Hero.

In the dictionary, the word is defined as a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

What counts as courageous, outstanding achievements or noble qualities would differ from person to person. For some, the word hero would only be fit for a person who saved someone from mortal danger.

For others, it would be enough for you to help them grab a box from the highest shelf.

All these differing opinions on what a hero is meant that you couldn't point at one person and say that they are a hero without someone disagreeing. That is how things were for as long people can remember.

And then The Great War happened.

No one knows where they were before the war but once it started they didn't stop showing up.

Heroes had now become a thing and they wouldn't let you forget it. Where ever they were needed they would show up.

A village was being raided by bandits, a Hero would show up and make sure that it would be the last time they mess with that village.

An illness breaking out and your kingdom's resources are spread too thin to give aid, a Hero would show up and cure it.

A battle between two forces leading to an increase in Grimm in the area, a Hero would show up and protect both sides as they retreat to a safer place.

Many say that the emergence of Heroes led to The War ending with much fewer fatalities.

Now, 50 years after the war you could show a picture of any of the dozens of heroes active during the war and almost all would agree on them being the definition of a hero. Most people easily recognizing heroes such as Titan, Guardian and Champion as ones instrumental to The Great War ending.

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The fear that Ruby felt when the documentary stopped working, could only be comparable to a few other darker moments in her life. The relief she felt when it kept playing a minute later was obvious enough that dad easily noticed it.

"It might be time to digitize the tape sweetie." Dad said as gentle as he always does when this happens. When she doesn't say anything in response, he continues.

"The memories we have watching it won't disappear if we do it, they will only be in a different format. But the contents might be lost if we don't do it soon." He finishes.

It's an argument she has heard dozen of times ever since the VHS stopped working properly. Its one she knows she will have to do eventually, but she can't help feeling that she's betraying mom by doing so.

The VHS is something they have watched so many times that she's lost count of the number. If... When she wakes up, it will be the only thing that hasn't changed since the attack.

In the end, the knowledge that she might lose the contents forever makes the decision for her.

"Do you know the address to a place that does it?" And he has, he gives me a slip of paper with an address. The paper looks worn and crumbled, how long must he have prepared this for?

She decides to go now, knowing that waiting any longer would cause her to hesitate.

She takes Crescent Rose with her as support, her baby always giving her some confidence when needed.

With the VHS in one hand and Crescent Rose on her back, she leaves her home to make sure that her mom will have something that hasn't changed when she wakes up. The only difference is that it would be on DVD.

If the process isn't too complicated she might have some time to visit mom at the hospital later.