Everything in this text belongs to their respective owners, in this case, pretty much Square-Enix.

Constructive critisism would be appreciated, especially since this is my first story thing i have written, ever.


Cecil was walking towards a crater in the moon, there was no wind, but he could feel that the temperature was unusually cold. Earlier he had received a letter from Golbez where he had stated that he needed to talk to him about something urgent, Cecil was worried. Unnerving thoughts about what might be the problem crossed his mind as his feet pressed prints into the wide empty barren land he was walking. Soon he came to the edge of the crater, it was immense in its size and he could hear speech coming from its centre, he could see Golbez was not alone.

Cecil was shocked. As he gazed to the center of the crater he could see his beloved brother lying under a huge amount of rubble, and under him there was a small reddish puddle. Cecil could feel how his heart started to beat so hard it felt like his chest would explode, before he even knew it he had started to run toward the center of the crater. "Brother!" Cecil yelled while drawing his paladin sword ready. As he was running he saw how Golbez rose from the crater, most of his armor had been destroyed. Cecil watched as his light hair was whipping the air surrounding him while he ascended with the huge rocks he had just been buried under. As the man who once had clad himself in the darkness rose into the air Cecil could see his big brothers adversary, Kuja. "Cecil! Stay away from this!" Golbez roared while flinging the boulders to block the path of his little brother. Cecil started to climb the rocks while the only thing in his mind was a screaming voice that told him that he had to save his relative, by any means necessary. His eyes were blinded by the flashes of magic and his ears felt like they were going to burst from the sound of the many explosions. As he got on top of the rocks his eyes widened. His only brother was falling from the sky fast; pieces of armor were being left behind as well as lots of blood. Above Golbez, the narcissistic mage was gasping from delight. "Your end is here, traitor!" Kuja yelled while the orbs of light that surrounded him flew high into the sky causing an explosion of purple light. For a while it was silent, but right after Golbez had crashed to the ground a rain came from the sky, a rain of destructive and beautiful energy. "Fear the wrath of Ultima!" Kuja yelled at Golbez while the whole crater was shattered under the magical rain.

Cecil was crawling out from the rubble of the devastated crater. As he got up he started to run to the centre only to witness the remains of his brother. The paladin looked at the upper body of his brother; the lower parts were nowhere to be found. As tears fell from Cecil's eyes dark thoughts filled his mind. He would make Kuja pay, dearly. While the paladin's armor was shattering off from Cecil, revealing the mask of the dark knight, Kuja descended from the sky. "Hmm, did our beautiful white knight lose something?" Kuja asked while smiling sadistically. "The tears fall, they know that in vain is your call, and while the light of the rising sun lights your eyes, the happiness of your life dies". Kuja was clearly enjoying himself. Suddenly Cecil, now surrounded by the dark knight's armor, charged towards Kuja, his blade ready to cut the flesh of his brother's murderer. Kuja dodged the mad attack easily and threw a fiery explosion, sending Cecil flying towards rocks. Cecil rose from the rubble; the upper half of his mask had been blown off, now only hiding his mouth. Before Kuja even noticed it there was a black lighting heading towards him, soon Kuja found himself nailed to a stone from his hand, with Cecil's spear. Kuja turned his frightened gaze to the dark knight that was approaching him, flaming with darkness and his black sword drawn out. Kuja was trying to break himself free from the spear, but managed only to worsen his wound, a chocking hand grabbed his throat. Kuja gazed at his dark opponent again and his eyes widened from absolute terror, in the free hand of the dark knight there was an orb of black fire that was slowly approaching the mages face. Screams of agony filled the air of the destroyed area as the flames were pushed towards Kuja's face. After tormenting his prey a while, Cecil crashed the rest of the dark orb into the defenseless mages head, sending him flying trough the stone in an explosion of negative energy.

As Cecil walked towards his prey he could hear its agonized screams. "You have ruined my face!" Kuja screamed at the dark knight, but his screams perished quickly as he felt how his tormentors black spear pierced his stomach. Kuja just stared to the dark knight's weapon in his stomach, though soon his screams started again, now representing the ultimate agony one could suffer as Cecil started to remove the spear, slowly rotating it at the same time. As the spear came out from the mages stomach, so did a huge amount of blood and some intestines. Kuja coughed up a surprisingly large amount of blood on his pale skin and tried to see his tormentors face but didn't have the strength to move his head. He was afraid, terribly afraid, could this be his end? Could this be where he dies? He knew he didn't want to die, but he also knew that in his current condition it was all up to the dark knight to decide about his life. He hated to be this much out of control, being this defenseless frightened him like nothing before. His thoughts were quickly halted as he felt the black sword's edge under his right arm; with one quick slash it was gone, leaving only a great amount of blood behind. The mage was too tired to scream anymore, he didn't have the strength nor will to do so. As he was dropped to the bloody puddle under him he could see how the former paladin raised his cursed steel above his head and how it ignited into an inferno of shadows. "Do you fear, Kuja?" Cecil asked with a cold, almost sadistic tone. Kuja just nodded his head a little bit and coughed more blood up. "Good" Cecil said and destroyed the life that had just recently taken the life of his brother.