The journey to the Gate

Dear Diary,
And so our journey continues. And now we somehow made it to the “big league” as Dillen called it. How we got here is still a mystery to me, but I feel it is only the start. And with all the eyes on us, we now have to become what this world hopes us to be.
 
But as epic as it sounds, this life of ours have led us to see many things- both bad and good. We have left the Black Hole a few weeks ago. Eve is awake, and she’s doing alright taking in consideration that the last thing she ever saw was the evil in its purest form. She seems a lot more confident now and Bart is helping her learn how to deal with her blindness. They seem very happy together recently. No wonder, since Bart actually proposed to her. When they marry, I am sure that it will be a huge party. I am now taking care of Lullaby. Every day, I visit Eve who tells me what to do. It’s very weird however, that Balan doesn’t seem to be there anymore, at least when I am alone with Lullaby. When Eve comes around however, I do sometimes feel a bit worse. But you know, for the time being, I want her to be happy, so I still haven’t told her that.
 
One of the days, Nixie gathered all of us, to let us know we are going to the dimension of spirits to wake Lullaby. And she wanted to suggest holding a party for cheering everyone up. But neither the crew, Nixie nor anyone else seemed in the mood for it. Their thoughts were probably still back to the Black Hole, where they have probably felt powerless. And now that the message was sent, we had to probably fight in the big boys’ league, which was not going to be easy, especially because none of us are big boys. It was no point for me trying to prove that we did help by hoping for you could see by their faces that it did not help much.
 
In the end, we ended up having the big party the others were planning. But, the tournament was so long, that all of us were tired, so we did not play the other games as well. I did miss a bit of fun to be fair. And this sure brought up my mood. Well, at least for a while. You see dear diary, we have decided that we’ll have a free for all tournament so we created an arena in the garden, added some props in the middle (pans, small rocks, oil and such) and prepared ourselves for what would be, the funniest fight we had in a while. We each placed ourselves on a side of the arena and started to warm up, sometimes sharing intimidation stare contest with people on our left and right. And then, when we heard the signal from Anevys, we all ran as fast as we could to either fight someone or get the props. I was on my way to the props, when I saw that Damaschini flew there right away, taking a sit on the chair in the middle of the arena, which he will later use as his weapon.
 
I wanted to go and fight him. To be fair, I have always wanted to try and fight Damaschini just because I think it would have been fun to duel with him because he is a fighter, but does not fight like the rest of us. In fact, at that time, there were a few people I wanted to duel with. If not for training, at least for fun. And now I had the perfect opportunity. As I was thinking about it, I noticed that Marc wanted to attack me. That was…unexpected?! But in a very good way. I maybe didn’t notice it, but since when did our marked Marc become so brave? You know, as a fellow fighter and friend, it was one of the greatest joys I had in a while to see Marc like this. For me it didn’t matter if I won or not, but now, I was silently cheering for Marc. It would have been quite surprising for him to win. So I figured it would be smarter to fight together with him, not against. But if we wanted to have a chance, we needed to take down the strong boys first. I rushed to get in the middle because there were not many props left. And I found what was, I think, the second most useful prop- a pan. Marc however, was a bit slower, so I had to wait for him. And from here on, the real fights started. Kelly was the first one to challenge me to a duel, but as I was talking with her, I also noticed Nixie coming close by. Now, I know how that would have ended. Nixie wouldn’t miss a chance to beat me at a game and I definitely couldn’t beat both of her and Kelly at the same time. Luckily, I noticed Bart, coming behind Nixie, and tying two bananas to her feet.
 
