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Then troubles more shall be

For mortal she no longer is

(Or only now partly)

As her struggles become known

Much training will she see

For help will come from sources rare

With power more than she

Through it all she’ll fail and fall

Her strength from unity

For friends like hers are more than blood

They are her family

Together they shall venture forth

With top priority

Seeking aid and pleading for

Allied diplomacy

Nothing more shall they receive

But frank hostility

Which leads to loss and numbing pain

From deathly certainty

Fleeing to a far-off world

In search of loyalty

Through tasks of six for six shall need

For all to prove worthy

But will they win or will they lose

The tests are not easy

For troubling are the Gates of old

Well known for trickery

Yet to their world they shall return

When they are all ready

To join the fight and fight the war