{ANKHSERAM'S POV}
Why Ankh? What did I do to deserve this?

I've changed, but I'm still the one you loved. So why do you run from me as if revolted by what I've become? Why do you choose reincarnation over and over? I can't accept it. I'll find you. I promise.

Why... why... WHY?!!

{NO ONE'S POV}
When the Great Being Seram died, the explosion of magic power caused by its death was similar to a nuclear bomb. The Raiders were wiped out; nothing but dust remained of the feared tribe.

Foliage and magic would later grow and expand from that point, turning the barren desert of Fiore into the flourishing diverse landscape it is in present day. The pantheon of gods also grew from one to many, each god controling one of Seram's many duties.

But what of Maude's ill-fated babe, born too early? Her lungs were not mature enough. She would be unable to breathe soon—she was slated to die.

And then, one more tiny contradiction. She who was destined to die was left alive in the end.

A caravan of merchants traversing nearby felt the world shake and followed the tremors to their source. There, they found a crying babe in the epicenter of a city-sized ring of ash and glass.

The merchants decided to adopt the abandoned babe. A nursing mother fed her milk.

The merchants fled the cursed area long before the new god arose from its despair, thus it never learned of their presence. As the little babe aged, she eventually grew into a beautiful young woman with emerald eyes and platinum blonde hair. She looked exactly like her unknown mother.

The young woman fell in love, got married, and had a beautiful daughter of her own. When that babe grew up, she also had a child.

For several generations, spanning hundreds of years, the human bloodline of Maude survived. Maya... Mari... Maverick... Malik... Mabel... Maseru... Maui...

Until the last living descendant of that one tiny contradiction moved onto a certain island. The blonde-haired green-eyed girl slaved away for a certain guild her dead parents owed money.

It was Tenrou Island. Her name... was Mavis.

THE END