Normally, I would have said something, but a game is a game, and it did no harm. When Nixie tried to move, she slipped and fell on the ground. Sorry Nixie, I learned to cheat from the best. A few seconds later, Marc also caught us from behind. “You know what Marc? Have this pan!” I told him very enthusiastically. “You have to win this, Marc” I thought to myself. In the meantime, I tried to hold off the others a much as I can. But the situation was getting tough. Damaschini came flying nearby, and Drenizek joined the middle of the arena not long after. I was ready to start fighting with Kelly, when I noticed that Nixie was trying to crawl out of this fight and run away. I looked at Marc, who looked back at me and we both had that small evil grin of our face. It’s not oftentimes you get to beat the great Captain Nixie at a game so we couldn’t miss the opportunity.
In the meantime, somewhere near, Xixi and Damaschini were having a fierce fight which in the end Xixi lost by getting kicked out of the arena. But Damaschini was obviously tired. With Marc as my only ally and Kelly, Damaschini and Drenizek ready to fight us, I needed to find a way to make Marc win this. I loved Kelly’s idea to fight both her and Drenizek in a duel in three people. You see, it was both a very exciting challenge and it would have put Marc out of their targets. And I trusted that Marc could hold off Damaschini long enough for us to finish the fight. I have trained with Kelly during our trainings, but she never gets that serious as she was now. And damn, she sure was very strong. And then it was Drenizek, who might I say, has some very strong punches. The whole fight was a wonderful combinations of punches and dashes and kicks and so many more! Now, that was a fight I was excited to be a part of! I did feel bad for covering Drenizek’s face with a bag, but well props were made to be used. Funnily enough, Bart later also threw a pan on my face. But, as I was fighting them, I saw Damaschini beating Marc with the pan I gave him. Dillen taught me that you sometimes must be sneaky to get what you want so, I left Kelly and Drenizek beat each other till one of them falls, and went to help Marc. You see, if I could beat Damaschini first, and get Marc out of that fight, then together, we would have beaten whoever would have won between Kelly and Drenizek. Which was a good idea, but by the time that I got to help Marc, Damaschini already took him out of the game.
 
I got upset about it. You know, I did expect that one on the strong fighters on the party would win this, so I would have liked to see un unexpected turn of events. And if you ask me, Marc deserved the prize. I did not necessarily want to win for myself, so the rest of the tournament was just fights for fun. And as I expected, the fight with Damaschini did not disappoint. I tried to get that pan back,not because I was interested in it but I think Damaschini would have done well without it as well, but he wouldn’t let me. For the sake of entertainment, I even tried to throw my boot at that pan. No success of course. In the end, I did manage to take Damaschini out but since he had two fights before, it wasn’t that much of the achievement. As we were getting closer and closer to the end of the tournament, Kelly joined in to finish where we left of. We were both rather tired at this point, but I was looking forward to this duel. While we were fighting, Bart wanted to join in and went straight up to attack me with the pan, as I told you earlier. Now, that hurt quite a bit. Fine Bart, we can fight if that’s what you want. But before I could do anything, Kelly did take him out because he intruded in our duel. Then, she slowly took the pan out of my face and made sure to give me a punch in the face instead. Well, I did fight her bravely until I fell, which was not long after. But I did manage to fight almost everyone I wanted to. It would have been nice to have a small punch exchange with Dillen but he was brutally eliminated when Xixi used him as a shield against Damaschini who was attacking her with a chair. And probably, I would have liked fighting with Xixi too. Sometimes when she lifts you up, for a few seconds before you get pinned to the ground, it feels like flying.
 
It was a wonderful party, but now we were getting closer to Abi-Dii and we had to be prepared. We didn’t know what to expect from the Evo Drives. We spend most of the time training, but from time to time, we would go out of the chest. It felt nice to not see the day all the time, and the darkness of the space was a very nice contrast. We got to have a bit of a chat with the ship’s captain, Iz. Seems like pirates, no matter from which dimension, do not lose their adventure spirit. Iz was curious about the message and what it meant. I think that Nixie, Tallion and the others liked him and he seemed insane enough, so we did what was the most logical think to do. We asked him to join us. Now, by his shocked face, I bet he didn’t get such invitation every day. So, we left him some time to think about it. I for one, thought that some humor and a new presence around would cheer the others a bit. Surprisingly, when we got to Abi-Dii, he accepted our invitation. As we were preparing, he gathered all his clothes, then gave some final instructions to his crew, and said his goodbyes. His crew was rather sad about the captain’s departure. “Seems like we got ourselves a good pirate” I thought to myself, smiling a bit. Of course, I did have my doubts, caused by none other than Gilders, but have decided to leave them aside. Welcome to the most insane adventure you have ever signed up for, Iz.
 
