AN-This in a complete AU. All parts of the plot don't exist. Garden Military Academy doesn't exist as it dose in the game, and the concept of the Sorceresses is different as well. Just read and you will see. Also, for the sake of the story, the time in which it takes to summon a GF is nonexistent, and it happens instantaneously, also all the abilities are learned on the GFs and don't have to be junctioned, for they all are junctioned all the time. PSS- my editor is still out, sorry for any spelling/grammer/typos.
The Hunt for EdenTyranis was a dark man. He was a Dark and terrible man. He had spent many of his years, searching the realms of man for the great Guardian Forces, and had succeeded in capturing, and forcing into bondage many of them. In fact, all of them but one, the most powerful of them, the great Eden.
One day, wile searching for the great Eden he came across the city of Timber, and there he found an artifact of great magical power. It had been a ring; with three of the most beautiful pearls he had ever seen in all of his journeys. He had decided that he must have the ring, but when he went to take it a calamity happened. Because of the evil in his heart, and all the terrible deeds he had done, the ring decided to punish him.
It un-leashed a spell upon him, and wile he was temporarily incapacitated three of his GFs escaped his grasps, and went elsewhere to find a just soul to be in part with. The specific GFs were un-known though, but it was known that they were amongst the most powerful he had. So our story begins…
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The sun had set over Balamb City in a concert of yellows and reds. They sky was lit up in colors that were a beauty to the eye. The setting of the sun indicated the beginning of a night long festival that was held every year called the Garden Festival, dedicated to all the beautiful nature around the City of Balamb.
Everywhere you went in Balamb you would see people engaging in marry fun an excitement, well all except for one child. A Boy, with short curly black hair, and dark brown eyes to be exact. He was very tall, about six feet and had a lean, but well build. His clothes were in the form of baggy blue jeans and a black muscle shirt.
They boy was practicing different forms of martial arts, his hobby. Despite his very young age of fifteen he was known as one of the more skilled martial artists in the area.
You know Eddie, that if you flipped back like you just did when a monster with fire magic is attacking you it can easily counter with a simple fire spell. A thought called in his mind. The boy smirked at the call and replied thinking to himself.
True, Bahamut, true but you are assuming that monsters at that level are intelligent enough to notice the moment of weakness. Only monsters that are at the level of a Ruby Dragon have senses keen enough to sense a moment of weakness only a fraction of a second right?
Interesting… but that is no reason to get cocky my partner.
Right you are, it is not.
"Eddie! Come on, the festival is starting, we are going to have to go soon or the lines on the rides will be to long!"
Eddie looked in the direction the voice had called to see his younger sister standing at the door tapping her foot impatiently.
"Cant Mom take you?" Eddie asked annoyed.
"Now, she has to work the dinner tonight since dad is out working the rides."
"All right, all right. You go watch TV or something while I go take a quick shower. I can't go out when I'm this sweaty."
"Hurry Up!" his sister yelled, running for the living room of their house.
Children…Bahamut said inside his mind, a mental picture of him shaking his Dragon like head appeared inside his mind.
Hey, she's seven years old; she allowed to like these things, these stupid caravels.
Yes, but why must we go and take her. Don't we have better things we could do with our time?
Like? Eddie thought skeptically.
Oh, I don't know. We could train, or fight monsters outside the city.
Bahamut, please, as much as I love fighting, and training the martial arts, and I really do, even I need a rest some time. Besides, don't you remember when I used to get all excited about going to one of these things?
Yes, I do in great detail…you have been my partner since you were an infant. I used to sing you to sleep in your mind, and even then, these carnival trips were boring.
Why don't you do that any more?
Do what? Sing you to sleep? Why would you want me to, it awkward.
And why is it awkward to sing me to sleep. You used to do it.
But you were a child then Eddie. Its different now. I supposed to be a…
A Big strong Guardian Force, I know, but I miss your sensitive side. I miss the kind part of you that would sing that song to me. The beautiful song. Why cant that still happen?
We fight together now…
That doesn't change anything. Eddie cut off, I know you're great and powerful, but I also know that you are like a brother to me, my best friend. There is no need to hide that. I don't just use you to fight; I'm not like Tyranis…
DON'T SAY THAT NAME TO ME!!! Bahamut bellowed in his head. The name had caused him to remember the many painful years he had been forced with Tyranis.
I'm sorry. The point is that we are friends, partners, aren't we?
Of course, Brothers in fact.
Then show me you care.
You know I care about you more then I do myself.
Ya, I know, but It would hurt to show it some time now would it. You don't have to be afraid to show your sensitive side to me again, I wont think any less of you.
