Little Sophi

Little Sophi’s Profile:

Name: Sophia, 'Little Sophi", Light of Hope

Weapon: 'Light of Day' (Bow of Light)

Designation: Legendary True Gifted of Light and Healing

Special: Can revive self upon death; disperses into light beams that heal friendly gifted upon death.

Story:

A little girl sits crying, in the heavy rain that dampens her flawlessly clean white skirt. A contrast to the ruins of the once beautiful city that lay before her. "Has this been my fault, this oh so terrible massacre?" Heavens Wrath and Eliza simply let her be, as this always happened when they conquered a new zone, a new area. The girl would sit, weeping and crying as if it was her fault. She hadn't killed anyone, not one person since her status of Legendary True Gifted was given to her. She had saved countless times the lives of thousands of people, many of whom were in direct opposition to Paradox's quest of total world domination. Sophia works for her, yes, but at the same time, Sophia tries her hardest to thwart Paradox's plans and save as many people as she can. Much like a thorn to her side, however, Paradox knows she must keep Sophia under her watch at all times, as Sophia turns out to be a rather powerful Legendary True Gifted, much more so than she lets on.

Who thought that giving a 11 year old girl such power was a good idea? No one knows why it happened, but everyone knows who made it happen.

Rumor has it that it all occured on a rather small raid, tiny in comparison to the atrocious acts committed by Paradox. Despite Catastrophe having struck just weeks earlier, Paradox had already settled her dominance over the rest of humanity, gathering strong Gifted as fighters on her side. There was no choice; it was either join or face certain death. A hierarchy of power had already been put in place by Paradox, with only 2 gifted (at that moment) being classified as Unique Gifted; the highest classification of Gifted.

Sophia, or "Little Sophi", as her mom called her, had a strange compulsion to protect her parents, being extremely quiet and staying by her parent's at all times from a young age. She would be seen pulling at her parents shirts from the age of 3, keeping them by her side when they would go out. Her pull to protect all she loved was not shared with the rest of her family nor friends, shying from all social activities.

By the time Catastrophe hit, Sophia was 11, yet still she retained her antisocial behaviour. Her family moved to the Yumi Archipelago, where the quiet and spacious area along with the relative radio silence from other areas would allow for an upbringing where her compulsions and her near-overprotective nature would not have to be discouraged. They lived in relative peace for a short time, as Sophi's naturally kind and loving nature allowed the family to be happy and nearly perfect. It seemed for a moment that Sophi's life would be one of bliss and love, not reject and hate. Destiny, however, would not allow this to be the case.

News would soon reach Sophi's small island about the ensuing chaos, the near billion dead from Paradox's conquests. There was a small coalition of fighters and Gifted settled there, and Paradox was interested in one particular rumored True Gifted who posed a small threat to her utter domination.

Eliza had been dispatched by Paradox to take over a rather insignificant Safe Haven, located on the Uyitama Isle, where most of the population of the Yumi Archipelago resided, including Sophi's family. Eliza spearheaded the attacks with a combined group of 16 Gifted, of which she was in charge of. At the time, 3 Gifted resided in the Uyitama Isle, bent on protecting the Isle's residents at all costs.

A battle broke out, 2 Gifted, 1 True Gifted against a combined force of 17 Gifted, including the power of a Legendary True Gifted. The 3 Gifted fought valiantly as long as they could against immeasurable odds. By the end of the fight, only one of those Gifted would be alive.

Little Sophi was among those caught in the crosshairs, as Eliza and her Gifted army passed through the Island, coaxing out their main target. Sophi's mother would be the first to die, burned alive by a smirking Eliza in front of a helpless Sophi. In a moment of shock, a wall disintegrated as an unknown flaming warrior (who Sophi would later find out to be called Eliza) stood like an angel of death. She looked almost bored, as she simply raised a hand. On instinct, Sophi’s mother ran forward with a pan in her hands, the same one she had just used to make Sophi's favorite breakfast; maple pancakes. The pain and suffering that resonated in her last screams as she protected Sophi speared her to the ground, her burning body hitting the ground, writhing in despairing pain. Despite her muffled wails and hushed cries to help her mom, her father pulled at Sophi, knowing it was too late for his love, and that to protect Sophi he must.