Iz got a few days to get used to the chest and his new lifestyle while we were in the Evo Drives. In the meantime, the rest of us, kept training on our own things. I often saw Drenizek struggling to meditate in the garden, all by himself. One time, I went to talk with him, but he seemed more upset than usual. He had a big problem with that Ritual Room, which Nixie forbade. I almost forgot it exists anymore, but it seems that for him, it was a proof that all he was trying to train for were not true. He was trying hard, to meditate well enough so that he becomes stronger, and when he looks in that Ritual Room, to see nothing. When I tried to talk with him, he shut me down trying to avoid the subject. I felt a bit discouraged to insist, so instead I tried to help find another way to train. Maybe if meditation won’t help, some intense training might. But I am still worried for him. He still beats himself over and over again that he is not strong enough, that he is a liability for us, and he doesn’t know who he is anymore. I wish I could help more, but it seems that there are things I cannot understand that well.
 
Talking of which, dear diary, I am feeling a bit lost these days. The more we advance into this journey, the more everyone seems to slowly pave their own path, and slowly they come to understand what they are meant to become. Nixie is slowly becoming the Captain and elf heir that she was supposed to be. Tallion is working so that one day he can become The Great Wizard and use his magic to fight when we need. Eve has become our protector of sorts, and she is training to be even better at it. Bart and Damaschini are definitely our brain, with all the knowledge of planes and such, I bet one day they could become very powerful interdimensionals. But I sometimes wonder, what path do I want to take? Just what exactly do I want to become? I am neither the strongest fighter of us, nor the brightest. Until now, I always knew what to choose and I trusted my choice. But recently, I feel that there are small parts of me missing from their place. I thought I knew who I am and what am I supposed to do, but I am starting to doubt that. I know my past, still I never understood anything about elementals. I hoped that finding more about this would help, so I started to train for that. But then again, what exactly am I looking for? I found out about the interaction between the elements and my magic essence. But now what? What do I do with it? I thought I could be the party’s pillar of strength in the worst times, but not even that helped the crew and the others. It certainly didn’t help Nixie, who needed an angel to help her, nor it helps Drenizek or Miyun. I thought I have decided what I wanted for the future until I have looked in that Rituals room and realized not even that is clear anymore. I just wish I was as decided about what I want to do, as I once used to be.
 
Either way, the days passed quietly for most of the time in the EVO Drive. But do not worry dear diary, our journey was definitely not an easy one. It all started when we got to the last Evo Drive that would take us to Bethle. It was then when the Smart Orshag came to us to announce that the Evo Drive has had some problems. For something that has not been shut down for hundreds or thousands of years to close now was a bad sign. But there was more. The Smart Orshag continued to explain how somehow after being shut down, suddenly when we arrived here, it began to work again. That was definitely not a coincidence. The officials that were controlling the Evo Drive, being as confused as us, did not want to let anyone go in the Evo Drive for safety reasons.
 
So, what were we to do now? We could try and take another ship, but that meant we needed to get out of the chest. And if we do that we could also try to talk with the officials. Or we could wait for two days until we got the confirmation that the Evo Drive is safe. We didn’t know what or who could have caused all of these problems but if I learned one thing about this dimension is that if someone had the power to start of stop the Evo Drives, we didn’t have the power to beat them in a fight. Actually it was no later when we actually realized that we talk about someone who is very skillful at manipulating the planes, especially the Death Plane. The question was then, whoever started the Evo drive again, were they a friend or an enemy? The conversation soon became very heated. On one side, Eve wanted to go talk to the officials as soon as possible, using the Black Hole message as an advantage. An opinion with which I agreed. You see, dear diary, if there were actually friends on the other side, they probably needed our help. If however, there are enemies, we will eventually need to deal with them anyways if we ever wanted to leave XY. And I’d rather do it sooner than when it’s too late. But Nixie, was convinced that all of this Evo Drive problem was just a trap, and really wanted to wait, or take another ship. She kept insisting that if we were to talk with the officials, they will probably capture us or something. When she asked us what we are going to tell them, I got a bit dishearten. “Why is it so bad to tell them the truth? They will understand it, right?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything. Maybe Nixie was indeed right. Maybe we should do something else. Eve however, was more than ever set on the thing she wanted to do. And so did Nixie. I somehow felt that this conversation was taken to a completely different direction, and the girls soon started to fight. And that’s where we ended the conversation for the day. We decided to let the Smart Orshag gather more info and we would discuss it the next day in the morning again.
 
