The fields seemed to go on forever. Purple grass decorated the environment, with stone pillars as well as strange trees across the area. Xahri looked up at the peaks. "The Phantasmal Peaks..." She kept walking in the direction of the peaks. There were no signs of life in sight, just a large expanse, and the peaks.

  Xahri walked for quite a while. She passed by several different landmarks as the peaks grew closer. All the pillars were different shapes, rocks were scattered in different colors, and by looking closely, some of the grass blades were brighter than others. The aura of the area was extremely calming. It was almost as if it was made to put one in a deep slumber. This was no dream though. "I want some time to relax... this feels like it inst going to be easy, ill lay down right over here!"

  Xahri laid down on the purple grass and looked up at the ethereal sky. Shooting stars of many different shades of purple, pink, and yellow could be seen. "It's beautiful... its a shame that nobody else is here to see this. But that's OK. Sometimes It's good to be alone." Xahri became very relaxed. She kept her eyes open, but fell into a trance looking up at the sky. Her body started sinking into the ground, her colors turning pure purple. "Soon... Finality..." Xahri whispered to herself.

  "I can feel myself flying through the sky, touching the stars, feeling the nice, cool breeze. It's a wonderful feeling. Even though its artificial, I-I can still feel it's embrace. It's time that I snap out of this though... I don't want to stay sleeping here forever... not yet at least..." Xahri snapped out of her and sat up. She stared at the peaks, while sitting on her knees. She got a good look of what was to come, and stood up. She made her final trek toward the base of the peaks.

  "Here we are." Xahri made it to the Phantasmal Peaks. Leaving the fields behind her, she entered the narrow pathway in the crevice of the mountain, and began walking... As she walked up the path, the walls around her turned into crystal. It was like a strange mirror. She could see herself on the other side, smiling, even though her true expression was much different. She kept walking. The ground was dotted with yellow stars, and the path ahead began to slowly open up. It became less and less narrow.

  After climbing over some rocks, the area opened up in front of Xahri, but the peaks were still towering above her. A vortex could be seen at the top of the peaks. "My destination." Xahri kept walking, until she was eventually stopped by a strange lifeform. "Monsters... here? Guess I do have to fight after all..." Xahri drew her weapon and quickly dispatched the ethereal foe. She then noticed a several purple eyes all around her. The lifeforms made themselves visible. They seems to be consistently changing shape. Their colors kept shifting, as well as the cries they were making. One moment they looked like a floating orb, the next, they were a four legged animal. These transformations kept happening. Xahri started running towards the way up. The ground was slightly elevating the more she ran ahead. The creatures chased after her.

  Xahri had to stop to fight a couple of enemies. She spun her blade and killed one of them. It dissapeared in a mist. Xahri detached her blades, and threw them at the enemies in front of her. They missed, but upon coming back, they pierced through the enemies, and destroyed them. Xahri jumped and spun around, and let her blades hit the enemies on the other side. They ricocheted back her and she reconnected them. She swifly took care of the other enemies in the area, and began running towards the summit once again.

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  The crystal mirrors reappeared on an open pathway. They were also on the ground, which made it slippery. Small crystal growths also poked out of the walls. Xahri eventually reached another open expanse, which was empty. She kept walking and found a cave entrance. She entered it, and found a path upwards. It was a natural spiral staircase. Behind her, more monsters appeared. Xahri threw her daggers downward, grabbed them, and slashed through the enemies, fatally wounding them. This also made the ground crack, shattering the staircase. It began to collapse. "Great." Xahri began sprinting up the stairs as they feel one by one directly behind her. Upon reaching the top, several more monsters were blocking the way to the exit.

  Xahri pinned the enemy in front with one of her daggers, and threw it forward. She made sure to get flung with it. This skewered most of the monsters in front of her. "These creatures... are part of my mind, aren't they... yet, I don't feel any mental pain upon defeating them. This numbness... It is the finality approaching me..." Xahri quickly dispatched the last few mosnters, and ran into the opening area. She was greeted by more cliffs, with no way up. "Guess I need to climb..." Xahri used her daggers as pickaxes and pinned them into the cliffside. She used them to climb up the wall like a ladder. She repeated this many times.

  As she was climbing, several flying creatures appeared over Xahri. They began barreling towards her. She grabbed one of her daggers and threw it at the enemies, and caught it once it returned to her. She picked it back into the wall and kept climbing. More enemies appeared, she repeated the process. This happened many times over and over until... Xahri made it up.

  Another large expanse could be seen in front her. This one was gleaming with bright lights. Several rainbow appendages appeared from up above. Xahri knew she counted fight those, so she began running, making sure she wasn't grabbed. She made it through the area, but not after tripping and falling a few times, slowing her progress. Upon reaching the other side, the appendages receded into the ethereal mist, and Xahri continued upward. She was nearing the top of the peaks. She was above the clouds at this point. The summit was clearer than ever.

  Xahri peacefully walked forwards until things went strangely silent. She looked around to see everything around her was wrapped in the ethereal vortex. "A sense of finality permeates the air." A long, stretched path was ahead of Xahri. It was full of spawned entities. "Almost there, just a short skip away." Xahri began dashing towards the end. A pedestal could be seen at the end of the path. She swung her daggers constantly as she ran, killing many monsters. Several appendages appeared behind her and chased her. Hands grew off the appendages and started shooting lasers and twilight spheres at Xahri. She dodged the laser, which made small explosions upon hitting the ground, and deflected the spheres into the monsters around her. This caused a chain reaction and killed many monsters.

  Most of the monsters were cleared out. Xahri sprinted towards the end of the path. The end was clearer than ever. "A dream has never been so vivid... heh... "dream" this is all too real..." Xahri was confronted by a large brute-like creature. She dueled it and swiftly took care of it. Tired out, she stumbled towards the pedestal. Xahri stood herself up, and closed her eyes. She held out her arms, and opened her palms. "Omni, my "creator" I offer you my soul, in exchange for the opportunity to save all of existence. Take it." Xahri dropped her weapons and collapsed. She hyperventilated as she could feel her spirit leaving her body. She took some breaths, and kept herself calm. "When the moonlight shines on me once again, I wont be there to witness it... and that's just about OK... See you soon." Xahri was lifted into the air, and flung upwards. Her eyes closed, she smiled, as she freely flew upwards. her body neared the vortex above her. She could feel her spirit form leaving her body.

  Instead of gripping on to it, she let herself feel a sense of release, as it left her body. She grew ever closer to the vortex. Until... She entered it...The peaks on the ground crumbled, and the world around them deteriorated. The vortex closed. It had fully consumed Xahri, and her soul.

  Xahri awoke to find herself in a beautiful aurora. Gleaming stars of multiple colors were around her. Heh... what I am saying. She couldn't see a thing... although, she could sense it. With her eyes closed, and a smile on her face, her soul appeared in her chest, cracked, and shattered. Pitch black and blood-red mist poured out of it. Xahri was still relaxed. Her spirit form fell into the background area, and dissolved. Xahri fell backwards, completely unconscious, and exited the vortex...