Ari floated in the darkness. Not going anywhere but also not touching the ground. The world seemed to slip away, but she found that she did not care. Ari leaned into the darkness and allowed herself to just be there and endless peace enveloped her.

Green.

Ari became faintly aware that something had materialized in the darkness with her. It wasn't close but it began to take over the darkness and replace it. The little amount of contrast that it added to the darkness allowed Ari to glimpse a small shape take form. Squinting she tried to focus on the object that now shared the darkness with her. It was a small and she thought to herself that she wished she were closer so that she could see was it was. At that moment, Ari felt she was pushed across the space and before she could determine what was moving her, she was in front of the object. It was a smoothly rounded emerald stone. Ari reached out to the stone and let her hand hover above it. She didn't understand what made her hesitate to touch the gem, but started to withdraw her hand. The gem glowed a little brighter then. It invited Ari to share what it could offer.

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Strength... power...legacy...

Ari stretched her hand back to the stone and fully grasped it. A deep and growling voice came from the darkness and spoke to Ari shaking her soul.

"You."