The light was endless.
It wrapped around me, through me, burning away every scar, every fear, every shard of the girl I used to be. For a moment—an eternity—I simply was: raw, unbound, infinite.
When the light faded, I collapsed to my knees on unfamiliar ground.
The world was... silent.
No screams. No crumbling towers. No shattered sky.
Just a vast, endless plain under a sky so blue it almost hurt to look at. The air was thick with the scent of rain and blooming earth, sweet and new. A cool wind whispered across my skin, tugging at the tattered remains of my clothing like gentle hands.
I rose unsteadily to my feet.
The Door was gone. No towering black arch, no thrumming magic. Only a faint shimmer in the air where it had once stood—a ghost of a memory.
Had I done it? Had I truly cr
