Ever since that day... Sunrise was starting to get along with Mom. Not that there was anything wrong with it... I just felt weird. I always had to justify what Mom did to Sunrise. I had to justify to myself. But... now there was no reason to.
Sunrise forgave her.
Now what was I supposed to do?

"Hey Mom."
"Hey! You know, we could start training today, if you wanted. I already asked your sister."
"Yeah, sure."

I don't why... but I walked away from her. Such a simple thing, but two days ago I would've stayed.
I would've stayed with her.
Was I angry at her?
No.
Right?

—(Sunrise)—

My life felt... perfect.
I forgave Mom, I had my mark, everything was falling into place.
But Solar has gone distant. Not too much, but he used to be so close to everyone. Did something happen in the one hour I was gone?
No one has said anything.
But you know what? I'm not going to worry about that right now. I'm going to train with Mom. Everything is going to be fine.
Perfectly... fine.
Fine.

~~{Palace of the Gods}~~

"I've felt a disturbance. Another crisis."
"Well, Luna's children will be able to handle it. This is why we've given them these powers."
"Are we so sure?"
"Jade, listen to me. Lucifer was a mistake. We felt the disturbance, we gave him the powers. How could we know he would be another disturbance?"
"I know... but we've felt the disturbance twice. That should mean something. Anything."
"The children will figure it out. After Lucifer, how bad could this one be?"
"Mages are changing. Evolving. They're learning new magic. This one could be as worse as Lucifer."

An uneasy silence fell on them. Luna had died fighting Lucifer.

"Then this world is doomed."

—(Solar)—

What's happening with me? I'm not like this. I was never like this.

I need to talk to Samara.
She'll help me.
Because she's my best friend, the best friend I could ask for.