That night, I went to talk with Nixie, who seemed more upset than before we sent the message. Why? Well, at that time I couldn’t tell you and to be fair, she didn’t really make it clear until a lot later in the conversation. If there is one thing I could do, was to be annoyingly persistent and it was time to do it again. You see, the crew’s motivation, especially in times of need, sometimes depends on Nixie, who is probably the fastest of us to lose her spirit. But, when I confronted Nixie about it, she said that she doesn’t want to talk with me about it. “Ahem, like you have a choice” I thought to myself. “Keep going Nixie, go on and try to push me away. I have learned better. It is when you want to get rid of me that I must be the most annoying” I continued thinking. Finally, probably realizing she had no escape, Nixie started telling me how upset she was about Eve. She said that when you really want something,you’re willing to do whatever it needs for that thing and then continued that maybe she didn’t want the Black Hole message to happen that bad. Then she told me how she felt bad for believing Eve would die. Then about how she cannot be happy, despite having all the reasons to. Eve joined in the conversation at some point right exactly when we were talking about Nixie as a leader. “NoOnE FoLloWS A LeAdER tHaT dOeSn’T MaKe ThE RiGHt chOiCeS” Nixie said. How do you even know? When taking a decision, how do you know it’s the correct one anyway? I do follow Nixie because she is the captain, but I also do believe that this title itself it’s not enough to make me follow her. As she learned before, I am not exactly the most rule obeying person in this party. To me it mattered more who is the person we follow. Anyways, Eve and me tried to endlessly convince Nixie to stop being so stubborn and just go and be open with the crew and the rest about it. But it felt to no avail. Eve got more upset than anything and Nixie just didn’t seem convinced yet. We all ended up going to sleep.
 
Before I say anything, I want to thank you, Rostalon, for managing to do a job none of us can. It seems we need an angel to change the opinion of our leader. Anyways in the morning I was very abruptly woken up by Nixie who was suddenly happy again. On one side, I was very relieved to see Nixie back to her normal self, but on the other, something kept bothering me. Nixie gathered everyone and she described her dream. How she had this cup with all our blood in it and how it represented our sacrifices. How she drank it and then entered a locked door where she saw this huge diamond which then started burning in a white flame from which Nixie could feel some of her bad feelings. And how, in the end, she managed to bring a part of the flame near her and touched it. She said that she was given this power of knowledge that will guide Nixie to the right direction. The others seemed a bit surprised as well. For Nixie it seemed like a good thing, but Bart did not seem as convinced. After All, that fire which helped Nixie , was burning the diamond, not coming from it. I didn’t doubt the dream but I did wonder: Isn’t Nixie going to start and rely too much on her dreams? I was not really sure what to think, but since Nixie seemed so happy with it, I did not want to bring her down with any doubts. We were all happy especially because it seemed that our message managed to achieve more than we have ever hoped for. But I was worried for sure. You see, what will happen when Rostalon won’t be able to come help us? When we will not have all that help coming in our way every time we need? Who will then manage to bring Nixie back to her feet? If we couldn’t do it now, if Rostalon had to come, how we will we do it later? And if we’re not there? Then what? If we all die, Nixie should be able to pull herself back together on her own and I am afraid that she won’t manage all by herself. So, dear diary, as grateful as I was for Rostalon helping us, as worried I was that we will not be able to help him back one day. Either way, these are all my worries, there was no point to worry the others as well. Especially because the crew seemed a bit relieved after this and after all that happened, they at least needed that.
 
