Ok so I am sorry. Sporadic updates annoy me a bit too I will admit, but I am thankful for those authors that do update when they can. I've been working a full time sometimes slightly over forty hours a week, with about an hour ride home from mentioned job just to get up and do it again the next day.
I had also been studying when I had gotten home from work for my boards that is required for my job as well. Clearly it paid off that I managed to pass the first time (which as I mentioned in a previous chapter somewhere that it's like three hundred dollars). So this story had to be placed on a back burner. I have also had a bit of a writer's block too which was hard to work out and tweak a few things from this story so I am not completely copying an episode or anything like that.
I know these might seem as excuses, but it is a fact that sometimes the real world has to come first, which is what needed to be done. I do have a life outside of this one. It's just the way it sometimes is. That doesn't mean I haven't given up on this story.
Aside from that, the new episodes that have come out, also play into what may happen in things to come. They get me thinking on how to add those elements in. So please, do not assume that my life just revolves around fanfiction.
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New Divide
"You…" Pyrrha said slowly, swallowing a lump in her throat, "This story was about you."
Ruby had just about finished her story as she refused to look at Pyrrha. She had told her a more detailed version that regrettably included Ozpin's past than what she told her father and Qrow. However due to the time constraint, it was still a cliff-notes version, "Yes." Ruby unnecessarily confirms.
Pyrrha stands up, her fishing pole long forgotten in the midst of the winding tale of war and anguish, "I don't get it though. If what you are saying is true, then how-"
"It was my final stand off against Salem." Ruby said cutting Pyrrha's question off, "I lost, she united the relics and brought the Brothers back. In the midst of the blast, I was blown off the side of a cliff and should have died…or rather my body died."
Pyrrha looked at her aghast, "What?"
"The Brothers pulled my soul from my body and essentially gave me a choice. I could have chosen to 'move on'; or return to the time of my existence, and take over a version of my younger self."
Pyrrha just stared at her, "I'm sorry but I am lost here."
Ruby still wasn't looking at the warrior, choosing to stare aimlessly at the water, "My soul merged with my younger self. In a sense Yang and everyone on my team was correct to assume that the Ruby who woke up from that Ursa fiasco in her leadership class was not the same."
A quick glance at the red-head, Ruby saw recognition now shone in Pyrrha's vivid green eyes. Ruby looked away again but took that as a sign to continue, "They told me that everyone I loved would be alive. I only had to choose a time where I existed. So I chose to come back to where we were all a team and we discovered Blake's identity. Originally I wanted to stay at Beacon and try to stop it from falling, but that incident in Goodwitch's class told me that it wouldn't have worked. That I should focus on Salem and getting the Relic of Knowledge. It was an opportunity for me to change the outcome of things. Of course I had hoped that Ozpin would have taken my warning seriously, but I guess I may have had too much hope."
"So you left."
Ruby sighed deeply and nodded, "I left yes. I couldn't risk failing, because then there wouldn't be a third chance. Ozma was the first chance, and they told me that I was the second and last chance. If by chance that I died in the process there wouldn't be do-overs; I am not like Ozma where he just kept reincarnating."
"And why not tell us all of this? Or at the very least your team? Your sister?" Pyrrha demanded uncharacteristically angry, "Did they tell you that it had to be kept a secret?"
The fifty thousand Lien question, Ruby mentally braced herself for Pyrrha's reaction knowing that her reaction was going to be a prelude to how the others were going to take her answer, "No."
"I'm sorry, but no?" Pyrrha demanded now, "You could have told us?"
"Yes. They left it up to me to tell you all or not." Ruby clarified, "I chose not to tell you all, and it was not a matter of trusting you. That was never a question in my mind." Ruby added quickly sensing Pyrrha about to accuse her of that very matter, "I had intended to tell you all after we got the relic from Haven."
"Damn it Ruby! I do not believe you hid this from us all this time!"
Ruby shook her head, "You are not nearly as angry as you should be."
"What's that supposed to mean?" She demanded slowly, "Damn it Ruby will you look at me already!"
Ruby stood up now, leaving her own discarded pole on the ground and looked directly at Pyrrha, "The decision came with a warning. One that came after I made my decision to come back." Taking a shaky breath, she recited the God of Light's words, "Some things you cannot change. They are meant to happen."
