The elemental war

The next day.

All four of them are walking through a natural path carved through the mountain.

Sapphire: Hey, Ruby.

Sapphire and Ruby are walking shoulder to shoulder with Emerald and Pearl in front of them.

Ruby: Yeah. What's up-

Sapphire suddenly grabs Ruby's hand with her own, wearing the ring, as her face gets red.

Ruby also gets embarrassed, but let's go right before holding a lover's handheld.

They both quietly move forward.

Emerald slowly walks up to Pearl holding a map.

Emerald: They think we didn't notice.

Pearl: I don't understand why you seek conversation. Specifically with me.

Emerald: Always so cold aren't we?

Pearl glares at him.

Emerald: Even without. I don't wanna be the third wheel. Plus you're fun to talk to.

Pearl: (He enjoys holding conversations with the likes of me?)

Pearl: Well, doesn't change the fact that your attempts at a closer bond have no transgressions or merits.

Emerald: They do... for me at least.

He smiles.

Emerald: And I know deep down, they mean a lot to you too.

Pearl: Perhaps they do, but I can't show weakness. Fragility is a luxury warriors lose.

Emerald: Well. You're not just a warrior, you're my friend.

Pearl: Your persistence is... unmoved; similar to that of Sapphire.

He remembers their cave meeting and smiles.

Emerald: Maybe it is.

He turns to Pearl.

Emerald: But we also aren't so different, are we?

Pearl: Elaborate.

Emerald: Both of us left when we had to confront Sapphire.

Pearl: I left because I couldn't care any less.

Emerald: You do care tho.

Suddenly a vacuum chamber surrounds his head, stopping him from breathing.

Pearl: You're being too loud.

She lets go.

Pearl: Next time I'll not let go.

A few hours later.

Sapphire: Here we are.

She takes a deep breath at the small camp with pagoda style bases.

Sapphire: The wind base.

Ruby: You've never been here, have you?

Emerald shakes his head.

Pearl: The dark forces can arrive in any second. We must not stop.

Emerald: So this is where Pearl is from.

A few moments later.

General: Glad to have you back soldier.

Sapphire: Sir.

She salutes him.

General: We got the news about the earth-uses.

Ruby: If this keeps up, we won't stand a chance against the entire dark force. What can we do?

General: I know a specific ritual... which can awaken one's potential.

Emerald: Plus we have a plan... Sapphire's plan.

He looks at Sapphire who nods.

He starts walking away.

General: Avatars. Follow me.

Meanwhile,

The air users look at an army of dark users being charged by Raven.

Raven: Long lived your empire. Now, welcome our dominion.

Air user: Here it goes.

Air user: Shall armageddon end how it began.

Air user: Sorry to kill the mood, but we're cooked.

All the dark forces charge but stop to look up at the sky, where Ruby and Pearl fly.

Ruby: Here goes nothing.

She surrounds the both of them using her fire as Pearl blasts it outwards, making a temporary artificial sun, causing it to rain fireballs and air slashes.

Splitting the ground beneath, arise Sapphire and Emerald.

Sapphire: Remember when I asked you to show me a display of your powers? Guess you never did.

Emerald: Oh yeah.

He hits himself on the head.

Emerald: I forgot.

Sapphire: Show me afterwards... ok?

Emerald: Got it.

Emerald jumps up into the air and land in the middle of the battlefield.

As his feet land, the ground gets split into countless 50 cm cubes and blast out like a wake with Emerald being the point of origin.

Sapphire: perfect.

Through all the cracks on the ground, water starts to blast out right before turning into ice spikes to rain down.

The air users also join the battlefield, taking down the dark forces one by one.

Pearl grabs Ruby's hand as Ruby's other one prepares a fireball and starts spinning Ruby around, forming a fire tornado.

From the tornado, countless air slashes infused with fire blast out.

Emerald buries his hand on the ground, and suddenly an entire volcano erupts. The lava surrounds his body, forming a destructive armor.

Raven: What do we do?

Darkness: Get the water girl.

Raven: Got in.

He dashes through the chaos towards Sapphire who blocks his punch using her ice.

He turns into dark energy and does the same to her back but she again blocks.

Emerald forms two giant floating disks of lava and launches it at Raven who destroys it with a single punch.

Sapphire stabs him through the stomach with her ice spike.

Raven: (How is she able to use her powers so fast?)

More and more ice spikes thrust his body but she blasts them out with a single energy output.

Ruby suddenly appears behind him and incinerates him, leaving fourth degree burns everywhere.

He blasts a dark bomb towards Sapphire who blocks it using a wall of ice.

As the ice shatters, Sapphire wraps his leg with a water whip.

He punches Ruby away, but falls due to the whip.

Pearl: Air snipe.

A small bullet forged from wind hits his skull.

Ruby: Great.

He turns into the form of dark energy and appears behind Sapphire.

Darkness: The stronger the will, the more fun it is to destroy.

Raven grabs Sapphire by the neck and gives her friends a demonic glare.

Raven: A minor inconvenience won't change anything.

He blasts up, still holding Sapphire.

Ruby: SAPPHIRE!!!

She blasts after him as Pearl soon follows.

Raven: It's worthless.

Sapphire: Let me go!!!

She tries to hit him but to no avail.

Raven: Your un-cooperativeness only delays what's inevitable.

Ruby: Let her go, you freak!

She launches a fireball but it misses.

Pearl: He's heading to outer space. The only place where our powers don't work.

He reaches the stratosphere.

Raven: Here comes.

Ruby's fire starts to flicker.

Pearl: We need to return.

Raven blasts Sapphire to outer space before himself blasting down.

He does a peace sign to the avatars.

Ruby continues flying up but stops as Pearl grabs her hand, stopping her.

Pearl: STOP!!! I CAN'T LOSE YOU TOO!!!

Ruby, now enraged, looks back.

Ruby: WHY!!! NOT LIKE YOU CARE.

She looks back to see Pearl in tears.

Pearl covers her face and starts weeping.

Pearl: I do care. I do care. Probably the reason it hurts so much.

Ruby: Oh. Oh.

Pearl: Please. Don't go.

Raven blasts down onto the battlefield.

Raven: Retreat.

All the dark forces, Raven included, turn to energy and fly away as Emerald gets to his knees, panting.

Ruby and Pearl also land with a defeated face.

Emerald runs towards them, still panting.

Emerald: Where-Where's Sapphire?

Ruby just shakes her head as Pearl looks devastated.

Emerald: No-No. You-You're lying. YOU'RE LYING!!!

Pearl: Wish that was true.

Emerald gets to his knees and starts crying.

Meanwhile, in space.