Now, that our Captain was back in business, we got back to deciding what we will do about the Evo Drive problem. In the end we came to the conclusion that Eve’s idea to talk with the Evo Drive officials was the fastest. So, we prepared some main points we wanted to say, put on the best equipment we had and off we went out the chest. We were now on the station of the Evo Drive and the moment we showed ourselves, the room changed completley. Funny how, a few months ago when we left Bethle for the first time we had to hide ourselves under fake identities and now the only way to get back was to reveal ourselves. As we were walking, I could feel all the eyes were on us. The people who were waiting for the Evo Drive to open, gathered around us from all sides. You could read on their faces both the confusion and the curiosity, but none of them dared to speak with us. Not long after, the Evo Drive officials came in our way to. “What’s your business here?” the boss asked. Nixie, more motivated than ever, took charge and held this wonderful speech. She explained how important it is for them to unite and fight and how we came in this dimension to send that message and how important the meaning behind it was for helping this world. Nixie is getting rather good at holding speeches. I for one was convinced, and so seemed the Evo Drive official. The rest of us interfered here and there, trying to show people that now they will have to choose which side they join. The Evo Drive boss, a bit conflicted by the whole situation, in the end agreed to let us pass and take the Evo Drive to Bethle. “Please, when you get to Bethle, let us know if it’s safe for us to come” was the last thing he asked us before we departed. Our plan worked and did not get us killed. And I was happy about that, but I was also happy because it seemed that the Evo Drive boss and the people there, they have felt that “something they have never felt before” as Iz described it. I remembered Elyana and how she died, and I was happy that for once, we have managed to reach the others, to make them understand. Whatever was waiting for us in Bethle, at least here we could leave behind a gram of hope.
 
The few days we had in the Evo Drive were unnerving for all of us. We trained and trained and spent our times preparing for anything. But of course, no matter what we did it couldn’t have prepared us for what was next. Finally, we arrived. It was the moment to see who got us here. With every step we took towards exiting the Evo Drive, I was clenching my hands on the gun, getting ready to attack whatever would be on the other side. But, once we got to the station, there was nothing. Empty. The whole station was silent, not moving, almost like frozen in time. We could feel a very strong manipulation of planes around and Marc could sense another living soul apart from us. Everyone was probably as confused and tense as I was. In the meantime, something like a small shadow moving on the ground came close to Lullaby. I tried to get her away from that as far as possible , because I was afraid that it might come to hurt her. Suddenly, a long corridor of lights stated blinking as if someone would show us which way to go. What now? Were we supposed to follow it, or were we about to fall in the middle of a trap? Bart, in an attempt to stop the manipulation of plane, disappeared only the Almighty knows where. With no ideas left and Bart gone, Tallion suggested that we should follow the lights because whatever was keeping the Evo Drive might not be able to do it forever. So one by one, in a straight line we moved along the corridor.
 
We soon got to another room that had some screens running a few videos. What we saw was terrible. It was videos of these enormous ships, with a symbol that looked like a reversed beech leaf. And they were attacking Bethle from all sides with rockets and things not even Iz heard of before. The whole planet was on fire, assaulted from all sides. And for us, that symbol was enough to understand what awaits on the other side. We were about to face the army of the undying elves. I know that I am made of fire, but even my face became a bit whiter than usual. No powers we had could beat one of those elves, let alone a whole army. But even with this fear in our hearts, we knew we had to try. Nixie kept repeating to herself that this cannot be true, that it all may be a trap. But we had to face the truth: the undying elves came, destroyed Bethle and if we wanted to pass through that gate, we had to somehow beat them. And as we were watching all these videos, the lights on the corridor became to blink again, this time, forming the shape of a fish. I felt a bit relieved. Whatever brought us here was definitely a friend.
Once again, we followed the lights, that got us to the small ship we had to take from the Evo Drive station to Bethle. One by one, we put the space costumes on and took our ships. Whoever was helping us seemed to be able to control any transportation in this dimension. “It could be an essence bearer” one of us said confidently. WHY DID WE NOT THINK OF THAT BEFORE? It all made sense now. The Evo Drive was destroyed, just as we have seen in the videos but the essence bearer wanted to help so he used its powers to keep the Evo Drive working, so we could arrive in Bethle. We never got to know the name of this essence bearer so I decided to call him: X.Y.E.B. (xy essence bearer). I do believe it’s a fitting name for someone from the XY dimension, right?
 
As we were getting closer to Bethle, we could only see this black cloud of smoke covering everything that was on the ground. And the closer you got; the sky would become more lit by the uncountable number of rockets exploding. There was almost nothing left of what we saw in Bethle the first time. And although he’s never been in Bethle before, on Iz’s face we could see one tear for the place that ALL people in XY used to call their home. For me however it felt like I’ve seen this scene before but instead of rockets there were some dark arcane magic tricks, and instead of the army of undying elves there were just undead people. Behind all these differences it was the same determined desire to destroy everything that’s good in this world and that, dear diary, did make me annoyed. ARE YOU SATISFIED YOU FUCKING BITCH? JUST HOW MANY MORE TIMES DO YOU NEED TO MAKE US WITNESS THIS “JUSTICE” OF YOURS BEFORE YOU REALIZE THIS WORLD WILL NOT GIVE UP? WHAT PART OF ETERNAL WAR DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? All the fear about fighting the undying elves was replaced now with a very strong desire to fight them. So what if they’re undying elves? I’ll fight them all if that means we give this world the slightest chance to fight back.
 
