The Pain of the Past returns...

With each tear that fell, a memory came to life, ripping her heart apart. These memories were not the ones she cherished, but the ones that she tried so desperately to keep locked away. Painful, angry, and tragic memories that helped her become what she is now, lost...

Hope knew that with each sob that rocked her soul, the child was using to build her strength, by giving into the sorrow. So many years of placing the sorrow in a locked cage, and never grieving for the losses, put a strain on her heart and soul. A release that is long overdue and necessary, to bring this child out of the Well.

Defeat smiled in the darkest depths of the well. For he would soon hold in his hands, the pain that tormented this child so. Aura Luna and Hope could see this ghastly grin. The eyes of hell laughing at them both, as Hope still cradled the child in her arms and cried with her. Soon she knew that the battle of the Well would be fought between Defeat and the child alone.

Out of the night came a sound that would wake the Heavens - the child pulled herself up from Hope's chest and cried out- 'Hope, please help me gather them to myself and hide them from him'!! Hope breathed a sigh of relief. Before Hope could speak, the child began reaching for her fallen tears. Hope held her close, but only enough to prevent her from ending her life by plummeting into the deepest realms of the Well.