Sapphire's body floats around the vacuum of space as a pair of eyes appear.

Darkness: Look at you... how pathetic.

Suddenly, her whole body gets surrounded by darkness as a shadow wraps around her soul and her now purple eyes glare open.

Emerald: And you just left her to die?

Ruby: Wish I could say n-

Pearl: What's wrong?

Ruby: That-That aura. It's... It's... Demonic.

*Boom*

An entity fully surrounded in darkness with a purple aura crashes down on the surface.

Emerald: Sa-Sapphire?

Darkness: Sapphire? Who's Sapphire?

Ruby, Emerald and Pearl watch in horror, seeing the distant cosmic entity.

Darkness: Was she disposed of by me? Or used?

Emerald: You-you-

He launches a rock at it, but sees Sapphire's face on it, forcing him to split the rock in half.

Darkness: Love... the biggest weakness one welds.

Narrator: I must ask; what do you think happens... when a god meets true darkness?

Darkness: The era of the god is over... Now, make room for the era of darkness.

Narration: The answer... is right in front of you.

Darkness: Shall the heavens itself shake beneath my roar.

Raven watches from a distance with a serious look.

Pearl: (Why? Why? What's wrong? You've ended many of your former companions who joined the dark side... what's so different now?)

Her hands start shaking... She's paralyzed.

In her mind:-

Pearl: Idiotic act.

Sapphire, covered in mud, starts laughing.

Sapphire: It's good to have fun sometimes y'know.

Pearl: I assume you're referring to acts of entertainment. In that case, I find that a waste of time.

Sapphire smiles.

Sapphire: Well, breaks every now and then help in clearing our mind and support good mental health.

Pearl: Point taken.

Sapphire: Then join me.

Pearl: No.

Sapphire starts giggling.

Present day.

Pearl: (This-This is ridiculous. I have known her for less than a month. She's nothing but a fellow warrior to me. She must be.)

Ruby stares at the figure using eyes filled with terror.

Ruby: Sapphire-Sapphire-Sapphire-Sapphire-

Her voice, hardly above her breath.

In her mind:-

Sapphire and Ruby are walking through a forest.

Sapphire: You should learn how to cook.

Ruby: And threaten being a stay-at-home wife? No, thank you.

Sapphire: That too, but also as a general skill. It's just a convenient thing to know.

Ruby: I'll do it when this war ends.

Sapphire: So never?

Ruby: What?

Sapphire rests her head in front of her hands, cross fingered behind her hair, gazing at the clouds flying above.

Sapphire: Conflict. It'll end when there's only a single soul left here.

Ruby: Yeah. I guess.

Sapphire smiles but suddenly trips off a rock, landing on the ground.

Sapphire: Ouch.

Ruby: Walk straight.

Sapphire: Right now? Or 5 seconds ago?

Present day.

Ruby's lip movements barely scratch the air around.

Emerald: BRING SAPPHIRE BACK YOU FREAK!!!

It grins.

Darkness: Okeee.

It falls inside Sapphire's mouth, bringing her back.

As she starts panting and looking around, she grabs her head in pain.

Sapphire: GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

She again starts to get surrounded by darkness.

Darkness: You'll not find many as giving as me.

It takes the ring off its hands.

It throws it towards Emerald who's about to catch it, but he launches an energy attack, destroying it mid-flight.

Darkness: Opps. Hehe.

Emerald starts panting, as tears start to roll out.

Darkness: Well. You were amusing... but no-one enjoys a broken toy.

He falls to his knees.

In his mind:

Emerald: So... how long do you plan to hide it?

The two of them are in a dark forest, collecting firewood.

Sapphire: Hide what?

Emerald: The tears.

Sapphire: What tears?

Emerald: Don't act dumb.

Sapphire: Well... you're the one holding the false brave mask.

Emerald: Wha-What?

She lends him her pinky.

Sapphire: Please. They need me... us.

He follows her pinky with his own.

In the present time.

Emerald: You... YOU MONSTER!!!

Darkness: Thank you.

It starts to fly.

Darkness: But I must go. Have fun.

It vanishes out of thin air as Raven also follows.

Emerald starts to run after them but Pearl stops him.

Pearl: Stop. If we enter the darkness's layer, we're dead meat.

He tries to push her away but she doesn't budge.

Emerald: SO WHAT'RE WE SUPPOSED TO DO!?!

Pearl: I... don't know.

Emerald: YOU EXPECT ME TO STAY HERE, WHEN MY FRIEND'S IN DANGER!!!

Pearl: Mrs Sapphire wouldn't want this. She'd want us to tackle this properly.

Emerald: WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER! I'M NOT GONNA SIT AROUND DOING NOTHING.

Ruby gets to her knees and starts quietly sobbing.

Emerald: SHE'S THE ONLY ONE I HAVE LEFT! I'M NOT LOSING HER!!!

Pearl: You're starting to lose yourself. Going to enemy territory is practically a death wish.

Emerald: EITHER I BRING HER BACK!!! OR I DIE TRYING!!!

Pearl: Try to understand.

Emerald: Yeah? You don't care... Do you?... You never did.

Pearl: What?

Emerald: You don't care about her... and you clearly don't care about me, cause if you did, we'd be out there, fighting.

Pearl: I do care.

Emerald: Then why are we STILL HERE!!!

He blasts her back using his earth powers.

Emerald: Please... leave me alone.

He sinks in the ground.

Pearl: (Dear diary. It's been about a week since Mrs Sapphire's... corruption. We haven't seen Mr Emerald since.)

The scene shifts to Emerald waking through a forest.

Pearl: (We are unaware whether he's alive or dead. Two days ago, the wind base was attacked again by the dark forces. We were helpless and forced to flee... Me and Mrs Ruby escaped, the other souls... weren't so lucky.)

Her pen glides through the paper, stopping after each sentence.

Pearl: (Speaking off, Mrs Ruby hasn't spoken a single word since. Well, it's not all bad; I've been reading some ancient texts lately, and I just learned that to balance the darkness, we need light; Buddha. So, today we embark on a journey... to the west, where Buddha's shrine resides. That's all for today. Signing off.)

She closes her diary and puts the pen down before turning back to see Ruby sleeping with tears in her eyes and tear marks, filling her cheeks.

She slowly walks up to Ruby and starts patting her head.

Pearl: Wish your dreams at least find you joy.

She glances over at a photo. In the photo, Sapphire hugged Ruby and Emerald while doing a peace sign with both her hands, as Pearl stood close.

Pearl picks up the photo and traces her body.

Pearl: Man I regret not getting to know you better.

She starts shaking her head.

Pearl: No. Remain strong.

