Having heard the other girl out, Ariel sighed miserably as she stood next to Amy in the shelter of the small tree. "Look...it doesn't get easier. At least not at first...I guess I kinda lied there, huh? Amy, I know how you feel, believe me. I...I-I was kinda in the same situation myself a long time ago...see, my parents had abandoned me at an early age, so I never got to even know them." Ariel clenched her fists tightly as her mind brought her eyes back to darker times.

"I was scared and alone...I was taken to an orphanage but that didn't help much. Soon, I was like you. I-I cut myself whenever I could...the orphanage nannies yelled at me when they found out, but that only made me cut deeper. I was even...I....lost something special at a young age. Something all little girls fear of losing when evil exists in the world."

"With my purity gone, I was through with the world. I wanted to die Amy! Sometimes I still do! I almost did it too....I was this close to just making it go away..."