kingdom of Mobius. I have a dream, People. A dream for my future.