She slaps herself across the face before releasing a sigh.

Pearl: (I need a break.)

She goes to the room next door. Once she looks in a mirror, she washes her face with water.

Pearl: Why am I like this?

The next day.

Pearl: Thank you for letting us stay here.

She bows to a woman.

Woman: Oh. Don't worry. You kids must be having a hard time.

Pearl nods before grabbing Ruby's hand and dragging her away.

Pearl: (The shrine should be a day's walk from here.)

She looks at Ruby, utterly shattered, staring into nothingness.

Pearl: Hey, Mrs Ruby. Want anything to eat?

Ruby doesn't respond. Just silence.

Pearl: My treat?

Still no response.

Pearl sighs.

Pearl: (Why is this so hard? How could she do it so effortlessly?)

They continue walking.

Pearl: (I never realized how... how dysfunctional our team was without her.)

Meanwhile, in Sapphire's head.

Sapphire is curled up into a ball, in a corner, surrounded by darkness.

She looks forwards and sees multiple images of her mother.

Slowly, the image's face gets blurrier and blurrier until it's unrecognizable.

Sapphire: Mom?

It slowly fades into the shadow as Sapphire raises her hand, trying to grasp it.

She stops after noticing her leg chained up to the wall, using a chain formed from a black energy and shattered pieces of her ring.

She closes her arm, and puts it next to her heart, allowing a tear drop to fall.

Pearl and Ruby are walking through a forest on top of a path.

Pearl is holding Ruby's hand, dragging her along, yet she doesn't resist nor fight back.

Pearl suddenly turns around, launching a sonic slash at a bird, causing it to hit a tree and fall down.

She, gasping for air, gets shocked at the sight.

Pearl: Oh no.

She covers her face before running towards the bird and kneeling down.

Pearl: I'm sorry.

She tears a piece of her cloth, at the same area where she treated Ruby, and wraps it around the bird's wing.

She slowly pets the bird, staring off to nothing.

Pearl: (Is this really me?)

She snaps back and bows to the bird.

Pearl: My apologies.

She carries the bird in her hands and raises her hands as the bird runs away.

Ruby's mind:

From behind the bushes, a girl with orange hair, scarlet eyes mirroring that of Ruby and a pointy tooth on the upper teeth sticking out, comes out, smiling.

Ruxli: Sis look.

She shows Ruby a worm.

Ruby: What's that?

Ruxli: A worm. I just dug it.

Ruby: Great.

She starts to pat her head and left ear.

Ruxli: You think this will help.

She shows her the worm and her mud filled hands.

Ruby: Of course. Let's go add it to the compost box.

Ruxli: Yay.

They, from the forest, start moving towards the village.

Outside her mind:

Pearl is dragging Ruby through a path crossing the forest floor.

Pearl: (It should've been me.)

She sighs as they stop in front of a destroyed village.

Pearl: It appears the dark forces have once again got here before us.

She shakes her head in disappointment and starts walking away, but suddenly stops as Ruby doesn't move.

Pearl: Mrs. Ruby. We need to keep-

She stops at seeing Ruby staring at the village, her breath shaking.

Ruby: They-They're all dead.

Pearl looks at her in shock as Ruby falls to her knees.

Ruby: They're dead.

Pearl: Mrs. Ruby, is this your home village?

Ruby suddenly breaks free from Pearl's grip before dashing into the village.

Pearl: Wait-

She runs a few steps after her, but stops, hands falling down.

Pearl: Here I go again.

She looks down.

Pearl: Why though? 

She blasts off up in the air, using her air powers.

Ruby runs through the destroyed village as her memories come flooding back in.

Ruby(Memory): Wait up.

Ruxli: Here.

She, giggling, runs towards the markets as Ruby follows.

The memory fades and Ruby also runs through.

She makes it to a row of houses.

Ruxli: Trick or treat?

She's holding a basket, in front of an open door.

Lady: Here you go.

She drops some candy on the basket.

Ruxli: Than-

*SLAM*

Ruby slams the door open, breaking the flashback to find nothing.

Ruxli: Trick or treat?

She's in front of another house, doing the same.

Man: Here you go.

Ruxli: Than-

*SLAM*

*Nothing*

Ruxli: Trick or treat?

The lad gives her a big bar of candy.

Lad: You wanted it right?

*SLAM* 

*Nothing*

Ruxli: Trick or treat?

Person: Stay healthy.

He gives her a green apple.

*SLAM*

*Nothing*

Ruxli: Trick or treat?

Individual: Trick.

Ruxli: What?

Individual: I pick trick-

*SLAM*

*Nothing*

She runs through the central area of the village, around a statue of a genie, similar to the water elemental, but with fire on the head instead of the water drop. (Fire elemental)

Ruby: (Please. Please. Please.)

Ruby(Memory) is leaning against a pillar as Ruxli comes running at her with two corn dogs.

Out of the illusion.

She, while taking a sharp turn,falls on top of a half destroyed market stall, but gets right back up before continuing her run.

She makes it to a giant half destroyed mansion, panting for air as Pearl watches from the roof of a distant building.

She looks at the small wooden pillar supporting the gazebo in front of their door, and notices a handkerchief with a checker board pattern of red and orange, tied to it.

It suddenly triggers a flashback.

Ruxli: So you're going?

Ruby, with her bags packed nods.

Ruby: Yep. I've been chosen as the fire avatar. The world needs me.

Ruxli: But-But-

She hugs Ruby tightly.

Ruxli: But I need you too. If you go, I'll be lonely.

Ruby gently hugs her with a soft smile.

Ruby: You won't. Mr. Frog and the mango tree will keep you company.

She takes out the same handkerchief and ties it around the pillar, like in the present time.

Ruby: Plus. We'll meet again.

She gets to her knees and wipes Ruxli's tears.

Ruby: And that time may come sooner than you think.

The flashback ends as Ruby is now in their family backyard.

Ruby: No.

Pearl: Wish Mrs. Sapphire was here.

She sighs before putting her hand near her heart.

Pearl: She'd know what to do.

Ruby starts to look around and sees a paper frog near a pond on top of a rock, and it triggers another flashback.

Ruby: And the inside needs to be yellow.

She shows Ruxli a picture of a ripe mango in a book.

Ruby: Like this.

She notices Ruxli folding paper.

Ruby: Were you paying attention to anything I said?

Ruxli: Check this out.

She shows Ruby a Paper frog.

Ruby: What's this?

Ruxli: Meet Mr. Frog. My new best friend.

Ruby: What?

She gets a shocked expression before pointing to herself.

Ruby: What about me?

Ruxli starts giggling.

The flashback ends as Ruby continues to scan her backyard.

