"This book is quite old. I'll admit that," Professor Palladium leaned on his chair as he looked at Tecna and the rest of the resistance. "But..." A small smile formed on his face; the very first one since this entire chaos started. "You chose the right book. After skimming it, I can very much confirm that it can help us bring Bloom back." 

Everyone's reactions varied as murmurs began rippling through the crowd. Hope began shimmering in the air after hearing his declaration. Palladium was not the type to give false hope, and this fact made them even more happy. 

"Are you absolutely sure about that?!" Griffin looked somewhat ecstatic, her scarred face showing excitement for the first time ever since Faragonda and Saladin lost to Darkar, leaving her as the only survivor of the headmaster group. 

"Indeed I am," Palladium smiled back at her warmly before proceeding to look at Tecna. "You did the right thing Tecna. I am sure that we can bring her back with this." 

"T-Thank you so much, Professor!" Tecna bowed to him, her bright grin revealing how happy she was after hearing the news. Relief flooded her veins, and tears began falling after hearing this small yet meaningful compliment from him. 

"So what should we do now?" Brandon decided to speak up, leaning on the wall as he looked at Palladium. "Can you do that spell or potion or whatever there is? Because I swear, if I have to hear another fact from Professor Wizgiz, I'm going to scream!" 

At that, everyone cracked up immediately, ignoring said professor's insulted "HEY!" while laughing. 

"A-As much as I would like you to show more respect, y-you have a point!" Codatorta snickered, rolling on the ground. 

"They're just horrible, to put it simply!" Chatta giggled. "Even Digit can make better ones, and his are just stupid!" 

"HEY!" Digit pouted at the Pixie. "They're better than yours at least, right Tecna?!" 

Tecna just sweat dropped before answering, "Sorry, Digit, not this time." 

"W-WHAT?!" He looked completely shocked hearing that. "TECNA! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!" With that, he started shaking her back and forth, looking completely panicked. "My jokes are not THAT bad!"

The rest just burst out laughing even more as the atmosphere lighted up seeing this humorous display. 

They had been through a lot of things. Deaths of loved ones, close friends... They were all fractured... 

But they had stuck together, remembering their main goal; to call the light back home to Magix. 

Remembering that helped Tecna get back to business. 

"Alright guys, we should stop joking now," Her face got serious. "We need to get this thing started as soon as possible before Darkar's army comes after us." 

Upon hearing that, the rest stopped laughing and got serious as well. 

They were ready to fight. To end this sick and twisted world and rid it of darkness. 

No matter the cost.