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Anima is blown back by the blast of the dragon and is blasted back to a tree. He can feel the high tides and crazy wind as he stands on the island.

Anima: Oww, what the hell is happening? How am I meant to defeat this huge fucking dragon?

Suddenly, something pops up in front of Anima, a sign like in a video game. It's a warning.

Anima: Read it out loud.

Anima: The first trial has begun. Please tame the dragon.

Anima: And how am I meant to do that exactly?!

The dragon swings its tail at Anima.

WOOOOOOOOSH

Anima jumps and dodges it, but the tailwind blows away all the trees in the forest.

Dragon: ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

The massive 100-foot pink dragon opens its mouth and starts charging something. Anima can see tiny black balls collecting to form something.

Anima: What am I meant to do here? How am I meant to defeat something this huge and powerful? This makes no sense! In what fucking world do I tame this massive ass dragon?!?!?

Before Anima can react, the beam forms and blasts straight at him. It completely destroys the entire island.

Anima swims up from the sea to see the dragon, soaking wet.

Anima: Huff, huff.

Anima is heavily breathing.

Anima: What the hell was that?

He survived by pure miracle. This dragon is no normal fire-breathing dragon, even Anima can tell that. But something seems off.

As Anima stares at the dragon, it launches another one of those black beams. Anima has no clue if he can luck out again to survive one of those death beams, but something seems off about them.

Anima: Why the hell is the dragon so angry? How am I meant to tame such a beast?

Anima realizes something.

Anima: Those beams aren't destroying anything. They're erasing the space, deleting space around the area. So, wherever the beam gets fired, the space there gets deleted. So why wasn't I deleted? Also, every time it roars, it's distorting the space of this entire dream world, so it's constantly shrinking. But I wasn't deleted while I was in the area the beam happened.

Anima: If I'm not being destroyed by this beam, does that mean...

Anima: Wait, can I die here? Isn't this place a projection of my soul? Yes, this is my dream. Can I die in my dream? And if I die here, do I fail the trial? Or can I even die here?

Anima has to think. How does he lose this dragon? How does he win this trial?

Anima has a thought, but he has to test it. He lifts his hands up.

Anima: Come at me, I'm here, bitch!

Dragon: ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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The dragon shoots the beam straight at Anima, deleting a part of the ocean but not Anima himself.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

Anima understands the meaning: "Tame the dragon."

He thinks about why these unsealed memories came back, why he acted the way he did, and he finally understands the meaning of the first trial.

The pathway you get is based on your soul. A dragon had manifested in this world with a huge ocean, a small island, and Anima himself. The dragon represents the rage that Anima had when he saw his mother again. This area represented him, the inside of his soul. The dragon deleted part of the ocean and island, symbolizing Anima's rage engulfing him and consuming his soul. The rage he had engulfed him when he saw Mom, it's engulfing his soul. Anima had finally understood the meaning of the first trial. When the task "tame the dragon" had shown, Anima didn't understand. He didn't get it. Now he understands. He understands to "tame the dragon." He had to tame himself. He had to tame his rage. For now, a dreamwalker to walk, they need to have a clear mind. He will need to deal with this rage later, but for now, he needs to tame it before it engulfs his soul. The dragon was deleting the area, so he had to tame the dragon before it deleted the entire area, letting his "rage" engulf his soul.

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Anima: I understand it now.

The dragon had prepared another beam and blasted it at Anima.

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It destroyed another part of the ocean. Anima survived, the dragon had lived. The dragon had become even more furious that Anima was still alive and continued to be consumed with more rage as Anima had survived. The dragon had prepared another beam. He was engulfed with rage.

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It had been blasted and deleted more space, but Anima had survived. He had lived, Anima continued to swim to the dragon.

Anima: I'm coming for you, you huge fucking dragon.

The dragon had prepared another beam this time and put even more energy into it, expanding it to a massive black ball, planning to delete everything to use his rage to consume everything.

Anima: I'm so close, wait for me.

The dragon had expanded its ball to the size of the world. He was planning to destroy the entire area, the entire world, to engulf it with its fury, its rage.

Anima: COME ON, I'M SO CLOSE!

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Anima, as he was about to touch the dragon, was blasted to the ground, obliterating almost everything in the world, including the space of the world. All that was left was a small bit of water, Anima, and the dragon. The world had been reduced to the size of a winter globe.

Anima: I made it on time.

Anima's palm was on the dragon's chest.

Anima: It's fine. I understand your rage being engulfed in it, but let's spare that rage for when the time is right. Let's spare that rage for when we have to dance to music, to Mother. She will understand and feel it. How we felt, she will feel the rage we have in our souls. For now, let's contain it and keep walking.

The dragon put its head down to Anima, and Anima petted it.

Anima: We move forward now.

A message popped up in front of Anima, saying, "Congrats on completing the 2nd trial."

Anima: Let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!

Back in the real world, Mr. Arakin, Eros, and Vera were eagerly waiting for Anima.

Eros and Vera both had worried faces.

Mr. Arakin: Looks like Anima has finished the 1st trial. Now 4 more to go.

Eros and Vera both sighed in relief.

Vera: Thank God.

Eros: Don't let me down, loser.

On top of the dragon's head, a portal opened to go to the second trial.

Anima: Dad, I'm onto the second trial.

Anima entered through the second portal, instantly falling through the sky.

Anima: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anima fell through the sky and through some trees, landing in a bush.

Anima: Ouch.

Anima scratched his head in confusion about what just happened.

Anima stood up and left the bush. As he walked, he felt something tugging on his shirt. Anima turned around.

Anima: Huh?

Anima saw a little girl tugging at his shirt.

???: Could you help me, Mr.?

The second trial had begun.