FINAL FANTASY periculum XIII.

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Final Fantasy Periculum XIII
d e s t r u c t i o n . o f . t h e . c r y s t a l

P r o l o g u e .

From what I can remember..., I was only young. I had everything. I had a family; I had friends; I had people who would help me if I needed help. I had love.

Where did it all go? Why can't I feel it anymore? Suddenly I'm here... In the darkness, alone and helpless. I have no family; I have no friends. No one is here to help me, and I can't feel it anymore. How did this all happen within a time span of ten seconds? How can it just feel so empty after just ten seconds? How can everything just change in a heartbeat?

"Prince Noctis,"

What happened that day?

"Prince Noctis,"

Whatever happened, I don't like it one bit. And that light.

The prince stirred in his thoughts.

I don't like that either.

"Prince Noctis!" blue eyes slowly gaped, slightly wincing from the glare coming through the back window. The navy haired young man looked from his window to the rear view mirror of the car, and came in eye contact with his driver. "Oh! That's a big impact," The young man took note of the tone of his driver's voice, looking outside the opposite window. A small negative crease appeared on his fine brow, as a small scowl formed onto his fine features. "It seems it's being conquered," the driver looked at him from the rear view mirror and pursed his lips shut for a brief second, before giving a natural chuckle.

They came to the toll point, slowing down to a stop. The guards were waving their batons, staring at the vehicle with slight suspicion. The driver sighed, punching in a couple of numbers from the touch screen keypad installed into the vehicle. The small pillars that blocked their way lowered, and granted them access. The driver waved to the guards while passing, and smiled.

Noctis, on the other hand, was pondering. 'What happened that day? Why has everything become... the way it has become?'

That time was lost. Yet time continued onward.

"Sleep in peace, divine Etro" Ice blue eyes gazed upward towards the rescued Cocoon as a smile appeared on her fair face. 'Fang... Vanille... Thank you,'

The war had ended.

But, I can't relax now. I sense a new war awakening...

The events of that day tore open a portal to a new world.

Worry overtook the gleam of relief in her ice blue orbs, as she watched a cloud of darkness engulf everything around her. Her attention was aimed towards Serah, Snow, Hope, Sazh and Dahj whose bodies seemed to be surrounded by that same smoke of darkness that was pulling her back. "LOOK OUT!" she cried, but her voice was easily drowned out while being pulled back.

And from the depths of the rift appeared a darkness that had no place in our world. An irresistible force that dragged me away to the edge of time.

The darkness caught me in its embrace...

And wrote me out of history.

"I will stand guard over your legacy,"

Silvery orbs peered through parted thick slits of lashes. A weary sigh escaped from rosy red lips, slightly blowing strands of ebony hair out of view, which didn't help. Said person's body sat slumped on silvery ground with a black chain tangled around her limbs. Ebony, wispy hair dangled from her shoulders while rising and falling steadily in time with her breathing. Dainty hands very slowly clenched and released at the side of her immobilized legs. The collar around her neck seemed too tight for her liking, although she remained unfazed by it partly strangling her.

'I'm already half dead, so what's the point?' she looked to her left to where a single glass of iced water was, placed on a golden tray one meter away from her. A slight scowl crossed her face, and yet another weary sigh escaped her lips.

'Oh, sweet Etro... What has happened to humanity?'

A/N: Prologue done. Um... I hope it was okay. I'm still going to work on the actual plot, so I don't know how long it will be until I update. :) Aw, I have a weird feeling no one is going to comment. Sorry if this disappointed you all. Anyway, tell what you think, and if it sucks... then... yeah, it sucks. I hope it gradually makes sense when the story progresses, and hopefully I actually STICK to updating! I have a bad habit of leaving stories untouched for a really long time. :S

see you later.