Pyrrha just stared Ruby down, her gaze alone demanding an answer to the warning. Ruby stood tall and gave Pyrrha a hard look back, contrary to the one of regret she had been wearing all this time, "You figured out the story was about me. You should already have the answer."
Pyrrha kept her gaze on Ruby, searching the silver eyes as best she could. She recalled the facts that Ruby had presented to her from the reaper's original timeline before settling on one fact, "The Fall of Beacon. It still happened."
"Right that was one thing. Recall that I also mentioned how I saved your life."
"You were meant to die at Beacon." Ruby's words echoed in her head like a siren. The part where she described the young girl witnessing the death of a friend by the Fall Maiden at the top of a tower, "Me. You saw me die." Pyrrha said slowly and quietly as she sat back down on the ground.
Ruby sighed and retook her seat as well, "Yes. However I am afraid that it wasn't enough."
Pyrrha sat in silence for a moment, processing the things Ruby had told her, "I was stung by Tyrian." Ruby nodded and Pyrrha hesitated for a moment longer, "I might not survive Haven. That is why you told me all this now."
"As I said, I saved your life twice. There might not be a third time." Ruby whispered. She glanced over at the warrior and saw unshed tears coming from her. She reached out to touch her shoulder, "Pyrrha I'm-"
"No." Pyrrha growled out, quickly getting to her feet, "Do not touch me. I do not want to hear it." She turned and gathered her things, making her way back to the woods where they had come from.
"Where are you going?" Ruby asked as she too got to her feet.
She stopped briefly, her posture stiffened at Ruby's words, "Back to the others. I need to think away from you." Pyrrha said not turning to face the red cloaked leader.
Ruby's eyes were downcast, "I understand, but please let me be the one to tell them." Pyrrha said nothing and just started walking on the path. Ruby made no move to go after her. She just watched her leave until she blended into the shadows of the forest.
After a few moments, Ruby sank to her knees and bowed her head. She was never one for praying. The last prayer she had said was at their memorials she had made in the Emerald Forest near the area they retrieved their relics and became teammates. They were all scattered when they…Ruby shook her head, trying to not think of that. All that mattered to her was to symbolize a place where they all met and had first succeeded as a team.
Now though that team might very well fall apart. If that was Pyrrha's reaction to the truth, then Ruby could only imagine how the others are going to react to it. She shook her head and gathered the discarded poles, the hotdogs gone from their hooks with no fish attached to them. Oh well, she supposed as she stood up once more, at least I still have the snares.
She doesn't make an attempt to move yet. Looking at the now low sun with the color of the leaves on the trees in the reflection, she took a shaky breath in, seeing the images now blurry. Whipping her eyes, she didn't know that she was crying. Why was she crying? She had no damn right to cry, so why the fuck was she crying? She rubbed her face aggressively, taking more deep breaths and aiming her gaze up at the sky, praying for any type of self-control.
On a deeper level she was praying for something else. She had hoped that she wouldn't get anymore lost between her two worlds and desperately continue to see the truth in between those worlds. She prays for the strength to face the wrong that she had done, and for some type of forgiveness to her darker side that had been born out of the paths that she had chosen to take. Taking her eyes off the sky, she began her trek into the woods, melding into the shadows of the trees to where she had laid the snares.
Her thoughts continued to drift into the many areas of her life. Maybe it would be better if Pyrrha had told the others of their discussion. For them to cut all ties with her now before they could have a chance to get hurt. She had many dark hours, too many to even count. All of this not enabling her to foresee how fast that the tide is turning to this degree. How could she had been so blind? Time keeps on slipping away and she had yet to change almost anything to turn the war in their favor.
Ruby comes across one of her snares and sees a rabbit that had been caught. It was lying still and unmoving, memories flash in her mind as she takes it and places it over her shoulder to find more of her traps. Pyrrha now knew the truth, at the very least she knew why she was fighting. Ruby still vowed to do everything in her power to make sure that she wouldn't die, but once more the nagging thought in her mind was things were coming to head that was beyond her control, just how much time did they have left?
