"I choose none of you!" Luna's voice exploded with power, pushing back against all three realms simultaneously. Silver light erupted from her body, not the Luna power Aria knew, but something entirely new. "I won't be forced!" Luna shouted, her small form growing larger, more substantial. "I didn't ask to be born between worlds. I didn't ask for any of this. But now you're all trying to tear me apart to make me fit your rules!" The celestial beings recoiled. The Void entities hesitated. The mortal realm's pull weakened. "Luna, you must choose," the High Priestess called desperately. "The universe demands it!" "Then the universe is wrong!" Luna's power intensified, stabilizing the reality crack around her rather than closing it. "I'm not choosing because I don't have to! I'm not going