Sophi looked back, wondering why Eliza hadn’t killed them too. She saw now that there was a cloaked figure with crystal-like shards surrounding it, as the figure attacked Eliza and was soon being assaulted from nearly every direction by Eliza’s Gifted. She turned back ahead, grateful for the brave figure who was going to likely die from the ensuing battle.

Sophia and her father ran as the first explosions resonated throughout the Safe Haven, trying to get away among the crashing, burning city that the Gifted had made their arena. A couple stray Gifted not directly involved in the main fight were tasked with killing as many civilians as possible. One of the Gifted burned the ground in front of both Sophia and her father, as he flew in front of her, aiming a ball of plasma straight at both her father and herself.

There was no thought in the following moments, only her unconditional love for her dad. A few eye witnesses claim that she ran towards the Gifted that stood in front of her, while others say she merely walked, as though transfixed. Whatever the source, in all accounts, one thing was clear; Sophia went forwards.

Sophia went towards the Gifted, as her father yelled incoherently, reaching for her. She would protect dadda, she thought. She would join momma on the clouds. "Run dad,” She whispered under her breath. For a moment, she looked back and saw Eliza. Eliza now looked utterly terrifying, the mysterious cloaked figure somehow keeping Eliza at bay. Sophi shuddered for a second, thankful that she would die in a less painful way then through an attack from the Fire Lady.

At that moment, Catastrophe intervened. He had watched a few conflicts before, yet this one peaked his interest as he fixed his view on the almost irrelevant detail amongst all the chaos and ruin. The fight seemed lost; he with the strength of the Dragons had Awakened Eliza, and was fighting a fight against 12 Gifted. Miraculously, he seemed to know how to avoid, dodge, and slow Eliza and her fighters down despite the lack of his “Power Shards''. However, he was still lackluster in innate strength, and as such the fight was surely lost. Instead, he looked elsewhere. He saw a girl, running towards danger, not away from it. Something resonated inside Catastrophe. He saw in her a fighter, someone who may be the key to ending Paradox. He saw, in the little girl, a true protector with an undying spirit, coupled with the innocence and hope of a girl. He decided to gift her, giving her what he thought was right.

The plasma ball lurched towards Sophia, tears in her eyes. "Run, dad!" But in a split second, everything changed. She felt it traverse her body, touch her soul.  She had been gifted. She had been reborn. A Legendary True Gifted rose once more.

But her tale does not end with happy rejoice. Her power, it was a bendition, it was a curse.

The ball of plasma passed through her as she became intangible, untouchable, turning into a figure of light. The plasma ball did not hit her. But in the split moment following this shock, realization hit. And she screamed, yelled at her father to run, to run far and wide, to be anywhere but where he stood.

Her last sight of him, as she turned around, would haunt her forever. His hand outstretched, the same love she had for him, reflected in his eyes. She saw a momentary moment of confusion, followed by relief that somehow, his daughter was okay.

The plasma ball burst against her father's body as his wails of agony filled the air. Twice, she did not save her parents. Once, she could've.

In that moment, she phased herself towards her father's body as she went back to her flesh self. In her arms, her father's body convulsed and bled out. In her arms, she held all she had in the world. In her arms, all her hopes and dreams died.

In her arms, her father gave his last breath.

A cry of hurt, pain, and sorrow broke the monotony of destruction around her. She hugged her father's corpse as she wondered what she had done to deserve this, why destiny had chosen her to live in place of the very thing she wanted to save.

She squeezed him one last time before she got up once more. She vested a light shield, fashioned a bow, and looked at her father one last time. That day, she would go on to kill 16 Gifted on that battlefield. Eliza, would escape to get Paradox.

She saved countless lives that day.

She did not save the lives of her parents.

Sophia longs for the day where she can finally kill the person she holds responsible for everything. She also longs for something else.

Similarly, Paradox longs for a way to end the living nuisance that Sophia has become to her. Little does she know, Sophia wants to find a way to die definitively as well, and finally join her mom and dad up in the clouds.

Quote:

"The boon of this power stripped me of my parents, the one thing I loved. To join my mom and dad up on the clouds and finally find peace would be a true blessing indeed."

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