-SNOOPYKID-
It had been a few weeks since her daughter and the others have left the camp. There had been a restlessness since those moments; but Raven was not too bothered by it. Of course Ruby's warning that day in the clearing about what was to come plagued her mind in some cases, but knowing that she had done her job and it was over made her stay. Salem had gotten her information that she needed, and best of all, that witch didn't know where she had been hiding. Still though, in these quiet moments sharpening her sword, there was a feeling that she couldn't shake, and it was that feeling that was bothering her. It was like she was missing something, "Raven?" Raven stops what she is doing and looks towards the flap and sees Vernal by the entrance, "We have a problem."
Dread. That was the feeling Raven had a hard time describing and what was plaguing her at the moment. It had been years since she had felt this way as she looks at her second, "What is it?" She keeps her cool, crisp tone.
Vernal says the three words that further the knot that pools in her stomach, "Salem's found us."
Raven's eyes widen briefly, "You may have thought you got away easily, but do not be fooled. You signed a deal with the devil-incarnate." Foolishly she had brushed her off, believing that her job had been done, then came the warning, "I do not know when, but Salem will find you eventually; and when she does it will be her followers. One of them will be the Fall Maiden." Ruby's cold tone came to her.
Vernal was waiting for a response. Seeing this, Raven mentally shook herself, "Salem…okay."
"Four of her followers are waiting to speak with you." She explained, waiting for instructions.
Raven stood up. There were many plans they had made in the event the camp should be found. She just hoped one of those plans would be enough, "Right. We planned for something like this…" Her tone was becoming stronger, "Bring me my helmet. We have unwelcomed guests to see too."
As Raven came out to the tent with her mask on she sees four unfamiliar people being warily watched by her tribe, "For the life of me I do not know why, but I will extend to you a courtesy: their names and their agenda so pay attention." She hadn't cared much, but humored the girl, "Cinder Fall, Arthur Watts, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black." Ruby had told her, "They will be looking for the Spring Maiden to enter Haven."
Raven is briefly brought out of the memory and addresses her bandits; after all she had appearances to keep up, "I don't recall inviting so many guests into our home. Either I'm losing my memory…" She pauses briefly to let this sink in, and then raises her voice, "or you've all lost your spines!"
They look at her in shame and guilt. Honestly it was like they were all children. The woman with black hair stepped forward and spoke in a quiet charming voice, "Don't be too upset with them, Raven. Your men simply recognized the power of a Maiden when they see it." Raven's eyebrow rose slightly as the woman's eyes started glowing leaving trails of fire, "Which is why we'd like to have a word with you."
Raven looks to the bandits, "Leave us. Pack your things, then break down camp. We're moving."
As the bandits all leave to do so, a man with a mustache speaks up, "Little late to run and hide. You've been on our master's list for some time, so you must understand that we cannot allow you to slip away."
Raven snorted at this. How dare this man tell her where she can or cannot go, "I know all about your master, but I don't believe we've met." She said in her cool crisp tone, arms crossed.
"We're the guys you should be afraid of." The boy said smugly.
Raven looked down at him and cocked an eyebrow, "I doubt anyone should be afraid of you."
Mercury growled low and took a step towards her, "Oh yeah? Tell that to-"
Cinder spoke up now and said sternly, "Quiet."
Mercury relents, and Raven smirks, "That's what I thought."
Cinder looks between the two and gives Mercury an extra look in warning before turning back to Raven, "I'm Cinder Fall. This is my associate, Arthur Watts, and my disciples, Emerald and Mercury."
"I don't care." Raven said crossing her arms, "I am going to tell you that I've already done your master's bidding once. I am not doing anything more. Leave. Now."
"I'm afraid we cannot do that. It has come to our master's attention you have something she wants. Of course, if I'm wrong..." Cinder purred out as she activates her Maiden power again and holds out a small flame in her right hand, grinning evilly.
So she was right after all, Rave thought to herself as she watches Cinder closely, "Haven has a vault where the relic lies. They need the Spring Maiden to open the vault. It is with this that you will be given a choice." Ruby's voice once more comes to her. Raven pauses for a moment, trying to quickly think of something. Taking a deep breath she calls out, "Vernal!" Vernal steps out of Raven's tent and walks up next to her.
Cinder watches the duo closely, not really believing it, "So, this is the long lost Spring Maiden. Prove it."
Raven and Vernal share a glance with each other, "Just know that whatever deal you make with them, it is lose-lose situation. There will be nothing to gain." Once more the reaper's words echoing in her head. Raven's mind is still thinking of scenarios, but she nods to her second. Vernal sighs and closes her eyes as Raven prepares herself for the show that they've put on in the past.