“I’m sorry” I heard Nixie silently talking with a small disappointment in her voice. “Yes yes we know, they’re your elves and you feel responsible for it but now it’s not the time, Nixie” I thought to myself. Just as I was thinking this, the spaceship announced that there were 15 minutes left until landing. Now, we needed to come up with some kind of plan. In the end we decided that, Nixie, Damaschini, Tallion, Miyun, Bart and me will stay outside the chest while the rest will take Lullaby inside. If the undying elves were to get past us, the others had to continue what we all began. Now, with some kind of plan in mind, we said possibly the last prayer together and we got ready to exit the spaceship. “I have promised eternal war and if it kills me today, I will be ready” I thought to myself.
 
“You have arrived in Bethle. We wish you a pleasant stay,” said the spaceship.
 
So now we were in the middle of the biggest battlefield we’ve ever seen. It was still day, yet the light barely broke through the pitch-black cloud in the sky. No noise was more deafening than the explosion of the rockets and no smell stronger than the one of fire. And while some places were still standing, you still needed to watch your step, for you could always stumble upon some chunks of what used to be a building. The moment we exited , the Evo Drive station it all disappeared behind us. I thought back at the Evo Drive people that let us pass and hoped that they will understand what had happened. Once more, the Evo Drive was interrupted. And this time, there was no way it would come back. We weren’t able to save their home or ours, but I promised myself that I will fight for them. No matter what, I will fight for this people, to pay them back for their trust in us. I grabbed my gun and looked forward. Army of undying elves, here we come.
 
But when we took the first step we found ourselves with some small lasers on our foreheads. “Who are you and how did you get here?” asked a faraway voice. I took of my mask off and gave them a security code I had received from the Evo Drive boss. We asked them what happened. “ITA came with these massive ships and attacked us!” the voice explained. ITA?? OH NO! They still think they’re fighting ITA!!! They were Commonwealth soldiers who had no idea what is going on. They were caught in an unwinnable war against something they could not kill. “They destroyed almost all our ground army in a few days” one of them continued. That was just…cruel.
 
We tried to warn them but before we got to say anything, we were surrendered by a whole group of undying elves. They seemed to be going after Lullaby and the chest. Of course, we were not going to let them. Miyun tried to attack one of them, but it just moved one finger and Miyun was thrown meters away. Bart and Damaschini tried using the star essence to push them back. It worked for some time but not enough. Then, mildly bothered by our presence, the undying elves all used their manipulation planes to put us to the ground. After we barely managed to free ourselves, I tried to use my fire sword to hit them but it just went through them and then disappeared. Nixie, who received a sort of hint, touched the star essence bottle Bart was holding, and created an even more powerful light than before. So powerful that it could have been seen from miles away. And that held the elves afar from now, but warned everyone around of our presence. We were fighting with all our powers, but we were heavily outmatched. “It seems that it is going to be our last fight after all.” I thought.
 
But then, help came from the most unexpected side. It was the last three interdimensionals we ran from in Legondol: Reynar, Andris and Glave Boy. I…Thank you! I couldn’t hide a smile. Seeing them as allies once more meant that we did one thing right! Two of them started to attack the elves, while the other one created this powerful shield around us. The park where we needed to go was still far away but we received yet another help from X.Y.E.B. He signaled us to enter a train that was waiting on a platform nearby. While the interdimensionals were protecting us from every side, we tried our best to run as fast as possible. But in the way, a blockade of three undying elves stood their ground. Andris and Glave Boy tried to break it, but to no avail. It was our turn to try something. We tried to sync with each other and empower the light from the star essence bottle. But it was still not enough. Right of time, Eve jumped out of the chest, and with a white lighting sword she created, she hit straight through the undying elves, hitting two of them pretty hard. What did I tell you,dear diary, Eve did become our protector. Then, she tried to explain us that maybe we cannot fight them with direct manipulation of planes, and that we needed another method. Then she said something that maybe we could use magic to change the magical attributes inside the elves, so we can hit them. I think? I had no clue how to do, not that I could manipulate the magic plane anyways. And that fire sword of mine could have done nothing either. So I decided to do the only thing I could do: help Bart keep the light from the star essence.
 
