The beginning of Realization

Ibaeran slowly opened up her eyes only to find that her feet no longer on the ground and she was currently hovering, with steel wings of the Su Baera extended out from her back, in mid air over a massive chasm. Ibaeran then looked down below and found what seemed to be an massive endless abyss staring back at her. A look of confusion and shock was etched on her face as wondered where did the earth her feet rested on moments ago disappear to. She then recalled the surge of power along with the overwhelming rage and frustration that flowed through her body during the moments when she thought she would meet her end in the hands of the Balayifribos. Then, with those memories still fresh in her mind, Ibaeran then looked down at the colossal chasm below her feet where the ground once laid this time with a look of dread and expression that spoke of an impossibility being possible, as it quickly dawned upon her that the very chasm which seemed endless in its depths was created by her and the immense, raw, and overwhelming power she unleashed along with all her rage and frustration. What she saw below her, the abyss that was staring back at her as she looked down, was her doing, a rest of the untapped power lurking within, power she was yet to realize and its depth may even rival that of the seemly bottomless chasm she had just created.

Ibaeran looked at the sight below, the look of shock and bewilderment still evident in her face as she struggled to come to terms that what she saw was her doing. Ibaeran then looked at her hands, and for the very first time since she was bestowed the power of the Su Baera deeply pondered to herself, wondering just her deep do the depth of the power that laid within her go, and just how much could she with it. This was the first time Ibaeran her had witnessed with clear eyes, just what the power of the Su Baera was capable of, what she as the Su Baera was capable of, and it scared her a little as she recalled how the Balayifribos and the forest that surrounded her were completely consumed, overwhelmed and ultimately destroyed by the power she possessed, leaving being nothing more than the massive chasm that stood below her feet, understanding just how destructive the power she possessed could be but just at the very same time, she couldn't help but feel a strange and sense of peace from seeing what she had just done. Although she was unsure why witness such a form of carnage and destruction brought about by her own hands could make her feel such away, she couldn't help but feel pride in what she had just done, knowing that it was something she did using her own power even though it was for destruction.

Ibaeran then noticed something from inside of the chasm. It resembled a small long branch stretching out of the chasm, then came and another, then another and another and another. The branches sprouted out of the chasm in the thousand, then they began to spilt to form other branches on top of them which stretched, grew, and spilt to form other branches. Ibaeran then with eyes filled with awe and astonishment as the branches continued to grow until they began to intertwine and tangle with each to slowly cover the chasm she had created with her power. Then, once the chasm was covered up by the branches, slowly green grass began sprouting from top of the branches, completely covering up the branches underneath. Then trees began to emerge of grass, sprouting out and growing colossally inside just like the rest of the trees in the forest, Ibaeran even had to fly out of the way evade most of the trees as the sprouted out.

Once all the trees were done growing and stood firm on the ground made of roots and green grass, reaching past the peak above the sky like the other colossal trees of the forest, Ibaeran looked down with eyes with wonder and amazement, seeing the massive chasm was gone and the green forest floor along with the tree she destroyed had returned as they were re-grown from the ground up, making it seem as though sheer destruction Ibaeran caused due to her outburst of rage and frustration had never happened.

Ibaeran then gentle hover down to ground and planted her feet on the freshly grown forest floor. Feeling her firm the ground was, making her forget for a moment that they were nothing more than mere roots of underneath her feet. Ibaeran the looked at the trees surrounded her which had sprout from the ground mere moments ago but already reached so high up that it was impossible for to see their peak. Ibaeran then placed her hands of the ground, feeling how soft grass felt on her palm but smiling warmly, having never before seen anything quite like forest healing itself just like she had witness. Ibaeran then looked around, taking her surrounds and as she took in the beauty of the luscious that surrounded Ibaeran finally understood why Kiri Dumo was known as the world of life.

Ibaeran then remembered the reason she was Kiri Dumo and as she did, she felt a tight knot in her stomach. Ibaeran then looked at her hands once more before letting out a sigh, knowing the heavy weight of the responsibility placed on her shoulders, and even what she had to do felt disgustingly wrong, recalling the overwhelming feeling of fear and dread she felt just from being the presence of the king seeing him looking down on her like a lowly insect was enough to make her endure to overwhelming shame flowing through her body along with every single fiber in her body that told her that the path she was walking on was not the right no. She then crushed her hands in to a tight fist, knowing she may detest herself for herself for the choice she made and deep down she may accept that it was more of a choice made by her fear and cowardice but, with a deep breath, Ibaeran steeled her nerves, extended out the steel wings on her back and took the skies, soaring through the forest at speeds to great for any eye to comprehend. Even though Ibaeran wanted so badly to break the shackles and chains placed on her, to be free and not a slave to anyone, the lingering fear and doubt she had for herself and her ability was ultimately what denied her greatest wish as in her mind, no matter how much power or strength she possessed she had it engrained in her mind that it would never be enough to face that monster, so all she could do was do his bidding like good little slave with the hope that by doing so might be able to save her people from his wrath, at least that was what she told herself but yet, as she flew through the forest she couldn't stop the shame, disgust, and guilt in herself from eating away at her heart as she couldn't bring herself to fully accept the fact that, even after everything she had been through and the power coursing through her veins, that she was still a slave.

A small tear then made its way down her eyes and on to her cheeks, and as it departed from her face down to the ground below, Ibaeran felt the power of the Su Baera begin to fade and as it did so, the steel wings that lifted her up and sent her soaring through the forest vanished, causing her to descend down before crashing down hard on a ground covered with fine white sand.