Her gaze is suddenly stolen by a small plant, about two feet in height, and it triggers another flashback.

Ruxli: Woah. So If I plant this, I'll get to eat unlimited mangoes?

She points at the mango seed on her hand.

Ruby: Yep.

She nods.

Ruxli: Then what're we waiting for?

She starts running towards a corner  to plant the seed.

Ruby: Wait. You need to plant it in a good spot.

The flashback ends as Ruby, now with eye bags and tears, stands in front of the statue of the fire elemental.

Ruby: Everything.

Her scarlet eyes glare at the statue.

Ruby: I lost everything.

Her hands and aura both ignite into flames.

Ruby: FIGHTING FOR YOU!!!

Suddenly, the scene cuts to a Ruby, panting in front of a destroyed Fire elemental statue with her now demonic eyes.

She suddenly gets to her knees, before starting to cry.

Raven, watching from through the mist, groans.

Raven: Do I really have to do this?

Ruby looks to her side and sees a bench when Ruxli(From her memories) jumps up from behind the seat and sits there with a smile.

*BOOM*

Ruby destroys the bench with tears in her eyes.

Suddenly, Raven blasts down behind her, leveling surrounding buildings.

Raven: Ruby? Am I right?

Ruby: Where's she?

Raven gazes at Ruby's back with an almost scared expression as Ruby's aura burns brighter than the sun.

Ruby: Where's she?

Her breath, stoic but also near demonic. Her eyes, burning a scarlet glare.

Raven: Where's who?

Ruby: Answer me straight.

She gets up to her legs, her back still turned.

Ruby: WHERE… IS… SAPPHIRE?!?!?!

Her aura blasts outwards, starting wildfires with her presence alone, making Raven take a step back.

Meanwhile, Pearl's running towards them, following the flare from the other side of the city.

Pearl: (This isn't good.)

Suddenly, Raven gets punched to the other side of the city. As he gets his footing back, Ruby launches a few hundred fire balls.

He dodges a few but more and more keep on coming.

He blasts out his aura but Ruby destroys it with her own before appearing right behind him, blasting a beam of fire, radiating blue.

Raven hits a building, and then another, and another; destroying 5 buildings before standing back up.

Pearl: Storm shifter.

An entire storm cloud falls on top of Raven right before it fully engites into flames.

Ruby: I'll not ask this again.

Her bloodshot eyes, filled with tears glow a deathfilled red.

Ruby: WHERE-

She blasts him up in the sky.

Ruby: IS-

She suddenly appears in front of him, right before blasting an endless beam of fire through his gut.

Ruby: SAPPHIRE!?!

She hits his back using her knee as Raven spits out blood.

Raven: (So this is the power… of the burning demon.)

Pearl: Air snipe.

A blast of air pierces his arm as he falls down.

Ruby grabs his shoulder, headbutting him, before blasting down with him.

Raven and Ruby land as Ruby breathes a beam of fire from her face at point blank range.

Raven suddenly blasts an energy ball at her  gut but she remains unphased.

Pearl: Sonic slash.

An air slash splits them up, right as a vacuum ball hits his face, causing him to fall down.

Raven: DARKNESS!!!

He suddenly unleashes a storm of dark energy, leveling the entire city and blasting Pearl back, hitting her body to a tree.

Pearl: (When did I get such weakness?)

Through the rubble, Ruby emerges, her face starting to melt.

Raven: You dare… challenge the dark side?

Ruby suddenly launches herself towards him, and tries to punch him on the face but he blocks it using a dark blade.

Narrator: This must be… the flames of hell… reaching the fury of the gods.

He blasts her back but she charges right back, this time on all fours.

He launches countless dark blades at her, but she simply dodges them before blasting his face with a point blank fire ball.

As she's about to hit him with another, he turns into a form of dark energy, appearing behind her.

He suddenly slashes her back, right before chopping her arm off.

As she falls down, he gets hit on the face with an air slash.

As another is about to hit him, she moves his head, glaring at Pearl.

He suddenly appears in front of her, grabbing her with the neck.

Raven: Even gods have their limits.

He prepares his dark blade.

Raven: You're merely just a mortal.

Pearl: Indeed. So are you.

Raven looks at her with a confused expression.

Pearl: And mortals are victims.

She slices his wrist and arm off, using a sonic slash.

Pearl: Victims… of mortality.

Raven: This freak.

He kicks her back before grabbing his arm in pain.

Pearl slowly gets up, wiping some blood off her mouth.

Pearl: Aren't they?

Raven suddenly kicks her on the back, before towering over her.

Meanwhile, Ruby tries to lift her arm but to no avail.

In her mind:

Ruby: No.

Ruby: No.

Ruby: No.

She punches the ground in anger.

Ruby: Not again.

Suddenly, two warm hands meet her cheeks.

Ruxli: Hey sis.

She looks up to see an afterimage of Ruxli bent, smiling at her.

Ruxli: You said we'd meet again. Do you really wanna come with bad news?

She turns around and points up, gazing upon countless fully transparent and shining glass fish scoring the sky.

Ruxli turns back and smiles through her one spiked tooth.

Ruxli: I'll be waiting.

As the images fade away, she sees Raven charging an energy beam at Pearl's face while his leg rests on her stomach.

She starts to look around, locking her gaze at Raven's chopped hand with the dark energy blade.

Raven: It's over.

Pearl starts panting, yet doesn't show a spec of fear.

Raven: Any last-

Suddenly, Ruby stabs him through the heart using his own blade, causing him to fall to his knees.

*TING*

He looks up and sees a golden light as tears roll through his smile.

Raven: I hear the bell.

He widens his arms, smiling as his body starts to fade away.

As Ruby also collapses to her knees in exhaustion, the sun rises behind her, lighting the battlefield.

She lies down as Pearl, with tears bottling up, holds Ruby's hand, hiding her face in her stomach.

Pearl: No. Please no. Not you too.

Tears start to roll down her cheeks as Ruby slowly pats her head.

Ruby: It's ok.

Pearl, crying, looks at Ruby smiling.

Ruby: Sapphire would've said, 'It's not healthy to bottle them all in.

Pearl fully breaks down into tears, face fully wet with tears, her cries echoing around the battlefield.

Ruby: One last thing. 

She also starts to fade away, starting from the face.

Ruby: Could you… thank Sapphire… for being in my life.

She notices the fading getting faster.

Ruby: Oh yeah. Pearl… Thank you… for everything.

She fully fades into dust, ending with the hand holding Pearl.

One week later.

Pearl: (I… am Pearl.)

She stands on top of a giant pine tree, blowing her whistle.

