Deus Nos Ducit Ad Astra Per Aspera

-Months Later-

It's been months since the destruction of the Rebell cell. Anastasia had to do a lot of work as of late, as she gets older her duties pile up and keep getting more.

Anastasia is in her bedroom as she lays on her bed. She has a lot of thoughts as her superhuman brain processes it all in mear moments.

Her company made strides in improving the lives of the people and expanding job opportunities for the citizens.

Russia is big, and has a lot of people. The population of Russia as of right now is little over 200 million. An exponential growth as with the improvement of the daily lives and the added population of Manchuria and Korea has increased the population of the Empire to the point were even the amount of people living here threatens the rest of the Great Powers.

Anastasia can't help but laugh at them, they sould not be afraid of the amount of people living in Russia, no, they must be afraid of what they don't see. The Improved Military, Navy and the still secret Air Force.

The moment a war happens that threaten the world's balance Russia will show those self entitled Elites who has the bigger stick.

*STING*

"Oww!"

There it is again, the headache. The pain that she keeps having since 1900 didn't stop or get milder. No it got worse. If before then it was a smack in the head with hammer, now it's multiple needles stabing her brain with no remorse.

She can shrug of a hit from a hammer like it's Tuesday and feel only a irritation, now it's like you get your mind itself hit with needles.

"Aaggghh."

As she holds her head in pain, it gets worse. It gets even worse.

"Why."

Tears come out of her eyes as she hugs her head and curls in her bed.

Then the pain stopped.

She opened her eyes only to see nothing. For a moment she got scared. Did I become blind?

Her heart raced before her realized she is not blind, but somewhere else. She's not in her room anymore.

As she walks around the Void she hears something, someone?

"Ahhhh, welcome little Anastasia."

The voice gave her chills down her spine. She turned around to see the origin of the voice. It's a shadowy figure.

"Who, are you."

Anastasia looked at the figure.

The figure moved around her in a circle as it came to a stop before her face.

Anastasia stepped back.

"Who I am is of no significance, what I can offer is what matters."

Anastasia stared at the figure as she examines it.

"What do you mean, what offer."

The Figure formed a smile that stretched beyond its head.

"I offer you power, dominion over everything."

Anastasia stepped back further as she frowned.

"What power, what dominion."

The Shadows smile remained the same as it moved closer at speeds that defy every law of the Universe.

"I can give you the strength to right the wrong, to fix the broken, to change the past mistakes."

The shadow touched her face with its long fingers.

Anastasia slapped it away.

She realized, this is a dream. One of temptation and this being wants to claw its way to her.

"Never, i will not accept your lies. You have no power to do what you offered."

The shadows smile broke as its mouth opened to reveal nothing. Just Nothing.

"Come, I can make you Queen of the World! Every desire you wish will be fulfilled and every pleasure felt."

Anastasia ignored as she closed her eyes and prayed out loud.

The Shadow did like this, no its infuriated.

"Stop praying to your False God! Pray to me and your every wish will be granted!",

Anastasia continues to pray.

The Shadow slapped Anastasia as she got knocked back.

"I.said,STOP. PRAYING!"

Anastasia split her mind, one side praying while the other focuses of the Shadow.

"You are infuriating! Give yourself in to me and you will have the WORLD."

Anastasia looked at the Shadow and smiled.

"You are no wish granter, you Demon."

The Shadow got distorted as it transformed into a giant Dragon.

"You call me a mear Demon, when I, the God of this World is before you."

Anastasia didn't flinch.

"It matters not, if your a Demon or the Beast, I won't give in to you malevolent machinations."

The Dragon roared right at her face but her expression didn't change at all.

"ROOOOAAARRRR, do you not feel the guilt you endure. The pain you have caused. How many lives you have taken."

The Dragon spoke.

"How many have you killed by giving orders to your men. How many mothers are left without their sons and husbands! How many brothers have you taken!"

The Dragon began to accuse her of her crimes.

"You have snuffed out dreams of freedom for people who wish for independence from your Nation. How many lives have you taken by your hands!"

"Men who believe in you ran towards battle as their skulls got crushed and their body's riddled with holes!"

Anastasias expression changed. She killed with her own hands? Her men fought in her name?

The Dragon smirked.

"You have broken the mind of an innocent child, you have watched as a pleading man died by the hands of a dark force."

Anastasia saw what she didn't remember. Arthur of Manchester who lost his sanity, the Rebell Leader who's tears fell on the ground as his body got taken over by a Demon.

Tears fell from her eyes. That, that was her? She broke a young man's mind and ignored a dying man's plea.

The Dragon got closer as its sulfur breath hit her face.

"You are no Saint. You are a fraud, a failure. You will fail to protect your family and your Nation. Give yourself up to me and I will save it in your stead. No more grief-stricken mothers, no more hungry children scouring for leftovers."

Anastasias mind weakens as she falls on the ground on her knees.

"Open you soul to me and let me help you to rule this world."

As Anastasias I about to give in she hears something.

"An-"

"Ana-"

"Anastasia!"

BOOOOOOOOM

Two orbs form, one of Abyssal Darkness and one of Blinding Light.

"Anastasia, don't listen to it! It's all lies!"

The Dark orb spoke.

"Anastasia, what happened can not be reversed. Now it's time to repent and move on."

The Light orb spoke.

The Dragon screamed in furry.

"You wretched Children of Mankind! She is mine!"

"Anastasia, do not give up. Look into the future not the past."

Both spoke up.

The Dragon intervened as it stared into Anastasias eyes.

"Look upon my eyes and see you past sins!"

As she looks into its eyes her pupils split as she gets violent visions of her sins.

"Anastasia! Wake up!"

Both Orbs hit her head as she wakes up from the trance.

Anastasia collects herself as she stands up.

"Foul Beast, you tried to tempt me with power and drown me in my sins. But what you don't know that HE doesn't see my sins! For its forgiven!"

The Dragon roared in pure unadulterated wrath as it tried to hit her only for the orbs to take the hit for her.

BAAAM

"Stare into my Soul and see who I belong to!"

The Dragon quickly looked deep into her Soul and saw rings of Holy Fire circling her Soul. As it looked deeper to the core is saw LIGHT as it blinded it.

"ROOOOAAARRR!!"

The Beast screamed in agony as its concept of 'Sight' was erased.

It absorbed all sin in its vicinity and restored its vision.

"You gave yourself up to HIM! You cursed daughter of Eve!"

Anastasia stared at the Beast as her hair changed to Abyssal Black and her eyes change color to golden-white with pupils changes to Pure White.

"Begone from this sanctuary! For you are not welcome here SATAN!"

The power she emitted is to powerful for Satan to resist.

To think this girl has yet to awaken her true powers at its fullest. This GIRL beat me!?

Those were his last thoughts as it got expelled back to its cage.

Anastasia fell down from exhaustion as the Orbs transformed into humanoid figures.

It's Light and Darkness in their "Human" forms.

"She did it, she beat him."

Darkness said with happiness.

"Yes, that she did but don't forget he's still not dead, just slumbering."

Darkness nodded as she looked at Anastasia.

"It's time for her to wake up, but she won't remember anything what happened here."

-Outside her Soul-

Anastasia woke up from her sleep. Her headache caused her to fall asleep in her bed as she woke up tomorrow.

"What happened, why do I feel like I forgot something, again."

Anastasia held her head as she got up from bed.

She won't remember until the right time, but that's until much later.