The blow came fast.
Her darker self—this broken, hollow version of Mira—moved like liquid shadow. Every strike felt like a memory trying to stab its way back into her mind.
Mira stumbled, barely dodging, blood on her lip.
> “You don’t belong out there,” the reflection spat.
“I kept us safe. I carried the pain so you could smile in the dark.”
Eyla tried to interfere, but the man with no name raised a hand to stop her.
> “No. This fight is hers alone.”
The forest pulsed with tension. Every mirror reflected the battle—hundreds of Miras watching in silence.
The reflection landed another strike.
CRACK!
Glass split under Mira’s boots.
Her legs shook.
Her hands trembled.
Her thoughts blurred.
Then—
she heard a voice.
Not outside.
Inside.
> "Your power doesn’t come from remembering who you were...
It comes from facing who you are now."
The book still glowed under her jacket.
The map.
The Core.
The heart of her.
She closed her eyes.
The next time her reflection struck—
Mira caught the blade. With bare hands.
> “You’re not my weakness,” she whispered.
“You’re my warning.”
The reflection’s eyes widened—
But it was too late.
Mira’s body pulsed with a strange light.
Blue, laced with silver.
It shimmered like thought turned into fire.
She whispered the words like they were written in her bones:
> "Echo Reversal."
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And everything reversed.
The Mirror Forest twisted—
Each reflection turned inward.
The dark version of Mira froze, her body collapsing into shards of memory that flew back into the map.
When it was over…
Only Mira stood.
Stronger.
Still trembling.
But whole.
Eyla ran to her.
> “What the hell was that?”
The man stepped forward, his voice hushed with awe:
> “That was your first Core Ability. Echo Reversal…
It lets you reflect memory back onto its source.
You didn’t just survive your pain.
You returned it.”
Mira looked at her hands, still glowing faintly.
> “It didn’t feel like power,” she said quietly.
“It felt like remembering who I really am.”
He nodded.
> “Good.
Because next time… remembering may be the only thing that keeps you alive.”
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memory core
Fantasy> ❝Memories don't die... They just hide where no one dares to look.❞ Mira thought she was just a normal girl. Until she woke up in a strange room, with a name that wasn't hers and a heart that remembered something... or someone... else. There is som...
