Prologue: The End Again
It all starts with words. All I see now is the Crimson Ball of Destruction, looming ominously above, snuffing the life out of everything, reducing all to ash, and shattering the Earth into fragments. Over and over. No matter how many times I return, no matter how many allies I gather to fight it, the outcome remains unchanged. I watch my friends confront it while I stand paralyzed, their desperate attempts to save our world unfolding before my eyes as I do nothing but hope. But it all ends the same.
As I gaze back at the horizon, preparing to begin the cycle anew, a flicker of hope ignites within me—perhaps this time will be different. And then I run, faster and faster, my mind racing with thoughts of how it all began, what I could have done to prevent this catastrophe. But this is not my story. I am merely a pawn in this grand scheme. This is the story of my best friend, Ahnaf Sohail, and to unravel what transpired, we must start from the beginning.
