I know what all of you are probably thinking. "Oml another part." 

I'm sorry if any of you die during this part. And I'm also sorry if any of you are confused. Please comment if you are. But if you're clever enough, you'll see that this connects into something. 

~Writer-Chan

The darkness. Where would it end. He... he was gone. I could feel his could face pressed into mine. Why did this always happen.

"(Y/n)..." Mari's sobbing voice broke through the darkness. I could see her face as she brought my face up to see her dark eyes. All of our friends... they were dead. And he was... he was so cold in my arms. Mari and I were the only one left. I had thought that I was in darkness, but maybe since I could see her, that meant that there was still a ray of hope.

"Mari... they're all dead." I said, my tears unchecked.

She nodded. "I know." She said, her tears coming on again.

"It's all my fault." I said, and Mari's hands stroked my face, bringing me into a tight embrace. I could feel her shaking shoulders. Was she being consumed by this darkness too?

"No..." Mari said. "It's all Arachne's fault." She said. Her hands were shaking on the back of my head, holding me. She was silent for a moment, and then she pulled me away to look into my eyes. "I could... I could use my magic..." she said, her body covered in the crimson blood of our friends. Maka... Liz... Patti... Tsubaki... Kid... Soul... Black Star... Red.

I looked down to the one in my arms. He was so cold. "Even if we brought them back—" I said, and she shook her head.

"What if I changed everything?" she asked, her eyes seeming to grow hopeful. "What if... everything would be different. I don't even think you would remember anything, at least for a time, or until I found you." She said. I looked at her questioningly.

"What do you mean?" I asked, her words filling me with more grief. Was this some cruel joke? Arachne controlling my last friend to destroy me?

"Almost like a different dimension... but not." She said. I felt tears form in my eyes. "I don't know if you would still be a weapon, or even the same person. You might not even be a witch, you might be a completely different thing, but..." she said. "I would remember everything, and I could find you and try to get your memories back." She said.

"Would he be there?" I asked, holding him in my arms.

Mari nodded. "I would make sure of that. But you wouldn't remember them. At least for a long, long time. Your memories might come back." She said. "Almost if I reincarnated this world like it was before you joined the school." She said. "But everything would just be a little different." She whispered, tears falling from her cheeks as a helpless look came into her eyes. "You probably wouldn't remember much of your past, or the past of the new person you would be, because of your memories here distorting them."

I nodded. "Do it." I said. I was confused, but even if I "reincarnated" as a Keshin, at least there would be the small chance that he would be there. I could see all of them again. There wouldn't be this... pain.

Mari nodded, reaching her hands out, and I watched as they began to glow with darkness. Funny. Darkness would save me from darkness. Her hair floated as if an invisible wind was blowing and moving it. I felt the slightest hint of fear move in me as she reached forward and gently placed her hands on the ground. Light began to storm up from the earth, spreading outward and lighting up our surroundings.

It was a beautiful, light blue light, and it was enveloping everything. The trees, our friend's bodies, Mari and I. I watched her face as her skin seemed to crack.

"Mari!" I choked, reaching out to her. That's when I saw that the same was happening to my skin. I watched in horror as the crack lines moved farther up my arms.

Mari looked up to me, and I saw her smile. "Don't be afraid, (Y/n)." she said. That's when my vision was completely filled with the light. It felt as if my body was tearing apart, and I screamed, but no sound came form my lips.

And then, everything was still. My memories were still there, and I wondered if something had gone wrong. And that's when they started slipping away. It felt like new memories plastering over them, like clean bandages. And then even them became clouded.

I felt something cold around my wrists as I wanted to scream out, scream for Mari, even as my memories of her began to slip away and disappear. The cold on my body was metal, I realized, and felt cold walls pressing into my sides. I opened my eyes, and saw...

Darkness.