Sky Islands: Tari's Rise

The White Void view slowly faded as the sun began to set. The crisp soft sound of the sand hits her face. After hours of laying there she woke up, hair covered in sand. She shook her head and sat up, patting the sand off of her arms and legs. She stands up and limps over to a fence, holding onto it as she takes out her cracked phone as she sees her reflection. She'd drop the phone from shock. Her hair had faded to a Cyan colour with a magenta highlight strike. She'd have cuts and bruses all over her arms and face, as she'd see a path leading to what looked like a campsite. She would look behind her seeing an endless ocean, no way home. The emptiness would begin to hit her as she'd tear up thinking of Bonnibel.

Quickly wiping her tears, she would stand up properly as the wind gust through her hair. Walking over to the campsite slowly, a blueish glow, shone in her pocket. Reaching in for it, she'd be holding a shard left from the Cryo-Genesis. It's enough energy to last for years, she smiled knowing that was Bonnibel's doing. She would hold the shard, seeing its power from just a small glance. She'd put it back in her pocket before continuing to walk towards the campfire. The island she was on, was alone and seemingly had one single hill either side of the island. Covered in acacia trees and grass coloured green, newly grown flowers and tropical colours to go along.

She sat on a log and rubbed two sticks together. Hoping to start the campfire to stay the night. No predator animals seemed to be here, so she knew she was still stuck between the feild. She'd put the sticks on the campfire as the fire itself grew larger, the smoke lifting upon a free area in the sky between the trees. Tari would sit there thinking hard about where to go from here as the crickets chirp and the sound of crackling fire soothes the night sky. She would take off her boots, setting them beside the log as she would take off her hoodie, folding it into a pillow shape. Placing it behind her as she lay there staring up at the sky.

"I wish you were here Bonnie." She would whisper with her quiet voice being the only voice to be heard. She would sigh letting out a little cry as the last few minutes she had with Bonnibel were more than traumatic. The look on Bonnibel's face as she hugged Tari. It was everything to her, since it was the last she will ever see of her. She would stare at the night sky feeling the nightly wind as she thought about the past. She closed her eyes, knowing she needed some sleep, drifting away softly.

She awoke hearing the birds chirping, as she sat up, holding her head, putting her boots back on as she grabbed her hoodie, quickly stopping and seeing it. It was Bonnibel's hoodie. And it was now Tari's. She took a deep breath and put the hoodie on before walking to the place she first awoke at. She would roll up her leggings as she sat there with her feet in the ocean and her boots and socks sitting beside her. She would just be sat thinking of what to do, stressing out since she's in the middle of nowhere. She would see deserted Islands far far away but knew it was nothing more or less than a palm tree and sand. The feeling of emptiness came back as she knew she was alone.

She looked at her hand, noticing her Meta-Arm has been replaced with an actual arm. It would shock her as to how much she changed, her hair, her arm, her clothing. She was confused as to how any of this happened to her. She would stand up and grab her boots with one hand. Walking over to the campsite and placing them down, she would stretch her body as she would then yawn. Walking to the hill noticing the path leading to an oddly placed door. Surrounded by wood, as if there was a house on the other side of the door. She would open the door slowly as her jaw dropped and her eyes lit up.

She saw a civilisation, with Islands connecting to each other and islands close but not far from them. Tari would stand in awe as the wind blew her hair. "I-...I can't believe it..." She would say to herself, then repeating it almost 3 times until she did believe it. She ran to the edge of the hill since it was a far drop to the ocean otherwise. She would stand in absolute awe as she saw what we all call.

A New Hope.