Pearl: (The air avatar chosen to put an eternal end to the darkness… with my… companions. Mrs Ruby, Mrs Sapphire and Mr Emerald. To put it simply, Mrs Ruby and Mrs Sapphire annoyed me. All well, two less for me to worry about.)

Pearl quietly shakes her head.

Pearl: (Mr Emerald annoys me too.)

She starts rubbing her hand before covering her head with her hood.

Pearl: (Yet… I hope he stays a bit longer. Regardless, I've witnessed countless slaughter and gruesome scenes across the span of the past week. And, I noticed a prevalent act; every time an individual dies either due to the dark forces or of the dark forces, they pulverise into dust and fly towards the darkness's domain.)

Ink splatters on the screen and we see Pearl writing her diary.

Pearl: (There remains an obvious explanation… and the correct one at best. Must I add, I'm going to Buddha's shrine to light up the darkness… and maybe find my frie- friend? Work partner, Mr Emerald.) 

She continues to write.

Pearl: (Guess till then, I'll remain the girl who's too serious all the time, the girl who's nothing but selfish, the girl without emotions… and the girl who believes something an idiot told her. That sounded profoundly astonishing. Signing off.)

The next day.

Pearl is walking through a path carved through a mountain.

Pearl: (Man. I forgot how quiet it was to travel alone.)

Her face remained expressionless.

Pearl: I don't think I like it.

Meanwhile in the layer of the darkness

Darkness: Is it not fun to play with me?

Dark troop: No-No it is.

Darkness: Then let's play.

It ribs the troop's heart out as the whole body starts to fade.

It turns to face the other troops.

Darkness: Maybe I was too harsh. All well.

It gives them a demonic smile.

Darkness: Fail, and you'll get to play with me too.

In its mind:

Sapphire is trying to break the chain but fails.

She looks at it and punches it in anger, causing it to break.

Sapphire: It-It broke.

She looks at the other side of the room to see a white light.

Sapphire: There.

She starts running but suddenly falls down. She turns back to see an arm of darkness grabbing her leg, pulling her back.

Sapphire: No.

She starts to crawl towards the light on four legs, but more and more arms start to pull her back.

Voices: Give up.

Voices: It's too late.

Voices: You couldn't save them.

Voices: Going out would do more harm than good.

She slowly starts to get surrounded by darkness as tears start to roll in.

Sapphire: Stop. Please. Stop.

The light in the distance slowly starts to fade away.

Sapphire: No no. Stop.

Her arm tries to reach out but fails, fully gets surrounded by darkness as she starts to break down into tears.

Sapphire: I couldn't save them. I can't even control my own body. I can't do anything. Why have I been trying to be someone so different?

Tears continue the descent when suddenly, a sushi held using a pair of chopsticks hits her mouth, revitalizing all the dark arms.

She looks up to see a child Sapphire smiling.

She wipes Sapphire's tears away and lets the sushi go, hanging it on her mouth.

Sapphire(child): There. There. Don't cry.

Sapphire looks away, sniffling her face.

Sapphire: You're right. It's a sign of weakness.

Sapphire(Child): No.Because these tears.

She looks at Sapphire's face.

Sapphire(Child): Come with hopelessness.

Her face remains cheerful as ever as she starts to do small braids on Sapphire's hair.

Sapphire(Child): And you're not hopeless are you? You're Sapphire. The most of hope there ever was.

Sapphire's tears start pouring out again as she covers her face on Sapphire(Child)'s lap.

Sapphire: I'm sorry.

She speaks through her tears.

Sapphire: I'm sorry.

Sapphire(Child): Looks.

She points at the dark sky above as stars start to reveal themselves.

Sapphire(Child): Isn't it beautiful?

Fire flies start to fill the atmosphere, lighting the darkness.

As Sapphire looks up, an aurora veil forms from one end of the horizon to the other, slowly fading into a waterfall, whose noises fill the silence.

Sapphire(Child): The dark isn't as scary now, is it?

Sapphire looks at the child version of herself smiling.

Sapphire(Child): Live on. For me… For us.

The darkness fades away, revealing a few dozen people with the water symbol from her village.

Sapphire(Child): All of us.

Sapphire wipes her tears before standing up, hand near her heart.

Sapphire: I will.

She smiles at her child version as they all fade away.

Meanwhile,

Emerald is sitting on a branch of a tree, just staring at leaves falling down.

Suddenly, an imaginary version of Sapphire appears sitting next to him.

Sapphire: What chu doin'?

Emerald: Why do you care?

Sapphire: Ouch rude.

Emerald: Go away. You-you're just a figment of my imagination.

Sapphire: Then stop imagining me. Easy.

Emerald: I can't. It's not that simple.

Sapphire: Regardless, how's your day been so far?

Emerald: Terrible.

Sapphire: Y'know, you promised to show me your powers at a full display.

Emerald, for the first time in this conversation, looks at her smiling face as the background turns yellow.

Sapphire: You don't strike me as a person to break promises.

Emerald: Really? I don't?

She gets up before jumping to a branch of another tree.

Sapphire: Nope. You feel like you'd evade taxes.

He starts smiling.

Emerald: What are you talking-

The background goes back to normal and he notices a tear falling down his cheek, breaking the smile.

Emerald: About?

The scene cuts.

Pearl: Here we are.

She looks up at a giant tree with a reddish brown trunk and golden viney leaves, similar to that of a weeping willow tree.

Pearl: Buddha's birthplace.

She walks inside the roots of the tree, revealing a naturally hollowed inside.

Pearl: (This must be it.)

Pearl looks around, but her gaze is stolen by a small golden totem floating in the middle.

She observes it for a while before grabs it, causing her soul to be transported to a realm fully made up of light.

She looks around and sees many golden rings, halos, chains and other spiked objects filling the void of clouds.

Pearl: (Where am-)

Buddha: Welcome… Pearl.

Meanwhile,

Emerald is running through the forest towards the horizon, chasing the sunset.

Through his heavy breaths, he grunts.

Emerald: (Where am I going?)

He continues running.

Emerald: (I don't wanna stop… I don't wanna let go.)

He crosses the forest to a beautiful field of flowers.

Emerald: (Why?... Why am I running?)

His sweat leaves a trail on every step.

Emerald: (I want to live longer. With you.)

Sapphire: Really? That's sweet.

Emerald: Why're you here?

Sapphire smiles.

Sapphire: Just checking up on a pal of mine.

Emerald: May I ask who?

Sapphire: You dummy.

Emerald: Why?

Sapphire: Just hopeful that we're still friends.

Emerald: (Hope huh?)

He scoffs while still chasing the dawn.

