Chapter one: Wake up call.
'Eeghh, can't you drive any faster Iggy? I'm starving!' Prompto moaned in the backseat, urging the man with the glasses to hurry up. His stomach was growling, it was dinner time after all - past dinner time even. The four of them had been driving for roughly four hours and for the most part, it had been quiet. Other than the music in the background which annoyed the blond. He disliked the channel that only played the slow music, it made him fall asleep. Gladios was just sitting back, staring into nothing. Noctis was playing Kings' Knight on his phone again, he tried to get Prompto to play with him, but he was too hungry to concentrate.
'Quiet down, Prompto. We wouldn't want to get into an accident now, do we?' Prompto stood up and waved his arms around.
'There's nobody but us on the road! What could possibly happen?' He crossed his arms and sat back down as Ignis shot him a serious look. Once they turned the corner, around a big boulder that hit the road several weeks ago. When a meteor fell from the sky and crashed into land, a large area was hit. Luckily nobody was around at that time.
Ignis hit the breaks within a split second, which made everyone jump up.
'What the hell Iggy, what was that for?' All he did was push his glasses back and put the car in Neutral.
'What in the world...' Gladios hopped out of the car and ran towards a figure laying on the ground.
'Oi, Iggy. I'm glad your vision is better than we thought.' He sat on his knees, bending over the figure.
The rest got out as well and walked to Gladios. Ignis turned on the light on his phone and pointed it at the muscular man. There was a woman lying on the middle of the road.
'Who is that?! What is she doing on the road, thats dangerous,' Prompto said, joining Gladios, looking at the lady in their midst.
'Surely she didn't mean to lie down here,' Ignis commented. Noctis rubbed his chin and looked around him. There was no car, nobody else to be seen. The area was very quiet at this hour too. She was lucky to be found.
'Hey, wake up. Ye okay?' Gladios shook her, trying to wake the woman who was lying on her side. She was dressed in a black blouse, and short high waist dark rosey-grey striped shorts that were a little loose around the legs. She had thigh high socks on and grey ankle boots. They kind of stared at her in awe, all taken aback by how pretty she was. Her rose gold hair covered a small part of her pale face, it was long and shiny.
They heard some mumbling coming from her. Prompto got out his camera and quickly shot a photo of her face.
'You can't just take photos of unconscious people, kid,' Gladios said shaking his head.
'If I see a good photo, I take my shot. Besides, if she doesn't like it, I can always delete it.
Slowly, the woman sat up, rubbing the side of her head. It seemed she either fell really hard or was hit in the head.
'Are you okay? Do you know where you are?' Noctis said concerned. Ignis had gone to the car to grab the first aid kit, he was always thoughtful like that.
She shook her head, looking at each of the guys for a few seconds.
'Who are you guys? And where am I?' She looked up, as if she was trying to remember something.
'I'm Prompto, hi! Oh and these are my friends, Ignis the tall and smart guy. That is Gladios, he's not as scary as he looks. And this is Prince Noctis.'
'Can you drop the prince already? Nobody cares.' Noctis growled back, but not trying to be mean. Ignis took her hand and helped her up. All four left the road to sit in the grass. Gladios decided to set up camp, since it was getting late now. It was too dark to keep driving.
'So, can you tell us who you are?' Noctis said.
'Are you really a prince? I- I mean, well, I'm Eleanor Hoxens, but please just call me Eden.'
'Miss, let me take a look at that, sorry to interrupt.' Ignis didn't wait for an answer, and just sat down next to her, taking a closer look at the side of her head.
'Ouch,' she winced at Ignis' touch. He mouthed a sorry, before taking out a pair of scissors, thread and a needle. She backed away.
'W-what are you doing with that?' She was afraid of needles.
'It'll only sting a little. It seems you have quite a gap on the side of your head, this needs to be stitched. Don't be frightened, I won't hurt you.' She gave in and let him stitch the wound. Once he was done wrapping a bandage around her head, she started feeling a little better.
'What is this place?' She asked Noctis, who seemed to be staring at her. Prompto started taking photos of her again, but she didn't seem phased by it.
'We're roughly an hour ride from Lestallum. We have a mission over there.'
'Lestallum? You mean Niflheim?' All four looked at each other confused.
'N-no, Niflheim is further away. It's the home of the Magitek army. Lestallum is far away from that.' Prompto raised an eyebrow.
'No, I'm very sure that Lestallum has been taken over by Ardyn and his army a few years ago... Right?' She scratched her head, concerned about the faces the other four are pulling.
'W-where are you from?' Prompto asks genuinely curious.
'Uhm, I was born in Insomnia, the Kingdom of Lucis has fallen and- Oh my.. What's today's date?' She quickly added and grabbed Noctis' sleeve.
'May 17, M.E. 756. Why, what's going on?' They remained silent until she spoke up.
'I-I, I don't get it. I remember it being M.E. 760... How did I get in M.E. 765?!' She jumped up and took a few steps back. She shook her head and covered her mouth.
'Does this mean you came from the future? But how'd you get here?' Gladios asked, trying to remain calm, but his leg being fidgety gave it away. Prompto's eyes widened and Noctis sighed.
'There's noway you could've come from the future. That's just impossible. Why don't you give us some hard proof? You're still just a stranger to us.' He was right, it seemed harsh, but he was right. Eleanor put her hand in her pocked and took out a piece of an old newspaper.
It said;
"Insomnia falls.
Niflheim ends ceasefire.
Seizes Citadel."
All four read through the paper quickly.
'This says Insomnia has fallen on May 17... But that's today. I-' Noctis was rudely interrupted by a phonecall.
He jumped up and quickly answered his phone.
'Noctis! Prince Noctis! It's me, Cor. I have some very, very bad news. We need to meet up in Lestallum as quick as possible.'
'Tell me, what in the world is going on Cor?' He also tried to remain calm, but the vibrations in his voice were hard to control.
'Noct... Insomnia... Has fallen, Niflheim has infiltrated. King- King Regis is...' Noctis lowered his phone and swallowed hard. He turned to Eleanor.
'We're on our way.' He said before hanging up. He grabbed Eleanor's arm and squeezed it firmly.
'WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU KNOW?!' She winced at his grip and got on her knees. His grip tightened even more.
'LET GO! I told you, I don't know! I remember being in a whole different year and I think I was send back or I don't know- whatever, for a reason.'
Gladios snapped Noctis out of it by pulling him away from her. He finally let go, anger was all over his face.
'Does this mean... This newspaper was right?' Prompto put his camera back in his back and walked over to Ignis, who wasn't sure what to say or do.
'If you perhaps are really from the future, do you have any idea what's going to happen next. Maybe you also know how to stop whatever might happen in the near future.' Once again he pushed back his glasses.
'I only vaguely remember what's happened, my memory is hazy and it seems to be getting worse. Maybe I'm not just from the future, but if I can stop this... It might be I'm from a different universe.' Noctis bumped Gladios aside and gave Eleanor a stern look.
'Tell us all you know.'
