Aria was nearly overpowered by dread, misery, and fear that clogged her throat like concrete. The edges of the necklace tie frayed and were about to snap, the gemstone blinking frantically as it knew the danger faced. Within her mind, usually represented by a calm ocean, everything was beginning to freeze over. Through the whirlwind of it all however, in the void of her own mindscape, something came through.

Two simple words.

The same two that another being who turned away from evil despite a horrific origin remembered when she said it to them upon facing doom against Enjin.

A masculine tone echoed through her mind, one strong but also comforting.

-“Don’t lose.”

Deep within the mental plane of her mind, where the ocean of thought threatened to be frozen over, a dragon of black and gold burst through the ice.

The siren heart flashed gold and a magnificent surge of power rocketed through Aria Blaze’s form. Boreas’ body was shocked back from the conductive energy and Aria barely had the mental faculties to grab his arm and wrench her necklace away from his grip lest he tear it away with his tumble back. Gravity distorted all about her body, lifting Aria Blaze off the ground while intermittently levitating or crushing nearby objects.

Within the mind of the siren, a purple hippocampus gazed up at the enormity of the dragon.

<del>“What is</del> What’s happening!?” she pleased in thought.

-“There is no time to explain.” the dragon responded as power coursed through Aria’s body.

Boreas recovered from his shock, ice beginning to grow over his form as he cackled maniacally and observed with pride his spawn. Golden light washed over Aria Blaze to form a cocoon that hid her from view. Within her mind someone was talking to her.

-“Defend yourself! Use my power!”

-“Wh-Who are you?!”

-“You’ve known me….”

The shell of magic flashed before bursting open, revealing itself to be large wings of magical light. Her skin had completely blackened with armored, golden scales formed across her form in some places. Horns started to magic their way into existence to crown her head. Red eyes snapped open even as they were wet with tears upon facing the form of whom she loved possessed by the monster that mutilated her mother.

Beholden to her beloved possessed by a nightmare of the past, Kaizer Aria had returned as power exploded out of her.