I suppose your right…I'll try and bee a bit more showing of my feelings.
Good.
By the time Eddie had stopped talking to Bahamut, he had finished taking a shower, drying, and getting dressed. He was kind of surprised at how far his body had gone on its little auto pilot thing. That's what he had called it, you see every time he would concentrate more on his mind and Bahamut his body would begin to travel on it's own. He had learned that this was really Bahamut himself steering his body so that he wouldn't get hurt when he wasn't paying attention.
"Come on!" His sister yelled a soon as he entered the living room.
"All right, lets go." Eddie said walking out the door. Here we go. Bahamut thought, as Eddie and his sister walked out the door.
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The festival was filled with fireworks, and colorful magiks. There was tons of food, and even more sugar, in more forms then you could possible imagine. Eddie enjoyed the food a lot, but he despised the fact that clowns were everywhere, and that his sister was intent on spending what little Gil he had.
His sister was asking to go on just about every ride she saw, and eat every form of candy and ice cream that she could see, and the casts were beginning to add up.
"OH!!! CAN WE GO ON THAT ONE?" His sister squealed in delight, her eyes widening at all the bright lights around the area.
"Sorry kido," Eddie said pulling his had out of his pocket, "We got no Gil left."
"Oh man…" His sister pouted.
There goes me getting new, "Combat King" magazine… Eddie thought.
Ha.Ha.Ha, serves you right for making me come here. Bahamut mocked reading his thoughts.
"Ha, big laugh." He said, but covered his mouth quickly. He had meant to think it. No one knew he had a GF for everyone believed that Tyranis had them all when he disappeared after something happened in Timber sixteen years ago. If word got out that he had one that Tyranis didn't, he would be swamped, possible killed for it. It was believed that if Tyranis heard, wherever he was, it would draw his wrath to the area. Eddie would be cast out in fear. But Eddie knew from Bahamut what really had happened at Timber, and knew that Tyranis, even with all the other GFs he has, is still to busy looking for the goddess of all GFs Eden to worry about some 1st class GFs he thinks he can take another time. He knew that right now all his thoughts were bent on finding Eden. Eddie knew that he was safe because next to Eden, he had the next strongest GF, along with Odin.
"What did you say?" His sister asked.
"Nothing, just talking to myself, sorry." Eddie said quickly covering up his mistake.
Nice job smart one.
Oh shut up.
"Well Sis, we gatta go home now. Its your bed time anyways."
"Awwwww...man."
When they two siblings arrived home their parents were already home. Upon arrival Eddie sprawled out on the couch in sighed contently.
"Eddie, Octavia, didn't we tell you two to get back before twelve midnight." Eddies mother, Alicia said. Well it was more like stepmother, and she wasn't really all that nice. She had been very spiteful towards Eddie because he wasn't by her. Eddie's mother had died in a monster attack just after his birth. Soon after mourning ended his father re married with Alicia, and had his sister Octavia. Alicia didn't like Eddie at all, and for that he was unjustly doubted rude, though he was not and disliked him greatly because of his obsession with the martial arts. She had this absurd idea that he was going to get Octavia hurt one these days with his, "Martial Arts rubbish." Alicia didn't love him at all, he had decided, but rather she put up with him because she had to be with Eddie's father, Gavin.
"What are you talking about, it is before twelve." Eddie argued.
"Its twelve now!" Eddie continued.
"Its twelve ten. Now, Qctavia go up to bed, your father and I have to talk to Eddie."
"Jeeze." Eddie mumbled under his breath, and Alicia seeming to have noticed snared toward Eddie.
Oh no. You know she's about to give you another one of those talks that we hate so much. These talks never seem to turn out to well for you. Bahamut stated inside his head, and Eddie mentally snared.
Ya, I know.
"All right mommy!" Qctavia stated cheerfully, and then exited the room to begin preparing to go to bed. About ten minuets later, she was in bed, and Alicia, Gavin and Eddie were sitting on the front porch of their house looking out at the still brightly lit with fireworks, sky. Alicia cuddled close to Gavin on a small swing bench that had been perched on their porch, wile Eddie sat on the top wooden step in the small staircase leading up to the porch from outside. For the moment, Eddie was left with his thoughts, and with those of Bahamut.
So, what do you think This talk will be about? Bahamut asked.
I would rather not think about it. Remember what happened last time they tried to talk to me, remember what my father, MY father let her do.
Hey, don't talk like that, your father is a good man, and genuinely cares about you and loves you, its just this woman has some sort of hold on him, its almost like a spell. Besides, he did stop her at the end. He saw what it was doing to you.