Emerald: (Why did you do this?)

Emerald: Sapphire.

He starts gasping for air, chest puffing up and down, yet not slowing his run.

Emerald: (How long… Can I resist the night?)

Sapphire: Y'know, no matter how fast you run, the night will catch up.

Emerald: Then what do I do? Give up?

Sapphire: No. I want you to face the night.

Sapphire smiles before leaning on his back as he stands to watch the sunset.

Sapphire: With me.

Buddha: Pearl. Welcome… to the realm of light.

A voice comes from a light.

Pearl: B-Buddha! Give me the strength to take down the darkness!

Buddha: I don't need to… You already have it.

Pearl: What?

Buddha: Guess it wouldn't hurt if I helped… a little.

Suddenly, the clouds fuse together to forge a  fully metal single edge halberd holding a spike curved down, the blade and the serpent with tails on both sides wrapped around the black shaft like pole being a silver hue. The blade is shaped at a curve facing outwards and a silver glave at the tip of the pole facing front with a curved blade, having spikes behind the flat end like dragon's back on the tip of the blade and a flat bottom.

It falls down and Pearl grabs it.

Pearl: What's this?

Buddha: A-A weapon.

Pearl: Then, must I leave.

Buddha: Not yet… I know something's bothering you.

Pearl: It's… irrelevant.

Buddha: If it is, why don't you let it go?

Pearl: Wish I could.

Buddha: But you can't… because they're important… to you.

She grabs her other hand.

Pearl: What… is the price... of love? 

Buddha chuckles a little.

Buddha: The price of love? Everything.

She gives him a confused look.

Buddha: It costs you everything.

Pearl: Then why do people still love?

Buddha: Why do you fight?

Pearl: Because there's something worth fighting for.

Buddha: Exactly. The reason we love… is because there's something worth loving.

Pearl: Is that it?

Buddha: You know why I light up the world for you?

Pearl: Because you must.

Buddha: No. I keep you... and life stable… because of love. It costs me everything… but still it's worth it. It always is.

Pearl: So, why's the darkness so hellbent on the absolute end?

Buddha: The darkness… wants complete dominion over both light and darkness. 

Pearl: But why?

Buddha: It wants to paint itself as a hero. The one who united opposing forces in the universe. 

Pearl: And that requires taking down millions.

Buddha: Unfortunately yes. But, you're going to stop him… right?

Pearl: Indeed.

She looks around before getting to her knees to bow down. 

Pearl: Must I ask permission to leave

Buddha: Live on.

The screen flashes with light, cutting back to the tree.

Dark general: CHARGE!!!

She comes out to see an entire army, consisting of thousands of dark troops.

Narrator: And between all the demons… landed a god.

Darkness in Sapphire's body landed, smiling as demonic as ever.

Darkness: Hello again… Pearl.

Narrator: No… landed… the devil.

Pearl: I recommend you hand Sapphire over… the easy way.

Darkness: Okeee~

It starts to giggle.

Darkness: After the toy breaks.

Pearl: Mark my words. This isn't a threat… It's a promise.

Dark general: One soul… against an entire army.

He opens his arms, presenting the entire dark force.

Emerald: Make that two.

The entire battlefield starts to quake as the ground breaks, Emerald rises, glaring at the entire army before glancing back at Pearl.

Emerald: I'm sorry for my… ignorance. 

Pearl: You-You're back.

He smiles before landing next to her.

Emerald: We're the elementals. We gotta stick together.

Pearl: God. Sapphire called us that.

Emerald: What? Y'missed me?

She sighs

Pearl: Just glad to see you alive and intellectual enough to know the difference between bravery and idiocy.

The two of them look at the entire army.

Emerald: Here we go.

Pearl: Us two… fighting as the world rests on our shoulders? How clishé.

Emerald: One last big battle.

Pearl: Yet… I wouldn't have it any other way.

She smiles; an act Emerald notices before smiling himself.

Emerald looks up and sees storm clouds forming, forging some amount of thunder.

Pearl runs forward to the charging army with her axe, before slamming it to the ground, causing her to blast up.

She starts to fall down, slamming her helberd to the ground, blasting the entire army back using a shockwave.

Emerald rises an entire mountain from the ground, before compressing many layers of dirt to form balls which roll down.

More troops charge at Pearl, but in return, Pearl starts to spin around, using her body as the fulcrum, forming a massive tornado.

The mountain suddenly erupts, blasting lava everywhere as all the dark soldiers start to run for their lives.

From the tornado, countless air slashes blast out, destroying everything in sight.

As the storm settles, Pearl glares through the mist with her luminescent eyes, dozens of meters off the ground.

Emerald suddenly breaks open the mountain, causing lava to rain and flood half the battlefield.

Dark general: Sir. What now?

Darkness and the Dark general are watching from atop a hill as the sky roars the roar of thunder.

Darkness: You should go play too.

Dark general: M-me?

Darkness: Sounds fun… doesn't it?

It gives him a demonic smile.

Dark general: Indeed.

He gets to his knees.

Dark general: How thoughtful of you.

His red eyes glare at the battlefield, right before it blasts at Pearl with a dark blade.

Suddenly, Pearl blocks it using her helberd right before responding with a parry using the glaive.

She uses the pole part to launch him back, as she slams the ground, blasting a shockwave at him.

It hits him, but as the dust settles, he's nowhere to be found.

Following that, he dashes towards her with his dark blade, but as the attack is about to land, an earth wall stops it.

It suddenly falls on top of him, which he destroys effortlessly.

Pearl tries to slam her axe on top of him, but he blacks it using his blade.

Suddenly, Pearl vanishes into the mist, appearing behind him to attack him from the bottom angle but he still blocks.

She instantly hooks his blade, pushing it aside.

Suddenly, with intention to attack from the curved spike behind the axe, she pulls her axe up, but he barely dodges it, forcing a shockwave that echoes around the battlefield, reaching the raging clouds.

Pearl: Curse you and your creative mind, Sapphire.

She vanishes again, kicking him on the back before trying the slam attack one again. He again blocks it, this time launching it out of her hand.

As it lands on the ground nearby, its weight alone leaves a crater nearly a meter wide.

Dark general: You're disarmed.

Pearl: Good.

Suddenly, countless vacuum balls rain on top of him as Pearl vanishes.

He suddenly loses his lower left leg to an air snipe launched from nowhere.

He turns around to see Pearl, about to plant her axe in his body.

Pearl: Heavens' roar.

As her axe pierces his shoulder, thunder blasts down at the exact spot, vaporing his upper body instantly.

As his body slowly fades to dust, it flies towards the darkness's grinning face.

