The Heart Reforged

The retired path beneath the lake was unlike anything they had encountered. Not gravestone or earth, but memory made solid. Each step echoed not just in sound, but in time — whispers of the once brushing their minds like forgotten songs.  
 Elara walked first, the complete Emberheart now swimming before her casket, five shards united and glowing with gentle fire. Around her, Kael, Sukanya, and Riven moved in silence, the weight of the trip pressing on their shoulders.