Vernal holds her hands out and suddenly, the wind starts to pick up gradually. The blue sky turns to gray as clouds cover it. Leaves blow in the wind. Watts, Mercury and Emerald cover their faces as thunder is heard, while Cinder smiles in amazement as she watches the Spring Maiden unleash her power. Vernal then lowers her hands and opens her eyes as her powers settle, "Vernal has done well under my guidance. I'd take that into consideration before you try anything."
Watts and Mercury brush themselves off as Cinder speaks, "Raven, I won't underestimate you, so please don't insult my intelligence. There is a slim chance you and your Maiden could escape today, but if you know our master as well as you claim to, then you know you could never truly escape her. But we come bearing an olive branch."
Watts walks up to Raven, explaining more detail to her, "The Maidens are merely a means to an end. Salem's true desires are the Relics locked inside the Huntsman Academies. Come with us. Allow Vernal here to unlock the Relic of Knowledge, and all previous acts of defiance against Salem will be forgiven." Raven glares through her mask as he gets into her space adding, "It's the best deal either of you are going to get." He then walks away from them to rejoin his group.
Raven scoffed at his words, "You talk as if walking straight into Haven will be easy."
Cinder laughs in her false tone of politeness, "That's because it will be. Headmaster Lionheart is loyal to Salem. And now, all we need is the key to the vault." She pauses then says as an after the fact, "You're not the only one to turn your back against Oz, Raven."
Raven griped the hilt of her sword, "I already gave information to Salem! That was all I had to do! Now I'm not helping Salem with anything more. I am also not helping Oz! I don't want a part in any of this!"
Cinder once again laughed, "That ship sailed when we found out that you chose to harbor a Maiden. But if you come with us to Haven, we'll leave you, your tribe, and your little secret to live out the rest of your lives squabbling in the wilderness."
"You will be promised safety, to be left the hell alone. It is a lie." Raven paused and then said slowly, "I need time to think this over."
"You don't have time." Watts stated in his drawl, "We have plans to destroy Haven Academy with the aid of the White Fang. You're going to choose now."
Raven still kept her calm and cool composure, "Backed me into a corner, huh?"
Cinder had her own arms crossed, "Come on Raven. Is it really that hard to decide? All we want is the relic. So, are you with us, or against us?"
After a tense moment, Raven removes her grip from her hilt and takes her mask off, "I am not going to tell you how it ends. I am just going to tell you to think carefully."This wasn't working the way she wanted it to, this was slowly getting away from her. Raven eyes them critically, ignoring the subtle look Vernal was sending her way. Just a bit more time, she thinks, "Agreements like these are built on trust; and forgive me for saying, but I don't trust a single one of you. You're going to need to give me more."
Watts looks at her, "You are in a poor position to negotiate."
"When the time comes you will be given another choice." Raven looks directly at Cinder, another idea (or what she views as another choice) coming to her, and says the first thing to come to her mind, "I want my brother and my former team leader's daughter dead."
"Qrow?" Cinder questioned curiously, "And who by chance is this daughter?"
"Ruby Rose." Raven said. She watches as Cinder's eyes widen and show just some betrayal of emotion.
Watts sees this as well, "Alright ladies, let's pause for a moment. We have one objective - retrieving the Relic of Knowledge. Our advantage here is just as you said - we walk straight into Haven, no resistance, no one the wiser. A battle with your brother and the child throws that all out the window."
Emerald nods and speaks for the first time, "Qrow Branwen will not go down without a fight, and Ruby will not go down easily either."
Cinder nods in agreement, "Then it'll be fine. Two for the price of the Relic."
"Oh for gods' sake! If we leave that school a bloody mess, we will draw the attention of the authorities! The Kingdom will be on high alert, and the White Fang's attack will be ruined!" Watts said quickly.
Cinder waves him off, "Then we wait. We wait until the full moon. Leo invites Qrow and his little fighters to Haven the same night Hazel and Adam arrive with the White Fang. As soon as the battle is won, the White Fang demolishes Haven, and any evidence we may have left behind is lost along with the school."
Raven nods, "Then, Salem leaves my people alone. For good."