Darkness: It's been fun… But I'd say we should play… a different game.

It lands in the middle of the army, causing his aura to dissolve every dark troop. They all fade into dark energy and enter his aura.

It glares at Pearl who feels her heart sink.

She suddenly finds its fist deep in her gut, as she blasts through a forest, on top of a mountain.

Pearl starts panting, gripping on to her halberd.

Pearl: (So... fast.)

She notices the totem in her pocket, glowing gold.

Emerald launches an entire mountain at it, but the darkness, with a single glare, splits the mountain in half, causing the halves to go around it as it stands there, without even a flinch.

It suddenly launches an energy ball at Emerald. It lands, blasting him away, but walls rise from the ground, grabbing him down. 

The darkness launches many more energy balls, but Emerald sinks in the ground, dodging the attacks.

Suddenly a giant lava golem arises with Emerald at its core.

Darkness: Ooo.

The golem slams its arm on top of the darkness, grabbing it by the leg. It blasts out its aura, dissolving the lava and freeing it from the golem's grip.

Suddenly, the second arm slams it down as lava starts to swallow it.

Before the passing of another moment, the darkness, through the golem, blasts itself and Emerald away, grabbing his waist.

It kicks him on his stomach, launching him down. As the dust settles, he's shown standing, wiping blood off head.

Emerald: (I can't last much longer like this.)

He looks up to see the darkness, still grinning.

Suddenly, Pearl appears behind it with a golden aura.

She slams her halberd on its skull, blasting him down to the ground.

As it stabilizes itself, she appears in front of it, she slams her axe again, causing the darkness to start to come out of Sapphire's body for a split second. An essence of the darkness came out but immediately went back inside.

Pearl: The devils also have limits… don't they?

She launches an air slash using the axe right before slamming her axe again, causing the darkness to come out again, right as it goes back in.

Darkness: Ouch.

Pearl: Here it comes.

She slams her axe from one direction, then the other, and another, but the darkness goes back every time.

Emerald launches countless lava balls but it dodges all of them.

As Pearl is about to slam again, he turns into dark energy and appears behind her, kicking her to the side of a mountain.

Emerald lifts up two mountains beside it, blasting both the mountains towards one another.

As he blasts out his aura leveling the mountain, a barrage of vacuum bombs rain from the sky.

Pearl blasts herself down, trying to hit him, but he dodges it, causing the attack to land on the ground and leave a city level crater.

From the leveled mountains, countless rocks fly at each side as Pearl continues her endless attack.

Suddenly, she slams its skull once again and then hits the darkness. It suddenly blasts out of her body as she takes out the totem from her pocket.

Darkness: AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

 It starts to swallow the darkness, releasing an energy Emerald, from miles back, could barely withstand.

As the darkness fully gets swallowed, the skies return to normal, Sapphire returns, fainted and panting.

Emerald suddenly starts to run towards Sapphire but is stopped when he senses a demonic aura.

Emerald: It… It's gone… but that aura-

He looks at Pearl falling to her knees.

Emerald: PEARL!!!

He tackles her down, causing her to dodge a swipe from a dark blade wielded by the darkness, still in Sapphire's body; still smiling.

Darkness: Life; hope; faith. Everything… comes to an end.

Emerald and Pearl, get into a battle pose.

Darkness: Everything comes to darkness.

He suddenly punches Pearl to the sky before anyone has had time to react.

It soon follows, slicing her in every direction before piercing her through the gut, causing her to spit out blood.

It blasts her on the skull with a point blank dark ball, blasting her down.

As she's about to land on the ground, the darkness appears once again, piercing her through the same part.

Emerald looks at the helberd beside him, right before getting back up.

The axe is suddenly launched at it but it grabs it with the blade, right before destroying the metal part into bits, causing a giant explosion of light.

She clenches the totem before burying it in its skin.

It simply takes it out and eats it, causing another explosion of light, this time in its body.

Pearl watches in horror as the darkness glares at her, grinning.

Darkness: That one had a nice aftertaste to it.

It blasts Pearl with a point blank dark beam, before kneeing her up in the air.

Darkness: Oppsi.

Emerald collects the surrounding rocks to form a pair of gauntlets, using it to grab Pearl and rest her on the ground.

Emerald: Stay here.

As he starts to walk away, he feels a hand grab his leg cloth.

He turns around to see Pearl, bleeding; panting… crying.

Emerald: Wh-What's wrong?

He immediately falls to his knees, holding Pearl in his arms.

Pearl: Emerald-Emerald.

Her tears and weeping increased after every word.

Emerald: Yes.

Pearl: I don't-I don't feel… I don't feel my body.

Emerald: No-No. Look at me. 

He wipes off a tear before using the same hand to hold her cheek.

Emerald: Pearl. It'll be ok. It'll all work out.

Pearl: I-I.

She starts to shake, tears rolling endlessly.

Pearl: I don't wanna die-I don't wanna die. I don't wanna go. I want to live. Please.

She starts to hug him as he does the same.

Pearl: I wanna live. I wanna explore the world. I want to try new food. I wanna live. Please. Please. Please.

Emerald clenches her tightly as he feels her grip loosen.

Pearl: E-Emerald please. I wanna live. Please.

Emerald holds her in his arms as he feels her grip fade. 

Emerald: Pearl?

He looks at her to see lifeless eyes.

Pearl: I'm sorry.

She also fades away as Emerald tries to hold her together, but to no avail.

Emerald: Pearl? PEARL!!!

He starts crying, weeping where she last rested.

Emerald: I wanna live too. I wanna live a peaceful life… with you. 

He covers his face before punching the ground, causing his hand to bleed.

Emerald: I'm sorry. I-I am so sorry. Please. Please. I beg of you. One more second with you. Please forgive me. 

Meanwhile, in Darkness(Sapphire)'s head.

Sapphire is using water to whip dark tentacles coming towards her.

She turns the aurora vail present above into water, whipping the darkness.

The quantity of the tentacles starts to increase, overwhelming Sapphire.

Suddenly, the totem of light falls on her head as she grabs it.

When she's inspecting it, the tentacles start to grab her body.

Breaking the darkness, the totem explodes into a bright light(Buddha's spirit).

Light: Sapphire! 

The angelic voice echos around her mind.

Sapphire: Y-yes.

Light: The world needs you.

Sapphire: But I can't beat the darkness.

Light: Not the warrior in you; YOU!

Meanwhile,

Suddenly, Emerald appears in a realm of nothingness, standing before the four elementals; a genie like entity with fire for the head(Fire elemental), a genie like entity with a water drop for the head(Water elemental), a genie like entity with a circular dome of air for head and a tornado for the lower body(Air elemental),and a rock golem with a volcano on its back and trees and vines growing off its body(Earth elemental).

