I Won't Bow to Bad Memories

Nova had felt off for awhile now. She couldn't find her fighting rhythm and it was throwing off not only herself but the Stealth Guard's normal flow.

"I'm taking off for a training mission." she anounces to the boys one day. Both were slightly shocked by the sudden out burst but didn't have a chance to question it since she was already leaving. Nova had filled her requip storage with different materials and supplies to last her for months!

With no destination in mind, Nova ran. She could feel the cool air whipping past her face as her hair flew behind her. The ground beneath her barefeet changed from smooth, grassy earth to a rocky, damp bed near a stream. It was slippery and of course a river can't continue forever... But still she ran. Nova pushed herself even when her lungs burned and all her muscles screamed in protest. As she flew across the terrain there was no thoughts in her mind for she had surpressed them. Just as she was about to collapse a sickening feeling creeped through her veins. Super Nova.

"No! I don't need you! I can do this." she screamed in her mind. But the spread of icy power continued. It wouldn't be contained. There. Just another 100 meters and the river became a waterfall. Her control was flickering. Three steps. Two steps. One and-

The mage flung herself forward, feeling herself lose it as she hurled to the freezing pool below.