Shortly after the devastation of the Nibel by Kuro, everything around the forest was lifeless. It looked like almost a chaos place with no hope. All trees, including the Spirit Tree, were withered. No sight of life, it began to decay… Only Ori and Sein were walking on their journey for restoring the Elements of the forest before it was too late…
“Sein… I feel so cold in here… What if I couldn’t catch up time before searching out the problem?”, said Ori to Sein.
“Ori… We must continue the mission to restore the Elements of the Nibel. You are the only hope to save our home when the Spirit Tree gave you a chance to live. The way to the Ginso Tree is still quite far away. If we don’t hurry up, something will happen fearfully.”, said to Ori.
At the moment, Ori felt pessimistic. Ori always thought about Naru when Ori couldn’t bare looking her motionless. She died… If only Ori could have brought fruits and ran faster to her. Without Sein, Ori might just be a spirit light getting dimmed in the dark place, being lost to find the hope. Ori could feel the heavy, cold atmostphere while Ori was stepping in the forest because of lacking subsistence. The gray sky covered up the entire of the place. It was colorless… In the dark place, nothing was shone up, except Ori and Sein. They were the last light of life. They needed to hurry up to the Ginso Tree.
“Look Ori, I found something!”, Sein shouted to Ori.
“What is it, Sein?”, Ori wandered.
“A red flower! It’s so rare to find it in this place where everything was destroyed”, said to Ori with excited voice.
“Oh… I’ve never seen this flower before… It’s so colorful…”, Ori carried the flower. Ori was smiling, feeling the softness of petals and the aroma of the flower. Sein looked at Ori, carrying the flower like taking care of Ori’s wish like Ori wished to bring life to Ori’s home.
Sein flied near to Ori and said: “We’re lucky to catch this flower blooming around the dust of the trees. It can stand on here without any trouble. It’s so beautiful like you. If you could keep up your hope, if you could get rid of depression and stand up to against the darkness, you could bring life to the wood once again like before, and Naru too, couldn’t you? You are a spirit. Light from you shall illuminate the entire of Nibel”.
Ori thought again what Sein just said. Ori looked at the flower again. The strong will of the flower kept it alive. The Spirit Tree needed Ori to restore the energy of lives. Now Ori understood the importance point of Sein. He stood up and told Sein to continue the adventure so as to fight the dark before it was too late…

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Art and story were done by me