Emerald: E-Elementals.

He wipes his tears and kneels down.

Earth elemental: Emerald.

Fire elemental: The power of Buddha has failed you too, hasn't it?

He nods.

Water elemental: As calculated.

Earth elemental: Now it's up to you… to do what the gods couldn't.

Emerald: B-But I can't do it alone.

Air elemental: Who said you're alone?

Suddenly, a gentle hand rests on his shoulder.

As he turns around, he sees Sapphire with a golden aura, lighting up the darkness.

Sapphire: Hey.

He looks at her smile in shock.

Emerald: (This is the same smile she had back in Kiki's cave.)

Emerald: Sa-Sapphire?

Sapphire: Long time no talk. How's my friend been?

Emerald: Friend?

Sapphire: What? Did you net feed Kiki?

Emerald: (Oh!)

Sapphire: And you?

Emerald: Huh?

Sapphire: Have you been feeding yourself?

Emerald: Why do you care?

Sapphire: Because we're friends. As simple as that.

He gets shocked by her response.

Sapphire: What? Were you expecting a different answer?

Emerald: I... don't deserve a friend like you.

Sapphire: Well y'got one anyways.

Emerald looks at her unhinged smile before grabbing her hand in regret.

She starts to playfully stroke Emerald's hair.

Sapphire: What's the matter? Or should I say, 'Must I ask the reason behind your troublesome expression?'

She chuckles a little.

Sapphire: God bless-

Emerald: -Pearl… and Ruby. I couldn't protect them.

Sapphire: Okay.

Emerald: If I was stronger, I could've maybe done something.

Sapphire: So what? Is your present worth wasting on dwelling on the intangible past, or to prepare for the distant yet tangible future?

Emerald: But-But what do I do?

Sapphire: You take me down.

Emerald: But I can't.

Sapphire smiles before grabbing his hands using hers.

Sapphire: It's a punishment… for breaking your promise.

Tears start to roll down as Emerald looks up to see a smiling Sapphire.

Sapphire: Do you want them to die in vain?

Emerald wipes his tears and gets up.

Emerald: Damn you Sapphire.

She chuckles a little.

Sapphire: Thanks.

In the real world.

Darkness: The silence of a god.

It lands near him, grabbing its own chin.

Darkness: The only thing scarier than the scream on the devil.

Emerald gets up and looks at his hand with Sapphire's ring (Mended by him) and Pearl's whistle.

He puts it in his pocket, quietly standing there.

Narrator: As his soul falls, his power rises.

Emerald: Do you fear it tho?

The darkness still in Sapphire's body, is taken aback by his cold demeanor, as the shattered pieces of the helberd emit a golden glow, slowly levitating towards one another.

Air elemental: You think he'll do it?

Fire elemental: He has to.

Water elemental: You did a good job in picking an avatar.

Earth elemental: I could say the same thing about you.

Fire elemental: But it's true. 

The earth elemental nods.

Darkness: Ouch. Rude. Could you not be-

*BOOM*

Emerald punches it using his earth gauntlets, to the other side of the battlefield.

As the darkness gets back to its feet, Emerald slams the axe, filled with the cracks formed from its previous destruction, but now being held together by a golden light on its shoulder, chopping off an arm, which immediately starts to grow back as an arm fully made up of darkness.

Emerald: Answer me. Do you fear the silence of a god?

He kicks it up before launching countless earth plates at it mid-air, forming a spherical rock around it.

Emerald: Do you fear death?

It blasts the plates away, right before blasting a beam of darkness at him.

As the beam is about to land, he plants the helberd to the ground, splitting the beam into smaller omni-directional rays.

The darkness launches countless dark blades, but Emerald simply lifts the helberd, spinning it around, using it as a shield against the blades.

The darkness punches him away, but he buries the glave in the ground, stopping himself.

Suddenly, a ball of dark energy blasts him up.

The darkness joins his arms into a double handed axe slam, slamming his skull.

Emerald, while falling, spins around, slicing the darkness's leg off which also starts to grow back.

As Emerald lands on the ground, a giant earth dragon rises, swallowing the darkness.

Suddenly, he collapses it into a thin, super dense chain which the darkness destroys.

Water elemental: Your avatar remaining calm at such a trivial affair appears to be his biggest strength. The darkness can't read any of his moves.

Air elemental: Plus, he's welding the helberd like it's some kind of child's play.

Earth elemental: All thanks to your avatars. Their influence is what drives his fighting spirit.

Emerald opens his arms and takes a deep breath, clenching the axe.

The darkness charges an energy attack and launches it at Emerald, causing an explosion. 

As the dust settles, he's nowhere to be found.

Darkness: Where-

As it looks up,it notices Emerald, about to slam the axe down.

It suddenly turns to the form of dark energy, getting away as the axe lands on the ground, cracking the earth beneath.

As the darkness appears again, Emerald jumps up again, trying the same attack.

The darkness blocks it using its arms.

Emerald continues his attack, slicing it through its face, leaving a massive scar.

The darkness blasts a dark ball to his gut but he tanks it, responding with a knee to its gut.

Emerald kicks it on all fours, towering over him as he starts to pant.

It suddenly takes the form of Sapphire.

Darkness: I-I'm free. E-Emerald you freed me from that nightmare.

Emerald just glares at it.

Darkness: Oh thank goodness. It was horrible-

Emerald suddenly slices its finger off, revealing dark energy.

Darkness: This-This.

Sapphire(Spirit): Do it.

*BOOM*

He slams the axe down, slicing the body through the neck to the gut, as all the dark energy starts to fade away, leaving her body.

Emerald just stands still, gripping on to the axe as the screen goes black.

Emerald: I can't believe I'm about to do this.

Emerald, wearing a straw hat and a strand of wheat in his mouth, sighs.

Emerald: Our world was made billions of years ago by Jaya who made our planet's protectors; the elementals. Humans worshipped these elementals and in return, they gave us the power to warp a specific element. Fire, water, earth and wind. 

He starts to walk through a village, exiting his farm, towards a small cemetery on top of a hill.

Emerald: A few years ago, a war broke out due to the aries of a fifth element; the dark forces. The elementals couldn't interfere in mortal conflicts, so they chose me and my friends to save the world. Ruby, the brightest flame, Pearl, the storm slayer… and my closest friend.

He slightly chuckles.

Emerald: We argued a lot.

He gives a soft smile when standing in front of a tombstone with Sapphire carved onto it.

Emerald: And alas, Sapphire… the wisest idiot ever.

He starts to stroke the stone.

The end!!!

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