The land began to quake all throughout Alterlife.

Ace the Great was not there when it happened.

But word spread fast that something had changed. An entire world became more tarnished—the sun’s luster no longer as bright, the sky a constant, dreary grey, the animals skittish and afraid. A sense of uncertainty lay heavy upon the minds of all those who inhabited the world.

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A feeling of impending dread, as if a storm brewed in some far-away land and was coming to release its fury upon all of Alterlife.

Those who spoke about it did so only in whispers.

The silence that was shared among them spoke to the fear and uncertainty that held sway.

The uneasy wait would continue; time would reveal what was to come.

And in a distant land far to the north, a mountain shook and broke apart.