"Some memories are not forgotten. They are erased—because remembering them would burn the world."
🌙 Inside the Memory Temple
Selene stood barefoot on the shifting marble floor of the Celestial Archive, a space she hadn't remembered until Aarav entered. Her younger self flickered like a mirage behind her, frozen in mid-turn. The notebook fell from her small hands.
The sky above the temple was cracking.
Silver lines of light—memories once sealed—now unraveled around her. Forgotten lullabies. Words her mother never said. A thousand stars whispering the same name.
"Aarav…"
The ground trembled. The fragment of the moon shard hurtled toward the temple ceiling like a blade of fate.
đź’« Aarav's Choice
In the collapsing space, Aarav held the child Selene's hand.
"We have to leave."
"She can't," whispered Noorva, appearing beside him—her face pale, bleeding from the nose."This Selene isn't just a memory. She's a sealed anchor. If you pull her out… the Void comes with her."
Aarav looked at the frightened child who called him by name. Who remembered him before he ever met her.
"Then I'll take both."
He tore the silver pocketwatch from his coat.Time bent around it.
"Chrono Aria: Rewrite."
The second hand shattered—freezing the shard midair.
But the moment time paused, the Void spoke.
🩸 The Voice That Should Not Exist
It didn't speak with words. It bled into their minds like poison.
"Moon-blooded traitor.""Star-crossed scribe.""This is your final tale."
Selene clutched her head in pain. Noorva dropped to her knees, coughing shadows.
Only Aarav stood—barely—his eyes wide.
Because the voice… was his.
"What…?""That's not the Void," Noorva gasped."That's your voice. A version of you that was consumed by it."
🕯️ The Forbidden Page
From the notebook, a forbidden page flipped open on its own. Ink bled out, forming a triangle sigil—the Crown of Selene. It pulsed, then opened like a doorway.
Inside, a third Aarav stepped out.
Not older. Not corrupted.
But utterly emotionless. His eyes glowed black. A crown of three broken moons circled his head.
He spoke without moving his lips.
"You wrote me into existence, Aarav.Every time you feared losing her… you gave me more form."
Selene stared at him, trembling.
"Who… what is he?""He's the Aarav who lost everything. And made a pact with the Void to undo it."
 One Must Die
The memory temple collapsed behind them.
All three Selene forms—child, teen, and ghostlight—merged into one. Her aura flared with celestial grief. The Crown of Selene blazed above her head for the first time in full.
The Void-Aarav raised his hand.
"There cannot be two Aaravs.And the Moon was never meant to fall in love."
He whispered a command word.
Aarav clutched his chest—his heart stopped beating.
He dropped to his knees.
"SELENE—" he gasped.
And then darkness took him.
To be continued…