I had come home several days after Louis had revealed he was ready to heal me, and excitement made me hardly able to stay still in the car ride home when I thought about what would happen later that night.

This was going to be the last day I would ever have to worry about a heart problem.

I had already figured out what I would tell Dad when I was healed. I would reveal Louis' powers and tell him I knew all about Lux and Mom and maybe he would open up to me about everything he had experienced in his life with a Luxien like Mom. There would be no more secrets, and maybe Louis could finally take me to the Rift. Today would change my whole life for the better, I could finally be the Mira I was born to be.

Louis had insisted I relax the whole day so that my body would be easier to heal later at night, carrying me inside the cabin and upstairs to lay me in my bed once we arrived back home. Dad had only managed to yell for me to relax in bed, his eyes rolling as he heard my laughter when Louis swiftly carried me upstairs.

"Today, your life starts completely over." Louis had assured me as I had kissed his cheek, my heart racing with excitement for later that night.

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I had watched from my bed as Louis had shut my bedroom door so Dad wouldn't intrude, my hands folded over my stomach as I watched him walk back over to me. We had cleared the blankets from the bed, a pillow and my body the only things remaining on it.

"You ready?" Louis had asked with a soft smile as he took one of my hands in his and kissed over the knuckles. My heart was racing so fast I feared it would jump out of my chest, my voice catching in my throat as all I could do was nod.

"Are you scared?" He asked quietly as he played with my fingers.

"No." I had immediately replied, Louis taking a deep breath before setting my hand back where it rested on my stomach.

"Good." He had said before holding his hands out in front of him, about to begin. He looked a bit nervous and shaky, and I felt bad for him. Before I had to lay completely still, I leaned up and placed my hands on the sides of Louis' face, pulling him in for a kiss.

"I trust you." I mumbled against his lips, smiling when I leaned back against the mattress. Louis seemed to appreciate my words of faith in him, letting out a sigh of relief before holding his hands in front of him again.

"Don't move a muscle." He ordered, his eyes closing as he began.

My eyes watched in wonder as a golden shimmer began to envelope the room and the space around me. The shimmer looked like tiny fireworks crackling and exploding into bright lights, the lights soon connecting into one giant aura around my whole body in seconds. I looked up to Louis, his eyes opened and his face completely focused as he raised his palms up high.

My breath was stolen away as I saw a shimmering blue glow lifting up from beneath my skin, all of it swirling up and compacting itself into Louis' open hands. Louis' hands swirled around the blue glow before forming into an image of a heart...my heart. Louis turned the model of my heart around in his hands, my eyes catching sight of small black spots littering the sparkling blue.

"This may feel strange, just try to stay still." Louis said to me before his fingers reached to pinch a spot of black. His closed fingers began to slowly pull the damaged spot away from the sparkling blue heart, a strange tugging sensation starting in my chest. An uncomfortable whimper escaped me and my eyes tightly shut as the stretching sensation turned painful, Louis whispering words of comfort to keep me still.

"I know, I know it hurts, just stay still." Louis grimaced as he heard my pain-filled groans. The spot was soon removed from my heart model, the shimmering blue glow growing and covering the space that was previously damaged.

"There's one." Louis seemed almost relieved as the damaged black aura dissipated between his fingers. Louis was relieved, but I was filled with dread as I saw the many other black spots on the heart, knowing I would have to face the pain many times more.

I sucked in a breath as Louis reached for another spot, forcing myself to brave the pain. I could do this, I could be strong for just a few more moments. A few moments of pain was nothing compared to the life I would be able to live with Louis.

A while later, I was exhausted and tired, but happy that Louis was almost done. There was only one tiny spot left, one tiny spot and I was free. I think Louis was greatly relieved that nothing bad had happened so far. He kept telling me that everything would be over soon, but I didn't have enough energy left in me to say anything.

"Almost done, Butterfly, don't worry." Louis assured me before reaching for the last dark spot on my heart. There had been so many damaged spots I was used to the pain by now, but I still winced when the pain hit me as Louis dragged the last spot out of my poor heart.

A sigh of relief escaped him as the last dark spot dissipated into thin air, the blue model of my heart shining and shimmering as it healed itself, a weak smile spreading on my lips.

"There, done. You're all healed." Louis smiled as he prepared to return the blue glow back into my body. Just as he was about to move his hands, though, I felt a strange feeling in my chest.

I felt a heavy weight settle on my chest, like someone was sitting on me. I wasn't too comfortable, my face turning into a grimace as the weight felt like it increased.

"What's wrong?" Louis suddenly asked, fearful he may have done something wrong.

"I can't breathe," I could barely whisper as the weight felt like it still got only heavier, crushing my lungs. I choked out a cough, an icy feeling creeping into me as I realized something was very wrong. "Lou, I can't...can't breathe!"

I tried to move to see if that would help, but my body felt like it was paralyzed.

Suddenly, the lights began to flicker in the room and one of my mirrors in my vanity shattered as I groaned in pain. Louis was getting scared now, eyes darting from the shaking room to me.

"Mira, calm down, let me fix it." Louis tried to assure me, but the pain was too much to bear. My skin felt like it was on fire, my newly healed heart was thumping quickly in my chest, and I felt like both of my lungs were collapsing. I tried to scream in pain, but all that came out was a weak groan.

I tried moving again, but nothing would obey my mind's commands. My bedroom kept shaking as if from an earthquake and my lights were still flickering as if in a horror movie.

Just as if the situation couldn't get any scarier, my entire body suddenly lit up in red angry jagged lines across my pale skin, the blue model of my heart held in Louis' hands turning a dark scarlet, the black spots returning and increasing in number, slowly beginning to cover my whole heart.

"What is going on? I-I did everything the w-way I was supposed to!" Louis was scared out of his mind as my pain only got worse and my heart kept turning black. I felt like I couldn't breathe, and as time passed and my vision got blurry and spotted over, I began to think maybe I had stopped. I knew I had when Louis' hands went to the sides of my face, eyes wide and teary as he looked from my now blue lips to my eyes that were slowly shutting.

"No! Mira stay with me!" Louis had begged me as he saw the heart almost entirely turning black, my heartbeat getting weaker and weaker in my chest.

"Mira please!" Louis' voice cracked as he yelled, tears now overflowing on his cheeks as he watched the heart turn completely black, my own fragile organ slowing more.

Ba-dum bump...ba-dum bump...ba-dum bump.......ba-dum bump..........ba-dum bump...............ba-dum bump..........................

"Please, I can't lose you too!" Louis was sobbing, and I could feel death coming for me. My weak body relaxed into the mattress as I waited for Death's hand to lead me out of the world, my soul desiring for Louis to know one thing before I passed. He had to know.

"Lou...I..." I managed to say, but just then, Louis was thrown off of me. His body slammed into the glass doors I had loved so much, his head hitting the glass hard, his body slumping against the doors as he fell unconscious.

I looked up to see Dad like I had never seen him before: his hands were glowing with a pure white beam, eyes hardened and determined as he held my blackened heart, my eyes widening as the white glow began to cleanse it of the black that was choking the life out of me. My eyes were wide until my weak body couldn't take the burden it had endured, both of them slipping shut just as I watched the now blurry glow from Dad's hands disappear.

"You'll be better soon, Mira. Just a little longer, and you'll be better."

A/N: Not gonna lie I was tearing up as I wrote this chapter...how many of y'all were crying with me? *hands out tissues*

Dedication goes to @MissPotatoQueen for her fangirling in her comment on the last chapter!

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