In the end, with Eve’s help and some other manipulation of planes from the interdimensionals, we finally made it to X.Y.E.B. train. He closed the doors of the train and began to go full speed towards our destination. Damaschini used his powers to try and communicate with X.Y.E.B. It seems that the essence bearer was very happy he could finally help us with something. And until now, he was very frustrated that he couldn’t communicate with us. But as heartwarming as our conversation was, as strong were the attacks of the undying elves on X.Y.E.B. Every time, the elves would attack, their hit would just go through X.Y.E.B, but it would always leave behind some “waste”. And they did that again and again and again. Before X.Y.E.B to completely disappear, he showed us one last video: thousands of undying elves passing through the interdimensional gate. And they were not going to just one dimension, but to all of them. As undead people were not enough, they needed to bring an upgrade!
 
I couldn’t explain you why, dear diary, but I found X.Y.E.B to be very dear. All this time, he waited and waited, gathering all these memories and now, he was so eager to help us. I do wonder if X.Y.E.B was here for as long as the Ziddith elf was. X.Y.E.B somehow seemed happy and when we talked with him, I almost felt like he was smiling. I don’t know why, but it just melted my heart. But then, before we could ask something else, the whole train disappeared, and we could feel X.Y.E.B around no more.
We were streets away from the gate now and still overwhelmed by undying elves. We started running as we never did before, but the worst was yet to come. Remember those huge buildings that touch the sky that were built in Bethle? Well now, they were all gooed (stuck together with that green disgusting elf goo) into this immense undying elf that was blocking our way. “Do you have any plan?” Reynar asked us. I barely woke up from the shock of what I’m seeing, let alone have a plan. The situation did not look good in any way. Behind us, Andris was still fighting four undying elves, but he was slowly overwhelmed. We watched in terror how one of the undying elves mercilessly slashed his throat. Reynar looked at Glave Boy as they understood each other without words then he turned to the other undying elves and prepared to attack them. “I’m glad I have trained for this” was what we last heard from Reynar. In the meantime, we tried running through the building undying elf’s legs, but he tried to block our way. While Glave Boy tried defending us from the undying building elf attacks, Damaschini tried to use his bolster on some kind of pickaxe to try and create a tunnel which helped us escape.
 
You know, dear diary, I do not understand why Nixie doesn’t like Sikorki. He did manage to raise these interdimensionals and make them become what they are today. It’s like he prepared them for this fight, long before it even existed. And more importantly, he managed to teach them see what’s important in this world. And maybe, some like Reynar took longer to understand, but in the end, he did follow his mentor’s path, trusting in his training and judgement.
Now, we are finally in the dimension of the Spirit. And no matter what happens next, just know this, dear diary, I will never get tired of fighting ever again.
 
May the Almighty protect us and guide us.
 
P.S. 1: Thank you, X.Y.E.B for helping us! Thank you Reynar and Andris for giving hope to this world. I hope this time we have departed our ways as friends. And I promise that your sacrifices will not be in vain.
 
P.S.2: Damaschini, with the help of Nixie and Miyun gifted everyone a new weapon as a birthday gift. It was wonderful! Just like my big brothers would give us presents in my childhood. And they repaired Flavia for me. It was maybe the best gift they could have given me. For not only I loved that sword, but I finally have at least that part of my past completed again. I won’t lose it again! I promise!
 
P.S.3: Maybe I was wrong. I do think the Continent is my home and maybe I do miss it. Maybe I will never be able to go home again, but it’s alright for in your hearts, you will have never left home after all.
 
P.S.4: Is it bad to say that I have enjoyed this journey in XY? It had its charm, and one way or another, it made us see many memories of the universe, without giving us a serum for it. Yes, there were bad times and we lost people, but it also gave us a chance. The dimension of death gave us a chance to live. How ironic.
 
P.S.5: It seems that X.Y.E.B saw our message as well, so he had a soul as well. Just what exactly are the essence bearers?