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Season Two Begins: The Legend's Maze
From Aftermath
To Rebirth
Much time has passed. All the forces have attempted to win Chance's gamble. One by one all
the forces fell as pain and destruction caused by the Counterparts took over the world. Only one force took a last stand...
Destiny. She, being the sole survivor of the forces, wins the game put forth by Chance. And so, with that, Chance visits Destiny
to allow her to claim her prize.Chance appears in front of Destiny as she is in tears. He tells
her of how it is time to take what is rightfully hers. Destiny knows that Chance plays too many games and she must be careful
in her claim. After some careful deliberation, Destiny speaks her request but is clouded by her
emotions...
"I want it all back. Bring back Harmony to the world. Bring back the other forces. Let
the world be in complete balance. Give the world the forces it needs. Let the world be filled with Hope. Let Thought be where
it should be, let Honor flow through the world. Let Purity bring life, let Need be appreciated. Let Advantage be free, and
Let Harmony retain all in the world. The world needs all of the forces.
Give it what it needs."
. . . . .
Chance begins to laugh as he looks at Destiny directly into her eyes. All
of a sudden, the area they were in begins to change. Destiny sees the world she is in transform into a new and untouched land.
She feels the air around her move swiftly and fear begins to consume her. At a quick glance, she notices Chance looking at
her and smirking. She looks at herself and begins to see that she is fading away. In a moment of intense fear she attempts
to scream but no sound escapes her...
Chance speaks... "It is quite sad that you will never be able to spread the lesson you
have ultimately learned to the world. You asked for everything to return, you wanted balance in the land, you wanted everything
to be the way it should be. Yet, you forgot an important aspect to your wish. You are now learning that, eventhough you were
kind enough to wish well to the world, you did not stop to think of yourself, you never requested for Destiny to be kept in
the world, and now, your selflessness has brought you to your end. You asked for Harmony to retain all in the world and he
will be the only one to remember you, other than his hidden memory, you will be no more. You have fulfilled your Destiny in
life and now you are forever gone. Good Bye, Destiny, You have come to the end of your road."
And with those words, Destiny disappears into nothingness.A
breeze blows by and Chance is gone. In the area where Destiny's life came to an end, the newly created forces now stood. The
nine forces all take glance at eachother as they stand in utter confusion...
And so The Legend continues...
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With Day Comes Night and With Night Comes Terror...
The world is silent and only the echoes of commotion emanating from the confused forces
flow through the untampered sky. Thought, at a moments glance, notices two strangers in the confusion among them and quickly
heeds the others to take caution and prepare attack. Hope, Purity, Honor, Need and Advantage swiftly surround the two outlanders
as Thought interrogates them as to their identities. Harmony, being clouded by his own mind and not being able to make sense
of his own notions, stays back. The first character, standing in no fear,
explains that he knows nothing of their origins,
but only that they are forces just like the rest of the company. The other force is wearing a cloak and has not yet revealed
his face. He refuses to.
STRENGTH: Always keeping a true and bold behavior, Strength
wanders the land in a need to simply keep going. He is a force that does not know the meaning of "giving up" and he carries
in him a heart that is filled with the pain that the world inflicts. He has the ability to give any human he encounters a
temporary strength, but teaches the lesson that it is only inner strength that can help the concept of self-survival live
on. Though he is unable to remember his past, he knows that he must travel the land in order to help it to survive. His only
downfall is his own ability. With every hand he guides, his own heart takes turmoil to the problems they give. He cares patiently
for all but will never show his true emotions to those that he should. His road can only end in a self-destruction if he does
not
learn to use his own ability for himself.
The forces all take ease from Strength but are all still in a prepared stance against
the other unnamed foe in presence. He refuses to speak. Honor cannot take his silence and begins to angrily march towards
him. Suddenly, the strangers eyes begin to glow and and the darkness of the area grows into a pure blackness. The breeze that
blew by, stilled. The foe raises his hands slowly and freezes Honor in his footprints. A stir of electricity begins to flow
through the area as Harmony screams a frightening command for each Force to take cover. A surge flows into Honor's body and
he drops to the ground. He is dead. Lifeless and powerless.
Hope rages at the murder that was just commited and begins to attack the foe with her
ability. Thought quickly takes a stand as well and begins to attack the foe. Quickly, all the forces except for Advantage
and Harmony follow. The foe feels no pain from the attacks and slowly begins to remove the cloak
from over his head. The Forces suddenly stop their useless attacks and all stand in fear of what stands before their eyes.
The
Darkness Begins....
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Evil Dawns A New Life
The forces feel a new type of fear overwhelm
them. They all stand in utter terror as the presence is unmasked.
There he stood, with a cruel demeanor, ready to unleash
his presence to the world. His face was hidden only by his red, evil, glowing eyes. His body flamed with a pure black aura.