He let her keep my primary passion away from me.
Like I said, he did stop her.
Yes, after I became increasingly depressed.
About a year ago Alicia had finally decided to try and stop Eddie from practice of the martial arts, and had somehow convinced his father to ban it from him to learn at all. Having lost his primary hobby, and one think left that he liked to do, he fell into a deep depression, and almost lost it. His father, noticing the situation, lifted the ban, but Alicia had yet to give up on trying to make Eddie's life misery.
"Eddie, how do you like Balamb?" His father asked, breaking into his mental conversation with Bahamut.
"I like it just fine. Why?"
"No reason, just wondering."
There was a silence among them as they continued to watch the brightly lit night sky. Several times, Eddie noticed, his father tried to begin talking, but then decided not to.
"Dad, is there something you want to tell me?" Eddied asked him father upon the eleventh time he attempted speaking.
"We umm…I mean… well your mother and I have decided to send you to boarding school in Dollet…" His father stuttered.
Eddie stared at his father. He couldn't believe his ears. Somehow Alicia had finally convinced his father to get rid of him. He felt a sudden rush of anger and rage toward his parents, and he felt himself beginning to lose control.
Fuck…Oh my god, Eddie I cant believe that…Oh my god-, Bahamut started, but then sensed the building rage inside Eddie, Eddie calm down. Don't do this. Eddie, the only time I have sensed you this angry was in a battle against those Rudy Dragons a few years back…please calm down.
Eddie didn't calm down, not one bit. He had shaped his rage into a cool annoyance, but a blow up from him was inevitable.
"Son, have you been listening to me?" Gavin asked.
Eddie didn't answer, his senses weren't responding. All he could see or hear was the blinding rage that was building up within him. Though, soon he managed to answer, but to directed not toward his father, but more toward Alicia, 'So, you finally convinced him to get rid of me,"
Eddie turned his glance toward his stepmother, and for a moment caught the look of pure bliss gotten from his pain, and this look sent his rage over the edge.
"You bitch!" Eddie hollered at the top of his lungs.
"Eddie!" his father's voice stated in shock, but Eddie didn't fully hear it, rage now flowing out of him at a steady pace.
"I don't fucking believe you! All you can do is try to make my life miserable, don't you have anything else more worth wile of your time?" Eddie yelled again, this time louder ignoring his father.
You've done it now…" Bahamut tried to say, but Eddie immediately tuned him out.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Alicia shouted back at him. All the wile Eddie had gotten up and moved toward her. As soon as she finished her sentence, Eddie belted her in the lower jaw, and heard a satisfying snap, signifying that it had broken against his fist.
Gavin's hand moved quickly to try and intercept Eddie's raging fists, but with Eddie's Superior speed due to martial arts training, he was unable. Eddie's fist continued to fly in his rage, until he had calms down a bit, and until Alicia had quite a few severe wounds on her arms and head.
Immediately after his rage had subsided he knew that he shouldn't have done what he just did, and felt a huge wave of sorrow cross over him.
"Look what you did!" Gavin roared.
Eddie didn't move, he was silent. He was in deep trouble. His sorrow grew, but it was not for Alicia, but more for Octavia. She was close to her mother, even if she was terrible, and she was also close to him. She would be thrown into a conflict that she really didn't need to be in and would be forced to choose between the woman that gave birth to her, and her brother who takes care of her. Eddie knew that this would not turn out pretty.
"Fuck, Eddie this is not like you. You never lose control like that, oh boy, you're going to get in now." Gavin shrieked. Eddie's mood further worsened.
"Go call 911, and maybe I'll let you live to see the light of day." His father continued.
There is no easy way out of this. If she goes to a hospital she will make me pay the bill, and might even press charges…I'll have to heal her with magic. Eddie thought franticly.
You know, that if you do that you will expose yourself. They will know you hold some kind of GF. You would have to in order to use magic. Are you willing to become an outcaste, possibly a criminal? Bahamut asked quietly inside his mind.
I have to make this right…
Then so be it.
"Eddie! Call an ambulance!" Gavin screamed.
"I can fix her myself."
"What are you talking about, no you cant. GO CALL 911!"
"I can…" Eddie said, lifting his hand over Alicia, who was now starting to lose consciousness from the pain of her many wounds.
"Curaga!" The spell casted over Alicia, and soon all he wounds had fully healed, but not before she could pass out from pain.
"Oh my god-…" Gavin started, but Eddie ran off before he could utter any more words.