Cinder walks up to her and holds her hand out, "You have yourself a deal."
Raven takes the hand and shakes it. Once the other plans are finalized, she has one of the bandits escort the uninvited guests out of the camp area. Vernal stands next to Raven watching them leave, "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes." Raven states turning to enter her tent, "We just need a counterplan."
"What kind of counterplan?"
"When this other choice presents itself-" Raven looks at Vernal, "One that ensures we come out victorious. One that does not involve Salem getting the relic."
"And how are we going to ensure that happens?"
Raven starts to pack her own belongings as she responds, "We are going to take it for ourselves." Ruby's final words of warning echoing in her head, "You better take it. It'll be your only hope."
-SNOOPYKID-
Inside the White Fang headquarters, Adam Taurus kneels before Sienna Khan, who is sitting on a throne flanked by two guards on either side of her. It shouldn't have surprised her when her work had been interrupted by Corsac and Fennec Albain stating that he had come to see her. It also should not have surprised her when Adam had confessed that he wanted the White Fang to attack Haven Academy just like he had done to Beacon Academy. After all she had been visited by Ghira Belladonna earlier in the week, claiming that he had gotten some message that those two things were going to be happening, "Sienna please. I've tried to work with you over the years. We may not have seen eye to eye on how things should be handled but we want the same thing."
She hadn't wanted to listen to him. After all it was the new age for the White Fang. Peaceful protests had not worked, so she had to resort to fear and intimidation when necessary. Adam had been a perfect symbol of that, however looking at him now left her severely displeased. In this, she agreed with Ghira, a line had been crossed, "Adam. I'm not going to repeat myself, so I want you to listen when I tell you that the White Fang will not attack Haven Academy." She said sternly, keeping her guard up.
Adam wasn't taking 'no' for an answer, "High Leader Khan, I am begging you."
Sienna's voice rang in the room as she scolded him, "You should beg for forgiveness and nothing else! The assault you led on Beacon was not the great victory you clearly think it was, and you should be more grateful your punishment was not more severe." Lowering her voice now, she states, "You are a symbol for many in our organization, but that doesn't make you infallible."
Adam bows his head again, but even as he does so, her instincts are on alert as he says, "I was merely trying to follow your example, High Leader."
"And what example might that be?" She asks sitting higher in her chair.
He slowly rises as he starts listing off what he had learned from her, "Strength. Strength and unwavering conviction. The humans have seen that strength now."
"There is more, Sienna." Ghira had told her when she was about to dismiss him, "He is dangerous. He looks to replace you as High Leader." She had turned her back on him at that comment.
It had been ridiculous and she had said as much. She could handle Adam, after all no one questions the High Leader of the White Fang. She refocuses on the man in front of her and stands from her throne, "I was one of the first to suggest violence where violence was necessary. Peace bred complacency and acceptance of our place in the world. I will not allow humanity to push us down without pushing them back."
She sees that he nods in agreement at her words, "And that is exactly what I had done! I pushed them back!"
"But the destruction of the Huntsman Academies crosses a line! The loss of the CCT has brought global communication to a crawl! And the White Fang is more of a target now than ever before! You have justified humanity's campaign against us, and for what?!" She yells now, voice echoing the hall making the guards beside her wince. Adam for his part stands stoic, "Empty promises from a group of humans? Humans we still know nothing about, and come and go as they please! These are not examples of strength, Adam. They are examples of your talents being diminished by shortsightedness!"
He stood too confident in her opinion as she glared him down. She re-took her seat, her gaze never wavering, and neither was his beneath his mask. Somehow Ghira's warning seemed more credible, not like she would admit that now, "If you want to know more about the humans, then why not talk to one of them yourself?" Adam suggested. Before she could comment, he turned towards the entrance to the room, "Hazel!"
Sienna watches as a large muscular man enters the room, "Took you long enough." He scoffs at Adam.
Sienna stood from her seat and her guards all point their spears towards the newcomer, "What is this?!"
"Apologies. I don't aim to cause any trouble." Hazel said smoothly and respectfully.
She didn't trust his tone, and it was not just that he was a human. No, she was now on full guard looking at the two men, settling her gaze on Adam, "You've brought a human to this location?" She snarled.
"You should hear what he has to say." Adam said smoothly.
"This is grounds for execution!"