His grin alone forced the air around him to come to a screeching halt. He did not speak for the sounds from his mouth alone
could vanquish the nearest form of life.
In the still of the void, the Forces all heard a voice in their heads. They
all felt as if they were in some sort of new realm. It was the reality that was the Forces' minds all combined into one entirely
new atmosphere. This was the foe communicating to them. He began explaining to them who he was. He introduced himself as Destruction
and told them all that they will soon be killed so that he can reign over the known world. He went on to tell them how The
Counterparts have all been captured and how he has taken each of their ntities and fused them into himself, thus making him
stronger and stronger with each kill he commited. Thought, being the strongest of all the forces at the time because he was
in the realm of the mind), came back at Destruction and told him that he did not believe him. This did not remotely phase
Destruction. At an instant, the lifeless bodies of the eight Counterparts lay in front of the Forces.
Hope's eyes widened
in fear as Purity turned away because he could not bear to witness the wrath the bodies had suffered before their deaths.
Thought's eyes began to glow with a bright yet crimson red and as quickly as the bodies came, he made them vanish. Destruction,
unpleased at Thought's disrespect, told Thought that he would be the last to go, so that he may watch each Force get tortured
one by one to their deaths. With that said, Destruction waved his fingers and bolts of electrical current began forming all
around the forces. Thought, knowing he was the only one with the ability to do something in the realm they were in, lifted
his arms and managed to protect all the forces he could. It was too late for Hope, Purity, and Need, they were captured and
trapped in some sort of electrical cage. Destruction's rage grew and his attack only got stronger. Thought warned the remaining
forces that he could not hold out for much longer and that they needed to do something quickly. Strength managed to help Thought,
and Harmony combined his efforts with Advantage in order to attack Destruction. The plan worked and Thought had just enough
time to bring the Forces back to their own reality. Before Destruction returned to his senses, the remaining Forces had left
the tract they were in.
In a defiant scream, Destruction spoke out, "It's only a matter of time now", and upon the
escape of those words from his mouth, the ground shook and a wave of terror struck every living thing in the area.
And
so, The path of Destruction begins...
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A Shadow Casting Light
With Harmony's lead, the remaining forces retreat to an area closed off to those who do not know
how to get there. They begin to think of some sort of plan to save the captured forces before it's too late.
As time passes, darkness begins to fill the sky. It's not a normal darkness, it's one that has an
air of pain and suffering in it. There are no animals to make the sounds of the night, no cars to fill the roads of the
towns, no wind to keep the night flowing from one minute to the next.
Thought is the first to notice this strange setting around him. Knowing that it cannot be normal,
he decides to test a theory of his. He begins to close his eyes and meditate. In a moments glance, he begins to glow a bright
crimson red yet again. He opens his eyes immediately and tells the other forces that the world as they know it has been engulfed
into the realm of the mind. Thought, remembering the last battle they had with Destruction, decides he, being the strongest
of all in this realm, must prepare himself to face the new and powerful foe. Yet, no matter how keyed the plan they build
is, he knows that the others do not stand any chance in keeping themselves against Destruction. He feels he must go to
battle alone and so he begins to secretly leave the hideaway they settled in.
Harmony, watching Thought with a close eye, senses that Thought is keeping something from
them. He follows Thought outside and confronts him as to where he is going. Thought takes no moment's rest and simply walks
past Harmony. He acts as if he is unstoppable. Harmony does not stand for this and gets in Thought's path yet again. Thought
lifts his hands and with a moment of clarity, throws Harmony into a wall, knocking him senseless.
Strength and Advantage find Harmony hours later unconcious and realize that Thought is nowhere to
be found. Strength revives Harmony only to find out that Thought was the attacker this time. With this news, Strength
begins to glow a pure blue aura. Harmony, not understanding what is happening to him slowly backs away but Advantage stares
in utter awe as if she knows exactly why Strength glows. All of a sudden, with a defiant attitude, Strength begins to walk
into the dark land. Advantage quickly follows and Harmony keeps his pace behind but also ensues.
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Hope, Need and Purity find themselves trapped in some sort of prison-like structure. Hope sits down
and begins to tremble in fear as Purity attempts to calm her down. Need, instead of being worried, looks around. He knows
that he must escape before Destruction returns. Need attmepts to break the bars around him but cannot. He keeps trying and
trying out of frustration and finally yells out in anger. Purity and Hope look at him in fear and there is a stillness in
the room. Need begins to glow a strong orange color and in a moment of anger, he breaks the bars which held them back. His
aura fades away and he finds himself much weaker than he's ever felt before. He falls to the ground and Purity and Hope run
to him to tend to his unhealthiness. With a glance of time, Hope hears someone nearing their area. Purity picks up Need and he
and Hope attempt to carry him into hiding. Destruction enters the room and yells in extreme anger as he realizes that the
forces escaped. His shadow begins to grow; slowly it travels from area to area as if in search of his escaped prisoners.
