At first Anise only felt the extraordinary discomfort and agony brought on by the Lord of Shadow's control over the spirits before her. She could tell she was fading and she was fading fast. Truly, she was terrified. Just as terrified as when she first arrived in the Forest. Even so, she stood her ground and braced herself against the overwhelming force of the spirits before her. She could feel the raw emotions flowing from them and without the protection of the Spirit Egg she barely managed to maintain herself.

A single thought passed through her mind, [i]perhaps it is better that I am doing this without the help of the Dragon.[/i]

The overwhelming feelings and thoughts from the spirits made it much harder for any other thoughts outside of emotion.

[quote][i]I'm scared.
This is eternity.
We are only objects.
We were never alive.
Nothing has meaning.
Fighting is useless.
There is no point.
There is no good.
I'm scared.
I'm scared.

Come with me.[/i][/quote]

Somewhere deep among the noise, Anise could hear a voice. Her voice. The memory of her own sun flashed before her mind's eye and Anise could not help but to grin. Deep down in her heart of hearts, she knew what this meant. "Come along, sister. Let us work together and save this world."

She welcomed the Light fully and entirely. Hope exploded throughout her so much so that it radiated outwards towards the gray spirits. She watched as the Lord of Shadow's grasp weakened on them and as it happened they transformed into more life-like forms. This was it! The start of the fall of the Lord of Shadow. His tyrannical reign would soon come to an end, and the people and spirits that lived under his selfish and heartless rule would be free before too long.

"Lord of Shadow," Anise called with raw conviction. "For too long you have thrived selfishly off the suffering of others. I, Anise Sinclair, declare war on you. I will fight you with everything I have, and I will win."

Just as she finished her brief speech, Anise felt herself shoved back into her body. She slowly opened her eyes and they readjusted to the blue and golden light mixing in the room. Peck called out to her and her eyes met with his. She beamed brightly at him. She could feel the hopeful spirits around her even though she could not see them. As Peck stepped back staring in amazement at her glowing hands Anise stood up with a proud and energetic expression on her face.

"I found her," she stated with a joyful tone. "We must go back to the lake. We must free her."

She had an idea that with the purifying power of Light and the healing power of Water she could begin to save the Dragon. However, she felt she had to completely free the Lady of Light first to do so successfully. She knew that the Lord of Shadow would do everything in his power to stop her, but that would not stop her from doing everything in her power to rescue the Lady of Light.

She put on her new shoes and marched on out towards the lake with purpose in her stride.