Hazel takes a knee before her and she momentarily takes her gaze off of Adam to look at him as he says, "Ma'am, please. Nobody needs to die today. I'm just asking for a moment of your time."
This isn't right, she knows there is something more to this. She just cannot pin-point where this had all gone wrong. She looks at Hazel and sits back down. She just needs more time to think and plan her next move. She motions to Hazel to rise, "You don't like me. You have no reason to like me. But you don't have to like me to get the results you want." He says easily.
"Look this isn't going to go the way you want it. You need to be careful with him. Do not trust anything he is saying." Ghira had pleaded with her to listen, "He has made a powerful alley that will destroy everything we hold dear. We don't have to like each other, but please listen to me when I say we need to work together on this one." He had pleaded with her to eliminate Adam's control of the White Fang, and use her influence to help the humans against this 'powerful' alley. She, of course, hadn't wanted to hear it. Anyway from her understanding his daughter was a part of the White Fang still, she had diverted from her parents' beliefs of peaceful protests to accepting and embracing the violent aspects of the organization.
Once more, she had denied him and his words opting to dismiss him; but even if that was a few days ago, his expression of disappointment and sadness never left her mind, "I'm starting to doubt either of you fully comprehend what it is that I want. I want humanity to fear the Faunus, to know that we demand respect! I do not want to start a war with the humans that we cannot win!" She declared now.
Adam steps closer to her on the dais, and briefly she begins to wonder why her guards have yet to stop him, "We can win a war against the humans. Not only because we have the support of Hazel's master, but because the Faunus are the dominant species of this planet. We're better than humans. We have everything humans have and more. Humans shouldn't just fear the Faunus, they should serve the Faunus."
Wrong, this was wrong. This was not what the White Fang have been fighting for. Having humans serve the faunus would just cause another uprising. It's not what she wanted, and what's more, she was out of time, "I've had enough of this conversation for tonight. Guards, take them away." The guards remain stationary, "I said, take them away!"
The guards did not move, "I'm sorry we couldn't have agreed on this; but I wish you no harm. I did my duty to warn you of the incoming danger." Ghira had said as a way of a parting.
Sienna had watched him start to leave, and clearly that had now been a mistake, "I will admit, Sienna, you were right about my popularity. My followers in Vale already see me as the true High Leader. And many here in Mistral feel the same." Adam boasted in confidence.
Four armed White Fang soldiers enter through the main doors and stop, pointing their weapons into the room as Sienna rose to her feet, "What are you doing?" Hazel asks the question Sienna had been thinking, at least the human hadn't known the true plan behind this.
"What's right for the Faunus. From this day forward, I will be the one to lead the White Fang." Adam declares.
Four more soldiers reveal themselves with their weapons drawn, two on each side of the room, as Sienna's guards point their weapons at her, "Ghira was right." She snarls low her eyes narrow darkly at him, "You were planning on assassinating me all along."
"Ghira Belladonna?" Adam asks, "What does he have to do with this?"
"It doesn't matter." Sienna says drawing her weapon as she continues to look at her guards in defiance, "If you think I'll just step aside and follow beneath you, you're wrong." She had one chance. It was bad enough she was caught off guard because of her carelessness at not heeding a warning, now she had to face down the people that were supposed to be protecting her as well.
She turns toward him, ready to strike, but instead gasps out as she is impaled by Adam's weapon, "I know." He lifts the blade, making it slide deeper into Sienna's body and lifting it off the ground. Fists clenched, her body shakes from the damage and Adam takes advantage of her closer proximity to rest a hand on her shoulder and speak into her ear, "Thank you, Sienna. You were there when our people needed you, but they need me now. I'm sorry you couldn't see this through to the end."
She manages to growl low, but she feels weak, "I hope you can one day see me as a friend and not an adversary. Stay safe and be well my sister." It takes so much effort on her final moments, but she lifts her hand to claw at Adam's neck. However she feels him swiftly remove his weapon from her. She feels herself falling to the ground and roll to the bottom of the steps.
As she stares up at the ceiling, she can feel her life leaving her. All she hears in garbles as she knows the human and Adam are having a conversation; but she doesn't care so much about that. What she does care about is the future of the White Fang, and Ghira's regretful and sad expression, I'm sorry my brother, is her last thought as she feels her spirit leave her body.
