Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of this production, I can't because Legend of Mana belongs to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that is not a part of the original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.
Summary: -Legend of Mana fanfic- What was going through Elazul's mind when Crystal, The Heroine, turned to stone after shedding tear's for the fallen Jumi race?
"I read somewhere
that when Jumi cry
the entire world cries with them..."
-Lisa talking to Bud -Legend of Mana - The Teardrop Crystal Saga-
If Tears Could Bring You Back
One Shot - Crystal's POV
By: Princess Star Neko
-Crystal's POV-
'I can't believe that it's finally over,' I thought to myself as I looked around the throne room, seeing the sad expressions on Elazul and Florina's faces now that the battle against their enemies was finally over, as a sad look appeared on her features as she looked around the room at the others, 'But the price that was paid...'
All those lives lost, and all because of what? A greedy man who sought the Jumi cores for his own selfish reasons, even if it meant killing the people who carried them, and Cassandra, a Jumi who betrayed her own kind to help him do it, just to save Florina from having to die from shedding tears in order to save their people.
'Even in the end, Alex had resorted to removing her own core from her body and gave it to Lord of Jewels 999,' Crystal thought angrily to herself as she reached over with a closed fist to rub at her tearing eyes, blinking them for a moment as she looked at what was left of Lord of Jewels 1,000's dead body, 'so that he could have more power in order to defeat Elazul and me by transforming into Lord of Jewels 1,000.'
Lord of Jewels 999's powers were already being fueled by all of the Jumi cores he had consumed over the years, with the latest one belonging to Pearl, who Elazul and Crystal had left behind in a hidden location what they had hoped would keep her safe while they were gone, but Alexandra had managed to get to the Jumi girl and taken her core and handed it over to Lord of Jewels.
When it had started to look like they were losing the battle against Elazul and Crystal, Alexandra had offered up her own core to Lord of Jewels 999 to make him stronger and by absorbing the offered core, he became Lord of Jewels 1,000 and had transformed into a gigantic monster and had become nearly unstoppable for Elazul and Crystal to beat.
After Lord of Jewels sudden transformation after receiving Alex's core, both Elazul and Crystal had a much tougher time trying to beat the jewel hunter, hitting him with both physical and magical attacks as soon as they could get a shot in, while getting pummeled by Lord of Jewel's own attacks. It wasn't until a well placed Flare spell from Crystal to Lord of Jewels already weakened body, that they were finally able to kill the tyrant.
As I watched as Elazul talk with Florina, even now, I still can't figure out why I wanted to help the Jumi to begin with. How did helping a complete stranger search for his lost friend, wind up becoming something else entirely, when I wound up meeting up with them time after time, and helping them when they needed it? And now it was to end this way with what could be the last two Jumi left in the whole world?
Florina probably could bring back some of the Jumi with her healing tears, but it wouldn't be enough to bring all of them back. If anything, the effort probably would completely drain her of all her energy and kill her if she tried to bring back so many of the Jumi that had been killed by Alexandra and Lord of Jewels.
'Esmeraldis...'
'Ruebens...'
'Diana...'
Even though I had only know the three of them for such a short time, it just seemed to feel like I'd known all of them my entire life, and it hurt more than it did then when I had to watch all of them die at Alexandra's hands and I was unable to do anything to stop her.
As I leaned against the wall, I reached up with a tired hand to push back a stray lock of hair, as I watched Florina try to comfort Elazul, who was now depressed over Pearl's loss. Even from where I was standing, I could hear him mumbling that he should have stayed with Pearl to protect her from Alexandra.
'Pearl...'
An image of the blonde girl instantly came to my mind, as I thought back to the first time I met both her and Elazul, and how much of a conceited jerk Elazul had been the first time we met. But I had soon found out that his attitude had been caused because he had been worried about Pearl's safety at the time, and how he had opened up after awhile, and I now considered the two Jumi two of my best friends in the whole world.
'It's not fair...' I thought to myself, as I stared on as Elazul and Florina talked amongst themselves for a few moments, seemingly forgetting about my presence in the room, and sigh as I lean my back against a wall as I watched them talk. 'It's not fair that it had to end this way...'
I could start to feel my eyes begin to blur with the tears that were now threatening to fall, and I quickly reached up to rub at my eyes with the back of my sleeve.
'Oh great, just what I don't need right now. Tears...' I thought as I looked down at my wet sleeve in surprise, sniffling a bit as I felt more tears start to flow down my face, 'Just great...'
I don't know what had first alerted them to what was happening, but I suddenly heard both Elazul and Florina cry out in alarm, and I look up to see Elazul running towards me with a panicked look on his face.
"CRYSTAL! DON'T CRY! YOU'LL TURN TO STONE IF YOU CRY FOR US!" I heard him exclaim, just as the first tear started to fall and my world seemed to explode with pure white energy.
As the light grew brighter I cold feel a slight chill that seemed to spread throughout my body, starting at my feet and moving upwards as I felt my body begin to stiffen up as the petrifaction began, and I knew that this would be the end.
'I'm sorry Elazul, I can't help it,' I thought sadly as I gave the Lazuli knight one last smile, as my vision, started to fade as the light continued to envelop me, 'at this point, I don't care if I turn to stone.'
'It'd would almost even be worth it,' Were Crystal's last thoughts as her world was quickly filled with darkness, as the petrifaction process reached it's end, 'if my tears were able to bring them all back...'
And then she knew no more.
-End Crystal's POV-