Purity finds a way to escape but they cannot unless they leave Need behind. Hope and Purity are hesitant and attempt to bring
Need to his senses but he is too confused to regain his ability to act normally. They decide to try to get out by carrying
him anyway. Purity and Need go first but just as Hope is about to escape easily, Destruction's shadow grabs her by the leg
and pulls her back. She begins to scream in fear and struggles to get free. Purity stops, dead in his tracks, not knowing
whether to go back and help Hope or take Need to safety first. All of a sudden, Hope's cries come to a screaming halt. Purity's
fear grows as he realizes it may be too late. He decides to take Need to safety and begins to run with him on his back as
fast as possible.
All that can be heard as Purity runs is a strong and gruesome laugh coming only from Destruction
himself.
Silence takes the world again as the Forces are all still split up.
No wind. No noise. No sound. Just Darkness.
And so the world falls into its abyss...
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The Thought Of Loss
The land is filled with pain while still only darkness covers it. Tormented screams are the
only thing that can be heard from miles away.
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Without delay, a screaming halt is brought to Destruction. Just as he was about to kill Hope and
take her essence, Thought appears directly in front of Destruction and begins taunting him in an attempt to lure him
away from Hope, so that she can easily escape. Destruction falls for this simple plan and throws Hope into a nearby metallic
bar. A battle begins and the two forces are locked head to head. Hope quickly comes to her senses and attempts to help Thought.
Her attemtps end with futility. Hope begins screaming for help, as that is all she can do. In little time, Strength enters
the room, still all aglow, with Advantage and Harmony shortly behind. The three forces all see the fight that Destruction
and Thought are having and they all begin to try and help. In a quick instant, Advantage gets thrown out of the battle. Hope
runs to her care. Thought still has no battle wounds from the ongoing brawl but Harmony has already been severely injured;
still he fights on. Suddenly, a vociferous yell comes out of Destruction and all the forces get thrown back. Destruction's
eyes begin to glow a deep, dark, evil red as he turns his head to Thought's whereabouts. Thought stands and quickly stops
from all motion; his eyes start glowing of a pure black. Suddenly and without notice, Destruction vanishes. The forces
all take a breath of relief and begin to ease themselves back to normal. Just as Harmony let's his guard down, Thought hurls
him from one side of the room to the other. The other forces all stand at the ready wondering what's going on. As Harmony
stands, Thought sends another blow to him and again knocks him down. Again, Harmony tries to get back up but before he gets
a chance, Thought pummels him with an even harder hit than the last. Advantage tries to talk some sense into Thought but he
was obviously too entangled in Destruction's control to respond. Thought's eyes don't stray for even a moment from Harmony's
pain-filled body on the ground. He keeps attacking him, stronger and stronger, each hit growing more and more malicious, some
hits became so strong that it seemed as though the ground shook once the blow had rendered it's victim. Harmony's bruised
and blood filled face merely watched Thought as each hit was delivered. He did not want to hurt Thought and so he only attempted
to defend himself. He was failing. Hope, in the midst of all this hysteria, decided to attack Thought by getting in the way
of one of his poundings and turning it back on him. She failed as well and was badly hurt. Thought did not relent as he was
already too consumed by his own realm.
In a moment of intense anger, Strength, with glow unchanged, struck a severe blow to Thought
as he sent one to Harmony. Thought was thrown off his balance and Strength decided to take control of the situation by picking
Harmony up and leading him away. Hope and Advantage quickly attacked Thought in his moment of weakness and began running away
as fast as possible. This was not enough. Thought, shielded by his augmented abilities, still gunned for Harmony, and, since
Strength was the one carrying him away, was made target to Thought's attacks. The assault hit Strength dead-on, yet regardless,
this did not stop him from keeping Harmony safe. Thought noticed that his attacks were somehow rendered useless by Strength
and quickly halted his attacks. Without a word, he vanished as well.
The forces all manage to get to a safeharbor but all are heavily injured. There is still no word
from Purity and Need. Harmony has now lost consciousness.
The sky and land have turned into a full black and there is no difference between what is above and
what is below.
There is no hiding in the realm of the mind, there is no time to think. What is heard is not what
can be seen and what can be seen is not what can be understood.
Upon regrouping, Hope pins Strength to a corner and begins interrogating him for answers. She does
not understand how he was not affected by Destruction's final attacks and how he gained such immunity without any obvious
reason. She demands answers but Strength is unwilling to speak. He pushes her out of his way and begins leaving the area
promising that he will return shortly and asking not to be followed.
The air grows thick with despair and once again, all is silent. The forces have no choice but to
rest for now as Destruction prepares his next attack. An echoing laughter begins to travel through the realm for all to hear.
There are many uncertainties in the realm of the mind but the one thing that cannot be denied there
is that...
Refuge is only in the mind of the lifeless.
And so The Legend goes on...
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